"(MUSIC PLAYS IN BACKGROUND)" "MAN:" "Jimmy?" "How's that sweeping going?" "Pop!" "(BROOM RUSTLES)" "(DOOR BELL JINGLES)" "MAN:" "Hi." "How are you?" "you could help me?" "MAN:" "Yeah?" "I drove into the city this morning... but I was just in such a rush to get" "Freddie." "He has epilepsy. he knocked the bottle of medicine out of my wife's hand." "one huge puddle." "That's terrible. and then my car died." "that's just... right?" "just nothing." "Not firing." "now I've convinced myself that Freddie is gonna have another seizure before I get back with the medicine." "I'd be so grateful..." "I can come out and check your car for you." "Maybe it's just a spark plug." "I got a box of plugs back in the stockroom. but if you could possibly just spare $5 instead?" "I'd rather grab a cab than take a chance with my old clunker." "Yeah. $5?" "If you can spare it." "okay." "Sure." "(WHISPERING) Psst!" "Dad." "C'mere!" "C'mere!" "it's a rip-off!" "Just like that bum from last week." "Jimmy..." "Every grifter in town knows that this is the spot to come for an easy handout." "Grifter"?" "Where in the world did you learn that word?" "Dad." "His story is baloney." "He probably doesn't even have a son." "He's conning you." "what if you're wrong?" "(SIGHS) You know what?" "I'm sorry to bother you folks." "I'm gonna get outta here..." "I'm... no." "no bother." "no." "Here." "(CASH REGISTER DINGS)" "Here $10 for you." "you're..." "That's..." "That is so generous. okay? and I'll just be back in a jiff." "Okay?" "(FOOTSTEPS DEPART)" "How much for a carton of Kools?" "4 bucks." "gimme a carton." "Money first." "(CHUCKLES)" "Gimme two cartons." "those spark plugs are back here somewhere." "okay?" "(SIGHS)" "Come on." "(CLEARS THROAT)" "kid." "Wolves and sheep." "Figure out which one you're gonna be." "(TAPS COUNTER)" "(BELL JINGLES)" "(CASH REGISTER DINGS)" "I found the..." "Did he leave?" "Did he just leave?" "(BELL JINGLES) Sir?" "(CASH REGISTER DINGS)" "(SIGHS)" "(FOOTSTEPS) (ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "(MIKE CLEARS THROAT)" "MIKE:" "Don't let me interrupt." "hey." "Sorry." "You ready?" "let's get this over with." "Thank you for seeing us. so I'll get right to it." "Mr. Ehrmantraut will be amending his original statement a tad." "A tad?" "A wee bit." "He's decided that he can no longer in good conscience claim that the gun found at the scene belonged to Tuco Salamanca." "whose gun was it?" "JIMMY:" "Who's to say?" "You know how many guns there are in Albuquerque?" "Somewhere between the number of rattlesnakes and grains of sand." "a lot." "Mr. Ehrmantraut?" "he is not saying that." "Can we hear it from Mr. Ehrmantraut?" "The gun wasn't Salamanca's." "That's all I can tell you." "You told us it was." "You said Salamanca pulled it and pointed it at you." "he didn't." "Why are you changing your story?" "Good citizenship." "Salamanca's." "How's that gonna happen if it wasn't his?" "is it?" "He's not a forensics expert." "Who knows?" "Maybe it fell from a passing bird's beak." "And Mr. Salamanca caught it and tried to throw it away." "the possibilities are endless." "Mr. Ehrmantraut?" "Hey." "We wanna put this guy away for years." "you know that." "You gonna let this person victimize you twice?" "JIMMY:" "Forget about the gun." "All right?" "The gun was not Salamanca's. and he will set the record straight." "Categorically and unequivocally." "or pay you off?" "that's it." "We are done." "Let's go." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(DOOR CREAKS)" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "You're doing the right thing." "This Salamanca character?" "Maniac." "I had my own thing with him. he's nuts." "he had me hog-tied in the desert with a gun to my head." "right in front of me." "he probably would've... but it was a deal and a half." "Not something you forget." "why?" "Don't be too tough on yourself." "discretion is the better part of velour." "I would've done the same thing!" "it's on me." "No charge." "(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)" "You take the next one." "And bill me." "(BUTTON CLICKS)" "Ingrate." "(RINGING)" "Jimmy." "Did you tell Howard yet?" "Ican'treallytalkrightnow." "You didn't tell him." "No." "And I won't until it's rock solid." "offer-letter-in-hand solid." "Whenareyougonna getthatofferletter?" "(SIGHS) after my interview with the partners." "right?" "Basically." "I hope." "brass tacks." "it'snotgonnabeasplush" "butthey'llmakemepartner intwoyears." "Asopposedto  somewherebetween fiveyearsandneveratHHM." "Not too shabby." "Yeah." "Andthen there'smylawschoolloans." "a couple of grand by now? 000 left." "huh?" "did you have somethingyouneeded?" "okay?" "Ifyouplayyourcardsright ." "(CHUCKLING) Bye." "(CELLPHONE BEEPS)" "(SIGHS)" "Omar!" "Where are you?" "would you be so kind as to take a letter for me?" "Dearest Clifford... that's too much." "(SNAPS FINGERS)" ""Clifford" or "Cliff"?" "I don't..." "It depends on what the letter is." "It's just fine." "Treat yourself." "Dear" whoever you put in." "Continuing." "Uh..." ""My heart is heavy as... it sounds like a medical condition." "Let's go with "It is with a heavy heart." "Okay?" "It is with a heavy heart that I tender my resignation to Davis and Main." "yeah?" "sir." "to Davis and Main." "some of the most professionally satisfying days of my life." "What's wrong?" "You think I'm laying it on too thick?" "um..." "I just didn't realize how unhappy you were here." "not happy." "I had no idea." "buddy." "You're top notch." "Where were we? the perks alone... uh..." "Yeah." "(CHUCKLES) And the car." "the car's pretty sweet." "And the bonus." "Hmm." "The bonus is a done deal." "They already cut me the check." "I get to keep the bonus." "Not if you quit." "I think yours is a year?" "You have to pay the money back." "uh... (DESK DRAWER OPENS)" "um... um..." "Hmm..." "I think it's right there." "Yeah." "(TAPPING DESK)" "(SIGHS) that..." "That whole letter of resignation thing?" "I didn't mean that." "Not a word." "I..." "I..." "I'm so incredibly stressed out." "I'm stressed out the wazoo." "I... it's been more of an adjustment than I expected here at Davis and Main." "I just..." "Don't repeat what I said to anyone." "I figured something had to be wrong." "Really wrong." "right?" "I love it." "Call it a momentary lapse of reason." "Let's just rewind the tape forget this happened." "Mum's the word." "No problem." "I feel better already." "you have to say something out loud to hear how crazy it sounds." "(CHUCKLES)" "Omar." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(SIGHS)" "(HORN HONKS)" "Jimmy McGill." "this is Al Newman of Allied Funeral Homes." "Al." "Nice tie." "Thanks." "shall we?" "(MOTOR WHIRRING)" "What are you doing?" "got a juicer for the office." "it's very loud." "come on in." "We have clients out there." "you can." "Two!" "Coming right up." "Jimmy... it gets a little jammed." "You just gotta force it." "shit!" "I'm..." "I'm spreading it around." "Did I get you?" "Nah." "Jimmy!" "Backwards only." "yeah?" "Because we got suction that way." "Leverage." "It's physics." "El physico!" "limpar." "Uh." "Comprende?" "I'm from Michigan." "you don't understand a word I've been saying?" "What... (CHUCKLES) you try." "Backwards." "CLIFF:" "Excuse me?" "please?" "Everyone can hear me?" "Good." "this is not a conversation" "I ever thought I would have in my professional career." "But it's been brought to my attention that we have an ongoing situation in the washroom." "Someone's not flushing." "maybe even twice." "that's a pattern." "And we're not talking about a number one!" "Erin." "I'm not here to shame anyone." "but..." "Cliff?" "It was me." "I just said I didn't wanna know." "we need the water." "I read somewhere that the Santa Fe watershed is down two full inches this year!" "you waste a gallon of water." "what could be greener than this?" "flush." "that's good." "Good thinking." "(NOTES SQUEAKING LOUDLY)" "What is that?" "(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "(NOTES CONTINUE)" "Jimmy?" "What's going on in there?" "Jimmy!" "You can hear this through the door?" "I'm sorry." "What do you think you're doing?" "I took your advice." "I'm blowing off steam." "Blowing off steam"?" "you know?" "it really helps with stress." "but I'm just learning." "you have to keep this bag inflated." "(SOUR NOTES PLAY LOUDLY) Enough!" "I want you in my office." "(NOTES SQUEAK SLOWLY)" "You win." "What do I win?" "You're fired." "if this is about the bagpipes..." "It's not about the bagpipes." "it's the bagpipes. and this optical migraine you call a business suit!" "It's about... (SIGHS)" "It's about you keeping your bonus." "That's what this is about!" "haven't you? but you can't just up and quit and expect to keep your bonus." "And if I fire you for cause no bonus. hurray for you." "If you think there's been some malfeasance here... save it." "but you're not worth my time." "I'd rather just have you gone." "I'm sorry you feel that way." "I'll just pack up. do me the favor of not treating me like a fool for once." "how exactly did I mistreat you?" "What did I do to deserve this kind of behavior?" "We gave you opportunities." "Encouraged you to excel." "that cocobolo desk!" "Do you see a desk like that in here?" "You never gave this a chance." "Why?" "I tried to make it work." "I did." "I'm just..." "A square peg." "why did you take the job?" "I'm sorry." "How much was the desk?" "000." "I'll write you a check." "Fine." "For whatever good that does." "Take your desk and get out." "for what it's worth?" "I think you're a good guy." "I think you're an asshole." "(WHISPERED INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)" "Hey!" "(KEYS CLACKING)" "(KNOCK ON DOOR) yeah." "It's open." "Jimmy?" "Hey." "Can I talk to you for a minute?" "Does Howard know you're here?" "no." "I snuck in." "but make it quick." "can we talk in the conference room?" "Why?" "(CHUCKLES)" "It's just more appropriate." "No one's gonna need it till 4:00." "I checked." "tops." "After you." "(CHUCKLES) Have a seat." "What..." "What's going on?" "Spill it." "Okay." "Schweikart  Cokely will pay your debt to HHM and make you a partner in two years." "Correct?" "Apparently." "yes." "Why?" "Would you entertain a better offer?" "From whom?" "HHM?" "From me." "I'll make you a partner tomorrow." "Consider that proof of concept." "Partners at Law." "together." "so can I." "you'll have a clean slate." "Sky's the limit." "we're good together." "You know that." "what's stopping us?" "Let's jump in with both feet." "Be our own bosses." "Build our own future." "Be our own bosses." (CHUCKLES)" "What about clients?" "didn't they?" "It'll be a hard sell to take them with me." "Then there'll be another Mesa Verde." "you can do it again." "You make it sound easy." "No." "You're talking to a guy who lived in the back of a nail salon." "sweat and tears." "At least at the start." "we'll have a practice that is 100% ours." "That's worth it." "Or we fail and we end up with nothing." "You're right." "It's a gamble." "It's a big one. the odds are in your favor." "You are an amazing lawyer." "This is your chance to show the world that." "why not go to Schweikart?" "respectable firm." "You can't deny that." "You deserve more than just a lateral move." "that's what Schweikart represents." "He's just Howard Hamlin by a different name." "You keep talking about me and Schweikart." "What about you and Davis and Main?" "It's over." "I quit today." "I got fired." "What happened?" "and a long time coming." "That job was never the right fit for me." "This is." "I need to know one thing." "What kind of lawyer are you going to be?" "I mean... (SIGHS) or are you going to be colorful?" "I'm gonna play it straight." "Right down the line." "I'm gonna dot every "i" and I'm gonna cross every..." "There's no point in me doing this if I can't be myself. look how that turned out." "I almost derailed your career." "Pissed everyone off." "I've been trying to be the person someone else wants me to be for I don't know how long." "First it was Chuck." "Then it was you." "And that's not your fault." "That was my choice." "I gotta go into it as me." "yeah." "Colorful." "I guess." "What do you say?" "I just..." "I don't see why it's so important to you that we work together." "we're already..." "Why do you need me for this?" "I don't need you." "I want you." "You've got me." "Just not as a law partner." "I have to get back to work." "You okay?" "I'm fine." "Go on." "I'll see you later?" "(SCOFFS)" "Yeah. (CHUCKLING)" "(DOOR OPENS) as you can see." "And they've renovated within the past three years." "new kitchen..." "And it's a good amount of space." "you think?" "not at all." "And look at that backyard!" "They're leaving the playhouse." "Isn't that amazing?" "(CHUCKLES)" "Kaylee will go crazy for that." "You'll never get her outta there." "right? the schools are good and the neighborhood is great. they're some of the lowest in the city." "I got a good vibe from him." "They sounded really responsive." "Sounds perfect." "Yeah. (SIGHS)" "Do you like it?" "I'm happy." "Do you like it?" "Yeah." "I do." "But..." "I'm..." "But what?" "It's a lot of money." "I'm like a broken record." "But it is." "You don't worry about that." "We'll make it happen." "Whatever the cost." "I..." "I'm serious." "it's yours." "(CHUCKLES)" "(BIRDS CHIRPING)" "How are we looking?" "it's perfect." "Let's do it." "Fantastic! all that." "sounds good." "We'll meet you there." "Sure." "See you in a few." "I feel like I can finally breathe." "(CHUCKLING) Good." "I'm glad." "(LAUGHS)" "(CAR DOOR CLOSES)" "You wanna ride together?" "I'll follow you over." "Car looks good." "Wouldn't even know you so much as scratched it." "my guy knows his stuff." "Pop." "For everything." "You go on now." "I'll see you there." "Okay." "(CAR DOOR OPENS)" "(CAR DOOR CLOSES)" "(BOY SHOUTS IN DISTANCE)" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(SIGHS)" "(BRAKES SQUEAL)" "(ENGINE SHUTS OFF)" "JIMMY:" "Right here." "(BRAKES SQUEAL)" "(ENGINE SHUTS OFF)" "I almost lost you at that light." "(CHUCKLING) No problem." "JIMMY: (SIGHS) Watch the fish tank." "(BOTH GRUNTING)" "On the left." "My left." "My left." "(THUDS)" "(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY) There." "(DOOR CREAKS)" "What do you think?" "(BREATHING HEAVILY) yeah." "um... (CHUCKLES)" "Yeah." "(METAL CREAKING)" "(SIGHS)" "(BREATHLESSLY) What should I do with this?" "Dump it on the side of the road." "That's where I got it in the first place." "(SIGHS)" "(METAL LATCH CLICKING) buddy." "it's okay." "Really." "How about a drink?" "I know I could use one." "I'm buying." "I'm good." "Long drive." "Cucumber water for the road?" "I'm totally set." "Thank you." "Gotta get home to my kids." "How about you?" "What are you gonna do now?" "Onward and upward." "Omar." "Drive safe." "(VAN DOOR OPENS)" "(DIAL TONE)" "(SIGHS)" "(BEEPING)" "(BRITISH ACCENT) Hello!" "Esq." "Kindly leave... (BEEPS)" "(BEEPS) you've reached the law offices of Jimmy McGill. and I'll get back to you as soon as I can." "Thanks." "(BEEPS)" "(SIGHS)" "(MUSIC PLAYS IN DISTANCE)" "yes." "I've handled six." "one recently was quite complex." "the result of a nasty divorce. which she and her ex had split in their settlement." "The issues involved had me chasing case law for weeks." "Who heard it?" "Judge Pittman." "(CHUCKLES) huh?" "but he did rule in my favor." "law." "We know you're good." "We know you know your stuff." "Tell us about Kim Wexler." "is that right?" "10 years ago now." "Pulled yourself up by your bootstraps." "I like that." "are you from New Mexico?" "Not originally." "I'm from the Midwest." "barely on the map." "Near the Kansas-Nebraska border." "You've never heard of it." "what brought you here?" "I guess... at who I was." "And I realized if I kept going the way I was going..." "Which way was that? probably married to the guy that ran the town gas station." "Maybe cashiering down at the Hinky Dinky." "(CHUCKLING)" "The "Hinky" what?" "KIM:" "Hinky Dinky." "It was our supermarket." "Um... (LAUGHS)" "I just wanted something else." "What did you want?" "More." "SCHWEIKART:" "Thanks for coming by." "Always a pleasure." "LYNNE:" "Great to put a face to the name." "KIM:" "Thanks." "SCHWEIKART:" "We're gonna put our heads together and discuss." "But I feel safe to say that you can expect to hear from us by tomorrow at the latest." "That's..." "Fantastic." "I look forward to it." "We liked you when you came in here." "We like you more now." "thank you so much for taking the time." "speak to you soon." "too." "Kim." "actually." "no." "I'm happy to be confused with Howard." "He's a damn good-looking man!" "Don't worry about it." "I'll walk you out." "(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)" "(KEYS JINGLING)" "(CAR ALARM CHIRPS)" "(BELL JINGLES) (CONVERSATIONS IN VIETNAMESE)" "Hi." "I'm here to see Jimmy." "He's in a meeting." "A meeting?" "Have a seat." "I don't ever want to hear the word "permit" again." "Capisce?" "dude." "Hey!" "What are you doing here?" "Just in the neighborhood." "Great!" "and I want a dolly this time." "What kind?" "PeeWee?" "watch your mouth around the lady." "How the hell should I know?" "You're the nerd." "get outta here." "I see you got your old car back." "Yep." "The kidney people wouldn't take it." "(KIM CHUCKLES) Oh!" "(THUDS)" "Sorry." "(BREATHES DEEPLY) you finally got your cocobolo desk." "Finally got my cocobolo desk." "Feel like it's a good omen for what's next." "And what's that?" "This!" "Solo practice." "Being my own man again." "how'd it go with Schweikart?" "Uh..." "Went well." "Should be getting their offer tomorrow." "That's fantastic!" "I'm really happy for you." "Thanks." "we should celebrate." "Whataburger!" "On me!" "I'm not taking the job." "Why not?" "You were right." "It's time for me to be my own boss." "Solo practice." "you don't think it's a good idea now?" "Don't tell me you've changed your mind." "is all." "(CHUCKLES)" "I've said all along you're too good for those clowns." "uh... yeah." "Wow." "It's great! I have a pitch for you." "Not Wexler-McGill." "But Wexler and McGill. everything. attorney at law." "Both free to practice as we see fit." "Separate firms under one roof." "so why can't we share a taxi?" "You do things your way and I do them mine." "but we aren't each trying to go it alone." "Not partners." "Solo practitioners together." "What do you think?" "(CHUCKLING) I don't know what to say." "Say yes."