How The Writers Of ‘Better Call Saul’ Morphed Well-Meaning Lawyer Jimmy McGill Into Slimy Saul Goodman

“Multiple ideas were pitched, but only one seemed to believably get Jimmy out of the jam they had written him into while also shoving him toward his shyster destiny. Here, in interviews with [co-showrunner Peter] Gould and the episode’s writer, Gordon Smith, we dug into how the writers solved that challenge and where it left our favorite ambulance-chaser.” (video)