‘Better Call Saul’: For Jimmy McGill, the Most Important Death in Season 4 Happened Off-Screen

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” Season 4.]“Better Call Saul” Season 4 was more focused than ever on answering the question at the show’s core: By the time “Breaking Bad” Season 2 begins, how did attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) become criminal lawyer Saul Goodman? The season ably answered that inquiry, but required a pretty significant body count.It has always made sense for “Better Call Saul” to be a less-violent series than its sister show, at least in the early seasons, as that’s when many of these characters are still on the verge of becoming part of the brutal Albuquerque drug scene that consumed Walter White and his many associates.

However, that also meant escalation was always a part of the show’s future.

Season 4 brought the increased presence of the Salamanca cousins, Lalo and Nacho, whose actions made the drug business even more brutal.

Mike committed his first on-screen murder since the flashbacks in “Five-o.

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