Better Call Saul Season 1 Episode 1 begins the story of how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman. Watch Better Call Saul online now to find out how Jimmy McGill became Saul Goodman. He really was extracted to Nebraska to become a manager at a Cinnabon there, but at least he was put in Omaha which is kind of a big city and not in a cabin alone on two acres of ground with no one to talk to like Walt. Even so, Saul doesn't seem to have many friends or acquaintances. He mostly just goes home and drinks and watches his old commercials on VHS. In 2010. Six years prior, Saul was known as Jimmy McGill. He was trying to make a buck by taking on whatever cases he could, which included a few jobs as a public defender. He only made $700 per trial but at least he got paid even if he lost. His dad could be a multimillionaire but he's convinced he'll return to work one day. He's afraid of electromagnetic fields, so there's basically no chance he's going back to work. So Jimmy starts hustling people for jobs and runs into Tuco Salamanca.