Distraught by Howard Hamlin's murder and her not inconsiderable part in it, Kim quits her job as a lawyer and breaks off her marriage with Jimmy, rightly pointing out the poisonous nature of their partnership. This breakup explains why Kim doesn't appear in Breaking Bad.
After their divorce is finalized (after which Kim convinces Jesse Pinkman to trust him as a lawyer, inadvertently setting the events of Breaking Bad into motion), Kim rejects her share of the Sandpiper settlement and moves to Titusville, Florida.
Despite Kim and Jimmy's unconditional love for each other, Kim left him and Albuquerque after one of their schemes went horribly wrong, causing her to believe that they were bad for everyone around them. She subsequently retired permanently from her law career, and divorced Jimmy later that year.
The fate of Kim Wexler is finally explained in Monday night's penultimate “Better Call Saul” episode, “Waterworks.” Through a flashback, we see Kim in Albuquerque during the “Breaking Bad” timeline — and she even interacts with Jesse Pinkman, who bums a cigarette and asks whether Saul Goodman is any good.
Vince revealed Lalo was only going to be mentioned in Breaking Bad as “a throwaway line,” as he didn't see the need to introduce him as a character. As the show's other writers including Peter Gould insisted otherwise, Vince admitted: ”And they were so right to keep pushing.”
Lalo is the third Salamanca family member to run their drug operation, following his uncle Hector and cousin Tuco. Unlike most other members of his family, Lalo is often cheerful and charismatic. But like them, he can also be brutally and remorselessly vicious.
He was the grandson of Abuelita and the nephew of Hector Salamanca. Lalo also had four cousins who were involved in criminal activities: Tuco, Marco, Leonel, and Joaquin. He was the third Salamanca family member to run their drug operation, following his uncle Hector and cousin Tuco.
Rhea Seehorn's Kim Wexler. Kim becomes as close to Bob Odenkirk's Jimmy McGill as can be during Better Call Saul's latter seasons, but doesn't receive so much as a glancing mention during Breaking Bad - an oddity the spinoff needed to address before the end.
Through flashbacks, Better Call Saul revealed the Wexler family lived in constant poverty, and Kim's mother was cruel and uncaring. Hearing how deeply Jimmy's brother loved him perhaps struck a nerve that reminded Kim of the family connection she never experienced.
All will be forgiven as long as no harm comes to Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), who doesn't appear at all in El Camino — hopefully only because Gilligan decided not to interfere too deeply with the Better Call Saul endgame and not for other, more nefarious reasons.
Beth Hoyt: Mrs. Wexler.
When Howard sees Kim at the courthouse, she tells him she quit Schweikart and Cokely and her work for Mesa Verde Bank so that she can concentrate on pro bono criminal defense cases. Howard tells Kim about Jimmy's recent harassment campaign against him and blames Jimmy for Kim's decision.
Odenkirk's filming the final season was unexpectedly halted in July 2021 when he collapsed on the series' New Mexico set after suffering a heart attack.
A Chicago Sunroof is not a real thing.
Jimmy McGill adopted many tacky roles in Better Call Saul, but his time as Cinnabon Gene was about more than just tacking icing onto cinnamon buns.
Kim attends the sentencing in Albuquerque, where Jimmy admits he lied so she would be present in person. He confesses to enabling Walt and admits his role in Chuck's suicide. He is sentenced to 86 years in prison, where he is revered by fellow inmates who recognize him as Saul.
And by the way, she wants to set the record straight: “Kim did not write Chuck's letter.” Saul's writers confirmed to her that Jimmy's late brother really did write the letter Jimmy received after his death. It wasn't her character's invention, as some fans have theorized.
Kim sees that Jimmy has the potential to be a proper, successful lawyer who can leave the ways of Slippin Jimmy behind (his earlier con-man alter ego). Kim thus makes a point of sticking up for Jimmy because she feels he is being unfairly characterized by everybody around him.
Together they were poison, and she admits that to Jimmy's face. You can see the pain in her face when she realizes she has to leave Jimmy. The murder of Howard, which in reality, happened because of her and Jimmy, was the breaking point for Kim. She couldn't forget that night, even though Jimmy insisted she could.
Breaking Bad. By the time of Jimmy's introduction in Breaking Bad, he has fully adopted the identity of "Saul Goodman", and rarely mentions the name Jimmy McGill.
Kim's birthday was also revealed in Better Call Saul, and she's not insignificantly younger than Jimmy. Kim's birthday is February 13th, 1968, meaning when she first meets Jimmy in season 1 while working at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill, she is 34 years old.
Lalo died smiling as a nod to the maniacal personality he carried throughout life, but also to stress the satisfaction he derived from having been right about Gus. The familiar, creepy smirk was one final act of rebellion. Even in his most painful moment, he refused to let Gus see a glimmer of defeat on his face.
Up to this point, Gus is portrayed as the smartest person on the show, matched only by Walter White in Breaking Bad. In spite of this, Lalo is able to believably outmaneuver him at nearly every turn.
A member of the Salamanca family, Hector is the son of Abuelita, the uncle of twins Marco and Leonel, Lalo, and Tuco, and is the grandfather of Joaquin. He raised Tuco as a son and taught him and his other nephews that family is everything, living by the creed himself.