Better Call Saul
Jimmy McGill ( Bob Odenkirk ) is the key figure across both timelines shown inBetter Call Saul , as well as an important digest case inBreaking Bad , but just how old is he in each ? Jimmy was first introduce under his nom de guerre Saul Goodman inBreaking Badseason 2 , sequence 8 , " Better Call Saul " . After becoming heavily involved in Walt & Jesse ’s journeying , the character was given a pretty changeable ending , as Ed Galbraith made him go away at the end of the serial .
Better Call Saulhas since pluck up his account both after and beforeBreaking Bad , showing both the time whenJimmy worked in a Cinnabon as Gene , and also as a younger version of himself , chronicling how the well - meaning lawyer becomes the far more cynical Saul Goodman . Jimmy ’s discharge and translation has been every flake as engrossing as that of Walter White before him , and it ’s not over yet with another season of the show to come . But with theBreaking Baduniverse now embrace several timeline , and the same actor , Odenkirk , playing Jimmy / Saul / Gene in each , then what ’s his age in all of them ?
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As revealed by his number one wood ’s license inBetter Call Saulseason 5 episode " JMM " , when Jimmy and Kim are getting married , he was born on November 12 , 1960 . That means that inBetter Call Saulseason 1 , Jimmy McGill is 41 year honest-to-goodness , with the consequence of those instalment encompass May - July 2002 . Jimmy is still 41 in season 2 , while time of year 3 cross him turn 42.Better Call Saulseason 4takes post over the course of a full year , so he ’s 43 by the closing of it , and that ’s how old he still was inBetter Call Saulseasons 5 and 6 , which end in June 2004 before leaping into his Gene timeline . Here ’s how sure-enough Jimmy McGill is at every point inBreaking BadandBetter Call Saul , including at the goal ofBetter Call Saulseason 6 .
How Old Jimmy Is When Breaking Bad Starts
Better Call Saulstarts a few year forth fromBreaking Bad , the event of which start in 2008 . When Saul Goodman is first enclose in time of year 2 ofBreaking Bad , then , he ’s not long sprain 48 years honest-to-god , withBetter Call Saulseason 1 startle in 2002 when he ’s 41 . By the prison term he ’s packing his bags to leave for Omaha at the end ofBreaking Bad , Saul is 49 years old , with those result happening in mid - to - late 2010 . Theflash - forward to Genethat mark the beginning of eachBetter Call Saulseason take spot in 2010 , so he was still 49 years former at that tip – his comeuppance happened faster than audience expect .
How Old Jimmy Is In Better Call Saul
Meanwhile , in theBetter Call Saulseason 2 instalment " Inflatable " , there ’s a flashback to a vernal Jimmy in 1973 ; at this point in time , he would ’ve been 12 - 13 days old , though producer Thomas Schnauz toldYahoo!that"he ’s like 9 year old " . That was before the driver ’s permission in " JMM " , but it ’s also hardly a definitive statement anyway . Jimmy ’s years is counterpoint by that of Bob Odenkirk , who had to run Jimmy younger inBetter Call Saulthan he did inBreaking Bad . However , he is in reality younger than the character in real life , born in October 1962 . When first playingSaul inBreaking Bad , Odenkirk was 47 , almost the same years as his character . But when first playing Jimmy , aged 41 , inBetter Call Saul , Odenkirk was 53 by then , over a decennium older than Jimmy and just slightly elderly than Gene – not that it ’s impacted his sublime performance any .
Jimmy’s Age At The End Of Gene’s Timeline
The last episode ofBetter Call Saulwas season 6 , episode 12 , " Saul Gone . " It aired on August 15th , 2022 , bring Odenkirk’sBreaking Badstory to a close . Better Call Saulstarted in 2002 for season 1 , and by season 6 , the show was depicting Jimmy McGill ’s activities up until 2010 ( two days after he first metWalter White , who also appeared inBetter Call Saul).Jimmy is 49 at the end ofBetter Call Saulseason 6 . However , since the show depicts multiple sentence frames , this is something of a newsflash - forward that occupy inBreaking Bad ’s gaps after theBreaking Badtimeline close , so hisBreaking Badand Gene timeline naturally overlap . The other major time period of time inBetter Call Saulseason 6 is 2004 , four year prior when Jimmy is 44 . The 2004 timeline wrapper up in the penultimate episode , however . In theBetter Call Saulfinale , 8 class after becoming Saul as seen inBreaking Bad , Jimmy McGill is doom to 86 years in federal prison . Saul Goodman will more than in all likelihood die behind legal profession , as his sentence does n’t conk until 2096 , 136 years after he was born .
