# Better Call Saul - Finale **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625 "2016-04-19T04:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/201 "2016-04-29T14:20:45Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > Having said that - the fact that Jimmy is still a lawyer in Breaking Bad means that whatever happens he doesn’t get struck off. So either Chuck doesn’t pursue it, or he dies before he gets a chance or he loses the case (or something else happens). Are lawyers allowed to go by whatever name they want to? Perhaps he ends up totally changing his identity and no one is around to know better. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/202 "2016-04-29T15:05:29Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I think they did get something wrong in that scene though. One of the shots is from the front looking at Mike and he is seen to adjust the aim of the rifle to the left 3-4 inches to look at the house rather than the grave. Seems like the distance would require only a fraction of an inch of movement. Also with regard to the rifle… does it reappear in BB? Something was said in Talking Saul that alluded to that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/203 "2016-04-29T20:23:15Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I think they did get something wrong in that scene though. One of the shots is from the front looking at Mike and he is seen to adjust the aim of the rifle to the left 3-4 inches to look at the house rather than the grave. Seems like the distance would require only a fraction of an inch of movement. There’s more than that. Mike is supposed to be a kilometer away (hence the episode’s title, “Klick”), but it’s more like 300 yards if that much. Also, at that (actual) range you’d have no trouble hearing voices, especially when one of them is screaming and crying and begging for his life. The only sound Mike hears is the gunshot. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/204 "2016-04-29T20:33:33Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Are lawyers allowed to go by whatever name they want to? Perhaps he ends up totally changing his identity and no one is around to know better. In BB he’s running commercials on TV and he looks like the same guy. It’s pretty far beyond this cinematic universe’s required suspension of disbelief to think every person in the judicial branch in all of Albuquerque and most of New Mexico just totally forgot about him. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/205 "2016-04-29T20:49:54Z")
Couldn’t he just be “James McGill, Attorney at Law, dba Saul Goodman & Associates”, or something like that? Or is that not allowed in New Mexico? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/206 "2016-04-30T22:12:34Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Are lawyers allowed to go by whatever name they want to? Perhaps he ends up totally changing his identity and no one is around to know better. Interestingly, [Saul’s diploma](http://i.imgur.com/OMbGXcc.png) from the University of American Samoa in Breaking Bad, displayed in his office, is in the name Saul Goodman. Jimmy has said that’s where he got his degree, and there would have been no reason for him to get it using the name Saul back then. Either Saul got the diploma re-issued after he changed his name, or the copy on his wall is a forgery. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/207 "2016-04-30T22:58:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Interestingly, [Saul’s diploma](http://i.imgur.com/OMbGXcc.png) from the University of American Samoa in Breaking Bad, displayed in his office, is in the name Saul Goodman. Jimmy has said that’s where he got his degree, and there would have been no reason for him to get it using the name Saul back then. > > Either Saul got the diploma re-issued after he changed his name, or the copy on his wall is a forgery. Maybe a cut and paste copy shop job. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/208 "2016-05-01T00:38:14Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Interestingly, [Saul’s diploma](http://i.imgur.com/OMbGXcc.png) from the University of American Samoa in Breaking Bad, displayed in his office, is in the name Saul Goodman. Jimmy has said that’s where he got his degree, and there would have been no reason for him to get it using the name Saul back then. > > Either Saul got the diploma re-issued after he changed his name, or the copy on his wall is a forgery. Someone brought this up and addressed it in a much earlier thread (probably an S1 thread). Not a big deal at all for him to call up the institution to get a new one issued after a name change. People do it all the time (mostly due to marriage name changes but other legal name changes are not hard to do). ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/209 "2016-05-01T00:40:19Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Are lawyers allowed to go by whatever name they want to? Perhaps he ends up totally changing his identity and no one is around to know better. All people are allowed to go by whatever name they want to. It’s a very simple process to get a legal name change. I know people who have done it just because they didn’t like their given name. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/210 "2016-05-01T00:41:52Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Interestingly, [Saul’s diploma](http://i.imgur.com/OMbGXcc.png) from the University of American Samoa in Breaking Bad, displayed in his office, is in the name Saul Goodman. Jimmy has said that’s where he got his degree, and there would have been no reason for him to get it using the name Saul back then. > > Either Saul got the diploma re-issued after he changed his name, or the copy on his wall is a forgery. Well…we do know he excels at cut and paste jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/211 "2016-05-01T00:53:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > but it’s more like 300 yards if that much. Also, at that (actual) range you’d have no trouble hearing voices, I’ve spent many days lining soccer fields which are a little over 100 yards. You have to shout to even get the attention of someone at the other end. There is no way you could make out what they were saying at three times that distance. Maybe you could tell that someone was yelling really loud, but not at all what they were saying. If they were talking normally… no way. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/212 "2016-05-01T00:55:08Z")
It does indicate that he has had his name changed legally, and is not just going by an alias. I imagine that lawyers have to identify themselves with the justice system when taking action on behalf of a client, and demonstrate that they are licensed to practice law in the state. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/213 "2016-05-01T14:42:23Z")
I don’t necessarily think it was Gus who left the note on Mike’s car. It’s too big of a coincidence that Nacho blocked Hector, so we’re supposed to suspect Mike was stymied by Nacho on purpose. I think Nacho found Mike’s car, knew where the shot would be coming from, and blocked it. Someone else had to put that branch on the car horn though. It’s not out of the question that Nacho is working for/with Gus. But it could just as easily be a flunky working for Nacho who left the note. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/214 "2016-05-01T15:37:24Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Perhaps he ends up totally changing his identity and no one is around to know better. Disbarment and criminal charges follow you even if you change your name. And he’s run TV commercials with his face in the same city under both names, he’s not using an assumed identity to get around a problem, because it’s obvious he’s the same guy. To put icing on the cake, he’s definitely smart enough that if he was hiding behind a name change, he wouldn’t casually mention that Saul Goodman is not his real name to every random relative of a criminal who comes into his business, which he does in BB. > [@What\_the](#): > > I think they did get something wrong in that scene though. One of the shots is from the front looking at Mike and he is seen to adjust the aim of the rifle to the left 3-4 inches to look at the house rather than the grave. Seems like the distance would require only a fraction of an inch of movement. Since it’s a TV show, his adjustment would need to be enough to show as obvious adjustment to a viewer, so a fraction of an inch wouldn’t work visually. I don’t consider it to be ‘getting something wrong’ if it’s something that they need to do to make it show on TV - most night scenes are way too well-lit, for example, but that’s so that you have something to watch instead of vague blurs. ---
**Author:** ![Pantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3bc359/32.png) [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/215 "2016-05-01T15:40:18Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > All people are allowed to go by whatever name they want to. It’s a very simple process to get a legal name change. I know people who have done it just because they didn’t like their given name. FYI It’s not always a hard process for a lawyer, and certainly not something that should be hard for Jimmy in the show, but some states do make name changes really hard. I know some states (don’t know about NM specifically) make it very difficult to do a name change if you’re not getting married or divorced. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/216 "2016-05-01T16:11:12Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I don’t necessarily think it was Gus who left the note on Mike’s car. It’s too big of a coincidence that Nacho blocked Hector, so we’re supposed to suspect Mike was stymied by Nacho on purpose. I think Nacho found Mike’s car, knew where the shot would be coming from, and blocked it. Someone else had to put that branch on the car horn though. It’s not out of the question that Nacho is working for/with Gus. But it could just as easily be a flunky working for Nacho who left the note. I think the “Fring’s Back” anagram tells you exactly who put the tree branch there and left the note. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/217 "2016-05-01T16:14:22Z")
> [@Pantastic](#): > > Disbarment and criminal charges follow you even if you change your name. And he’s run TV commercials with his face in the same city under both names, he’s not using an assumed identity to get around a problem, because it’s obvious he’s the same guy. To put icing on the cake, he’s definitely smart enough that if he was hiding behind a name change, he wouldn’t casually mention that Saul Goodman is not his real name to every random relative of a criminal who comes into his business, which he does in BB. > > Since it’s a TV show, his adjustment would need to be enough to show as obvious adjustment to a viewer, so a fraction of an inch wouldn’t work visually. I don’t consider it to be ‘getting something wrong’ if it’s something that they need to do to make it show on TV - most night scenes are way too well-lit, for example, but that’s so that you have something to watch instead of vague blurs. Good point. Take the Tribal Council meetings on Survivor, which have to be done on a sound stage with that many cameras and that perfect lighting. Every other night shot on the beach or what have you is greenish and shows retina reflections. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/218 "2016-05-20T15:09:08Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > There’s more than that. Mike is supposed to be a kilometer away (hence the episode’s title, “Klick”)… I figured it was a reference to the tape recorder being turned off. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625/219 "2016-05-20T20:29:40Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > I figured it was a reference to the tape recorder being turned off. Well, “klick” is standard military usage for kilometer. More importantly, they needed a “k” for “FRING’S BACK.” 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-finale/752625.md?page=10)