In the first episode of , titled " Uno ," the story begins with a glimpse of the future—a paranoid, mustached man named Gene working at a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. By night, he retreats to his apartment to tearfully watch old VHS tapes of his former life as the flamboyant lawyer Saul Goodman.
The plan goes spectacularly wrong. Instead of stopping, the car involved in the staged accident drives away. The twins chase it to a suburban house, assuming it belongs to the Kettlemans. However, the driver is actually an elderly woman, and the house belongs to her grandson: the volatile drug kingpin . Better Call Saul: 1Г—1
The episode ends on a chilling cliffhanger as Jimmy, attempting to talk his way into the house to rescue the twins, finds himself staring down the barrel of Tuco’s gun. In the first episode of , titled "