"Better Call Saul": Season Three in 10 Questions Quiz

Answer: In the gas cap

Mike did a cursory examination of his vehicle out in the wilderness before driving to a junk yard where he proceeded to tear the car apart, looking for a tracking device that he knew had to be there. When the junk yard employee told him it was closing time and asked him what he wanted to do with his car (since it was in pieces), Mike told him to keep it. While Mike was waiting in the shop for a taxi, he spotted the gas caps for sale, and he decided to check the gas cap again. He had removed it before and looked around the compartment, but this time he took the cap apart, and he found the device.

Why was the gas cap important? Mike used it to track the trackers. He had the vet procure the same model for him, along with the monitor for the device. He then switched the new tracking device with the one that was in his other car (both vehicles had tracking devices), and he drained the battery on that device and then waited for someone to pick it up. But the device that was picked up was the new one, so Mike was able to track it, and he followed it back to Los Pollos Hermanos and eventually Gus Fring.

Answer: The door

Chuck allowed Ernesto to hear part of the tape with the expectation that Ernesto would tell Jimmy about it. Meanwhile Chuck hired private detectives (paid for by HHM) to stay in his house around the clock, waiting for Jimmy to break in. Ernesto did tell Kim about the tape (thinking that if he didn't tell Jimmy directly, it wouldn't be as bad for him), and Kim then told Jimmy. Jimmy at first was hurt that Chuck had taped him, but he eventually became incensed and went to see Chuck. Chuck wouldn't open the door for him, so Jimmy kicked it in. He then broke into Chuck's desk, destroyed the tape and threatened Chuck, all of which was overheard by the detective and by Howard, who happened to be there. Thus Jimmy was arrested for damaging Chuck's property and threatening Chuck.

Why was the broken door important? Besides leading to Jimmy's arrest, the door also had to be fixed. Kim cold-called contractors and repair companies until she found the one that Chuck had hired to repair the door; she then canceled the appointment, and Jimmy sent Mike instead. While in Chuck's house, Mike took pictures of Chuck's living situation (after scaring Chuck away with the whirring sounds of a drill), and he found the address of Chuck's ex-wife Rebecca for Jimmy.

Answer: Sprinkled drugs on it as it approached the U.S. border inspection

We found out that Gus didn't want Mike to shoot Hector because it would be too easy of a death; apparently, Gus had a plan to make Hector to suffer. But he was willing to let Mike disrupt Hector's distribution system so he arranged for Mike to pick up a bag of drugs in Mexico, which Mike then put into a pair of sneakers. Mike flung the shoes over a utility line that was overhead of a stop sign along the route that Hector's truck traveled. As the truck stopped, Mike shot at the shoes, and the drugs were released, dusting Hector's truck. The drugs were detected at the border, resulting in a D.E.A. raid of Hector's ice cream shop in Albuquerque.

Why was this important? After Hector lost his truck, he had to find another way to get his product across the border. First he bullied Gus into carrying it, and despite Gus's claim that his trucks were at capacity, Gus seemed rather pleased with the situation. But then Hector decided to find another way of getting his product across the border, and he decided on Nacho's dad, which drove Nacho to come up with a way to do away with Hector. Ultimately, when Don Bolsa ordered Hector to use Gus's trucks, Hector erupted, cursing him and Don Eladio before collapsing.

Answer: Doctored his heart medication

After his company was raided by the D.E.A., Hector had to find another method for moving his product across the border. At first he bullied Gus Fring into carrying his product, but then he wanted to find his own operation, and he decided to use the trucks that Nacho's father used to bring his upholstery fabric across the border. Nacho tried to explain to Hector that his father wasn't in the business, but Hector had made up his mind. Nacho knew that his father wouldn't work with Hector, and he was afraid that his father would go to the police and would then end up dead, so Nacho decided to kill Hector. When Hector had an attack and dropped some of his heart pills on the floor, Nacho kept one of them and then had Pryce/Daniel Wormald get him some empty capsules. He put Ibuprofen into the empty capsules and then switched the pills. The first time Hector took the doctored pills, they didn't affect him, but the next time Hector had a major attack, he took the pills and collapsed. Gus was there when it happened, and he performed CPR on Hector. The last we saw of Hector in season three was when he was loaded into an ambulance.

Why was this important? When Nacho contacted Pryce to get the pills, Pryce once again contacted Mike to serve as his bodyguard for the transaction. Mike then advised Nacho to make sure he switched the pills back in case anyone checked the medication. Nacho apparently did just that after Hector had his attack, while Gus was performing CPR, and when the paramedic asked if Hector was taking any medication, Nacho handed over the pill bottle, presumably with the real medication in it. But Gus was looking at Nacho with a rather thoughtful gaze - how much did he know?

Answer: A cell phone battery

Although Jimmy had destroyed the cassette tape of his confession when he kicked in the door to Chuck's house, Chuck had another copy, and that, along with the eyewitness testimony from Howard and a private detective, made for a strong case against Jimmy. But Jimmy and Kim presented the case that Chuck was an unbalanced man who had an obsession with destroying Jimmy despite Jimmy's tender care of his brother. To prove that Chuck's illness wasn't real, Jimmy had Huell Babineaux plant a cell phone battery on Chuck over an hour before his testimony. When Jimmy had Chuck pull out the battery, Chuck began to unravel, particularly after the prosecutor made a comment about the irrelevancy of Chuck's mental illness. "I'M NOT MAD!" he screamed before ranting about all of the things Jimmy did over the years.

Why was this important? Besides preventing Jimmy from being disbarred (he ended up with a twelve-month suspension instead), the trick showed everyone present, including Chuck, that his illness wasn't real. Even if Howard had suspected as much, he now had definitive proof. Chuck, for his part, did try to get better, reaching out to Dr. Cruz for help with his treatment. As Howard told him after the hearing, Chuck was at a crossroads, and for a while, it appeared that he was going to head in the right direction.

Answer: Saul Goodman Productions

Jimmy wasn't allowed to advertise as a lawyer during his twelve month suspension, so he had to cancel his commercials, but he was dismayed to find out that he couldn't get his money back for the unaired spots. But his contract allowed him to create and air other commercials during the time slot, so he decided to sell his airtime using the Saul Goodman persona. He even returned to his Slippin' Jimmy skills to sell the airtime. When the owners of a music store reneged on purchasing additional ads after Jimmy had given them a free trial, Jimmy slipped on a drumstick in their store and was rewarded with the sale of his remaining spots, an autographed Richie Blackmore guitar, and a sore back.

Why was the use of the name important? We'd seen Jimmy use the "Saul Goodman" moniker in season one in a flashback to his Slippin' Jimmy days when he told one of his marks that his name was 'Saul Goodman - like it's all good, man'. But here he used it a little more formally and included the flashy Saul Goodman persona on a commercial. Even Kim was a bit surprised by the character, commenting that he had a lot of energy. One step closer to the real Saul Goodman...

Answer: Howard forced Chuck out of the firm.

In one of the great scenes this season, Howard climbed over the backyard walls of Chuck's neighbors to reach the back entrance to Chuck's house, taking time to straighten his suit and tie after each wall. He did so because Chuck didn't want anyone to be seen entering his house in case Jimmy was watching. Howard was losing patience with Chuck over the cost for the round-the-clock private investigator who was hanging out in Chuck's house in case Jimmy broke in. As it turned out, they did catch Jimmy breaking in, but not quite the way that Chuck predicted. Howard grew increasingly frustrated with Chuck after that. He hadn't wanted Chuck to testify at Jimmy's hearing, but Chuck wouldn't listen to him, and Howard was later forced to do damage control with clients who had heard about Chuck's breakdown at the hearing. When the malpractice insurance premiums for HHM's attorneys were increased due to Chuck's breakdown, Howard at first pursued a solution with the insurance company, but when Chuck suddenly threatened to sue them, it was the last straw for Howard. He told Chuck that his behavior had become increasingly unpredictable and suggested that Chuck retire. Chuck rejected that option and threatened to sue HHM for breach of contract. This further enraged Howard because the firm couldn't afford to buy Chuck out of his partnership, which meant that Chuck would be destroying the firm. Chuck later met with the senior partners and offered to let bygones be bygones, but instead, Howard cleared the room and handed Chuck a personal check for a third of his buyout payment, explaining that he would personally be making all of the payments since the firm couldn't afford it.

Why was this important? Chuck's whole life was HHM. He looked utterly in shock when Howard handed him a check to buy him out rather than accept him back into the firm. Chuck's dismissal from the firm was undoubtedly a factor in his actions in the season finale.

Answer: Turned her friends against her

When Jimmy visited Irene and found out that a multi-million dollar settlement offer had been made by Sandpiper, he asked Irene why she hadn't accepted it, and she told him that Erin from Davis and Main law firm told her that there would be a better offer. But Jimmy needed cash now, and when he calculated his cut at over a million dollars, he decided to force Irene into accepting the settlement offer. He decided that she would do so if her friends turned against her because she hadn't accepted it. So he spent his time poisoning their minds against her, even buying Irene a fancy pair of sneakers and then telling her friends that Irene just doesn't need the money because she can afford nice things on her own. His plan worked; they shunned her, and she ended up in tears, unaware of why they had turned on her. When Jimmy suggested that it might be the settlement, she agreed to accept it, but her friends wouldn't accept her back.

Why was this important? This was the end of Jimmy's elder law practice. Despite his attempts, he couldn't reunite Irene and her friends, so he decided to sacrifice himself. He staged a fake conversation between Erin and himself, which was overheard by the Sandpiper residents during a chair yoga session. He belittled his clients and made it clear that he had used Irene to get his money: "If the only thing standing between me and a million bucks is some old lady's tears, then I suggest investing in Kleenex". Irene and her friends were reunited, and as Jimmy told Kim, he would have to find a new business model when his license was reinstated because his name was being bashed by seniors across the southwest.

Answer: Kim had a car accident.

When Jimmy's license was suspended, Kim assumed that they would need to close their office, but Jimmy wanted to keep the office open. He told Kim he would find a way to pay his half of the expenses, and although he struggled, he was managing to meet the obligation. But Kim was concerned, particularly after Jimmy hurt his back, so she took on another client besides Mesa Verde. She was already sleeping at the office to handle the Mesa Verde case, so she was completely overwhelmed with her workload. While she was driving to a client meeting, she blacked out and ran off the road, crashing into a boulder. She fortunately only ended up with a broken arm, but the accident was a wake-up call for her and Jimmy. She decided to reduce her workload by letting the other client go, and Jimmy told her that they would sublet the office since she could work from home. Unfortunately, they had to let Francesca go, but she was able to get her old job at the Motor Vehicle Division back.

Why was Kim's accident important? Over the first three seasons we had seen what a workaholic Kim was, and in this season, we even saw montage of her morning routine - showering and dressing at the gym across the street after catching a few hours' sleep on the couch in her office. But after the accident, she decided to take it easy; she let go of one client, and instead of rushing back to work with Mesa Verde, she embarked upon "Relaxathon 2003", as Jimmy called it - loading up on Blockbuster videos and snacks while she recuperated from her accident. Kim's accident also had a dramatic effect on Jimmy. After Chuck had taped his confession, he had cut Chuck out of his life, but the accident made him decide to try and make amends with Chuck. He also decided to take a drastic step to fix things for Irene Landry.

Answer: Chuck

Chuck had been making progress in dealing with his disorder; when Jimmy stopped by, he was impressed to find that the electricity was back on in Chuck's house. But Chuck rejected Jimmy's attempt at a reconciliation, telling Jimmy that he (Jimmy) really didn't matter much to him. Cold last words! After Jimmy left, Chuck began to unravel. He wasn't able to sleep and once again blamed the electricity, turning off the breakers. But he noticed the meter was still running, and he set about looking for the source. Bit by bit, he tore his house a part until the yard and house were full of debris. And then as he sat in a dazed state, he kicked at the table until he knocked the lantern to the floor. The last scene we saw were the flames through his window.

Why was this important? If Chuck was truly dead, this could be a catalyst for turning Jimmy McGill into Saul Goodman. After all, it was Jimmy who tipped off the malpractice insurance company about Chuck's breakdown in court, and that led to Chuck's eventual departure from HHM. The guilt may weigh heavily on Jimmy.