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Slippin' Jimmy

Better Call Saul Presents: Slippin' Jimmy is a six-episode animated comedy series released on AMC+ on May 23, 2022, acting as a prequel to the drama Better Call Saul. It follows a young Jimmy McGill, decades before he becomes the lawyer Saul Goodman, as he schemes his way through Catholic school in 1970s Chicago with his best friend Marco. Each short, about nine minutes long, is styled after 1970s Saturday morning cartoons and pays homage to a specific film genre.¹^•²^•³

Key fact	Detail
Format	Six animated shorts of about 9 minutes each, one season, released May 23, 2022 on AMC+²^•³
Premise	Young Jimmy McGill tries to get through Catholic school without landing himself and his best pal Marco in detention again⁴
Style	Created in the retro style of Fat Albert, with each episode an ode to a movie genre from spaghetti westerns to Buster Keaton to After Hours⁵
Writers	Kathleen Williams-Foshee and Ariel Levine⁵
Lead voices	Sean Giambrone as Jimmy McGill, Kyle S. More as Marco Pasternak⁶
Reception	IMDb score of 2.8 from about 1,800 users; Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter at 32%³^•⁷
Status	Ended after one season; no second season⁸

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Episodes

Each episode runs about nine minutes and adopts the conventions of a different film genre.³

Fistful of Snowballs, a spaghetti western parody in which a snowball thrown at Jimmy McGill had better hit the heart⁴
The Exor-sister, a horror parody in which something haunts Sister Beth and two boys in detention must save her⁴
After Bedtime, in which trouble finds Jimmy and Marco on the streets of Chicago after hours⁴
City Flights, a silent comedy in which Jimmy braves enormous dogs, angry policemen, and dangerous trains to get a gift for his big brother Chuck⁴
Speed Date, in which Jimmy must ask out his crush Dawn Marie before his nemesis Trent gets to her first⁴
Cool Hand Jimmy, in which Jimmy and Marco's friendship begins at Camp Reformation⁴

Origin of the nickname

In Better Call Saul, the name Slippin' Jimmy is the childhood nickname of Jimmy McGill (played by Bob Odenkirk), a talented grifter who later reinvents himself as the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.⁹ The nickname comes from a time when Jimmy would scam money by taking advantage of "slip n' fall season" during Chicago winters, staging falls on icy pavement.¹⁰ In the live-action series, his brother Chuck says that "Slippin' Jimmy" had been conning ever since he was nine and "couldn't keep his fingers out of the cash drawer."¹¹

Development and release

AMC Networks announced the series in March 2021, while the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul was in production. It was reported as inspired by 1970s Saturday morning cartoon classics like Fat Albert, and as following the adventures of young Jimmy and Chuck McGill and friends back home in Cicero, Illinois.⁵ The show was co-written by Better Call Saul script coordinator Kathleen Williams-Foshee and Ariel Levine, who had written earlier supplemental digital shorts for the series such as Ethics Training with Kim Wexler and Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training.⁵

All six episodes were released on AMC+ on May 23, 2022, shortly before the final episodes of Better Call Saul aired.²^•¹²

Cast

Sean Giambrone voices Jimmy McGill and Kyle S. More voices Marco Pasternak. The voice cast also includes Will Vought as Trent Titweiller, Beth Grant as Ms. Retch, Gary Anthony Williams as a demon, Jasmine T.R. Gatewood as Bobbi, Chi McBride as Father Karras, David Herman, Laraine Newman, and Carlos Alazraqui.⁶^•⁴

Reception

The series was received poorly. Its IMDb score stands at 2.8 from about 1,800 users, and its Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter score is 32% from fewer than 50 ratings.³^•⁷ Spanish-language press described it as widely considered among the worst spin-offs, noting its low scores on IMDb and FilmAffinity (2.8 and 4.1 respectively) and that its episodes sit outside the main plot with characters shown differently.¹² TV Tropes characterizes it as ditching the serious tone of its parent series in favor of outlandish plots and Looney Tunes-style visual gags.¹³

Place in the Breaking Bad universe

The series is officially part of the Breaking Bad franchise as a prequel to Better Call Saul, but its canonicity is disputed among viewers because its supernatural and cartoonish content, such as demonic possession, departs from the realism of the parent shows.⁶^•¹⁴ It ended after one season, and no second season was produced.⁸ As of late 2026 it streams in the United States on AMC+, Philo, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV, and AMC+ channel feeds, and is not on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video.³

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Adult animated comedy series

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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