“I bet there'll be a lot of people screaming at the television.” PatrickFabian, who plays the pinstriped law partner Howard Hamlin on BetterCallSaul, opens up about tonight's eventful episode.
the world where Walter White’s and Saul Goodman’s character arcs unfold, is all about transformation. We all know about the chemistry teacher who became a murderous drug lord, and we’re almost to the end of the story about the kindhearted con artist who became the cartel’s attorney of choice. But along the way, we’ve encountered any number of supporting characters with surprising trajectories.
Howard may be tough to deal with and a bit of a peacock and a bit of a prima donna, but in the end he’s not a cheater and he’s not a liar. He’s ultimately decent. I think he shows that by his extensions of good will to Jimmy. Even after he denied him [a job at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill], he got him a job at Davis and Maine. And then he offered him a job at HHM in season five. He helped Kim go to college. He helped to pay off her debt. He tried to warn her.
Right. And he has a lot more ties. Let’s talk about his wardrobe, because it’s like his armor, right?who was the wardrobe designer. Jennifer Bryan came up with the tie bar. She came up with the knit tie, which at the time were very, very hard to find. The suits are made by, down in Los Angeles. They were handcrafted in Genoa. They are inch-to-inch made for me. And that’s why they look so good. And you are right: The word is “armor.
I wasn’t sure Howard was going to come back in the episode, but then he does. And he has this incredible moment where he’s able to tell Jimmy and Kim what he really thinks, and demand that they explain themselves in a kind of a lawyerly way. Tell me about that scene. And you go from being the heavy, in the first season, to the person summarily dispatched by the big boss, in video game terms.