McWexler

McWexler is the het ship between Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler from the Better Call Saul fandom.

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When she is in her 20s, Kim Wexler moves to Albuquerque, where she is hired by Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill. Kim works in the mailroom, right next to her colleague Jimmy McGill, but aspires to be a lawyer. Unbeknownst to her, Kim inspires Jimmy to pursue the same path. This is not the last time when Jimmy listens to Kim and takes a life-changing decision based on her disposition.

Years later after Kim reached her goal she keeps working at HHM and is aiming towards becoming a partner in the firm. She is close friends with Jimmy who is a lawyer, too, however he is not employed by any law firm, he lives trying to find his own way. Kim’s boss Howard Hamlin and Jimmy don’t seem to like each other much and they often clash, forcing Kim to be caught in the middle. She wants to stay loyal to her friendship with Jimmy, but at the same time doesn’t want to lose a job opportunity as she has already spent several years trying to earn Hamlin’s respect in hopes of getting that promotion that she deserves.

Jimmy and Kim sometimes meet for smoke breaks in the underground parking lot at HHM. First time they’re shown smoking in episode 1, when Jimmy exasperatedly approaches already smoking Kim, takes the cigarette out of her mouth, inhales and then puts it back between her lips. Being able to smoke together gives them room to discuss their personal and work matters, as during moments like this they are completely alone.

While Jimmy tries to make ends meet by clutching onto any case that finds it way into his working path, his true and main objective is to be designated law partners with Kim. He proposes this idea to Kim many times. First, when Kim delivers Jimmy bad news about him being summoned to court as he was sued by Hamlin. He tells her that her talents are not met with due respect at HHM, and that he would actually value her skills and appreciate her as a professional if they were to work together. Kim is touched but she refuses.

They are very comfortable around each other, as seen in episode "Alpine Shepherd Boy", when Jimmy paints Kim’s toenails, as she admits to him that his life is way more interesting than hers. Some time later Jimmy proposes becoming partners again, when he shows Kim a corner office. Kim cannot accept as she feels that she owes HHM for aiding her in getting a degree and still hopes that one day her hard work there will pay off. Later when she fails to make her current clients agree to the deal she proposed and they fire her, Jimmy makes Mike Ehrmantraut force the clients to return to Kim.

When Jimmy gets a job offer from a law firm, he is reluctant to accept it and asks Kim whether his decision would affect their chances as a couple, to which she replies negatively – she will have him any way. Later, when Jimmy and Kim have fun at a restaurant pulling a prank on an annoying stock broker and making him believe they want to invest, Kim feels so happy and overwhelmed that she kisses Jimmy. After Jimmy accepts the job offer, Kim gives him a World's 2nd Best Lawyer travel mug as a gift. The presence of this mug in Jimmy’s life afterwards will be constant, as he will take it with him everywhere. When Jimmy gets a new, more expensive and posher car with his new job, and finds out that Kim’s mug won’t fit in the cup holder, symbolizing that this new job is not meant for him.

The two keep spending more and more time at each other’s place, until they start living together. Eventually, after one of Jimmy’s cons he conducts in order to win a lawsuit, Kim proposes they should either separate or get married so they can enjoy the spousal privilege, so that neither will have to give testimony against the other should they be put on trial. The ceremony is quite simple as they sign the papers at the courthouse. Later that day when both come home from work, Jimmy picks up Kim and carries her over the threshold of their bedroom.

Fanon
Fans of the show greatly enjoy the fact that Jimmy will go to the ends of the earth to make Kim happy, going as far as putting his own brother's career and sanity on line. It is uncertain, whether Jimmy and Kim had dated before the events of the show, however, Kim is shown kissing Jimmy in one flashback scene. While watching the first season one might believe they were together at some point, but broke things off amicably, but the characters never discus the nature of the relationship predating the main story. Fans of the show love the chemistry between these two characters, and it is of no surprise Kim and Jimmy are the show’s most popular couple. To go further, it won’t be wrong to conclude that they have the most healthy and sympathetic romantic relationship in the whole Breaking Bad universe.

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Trivia

 * Peter Gould, the co-creator and co-showrunner of BCS, says that he finds a beautiful and ironical symmetry in Kim and Jimmy's relationship, as "these are two people who got a law office for love and got married for business".
 * In an online interview with The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience, Rhea Seehorn, who plays Kim, answered to a question about Kim and Jimmy not saying "I love you" to each other, and said that, "I'm very proud that their relationship has never traded in lots of sex scenes or lots of kissing or lots of mushy scenes, but I feel like it's a very real relationship. I think that they truly love each other."