87 Facts About Francesca Liddy

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Francesca Liddy comes to find his new status as a drug lord psychologically rewarding, leading him to become increasingly willing to resort to criminal acts such as theft, extortion, money laundering, depraved indifference, and murder.

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Francesca Liddy has had several meager sources of income: writing short stories, selling items on eBay, working as a bookkeeper, and ultimately helping her husband launder money.

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Francesca Liddy is horrified by the brutality at the higher levels of the drug trade particularly during later seasons, but remains involved with Walt out of necessity.

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Francesca Liddy is very protective of children; his desire to keep children out of the violent drug world gives rise to several key events throughout the series.

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Francesca Liddy wrestles with feelings of guilt about the deaths, all drug-related, of people he has been associated with.

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Francesca Liddy is involved in investigating a meth dealer known as "Heisenberg, " unaware for over a year that his prey is actually Walter.

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Francesca Liddy appears self-centered and shallow but cares deeply for her husband and her sister's family.

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Francesca Liddy tries to take Holly with her, but Hank commands her to return the baby.

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9.

Francesca Liddy is later seen two months later in her house, now with blue instead of purple trim, warning Skyler to watch out for Walt.

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10.

Francesca Liddy has cerebral palsy, as manifested in speech difficulties and impaired motor control, for which he uses crutches.

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11.

Francesca Liddy is reluctant to be associated with violence or murder.

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12.

Francesca Liddy subsequently helps Walter and Skyler launder their drug money, and provides legal assistance for Jesse and his drug-dealing friends.

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Francesca Liddy is a public booster for the local DEA office and a member of the hospital board.

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Francesca Liddy ultimately kills Lalo in a shootout at the lab's construction site, and has him buried beneath the lab's foundation.

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15.

Francesca Liddy has completed the superlab and plans for Gale to be his cook, but when he discovers the superior quality of Walter's blue meth, he hires Walter and reluctantly allows Jesse to serve as Walter's assistant.

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16.

Francesca Liddy took a job as a parking lot attendant at the local courthouse and performed for-hire criminal jobs on the side.

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17.

Francesca Liddy provides Walt with information on a railroad tanker car shipment of methylamine, which would provide Walt with enough material to make millions of dollars worth of meth for sale to Lydia's contacts in the Czech Republic.

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Francesca Liddy meets Lydia and Todd at a coffee shop and offers them a new method for methylamine-free meth production.

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19.

Francesca Liddy subsequently proposes to Rich Schweikart, the managing partner of the firm defending the Sandpiper chain, that she bring Mesa Verde with her and become a partner in charge of a new banking division.

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20.

Francesca Liddy tells Gus that Jimmy convinced Lalo to send her instead of him, through which Gus deduces that the assassination attempt was a ruse.

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21.

Francesca Liddy gives a copy of the document to Howard's widow Cheryl, giving her grounds to file a civil suit against Kim.

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22.

Francesca Liddy receives a sentence of 86 years; Kim visits him in prison to bid him farewell.

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23.

Francesca Liddy is the right-hand man to Tuco Salamanca, heir to Hector Salamanca's organization.

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Francesca Liddy arrives from Mexico soon after Hector's stroke to help run the family's drug operation, and takes a greater interest in the day-to-day details than Hector did, which makes Nacho uneasy.

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Francesca Liddy becomes aware that Werner was constructing something for Gus and Gus fabricates a story to explain events of which Lalo is aware, which Lalo outwardly accepts while remaining suspicious.

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26.

Francesca Liddy intends to skip bail and return to Mexico, but instead of waiting for Leonel and Marco to pick him up, he searches for Jimmy's car.

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27.

Francesca Liddy later arrives at Kim's apartment, intending to interrogate her and Jimmy about their ties to Mike and Gus.

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28.

Francesca Liddy is knowledgeable about the inner workings of Mexican gangs.

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29.

Francesca Liddy is impressed with Hank's tenacity and hard work, and recommends him for a transfer to El Paso.

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30.

Francesca Liddy is one of five characters to appear in each of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

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31.

Francesca Liddy holds an MS degree in organic chemistry, with a specialty in X-ray crystallography.

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32.

Francesca Liddy is a fan of foreign language music, speaks fluent Italian, and is fond of Walt Whitman.

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33.

Francesca Liddy is in constant contact with Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, who tells him which containers she has taken off the manifests, which he sends to Golden Moth Chemical Company in Albuquerque, which in turn forwards them on to Lavanderia Brilliante and Gus's lab.

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34.

Francesca Liddy reappears in Better Call Saul as the doctor in a medical clinic for low-income Spanish-speaking patients.

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35.

Francesca Liddy is later shown among the men looking for Walt when Walt goes into hiding.

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36.

Francesca Liddy appears throughout Better Call Saul from season three onward with Gus's introduction to the story, acting as Gus's bodyguard and enforcer along with Tyrus, a role he maintains with Gus's introduction in Breaking Bad.

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37.

Francesca Liddy first met Gus Fring twenty years prior to the start of the series, when Gus and his partner Max proposed producing methamphetamine for the cartel.

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38.

Francesca Liddy then forced Gus to work with the cartel under Eladio's terms, and Gus became the cartel's chief distributor in the American Southwest.

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39.

Francesca Liddy is the cartel's liaison with Gus, and the one who arranges a meeting among Gus, the Cousins, and Hector to determine how to handle Walter following Tuco's death.

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40.

Francesca Liddy goes on to say that he cannot guarantee the Cousins will listen to reason and leave Walter alive until his business with Gus is done.

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41.

Francesca Liddy has forbidden the Cousins to kill Hank in retaliation for Hank's killing of Tuco because killing law enforcement officers will bring on more police scrutiny.

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42.

Francesca Liddy is the uncle of twins Leonel and Marco Salamanca, Tuco Salamanca, and Lalo Salamanca, and raised Tuco as a son.

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43.

Francesca Liddy taught his nephews that family is everything and lives by the creed himself.

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44.

Francesca Liddy spent 17 years in San Quentin State Prison but never revealed any information to the authorities.

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45.

Francesca Liddy is unpredictable and prone to violent outbursts which are often amplified by his drug use.

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46.

Francesca Liddy reveals that his cousins Leonel and Marco are coming to the house to take them all to Mexico, where Walt will cook his blue meth for the cartel.

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47.

Francesca Liddy is first seen coordinating the hijacking of a Los Pollos Hermanos truck that is transporting drugs and killing the guards inside by filling it with engine exhaust fumes.

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48.

Francesca Liddy's name is a reference to Edward James Olmos' character in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

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49.

Francesca Liddy dies while moving No Doze's body from under a stack of cars in a junkyard; the stack shifts and catches his arm under it, partially severing it and causing him to bleed to death.

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50.

Francesca Liddy is a recovering meth addict and single mother to a young son named Brock.

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51.

Francesca Liddy engages in a romantic relationship with her, but ends it when he discovers that the 11-year-old boy who killed his friend "Combo" is her younger brother Tomas Cantillo.

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52.

Francesca Liddy tells her the money is for her to move out of her bad neighborhood and to help raise her son.

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53.

Francesca Liddy is a prolific drafter, a skill that she has used to become a tattoo artist despite not having any tattoos.

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54.

Francesca Liddy discovers that Jesse has a past interest in drawing, and they become intrigued by each other.

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55.

Francesca Liddy begins to vomit while asleep, and Walt silently stands at the bedside watching her choke and then asphyxiate to death.

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56.

Francesca Liddy had a job as a street advertising mascot for an Albuquerque bank.

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57.

Francesca Liddy is the lead singer for TwaughtHammer, the band in which he plays with Jesse.

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58.

Francesca Liddy served time in prison with Tuco and introduces Jesse to him.

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59.

Francesca Liddy decides to sell meth for Jesse again, albeit on a smaller scale.

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60.

Francesca Liddy is seen in the mid-season premiere "Blood Money, " hanging out at Jesse's house and listening to Badger's Star Trek script.

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61.

Francesca Liddy is revealed to have been the one who originally owned the RV that Walt and Jesse cooked meth in, which Combo had sold to Jesse for $1,400 without his family's knowledge, which provides a big clue for Hank when tracking down "Heisenberg".

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62.

Francesca Liddy once got in legal trouble as a juvenile for stealing a Baby Jesus from a Nativity display, but was helped by Kim Wexler who served as his public defender.

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63.

Francesca Liddy later takes Walter White to New Hampshire, hiding him away in a cabin in a rural area.

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64.

Francesca Liddy died of brain cancer on October 11,2019, the same day the movie was released, though he appeared in Better Call Saul as Ed posthumously.

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65.

Francesca Liddy is Saul Goodman's outspoken receptionist and secretary.

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66.

Francesca Liddy gives her money and an attorney's business card and tells her that if she needs help she should say "Jimmy" sent her.

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67.

At Saul's request, Francesca Liddy tells him about what became of Skyler White and Huell Babineaux before revealing that Kim had called her asking after Saul.

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68.

Francesca Liddy would go on to create the "Filmmaker Training" series of videos of informational tips and tricks for filmmaking.

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Francesca Liddy gives Skyler her old job back as his accountant during the second season.

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70.

Francesca Liddy's supposed incompetence forestalls a full investigation, provided Ted pays the back taxes and penalties.

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71.

Francesca Liddy secretly serves as a middleman to put criminals in contact with each other.

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72.

Francesca Liddy murdered Jesse's friend Combo on the orders of rival drug dealers.

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73.

Francesca Liddy is said to be one of the top 10 oncologists in the United States.

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74.

Francesca Liddy provides the magnet system used to wipe the evidence from Gus's laptop, and constructs the portable laboratory equipment used in the Vamonos Pest undercover meth lab operation.

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75.

Francesca Liddy takes a calm, non-judgmental approach to leading discussions and emphasizes that those attending his sessions are there not to improve themselves, but to learn self-acceptance.

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76.

Francesca Liddy asks the Group Leader if he is okay with that, to which the group leader responds, "No " Jesse retorts, "About time, " and leaves the session, never to return.

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77.

Francesca Liddy tells them that he could "take him out to the desert" to acquire more information to which Kim and Jimmy ask him to leave.

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Francesca Liddy sent Jane to rehab once before and goes with her to recovery meetings.

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Francesca Liddy nearly calls the police but relents when Jane promises to go back into rehab.

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80.

Francesca Liddy finds a tarantula, which he places in a jar; he then hears a train coming down the tracks and sets off to see it, only to encounter Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, and Todd Alquist as they are celebrating their success in stealing the methylamine from the tanker car on the train Kuby helped them stop.

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81.

Francesca Liddy took over the bank from his father Don in the early 2000s and presides over its expansion into a large regional institution.

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82.

Francesca Liddy is abrasive and rude to Walter, who finds this job degrading and tedious.

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83.

Francesca Liddy frequently chides Jimmy for drinking the cucumber water infusion she makes available to salon customers and employees and objects to Jimmy's clients waiting in the area where she provides services to hers.

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Francesca Liddy assumes Kim and Jimmy are married, shares a drink with him, and offers him relationship advice.

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85.

Francesca Liddy is loyal to Gus and takes great pride in his work, but is oblivious to Gus's role in the illegal drug trade.

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86.

Francesca Liddy asks Jimmy to represent Acker against Mesa Verde, and Acker agrees.

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87.

Francesca Liddy recovers Neil's cash and departs after setting an explosion to cover his tracks.

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