In the latest teaser for the Breaking Bad spin-off, Better Call Saul, perennially grumpy hitman Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) features in a scene that gives some clues as to how he hooked up with Saul Goodman in the first place.

In the short promo clip, Mike is working as a parking garage attendant, while Saul (aka Jimmy McGill), played by Bob Odenkirk, attempts to talk his way in, with little success.

After giving Mike some of his trademark verbals, Saul ends up face-down on the garage floor in a judo hold. Quite how Mike ends up being recruited to do the sleazy lawyer's dirty work will presumably be explained when the full show goes to air in the United States on February 8.

The show, a prequel to the smash-hit series about a high school teacher who goes into the meth manufacturing business, will be aired in Australia on the new subscription video on demand service Stan, a joint venture between Fairfax and Nine Entertainment.

Follow Entertainment on Twitter