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First introduced late in Season 2 of Breaking Bad, Bob Odenkirk’s sleazy criminal lawyer extraordinaire, Saul Goodman, immediately became a scene-stealing fan favorite — and then grabbed the spotlight again in Better Call Saul when it premiered in 2015. Co-created by Breaking Bad mastermind Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould (the writer-director of Saul’s first Bad appearance), Better Call Saul serves as both a prequel and sequel to its predecessor. The series covers the years before the man known as Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman, and, ultimately, Omaha Cinnabon manager Gene Takavic, the identity he takes on following the events of Breaking Bad.
Better Call Saul starts off as more of a courtroom and family drama, but the eventual emergence of Breaking Bad power players like Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) help raise the stakes...
First introduced late in Season 2 of Breaking Bad, Bob Odenkirk’s sleazy criminal lawyer extraordinaire, Saul Goodman, immediately became a scene-stealing fan favorite — and then grabbed the spotlight again in Better Call Saul when it premiered in 2015. Co-created by Breaking Bad mastermind Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould (the writer-director of Saul’s first Bad appearance), Better Call Saul serves as both a prequel and sequel to its predecessor. The series covers the years before the man known as Jimmy McGill becomes Saul Goodman, and, ultimately, Omaha Cinnabon manager Gene Takavic, the identity he takes on following the events of Breaking Bad.
Better Call Saul starts off as more of a courtroom and family drama, but the eventual emergence of Breaking Bad power players like Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) help raise the stakes...
- 5/1/2024
- by Derek Lawrence
- Tudum - Netflix
During a recent Gold Derby video interview, senior editor Matt Noble spoke in-depth with Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”) about the last season of his AMC legal drama, which is eligible at the 2023 Emmys. Watch the full video above and read the complete interview transcript below.
This “Breaking Bad” spin-off closed out its run last spring with one of the most acclaimed final seasons in television history. The series tracked Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) becoming the sleazy but charming lawyer Saul Goodman and included his run-ins with various “Breaking Bad” characters, including Esposito’s popular villain Gustavo Fring.
“In the last couple of years in ‘Better Call Saul,’ I learned to cultivate a certain vulnerability about Gus, which has been an interesting journey,” the actor revealed in our webchat. As the show came to a close, Esposito started “to think about Gus’s life” more and more, even wondering aloud,...
This “Breaking Bad” spin-off closed out its run last spring with one of the most acclaimed final seasons in television history. The series tracked Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) becoming the sleazy but charming lawyer Saul Goodman and included his run-ins with various “Breaking Bad” characters, including Esposito’s popular villain Gustavo Fring.
“In the last couple of years in ‘Better Call Saul,’ I learned to cultivate a certain vulnerability about Gus, which has been an interesting journey,” the actor revealed in our webchat. As the show came to a close, Esposito started “to think about Gus’s life” more and more, even wondering aloud,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Latasha Ford and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Editor’s note: Deadline’s It Starts on the Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writers’ work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2.
The spinoff from Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-winning Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul wrapped its run on AMC by tying up all the loose threads that wove through the ambitious drama for six seasons and spanned characters that appeared in both series.
That feat culminated with Season 6’s 13th and final episode, “Saul Gone,” written and directed by series co-creator Peter Gould, who brought it all home by providing a platform that literally put Bob Odenkirk’s lead character — in essence a man made up separate entities in Jimmy McGill, lawyer/crook Saul Goodman and fugitive Gene Takavic — on trial for his numerous crimes and misdeeds.
The spinoff from Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-winning Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul wrapped its run on AMC by tying up all the loose threads that wove through the ambitious drama for six seasons and spanned characters that appeared in both series.
That feat culminated with Season 6’s 13th and final episode, “Saul Gone,” written and directed by series co-creator Peter Gould, who brought it all home by providing a platform that literally put Bob Odenkirk’s lead character — in essence a man made up separate entities in Jimmy McGill, lawyer/crook Saul Goodman and fugitive Gene Takavic — on trial for his numerous crimes and misdeeds.
- 6/15/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s thoughtful and it’s as intelligent and nuanced as those two characters are,” reflects Rhea Seehorn about the ending of “Better Call Saul” playing Kim opposite Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). For our recent webchat, she also says, “It’s incredibly painful to leave him, but I think she thinks they have a future. They have decided to unburden themselves and free their conscience. I’m a hopeless romantic, so I think she’s gonna try and start figuring out how to reduce his sentence, but legally, not with a scam.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“Better Call Saul” closed out its seven-season run of the AMC series that tracked Jimmy becoming the ‘criminal’ lawyer Saul Goodman from “Breaking Bad.” The drama also showed the endearing and dangerous romance between Jimmy and Kim, a relationship that had become the heart of the show. The final season saw tragedy...
“Better Call Saul” closed out its seven-season run of the AMC series that tracked Jimmy becoming the ‘criminal’ lawyer Saul Goodman from “Breaking Bad.” The drama also showed the endearing and dangerous romance between Jimmy and Kim, a relationship that had become the heart of the show. The final season saw tragedy...
- 5/9/2023
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
When the “Breaking Bad” cast won the SAG Award for Best Drama Ensemble for the year of 2013, among the winners was Bob Odenkirk who played smooth-talking “criminal” lawyer Saul Goodman. Nine years later, Odenkirk looks well placed to win a trophy for the same role on AMC’s “Better Call Saul” for its final season. However, this time it could be his first solo honor.
Odenkirk is currently the frontrunner to take home the SAG Award for Best Drama Actor. According to Gold Derby’s predictions, he enjoys leading 69/20 odds with his closest competitor being Adam Scott (“Severance”). Odenkirk also has a shot at taking out another ensemble prize. “Better Call Saul” is currently placed third at Gold Derby with 11/2 odds, behind “The Crown” and “Severance.” It’s also worth noting that Odenkirk just picked up a Golden Globe nomination for the role.
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Odenkirk is currently the frontrunner to take home the SAG Award for Best Drama Actor. According to Gold Derby’s predictions, he enjoys leading 69/20 odds with his closest competitor being Adam Scott (“Severance”). Odenkirk also has a shot at taking out another ensemble prize. “Better Call Saul” is currently placed third at Gold Derby with 11/2 odds, behind “The Crown” and “Severance.” It’s also worth noting that Odenkirk just picked up a Golden Globe nomination for the role.
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- 12/21/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
"What's the deal with not watching my show?" is what comedian Jerry Seinfeld might playfully ask Bob Odenkirk. Don't feel bad if you blink and missed Odenkirk's guest role on one of the most popular 1990s sitcoms. During the show's iconic run, "Seinfeld" played host to a treasure trove of guest stars, both famous and those yet to make a name for themselves.
The characters of "Seinfeld" spent most of their days judging others, and that was doubly so when it came to guest stars. A pre-"Friends" Courtney Cox and pre-"Will & Grace" Megan Mullally would both get their NBC starts with appearances on the show. Judge Reinhold earned his only Emmy nomination for a 1994 guest appearance, and Molly Shannon made a pop-in during her run on "Saturday Night Live." Even Wilford Brimley got in on the action during the show's final season.
Yada yada yada, the list goes on.
The characters of "Seinfeld" spent most of their days judging others, and that was doubly so when it came to guest stars. A pre-"Friends" Courtney Cox and pre-"Will & Grace" Megan Mullally would both get their NBC starts with appearances on the show. Judge Reinhold earned his only Emmy nomination for a 1994 guest appearance, and Molly Shannon made a pop-in during her run on "Saturday Night Live." Even Wilford Brimley got in on the action during the show's final season.
Yada yada yada, the list goes on.
- 12/18/2022
- by Travis Yates
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of "Better Call Saul."
The character of Saul Goodman is one that's defined the career of Bob Odenkirk since first taking on the role in the second season of "Breaking Bad." Saul was such a popular character that after the show ended its critically acclaimed five-season run, AMC announced the prequel/sequel series "Better Call Saul," with Odenkirk as the lead. When an actor spends much of their career with a single character, you'd think it would be hard to diversify work after that point. Odenkirk, however, found new and exciting ways to take his experience with a character like Saul into roles that were vastly different.
The most recent example is Odenkirk's character in the 2021 action film, "Nobody." The movie focuses on a retired assassin named Hutch, who lives a quiet and restrained life in the suburbs and springs back into...
The character of Saul Goodman is one that's defined the career of Bob Odenkirk since first taking on the role in the second season of "Breaking Bad." Saul was such a popular character that after the show ended its critically acclaimed five-season run, AMC announced the prequel/sequel series "Better Call Saul," with Odenkirk as the lead. When an actor spends much of their career with a single character, you'd think it would be hard to diversify work after that point. Odenkirk, however, found new and exciting ways to take his experience with a character like Saul into roles that were vastly different.
The most recent example is Odenkirk's character in the 2021 action film, "Nobody." The movie focuses on a retired assassin named Hutch, who lives a quiet and restrained life in the suburbs and springs back into...
- 12/17/2022
- by Ernesto Valenzuela
- Slash Film
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The best shows of 2022 didn’t just tell compelling stories or introduce likable characters — they built entire worlds.
Some were clearly fantastical ones, like the sci-fi corporate hell that was Severance. Some transported us to eras or locations rarely depicted in American pop culture, like the Korean generational saga Pachinko. Still others took as their setting a mundane reality and dug deeper to find the specific joys or pains buried within them, à la Somebody Somewhere. A few expanded existing universes, like Better Call Saul has done for Breaking Bad. At least one, The Rehearsal, invented new realities for itself as it went along, only to collapse them all in disorienting, sometimes disturbing fashion.
Collectively, these series transported us beyond the here and now, and in doing so offered ways to better understand ourselves and the people and communities around us — all while...
The best shows of 2022 didn’t just tell compelling stories or introduce likable characters — they built entire worlds.
Some were clearly fantastical ones, like the sci-fi corporate hell that was Severance. Some transported us to eras or locations rarely depicted in American pop culture, like the Korean generational saga Pachinko. Still others took as their setting a mundane reality and dug deeper to find the specific joys or pains buried within them, à la Somebody Somewhere. A few expanded existing universes, like Better Call Saul has done for Breaking Bad. At least one, The Rehearsal, invented new realities for itself as it went along, only to collapse them all in disorienting, sometimes disturbing fashion.
Collectively, these series transported us beyond the here and now, and in doing so offered ways to better understand ourselves and the people and communities around us — all while...
- 12/15/2022
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Corny characters are nothing new to television. In fact, our favorite shows have always featured people with exaggerated behaviors and trite one-liners. Corny characters make us laugh, they make us groan, and they epitomize the best and worst aspects of TV storytelling.
We decided it would be a blast to put on our corny caps, and figure out which sappy figures have the most memorable throughout history. Corny has a large variety of interpretations and definitions. Just because these characters are on this list, it doesn’t mean they’re not well-written or acted. It just means they’ve come to symbolize specific aspects of what makes television often outlandish.
Danny Tanner – Full House
I could have chosen any number of characters from the classic ‘80s sitcom Full House, but the widowed patriarch of the Tanner household takes the corny crown from his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos) and his...
We decided it would be a blast to put on our corny caps, and figure out which sappy figures have the most memorable throughout history. Corny has a large variety of interpretations and definitions. Just because these characters are on this list, it doesn’t mean they’re not well-written or acted. It just means they’ve come to symbolize specific aspects of what makes television often outlandish.
Danny Tanner – Full House
I could have chosen any number of characters from the classic ‘80s sitcom Full House, but the widowed patriarch of the Tanner household takes the corny crown from his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis (John Stamos) and his...
- 10/17/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
After leaving the Emmys empty handed last month, “Better Call Saul” hopes to find success at the SAG Awards. The AMC hit told the tale of Jimmy McGill becoming the sleazy but charming lawyer Saul Goodman from “Breaking Bad.”
The extended sixth and final season saw the timelines of both series collide and ended with a greyscale exploration Jimmy’s life beyond “Bad”. It touched on themes of redemption, regrets and choices. Spin-offs rarely impress and final seasons often disappoint, but “Saul” ended with critical favor comparable with that of its predecessor. The final season scored an impressive 95 on Metacritic.
“Saul” has received 46 Emmy nominations over the years and won… none! At SAG it has also failed to pick up a gong and has been less successful with nominations. Perhaps being overlooked by the TV academy could add some fuel to the show’s overdue status. There are three SAG...
The extended sixth and final season saw the timelines of both series collide and ended with a greyscale exploration Jimmy’s life beyond “Bad”. It touched on themes of redemption, regrets and choices. Spin-offs rarely impress and final seasons often disappoint, but “Saul” ended with critical favor comparable with that of its predecessor. The final season scored an impressive 95 on Metacritic.
“Saul” has received 46 Emmy nominations over the years and won… none! At SAG it has also failed to pick up a gong and has been less successful with nominations. Perhaps being overlooked by the TV academy could add some fuel to the show’s overdue status. There are three SAG...
- 10/3/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Beware Of Spoilers For The Season In This Article And Video:
“The fate they gave him I thought was actually the best,” states actor Patrick Fabian about how his character ended his run on “Better Call Saul.” For our recent webchat he adds, “I think Howard finally found his voice.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
The AMC drama series is midway through its final season and tells the story of how Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) became the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman in the Emmy-winning drama series “Breaking Bad.” Fabian plays Howard Hamlin, a legal partner to Jimmy’s late brother Chuck (Michael McKean).
SEEMaking of ‘Better Call Saul’: Roundtable panel with 3 executive producers
Fabian explains, “In the beginning, I’m identified as ‘Lord Vader’ by Jimmy. On our very first day of shooting I was nervous, just like you are the first day of school. I’m leaning...
“The fate they gave him I thought was actually the best,” states actor Patrick Fabian about how his character ended his run on “Better Call Saul.” For our recent webchat he adds, “I think Howard finally found his voice.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
The AMC drama series is midway through its final season and tells the story of how Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) became the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman in the Emmy-winning drama series “Breaking Bad.” Fabian plays Howard Hamlin, a legal partner to Jimmy’s late brother Chuck (Michael McKean).
SEEMaking of ‘Better Call Saul’: Roundtable panel with 3 executive producers
Fabian explains, “In the beginning, I’m identified as ‘Lord Vader’ by Jimmy. On our very first day of shooting I was nervous, just like you are the first day of school. I’m leaning...
- 6/17/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Beware Of Spoilers In The Article And Video For Season 6:
“You’re riding a roller coaster and you have no idea when it’s going to turn,” reveals Michael Mando about his role on “Better Call Saul.” For our recent webchat he adds, “You just know that the impact of the character is so strong. There were a lot of scenes with very little dialogue. That was another really beautiful challenge. There was no safety net. You just had to really be in the moment.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“Better Call Saul” is midway through its final season and tells the story of how Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) became the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman in the Emmy-winning drama series “Breaking Bad.” Mando plays Nacho Varga who has been caught in the middle of a drug cartel rivalry. For a number of seasons, he has tried to escape...
“You’re riding a roller coaster and you have no idea when it’s going to turn,” reveals Michael Mando about his role on “Better Call Saul.” For our recent webchat he adds, “You just know that the impact of the character is so strong. There were a lot of scenes with very little dialogue. That was another really beautiful challenge. There was no safety net. You just had to really be in the moment.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“Better Call Saul” is midway through its final season and tells the story of how Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) became the criminal lawyer Saul Goodman in the Emmy-winning drama series “Breaking Bad.” Mando plays Nacho Varga who has been caught in the middle of a drug cartel rivalry. For a number of seasons, he has tried to escape...
- 6/16/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
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A message to members of the TV Academy: Want the easiest way to placate grouchy TV critics? Nominate Rhea Seehorn for her work on AMC’s Better Call Saul.
This really should be a breeze. This isn’t one of those situations where you’re ignoring The Wire or the first few seasons of Friday Night Lights or The Americans entirely and so no one expects you to recognize their casts. Plus, didn’t you see how grateful folks were when Kyle Chandler and Matthew Rhys finally surfaced on Emmy radars, however belatedly? Saul is a perennial outstanding drama series nominee and a show that has picked up acting nominations for Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks and Michael McKean (albeit for the wrong season) over the years.
So why not Seehorn? Wait. No. Let me rephrase that. So how can you possibly keep ignoring Seehorn?...
A message to members of the TV Academy: Want the easiest way to placate grouchy TV critics? Nominate Rhea Seehorn for her work on AMC’s Better Call Saul.
This really should be a breeze. This isn’t one of those situations where you’re ignoring The Wire or the first few seasons of Friday Night Lights or The Americans entirely and so no one expects you to recognize their casts. Plus, didn’t you see how grateful folks were when Kyle Chandler and Matthew Rhys finally surfaced on Emmy radars, however belatedly? Saul is a perennial outstanding drama series nominee and a show that has picked up acting nominations for Bob Odenkirk, Giancarlo Esposito, Jonathan Banks and Michael McKean (albeit for the wrong season) over the years.
So why not Seehorn? Wait. No. Let me rephrase that. So how can you possibly keep ignoring Seehorn?...
- 6/15/2022
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Kim has not seen ‘Breaking Bad,’ so she’s unaware of the wall they’re running into,” declares actress Rhea Seehorn about the character of Kim Wexler she plays on “Better Call Saul.” For our recent webchat she continues, “It’s much easier to make 1,000 slightly bad decisions than one giant bad decision.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“Better Call Saul” is midway through its sixth and final season. Developing her acclaimed character (which is shockingly yet to receive an Emmy nomination), Seehorn admits, “Other than knowing she was going to be allowed to be complex, everything else was just coming a piece at a time, a jigsaw puzzle piece at a time. It was a very interesting dance. I was doing my own subtext and background work while they were doing theirs. We just had this feeding off of each other’s material in a way that wasn’t even spoken sometimes.
“Better Call Saul” is midway through its sixth and final season. Developing her acclaimed character (which is shockingly yet to receive an Emmy nomination), Seehorn admits, “Other than knowing she was going to be allowed to be complex, everything else was just coming a piece at a time, a jigsaw puzzle piece at a time. It was a very interesting dance. I was doing my own subtext and background work while they were doing theirs. We just had this feeding off of each other’s material in a way that wasn’t even spoken sometimes.
- 6/15/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Will ‘Better Call Saul’ Breakout Rhea Seehorn Survive the Finale? ‘Death Is Not the Only Tragic End’
Rhea Seehorn’s fiancé doesn’t know if Kim Wexler lives. Neither do her stepchildren, who recently became “Better Call Saul” fans — and now demand similar answers about her fate. There are just six episodes left before the “Breaking Bad” prequel wraps up its six-season run in August. How it all ends is still a closely guarded secret.
Seehorn, of course, won’t entertain guesses about her character’s destiny. But she offers a twist: Maybe the question isn’t whether Kim dies — but what happens if she doesn’t? “Death is not the only tragic end,” she teases.
All we know from the “Breaking Bad” timeline are the characters who later pop up in that show — starting with Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, aka Gene Takovic. Bob Odenkirk’s now-iconic role, which began as a one-note huckster lawyer on “Bad,” evolved into a textured, deeply flawed yet sympathetic lead in “Better Call Saul.
Seehorn, of course, won’t entertain guesses about her character’s destiny. But she offers a twist: Maybe the question isn’t whether Kim dies — but what happens if she doesn’t? “Death is not the only tragic end,” she teases.
All we know from the “Breaking Bad” timeline are the characters who later pop up in that show — starting with Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, aka Gene Takovic. Bob Odenkirk’s now-iconic role, which began as a one-note huckster lawyer on “Bad,” evolved into a textured, deeply flawed yet sympathetic lead in “Better Call Saul.
- 6/15/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Beware Of Spoilers In This Article And Video About The Most Recent Episodes!
“Better Call Saul” is the acclaimed drama that has entered its highly anticipated final season with a bang. The prequel series to the beloved, Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad,” aired the first half of its final outing this year. And on July 11, the concluding six episodes will being airing on AMC.
To celebrate the series, watch our special 40-minute “Making of” roundtable discussion with three executive producers of the show: Thomas Schnauz and Gordon Smith, who write and direct, as well as director Melissa Bernstein. Together they are joined by Gold Derby senior editor Matt Noble for a fun Q&a. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
SEEAshley Marsh interview: ‘Better Call Saul’ set decorator
By this sixth outing, attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) has assumed his “Breaking Bad” identity as Saul Goodman. Throughout the season Jimmy and Kim...
“Better Call Saul” is the acclaimed drama that has entered its highly anticipated final season with a bang. The prequel series to the beloved, Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad,” aired the first half of its final outing this year. And on July 11, the concluding six episodes will being airing on AMC.
To celebrate the series, watch our special 40-minute “Making of” roundtable discussion with three executive producers of the show: Thomas Schnauz and Gordon Smith, who write and direct, as well as director Melissa Bernstein. Together they are joined by Gold Derby senior editor Matt Noble for a fun Q&a. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
SEEAshley Marsh interview: ‘Better Call Saul’ set decorator
By this sixth outing, attorney Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) has assumed his “Breaking Bad” identity as Saul Goodman. Throughout the season Jimmy and Kim...
- 6/13/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Fans across the “Better Call Saul” universe were left picking their jaws up from the floor after [Spoiler Alert] lawyer Howard Hamlin, played by Patrick Fabian, met his sudden and unfortunate end when he was shot in the head by Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) in the mid-season finale. The episode, titled “Plan and Execution,” centered around Howard being victim to Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) and Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) scheme after such detailed planning, which involved drugging Howard and making him look unreliable at his job. Fabian gave a heralded performance as someone who finally caught on to their ruse too late, and desperately and unsuccessfully tried to salvage his credibility to no avail. It all ended with a gut-wrenching monologue, which may result in Fabian’s first Emmy nomination for Best Drama Supporting Actor.
See Why ‘Better Call Saul’ can make a strong Emmys comeback for final season
As the...
See Why ‘Better Call Saul’ can make a strong Emmys comeback for final season
As the...
- 6/6/2022
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
The story of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman is coming to an end with the upcoming sixth season. There’s no telling how it will turn out for the crooked lawyer who ends up being the man that Walter White relies on in the future. However, there’s no denying that the journey has been a thrilling one. Once the story of Saul Goodman comes to an end, should Vince Gilligan move on from the world of Breaking Bad for good? If the creator of one the greatest television shows ever made decides that he’s finished with stories within the Breaking Bad world then
Should Vince Gilligan Make Another Breaking Bad Spin-OffFollowing The Series Finale Of Better Call Saul?...
Should Vince Gilligan Make Another Breaking Bad Spin-OffFollowing The Series Finale Of Better Call Saul?...
- 6/5/2022
- by Jeffrey Bowie Jr.
- TVovermind.com
Back when "Breaking Bad" was drawing to a close, who would've thought that we'd be here less than 10 years later and excitedly waiting for the concluding stretch of episodes that will bring its spin-off/prequel series, "Better Call Saul," to a similarly memorable end? The Bob Odenkirk-starring series, centered on the misadventures of the criminal lawyer formerly known as Jimmy McGill (who now goes by the Saul Goodman moniker), recently aired its most shocking and characteristically brutal episode yet with its mid-season finale fittingly titled "Plan And Execution."
But as bittersweet as it is to be nearing the end of...
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But as bittersweet as it is to be nearing the end of...
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- 6/2/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
“Better Call Saul” recently concluded the first half of its sixth and final season in explosive fashion, with the critically praised drama scoring big numbers across linear, streaming and social. The “Breaking Bad” prequel is the top acquisition driver in the history of the AMC+ streaming service and the third-biggest cable drama in the current broadcast season in key ratings demographics.
May 23’s midseason finale — which saw Jimmy and Kim execute the final phase of their elaborate plot against Howard — drew upwards of 2.2 million viewers in Nielsen’s Live+3 ratings. The shocking tragedy that resulted has set up the final leg of the beloved prequel in thrilling fashion.
“The response to this final season of ‘Better Call Saul’ from viewers, critics, long-time fans and new arrivals to the series — on all platforms — has been everything we had hoped for,” Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks,...
May 23’s midseason finale — which saw Jimmy and Kim execute the final phase of their elaborate plot against Howard — drew upwards of 2.2 million viewers in Nielsen’s Live+3 ratings. The shocking tragedy that resulted has set up the final leg of the beloved prequel in thrilling fashion.
“The response to this final season of ‘Better Call Saul’ from viewers, critics, long-time fans and new arrivals to the series — on all platforms — has been everything we had hoped for,” Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
While "Breaking Bad" fans initially started watching "Better Call Saul" to see more of Bob Odenkirk's smooth-talking Jimmy McGill, they also tuned in to spend more time with his fierce co-partner in life and crime, Kim Wexler. Portrayed by actor Rhea Seehorn, public defender Kim Wexler isn't one to suffer fools. Kim starts off the series as the only chain-smoking friend that Jimmy can trust, and by Season 5, she's married to the ethically elusive lawyer. Watching Jimmy and Kim craft their unique way of seeing the law and life over the course of the series has been incredibly entertaining.
Throughout "Better Call Saul," people like Howard have blamed...
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Throughout "Better Call Saul," people like Howard have blamed...
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- 5/30/2022
- by Cass Clarke
- Slash Film
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Season 6, Episode 6 of Better Call Saul, “Axe and Grind.”] Better Call Saul may center around Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and his criminal lawyering persona, Saul Goodman, but the show’s most absorbing question has become: What is going to happen to Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn)? Serving as a prequel to Breaking Bad, it’s apparent from what we’ve been shown so far that Kim doesn’t seem to have a presence in Saul’s life during the events of the original series. In Better Call Saul‘s final season opener, the show focused on the raid on Saul’s home following his disappearance in Breaking Bad‘s final season timeline. (Credit: Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television) As the house is picked through, it’s clear that all remnants or signs of Kim are nonexistent except for one small token: the elaborate tequila topper she kept a token for their relationship. When...
- 5/20/2022
- TV Insider
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6.
Wait a minute, the Better Call Saul midseason premiere is here already? It feels like just yesterday that Jimmy McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman returned for the final season of the Breaking Bad prequel. Yes, these six weeks since the April 18 premiere have flown by and now we’re on the verge of Better Call Saul season 6 episode 7 “Plan and Execution.”
This won’t be the final ever episode of Better Call Saul. The series is set to begin its final batch of six episodes this summer, beginning July 11. But “Plan and Execution” will be both the first and only midseason finale of the series run and the long-awaited culmination of Jimmy and Kim’s devious plan for Howard Hamlin. With all that in store for audiences, take a moment to find out when episode 7 will air and catch up...
Wait a minute, the Better Call Saul midseason premiere is here already? It feels like just yesterday that Jimmy McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman returned for the final season of the Breaking Bad prequel. Yes, these six weeks since the April 18 premiere have flown by and now we’re on the verge of Better Call Saul season 6 episode 7 “Plan and Execution.”
This won’t be the final ever episode of Better Call Saul. The series is set to begin its final batch of six episodes this summer, beginning July 11. But “Plan and Execution” will be both the first and only midseason finale of the series run and the long-awaited culmination of Jimmy and Kim’s devious plan for Howard Hamlin. With all that in store for audiences, take a moment to find out when episode 7 will air and catch up...
- 5/19/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6.
There are cons and then there are long cons.
Ever since Jimmy McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) resolved to frame their rival Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) for “something unforgivable” in the Better Call Saul season 5 finale, fans have eagerly awaited the arrival of that plan. As it turns out, however, revenge is a dish best served slowly and deliberately.
Throughout the first six episodes of the show’s sixth and final season, Jimmy and Kim have laid the groundwork for something major to happen to Howard. In the season’s first few episodes, the married couple successfully got Howard’s business partner Cliff Main (Ed Begley Jr.) to suspect that the hotshot lawyer may be abusing cocaine. But that’s just a soupçon of what’s really to come. In “Axe and Grind,...
There are cons and then there are long cons.
Ever since Jimmy McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) resolved to frame their rival Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) for “something unforgivable” in the Better Call Saul season 5 finale, fans have eagerly awaited the arrival of that plan. As it turns out, however, revenge is a dish best served slowly and deliberately.
Throughout the first six episodes of the show’s sixth and final season, Jimmy and Kim have laid the groundwork for something major to happen to Howard. In the season’s first few episodes, the married couple successfully got Howard’s business partner Cliff Main (Ed Begley Jr.) to suspect that the hotshot lawyer may be abusing cocaine. But that’s just a soupçon of what’s really to come. In “Axe and Grind,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Axe and Grind,” just as soon as we sidebar in the law library…
“Relax. You got away with it.” —Kim’s mom
What happens to Kim?
This is a question I asked regarding the last Saul episode to feature young Kim (still played by Katie Beth Hall, with her hair pulled partially back, but not yet in the full power- ponytail of adult Kim) and Kim’s mom (Beth Hoyt, who still looks and sounds uncannily like Rhea Seehorn). That episode,...
“Relax. You got away with it.” —Kim’s mom
What happens to Kim?
This is a question I asked regarding the last Saul episode to feature young Kim (still played by Katie Beth Hall, with her hair pulled partially back, but not yet in the full power- ponytail of adult Kim) and Kim’s mom (Beth Hoyt, who still looks and sounds uncannily like Rhea Seehorn). That episode,...
- 5/17/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Ah! There’s the cork. The tour through Chez Goodman that began Season 6 rounded out with a lingering shot of a wayward Zafiro Añejo bottle topper, tantalizingly vague about how that hunk of metal tied into the fates of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). In “Axe and Grind,” we get a tiny hint about whether that cork was one already kept in triumph or one kept as a reminder of a massive regret. While Jimmy’s purchase of celebratory tequila is undoubtedly premature, it is a nice full-circle moment as we head toward next week’s midseason finale. Kim and Jimmy aren’t the only ones who’ve been working to lay the groundwork for a big day.
This is an episode bookended by Kim Wexler Car Moments. What starts out as a cold open that seems to explain Kim’s ever-changing relationship to law and...
This is an episode bookended by Kim Wexler Car Moments. What starts out as a cold open that seems to explain Kim’s ever-changing relationship to law and...
- 5/17/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
“Better Call Saul” was originally conceived as a comedy series but that idea was short-lived. Then the prequel to the Emmy-winning AMC series “Breaking Bad” was pitched to Bob Odenkirk, who played the chipper and sleazy criminal attorney Saul Goodman, as an hour-long drama.
“In my mind, if you’re going to do a procedural, even I you set it in Albuquerque, you could quite possibly shoot it in Los Angeles,” said Odenkirk during a recent Zoom conversation with the Washington Post. “The idea was every week, Saul has a different client and he solves their cases without going to court. He’s a lawyer who has never set foot in a courtroom.” Then creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould decided it would be a one-hour drama shot in Albuquerque. “And I just thought, I just don’t think I can leave [Los Angeles] right now.”
But his son and daughter came...
“In my mind, if you’re going to do a procedural, even I you set it in Albuquerque, you could quite possibly shoot it in Los Angeles,” said Odenkirk during a recent Zoom conversation with the Washington Post. “The idea was every week, Saul has a different client and he solves their cases without going to court. He’s a lawyer who has never set foot in a courtroom.” Then creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould decided it would be a one-hour drama shot in Albuquerque. “And I just thought, I just don’t think I can leave [Los Angeles] right now.”
But his son and daughter came...
- 5/16/2022
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the fifth episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Rock and Hard Place.”
Move over, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather: The biggest boxing showdown of all time just unfolded on “Better Call Saul.”
In one corner stands Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), managing partner of Hamlin, Hamlin McGill and tired of being the biggest punching bag in Albuquerque. In the other is Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), aka Jimmy McGill aka Slippin’ Jimmy aka the biggest pain in Howard’s neck since “Better Call Saul” Season 1. Saul has been plotting away with Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) this season to ruin Howard’s career. and force a settlement on the massive Sandpiper legal case, which would lead to a major payout for Saul and Kim.
However, after Saul’s latest trick, in which he dressed up as Howard, stole his car...
Move over, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather: The biggest boxing showdown of all time just unfolded on “Better Call Saul.”
In one corner stands Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), managing partner of Hamlin, Hamlin McGill and tired of being the biggest punching bag in Albuquerque. In the other is Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), aka Jimmy McGill aka Slippin’ Jimmy aka the biggest pain in Howard’s neck since “Better Call Saul” Season 1. Saul has been plotting away with Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) this season to ruin Howard’s career. and force a settlement on the massive Sandpiper legal case, which would lead to a major payout for Saul and Kim.
However, after Saul’s latest trick, in which he dressed up as Howard, stole his car...
- 5/10/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Black and Blue,” coming up just as soon as you cancel my whole week…
“You’re right: I do have a problem. Just not the problem you think. I have a Jimmy McGill problem.” —Howard
After last week’s historic meeting between Kim and Mike, it would be easy to assume that the legal and cartel halves of Better Call Saul would begin merging more and more in these final episodes. But it’s hard to see that happening to a significant extent,...
“You’re right: I do have a problem. Just not the problem you think. I have a Jimmy McGill problem.” —Howard
After last week’s historic meeting between Kim and Mike, it would be easy to assume that the legal and cartel halves of Better Call Saul would begin merging more and more in these final episodes. But it’s hard to see that happening to a significant extent,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This Better Call Saul review contains spoilers.
Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 5
Everyone is scheming on this week’s episode of Better Call Saul. Even Howard Hamlin, who up until this point has been a clueless mark in Jimmy and Kim’s scheme to settle the Sandpiper case early, is finally getting in the game. With all this careful planning, deceit, and mindful execution happening, director Melissa Bernstein gets to play with all of Better Call Saul’s best visual calling cards; meticulous montages detailing fine-tuned processes, time lapses, and revealing wide shots all appear as the parallel cat and mouse games between Jimmy and Howard and Gus and Lalo intensify. We’re waiting for these conflicts to explode, but at least one came to blows in “Black and Blue.”
The episode begins with Kim in bed, restless and awake next to a fast asleep Jimmy. It’s a subtle...
Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 5
Everyone is scheming on this week’s episode of Better Call Saul. Even Howard Hamlin, who up until this point has been a clueless mark in Jimmy and Kim’s scheme to settle the Sandpiper case early, is finally getting in the game. With all this careful planning, deceit, and mindful execution happening, director Melissa Bernstein gets to play with all of Better Call Saul’s best visual calling cards; meticulous montages detailing fine-tuned processes, time lapses, and revealing wide shots all appear as the parallel cat and mouse games between Jimmy and Howard and Gus and Lalo intensify. We’re waiting for these conflicts to explode, but at least one came to blows in “Black and Blue.”
The episode begins with Kim in bed, restless and awake next to a fast asleep Jimmy. It’s a subtle...
- 5/10/2022
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
“Better Call Saul” fans were scratching their heads in 2020 over some shocking Emmy snubs. Aside from the predictable, yet indefensible snub of Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, perennial nominees Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill and Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut were left out in the cold after four nominations each. The series received eight bids that year (dropping down from nine for Season 4 and 10 for Season 3) for a season that was considered the show’s strongest at that time, with a score of 99 on Rotten Tomatoes and 92 on Metacritic.
Even more stunning is that apart from its two Emmy wins in the short form categories in 2017 and 2020, the series itself has gone 0-for-39 for the entirety of its five seasons. But that could change with the airing of its sixth and final season on AMC, which I believe can make a strong Emmys comeback for “Better Call Saul.”
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Even more stunning is that apart from its two Emmy wins in the short form categories in 2017 and 2020, the series itself has gone 0-for-39 for the entirety of its five seasons. But that could change with the airing of its sixth and final season on AMC, which I believe can make a strong Emmys comeback for “Better Call Saul.”
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- 5/5/2022
- by Christopher Tsang
- Gold Derby
A review of this week’s Better Call Saul, “Rock and Hard Place,” coming up just as soon as I take care of you and the Key Master…
“Adios, papa.” —Nacho
The writers of both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are proud to admit how much each show has been made up as it has gone along, and how many aspects of each were happy accidents. Jesse Pinkman was supposed to die within a few episodes of introducing Walter White to the Abq drug scene, for instance; then Vince Gilligan...
“Adios, papa.” —Nacho
The writers of both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are proud to admit how much each show has been made up as it has gone along, and how many aspects of each were happy accidents. Jesse Pinkman was supposed to die within a few episodes of introducing Walter White to the Abq drug scene, for instance; then Vince Gilligan...
- 4/26/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
‘Better Call Saul’s’ Bob Odenkirk poised to return to Best Drama Actor Emmy race after surprise snub
Want to read one of the most depressing Emmy stats in history? Despite voters’ overwhelming support of “Breaking Bad” throughout its five-season run on AMC, the tense crime drama’s equally good and equally acclaimed spin-off prequel, “Better Call Saul,” remains winless through its first five seasons and 39 nominations. Wild, we know. The good news is, the show — which follows Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill and chronicles his moral descent into the criminal lawyer known as Saul Goodman — has two more Emmy cycles to rectify this glaring oversight.
The sixth and sadly final season of the series kicked off April 18 with back-to-back episodes, but the 13-episode swan song will be divided into two parts, just like its parent series’ final season. The first seven episodes will air during this Emmys cycle, while the final six will air during next year’s eligibility window (Part 2 bows July 11). It’s a clever move by AMC,...
The sixth and sadly final season of the series kicked off April 18 with back-to-back episodes, but the 13-episode swan song will be divided into two parts, just like its parent series’ final season. The first seven episodes will air during this Emmys cycle, while the final six will air during next year’s eligibility window (Part 2 bows July 11). It’s a clever move by AMC,...
- 4/25/2022
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
The sixth and final season of AMC's "Better Call Saul" has brought back two familiar but long-absent faces: Craig and Betsy Kettleman, played by Jeremy Shamos and Julie Ann Emery, respectively. The Kettlemans first appeared in "Uno," the very first episode of "Better Call Saul," back in 2015. They were a fixture of the show's first season, as Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) found themselves tangled up in their legal troubles. Craig was facing embezzlement charges as country treasurer, and among other things, season 1 would see the Kettlemans hiding out in a tent in the woods on their property and Jimmy enlisting Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks)...
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- 4/25/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
One of the greatest joys of watching a show like "Better Call Saul" comes from the creative team's deeply ingrained knowledge of television and film. This is readily apparent from aspects such as the overall structure of these tragic downfalls (both Walter White from "Breaking Bad" and Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman come loaded with Shakespearean parallels), the visuals and aesthetics, and even specific camera movements and shot selections, all of which combine to add deeper layers of meaning. Savvy viewers who are clued in enough to pick up on these...
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- 4/20/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Season 6 of “Better Call Saul” is a tiny break from tradition from the start. Rather than open on Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) living out his days as an assuming Cinnabon employee in Omaha, Nebraska, the season premiere “Wine and Roses” starts on a melancholy tour through the house he left behind. There’s a glimpse of his flashy, rainbow-colored wardrobe, lavish wall art, and a general interior decor that’s far more palatial than you might expect from the Jimmy we’ve seen over the first five seasons of the AMC series.
As the camera winds its way through inside corridors and out toward the dumpster and moving van hauling everything away, the house-clearers dispatch all of Jimmy’s things with ballet-like precision. Of course, as the episode’s cinematographer Marshall Adams describes it, that’s not a coincidence at all.
“[Director] Michael [Morris] and our first Ad Rich Sickler had this...
As the camera winds its way through inside corridors and out toward the dumpster and moving van hauling everything away, the house-clearers dispatch all of Jimmy’s things with ballet-like precision. Of course, as the episode’s cinematographer Marshall Adams describes it, that’s not a coincidence at all.
“[Director] Michael [Morris] and our first Ad Rich Sickler had this...
- 4/20/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” Season 6, Episode 2, “Carrot and Stick.”]
One of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) greatest strengths is pinpointing people’s relationship to money. It’s a psychological pressure point that he’s used to his advantage when dealing with people who have everything to lose. As someone who fashions himself a bit of a legal vigilante, Jimmy gives himself a steady dose of self-righteousness, justifying a little ethical murkiness if it separates someone from what they didn’t rightfully earn.
So how better to illustrate that “angle called justice” than a reunion with Albuquerque’s quaintest, nine-figure fraudsters, Craig and Betsy Kettleman (Jeremy Shamos and Julie Ann Emery)? Hurtling toward an ending that’ll likely have far more of the latter than the former, the second episode of Season 6 finds room for a blend of tragedy and comedy. Most of it is centered in the husband-and-wife embezzlement duo that...
One of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) greatest strengths is pinpointing people’s relationship to money. It’s a psychological pressure point that he’s used to his advantage when dealing with people who have everything to lose. As someone who fashions himself a bit of a legal vigilante, Jimmy gives himself a steady dose of self-righteousness, justifying a little ethical murkiness if it separates someone from what they didn’t rightfully earn.
So how better to illustrate that “angle called justice” than a reunion with Albuquerque’s quaintest, nine-figure fraudsters, Craig and Betsy Kettleman (Jeremy Shamos and Julie Ann Emery)? Hurtling toward an ending that’ll likely have far more of the latter than the former, the second episode of Season 6 finds room for a blend of tragedy and comedy. Most of it is centered in the husband-and-wife embezzlement duo that...
- 4/19/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Season 6, Episodes 1 & 2 of Better Call Saul, “Wine and Roses” & “Carrot and Stick.”] Better Call Saul‘s Season 6 premiere gave viewers plenty to ponder as they head into the final stretch of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) Saul Goodman story. Picking up where Season 5 left off, Jimmy and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) began their plan to sabotage Howard Hamlin’s (Patrick Fabian) career by framing him for misconduct. All the while, Lalo (Tony Dalton) is on the loose as the cartel grapples with his presumed death after mercenaries hired by Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) opened fire on his compound in Mexico. Unaware of the looming threat of Lalo, Jimmy and Kim go about executing their scheme against Howard with some success, which brings them face-to-face with some people from their past, and Betsy (Julie Ann Emery) and Craig Kettleman (Jeremy Shamos) become part of the plan. (Credit: Joe Pugliese/AMC/Sony Pictures Television) Below, ...
- 4/19/2022
- TV Insider
Last night's two-episode premiere of "Better Call Saul" season 6 would have to be considered a resounding success, throwing viewers right back into the thick of things in Albuquerque, New Mexico as if we'd never even missed a beat. Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) continues his precipitous slide towards becoming the Saul Goodman that we all loved to hate, and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) might even be outpacing him in terms of unleashing her dark side. Those are the two emotional pillars serving as the foundation to this upcoming final season, but it wouldn't be a...
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- 4/19/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Better Call Saul is finally back for the first half of its sixth and final season. A review of the two-episode season premiere, “Wine and Roses” and “Carrot and Stick,” coming up just as soon as mesothelioma buys me a vacation house…
“Wolves and sheep.” —Jimmy
Every previous Saul season has begun in exactly the same way, with a black-and-white flash-forward to the lonely, paranoid life of Omaha shopping mall Cinnabon manager Gene Takovic, a.k.a. Saul Goodman, a.k.a. Jimmy McGill. Since it’s been more than...
“Wolves and sheep.” —Jimmy
Every previous Saul season has begun in exactly the same way, with a black-and-white flash-forward to the lonely, paranoid life of Omaha shopping mall Cinnabon manager Gene Takovic, a.k.a. Saul Goodman, a.k.a. Jimmy McGill. Since it’s been more than...
- 4/19/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6 episode 2.
The producers of Better Call Saul have already made it clear that the sixth and final season of the Breaking Bad spinoff will feature two of the biggest cameos possible in the form of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).
While we don’t know when Walt and Jesse will stop by Saul Goodman’s Albuquerque (or perhaps Gene Takovic’s Omaha), the first two episodes of the season reveal that there’s still room for other non-Walt or Jesse-sized guest appearances. In fact, the second episode of this final season, “Carrot and Stick”, reaches all the way back to Better Call Saul season 1 to reintroduce some (sort of) familiar old faces.
As Saul (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) work out the details of their plot to frame Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) for “something unforgivable” they...
The producers of Better Call Saul have already made it clear that the sixth and final season of the Breaking Bad spinoff will feature two of the biggest cameos possible in the form of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).
While we don’t know when Walt and Jesse will stop by Saul Goodman’s Albuquerque (or perhaps Gene Takovic’s Omaha), the first two episodes of the season reveal that there’s still room for other non-Walt or Jesse-sized guest appearances. In fact, the second episode of this final season, “Carrot and Stick”, reaches all the way back to Better Call Saul season 1 to reintroduce some (sort of) familiar old faces.
As Saul (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) work out the details of their plot to frame Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) for “something unforgivable” they...
- 4/19/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This Better Call Saul review contains spoilers.
Better Call Saul Season 6 Episodes 1 and 2
Better Call Saul season 6 has finally arrived. The odds of getting here seemed astronomical. First, who would have ever thought that a prequel to one of the most celebrated TV series of the 21st century, centered on a comedic relief supporting character at that, would be as creatively fruitful and so warmly embraced that it would survive six seasons? Then when you factor in pandemic-related delays and a massive health scare for the series lead, Bob Odenkirk, it feels particularly special that we’ve reached this point. At long last, the final batch of episodes is here.
However, forgive us if an air of sadness and dread hovers over this celebratory moment. The end of Better Call Saul means we’ve reached the end of our time with Jimmy McGill, and by extension, Kim Wexler. We know that Jimmy lives on; sadly,...
Better Call Saul Season 6 Episodes 1 and 2
Better Call Saul season 6 has finally arrived. The odds of getting here seemed astronomical. First, who would have ever thought that a prequel to one of the most celebrated TV series of the 21st century, centered on a comedic relief supporting character at that, would be as creatively fruitful and so warmly embraced that it would survive six seasons? Then when you factor in pandemic-related delays and a massive health scare for the series lead, Bob Odenkirk, it feels particularly special that we’ve reached this point. At long last, the final batch of episodes is here.
However, forgive us if an air of sadness and dread hovers over this celebratory moment. The end of Better Call Saul means we’ve reached the end of our time with Jimmy McGill, and by extension, Kim Wexler. We know that Jimmy lives on; sadly,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
[Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” Season 6, Episode 1, “Wine and Roses.”]
So this is how Season 6 begins, not with a Gene but a teardown. Rather than start this final chunk of story with a flash-forward to Jimmy under yet another new identity, remembering instances of regret in his life and pain he has caused others, “Wine and Roses” starts with a headfake. A monochrome cascade of ties (set to the instrumental that helps lend its name to the episode) gives way to a lavish, full-color tour of the erstwhile Chez Goodman, as a full crew works to wipe an ostentatious palace of everything but the wallpaper.
Like each of its season-starting cold opens, it’s a sad reminder of the fate that Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) is doomed to face. The tragedy of those Cinnabon scenes isn’t in where he is, it’s what he’s left behind. While this opening sequence...
So this is how Season 6 begins, not with a Gene but a teardown. Rather than start this final chunk of story with a flash-forward to Jimmy under yet another new identity, remembering instances of regret in his life and pain he has caused others, “Wine and Roses” starts with a headfake. A monochrome cascade of ties (set to the instrumental that helps lend its name to the episode) gives way to a lavish, full-color tour of the erstwhile Chez Goodman, as a full crew works to wipe an ostentatious palace of everything but the wallpaper.
Like each of its season-starting cold opens, it’s a sad reminder of the fate that Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) is doomed to face. The tragedy of those Cinnabon scenes isn’t in where he is, it’s what he’s left behind. While this opening sequence...
- 4/19/2022
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
One of the best shows on television, "Better Call Saul," is finally back and it feels so good. Well, it feels good to feel bad, at least. Having spun off from the successful parent series "Breaking Bad," the Albuquerque, New Mexico-set prequel derives much of its tension, storytelling prowess, and character development from the knowledge that, eventually, our lovable main characters are destined to break bad in heartbreaking ways. This remains tragically true of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), though the future is certainly not set in stone for Rhea Seehorn's Kim Wexler, Jimmy's confidant, long-term love interest, and now wife.
In any case, the season 6 premiere only...
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- 4/19/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
It’s been two years since the Season 5 finale of “Better Call Saul,” leaving fans wondering what’s in store for the beloved crooked lawyer.
As Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) opens shop as Saul Goodman, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) hints at her own breaking bad moment, with Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) in her crosshairs. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) is on the run after playing a part in Gus Fring’s (Giancarlo Esposito) assassination attempt on Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Little do they know, Lalo lives to see another day after picking off Gus’ hitmen one by one in Terminator-like fashion. Meanwhile, a war is brewing between Gus and the Salamancas, with the fates of Kim and Nacho — both absent from the future events of “Breaking Bad” — looming ahead.
Here are the major developments from Season 5 that you need to know before the final season premieres.
Jimmy Becomes Saul...
As Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) opens shop as Saul Goodman, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) hints at her own breaking bad moment, with Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) in her crosshairs. Meanwhile, Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) is on the run after playing a part in Gus Fring’s (Giancarlo Esposito) assassination attempt on Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton). Little do they know, Lalo lives to see another day after picking off Gus’ hitmen one by one in Terminator-like fashion. Meanwhile, a war is brewing between Gus and the Salamancas, with the fates of Kim and Nacho — both absent from the future events of “Breaking Bad” — looming ahead.
Here are the major developments from Season 5 that you need to know before the final season premieres.
Jimmy Becomes Saul...
- 4/18/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld and Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Better Call Saul is about to enter its final season — but we’re not ready to start calling Jimmy McGill “Saul Goodman” just yet.
“The Jimmy who you meet at the beginning of Season 6 is still a ways off from Saul Goodman,” executive producer Peter Gould tells TVLine. And indeed, the Season 6 premiere — airing Monday at 9/8c on AMC — finds Jimmy still plagued by bouts of guilt and hesitation that we never saw in his Breaking Bad alter ego. As star Bob Odenkirk puts it, “there’s still another step or two of real abandonment of that dimension of himself...
“The Jimmy who you meet at the beginning of Season 6 is still a ways off from Saul Goodman,” executive producer Peter Gould tells TVLine. And indeed, the Season 6 premiere — airing Monday at 9/8c on AMC — finds Jimmy still plagued by bouts of guilt and hesitation that we never saw in his Breaking Bad alter ego. As star Bob Odenkirk puts it, “there’s still another step or two of real abandonment of that dimension of himself...
- 4/15/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
As we approach season 6 of “Better Call Saul,” which will be the final season, it’s time to take a look back at all that has happened over the course of the show and project the future.
For those who haven’t been keeping up, “Better Call Saul” is the prequel to AMC’s hit show “Breaking Bad.” The show follows the story of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a small-time lawyer who eventually transforms into the morally ambiguous character Saul Goodman.
“Better Call Saul” Interview: Julie Ann Emery’s Thoughts on Jimmy’s Transition to Saul
Over the course of five seasons, we’ve seen Jimmy McGill’s descent into the world of crime, as he’s taken on more and more shady clients and gotten himself involved in some dangerous situations. We’ve also seen him struggle with his relationship with his current wife, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn).
So...
For those who haven’t been keeping up, “Better Call Saul” is the prequel to AMC’s hit show “Breaking Bad.” The show follows the story of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a small-time lawyer who eventually transforms into the morally ambiguous character Saul Goodman.
“Better Call Saul” Interview: Julie Ann Emery’s Thoughts on Jimmy’s Transition to Saul
Over the course of five seasons, we’ve seen Jimmy McGill’s descent into the world of crime, as he’s taken on more and more shady clients and gotten himself involved in some dangerous situations. We’ve also seen him struggle with his relationship with his current wife, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn).
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- 4/15/2022
- by Buddy TV
- buddytv.com
It’s been nearly two years since we’ve had a new episode of AMC’s stellar Breaking Bad prequel, Better Call Saul, and now that the long-awaited sixth and final season is beginning on Sunday, April 17, we can safely report (since we had an early peek at the first few episodes) that it is very much worth the wait. The fifth season finale in April 2020 left a lot of major story threads dangling and it doesn’t take long to pick up where things left off. While unscrupulous lawyer Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and wife Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) were joking about ways to get back at nemesis Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), things were much more dire for Nacho Varga (Michael Mando). Nacho had infiltrated the world of crime lord Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) and attempted a massive assassination that we know didn’t go as planned.
- 4/15/2022
- TV Insider
Does anyone else hear that knocking? No, it's not representations of death haunting Macbeth's spiraling descent into madness. In this case, it's just the symbolism of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) coming closer and closer to crossing moral lines that he'll never be able to take back ... all while (probably) dragging Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) down with him. You know, just another light and entertaining day in the life of the soon-to-be Saul Goodman!
The imminent arrival of the final season of "Better Call Saul" comes loaded with all sorts of foreboding baggage, mostly concerning Jimmy's continued slide towards the heartless criminal...
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The imminent arrival of the final season of "Better Call Saul" comes loaded with all sorts of foreboding baggage, mostly concerning Jimmy's continued slide towards the heartless criminal...
The post Better Call Saul Season 6 Teaser: Bad Times Lie Ahead For Jimmy And Kim appeared first on /Film.
- 4/15/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
"Better Call Saul", the "Breaking Bad" spin-off, starring Bob Odenkirk, airs the final 13 episodes from Season Six, starting April 18, 2022 on AMC:
“…’Better Call Saul’ concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, ‘Jimmy McGill’ Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer ‘Saul Goodman’.
“From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks ‘Jimmy’, ‘Saul’ and ‘Gene’ as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with ‘Kim’ (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.
“Meanwhile, ‘Mike’ (Jonathan Banks), ‘Gus’ (Giancarlo Esposito), ‘Nacho’ (Michael Mando) and ‘Lalo’ (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes…”
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“…’Better Call Saul’ concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, ‘Jimmy McGill’ Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer ‘Saul Goodman’.
“From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks ‘Jimmy’, ‘Saul’ and ‘Gene’ as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with ‘Kim’ (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.
“Meanwhile, ‘Mike’ (Jonathan Banks), ‘Gus’ (Giancarlo Esposito), ‘Nacho’ (Michael Mando) and ‘Lalo’ (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes…”
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- 4/13/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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