Are you ready to find out more? The sixth and final season Better Call SaulWill finally reveal how conflicted and kind Jimmy McGill was (Bob Odenkirk) became the morally challenged criminal attorney Saul Goodman.
“From day one of Better Call Saul, my dream was to tell the complete story of our complicated and compromised hero, Jimmy McGill — now AMC and Sony are making that dream come true,” showrunner Peter GouldStatement in 2021. “We couldn’t be more grateful to the fans and critics who are making this journey possible. Next month, we start work on the sixth and final season — we’re going to do our damnedest to stick the landing.”
Fans have watched five seasons of Jimmy as he teetered between good and evil, before slowly becoming the “The One” over the course of five seasons. Breaking BadHaters are the most popular characters. Monday, April 18 will mark the beginning of the end for the AMC prequel.
The final season, however, didn’t come to fruition without a few setbacks. Odenkirk collapsed on set in New Mexico, and was hospitalized in July 2021. Later, it was revealed that Odenkirk had suffered a heart attack. However, he was able to return to work by September 2021.
“Back to work on Better Call Saul! So happy to be here and living this specific life surrounded by such good people,” the actor tweeted at the time, sharing a photo of himself in the makeup trailer. “BTW this is makeup pro Cheri Montesanto making me not ugly for shooting!”
In addition to telling Jimmy’s story in season 6, Breaking BadFans will finally have the opportunity to see Aaron PaulAnd Bryan Cranston reunited with Odenkirk — but how and when they’ll make their cameos is still a mystery.
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“I would be in it if Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, who are co-executive producers on it, wanted me to be in it,” Cranston told ColliderIn April 2020, he will announce his willingness to take a guest spot. “I would do it in a second. But it hasn’t happened yet, I can tell you, and we’ll see. I don’t know. There’s one more season to go, and we’ll see what happens.”
One year later Better Call SaulBefore the season 6 premiere, Gilligan teased that Paul would be returning as Jesse Pinkman and Cranston will play Walter White.
“These two worlds cross over in a way that you haven’t seen before, that’s for sure,” Gilligan told VarietyApril. “It would be a damn shame if the show ended without [Cranston and Paul] appearing, would it not?”
Gould, for his part, confirmed the cameos during PaleyFest on Tuesday, April 11, but wouldn’t say how CranstonAnd Paul’s characters would be introduced into the prequel series.
Odenkirk hinted that his character’s connection to both fandoms will be a big part of the farewell season.
“I personally feel that the two shows — Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul — are entwined even more than ever in the final season,” he told VarietyApril. “And I think that’s surprising and cool, and it’s gonna make you want to watch Breaking Bad again.”
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