Here’s one of the early outlines of the pilot for Better Call Saul:

Cleaning out my old #BetterCallSaul office today… a trip down memory lane pic.twitter.com/nRqAPOThNg

— Peter Gould (@petergould) February 6, 2023

We don’t know how much has changed before they started shooting, but fans know that by the time the series starts, Saul’s name is Gene, not ‘Keith’. It also looks like the intro was supposed to be artsier than what we got. Nevertheless, everything pretty much starts out the same, with Gene in the Cinnabon, and him briefly getting scared of someone he thinks is out to get him.

I think what’s also great about the outline is that it pretty much explains to us where Gene’s headspace is at. It always seemed like Saul Goodman was happy to be who he was, but the outline points out that being in the Cinnabon is ‘purgatory’ for someone like him.

You have to admit, though Gene’s arc was slowly told throughout the course of the show, everything was all tied up in a neat little bow by the end, with Jimmy and Kim finding some way to reconcile with each other.

I also love the subversion of the intro in the final season when it’s in full color and we get to see Saul Goodman’s ridiculously lavish mansion.

For now, catch Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul on AMC.

According to Variety, Gilligan’s next show will have Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn as the lead. We don’t have any details about the series yet, but Gilligan did say in a statement that he’s taking a break from antihero characters. He writes:

“After fifteen years, I figured it was time to take a break from writing antiheroes… and who’s more heroic than the brilliant Rhea Seehorn?… It’s long past time she had her own show, and I feel lucky to get to work on it with her. And what nice symmetry to be reunited with Zack Van Amburg, Jamie Erlicht and Chris Parnell! Jamie and Zack were the first two people to say yes to ‘Breaking Bad’ all those years ago. They’ve built a great team at Apple, and my wonderful, long-time partners at Sony Pictures Television and I are excited to be in business with them.”

It’s great that Gilligan should have Seehorn onboard, seeing as she did such a phenomenal job for BCS. Though she didn’t really win that Emmy this year, the fact that the entire series hasn’t won a single thing after 46 nominations is kind of a testament to awards not really reflective of the quality of a show. If anything, fans know that Seehorn is talented, and Gilligan knows it as well—why else would he cast her for his next show.

We don’t know where Gilligan could go this time around, but after his spectacular run with his past two series, I’m sure everyone is gearing up to see what he’ll come up with next.

As it turns out, this was supposedly Kim’s fate ‘worse-than-death’, and director Vince Gilligan talks about why we find Kim working for a sprinkler company. He tells AMC that this is more of a self-imposed penance on Kim, who has decided to stop making decisions for herself. He explains:

“I think she still feels terrible about Howard Hamlin’s death and her share of responsibility for it, and I think she’s living this weird life where throughout the episode she refuses to make a decision. Even when it comes down to what do you like better, chocolate or strawberry ice cream, she will not commit. She will not make a decision because some of her previous decisions when she was full of spit and vinegar led to the death of an innocent man and led to a lot of people suffering.”

Though it seems that Kim had been living this life for years, the episode sees her acting after her exchange with Jimmy, and she comes forward to Howard Hamlin’s widow with a confession about how he died and how she and Jimmy schemed to ruin his reputation.

With one final episode left, a lot of people are expecting there to be some kind of trial with Saul finally caught, but I think we should expect a proper reunion between the show’s most toxic (yet magnetic) couple.

Catch Better Call Saul’s finale when it comes to AMC next Monday.

Watch the trailer for Better Call Saul season 6B down here: 

While a lot of the places are familiar from Saul’s office to Los Pollos Hermanos, we also come back to Saul’s mansion from the beginning of the season, but this time, we actually get to see Saul living in it.

There are actually a lot of questions people have about the mansion, with theories flying around everywhere. Some guess that the mansion is just another façade that Jimmy has created to make the Saul Goodman character feel more believable. Other people speculate that Kim Wexler has actually been behind-the-scenes this whole time and that she’s been the true mastermind to the Saul Goodman persona.

For now, all crumbs lead to the death of Kim Wexler, but fans are hoping that Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould have something else planned for her. While death does make sense, you’d think that the showrunners have something less predictable in mind. I mean, there are also other fates worse than dying.

Hopefully there’s more to this Breaking Bad universe in the future, but for now, we’ll have to say good-bye to some fan-favorites with this final season. Maybe there’s another spinoff down the line, but I’m sure it will have to focus on a completely new character. Then again, that’s just me speculating.

Better Call Saul returns to AMC this July 11.

The week started off with a phenomenal mid-season finale for Better Call Saul, and fans will have to wait until July to get the continuation of Jimmy and Kim’s story. While the episode did end with a cliffhanger, we do have a teaser that offers a grim idea of what’s to come.

Watch the trailer down here: 

It’s just a black and white shot of Jimmy and Kim’s empty apartment, but it also comes with the line from Jimmy saying, “So… after all that… a happy ending.”

Seeing as how Kim is nowhere to be seen in Breaking Bad, and Jimmy ends up living in hiding in Nebraska, we know that the show won’t really have a happy ending. Then again, this ‘happy ending’ could come after the events of Breaking Bad; could Jimmy finally be with Kim after all these years? Is Kim even alive? I think the idea that she dies could be too obvious for the writers of the show, but the way things are written, she could very much be in danger—especially now that Lalo has dragged her into the picture.

For a spinoff show, Better Call Saul has managed to pave its own way to critical acclaim. Despite taking place in the world of Breaking Bad, it manages to tell its own story with its very own interesting characters—with some even considering this series to be above Walter White’s story arc.

Catch Better Call Saul when the second half of season 6 returns on July 11.

Talking to Deadline, Gilligan and Better Call Saul co-creator Peter Gould were asked about another Breaking Bad spinoff after Saul, to which Gould replied, “I love these characters, I love this world… Maybe someday, but personally I’m going to take a little break from that world and try something else, just to prove that I can.”

Gilligan followed up with, “I think that’s my answer too… There are stories left to tell, but it’s not proving something to the world, it’s about proving something to yourself. That thing I’m working on, hopefully someone will want to buy it, someone will want to make it.”

We don’t know which character the series could choose to spinoff, but there are several colourful choices from both BCS and BB. Admittedly, there isn’t a character is as colourful as Saul, but if BCS can make a character study as impressive as Jimmy McGill’s, then maybe they can do it with some other criminal from ABQ. What about a series following Mike’s grandaughter who wants to know what happened to her Pop-pop? I’d follow a show with Mark Proksch’s nerdy drug dealer.

Catch the final season of Better Call Saul when it premieres on AMC this April 18.

Watch the recap here: 

So much happened in the last 5 seasons of #BetterCallSaul. Good thing we have this handy recap to get you ready for the final season! pic.twitter.com/q9yD2ooFx2

— Better Call Saul (@BetterCallSaul) April 2, 2022

While there are certainly a lot of events that have been removed from the recap, it generally puts us up to speed as to where Jimmy and the rest of the characters will be once the final season premieres. We know that Jimmy is on a path that leaves him alone in Breaking Bad, but characters like Lalo are on the loose, ad he may know that it was Nacho that helped set him up.

With Breaking Bad being as critically acclaimed as it was, it was kind of surprising that Better Call Saul was able to deliver on the quality. While there are certainly some great callbacks to the original show,BCS finds its own tone, and manages to deliver some heart-pounding television without the need for the scientific antics of Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.

Besides this season recap, CNBC Prime has also released a parody episode of American Greed which focuses on the story of James McGill. They even managed to hire some recurring actors from the show, and some fans will be happy to see some familiar faces from the first season:

Catch the final season of Better Call Saul when it premieres on AMC on April 18.

Here’s the trailer for the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul:

Besides the amazing cinematography which the show is never short on, we also have a look at all the characters we’ll be meeting again (and possibly saying good-bye to) when the sixth season returns.

Though Saul Goodman is a persona that Jimmy has been using for a few seasons already, he’s far from the strip mall lawyer that everyone knows him for in Breaking Bad. If anything, there’s still a lot of ‘good’ in Jimmy that’s represented by Kim Wexler, and that’s why her fate is something a lot of fans have been worrying about, considering where the story could go.

If anything, we already know where Mike and Gus will end up, but it’s the fate of Nacho and Kim that’s uncertain. Will Nacho be able to escape the cartel? Or will Kim be lost as Jimmy realizes the consequences to his actions? What happens to Gene Takavic in the future?

This will likely be the last we’ll see of the Breaking Bad universe, as no one was expecting the spinoff to actually be just as great (if not even greater) than the original series. Gilligan and Gould have made a fun expansion of the crime world of Albuquerque, and I’m hoping they come to another satisfying conclusion.

Better Call Saul premieres its final season on AMC this April 18.

As per a post on the official account, Better Call Saul premieres its first half this April 18:

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The final season of #BetterCallSaul premieres April 18 on @AMC_TV and @AMCPlus. #TCA22 pic.twitter.com/cuRbrSDOEa

— Better Call Saul (@BetterCallSaul) February 10, 2022

The first half of BCS will run for seven episodes and will take a mid-season break, and it’s said that the six-episode second half will come out on July 11. We don’t really know the reason why the season has been split in two, but I suspect that there’s going to be a huge time jump. What if the second half only follows “Gene”? It would be great if we can have some more follow-ups of the world post-Breaking Bad; what happened with Mike’s granddaughter? Is there anyone willing to pick up the pieces of Los Pollos Hermanos? They probably still make great chicken.

Spoiler alert: the final season of #BetterCallSaul contains nice jackets, geometric patterns, and Mike. #TCA22 pic.twitter.com/V3Iq2pQSsT

— Better Call Saul (@BetterCallSaul) February 10, 2022

When it comes to spinoff series, Better Call Saul has managed to exceed expectations. Besides the ability to seamlessly blend elements of drama, comedy, and crime, there is a delicate crafting of characters, so much so that even if we know what happens to Saul or Mike, we’re still biting our nails for what happens to everyone else. What happens to Nacho or Kim? How crazy is Lalo Salamanca going to be this season?

Catch Better Call Saul when the first half of season six premieres on April 18.