Bob Odenkirk teased that Better Call Saul Season 6 will change the fans’ perspective regarding its predecessor, Breaking Bad. Better Call Saul, the prequel series of the latter, follows Jimmy McGill‘s journey, a former con artist who turned into an attorney. However, Breaking Bad takes place after Better Call Saul events follow Jimmy working for Walter White and Jesse Pinkman to settle their criminal activities.
Better Call Saul follows the events that take place six years before the sequel, offering flash-forwards that shows Jimmy’s status after Breaking Bad’s events. The series dives deeper into its sequel edging closer to tie all the things together with Breaking Bad as it moved. Now that the show is on its final journey, things would turn more dramatic than ever. As Bob said earlier, the last events will entirely change Jimmy’s life.
Better Call Saul Season 6: Has Production Begun For The Next Run?
Filming for the next season of Better Call Saul has finally begun early this March. Bob has previously confirmed that he flew to New Mexico to start filming at the end of February. Soon co-creator Peter Gould shared the first snap straight from the set.
It focused on Bob Odenkirk’s Saul Goodman’s false identity Gene working at a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. The series of snaps also confirms that Michael Morris will be directing three episodes, including “Wexler v. Goodman,” where Kim tells Jimmy that they should marry now.
Scripting Finally Complete
Recently, the series writer Thomas Schnauz shared some exciting news. He revealed that he has wrapped up mapping the final episode of the show. Shortly the official Twitter account shared the three famous baddies picture hanging together. It featured Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton), Juan Bolsa (Javier Grajeda), and Don Eladio Vuente (Steven Bauer). Probably the trio would play a vital role in the final episodes.
Better Call Saul Season 6: Cast Details
Bob Odenkirk will indeed return for the final run as Jimmy McGill/ Saul Goodman/ Gene Takavic. Besides him, Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler, Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut, and Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin will also return. Michael Mando as Nacho Varga with Tony Dalton as Lalo Salamanca and Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring will also return. But the final season has some surprising elements too. Fans could expect Bryan Cranston back as Walter White with Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman.
Better Call Saul Season 6: How Will It Proceed?
Speaking with THR, Bob shared that co-creator Peter told him that the fans would have different views on Breaking Bad events once the script wrapped up. However, he hasn’t received the entire script yet. So Bob has no clue as what Peter is trying to convey. But Bob assured that more amazing things are aligned to come in this season, that would directly follow the events of Breaking Bad, surprisingly.
Though they haven’t revealed how it would all connect. Previously, Peter shared that the final season will run all the way to the beginning of Breaking Bad. It implies that the upcoming season would bring Walter White and Jesse Pinkman back to work with Jimmy. Now it seems that the final season would indeed give Jimmy’s story arc a satisfying ending.