The journey from Jimmy McGill to Saul Goodman has come to an end, as we have reached the Better Call Saul series finale of one of most anticipated TV shows of the year and an all-time classic.
Sold as a Breaking Bad spinoff, Better Call Saul has emerged from the shadow of its predecessor to become one of the most critically acclaimed shows on TV with Bob Odenkirk’s Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman turning from simply a sleazy lawyer in Breaking Bad to a tragic figure and classic TV character in his own right.
All of that was backed up with Better Call Saul earning five Emmy 2022 nominations for its final season, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nods for Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn.
Better Call Saul showrunner and executive producer Peter Gould described the final season as the most "ambitious, surprising and, yes, heartbreaking" in an AMC announcement.
Here is everything that we know about Better Call Saul season 6.
How to watch Better Call Saul final season?
With Better Call Saul officially ended, fans can now watch the entire series online, but how depends on where you are.
For US viewers, all episodes of Better Call Saul season 6 are currently only available to stream on AMC Plus. The five previous seasons of the show are on Netflix.
UK viewers, however, can watch Better Call Saul from beginning to end entirely on Netflix right now, as it has been the home for the drama series for some time.
When is the last season of Better Call Saul gonna be on Netflix?
As we mentioned above, US Netflix subscribers can watch the first five seasons of Better Call Saul on the streaming service right now, but when are the most recent episodes from the final season going to be arriving?
Unfortunately, we don't know. Better Call Saul season 6 was not included in the list of what's new on Netflix in September, so that would seem to indicate that it would be October at the earliest, but that is also uncertain.
Netflix subscribers in the UK and other countries where the streaming service is can stream all episodes of Better Call Saul right now, as the final season of the show was released on the streaming service.
Better Call Saul season 6 recaps
Better Call Saul season 6 is the final one, which means that Jimmy McGill will be the Saul Goodman we first met in Breaking Bad by the end of it all. Here are the synopses for each episode and links to our What to Watch 6 recaps:
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 1, "Wine and Roses"
"Nacho runs for his life. Jimmy and Kim hatch a plan. Mike questions his allegiances." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 1 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 2, "Carrot and Stick"
"Harsh realities dawn on Nacho. Gus investigates his suspicions." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 2 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 3, "Rock and Hard Place"
"Still on the run, Nacho is forced to choose where his loyalties lie. Jimmy doubles down." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 3 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 4, "Hit and Run"
"Gus takes extreme measures. Jimmy and Kim enlist a local pro to put on a show." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 4 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 5, "Black and Blue"
"While business booms for Jimmy, the vise tightens on the cat-and-mouse game between Gus and Lalo." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 5 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 6, "Axe and Grind"
"Kim and Jimmy enlist a knowledgeable contact, while Howard scrutinizes Jimmy's business practices." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 6 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 7, "Plan and Execution"
"Jimmy and Kim deal with a last-minute snag in their plan." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 7 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 8, "Point and Shoot"
"An unexpected visitor forces Jimmy and Kim to face the consequences of their actions." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 8 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 9, "Fun and Games"
"Gus attempts to smooth things over with the cartel while Mike ties up loose ends." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 9 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 10, "Nippy"
"A new player gets in the game." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 10 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 11, "Breaking Bad"
"The partners escalate their enterprise to new levels." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 11 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 12, "Waterworks"
"The stakes are raised when a discovery is made." Read What to Watch's season 6 episode 12 recap right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 episode 13, "Saul Gone"
Read What to Watch's recap of the Better Call Saul series finale right here.
Better Call Saul season 6 trailer
A short trailer for the final episodes of Better Call Saul season 6 is here. It doesn't reveal any plot, instead serving as kind of a stroll down memory lane for Better Call Saul fans.
You can watch previous trailers for Better Call Saul season 6 below.
Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul
Saul Goodman became a fan favorite character on Breaking Bad in large part because of the fun, sleazy nature that Bob Odenkirk brought to the role. However, with Better Call Saul serving as a prequel series, Odenkirk and series creators Vince Gilligan (who also created Breaking Bad) and Peter Gould presented the character with a surprising amount of depth.
The show revealed that the character was originally named Jimmy McGill, who was attempting to go on the straight and narrow as a lawyer before his natural tendency for schemes and defending the least desirable clients became his calling card and inspiration for a new persona, Saul Goodman. The series has also shown small snippets of Saul post Breaking Bad under the new identity Gene.
Odenkirk has been marvelous in the role, having been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times by the Emmys, though unfortunately he hasn’t won (yet?).
Having played the character for years in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Odenkirk recently reflected on the show wrapping up, as well as the heart attack that he suffered while on set shooting season 6, to The New York Times. In it he described that he found the series finale to be challenging, but the kind of exit he wants for the character:
"It’s not flashy. It’s substantial, and on some level it’s things I hoped for, for years, in this character’s brains," said Odenkirk. "But what I like about it is, it’s not cheap. It’s not easy. It doesn’t feel cartoonish. It’s pretty great, I think. It’s pretty great. I would wanna end with this kind of character-development focus."
Better Call Saul cast
As great as Odenkirk is in Better Call Saul, it isn’t a one man show. The series has featured a number of fantastic new characters and many Breaking Bad favorites.
Returning for season 6 will be Rhea Seehorn as Jimmy’s partner Kim Wexler, Michael Mando as the reluctant drug dealer Nacho Vargo, Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin and Tony Dalton as the dangerous Lalo Salamanca.
As for the original Breaking Bad characters, Jonathan Banks’ Mike Ehrmantraut has been a key member of the Better Call Saul cast, while Giancarlo Esposito’s Gus Fring is also back pulling the strings as he builds his drug empire. Plus, based on a teaser trailer, Better Call Saul season 6 should see the return of the Salamanca twins, played by Luis and Daniel Moncada.
We've also given odds for which Better Call Saul characters who hope don't die in the final season.
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TV legend Carol Burnett joined the show in the role of Marion, the elderly mother of an aspiring criminal, Jeffy (Pat Healy) who begins to work with Gene. In addition, both Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul returned to reprise Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in some flashback scenes.
Better Call Saul spinoffs
In addition to the final season of Better Call Saul, AMC has produced a number of spinoff mini series that further the story or give its actors a new avenue to shine.
One is a six-part animated series titled Slippin’ Jimmy, which follows the misadventures of a young Jimmy McGill in Chicago. Slippin' Jimmy is now playing on AMC Plus.
Rhea Seehorn will lead another six-part digital series, Cooper’s Bar. Seehorn, in addition to serving as an executive producer and director on the series, stars as an awful Hollywood executive who, among other unique LA natives, is a regular at the titular bar run by a character actor Cooper, played by Lou Mustillo. Cooper’s Bar debuts May 30 with all six of its episodes.
Better Call Saul’s Emmy-winning Employee Training Video series will also return this summer.
