Global InformationBetter Call Saul season 6 information
| Better Call Saul | |
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| Season 6 | |
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| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Original network | AMC |
| Original release | April 18 – August 15, 2022 |
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The sixth and final season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul premiered on April 18, 2022, in the United States, and concluded on August 15, 2022. The thirteen-episode season was broadcast on Mondays at 9:00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC and its streaming service AMC+. Each episode was released on Netflix the day after in certain international markets. The season was split into two parts; the first consisting of the first seven episodes concluded on May 23, before resuming with the second half consisting of the final six episodes on July 11. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton, and Giancarlo Esposito reprise their roles from previous seasons. Better Call Saul is a spin-off, prequel and sequel of Breaking Bad created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.
The first nine episodes mainly take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2004, four years before Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk) begins his association with meth cooks Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). The season shows the further evolution of Jimmy into the eponymous character, criminal defense lawyer "Saul Goodman", as he and his wife Kim Wexler (Seehorn) execute their plan to force a resolution of the Sandpiper case by ruining the career of Howard Hamlin (Fabian). Simultaneously, it depicts Lalo Salamanca (Dalton) seeking to expose Gus Fring's (Esposito) disloyalty to the drug cartel. The remaining episodes mainly take place in 2010, after the events of Breaking Bad, and show Saul living in Omaha, Nebraska under the alias "Gene Takavic", hiding from the authorities after Walter's demise.
The sixth season was filmed in Albuquerque over a period of eleven months. Many of its delays were due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Odenkirk's on-set heart attack. It was praised by critics, particularly for its performances, writing, visuals, emotional weight, and similarity to Breaking Bad. The first half received four nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. The second half received five nominations for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, Odenkirk's sixth nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Seehorn's second nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.