This article is about the episode of Better Call Saul. For the metaphor, see Carrot and stick. For other uses, see Carrot and stick (disambiguation).
2nd episode of the 6th season of Better Call Saul
"Carrot and Stick"
Better Call Saul episode
Promotional poster
Episode no.
Season 6 Episode 2
Directed by
Vince Gilligan
Written by
Thomas Schnauz
Ariel Levine
Produced by
Jenn Carroll
Bob Odenkirk
James Powers
Featured music
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Chill Wills
Cinematography by
Paul Donachie
Editing by
Skip Macdonald
Original air date
April 18, 2022 (2022-04-18)
Running time
61 minutes
Guest appearances
Ed Begley Jr. as Clifford Main
Javier Grajeda as Juan Bolsa
Ray Campbell as Tyrus Kitt
Julie Ann Emery as Betsy Kettleman
Jeremy Shamos as Craig Kettleman
Jessie Ennis as Erin Brill
Jeremiah Bitsui as Victor
Luis Moncada as Marco Salamanca
Daniel Moncada as Leonel Salamanca
Katerina Tannenbaum as Amber
Poppy Liu as Jo
Mark Margolis as Hector Salamanca
Episode chronology
← Previous "Wine and Roses"
Next → "Rock and Hard Place"
Better Call Saul season 6
List of episodes
"Carrot and Stick" is the second episode of the sixth season of Better Call Saul, the spin-off television series of Breaking Bad. Vince Gilligan directed the episode written by Thomas Schnauz and Ariel Levine. The episode aired back-to-back with "Wine and Roses" on April 18, 2022, on AMC and AMC+. In several countries outside the United States and Canada, the episode premiered on Netflix the following day.
In the episode, Nacho Varga comes face-to-face with the cartel while Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler involve Betsy and Craig Kettleman in their plan to ruin Howard Hamlin's life. "Carrot and Stick" features the return of Julie Ann Emery and Jeremy Shamos as the Kettlemans, who reprise their roles from the first season, along with the first chronological appearance of an inflatable prop from Breaking Bad. Gilligan's approach as director to minimizing the dialogue and conveying information visually proved difficult to achieve. The scenes in the motel where Nacho is hiding required several stunts, a majority of which actor Michael Mando performed himself.
"Carrot and Stick" was met with critical acclaim for Gilligan's direction and Mando's performance as well as its tension, cinematography, and action sequence. An estimated 1.16 million viewers saw the episode during its first broadcast on AMC.
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