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Few writers are as capable and competent as Vince Gilligan. Creating a show that breaks records and ingrains itself into every aspect of Hollywood is no easy feat. However, he managed to do it twice, shaping Breaking Bad with his bare hands and not losing its essence when he was making Better Call Saul.

A still from Better Call Saul | Credit: AMC

The spin-off is an even more impressive achievement in the eyes of many, considering the fact that it was able to retain its predecessor’s quality to a very high degree. Much like its parent series, many villains came and went over the seasons.

While Lalo Salamanca was the most notable, there was one character that left a significant impact on fans: Howard Hamlin.

The Poetic Fall That Left the Dead Damned

Howard Hamlin’s death has got to be one of the most tragic moments in the...

Vince Gilligan created many nuanced characters for his show Better Call Saul and these complex characters came with a lot of grey shade. Howard Hamlin, the CEO of Hhm, was one such character whom viewers initially considered one of the antagonists of the series. However, as the series progressed, Howard showed us that he was more than the smug and privileged lawyer he was portrayed to be.

Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul | Credits: AMC

Fans came to realize that he was just another ordinary human, largely misunderstood by both people on and off-screen. Howard’s final fate was to become a pawn in the destructive scheme of Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler. At the end of all the scheming against him, not only was the innocent Howard’s reputation ruined but he was also killed off mercilessly.

Howard Hamlin Confronting Jimmy McGill In Better Call Saul...

Decades before shows like "Search Party" took an ever-shifting approach to the comedic TV format, "Laverne & Shirley" was switching things up season after season. The "Happy Days" spinoff started with a pretty consistent premise in its early seasons, focusing on two zany roommates working at a Milwaukee bottling company. By season 5, though, tomboy Laverne (Penny Marshall) and optimist Shirley (Cindy Williams) ended up in the Army Reserves, and season 6 saw them move to Burbank and work as department store gift wrappers. By the final season, Shirley was gone, and Laverne was working in the aerospace industry.

As wild as the twists and turns of "Laverne & Shirley" were, the show had some constants across its eight seasons, including the presence of neighbors Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David Lander), Laverne's dad Frank (Phil Foster), and Shirley's fame-hungry ex, Carmine (Eddie Mekka). Most of the actors who made "Laverne & Shirley...

Update, with additional casting: Producers have confirmed that Michael McKean will join the cast of Broadway’s upcoming revival of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross revival, joining the previously announced Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and McKean’s old Better Call Saul cast mate Bob Odenkirk.

McKean’s casting in the role of George Aaronow was announced exclusively by Deadline in September.

Also new to the cast are Donald Webber Jr. as John Williamson, Howard W. Overshown (The Lehman Trilogy) as Baylen and John Pirruccello, making his Broadway debut, as James Lingk.

The production is set to open on Broadway in the spring of 2025. The complete cast, exact dates, full design team, and Broadway theatre will be announced at a later date. Jeffrey Richards and Rebecca Gold are the lead producers.

Exclusive, Previous Sept. 9: Michael McKean will join the previously announced Bob Odenkirk,...

Breaking Bad and the spin-off, Better Call Saul, are both amazing shows, with a major strength being the incredible and engaging characters that appear in them. Breaking Bad first appeared on AMC in 2008, where it enjoyed consistently positive viewing figures for the first three seasons, but when the series was made available on Netflix, the numbers began to climb significantly.

Thanks to incredible writing from creator Vince Gilligan and his team, and the outstanding performances from the cast, the series has earned a reputation as one of the best made TV shows of all time. And at the heart of the shows within the Breaking Bad universe, the characters are the beating heart of it all. From complex villains, to the conflicted protagonist, all of these characters come together to make an incredible story.

Tuco Salamanca

Tuco Salamanca is a member of the powerful Salamanca crime family. During the first two seasons of Breaking Bad,...

Breaking Bad cameos thrilled audiences, adding excitement to Better Call Saul's storyline. Jimmy's complex relationship with Chuck showcased manipulation tactics in almost every episode. Montages in Better Call Saul effectively condensed storytelling and highlighted key themes in a unique way.

The tragic story of Jimmy McGill’s transformation from a wayward lawyer to a major player in the criminal underworld in Better Call Saul was one of the greatest prequels ever produced, but that’s not to say there weren’t plenty of recurring aspects throughout. In every episode of Better Call Saul there were many things that consistently occurred relating to character's interactions, overall themes, and callbacks to the earlier series set in the same world, Breaking Bad. But rather than make Better Call Saul feel formulaic, these consistencies added to the overall power of the series.

Throughout ongoing callbacks that foreshadowed the events of Breaking Bad, a heartbreaking brother relationship,...

Chuck's suicide in Better Call Saul was largely driven by his pride and the devastating loss he experienced in court at the hands of his brother Jimmy. Chuck's chronic illness and his struggle to accept that it was psychosomatic added to his emotional turmoil and contributed to his decision to take his own life. Chuck's suicide had a profound impact on Jimmy's character, catalyzing his transformation into Saul Goodman and fueling his criminal activities, as well as sparking a feud with Chuck's former firm Hhm.

The suicide of Chuck McGill was one of the most shocking moments Better Call Saul, and despite the show finishing on Netflix many viewers will wonder why Chuck killed himself in season 3. Jimmy "Saul" McGill's older brother Chuck (Michael McKean) died by his own hand in a house fire, and the show clearly sets up the reasons why. Chuck was one of several new characters introduced in Better Call Saul,...

Spoiler Warning: This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad.

This article contains multiple references to mental health and suicide.

Chuck's mental health leads to tragedy as his conditions worsen following the "Chicanery" episode. Howard's life is filled with despair, including a failing marriage and diminishing reputation due to Jimmy and Kim's schemes, despite being a mostly good person. The actions of Jimmy, such as his reckless behavior and criminal ways, create bigger issues for characters beyond Chuck and Howard, leading to tragic consequences.

Better Call Saul centers around the exploits of unscrupulous strip mall lawyer Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill and how his actions lead to tragic moments in the lives of characters like Chuck McGill and Howard Hamlin. Throughout the series, audiences are reacquainted with Breaking Bad characters as well as meeting new ones. Chiefly among the new characters are Jimmy's older brother, Chuck McGill, and fellow lawyer/antagonist,...

Better Call Saul shows a more humane side of Saul Goodman, highlighting his journey from a con man to a lawyer. The negative influences on Jimmy/Saul, like Chuck McGill, played a significant role in shaping him into a villain. Better Call Saul parallels Breaking Bad in exploring the theme of pride and the destructive consequences it has on multiple lives.

Breaking Bad's Walter White is one of the most villainous characters in television history, but Better Call Saul's version of the character was equally nefarious and despicable as the infamous Heisenberg. One of Better Call Saul's greatest claims to fame is its well-written and engaging characters, who were just as complex as many of the characters introduced in its sequel series, Breaking Bad. Moreover, the show excelled at exposing audiences to completely different sides of characters who either made appearances in or were featured heavily in Breaking Bad.

Chuck's rant pushes Jimmy to abandon ethical practices and embrace becoming Saul Goodman. Howard's sympathetic side is revealed, and his tragic story is influenced by Chuck's actions. Chuck's hatred for Jimmy runs deeper than his disapproval of him as a lawyer, leading to long-lasting consequences and foreshadowing Jimmy's eventual redemption.

Despite being a prequel to one of the most well-received television dramas ever, Better Call Saul managed to stand on its own merits, and it all started with the show's very best scene in season 1, episode 9, "Pimento." After Jimmy discovers that his brother and idol, Chuck McGill, has been stabbing him in the back since becoming a lawyer, he confronts Chuck on the matter. Revealing his true colors, Chuck then explains in full detail why he doesn't respect Jimmy as a lawyer in the slightest, believing that his law career will only hurt people. Naturally, this inflicts irreparable damage to their relationship.

Chuck's downfall in Better Call Saul is rooted in his refusal to be vulnerable and show his true self to the people he cares about. Chuck's pride causes him to antagonize his estranged wife, Rebecca, and push her away when he has the chance to reconcile, setting the narrative for his character in the series. Chuck's ego also affects his relationships with his brother Jimmy and Howard, as he belittles Jimmy and retaliates against Howard.

Chuck McGill's self-righteousness established him as Better Call Saul's primary antagonist during the initial seasons, but it was the first 10 minutes of season 3, episode 5, "Chicanery" that perfectly demonstrated Jimmy's brother's downfall. Chuck's unlikability as a person stems from his outright refusal to be vulnerable to the people he cares about out of fear of looking lesser in their eyes. That was very much on display when Chuck blew his chance to reconcile with his then-wife,...

Rhea Seehorn, who played Kim Wexler in Better Call Saul, is open to reprising her role in the future because of the depth and complexity of the character. Seehorn learned a lot from playing Kim and values the opportunity to evolve and grow as an actor over the course of seven years. Kim's character resonated with fans, and Seehorn recognizes the importance of the viewers' connection to her, as they often become her character's confidants in scenes.

Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn is open to reprising her role as Kim Wexler. Kim was introduced in Better Call Saul season 1 as a new character who never appeared or been mentioned in Breaking Bad. Despite not being a familiar face, Kim became a beloved character, and other than Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman, she ultimately received more focus and development than any other character on Better Call Saul. Through her work as a lawyer,...

No matter what happens at the 2023 Emmys ceremony in September, “Better Call Saul” will go down in television history as a 53-time nominee. That’s not too shabby. But, let’s just be real, it’s high time for the show to become an Emmy winner. To date, AMC’s spin-off of “Breaking Bad” has lost 46 times with the television academy, including six for Best Drama Series. It just nabbed seven additional nominations this year for the second half of its farewell season, so pundits everywhere are wondering: Will “Better Call Saul” finally win an Emmy?

Its seven last chance nominations are in Best Drama Series, Best Drama Actor for Bob Odenkirk, Best Drama Supporting Actress for Rhea Seehorn, Best Drama Writing for both Gordon Smith (“Point and Shoot”) and Peter Gould (“Saul Gone”), Best Picture Editing and Best Sound Mixing. In addition, “Better Call Saul Filmmaker Training” picked up...

Once Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn both lost on their 2022 Emmy nominations for “Better Call Saul,” their show joined “Murder, She Wrote” in first place on the list of drama series with the most unsuccessful TV academy acting notices and no wins, at 13. With six regulars and seven guests on this year’s first-round ballot, the recently concluded AMC program could potentially double its current acting Emmy nominations total and comfortably surpass that of its parent series, “Breaking Bad” (17). However, if it at least reaches 19 and none of its 2023 contenders triumph, it will set a new record as the show with the most failed acting bids and no wins, regardless of genre.

“Better Call Saul” ran for a total of six seasons, the last of which was split into two parts. After primarily beginning as a prequel series to “Breaking Bad” about formerly supporting character Jimmy McGill (aka Saul Goodman...

The timeline for The Diplomat season 2 confirms when the upcoming episodes will begin. The political dramedy, starring three-time Emmy nominee Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, chosen to be the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, proved to be a success for Netflix and garnered a speedy season 2 renewal that will address the show's cliffhanger. The Diplomat's season 1 finale saw Kate's husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) is seemingly the victim of a car bomb explosion along with deputy chief of mission Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh).

An inside source at The Diplomat confirms to TVLine that the show's upcoming episodes "will pick up right away." The source continues by mentioning that the show has a "really compressed timeline," explaining how only three weeks pass in the first installment and that it would make sense for The Diplomat season 2 to "start moments later."

The Diplomat Will Have To Speed Up Its...

Better Call Saul spawned all kinds of fan theories, and while most of them didn't come true, we're sad these 10 theories were proven wrong by the end of the series. Better Call Saul had all kinds of ties to Breaking Bad, with the prequel series dedicating much of its run time to setting up the events of the critically acclaimed series. Because of this, fans speculated that even more connections to Breaking Bad would be made, although many of these didn't happen. So, whether it was a connection to a different timeline or speculation on a character's fate, it's a shame these 10 Better Call Saul theories remained unfulfilled.

Better Call Saul finally wrapped up in 2022 with the conclusion of the show's sixth and final season. The series took a look at an earlier point in the Breaking Bad universe, giving audiences the origins of characters like Saul Goodman, Gus Fring,...

Kim Wexler's Better Call Saul ending could have gone a number of ways, but the ending of Jimmy McGill's story meant she was too valuable to die. As Better Call Saul's final season began, serious doubts hung over Kim's hopes of survival. Entirely absent throughout Breaking Bad, Rhea Seehorn's character faced an uphill battle to reach the end of Better Call Saul season 6 in one piece. Ultimately, Kim proves to be the only survivor in an otherwise bloody ending. Nacho Varga, Howard Hamlin and Lalo Salamanca all, like Kim Wexler, remain unseen throughout Breaking Bad, and all are killed off before the Better Call Saul ending, making Kim's escape even more astounding.

Better Call Saul's sixth and final season, which is now on Netflix, reveals that Kim spent the entire Breaking Bad timeline in Florida, masking her true personality in an attempt to forget the...

Better Call Saul had a tough act to follow considering how highly-rated the final season of Breaking Bad was by both critics and viewers alike. It was astonishing then that the prequel show began to be considered potentially superior to its predecessor but, when going back over the best episodes of Better Call Saul, it's easy to see why the prequel show came to rival the original in terms of quality, and even surpass it in some areas. Better Call Saul began with all the hard-earned skills developed over Breaking Bad's run and squandered none of them.

Though the series already had a host of iconic characters, like Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) himself and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), to work with from the word go, every new face they introduced felt right at home and many of them, like Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) and Chuck McGill (Michael McKean...

Bob Odenkirk believes that Breaking Bad is better than Better Call Saul, but here's why he's wrong about the relative quality of his spinoff show. Odenkirk has recently been touring the UK to promote the paperback edition of his memoir, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama during which he's been fielding audience questions about Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad. One of the recurring questions is whether the quality of Bcs outshines that of its parent show, and Odenkirk has been vocal about where he stands on the debate.

In a typically modest response from the actor, Bob Odenkirk has repeatedly stated that he believes Breaking Bad's better than Better Call Saul. While Odenkirk provides a strong argument for why one show is better than the other, a lot of Odenkirk's praise for the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) could just as easily be applied to that of Jimmy McGill...

Both Breaking Bad and its breakout prequel Better Call Saul feature a stellar adult cast, with a fair few characters crossing over between shows — here's a breakdown of Better Call Saul main characters' ages, and how old some of them were in Breaking Bad. Whereas Breaking Bad focused on Walter White's descent into becoming a meth-selling drug kingpin, Better Call Saul brought the story of Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman, the lawyer who defended him, to the screen. Running for seven years and six seasons, some audiences have even postured that the series is better than its predecessor; which is surprising giving Breaking Bad's critical acclaim.

Breaking down the Better Call Saul character ages is easier in some cases, as some people like Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman's age have been revealed in the series. Unfortunately, other Better Call Saul characters' ages haven't been explicitly revealed, and viewers have to rely...

The Diplomat season 2 gets an update from its creator after Netflix's speedy renewal of The Night Agent. Continuing in the genre of political thrillers, Netflix recently debuted The Diplomat. The eight-episode series stars Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Though she's great in a crisis zone, she's less at ease with her new post. That discomfort is also increased by her complicated marriage to Hal (Rufus Sewell), and the fact that she's being prepared to potentially take on a much bigger role in American politics. The main cast also includes Ali Ahn, David Gyasi, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh.

In an interview on the April 21 edition of The Hollywood Reporter's TV's Top 5 podcast, series creator and showrunner Debora Cahn addressed the possibility of The Diplomat season 2. Even though it's usually the case that Netflix takes its time with renewal decisions, The Night Agent...

The original plans for Better Call Saul would have made it a completely different show from the acclaimed Breaking Bad spinoff that audiences know and love. As a spinoff from a hugely successful and critically acclaimed prestige drama, Better Call Saul could have easily rested on its laurels. However, it's clear from how co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould approached the show that they were aiming to make a spinoff that could eclipse its parent show in terms of quality. The early plans for Better Call Saul demonstrate how organic the creative process was, and how Gilligan and Gould's writing responded to the enormous talent attached to the show.

In a recent interview, Rhea Seehorn revealed that Better Call Saul changed its original plans for the characters of Kim Wexler (Seehorn), Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), and Chuck McGill (Michael McKean). The changes were brought about by the way that the actors responded to the material,...

Spoilers for "Better Call Saul" follow.

In prequels, foregone conclusions are, well, foregone. The writers crafting the stories and the audiences watching them know ahead of time that the characters have to end in the spot where we first met them in the original story. Likewise, newly introduced characters who weren't in the original have to be taken off the board — sometimes lethally.

"Better Call Saul" acknowledges this from the beginning. The very first scene of the series actually takes place after "Breaking Bad" — former criminal lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) is in hiding, living as Omaha Cinnabon manager Gene Takovic. As I've written before, the show comes with the built-in tragedy that "Slippin' Jimmy" McGill, a plucky lawyer trying to go straight, will one day become the consigliere of Walter "Heisenberg" White (Bryan Cranston).

There are five major characters in "Better Call Saul" who were nowhere to be seen...

An interview with Rhea Seehorn referred to Chuck McGill (Michael McKean) as the villain of Better Call Saul, but the character is far more complex than that. The Breaking Bad spinoff was designed to shed further light on criminal lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) by depicting how Jimmy McGill eventually embraced the Goodman persona. The introduction of Jimmy's brother Chuck added a new dimension to the show that perfectly flipped the premise of its parent show. "Slipping" Jimmy McGill is a former low-level criminal who wants to become an upstanding member of society by becoming a great lawyer like his brother.

However, there were many stumbling blocks on Jimmy's road to redemption, and the high standards of his brother Chuck were one of these stumbling blocks. That didn't necessarily make Chuck the villain of Better Call Saul as Rhea Seehorn suggested in her interview on The Rich Eisen Show. As...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul!

Saul Goodman is the Breaking Bad universe's foremost criminal lawyer, and here are all 20 crimes he commits in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Saul Goodman's signature con-artistry and chicanery are far from the worst traits he possesses, with the lawyer committing all sorts of crimes throughout the franchise's run, ranging from minor to horrendous. Saul Goodman racked up a pretty long rap sheet in his time before, during, and after working with Walter White. Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul chronicles these misdeeds, with Saul Goodman finally facing the music in the Better Call Saul finale.

From a very young age, Saul Goodman was using his cons to scam people, with his ability to pull the wool over people's eyes earning Saul the nickname of Slippin' Jimmy. Throughout his life, the character takes on a plethora of identities, ranging...

Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn reveals that Chuck originally wasn't supposed to be a villain. A spinoff of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul premiered in 2015 and came to a dramatic conclusion last summer. The series, which chronicles Jimmy McGill's (Bob Odenkirk) slow descent into the titular criminal lawyer, also introduces several other main characters, including Jimmy's romantic interest Kim Wexler (Seehorn), his brother and rival Chuck McGill (Michael McKean), and Chuck's law partner Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian).

During a recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, Seehorn made a surprising admission about the series.

The Better Call Saul star says that Chuck originally wasn't supposed to be a villain and explains how the character evolved over the course of the show. Read what she shared below:

It was not planned out. There was a lot of elements that changed. The great Michael McKean playing Chuck was at one...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul!

There has been a lot of debate about if Better Call Saul is better than Breaking Bad, but these 10 moments prove that it actually is. Breaking Bad is one of the most beloved and critically-acclaimed TV shows of all time, with it raising the bar for the quality of prestige TV to new heights. However, Better Call Saul stood up to the challenge and surpassed it, with 10 scenes proving that Better Call Saul is truly better than Breaking Bad.

Better Call Saul is the prequel to Breaking Bad, with the series focusing on Walter White's lawyer, Saul Goodman (who in the prequel goes by Jimmy McGill). All kinds of Breaking Bad characters are in Better Call Saul, with many of the side characters from the original series getting greatly expanded on throughout Better Call Saul's six seasons. This gives...

Better Call Saul may not have too much in common with The Shawshank Redemption at face value, but the series actually flipped one of the classic movie's most iconic scenes. While Jimmy McGill does end up in prison at the end of Better Call Saul, that is as far as the obvious comparisons go between the Breaking Bad prequel and The Shawshank Redemption. However, one Better Call Saul scene may secretly be a homage to The Shawshank Redemption, with the series turning the Andy Dufresne storyline on its head.

As a prequel to Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul follows the story of Jimmy McGill, adding depth to his character that was not seen in the original series. However, at his core, Jimmy is still a conman, with the series chronicling the lawyer's various tricks and schemes. The transformation of Jimmy McGill into Saul Goodman shows the downfall of the character's morals,...

Better Call Saul co-creator Peter Gould has revealed the original alias for James McGill a.k.a. Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) and it's nowhere near as good as "Gene Takavic". To celebrate eight years since the Breaking Bad spinoff first aired, Gould posted a page from the initial Bcs outline, which contained some subtle differences from what was seen on screen. The most notable difference was the name chosen for Jimmy's new identity - "Keith."

Like Gene, Keith was also the manager of a local branch of Cinnabon in Bcs' post-Breaking Bad flash-forwards. However, the name doesn't quite fit with the character of Breaking Bad's Saul Goodman or the character of Jimmy McGill that audiences would get to know in Better Call Saul. In the end, the name was changed, and Gene Takavic was born. Gene was a much better alias for Jimmy, and ultimately hinted at the...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Better Call Saul!

Of the many lawyers in Better Call Saul, 11 that have a major impact on the story - here are those lawyers ranked. Hundreds of named lawyers appear throughout Better Call Saul's six-season run, with the series having an incredibly fleshed-out and in-depth legal world. So, while this is not a comprehensive list of every single lawyer that appears in the show, this ranking will cover all the biggest and best legal minds that the world of Better Call Saul has to offer.

Saul Goodman is one of the only lawyers that appears in Breaking Bad, but once Bob Odenkirk got his own spin-off with Better Call Saul, that changed drastically. Better Call Saul introduces all kinds of new law firms, such as Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill, Schweikart and Cokely, Davis & Main, and more. Each of Better Call Saul's law firms has its own history,...

Despite all the ways Better Call Saul improved Breaking Bad, what truly made the spinoff prequel series so good was a character that was not even part of Breaking Bad. When a Breaking Bad prequel focused on Saul Goodman was announced, it was difficult to imagine that such a story could be as good as following Walter White’s fall for five seasons. Saul Goodman was already an audience-favorite character, yet Breaking Bad had never really explored Heisenberg's lawyer beyond his importance to Walter and Jesse’s story. This was a challenge that Better Call Saul had to overcome, and it did perfectly.

By not limiting itself to the original show’s characters, Better Call Saul became better than Breaking Bad. That said, Better Call Saul did begin by focusing on its Breaking Bad connections. Not only did the show open as a Breaking Bad sequel following Saul Goodman’s new life in Omaha,...

Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn thought Kim Wexler would die at first. Given the Breaking Bad prequel's timeline, it was always safe to assume that the close confidant for Bob Odenkirk's Jimmy McGill would not survive the events of the show. And then on top of that, the sense of dread was ratcheted up during the later seasons of Better Call Saul when Kim crosses paths with the cold-blooded killer and cartel leader Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) numerous times.

During a recent interview with Empire magazine for their February 2023 issue, Seehorn revealed that even she expected a dark fate for Kim. From the moment she was introduced in episode 1, the Better Call Saul star thought that Kim would die. Even as the character "started having storylines that weren't just ancillary to Jimmy," such as Mesa Verde and Gatwood Oil, Seehorn still didn't want to get her hopes up...

With the conclusion of Better Call Saul, the true villainy of Walter White in Breaking Bad was cast in stark relief. Walt's appearance in the series finale of Better Call Saul highlighted just how much he'd changed. His first cameo, in season 6, episode 11 was at the beginning of his relationship with Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill. Walt and Jesse Pinkman kidnapped Saul, and through the course of this, Walt was fumbling and awkward. He was not yet Heisenberg. However, in the series finale, Walt had changed dramatically. These two depictions of the same man, whose arc had been seen in Breaking Bad, demonstrated what Walt had become.

There's no shortage of villains in Better Call Saul: all of the Salamancas, Gus Fring, Tuco Ramirez, Don Eladio, Mike Ehrmantraut, and even Howard Hamlin and Chuck McGill to a lesser extent. Inserting Walter White into two episodes of the last season of...

This summer, one of the best spin-offs of all time, Better Call Saul, came to its logical conclusion. However, not long after, it was announced that the show’s creator, Vince Gilligan and actress Rhea Seehorn, are getting together for another Apple TV+ project which already has a two-season order.

For six years, Better Call Saul gave audiences complex, flawed, fascinating people navigating life in the criminal world and all the reproductions that came with it. The first and last things the main characters say in the series mirror their journeys, bring to the surface old memories and set up hope for the future.

Chuck McGill First: Perfect timing. / Last: We always end up having the same conversation, don’t we?

Even though Chuck McGill dies in the season 3 finale “Lantern,” the first and last time the audience sees Jimmy’s brother is set up in a similar context. In the season 1 episode “Uno,...

The sixth and final season of Better Call Saul brought viewers no shortage of long-awaited payoffs and revelations, yet it chose its most integral moment of character transformation — Jimmy McGill's inevitable disappearance into his Saul Goodman persona — to happen offscreen. After Jimmy and Kim's series of steadily escalating cons to sabotage the career of Howard Hamlin goes horrifically wrong, the duo is left with no choice but to live with their terrible secret. However, with the consequent coverup complete by the end of the show's fifth-to-last episode, "Fun and Games," Kim breaks the news to Jimmy that she is leaving him, as she's unable to condone the collateral damage from their joint propensity for conning and scheming. The last the audience sees of Jimmy McGill is his silent, despondent reaction to Kim's final affirmation: she couldn't bring herself to leave him sooner because she was, simply, "having too much fun.

"House of the Dragon" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" continued their parallel prestige fantasy ride this last weekend, each with an episode that — dramatically, at least — may well be the best the series has delivered thus far. "Driftmark" and "Udûn," respectively the seventh and sixth episode of "House of the Dragon" and "The Rings of Power," were full of unbearably tense confrontations and fights where long-simmering plotlines came to a head in an explosive manner.

Yet on Monday morning, in the immediate aftermath of "House of the Dragon" the night before, it seemed like all anyone could talk about in the Bad Place was how dark the beach scenes in "Driftmark" were. If you're like me, your timeline may have been flooded with all-black screenshots and complaints of how hard it was to visually decipher those scenes.

/Film's Mike Shutt has explored why "Driftmark" looks the way it does.

Spoilers for "Better Call Saul" follow.

"I want to believe there's a heaven. But I can't not believe there's a hell." "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan has used this quote, cribbed from his partner Holly Rice, to explain his moral outlook. It may seem cynical on the surface, but buried within is a belief in justice. After all, the last moment of "Breaking Bad" is Walter White/Heisenberg (Bryan Cranston) falling dead as Badfinger sings, "Guess I got what I deserved."

Gilligan's philosophy of justice permeates "Saul Gone," the finale of prequel/sequel "Better Call Saul" about Heisenberg's lawyer, the once-and-future Saul Goodman — real name Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk). During "Saul Gone," the captured Jimmy's goal changes from escaping justice to redeeming himself in the eyes of his ex-wife Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn). So, he throws away the mother of all plea deals, lays his soul bare in court, and is sentenced to prison.

Months before the final half-season of "Better Call Saul" aired, news broke that Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston would be reprising their "Breaking Bad" roles as Jessie Pinkman and Walter White in the prequel/sequel series. It was no big secret then and it's no big secret now, but while shooting their "Better Call Saul" parts, Paul and Cranston were on lockdown in an Airbnb and they felt like prisoners.

That's the story Paul tells in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, where the now-42-year-old actor talked about slipping on the baggy clothes of the twentysomething Pinkman one last time. It makes sense that he and Cranston would be sequestered while shooting their "Better Call Saul" appearances, since they're both such well-known TV faces, with statues having also been erected in honor of their (meth-dealing?) characters in the city of Albuquerque where both shows were set and filmed.

With the conclusion of Better Call Saul’s final season, it looks like audiences around the world have to accept that Vince Gilligan’s New Mexico meth-verse has come to a close. With more than 120 episodes between Breaking Bad and its prequel series, we’ve been treated to some of the greatest televised entertainment ever produced. Not many thought that this creative team could make a spinoff series that would rival the original in just about every measurable category, but that’s exactly what happened.

All of this means we can finally do a comprehensive break-down to decide which show is the better overall product. From the uncanny acting ability of Bryan Cranston and Bob Odenkirk, to the pristine neo-Western style of the cinematography, a lot of factors will sway our decision. The one thing we know for sure is that we will be hard pressed to ever be treated...

One of the best television shows ever to grace our screens has ended, and with it, the "Breaking Bad" Universe that Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould created. "Better Call Saul" aired its series finale this past Monday, ending its incredibly well-crafted sixth season. This last stretch of the series featured massive tonal shifts and particularly dark imagery, which paired well with the fact that Saul Goodman was well on his way to getting the ending he deserved. 

Some of the most shocking moments in this season are surprising not only in the context of the final season but also in the series as a whole. Unexpected character decisions, interactions, and pacing have led to this final season being one that audiences won't soon forget. With that being said, we at /Film have compiled the 10 most shocking moments of the final season of "Better Call Saul." 

Spoilers follow for the sixth...

This article contains spoilers for all of Better Call Saul.

Better Call Saul is known for being the quieter, less violent successor to Breaking Bad, but there are still plenty of morbid character deaths that have occurred across the six seasons of the show. Because these deaths happen less often, they also hit harder than in other dramas.

Now that the show has wrapped its run, we thought it would be a great time to recap which departed characters got the most and least deserving fates. Were they bad people? Did their death signify a turning point in the story, or could Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould give these people more of a dramatic farewell? It also works the other way around. Perhaps moral characters died in flashy ways that made it even more tragic when they met their demise. Let’s rank them!

Note: We will be cataloging only...

[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “Better Call Saul” Season 6, Episode 13, “Saul Gone.”]

The final season of “Better Call Saul” has seen both death and resurrection. There’s a growing body count that’s been offset by a handful of reappearances, of characters either presumed or confirmed dead, in the life of a notorious defense lawyer on the lam. These weekly reviews have made definitive statements that a certain persona was all but cooked. They’ve also teetered on the brink of making assumptions that his one-time partner was all but marked for a death of her own.

So it’s only fitting that the series finale many assumed would carry physical and emotional carnage (as its predecessor show fit into its final hour) offers one last zig in the face of expected zags. “Saul Gone,” written and directed by showrunner Peter Gould, isn’t solely a parting tale of rebirth. But it certainly offers more...

This article contains spoilers for the Better Call Saul series finale.

If you had a time machine, where would you go? In light of the superb Better Call Saul finale, “Saul Gone,” heading back to February 8, 2015 to start the whole series over is sounding very appealing right about now.

Like the Breaking Bad finale before it, “Saul Gone” operates as a sort of writerly wish fulfillment exercise. How does one go about generating some redemption for a seemingly irredeemable character?

In the case of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), Breaking Bad turned him into something of an action hero. Bearded and bedraggled, the former meth kingpin arrived to New Mexico in Breaking Bad‘s last episode looking to settle some scores. And he mostly did just that, killing his rivals and rescuing his partner Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), all before suffering a fatal wound from one of his own MacGyver-ed machine guns.

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched the series finale of “Better Call Saul,” Season 6 Episode 13, “Saul Gone.”

In the end, Jimmy McGill unbroke bad. Just when it looked like Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) had finessed his way into a sweet plea agreement — just seven years at the most country club-like of correctional facilities — he reversed course and confessed all, in Monday night’s series finale of AMC’s “Better Call Saul.”

It was a finale rife with references to regret, time machines and how there’s “no shame in going back and changing your path,” as Chuck McGill tells his younger brother. With “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston and Betsy Brandt also making an appearance, there was plenty for fans of the entire “Breaking Bad”/”Better Call Saul” universe to sink their teeth into.

But ultimately, it came down to an ending that mirrored the very...

Spoiler Alert: This post reveals major details about the series finale of Better Call Saul and some key moments of Breaking Bad.

Better Call Saul wraps its run on AMC tonight with the 63rd and final episode, and the fates of its main characters will be revealed. You can click through the spoiler-filled gallery above to see what becomes of the folks from the prequel series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould.

The finale wraps the story of low-rent lawyer Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and his transition to even lower-rent Saul alter-ego Goodman, whom we first met in the Emmy-winning 2005-13 drama Breaking Bad. Along the way, we met a host of new characters — Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) and Chuck McGill (Michael McKean) among them — and future Bb denizens including Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), Gus Fring (Giancarlo Epsosito) and Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis).

Then there...

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Monday’s Better Call Saul series finale.

After so many years keeping criminals out of prison by any means necessary, Jimmy McGill ended up behind bars himself.

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Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not watched the series finale of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Saul Gone.”

More than seven years after “Better Call Saul” began, and 13 years after Bob Odenkirk first popped up as the sleazy lawyer in “Breaking Bad,” his story has come to a close — and Saul is behind bars.

After a little United States v. Saul Goodman legal action, the now-reformed Jimmy McGill ended up with 86 years in prison as Walter White’s “indispensable” criminal lawyer. After going down a dark path the past few seasons, Saul finally turned a corner and confessed to all of his crimes, clearing Kim Wexler’s (Rhea Seehorn) name.

So how did we get to this (somewhat) happy ending, at least by “Breaking Bad” standards? The episode started with a flashback to “Better Call Saul” Season 5, Episode 8, where Saul and Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) are trapped in the desert carrying 7 million.

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When THR reaches Peter Gould, he is in the throes of putting the final touches on the last episode of Better Call Saul. “It’s emotional,” says the showrunner of saying goodbye to the show he and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan announced in 2013 as a spinoff to the critically acclaimed AMC drama.

As Gould looks back on six seasons, it is hard not to reflect on what the show might have been. “When Vince and I first started talking about this, we didn’t really know what we wanted to do with it. In fact, the first thing we pitched to AMC and Sony was more of a half-hour that would be very funny. It would be mostly Saul in his office giving advice to wacky clients,” says Gould. “That quickly went away, and I was very relieved, because real honest-to-God comedy...

“Better Call Saul” is ending, but you can get your hands on all kinds of “Better Call Saul” wardrobe and props in an auction starting August 18, Propstore announced on Thursday.

Among the many items up for auction include one of Saul Goodman’s (Bob Odenkirk) colorful suits, as well as outfits worn by Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut and by Giancarlo Esposito as Los Pollos Hermanos honcho Gus Fring.

Also on the auction block: Hector Salamanca’s (Mark Margolis) bell, which is expected to fetch 3,000-5,000, and Marco Salamanca’s (Luis Moncada) skull tip boots, which are estimated to sell for 1,500-2,500.

Hector’s bell from “Better Call Saul” (Propstore)

You can also bid on Los Pollos Hermanos-branded items, as well as Saul’s “press 1” burner phone and his “World’s 2nd Best Lawyer” mug.

A portion of the profits will be donated to two Albuquerque, New Mexico, charities, Assistance...

Bradley Whitford has been the wall-to-wall favorite to win the Best Drama Guest Actor Emmy for “The Handmaid’s Tale” ever since the series entered its three orphaned episodes from the second season. A two-time Emmy winner already, the “West Wing” alum would make history as the first person to win both drama and comedy guest actor Emmys, after prevailing for “Transparent” in 2015. And he has a lot of things working in his favor.

“I just think Bradley Whitford is so strong in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and he’s nominated for his guest-starring role last year, but … he was basically in every episode of Season 3, which was airing while they were voting,” Gold Derby Senior Editor Marcus James Dixon said in our slugfest covering the guest races (watch above). ‘That’s really, really going to help him. And he’s playing this character that’s half villain, half hero. It’s...