Better Call Saul Season 6's Character Promise Avoids A Breaking Bad Problem
Bob Odenkirk's character promise ensures Better Call Saul season 6 avoids a Breaking Bad problem. Excitement for Better Call Saul's final season is intensifying, with AMC announcing the first part of season 6 will premiere on April 18, 2022, with the second part to follow in July the same year. Yet despite several shocking storylines to conclude in its final season, Better Call Saul looks set to stick to the slow burn formula that has brought the series much critical acclaim since 2015.
Better Call Saul season 5 ends on something of a cliffhanger, with Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) looking to sabotage Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) in court and Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) surviving a brutal assassination attempt. Across its fifth season, Vince Gilligan's Breaking Bad spinoff began to feel much more like its predecessor, with Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) sniping shooters from a rooftop and Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) building another supersized meth lab in Albuquerque. While these scenes became commonplace across Breaking Bad's final seasons as Walter White's (Bryan Cranston) drug empire began to implode, Better Call Saul season 5's action felt forcibly accelerated compared to its earlier installments.
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As a result, Bob Odenkirk's character promise helps Better Call Saul avoid a Breaking Bad pitfall. In an interview with The New York Times, Odenkirk states Better Call Saul's final season will be character-focused, promising a return to characterization over more flashy, Breaking Bad-Esque moments. This statement is good news for Better Call Saul audiences, with Breaking Bad's final episodes containing some ridiculous moments forced by an
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