The stunning sixth season went on hiatus with the return of Lalo Salamanca to Kim and Jimmy’s apartment, where he shot Howard Hamlin in the head. How do Kim and Jimmy escape Lalo? (Or do they?) There’s every reason to believe she could be in the scene with Walter, unless it does take place after the action of Breaking Bad. And then there’s Skyler White, an essential character that won Anna Gunn two Emmys. Will we see more characters from the world of Breaking Bad?Įveryone has been focused on Walt and Jesse, but could there be other familiar faces awaiting us in these final episodes? What about Bill Burr’s Patrick Kuby, the guy who was one of Saul’s enforcers in Breaking Bad alongside Huell, who has already appeared in the Saul timeline? Or could Jesse Plemons’s Todd and/or his neo-Nazi gang leader Uncle Jack have found themselves in need of Saul’s services prior to hooking up with Walt? Perhaps we’ll get encore cameos from Hank and Gomie or Huell or Lydia, all of whom have dipped briefly into the Saul timeline and could conceivably do so again. So who knows? Paul has commented that he didn’t see how they’d manage to bring the characters back, but declared the solution the writers came up with to be “perfect.” Whether that solution will involve Walt and Jesse together or separately is another big question, but the way the show’s Twitter announced their return certainly makes it seem like we’re in for a three-character reunion. Walter was still teaching and picking up shifts at the car wash to make ends meet. Jesse was 20–21, estranged from his parents and really getting into the meth scene. However, the writers don’t seem likely to pull a trick like that even if it would break the internet.) Could Jesse need to contact Saul/Gene in the action between Breaking Bad and El Camino with some unfinished business? It’s plausible, but it’s more likely the appearance will be within the main timeline of the show, which we’ve determined takes place in 2004. (But imagine for a moment if this show revealed Walter’s fate was not what everyone thought it was picture the Gene arc ending with our hero finding safety in Alaska with Jesse and Walt. It’s been widely reported that Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul will return as Walter White and Jesse Pinkman, but how? It seems unlikely to happen in the present-day material with alter ego Gene Takovic because, well, go watch the series finale of Breaking Bad again. So a direct scene of Saul Goodman in the universe where Walter is cooking meth would require a major time jump, which the writers haven’t done before. Season six is unfolding in the middle of 2004, still four years before the action of Breaking Bad would start in 2008 (again, Walter celebrating his birthday helps date a few things). And while six years have passed in the real world, the narrative hasn’t gone on for nearly that long in the world of the show - the birthday celebrations help make this clear. Across town, Walter White is still an ordinary teacher Jesse Pinkman was annoying him in class just a few years earlier. When Better Call Saul premiered in 2015, it was revealed that it takes place in May 2002, about six years before the action of Breaking Bad. Spoilers for the first half of season six follow.Ĭould the timelines of the shows intersect? There are a lot of loose ends and not a lot of time left to tie them up, so let’s review what we’re wondering about ahead of Saul’s final case. What we know about that series informs a lot of our questions about how this one will conclude, but Better Call Saul has become so much more than a prequel over the years, establishing some big story lines of its own that need resolution - in particular, one involving a certain Cinnabon employee. With that thread more or less tied up (tragically, of course), Better Call Saul is in full endgame mode now, pushing the prequel closer and closer to the Breaking Bad narrative. The first half of the sixth season delivered a series of shocking moments, but also devoted much of its attention to unfurling Jimmy and Kim’s big Sandpiper scheme. It’s almost time for Better Call Saul to reveal its last docket, as the AMC prequel series returns tonight for its final six episodes. Photo: Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
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