The following contains spoilers for the mid-season 6 finale ofBetter Call Saul
Depending on who’s being asked,Better Call Saulhas arguably transcended its original lot as a simple prequel toBreaking Badand become its own impeccably-written drama beast. As much of a cultural impact asBreaking Badhad, this spinoff has continued to wow audiences with each passing year as it explored the origins of the original show’s sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman. Now that the final season is gearing up for its last hurrah, it looks as though things will be cranked up to 11 the entire time.
WhileBetter Call Saulitself has been more than capable of carrying its own weight and then some in clever storytelling and compelling new characters likeRhea Seehorn’s fascinating and endearing Kim Wexler, there’s one aspect that fans have been looking forward to from the beginning. That, of course, is the long-teased return of Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul as their belovedBreaking Badcharacters Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. But how exactly would it happen?
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Better Call Saulstar Bob Odenkirk, who plays the titular Saul Goodman (real name Jimmy McGill), has just offered the tiniest tidbit of a tease regarding the return of these fan-favorites. While speaking with Metro.co.uk at the Tribeca Film Festival, he answered a question about how it felt to have Cranston and Paul back on set for one last appearance. “[It was] so good. Seeing Bryan and Aaron playing Walt and Jesse,” Odenkirk answered. But then he added an interesting little stinger that suggests their cameos may be more than just a one-off. “It’s not just one time… And it was great.”
No further information was given, possibly because Odenkirk has learned his lesson after accidentally spoiling the recent mid-season finale. But this could really alter fans' expectations for the show’s final episodes. Given how the last episode ended, it seems pretty clear that things are going to be running at full throttle for the remainder of the series. Both Jimmy and Kim have reached the point where there’s no undoing the decisions they’ve made, and now that those decisions have actuallyresulted in the death of Patrick Fabian’s Howard Hamlin, their lives will never go back to the way they were.
But with all that in mind, how will Walter and Jesse play into things?Better Call Saul’s framing device has been splitting the time frame between Jimmy’s past leading up tothe events ofBreaking Badand what appears to be a time shortly after the original show’s conclusion. It wouldn’t make much sense to see either Cranston or Paul make cameos during the main timeline since Jimmy/Saul hasn’t met either of them yet. Meanwhile, sorry to spoil a series that ended 10 years ago, but the aftermath scenes wouldn’t work either since Jesse’s story was resolved in theEl Caminosequel film and Walt is straight-up dead.
Will there be a flash-forward set during the events ofBreaking Bad? Will the 2 returning characters simply get a glimpse into their pre-meth lives? Only time will tell. But luckily, there’s not that much time left before fans can finallysee howBetter Call Saulplays out.
Better Call Saulis available to stream on AMC+ (Netflix in the UK), with the second half of its final season set to drop on AMC starting on July 11th, 2022.
