AMC’s Better Call Saul has been renewed for a sixth and final season ahead of its Season 5 premiere. The announcement was made by showrunner Peter Gould at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.
“From day one of Better Call Saul, my dream was to tell the complete story of our complicated and compromised hero, Jimmy McGill – now AMC and Sony are making that dream come true,” Gould said. “We couldn’t be more grateful to the fans and critics who are making this journey possible. Next month we start work on the sixth and final season — we’re going to do our damnedest to stick the landing.” Gould went on to say that Season 6 will premiere sometime in 2021.
When asked about the possibility for more spinoffs set within the Breaking Bad universe (especially following the positive reviews El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie received from fans and critics), executive producer Vince Gilligan said, “I think you can put too much hot fudge on a sundae. I certainly don’t have any plans to keep the universe going after this wonderful series ends. You don’t want to drive it into the ground.”
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Gould also spilled the beans about some iconic Breaking Bad characters making cameos in Season 5, so stop reading now if you want to avoid spoilers…
While we’re not sure how these characters will be featured, Gould did say that Dean Norris will return as Hank Schrader during episodes 3 and 4 of Better Call Saul Season 5. Steven Michael Quezada will also appear as Steven Gomez. Gould declined to reveal if we’d see other Breaking Bad characters in Season 5, however, he did confirm that Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman and Bryan Cranston’s Walter White will not be making guest appearances.
For more on the world of Breaking Bad, be sure to check out our review of El Camino: A Breaking bad Movie in the video below:
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Source: IGN.com Better Call Saul Renewed for Sixth and Final Season