Ethan Shanfeld How would “Better Call Saul” co-creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould describe the series’ hotly anticipated final season?“Fucking amazing,” Gilligan told Variety on the red carpet at last week’s premiere at the Hollywood Legion Theater, while Gould offered: “Holy fucking shit.”In a more serious tone, Gilligan added that Season 6 is “the best season yet… There’s a real argument to be made that ‘Better Call Saul’ is better than ‘Breaking Bad.'”Bob Odenkirk teased the final season as an “evolution hard-earned,” while Patrick Fabian, who plays Howard Hamlin, described it as “excruciatingly painfully exciting.” He continued, “It’s a satisfying season.
All the setups that they put up the mountain start careening down the mountain.” The final season of “Better Call Saul” debuts Monday, April 18 on AMC and AMC+, marking the beginning of the end for some of TV’s most beloved characters.
But as we’ve seen with the post-“Breaking Bad” movie “El Camino” and the “Saul” spinoff series itself, there’s always more to explore in the world of Gilligan and Gould.“I do think there’s more life in Gus.
Maybe not this year, maybe not next year. But there’s something that we all are intrigued by and we want to find out about. Even me,” said Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Gustavo Fring.Throughout “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul,” viewers have watched Gus operate as a drug kingpin in a restauranteur’s clothing.
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