Yes, the showrunners have confirmed that Better Call Saul ended with its sixth and final season.
What is Better Call Saul about?
"Better Call Saul" is a legal drama and crime television series centered on Jimmy McGilll (Bob Odenkirk), a lawyer and ex-con turned respected criminal defense attorney. McGill goes by the alias Saul Goodman, a Breaking Bad character. He appeared in Breaking Bad as a recurrent cast member in season two and as a regular cast member in seasons three through five.
He worked as an attorney for meth dealer Walter White. However, he wasn't always Saul Goodman until the transition, which is why "Better Call Saul" is set around seven years before Breaking Bad in chronology - providing us insight into the character's journey and growth.
What happens in the season 6 finale of Better Call Saul?
In the final episode of Better Call Saul, Jimmy McGill, or Saul Goodman, is sentenced to 86 years in prison for being Walter White’s criminal lawyer and despite going down a dark road in the previous seasons, Saul turns a corner in the finale. He confesses to all his crimes and clears Kim Wrexler’s name in the process. He even offers to tell the prosecutors what happened to Howard Hamlin but is then told that Wrexler had already confessed to the murder.
The finale also takes viewers back in time to Breaking Bad where Walter White and Saul are waiting to get taken towards their new lives and are having a conversation. Saul brings up the time machine again and Walt dismisses Saul's question about the time machine as a scientific impossibility but adds that he regrets leaving the company he co-founded, Gray Matter Technologies. When Saul claims that pulling a "slip and fall" in his 20s was a mistake, the timeline shifts again towards Kim Wrexler, this time when she is volunteering for the Central Florida Legal Aid with Saul plotting to betray her. It shifts to the courtroom where Saul is about to get a seven year sentence but then he takes a complete U-turn and confesses to all his crimes, even bragging about how Walter couldn’t have built his empire without him. He also admits to ruining his brother Chuck McGill's career, which caused him to commit suicide.
The series ends with Jimmy McGilll in prison, sentenced to 86 years, but he gets a visit from Kim Wrexler and the two share a cigarette in a throwback to the series premiere.
Will there be a Season 7 of Better Call Saul?
No, there won’t be a Season 7 of Better Call Saul, as the showrunners confirmed in 2020 that Season 6 would be the spinoff’s final one. Co-creator Peter Gould confirmed this when he said, “From day one of Better Call Saul, my dream was to tell the complete story of our complicated and compromised hero, Jimmy McGilll – now AMC and Sony are making that dream come true.”
Co-creator Vince Gilligan also confirmed the same by saying “You’ve got to know when to leave the party. You don’t want to be the guy with the lampshade on his head.”
Will there be a Spinoff of Better Call Saul?
While Better Call Saul itself was a spin-off of Breaking Bad, both Gilligan and Gould haven’t completely shut the door to another spin-off. Gould also went on to say “I couldn’t be happier and more proud of the work, but like Vince, I think there are some other things I want to try. Having said that, I love Albuquerque. I love Bob [Odenkirk]. I love Rhea [Seehorn]. I love Vince [Gilligan]. So we’ll keep as much of the band together, and also, never say never. Who knows how we’re going to feel in a couple of years?”
FAQs
Q. Was Saul Goodman sentenced to an 86 year prison sentence?
A. Yes, Saul Goodman, or Jimmy McGill, was sentenced to an 86 year prison sentence instead of the seven-year plea bargain that he had managed to get from the prosecutors.
Q. Is Season 6 of Better Call Saul its final season?
A. Yes, Better Call Saul’s showrunner Peter Gould announced that the series would conclude after its sixth and final season at the TCA press tour in 2020.
