{"id":11089,"date":"2022-02-11T11:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1582994"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:15:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:15:07","slug":"better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Better Call Saul\u2019s Bob Odenkirk teases final season as release dates confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 11 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The release date for the final run of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/better-call-saul-season-6-release-date\/&quot;\">Better Call Saul<\/a> has been revealed \u2013 and star Bob Odenkirk has teased that it\u2019s set to be the \u201cbest season of all\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As was the case with the show\u2019s predecessor Breaking Bad, the final season of the prequel will be divided into two stretches, comprising 13 episodes in total.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK and Ireland, the episodes will air on Netflix one day after the American premiere, beginning here with a double-header on Tuesday 19th April.<\/p>\n<p>Episodes will then be released weekly for the next five weeks before a mid-season break, with the last batch of six episodes beginning on Tuesday 12th July.<\/p>\n<p>Writing on Twitter, Odenkirk added that the concluding run would be \u201ca whopper\u201d while in a separate tweet he revealed that filming on the series had now finished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday an amazing crew of people finished shooting \u2018Better Call Saul\u2019 in Albuquerque, NM,\u201d he wrote, alongside a selfie of himself with co-star Rhea Seehorn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt began in 2014, with great writing always leading the charge, and despite challenges of all kinds, our energy and care never flagged. I am honored to have been part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Yesterday an amazing crew of people finished shooting \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d in Albuquerque, NM. It began in 2014, with great writing always leading the charge, and despite challenges of all kinds, our energy and care never flagged. I am honored to have been part of it. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/6tJICNbleh&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/6tJICNbleh<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mr. Bob Odenkirk (@mrbobodenkirk) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrbobodenkirk\/status\/1491918236757024769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Meanwhile, in a statement, showrunner Peter Gould said: \u201cIn my eyes, this is our most ambitious, surprising and, yes, heartbreaking season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;body-text&quot;\">\u201cEven under incredibly challenging circumstances, the whole\u00a0Saul\u00a0team \u2013 writers, cast, producers, directors and crew \u2013 have outdone themselves. I couldn\u2019t be more excited to share what we\u2019ve accomplished together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news of the release follows a cryptic teaser that was issued earlier this week, which showed antagonists the Salamanca twins passing through a crime scene.<\/p> <p>An official synopsis for the series reads: \u201cThe final season concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks Jimmy, Saul and Gene (Jimmy\u2019s post-Breaking Bad identity, hiding away managing a Cinnabon) as well as Jimmy\u2019s complex relationship with Kim (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, Mike (<a href=\"\/\/www.empireonline.com\/people\/jonathan-banks\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_self&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Jonathan Banks<\/a>), Gus (<a href=\"\/\/www.empireonline.com\/people\/giancarlo-esposito\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_self&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Giancarlo Esposito<\/a>), Nacho (Michael Mando) and Lalo (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Production on the series had to be paused last summer after Odenkirk suffered a small heart attack on set, but the star made a full recovery and was able to return a few weeks later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better Call Saul season six begins on Netflix on Tuesday 19th April 2022. 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As was the case with the show\u2019s predecessor Breaking Bad, the final season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11090,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed.jpg",987,658,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed.jpg",800,533,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed.jpg",987,658,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/02\/better-call-sauls-bob-odenkirk-teases-final-season-as-release-dates-confirmed.jpg",987,658,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Patrick Cremona Published: Friday, 11 February 2022 at 12:00 am The release date for the final run of Better Call Saul has been revealed \u2013 and star Bob Odenkirk has teased that it\u2019s set to be the \u201cbest season of all\u201d. 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