Upon release, the season received universal acclaim from critics, particularly for its similarity with its predecessor compared to earlier seasons. The sixth season was filmed over a period of eleven months in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Simultaneously, it depicts the drug cartel's reactions to the assassination attempt on Lalo Salamanca. The season shows the further evolution of Jimmy into the titular character, criminal defense lawyer " Saul Goodman", as he and his wife Kim Wexler (Seehorn) execute their plan to ruin the life of Howard Hamlin (Fabian) to force a resolution of the Sandpiper case. The sixth season picks up where the fifth left off, also taking place in 2004, four years before Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk) meets Walter White ( Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman ( Aaron Paul). Better Call Saul is a spin-off prequel of Breaking Bad created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton, and Giancarlo Esposito reprise their roles from previous seasons. The season will be split into two parts the first concluded on May 23, 2022, before resuming with the second half on July 11.
The thirteen-episode season is broadcast on Mondays at 9:00 pm ( Eastern) in the United States.
The sixth and final season of the AMC television series Better Call Saul premiered on April 18, 2022, in the United States, and is scheduled to conclude on August 15, 2022.