# Better Call Saul season 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [April 19, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063 "2022-04-19T17:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1261 "2022-08-10T18:20:55Z")
Thanks. I thought I remembered a license plate swap somewhere along the line, but I am currently watching _The Old Man_ and Jeff Bridges just pulled a license plate swap so I though I might be conflating… ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1262 "2022-08-10T18:59:52Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > Kim mentioned when she confessed to Howard’s wife that, in Kim’s opinion as a lawyer, she probably wouldn’t be arrested/go to jail since there were no corroborating evidence/witnesses (something to that effect). It can’t really happen based on what we’ve seen, but it would be funny if Saul is caught but can’t be convicted on any of the Breaking Bad stuff due to lack of evidence, but they get him on these scams he’s been running with Jeff. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1263 "2022-08-10T19:25:54Z")
> [@Kedikat](#): > > I am still wondering how bad a fate awaits Kim. It feels like they have been taking her character more to the dark side. Setting her up for just deserts? I’d say she’s serving her term in purgatory. Yup, yup, yup. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1264 "2022-08-10T19:27:15Z")
Something tells me he gets away scot-free. Rides off in the sunset with a new vacuum guy identity. I, for one, don’t want to see the Odenkirk-Gilligan marriage end, and letting him get away keeps future projects possible. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1265 "2022-08-10T19:31:40Z")
The rumored future project, which would be great, is a young Gus in his days in Chile. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1266 "2022-08-10T20:00:51Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I, for one, don’t want to see the Odenkirk-Gilligan marriage end [Wellll…it might be over.](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/better-call-saul-vince-gilligan-final-episode-interview-1393644/) Gilligan wrote and directed the penultimate _Saul_ episode, which we recapped [here](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/better-call-saul-recap-waterworks-1393640/), and he says that next week’s series finale will very likely be the conclusion to the entire fictional universe that started with _Breaking Bad_. That doesn’t preclude someone else running with a sequel, but it sounds like Gilligan is ready to try new things for awhile. And kudos to him for that. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1267 "2022-08-10T20:21:10Z")
Yeah, from what I’ve heard, _AMC_ is open to another spinoff. No word yet on whether Gilligan or Gould are open to it, though. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1268 "2022-08-10T20:25:43Z")
Yeah, I kinda hope that they take a rest on the ABQ-verse after next Monday. I am not as excited for a Gus Fring prequel series; mostly, this is because I kind of like the idea of Gus having some mystery to him. I like to fill in the holes myself with that character. If there is something I would like to see, it would be fascinating down the road if they did a one-off movie or something showing what happens to Holly White. How does a kid grow up with her father having done such horrible acts? Where does a person like that end up? That might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1269 "2022-08-10T20:27:29Z")
If this were to start production tomorrow and air in about a year, we’d potentially have Giancarlo Esposito playing a teenager at age 65. I love these shows, but even Bob Odenkirk’s immense talents were stretched a little thin when playing a 20-something. Time for the producers to give this venerable old project a rest after next week’s finale. Of course, Gus’s story could be a great one with new actors, but it wouldn’t be at all the same without Esposito. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1270 "2022-08-10T20:37:42Z")
> [@CoolHandCox](#): > > in Kim’s opinion as a lawyer, she probably wouldn’t be arrested/go to jail since there were no corroborating evidence/witnesses (something to that effect) IANAL but I did find this odd. Howard was murdered and Kim participated in a cover up. I get these characters are wrapping up loose plot ends, but the idea that she can drop off a “I helped cover up a murder when I was married to Walter White’s attorney” confession at the courthouse and then walk away w/o worry for the rest of her days… it, well, it strains credulity. But I will swallow it because it’s Kim Wexler, and despite the fact she’s probably not a very good person either, I want her to get out from all this. FUTURE SELF, POLICE, AND POTENTIAL ATTORNEYS: This was the post for which I did all those Goog searches for statute of limitations on murder you’re seeing. 😳 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1271 "2022-08-10T20:49:22Z")
Use Giancarlo as the framing narrator and in flashforwards for a recast show about his Chilean years. Seeing the difference between what he might have been like at a young age vs what he becomes could be quite interesting. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1272 "2022-08-10T21:13:56Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Of course, Gus’s story could be a great one with new actors, but it wouldn’t be at all the same without Esposito. It would obviously be with a different actor and it would take a great one to fill those shoes ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1273 "2022-08-10T21:27:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > She needs to confess and face the consequences of that confession, because, otherwise, despite all appearances, she was still an unrepentant criminal on the lam for Howard’s murder. How each of them handled the world’s worst phone call is a great final juxtaposition between Saul and Kim. It triggers Gene to go full Jimmy/Saul con man and triggers Kim to fully come clean with everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1274 "2022-08-10T21:45:31Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > It would obviously be with a different actor and it would take a great one to fill those shoes They already had a decent young actor do a decent impression of him in a flashback, [Justiin Davis](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4197984/) in The Boys S03E03. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1275 "2022-08-10T22:03:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I have to wonder what Rhea Seehorn had to dredge up in order to launch that crying jag. Nobody can fake that well. Not even Amber Heard. 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1276 "2022-08-10T22:06:15Z")
Here is an interesting interview with Vince Gilligan on the most recent episode. > **['Better Call Saul' co-creator Vince Gilligan on Kim's fate, Gene's chilling...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/better-call-saul-co-creator-025212237.html)** > > 'Better Call Saul' co-creator Vince Gilligan breaks down Kim's fate and Gene's chilling movies in the show's penultimate episode. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1277 "2022-08-10T22:08:35Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > But she decided, when she talked to Jimmy, that self-flagellation wasn’t enough. She needs to confess and face the consequences of that confession, because, otherwise, despite all appearances, she was still an unrepentant criminal on the lam for Howard’s murder. But how is she a criminal exactly? She was a witness to a murder. She played pranks, but I’m not sure they were actually illegal. She feels crappy about, for sure, and her silence seems to suggest complicity with Howard’s murder, but I don’t think that actually makes her a criminal. She has too much of a conscience to actually break bad. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1278 "2022-08-10T22:09:30Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > But how is she a criminal exactly? She was a witness to a murder. She played pranks, but I’m not sure they were actually illegal. She feels crappy about, for sure, and her silence seems to suggest complicity with Howard’s murder, but I don’t think that actually makes her a criminal. She has too much of a conscience to actually break bad. She covered up a murder. She lied to the authorities in doing so. There are also civil penalties, from the old HHM firm, Howard’s wife, etc. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1279 "2022-08-10T22:09:43Z")
I don’t think she is w/o legal worry at this point. Per Kim, there’s really no person or thing, other than Saul, who can corroborate anything she said in the affidavit - I think that is accurate. Her comment was a prosecutorial analysis based on her experience that the affidavit alone would not be enough to bring whatever minor charges she may have committed. Also, a lot of what Kim did could be seen as being done under duress, including from Saul (if he wants to make it that way). Now I’m thinking it could go the other way to. Saul is caught, and Kim help the police to bring him down and Kim gets off, or decide not to help the police and face consequences. I’m not clear if the affidavit was solely Kim stating things Kim did (and no real mention of Saul), or if it was more “Saul and I” did these things. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/1280 "2022-08-10T22:11:08Z")
I repeat myself: She covered up a murder, humiliated a wealthy, powerful woman by slandering her husband (please, let’s not debate slander/libel), and destroyed a law firm in the process. Kim also left two confessions behind. Hell, there’s a client she abandoned because she was fleeing the murder she covered up. He has a case against her too, not that it would ever be brought. She does not walk away in the real world. In BCS world, sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063.md?page=65)