Better Call Saul: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Better Call Saul (2015): Drama, Crime, Legal. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Ehrmantraut, a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer.
Series details
- Title: Better Call Saul
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Crime, Legal
- Premiere date: 2015-02-08
- Final broadcast date listed: 2022-08-15
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: AMC
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 64 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 8.6/10
- TVMaze ID: 618
Cast and credited roles
- Bob Odenkirk — Jimmy McGill
- Jonathan Banks — Michael "Mike" Ehrmantraut
- Rhea Seehorn — Kim Wexler
- Patrick Fabian — Howard Hamlin
- Michael Mando — Ignacio "Nacho" Varga
- Giancarlo Esposito — Gustavo "Gus" Fring
- Michael McKean — Chuck McGill
- Tony Dalton — Eduard "Lalo" Salamanca
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2015-02-08; final listed air date 2015-04-06; episode order: 10.
- Season 2: premiered 2016-02-15; final listed air date 2016-04-18; episode order: 10.
- Season 3: premiered 2017-04-10; final listed air date 2017-06-19; episode order: 10.
- Season 4: premiered 2018-08-06; final listed air date 2018-10-08; episode order: 10.
- Season 5: premiered 2020-02-23; final listed air date 2020-04-20; episode order: 10.
- Season 6: premiered 2022-04-18; final listed air date 2022-08-15; episode order: 13.
Source and licence
Adapted from Better Call Saul on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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