This was the first season of Better Call Saul to feature Giancarlo Esposito as a member of the main cast.īetter Call Saul is set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the same location as its predecessor. Bob Odenkirk returns as Jimmy McGill, Jonathan Banks returns as Mike Ehrmantraut, Rhea Seehorn returns as Kim Wexler, Patrick Fabian returns as Howard Hamlin, Michael Mando returns as Nacho Varga, and Michael McKean returns as Chuck McGill, Jimmy's elder brother. I wanted him to be little more hopeful, a little more energetic, maybe not as definitive in some of his actions because he's a Gus that we've never met before." Īll of the main cast members returned for this season. The time period alone takes us to a time where his look may be little bit different. Obviously the opportunity to tell some of the backstory of Gus and how he rose to power and how he came to be is always something I've wanted to explore in a very subtle way in the right venue." He also distinguished Better Call Saul 's version of Gus from Breaking Bad 's version, describing his character as "a little fresher, a little less jaded. It has such wonderful talent in the show. I know Better Call Saul is a little bit of a different show than Breaking Bad was and I love the success it's had. I love this family of filmmakers a great deal. In a Q&A with AMC, Esposito expressed excitement on his return into the Breaking Bad universe, saying, The third season of Better Call Saul features the return of several of the original cast from Breaking Bad, most notably Giancarlo Esposito ( Gus Fring), who returned in the second episode " Witness". This resulted in co-creator and developer Peter Gould becoming the sole showrunner.
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Įarly in the writing stages, series co-creator and co-showrunner Vince Gilligan left to focus on new projects. In March 2016, AMC announced that Better Call Saul was renewed for a 10-episode third season which premiered April 10, 2017. 5 Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training with Gus Fring.The third season of Better Call Saul received acclaim from critics, and eight nominations for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. Jonathan Banks also reprises his role as Mike Ehrmantraut, who is in partnership with Gustavo Fring ( Giancarlo Esposito), while Nacho Varga ( Michael Mando) is plotting to murder their rival, Hector Salamanca ( Mark Margolis). Bob Odenkirk reprises his role as Jimmy McGill, a lawyer who is engaged in a feud with his lawyer brother Chuck ( Michael McKean), who believes Jimmy is unfit and unqualified to be a lawyer and plots to have him disbarred from the practice.
The year is 2003 by the third season's conclusion. The third season immediately follows the events of the second season, which take place in late 2002. A spin-off of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, both of whom also worked on Breaking Bad. The ten-episode season was broadcast on Monday nights in the United States on AMC. The third season of the American television drama series Better Call Saul premiered on April 10, 2017, and concluded on June 19, 2017.