Spin-offs and prequel series have a long and sordid history of not working out. Far too often, they pale in comparison and fail to capture the magic and intrigue of the original series.
However, there are exceptions to every norm, and Better Call Saul is most assuredly one of them. Now that the final season has officially wrapped, let's have a look at every hidden detail fans might have missed in Season 6.
After Nacho emerges from the oil tanker, having successfully eluded the Salamanca twins, he sheds all his clothes and money. He eats his last meal, and unlike previous episodes that always depict him wearing red — he now has a white shirt, adorned with tiny crosses.
Not only was this the only thing that Kim took from the office at the conclusion of Season 5, but it's also the same tequila Gus Fring uses to poison the Cartel in Breaking Bad.
In Season 6, Episode 6, the audience learns that Kim attempted to steal a pair of earrings and a necklace — seemingly going against everything we thought we knew about her.
Rewind all the way back to Season 1, the very first time we see Kim, and she's wearing the same earrings. The necklace can also be seen multiple times throughout the series.
When we first meet Kim in Season 6, she's often seen wearing blue or very light colors. As time goes on, she dons a mixture of blue and red — signaling that her morality is starting to blur.
After Jimmy tells Kim about how he rented a car, she quickly dismisses the idea that Saul Goodman would be caught dead driving a brown Taurus. "Don't you think Saul Goodman would drive something with a little more...flair?" she asks.
Don't forget that it was Kim who first suggested to Jimmy that Saul needed to have an eye-catching office or "A cathedral of justice" as she so eloquently put it.
While Kim is pretending to be Saul, she jokingly says to Jimmy, "I'm Saul Goodman. Pow. I fight for you!" This is the phrase that Saul uses in his ads and the one we see on Breaking Bad.
If you take a close look at the sticker on Saul's plates, you'll see that it's good through November of 2005. In case you forgot, Breaking Bad takes place between 2008 and 2010.
In the premiere episode of Season 6, Jackie Gleason's "Days Of Wine And Roses" can be heard playing in the background. This is also where the title of the episode draws inspiration.
The song plays out as Saul's personal items and memorabilia are being packaged up and taken away, thus alluding to Saul's inevitable downfall later on.
Betsy and Craig Kettleman make a return in Season 6, Episode 2, and the inflatable statue sits atop the roof of their tax-services company. In the same episode, we see Saul take a good hard look at the statue, but it's unclear how it comes into his possession.
Fans will no doubt recall the thermos Saul used in Season 2, which referred to him as the "World's 2nd Greatest Lawyer." With her now out of the picture, the crown was ripe for the taking.
During an episode of Talking Saul, the Better Call Saul aftershow, the very same track can be heard playing in Saul's waiting room in Breaking Bad.
During an appearance on the Better Call Saul insider podcast, Tony Dalton explained that the reason why Lalo was smiling had a lot to do with the show creator, Vince Gilligan.
"You got me. You got lucky, man. It was dark and you just shot out there. That was that smile," Dalton explained. "It was like, 'Jesus. You lucky bastard. See you in hell."
Many fans may have mistakenly gotten wispy-eyed, believing that Saul purchased Kim's dream house. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case.
The inside of Jimmy and Kim's house turned out to be far too limiting and restrictive to allow for proper filming.
Fans may recall that in the pilot episode, Jimmy and Kim share a cigarette in a parking garage. This scene, therefore, signifies that the story has come full circle.
In the series finale, the audience bears witness to three different flashback scenes with some familiar faces: Mike Ehrmantraut, Chuck McGill, and Walter White. While they may have seemed out of place, they carry a heavy significance.
"When we talked about this season and what happens to Jimmy, we used to always talk about "A Christmas Carol" so it seems appropriate that he gets visited by three ghosts in this final episode," series co-creator Peter Gould said on the Better Call Saul insider podcast.
