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T2 WHATS UP! April 17 - 23, 2022 TV FEATURE BY DANA SIMPSON TV Media S ome know him as Jim- my McGill, but every- one remembers him as Saul Goodman. "Break- ing Bad" actor Bob Odenkirk returns to his complicated tri- ple role as Jimmy, Saul and Gene Takovic in a much-antic- ipated new season of "Better Call Saul." The show's sixth and final season, premiering Monday, April 18, on AMC and streaming service AMC+, of- fers new insight into the for- mative years of the seediest criminal lawyer in Albuquer- que, New Mexico, Saul Good- man, as he defends the guilty and commits crimes of his own before meeting up with his most famous client yet, Walter White (Bryan Crans- ton) of "Breaking Bad." While "Bad" fans have yet to catch a glimpse of the original series' meth-cooking charac- ter and his equally guilty part- ner, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul, "BoJack Horseman"), the past five seasons of "Saul" have given viewers plenty of background information to take in. As last season began, Jimmy was still struggling to process the death of his brother, Chuck (Michael McKean, "Laverne & Shirley"), from the previous season, and had just managed to get his law license back with help from his on-again, off-again partner — both pro- fessionally and romantically — Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn, "Things Heard & Seen," 2021). Having officially adopted the name Saul Goodman on the job so as not to further tar- nish his already damaged giv- en name, Jimmy gets deeper into crime on both sides of the border while trying to sepa- rate himself from his pain and grief. At the beginning of Season 5, Jimmy managed to get sev- eral new clients by selling burner phones to criminals. Upon rebuilding his client base under the Goodman name, Jimmy soon becomes the go-to man for criminal de- fense. While defending others, however, he becomes involved in another underhanded oper- ation of his own when he agrees to help Kim settle a sticking point in her case with Mesa Verde Bank and Trust. Despite Jimmy and Kim's plan eventually blowing up in their faces, it does lead them toward a new plan: get married. Now legally bound to one another and having signed a full-disclosure honesty pact before the union, Kim and Jim- my have agreed to back each other up and share everything, no matter how dark things may get. Perhaps not surpris- ingly, however, those plans fail as soon as Jimmy is tasked with the dangerous job of col- lecting $7 million in cash for Lalo Salamanca's (Tony Dal- ton, "Mr. Avila") bail. Juárez cartel member Lalo was arrested in Season 5, thanks to Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks, "Communi- ty"), who was out for ven- geance after being forced to kill his friend, Werner Ziegler (Rainer Bock, "Wonder Wom- an," 2017), last season. By get- Bentonville Acupuncture 5 x 5 continued on page T10 Bob Odenkirk stars in "Better Call Saul" Last 'Call' Not a subscriber? No problem, subscribe today and receive an iPad with your subscription*. *iPad must be returned within 30 days of termination of account. now available on the digital replica! NEW INTERACTIVE PUZZLE PAGES Get the new puzzle pages on the digital replica, featuring puzzles daily! CROSSWORDS KIDS' GAMES SUDOKU WORD GAMES STRATEGY & MEMORY NUMBERS Call 479-684-5509 or visit nwaonline.com/nwaipad