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Black And Blue (Better Call Saul)
"Black and Blue" is the fifth episode of the sixth season of ''Better Call Saul'', the spin-off television series of ''Breaking Bad''. Melissa Bernstein directed the episode written by Alison Tatlock. The episode aired on May 9, 2022, on AMC and AMC+. In several countries outside the United States and Canada, the episode premiered on Netflix the following day. In the episode, Howard Hamlin catches on to Jimmy McGill's constant attempts at sabotage and challenges him to a boxing match. Also, Jimmy reemploys his former receptionist Francesca Liddy to work at his new law offices. Meanwhile, Lalo Salamanca travels to Germany to speak with Werner Ziegler's widow Margarethe. "Black and Blue" was met with generally positive reviews from critics. Bernstein's direction, Tony Dalton's performance as Lalo, and the opening scene received praise. Several reviewers noted the series's patience and attention to detail to set up important plot points that would appear later in the season. An ...
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Better Call Saul
''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, '' Breaking Bad'', and serves as a prequel and sequel to its predecessor. Set primarily in the early-mid 2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series examines the transformation of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), an earnest lawyer and former con artist, into an egocentric criminal defense attorney known as Saul Goodman. The show also examines the moral decline of former police officer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), who becomes a violent fixer for drug traffickers to support his granddaughter and widowed daughter-in-law. The show premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015, and concluded on August 15, 2022, after six seasons consisting of 63 episodes. At the start of the series, Jimmy struggles financially while working on court-appointed cases as a public defender. His roma ...
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Lyle (Better Call Saul)
''Breaking Bad'' is a neo-Western crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the television series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–13), its prequel/sequel series, ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–22), and its sequel film, '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' (2019). The following is an abridged list of characters from all three. Main characters Cast table Introduced in ''Breaking Bad'' Walter White Walter Hartwell White (also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg) (played by Bryan Cranston) is an underachieving Albuquerque, New Mexico high school chemistry teacher who, after being diagnosed with lung cancer, starts manufacturing methamphetamine to provide for his family upon his death. Knowing nothing about the drug trade, he enlists the aid of his former student, Jesse Pinkman, to sell the meth he produces. Walt's scientific knowledge and dedication to quality lead him to produce crystal meth that is purer and more potent than a ...
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Tony Dalton
Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton (born February 13, 1975), known professionally as Tony Dalton, is a Mexican-American actor and screenwriter. For much of his career, he acted in Mexican films, television shows, and stage plays. He is best known in the United States for his portrayal of Lalo Salamanca in ''Better Call Saul'' (2018–2022). He also starred as Jack Duquesne in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe series '' Hawkeye''. Early life Álvaro Luis Bernat Dalton was born on February 13, 1975 in Laredo, Texas. He is the son of a Mexican father and an American mother and attended Eaglebrook School, a boarding school in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Dalton later studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City. Career Dalton's first major role was on the Mexican telenovela ''Rebelde,'' an adaptation of the Argentine series ''Rebelde Way'' that ran from 2004 to 2006''.'' His first film role was in ''Matando Cabos'' (2004), in which he starred and co-wrote ...
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Werner Ziegler (Better Call Saul)
''Breaking Bad'' is a neo-Western crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the television series ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–13), its prequel/sequel series, ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–22), and its sequel film, '' El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie'' (2019). The following is an abridged list of characters from all three. Main characters Cast table Introduced in ''Breaking Bad'' Walter White Walter Hartwell White (also known by his clandestine alias Heisenberg) (played by Bryan Cranston) is an underachieving Albuquerque, New Mexico high school chemistry teacher who, after being diagnosed with lung cancer, starts manufacturing methamphetamine to provide for his family upon his death. Knowing nothing about the drug trade, he enlists the aid of his former student, Jesse Pinkman, to sell the meth he produces. Walt's scientific knowledge and dedication to quality lead him to produce crystal meth that is purer and more potent than a ...
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Lalo Salamanca
Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca is a fictional character on the AMC television series ''Better Call Saul'', a prequel of '' Breaking Bad''. Introduced in the fourth season, he is portrayed by Tony Dalton and was created by Peter Gould and screenwriter Gordon Smith. Dialogue that introduces Saul Goodman in the ''Breaking Bad'' episode "Better Call Saul" mentions Lalo and Nacho Varga, though neither appear in ''Breaking Bad''. Lalo is one of many nephews of Hector Salamanca, an enforcer of Don Eladio Vuente's drug cartel. After Hector suffers a stroke, Lalo arrives from Mexico to help run the family drug operation in Albuquerque and takes a greater interest in the day-to-day details than Hector did. Because of the rivalry between Gus Fring and Hector, Lalo becomes dedicated to disrupting Gus' legitimate restaurant business as well as his reputation with the cartel. Showrunners gave Dalton freedom to diverge from cartel stereotypes and portrayals of the other members of the Salamanca f ...
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Jimmy McGill
James Morgan Jimmy McGill, better known by his business name Saul Goodman, is a character created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould and portrayed by Bob Odenkirk in the television franchise ''Breaking Bad''. He appears as a major character in ''Breaking Bad'' (2008–2013) and as the protagonist of its spin-off ''Better Call Saul'' (2015–2022). Saul is an egocentric and unscrupulous Albuquerque-based lawyer who embraces his tactics as a former scam artist and becomes involved in the city's criminal underworld. In ''Breaking Bad'', he acts as the ''consigliere'' for the methamphetamine cooks Walter White (Breaking Bad), Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and plays a crucial role in the development of their drug empire. ''Better Call Saul'' prequel storyline depicts Saul's origins as the earnest lawyer Jimmy McGill and his moral decline in the six years before the events of ''Breaking Bad''; it also features a sequel storyline that explores the conseq ...
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Howard Hamlin
Howard Hamlin is a fictional character who appears in the crime drama television series ''Better Call Saul'', a spin-off prequel of '' Breaking Bad''. He is portrayed by Patrick Fabian and was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Hamlin is a foil for and longtime antagonist of Jimmy McGill, the lead and titular character of the series. Fabian received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Howard, particularly in the final season, with many critics deeming him to be the most tragic character in ''Better Call Saul''. Development In May 2014, Patrick Fabian was cast in ''Better Call Saul'', with his character described as a " Kennedy-esque lawyer who's winning at life". Though initially reported as Burt, the character's name was later revealed as Howard Hamlin. In the series, Howard is portrayed as cocky, arrogant, and self-centered. However, many fans of the show believe that Howard is actually a good person. Fabian commented by saying "You know, Jimmy cGillcalled How ...
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Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ...
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AMC+
AMC may refer to: Film and television * AMC Theatres, an American movie theater chain * AMC Networks, an American entertainment company ** AMC (TV channel) ** AMC+, streaming service ** AMC Networks International, an entertainment company *** AMC (Asian TV channel), TV channel *** AMC (European TV channel), TV channel *** AMC (African and Middle Eastern TV channel), TV channel Other * Australian Multiplex Cinemas * ''All My Children'', a TV series Education * Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, a Mexican education organization * American Mathematics Competitions * Andhra Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India * Archif Menywod Cymru, Welsh organisation also known as Women's Archive Wales * Army Medical College, Punjab, Pakistan * Australian Maritime College, Launceston, Tasmania * Australian Mathematics Competition * Ayub Medical College, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * AMC Institutions, Bangalore, India Finance * Ameriquest Mortgage Company * Association management company * A ...
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AMC (TV Channel)
AMC is an American multinational basic cable television channel that is the flagship property of AMC Networks. The channel's programming primarily consists of theatrically released films, along with a limited amount of original programming. The channel's name originally stood for "American Movie Classics", but since 2002 the full name has been de-emphasized as a result of a major shift in its programming. As of July 2015, AMC was received by approximately 94,832,000 households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service (81.5% of U.S. households with at least one television set). In March 2015, Dish Network's Sling TV announced it would soon begin making AMC channels available to cord cutters, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and We TV. History 1984–2002: Focus on classic films American Movie Classics, as AMC was originally known, debuted on October 1, 1984, as a premium channel by Rainbow Programming Services (a subsidiary of Cablevis ...
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Breaking Bad
''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited high-school chemistry teacher who is struggling with a recent diagnosis of stage-three lung cancer. White turns to a life of crime and partners with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to produce and distribute methamphetamine to secure his family's financial future before he dies, while navigating the dangers of the criminal underworld. The show aired on AMC from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. Among the show's co-stars are Anna Gunn and RJ Mitte as Walter's wife Skyler and son Walter Jr., and Betsy Brandt and Dean Norris as Skyler's sister Marie Schrader and her husband Hank, a DEA agent. Others include Bob Odenkirk as Walter's and Jesse's lawyer Saul Goodman, Jon ...
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Better Call Saul (season 6)
The sixth and final season of the AMC television series ''Better Call Saul'' premiered on April 18, 2022, in the United States, and concluded on August 15, 2022. The thirteen-episode season was broadcast on Mondays at 9:00pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC and its streaming service AMC+. Each episode was released on Netflix the day after in certain international markets. The season was split into two parts; the first consisting of the first seven episodes concluded on May 23, 2022, before resuming with the second half consisting of the final six episodes on July 11. Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton, and Giancarlo Esposito reprise their roles from previous seasons. ''Better Call Saul'' is a spin-off, prequel and sequel of '' Breaking Bad'' created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. The sixth season picks up where the fifth left off. The first nine episodes mainly take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2004, four ...
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