It took two years, a global pandemic and a heart-attack scare, but the final season of Better Call Saul is finally coming to a screen near you. Thanks to Breaking Bad and those ominous black-and-white cold opens, we already know a good portion of how the show will end: Jimmy/Saul’s criminal career will catch up to him, and he’ll be forced into a life of anonymity in Omaha. But even with those details already revealed, there are a lot more characters whose fates are unknown — and plenty of questions left to be answered. Take one more trek through the desert with us as we ponder the uncertain future of Better Call Saul.

Can Jimmy save his soul?

Saul’s Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) starts out a flawed but well-meaning charmer, turning the sleazy lawyer we meet on Breaking Bad into a tragic destination. Even his comedic “S’all good, man” catchphrase is twisted into a chilling bumper on the Season 4 finale. If Breaking Bad is the story of a decent man slowly revealing that he was never really that decent to begin with, Better Call Saul is the story of a con artist we desperately want to become something more. But at the end of Season 5, he’s still disappointing us and well on his way to becoming the slimy cartel lawyer we meet on Breaking Bad. So, can Jimmy turn it around? There could be room for redemption in the show’s flash-forwards, set after the events of Breaking Bad. But maybe the fact that we’re still asking the question at all is proof that Jimmy’s conned the audience, too. 

Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler

What happens to Kim?

One of the other ways Saul has dodged the prequel curse is in its introduction of characters who don’t ever appear on Breaking Bad; with their future unwritten, anything could be around the corner. The most prominent of those is Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), Jimmy’s wife and partner in crime. She’s never mentioned on Breaking Bad, and Saul’s sexual harassment of his assistant Francesca implies Kim is no longer in his life. Theories about her disappearance have ranged from death to divorce, but the possibility that might scare us the most? That she’s fallen just as far as Jimmy.

Nacho played Michael Mando

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And where is Nacho?

Nacho (Michael Mando) is one of the few new characters on Better Call Saul who is mentioned on Breaking Bad — but that doesn’t mean he’s safe, and the outlook isn’t good. When last we saw him, he had just betrayed frenemy Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) for what he thought was the last time, sneaking out his back door and leaving it open for a team of assassins sent by Gus Fring (the ever-imposing Giancarlo Esposito). Lalo, of course, makes an acrobatic escape. He’ll surely be on the warpath, and poor Nacho doesn’t know he’s coming. At this point, the deeply disillusioned amigo del cartel may prefer death to life in his lonely, unfurnished apartment. 

Will Gene Takovic escape Jeff’s grasp?

Saul’s flash-forwards see Jimmy take on the identity of Gene Takovic, the sad, broken manager of an Omaha Cinnabon. When cab driver Jeff recognizes him in the Season 5 premiere, Jimmy briefly considers an extraction that would force him to take on an entirely new identity elsewhere, before deciding to deal with the problem himself. The Season 6 poster sees “Gene” donning a decidedly Saul Goodman–esque colorful suit jacket. How is Jimmy going to deal with Jeff without being caught? And does his determination to remain in Nebraska have something to do with the fact that Kim grew up there?

Will Walter White and Jesse Pinkman pop up?

Popular fan speculation is that Better Call Saul will end with a restaging of Breaking Bad’s introduction to Saul, as Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) walk into his sleazy office to get out of a legal jam. The answer to this question, however, seems like a pretty straight “no.” Saul producer Thomas Schnauz already shot down the rumor to Den of Geek, saying, “With COVID restrictions and now medical issues with our actors, and Aaron and Bryan being so busy with their careers, it would be a logistical nightmare to pull something like that off right now.” Besides, the pair already (SPOILER ALERT!) got their big reunion moment in 2019’s sequel film El Camino. But, hear me out, could this all be a big lie to hide the surprise of an internet-breaking finale cameo? Sure. Plenty of Breaking Bad characters, from Hank Schrader to Krazy-8, have made appearances on Better Call Saul; fan favorite Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) is still a series regular. But do we really need to see Walter and Jesse again? The magic of Better Call Saul is that we don’t really miss them. This is Saul and Kim’s story now, and they have plenty to figure out on their own.

UPDATE: They lied to us, Cranston and Paul will guest star in Season 6.

Where is Francesca going to be on Nov. 12 at 3:00 PM? 

Seriously, where?!?!

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