It's all good now, because "Better Call Saul" Season 5 will soon return to continue the (misguided) adventures of Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, and his friends and enemies

"Better Call Saul" Season 5 has been a long time coming for fans who have been waiting since October 2018 to see Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) undergo his transformation into Saul In the Season 4 finale, Jimmy made an emotional plea to the judge to reinstate his law license, only to reveal to his girlfriend Kim Wexler (Lea Seehorn) that it was all an act and that he intended to practice under the name Saul Goodman

Meanwhile, in the (more) criminal underworld, Mike Hermantrout (Jonathan Banks) was completely ruined when he killed Werner Ziegler, the engineer in charge of building a meth manufacturing lab for Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) Gus showed the lab, still under construction, to Gail Boetticher (David Costabile), while at the same time dealing with his new cartel contact, Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton)

When "Better Call Saul" Season 5 premieres on AMC on February 23, it begins where it left off - the newly born "Saul Goodman" starts a law firm by offering new clients a 50% off deal Kim is not impressed And Lalo Salamanca takes over Hector's drug business while continuing to search for the mysterious "Michael"

Here are some other expected developments, turnarounds, and long-awaited events in "Better Call Saul" Season 5

WARNING: This story refers to events that occurred in "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" seasons 1-4 There are also some light spoilers regarding Season 5 from the episode synopsis

In the Season 4 finale, Gus showed off the meth superlab under construction to Gail, who helped design it Gail marveled at its "architectural feat" and excitedly added, "Now we can work on it" Gass, however, warned ominously, "Not until it's finished"

Although the engineers had completed most of the work of excavating the cave, the finale indicated that the superlab was still some time away from completion

In "Better Call Saul" Season 5, the superlab would face some major obstacles before completion, as Werner and his engineers were removed from the project Recall that when Walter White first visited the superlab in "Breaking Bad" Season 3, the lab looked untouched and plastic wrapping still covered much of the equipment

Between the end of "Better Call Saul" season 4 (circa May 2004) and the beginning of "Breaking Bad" (circa September 2008), approximately four years had passed It seems that Gus was really dedicated to building the lab during Season 4, but what caused such a delay in its completion? Most of the heavy lifting is done The arrival of Lalo Salamanca (more on him later), or the interest of the DEA (more on him later), was a major headache for Gus and most likely forced him to pause the lab

Mike has always exhibited a mixed moral profile On the one hand, he engages in criminal activity On the other hand, he does not want anyone, especially innocent people, to get hurt However, in the Season 4 finale, he was truly ruined when he murdered the lab's chief engineer, Werner Ziegler, on Gus's orders

According to AMC, in Season 5, Mike is "riddled with guilt and remorse" over Werner's murder and ultimately hits rock bottom This could be a turning point for Mike and he could return to being a regular security guard, but we know from "Breaking Bad" that this will not happen

Instead, Mike will be fully involved in Gus' organization Mike's biggest priority is his granddaughter, and perhaps Gus will provide him with further money that Mike can save for his family Or perhaps, when Mike hits rock bottom, he will realize who he really is: one of the bad guys

The trailer for "Better Call Saul" Season 5 teased two characters familiar to "Breaking Bad" fans but new to the show: DEA agents Hank Schrader and Steve Gomez

So far, Hector Salamanca's drug empire has not (as far as we have seen) tangled with the DEA However, Hector has been reinstated and his nephew, Lalo Salamanca, has come to town to run the business Lalo seems even more violent and volatile than his uncle, so his activities may catch the DEA's attention Another possibility is that Gus himself will tip off the FBI about his enemies (as he did in Breaking Bad)

Also, given the timeline, we might see Hank and Steve recruit Domingo Molina, aka Krazy-8, to snitch on the Salamanca family

Ignacio "Nacho" Varga finds himself in a very difficult position at the beginning of the season Ostensibly working for the Salamanca crew, he must gain Lalo's trust, but he is secretly making a deal with Gus The secret that Nacho gave Hector the wrong medicine could come out at any moment If that happens, both sides will go after Nacho, Lalo to avenge his uncle and Gus to clear up loose ends

"Breaking Bad" does not give us too many clues about Nacho's future The only time he is mentioned is when Saul makes his first appearance in a major series When he was kidnapped by Walter White and Jesse, he blurted out, "It wasn't me, it was Ignacio Lalo didn't send me It wasn't Lalo Oh, thank God"

Ignacio (Nacho) was never seen or heard from again in Breaking Bad That could mean he is dead, in jail, or a fugitive The latter is somewhat likely, since Albuquerque, New Mexico, has a great vacuum cleaner repairman who helps missing persons

A more ominous fate is indicated by the synopsis of episode 10 of season 5 of Better Call Saul He may survive to the finale, but then he will find himself between a rock and a hard place

Aside from Jimmy's evolution into Saul, the biggest question of the entire series is this Kim Wexler did not appear in Breaking Bad, but she is very important to Jimmy McGill in Better Call Saul

"Better Call Saul" will reach its final episode in its sixth season, but we will have to wait until then to learn Kim's fate However, these episodes should begin to pave the way for Kim's exit from Jimmy's life

AMC reveals that she will find herself on "a slippery slope of corner-cutting and white lies" The Season 5 episode synopsis also reveals that Jimmy will have "traumatic bad luck" and then "Kim will take stock of what is important" In Season 5, Kim is uncomfortable with Jimmy McGill's transformation into Saul Goodman, but stays there But consider the synopsis of the finale" Jimmy and Kim get sidetracked and things take a serious turn" Does this mean that Kim finally reaches her breaking point?