<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Better Call Saul episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The fourth season of the American television drama series Better Call Saul premiered on August 6, 2018, and concluded on October 8, 2018 . The fourth season consists of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9: 00 pm (Eastern) in the United States on AMC . Better Call Saul is a spin - off prequel of Breaking Bad created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould who also worked on Breaking Bad . </P> <P> The first and second seasons mainly took place in 2002, with season three advancing the storyline to 2003 . The fourth season also takes place mainly in 2003, with the last three episodes taking place in 2004 . In season four, Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) struggle to cope with Chuck's (Michael McKean) death . Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian) believes that his decision to force Chuck out of HHM led to Chuck's death, and suffers with depression and disengagement from work . Mike (Jonathan Banks) performs security inspections at Madrigal, disregarding the fact that his consulting contract was supposed to be only a paper transaction . Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) has his suspicions about Nacho (Michael Mando) after Hector's (Mark Margolis) stroke . Nacho becomes a mole for Gus inside the Salamanca organization . Gus hires an engineer and construction crew to begin construction of the meth "superlab" under the industrial laundry . Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) arrives to begin running the family's drug business . </P> <P> AMC renewed the series for a 10 - episode fourth season in June 2017 . </P>

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