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Hiatus brain: When your favorite show returns, but you can't remember a thing

When months — even years — separate TV seasons, plotlines are lost to the sands of time.
Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill in a still from Season 6 of <em>Better Call Saul. </em>

Last week the premiere date for the final season of Better Call Saul was announced: The first half is set to air on AMC starting in April, and the second half will premiere in August. At first, I was elated; this has been one of my absolute favorite shows of the past several years, the rare exercise in capitalizing on a pre-existing franchise that's actually managed to distinguish itself as a great endeavor in its own right.

But quickly, a realization set in. I have recollection of where the show last left off. Honestly, I not certain I'd be able to tell you anything plot-related that occurred throughout Season

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