Better Call Saul had to recast "Jeff" for the final season

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Better Call Saul is throwing you a casting curveball.

No, not Carol Burnett, but that one should be fun. The role of Jeff is being recast for the final stretch of episodes, EW has confirmed. You first met the forceful cab driver played by Don Harvey in a season 4 flashforward with Gene (Bob Odenkirk), as Jeff seemed to recognize Saul Goodman in hiding. In season 5, Jeff confronted Gene in the mall, insisting that Gene utter Saul's catchphrase, "Better Call Saul," which sent Gene into a panic that he had been recognized.

Harvey — whose credits include Eight Men Out, The Thin Red Line, and more recently The Deuce and Pam & Tommy — has a significant role on HBO's new David Simon drama We Own This City. He was apparently unable to return to Saul because of his contractual obligation to that show, which was first reported by the Saul Instagram fan account All About Saul.

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On Thursday, AMC also released a new teaser for the final run of episodes, which revisited iconic places from the show (in black and white) while giving viewers their first spotting of Saul in his mansion.

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