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In the television world, it is difficult to better than the “braking bad”. Created by Vince Giligan, the story of a high school teacher with cancer, which becomes a drug kingpin, is widely considered one of the best TV shows ever. It is also of course one of the best spin-off ever as “better call Saul”, focused on Bob Odenkirk’s crooked lawyer Saul Goodman. As it can be difficult to believe with the benefits of condemnable, however, there was almost a world where Saul would never have made it in the air.
Entertainment Weekly Recently released the preview of Allen Sepinwal’s new book “Saul Goodman V. Jimmy McGill: The Complete Critical Companion to Better Call Saul”. In this, he speaks with the “Breaking Bad” writer-maker and Peter Gold speaking with “Better Call Saul”. During his conversation, Gold discussed the first episode of Odankirk, titled “Better Call Saul”, which came as part of the “Breaking Bad” season 2. Gold wrote the episode and expressed his concern that Saul was “silly” for the show. in your own words:
“Do we think he was going to be a future? Well, I will tell you, personally, as I was writing the episode, I got very nervous. I got scared, because I was worried that we were worried that we were worried that we were showing the show on the show They were going to break by creating a character that was very foolish – that he was going to be very big, which I thought is a very grounded show.
To make cases worse for Gold and Giligan, when they had a call with AMC about the episode, an anonymous executive really suggested that they kill the script mainly because they kill the character of Saul Goodman Did not like Per Gold:
“My fear was really increased when we had our first notes calls with an executive that would be nameless. Vince and I were on a conference call, and this question came out, originally, ‘We don’t like this character We can start with a different story.
Saul Goodman was almost out of the braking bad universe
It is really dizzy to consider. This is just a reminder that the show was not always a Titan of TV which is now considered. Don’t forget: Was it not saving the day to Netflix, the “braking bad” would have been canceled quickly. The show was on the edge of a razor for a long time. This is not to say that this series could not have been well without Odenkirk’s Saul, but seeing how big he became a player, it is difficult for the picture.
Fortunately, Giligan pushed back this special note against AMC. At the moment, it saved some work and a big headache. On a long timeline, it also gave the network more, as much as he could ever imagine. In Sepinwal’s book, Gold explains how things moved forward after that phone call:
“Vince said, ‘No’ he was strongly advocating for the script and character. Threw that episode and as it was, in that season we were briefly closed, because we ran out of the script. – What happened again, I am happy to report. “
The really surprising is that this is not the only time when Saul was spared during the show’s run. The conclusion of the “Breaking Bad” series also killed Saul Goodman. With mercy, things changed and we not only received 43 episodes of Odenkirk in the original show, but we also got six seasons of “Better Call Saul” out of this deal. For Gold, it was a watershed moment in the most stressful season that he tolerated during both shows during his time:
“This was probably the most stressful season of any show, for me, anyway. I lost a lot of sleep on it. In fact, there is a scene in the episode between Hank and Walt where Hank talks about his insomnia . And it was really up at that moment what was going on in my life, however, I shot the pieces.
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