“I knew they were trying to do that”: The Better Call Saul Scene That Bob Odenkirk Knew Was Inevitable Was a Powerful Breaking Bad Tribute

Vince Gilligan’s world of Breaking Bad did not simply disappear into the ether with the end of Walter White and his empire. The legacy lived on through Bob Odenkirk’s arc in Better Call Saul, a series that delved into the expansive history behind the first lines uttered by Saul Goodman in the original series.
Better Call Saul [Credit: AMC]
The two shows, demarcated only by a difference in timelines, ran complimentary to each other – each with its own set of promises to keep and ambitions to fulfill. For showrunner Vince Gilligan, however, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul were never separate entities but two halves of the same saga, and it took Bob Odenkirk four years to realize Gilligan’s true intention.
Better Call Saul‘s Inevitable Tribute to Breaking Bad Better Call Saul behind the scenes of its Season 6 episode titled Breaking Bad [Credit: AMC]
There exists a multitude of...
Better Call Saul [Credit: AMC]
The two shows, demarcated only by a difference in timelines, ran complimentary to each other – each with its own set of promises to keep and ambitions to fulfill. For showrunner Vince Gilligan, however, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul were never separate entities but two halves of the same saga, and it took Bob Odenkirk four years to realize Gilligan’s true intention.
Better Call Saul‘s Inevitable Tribute to Breaking Bad Better Call Saul behind the scenes of its Season 6 episode titled Breaking Bad [Credit: AMC]
There exists a multitude of...
- 11/28/2024
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
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