‘Better Call Saul’ Season 4 Is ‘So Close’ To ‘Breaking Bad’, According To Bob Odenkirk
Better Call Saulseason 4 is about to premiere, which means it’s time for everyone’s favorite question: how manyBreaking Badreferences will pop up this time? As the show gets closer and closer to theBadtimeline, more and more characters and elements from the show appear inSaul. And according to starBob Odenkirk, season 4 isveryclose toBreaking Bad.
Let me preface this was a minor quibble. Every time a new season ofBetter Call Saulstarts, all anyone wants to talk about isBreaking Bad. I get that –Breaking Badwas the impetus of this show, andSaulis aBadprequel, after all. But it bugs me, becauseBetter Call Saulhas evolved into its own unique show. What I’m saying is I wish more people would letSaulstand on its own merits, without wondering when Walter White might show up in the background of a scene.
But I guess I’m an outlier here, because the press tour forBetter Call Saulseason 4 has been loaded withBreaking Badquestions.Varietyhas a new interview with star Bob Odenkirk, and the actor is flat-out asked how close this season gets toBreaking Bad. Odenkirk is nice enough to offer a real answer instead of dancing around the issue:
“It’s coming around and it’s so close that it’s the next thing to happen. It’s so close that you can see it’s right there at the end of the season essentially, but it takes up more time. The plots with Mike and Gus and Hector, the “Breaking Bad” world is assembled very closely, almost at the end of the season four. There’s a little bit of time there to go.”
Better Call Saulremains one of the best shows around, andthis seasonwill bring Jimmy McGill even closer to becoming Saul Goodman. But I’m personally in no rush for that to happen, because I want this show to last as long as it possibly can.
Odenkirk goes on to add that when the show does catch up toBreaking Bad, he’d still like to find a way for the story to continue on. Primarily by focusing on “Gene”, the new identity Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman has assumed following the events ofBreaking Bad. “Maybe with the story of Gene, if they could make more out of his story, which I’d like to see,” the actor says. “I feel like they’ve told the story of a person of Walter white degrading into the worst part of himself. And I wonder if there’s a story they can tell of a person who does that and survives and maybe puts a better version of himself together with the remnants.”
Season 4 will reveal moreBadconnections – characters and references alike. But if you’re hoping Walter White and Jesse Pinkman might show up this year, you’re going to be disappointed. During theBetter Call Saulpanel atComic-Con, co-creator Vince Gilligan flat-out confirmed that neither ofBreaking Bad’s main characters would be making an appearance in season 4. That doesn’t mean they won’t pop up in season 5, though.
