Vince Gilligan created the Breaking Bad universe with two characters at the front – Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman. These two characters were later joined by various others, and over the years, one show had taken on the shape of an entire universe.
The Breaking Bad universe
After the conclusion of breaking Bad tv show, we had a spin-off starring Bob Odenkirk as attorney Saul Goodman in You better call Saul. There was even a movie in between – El Camino, with Arron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman at the center. But now it looks like we are finally at wits end.
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In a recent interview with rolling stonethe creator of the Breaking Bad universe, Vince Gilligan explained how, after the last episode of You better call Saul airs next week, it may finally be the end. Gilligan said after all these years, he was finally ready to take a break and move on to something new.
“I can definitely imagine seeing him again. Selfishly, I would like to do it, to keep it going. But without naming names, I look around me at some of the worlds, universes, stories that I love, whether they are on TV or in the cinema. And I think there’s a certain point, and it’s hard to define, where you’ve done too much in the same universe. Leave him alone.
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The You better call Saul The co-creator said that while he might revisit this world one day, for now, it’s goodbye. There are plenty of such shows or movie franchises that continue even after things go wrong, and Gilligan doesn’t want the same to happen with his stories. Ending it on a high note is much more important than trying to drag something to a point beyond.
Better Call Saul is coming to an end
Despite being part of the team, Gilligan hasn’t entered a writer’s room in a while now. But for the show’s final installment, he returned as both writer and director. In the same interview, he said:
“I have to say, it’s been a few years since I’ve been in the writer’s room before this season.” But when asked if it was harder than it was during Breaking Bad, he replied: “I mean, it’s always difficult. But it seemed like it was harder at first.
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For Gilligan, it hasn’t yet happened to be the final nail in the coffin of the Breaking Bad universe. But he’s still not going there with the nail, as he thinks there might come a time in the future when he returns to explore a new page in that old book.
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“Some universes are much bigger and more elastic. Ours is very small, Albuquerque, New Mexico, compared to some of those worlds and series of movies and TV shows. The main thing I’m afraid of is becoming too much of a one-trick pony. Yes, I could do more with this universe. And maybe one day I will, especially if I fail in whatever comes next. Then I’ll come crawling back. But right now, whether there’s more room to grow or not — and there probably is — I feel like it’s time to do something new.
With the cast of Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Tony Dalton and Giancarlo Esposito, the series, and probably everyone else in fiction, says goodbye to its audiences after six long seasons next week. And if the sources are accurate, we also get a Walter White-Jesse Pinkman cameo for the finale.
The last episode of You better call Saul will air next Monday, 15e August, on AMC.
Source: Collider
