Here are interesting facts of Better Call Saul, whose final episode will air on August 16…
Better Call Saul, which is portrayed a Breaking Bad character Saul Goodman, has been one of the best shows in television history since it began airing on AMC in the winter of 2015. The idea of making a sequel series that portraying Saul Goodman, actually came not after “Breaking Bad” ended, but while the series was still showing. Indeed, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, often joked that they would make a series focusing on Saul Goodman. When it comes to a strong character like Saul Goodman, this idea was not just a joke but a reality.
And nowadays, Better Call Saul says goodbye to the screens with the final episode that will air on August 16, which means we will be saying goodbye not only to Saul Goodman, who is one of the strangest lawyers of all time, but also to the “Breaking Bad” universe. We don’t know, if one of the characters from Breaking Bad will come back to our lives one day, but Vince Gilligan said in an interview that Better Call Saul will have a better finale than Breaking Bad. While we are waiting for the finale episode, let us take a trip behind the scenes and look at the interesting facts about Better Call Saul.
1- Better Call Saul Was Almost a Comedy
The producer Vince Gilligan and screenwriter Peter Gould originally envisioned Better Call Saul as a comedy series. Just as Breaking Bad is a series that is 80 percent drama and 20 percent comedy, they planned Better Call Saul as a half-hour comedy at the opposite rate. However, things changed when they focused on the depths of Saul Goodman. “Something Unforgivable”, the final episode of fifth season was even nominated for the American Screenwriters Guild Award for Best Drama Series Episode Screenplay for Television.
2- Almost Same Theme with Breaking Bad
The fact that the music of Better Call Saul sounds similar to that of Breaking Bad when listened closely is a detail that does not escape the followers of both series. According to a report in Mental Floss, Dave Porter, the composer of the music of both series, worked on the notes of the song he composed for Breaking Bad for the music of this sequel. The soundtracks of the series are as follows:
