For fans who have been going over the seasons of "Breaking Bad" and have been missing the legendary Heisenberg, AMC had something in store for them this February; because in times when they break a bad fall or have that feeling like being pinned on a wall, all they need is to pick up the phone, and "Better Call Saul."
AMC would be bringing back Bob Odenkirk to reprise his role as Saul Goodman in a spin-off of the five season run "Breaking Bad." However, the new drama series would be expected to land and walk on its own two feet rather than being entirely dependent on the popularity of its predecessor. "Better Call Saul" would be a prequel to the events in Breaking Bad; fans would be seeing a relatively young Saul Goodman, Jimmy McGill, trying to make a name in a dog eat dog world where mediocrity is a crime and slick wit would either get things moving and have things tumbling down.
The series would feature Saul or Jimmy as the dreamer, the word smith and the bringer of possibilities to life. Fans would be seeing a man on the verge of reshaping his identity, tired of poverty and grabbing the destiny he fashioned for himself; jumping suits from a motor mouth lawyer to a motor mouth lawyer with a strip-mall law office in Albuquerque. This would be a far cry from the already established Saul Goodman who helped Walter White and Jesse Pinkman launder money and tried to help both men escape the inevitable fall from grace.
In the first episode, though, fans would be catching up with Saul during the event after the killing spree that ended "Breaking Bad. Saul would be seen miserable, anonymous and poor as he would be wondering what went wrong and how he ended up in a far worse circumstance than when he started his relatively lucrative legal stint. His story would be same as those of ambitious men who almost had their dreams fulfilled, then all of a sudden it hits the fan.
However, the conception of the latest AMC original drama series also began with a lot of sweet talking as Bob Odenkirk was reported to have initially refused reprising his role on the spin-off.
The family man Odenkirk initially refused because he did not want to be away from his family. However, a chat with his teenage son made him change his mind. He also shared that he wasn't expecting that their constant joking around about a Saul Goodman show would actually end up as a drama series.
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