Completed Better Call Saul (Season 6) [AMC]

[tridon]

Looks like the Breaking Bad fanatics don't have to be so sad anymore.

Breaking Bad‘s Saul Goodman will live on at AMC. After lengthy negotiations, the cable network and Breaking Bad producer Sony Pictures TV have reached a licensing agreement for a spinoff from Vince Gilligan‘s acclaimed drama series. The spinoff series, tentatively titled Better Call Saul, had been in the works for months. It centers on one of Breaking Bad‘s most recognizable supporting characters, Bob Odenkirk‘s unflappable criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.

Conceived by Breaking Bad creator Gilligan and series writer-producer Peter Gould, who created the Saul character together for a Season 2 episode written by Gould, the spinoff will be a one-hour prequel that will focus on the evolution of the Goodman character before he ever became Walter White’s lawyer, AMC said. The network wouldn’t elaborate on the project’s status, but I’ve learned Better Call Saul has a series order pending the complication of Sony TV’s deals with Gilligan, Gould and Odenkirk. The pact between AMC and Sony TV came after talks between the two sides came down to the wire, with other outlets, including Netflix, which has had huge success with Breaking Bad, very interested in snatching the spinoff series.

The title of the spinoff comes from the original Saul episode of Breaking Bad, titled “Better Call Saul”, in which Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) hire the flamboyant Goodman after Badger (Matt L. Jones) is caught by the DEA. Goodman, who has been a regular presence on the show since, is a sleazy but highly competent criminal lawyer with a penchant for over-the-top TV commercials in which he uses his signature tagline “Better Call Saul!” Saul has served as Breaking Bad‘s comic relief, which is not surprising given Odenkirk’s strong comedy background. While hourlong, the spinoff is expected to be be far less dark than the original series, with more comedy infused into it.

Gilligan has been high on the idea for over a year. “I would love to see a Saul Goodman spinoff,” he said in a July 2012 interview. “I like the idea of a lawyer show in which the main lawyer will do anything it takes to stay out of a court of law. He’ll settle on the courthouse steps, whatever it takes to stay out of the courtroom. That would be fun — I would like that.”

Source: Deadline

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[severo]

i wonder when we will see this out for home video. can't wait to watch it, but refuse to do it with streaming.

 

[denizen]

I bloody love this show. Absolutely awesome! All 4 eps have been great so far!

 

[navydavey]

Good to hear the great reviews about this show already but do I buy the series as it comes out or wait for the inevitable companion barrel to go with my Breaking Bad barrel set?
God knows I'm dying to watch it asap (I don't stream online so have to wait for a physical release)

 

[LucasEatWorld]

This show is so great. Every episode gets better. The dialogue is great the story arc is already brilliant. Glad it's as popular as it is.

 

[Noodles]

I suggest streaming this show if you can... viewers seem to be dropping quite a bit - ep 1 had over 6 million viewers, then it dropped to 3, and now 2. I worry it may get cancelled if the audience doesn't grow.

 

[Sixteenvolt420]

There are just alot of people like me, who dvr everything, so they don't have to deal with the damn commercials. I even record sports, so i can fast foreward the commercials. DVR needs to be better counted as part of the tv ratings, imo. People don't watch tv the way they did in the past, these ratings companies need to get with the changed times.

 

[denizen]

Show definitely gets better. Episode 5 was great!

 

[lolwut]

I suggest streaming this show if you can... viewers seem to be dropping quite a bit - ep 1 had over 6 million viewers, then it dropped to 3, and now 2. I worry it may get cancelled if the audience doesn't grow.

Good idea, I'll do that. Streaming for free!

http://www.amctv.com/full-episodes/better-call-saul/4040199898001/uno

 

[Noodles]

Good idea, I'll do that. Streaming for free!

http://www.amctv.com/full-episodes/better-call-saul/4040199898001/uno

Nice one! I had no idea they were streaming it for free... I've been using Netflix myself, which I think I may cancel now, as I hardly use it any more.

 

[kaw]

WOW! Tonight's episode is up there with some of the best episodes of Breaking Bad.
A whole episode devoted to Mike and it was fantastic.

This show keeps getting better and better.

 

[denizen]

Totally agree. Its currently our favorite show. Gilligan is an awesome writer.

 

[Snollygoster]

I made a little video

 

[Noodles]

@Snollygoster

 

[jammmy]

Deffo on my next to view list. Loved him in Breaking Bad

 

[FightingPhantom]

So if you like Breaking Bad (Like me) Will you like BCS?

 

[denizen]

Absolutely!

 

[vega2k]

So if you like Breaking Bad (Like me) Will you like BCS?

I loved BB in every sense. BCS is not even through its first season and I love it as much. It is the same world and you feel that it is. Character development and writing is unbelievably interesting and well done. It really is the cure to the depression I felt when BB ended. Definitely give it a try.

 

[FightingPhantom]

Thanks for the reveiw guys... I think I know what I'll be watching when Walking Dead ends next weekend!

 

[Snollygoster]

Episode 9 was great! This show is definitely up there with Breaking Bad.

Did anybody recognize Trevor Phillips?

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[denizen]

Gosh, I didn't! But I loved that scene!