In the world of television, it is difficult to do better than "Breaking Bad". Created by Vince Gilligan, the story of a high school teacher with cancer, which becomes a king of drugs, is considered one of the best TV -shows ever made. Also appeared, disputed One of the best spin-offs ever in the form of a "better Saul call", Who focuses on Bob Odenkirk's distorted lawyer Saul Goodman. No matter how difficult it is to believe in the benefit of retrospect, there was almost a world in which Saul would never make him broadcast.

Fun weekly Recently published an overview of Alan Sepinwal's new book Saul Goodman V. Jimi McGill: A complete critical companion to better call Saul. " In it, he speaks with the writer "Breaking Bad" writer and show "Better Call Saul" Peter Gould. During their conversation, Gould talked Odenkirk's first episode, respectively titled "Better Call Saul", What came as part of the "Breaking Bad" season 2. Gould wrote the episode and expressed concern that Saul was too "silly" for the play. In his own words:

"Did we think he would have a future? Well, I will tell you, as I wrote the episode, I got nervous. I was scared because I was worried that we would break down the show by making a character that was too silly - that he would be Too big for what I thought it was a very grounded show.

To worsen things for Gould and Gilligan, when they had a call with the AMC for the episode, the unnamed CEO actually suggested that they were killing the script mainly because they did not like Saul Goodman's character. After Guld:

"My fear was actually reinforced when we had our first notes with CEO that would remain nameless. Vince and I were in a conference call and the question arose, basically, "We don't like this character. Can we start again and come up with another story about this episode? "

This is really skilled to consider. It is just a reminder that this show was not always Titan on the TV that is now considered to be. Remember: weren't for Netflix saving the day, "Breaking Bad" would give up early. This play was on the edge of the razor for a long time. That does not mean to say that the series could not turn out well without Odenkirk's Saul, but given how big a player is, it's hard to take pictures.

Fortunately, Illilligan returned against AMC on this particular note. At the moment, it saves a Gould some things and a great headache. On a longer timetable, she also gave the network more than she could have imagined. In Sepinwall's book, Gould explains how things were going on after that phone call:

"Vince said," No ". He strongly advocated the script and the character. I had to throw out that episode.

What is really amazing is that this is not the only time Saul was spared during the show's run. The Breaking Bad series has almost killed Saul Goodman Also. Merciful, things have changed and not only have we received 43 episodes worth Odenkirk in the original show, but also in the deal, we also received six seasons worth "Better Call Saul". For Guld, this was a basin of min in the strictest season he endured during his time at both plays:

"This was probably the oldest season of every show, for me, however. I lost a lot of sleep over it. There is actually a scene in that episode between Hank and Walt, where Hank talks about his insomnia. And that is literally raised from what happened in my life at that moment.

You can grab the "Breaking Bad: The Complete" series on the DVD or Blu-ray from Amazon.