TV Thread - beware, [expletive] can get spoilery

[33anda3rd]

I'm almost certain that the last scene of BCS will go back to the B&W scene in Saul's house/Cinnabon in Omaha and end with Saul being put out of his misery, much like Walt in BB.

That said, knowing how Gilligan operates, we are probably going to get the furthest thing on earth from that.

[Freed Roger]

The writers are clearly going to have fun with this -seaming things together with BB, wherever they deem appropriate.

When I heard about a BB spinoff, I thought Saul was an odd choice to center the spinoff/prequel around. When Saul was introduced in BB, the show was taking the intensity, morbid, and cliff-hanger aspects to the brink - and I welcomed him as a classic form of comic relief. (All the sudden Walt's has lawyer with a statue of liberty blow-up on the roof...[expletive] awesome). His character seemed like the crutch at times too with how to get Walt/Jesse out of a jam.

But now I think Saul is the perfect character to flush out.... because of the above. His unique character kind of came from left field in BB - now we get to see how Saul/Jimmie came to fruition. Plus, he'd have the most logical preexisting ties to various BB characters.

[go birds]

Hopefully they answer the burning question of what happened to huel.

[Freed Roger]

Hopefully they answer the burning question of what happened to huel.

At first I thought Huel was that bailiff in the courtroom. But on closer look, clearly a different dude.

[go birds]

Hopefully they answer the burning question of what happened to huel.

At first I thought Huel was that bailiff in the courtroom. But on closer look, clearly a different dude.

ha thought the same thing

[ghostrunner]

I'm torn about tying it so much to BB, but they know what they're doing. Just now heard on a podcast that they have a whiteboard up with all the BB characters that are available. I assume Walt and Jesse never show up but based on that I wouldn't be surprised to see anyone else.

[JL21]

I've even heard a rumor that they're very much on the table- Walt and Jesse.

[robbotis]

I'm torn about tying it so much to BB, but they know what they're doing. Just now heard on a podcast that they have a whiteboard up with all the BB characters that are available. I assume Walt and Jesse never show up but based on that I wouldn't be surprised to see anyone else.

You're listening to the same podcast as me, at the exact same time...
Anyway, I wouldn't be suprised to see Jesse show up in season 2 or something. Walt, I can see show up, but in the last season or even penultimate episode.

[Vidor]

"Breaking Bad" showed very clearly that Walt had no interaction with Saul Goodman prior to their first meeting on the show.

[ghostrunner]

I've even heard a rumor that they're very much on the table- Walt and Jesse.

Interesting. I'm not even sure how that works. Maybe they show up on the margins and we don't even see them interact with Saul. Maybe he bumps into one of them at the store, but it's somehow both significant yet not at all memorable to him. Or it's just a cameo and that's it. Maybe they get current with BB and you see what Saul was doing offscreen with other clients and maybe some nods to Walt and Jesse. That's tricky though - you don't want to evoke another show that people would rather see. Or they go to present day and Jesse gets worked in somehow. That seems least likely.