“In the beginning, the two shows were very different, at least for me,” says Peter Gould, in regards to writing for Breaking Bad and then being the creator of Better Call Saul. “When we started Breaking Bad, when the Writer’s Room opened, Vince Gilligan had already shot and edited the pilot.”

He continues, “We knew where the story began, but in a lot of ways, we were still discovering who Walter White was. There were some big surprises for us. Better Call Saul was a very unusual circumstance because we opened the Writer’s Room from what Vince and I had written, which was a two-page pitch of what the show would be, and it was a completely different show from the one you saw.”

Better Call Saul, somewhat of a sequel, somewhat of a prequel, with flashes of never-before-seen Breaking Bad moments worked tremendously well thanks to a single question posed by Gould and Gilligan: “What problem does becoming Saul Goodman solve?”

Warning: There are spoilers for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul in this interview. And, the documentary I’m working on that Peter asked me about, you can find more info about here:

https://www.daredevilsociety.com/docuseries

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