‘Better Call Saul’ Season 4 Trailer Rips The Band-Aid Off [Updated]
Update: A new trailer forBetter Call Saulseason 4 has just arrived from Comic-Con. Watch it below, and read on for our original article about the fourth season extending intoBreaking Badterritory.
It was inevitable: sooner or later,Better Call Saulwas going to catch up toBreaking Bad. That time appears to be now. In a recent interview, co-creatorsVince GilliganandPeter Gouldrevealed that the fast-approachingBetter Call Saulseason 4 will begin to stray into “Breaking Badterritory.”
Better Call Saul Season 4 Trailer
Breaking BadandBetter Call Saulare crossing over at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. But that’s not the only big connection we’ll see this year.Saulis aBadspin-off and prequel – and a better show, in my humble opinion. The series focuses on Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), a lawyer who eventually assumes the identity of Saul Goodman, the shady, crooked lawyer we first met inBreaking Bad.Saulfeatures severalBadcharacters, including ex-cop-turned-crook Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) and drug lord/fast food manager Gus Fring (Mike Ehrmantraut). But ever sinceBetter Call Saullaunched, some fans have wondered when the series would start to catch up to theBreaking Badera.
The answer, at least according to co-creators Gilligan and Gould, is pretty damn soon. Speaking withEntertainment Weekly, Gilligan teased thatBetter Call Saulseason 4 has a subplot that “very squarely gets intoBreaking Badterritory”:
“We have a subplot that very squarely gets intoBreaking Badterritory and brings us into the world — or at least points us on a path toward the world of Walter White and the territory of Walter White…I can’t wait for folks to see that.”
That doesn’t mean you should expect to seeBryan Cranston’s Walter White popping up this season. As Gould puts it:
“We’re still a few years out from Walter White, but you’ll see some things that will definitely ring a bell and also show some different aspects to things that we saw inBreaking Bad.”
I’ve said this in the past, but I’ll reiterate here, because I assume you don’t read every single word I write (even though you should): I’m in no rush forSaulto catch up toBad. I know tons of fans want to see Walt and Jesse strolling through the show, but the soonerBetter Call Saulcatches up with its predecessor, the sooner the show will be coming to a close. And I wantBetter Call Saulto stick around just a little bit longer. But I also know the overlap is inevitable. As Gilligan says:
“I picture two giant circles moving together, converging into an ever-largening Venn diagram, and that Venn diagram represents the overlap betweenBreaking BadandBetter Call Saul…That area of overlap is getting larger and larger.”
