Better Call Saul Season 6 Scripts Aren’t Delayed | Screen Rant
Despite the irrefutable impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming sixth and final season of Better Call Saul is still being written, via virtual writers' rooms. When the show first launched in 2015, Better Call Saul was overshadowed by the long shadow of Breaking Bad, its parent show, which had just ended its epic run. To this day, Breaking Bad is hailed as one of the greatest television shows of all time, and few expected the spinoff to be able to compete in the wake of the original's overwhelming success. Nevertheless, Better Call Saul quickly established itself as a worthy successor to its predecessor, as well as appointment viewing on its own merits.
The Bob Odenkirk-centric prequel was recently renewed for a sixth and final season consisting of 13 episodes, bringing an end to this chapter of the Breaking Bad saga. After the myriad surprises and mysteries brought up by season five's surprising ending, anticipation for the grand finale of the series is at a fever pitch. With the Coronavirus pandemic effectively shutting down Hollywood for the time being, fans are concerned that Better Call Saul might be impacted like so many other shows and movies. According to series co-creator Peter Gould, this won't be the case.
In an interview with Variety, Gould reflected on the recent finale, as well as the pressure for this final suite of episodes to bring the series – and, indeed, the franchise – to a proper conclusion. When asked about work being done on the sixth season, Gould revealed that the show's writers are currently hard at work assembling scripts for the thirteen episodes, working from home via virtual writers' rooms:
We just started working the last few weeks, and it is going to be a really big, big season. There are some things going on in the writers’ room that I’m really excited about. I’m so proud of all the seasons of the show and Season Five in particular, so we’re hoping for Season 6 not to be an anti-climax. Hanging over everything is the fact that I was so pleased with how “Breaking Bad” ended. People can’t help but start drawing comparisons between the two shows, and my fervent hope is that we’re able to stick the landing, the way Vince [Gilligan] led us to stick the landing on “Breaking Bad.”
It takes a lot of effort, a lot of hashing out details, to make sure every plotline ends in a satisfactory manner, that every character gets an ending that's worth watching for longtime fans. Since Better Call Saul is a prequel to Breaking Bad, there's added pressure, not just in following up on the original show's legacy, but in making sure everything lines up in terms of continuity.
To that end, Gould revealed that he managed to wrangle Breaking Bad mastermind (and X-Files veteran) Vince Gilligan back into the writers' room for the sixth season, to help make sure the story he helped to start comes to a proper end. Audiences have seen how important it is for a franchise to stick the landing when it comes to grand finale, particularly after the polarizing responses to long-anticipated conclusions like Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the controversial finale of Game of Thrones, but hopes are high Better Call Saul will be able to pull it off. Hopefully, fans won't have to wait any longer than necessary to find out.
Source: Variety