Will Walter White Ever Be The Danger On ‘Better Call Saul’? An Investigation

Better Call Saul

Critically acclaimed Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul has absolutely cemented itself as an entity in its own rite but as the seasons have progressed and more characters from the Bad-verse have entered the Saul-sphere, one can only wonder: will Walter White ever rear his bearded mug?

To interpret this loaded question, I’ve analysed the recent ramblings of series creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, and, most importantly the man behind the meth mogul Bryan Cranston.

Ordinarily when an actor has been part of a series for five years, he or she is more than happy to leave the character behind them and very, very rarely agree to appear in spinoffs. Cranston, however, is all too keen to reprise his role and I mean, why wouldn’t he?

“If he asked, I would just say yes,” the actor told Entertainment Weekly last year, adding that he has a “couple of ideas” that he’ll pitch to Gilligan and Gould.

“‘Yes’ is the answer. Even if it’s just a brush-by. A quick little something,” he adds. “We’ve come to know people who we’ve seen before but we don’t know that we’ve seen them before, because we were in the store and we just passed by them. Or we might even have a word or two. ‘Oh no, please go ahead.’ ‘Thank you for holding the door.’ And then five years later, you would never remember that. So something as minuscule as that could be very interesting in the fabric of the whole thing.” He adds: “We have those kind of encounters every day, and I think that would be fun for the audience — and the most honest.”

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Aaron Paul, who plays his TV partner-in-crime Jesse Pinkman also expressed interest in featuring in the series.

“My attitude towards it is the same I had from when Better Call Saul first started,” Paul says. “If Vince decided to put Jesse in Better Call Saul, it’s going to be for a reason, and that reason’s going to be very satisfying for me. I trust in Vince. I don’t think he would just do that to satisfy the fans.”

“It would have a purpose, and whether or not he decides to find that purpose or searches for the purpose, I don’t know. But if he does find that purpose, I’m happy to jump on board.”

Paul as Jesse Pinkman (left) alongside Cranston as Walter White (right)

What’s more is that Cranston went on to reveal that he’s visited the set, describing the experience as “emotional.”

“Everywhere you turn you’re seeing someone you know,” he said. “And we love the show too. There’s something about watching Saul that has a sense of familiarity to it, and thematically the milieu of it, and yet it’s completely different. It’s almost like going to your high school reunion after 20 years. You go, ‘Oh, I think I know them!’ But they’re in different positions and things are happening that’s very different! It’s really cool.’”

Interesting… so both stars are not only down to appear in the series, but have ideas about how their BB characters could be weaved into the Saul storyline.

But where do Gilligan and Gould stand on the crossover?

Speaking to EW, Gilligan said they’re not keen to have the original cast join the show. Nope. They’re fkn “desperate” to have them on.

“I desperately want to see both of them on Better Call Saul,” he said. “Peter wants it, the writers do, the actors do.”

Bob Odenkirk (Saul) and Cranston in Breaking Bad

He adds that he feels like enough time has passed and the anticipation is at fever point, thus a crossover would make perfect sense.

“[I]t wouldn’t feel as satisfying if it was just a cameo or an Alfred Hitchcock walkthrough,” he says. “I think we’ve waited long enough. We damn well better have a good reason for them to show up. I just hope we figure it out because I’ve got to hear, ‘Yeah, bitch!’ one more time.”

But unfortunately our dreams were squashed during Comic-Con last month when Gilligan dealt the devastating blow that White won’t be appearing in the upcoming fourth season.

“We don’t want to jerk folks around,” Gilligan said. “But we would be sorely remiss if these characters didn’t appear in the show before it ended.”

With that said, writers have been known to lie to audiences to create the element of surprise when huge, world stopping events (ya know, like casually introducing Walter fkn White) are planned so we’re taking his waffley “no” with a grain of salt.

But fret not, fandom, as the show’s just been picked up for a fifth season so you can bet your bottom that if he doesn’t show himself in the fourth season, we can definitely expect it in the fifth season. This isn’t a summation on my part, it’s a demand. Give us Walter White. GIVE HIM TO US

Guess we’ll find out this Tuesday, August 7, when the new season drops exclusively on Stan. In the meantime, cop the trailer for the fourth season of the show below.

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