An AMC executive asked Breaking Bad to scrap the Saul Goodman character before...

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...his debut

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Peter Gould, who wrote the Season 2 episode "Better Call Saul" and co-created the Better Call Saul prequel series, recalls in Alan Sepinwall's new book Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill: The Better Call Saul Critical Companion that an AMC executive wasn't initially keen on Bob Odenkirk's character. "My fear was actually enhanced when we had our first notes call with an executive who will remain nameless," says Gould. "Vince (Gilligan) and I were on a conference call, and the question came up, basically, “We don’t like this character. Could we start again and come up with a different story for this episode?...And Vince said, 'No.' He was strongly advocating for the script and for the character. And, to their credit, the person or persons on the call backed down, because they had to trust Vince. But, you can think about what an alternative universe would be where we had had to throw that episode out. And as it was, that season we ended up shutting down briefly, because we ran out of scripts — which never happened again, I’m happy to report."