Better Call Saul Writer Responds To Criticism Of Divisive Gene Episode
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Better Call Saul season 6, episode 10.
Better Call Saul writer Thomas Schnauz responds to a fan calling season 6 episode 10 the series’ worst episode. Developed by Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan, the prequel series has charted Slippin’ Jimmy McGill’s transformation into Walter White’s attorney, Saul Goodman, and eventually, Gene Takovic—the Cinnabon employee hiding in Omaha following the events of Breaking Bad. A lot has happened in the first nine episodes of Better Call Saul’s final season, not the least of which were the deaths of Nacho, Howard, and Lalo amid the cold war between Gus Fring and the Salamancas. In season 6, episode 9, Kim broke up with Jimmy and left Albuquerque before a flash-forward showed a fully transformed Saul Goodman (presumably during/around the events of Breaking Bad).
Better Call Saul season 6 broke tradition by not including a black-and-white “Gene scene” set in the aftermath of Breaking Bad. Season 6, episode 10, “Nippy,” caught up with Gene after having to admit he was secretly Saul to Jeff, the cab driver who once lived in Albuquerque. The Better Call Saul episode saw Cinnabon's Gene meticulously arrange a mall robbery (equipped with useful rhymes) and blackmail Jeff into keeping his identity a secret. The colorless episode marks the first time Better Call Saul followed Gene for the entirety of its runtime, which is what many fans have wanted since the beginning. Unfortunately, the episode didn't live up to everyone’s expectations.
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Writer/executive producer Schnauz (who isn’t credited as a writer on season 6, episode 10) recently took to Twitter in response to a critique of
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