Post by Saul Goodman-Breaking Bad manager’s career at Cinnabon was ridiculous enough to work at Better call Saulbut the original plan would have been too stupid. IN Breaking BadIn the incredible penultimate episode—Season 5, Episode 15, “The Granite State”—Walter White had to reluctantly stay in the basement with his slimy lawyer for a couple of days while they waited for “The Granite State.”disappearedEd Galbraith to deal with them, giving them new personalities. Saul told Walt that “best scenario“, for his new life will be “manager of the Cinnabon in Omaha.»
When Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould teamed up to create the Saul spin-off, Better call Saulthey paid for this useless line by having Saul actually run a Cinnabon in a Nebraska mall under the alias Gene Takavic. But that wasn’t always the plan. Gould recently shared an early Breaking Bad draft with a slightly different line: “At best, I run the Hot Topic in Omaha.» If they hadn’t changed the phrase, Jimmy McGill would have been working on Hot Topic in Better call Sauland that might be too absurd.
The thought of Jimmy McGill working on a hot topic sounds funny
A Hot Topic Would Make Call Saul More Comedy
The idea of an aging, grizzled Jimmy waiting for an hour at Hot Topic sounds like a fun juxtaposition. In his post-Breaking Bad In his life, Jimmy essentially just lays low and goes to his grave. If he sold fashion clothes in gothic clothing, it would create too funny a contrast. to create the desired dramatic effect. Better call Saul Originally conceived as a half-hour comedy series, it was later retooled into a grounded hour-long drama more appropriate Breaking Bad. The Hot Topic setting would have been more appropriate for this original sitcom format.
Why Better Call Saul Was Right to Switch From Hot Topic to Cinnabon
Cinnabon was funny too, but it didn’t undermine the tragedy
While it would be hysterical to see Jimmy working at Hot Topic in his later years, Better call SaulSwitching to Cinnabon was ultimately the right decision. “Hot Topic” might have been more funny than tragic. “Cinnabon” is still pretty funny, too—Jimmy went from laundering money for drug lords to frosting cinnamon rolls for mall passersby—but it’s not so absurd as to undermine the tragedy; Cinnabon embodies the mundanity that makes Jimmy’s new life so depressing and unfulfilling..
And on top of that, the Cinnabon setting had a recurring theme of food that continued throughout the film. Breaking Bad. Gus Fring ran the Los Pollos Hermanos chicken franchise, the Salamancas ran the restaurant as a front, Walt threw pizza on the roof of his house in a rage, Walt Jr. was obsessed with breakfast, and the series was booked based on Walt’s age. in bacon. Better call SaulThe Cinnabon storyline retained the food motif.