Season 7 of Better Call Saul won't ever be produced, it seems. But that doesn't mean we've seen the last of the Breaking Bad crew. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Vince Gilligan revealed more information about potential new spin-offs a la Better Call Saul in the future.
The prequel to Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, has received mass critical acclaim ever since the first season came out in 2015. Its sixth season came out in 2022, and while fans have been hoping for there to be a seventh season, but sadly that won't be happening.
For those of you that can't remember what happened in Better Call Saul, here's a quick recap:
Throughout the series we follow the transformation of Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer struggling to champion his career, into Saul Goodman, the morally challenged lawyer we see in "Breaking Bad".
The show focuses especially on Jimmy's complex relationships, especially with his brother Chuck and love interest Kim, and shows what his motivations were to eventually become the Saul we all know and love.
In season six, Jimmy completes his transformation and fully becomes Saul Goodman. That is, until he had to take on his boring alias as Gene Takovic, a bakery store manager in Omaha, Nebraska. The problem is, Jimmy can't ever fully escape his past.
A series of further crimes and turmoil led to him being recognized and arrested as Saul Goodman due to his past illegal actions. We see Saul Goodman be charged in court and while he first tries to plead innocent and take on the victim role, he later tells the truth to the court in order to save his love, Kim.
Jimmy/Saul/Gene is charged with 86 years in prison and the show ends with Jimmy in jail, Kim right by his side talking about Jimmy's future.
Jimmy being sentenced to 86 years in prison seems like a logical conclusion to the story, while also showing his character growth, thanks to his plea to save Kim from being arrested as well.
So, Better Call Saul has really come to an end. Does this mean that we won't be seeing any more content from the Breaking Bad universe?
Better Call Saul: Why New Spin-offs Make More Sense Than Season 7
As the Better Call Saul showrunner Peter Gould revealed back in 2020, season 6 was produced and intended as the show's final season. The show was produced not only as a spin-off of Breaking Bad, but as a prequel.
It was inevitable that Better Call Saul's plot would catch up to the beginning of Breaking Bad, and that happened in season 6 of the show. Saul's past was given a natural conclusion, luckily without having the show canceled by Sony Pictures before the end of Saul's story.
Yet, this doesn't mean we'll never see our favorite characters from the Breaking Bad universe ever again. In an interview with Rolling Stone Vince Gilligan revealed that "I could do more with this universe. And maybe someday I will. Especially if I fail at everything that comes next. Then I'll come crawling back."
Obviously, this doesn't confirm that we will be getting another spin-off series of Breaking Bad, but at least they are open to the idea.
If we were to get another spin-off of Breaking Bad, it seems as though it would at least take a couple of years before the show's producers would even entertain the idea again. After creating so much Breaking Bad related content, it's understandable that they would want a change of scenery for their future projects.
Should Vince Gilligan or any of the other Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul creators mention any news about a new spin-off series, we will keep you posted. Until then, fingers crossed, I guessed.