This article is obviously going to feature spoilers for the final episode of ‘Better Call Saul’ doofus.
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‘Better Call Saul’ came to its conclusion after six seasons on Tuesday in a truly fitting finale that pretty much spent its whole 80 minute running time building up to a scene between the two leads, where they barely said anything to one another but still managed to be one of the most emotional of all time. Great work from everyone involved and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since.
However, series creator Peter Gould recently revealed that they almost didn’t go this way for the ending, saying the following:
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I was on the bubble about the very last scene in the prison yard.
There was a version that didn’t have that, that ended ended with the two of them smoking.
I went back and forth on that for a while.
Then ultimately, having watched them both, I felt like it was right.
It felt more honest, to end with the two of them apart rather than the two of them together.
But those were all things that were discussed and struggled with in the editing, moreso than most episodes.
When we first broke this episode, the two of them were meeting in Albuquerque before he went to prison.
The last scene was him in prison by himself, thinking.
I liked that a lot, but it seemed a little cold.
Ultimately, we all felt like ending with the two of them felt like felt like the strongest way to go.
In the original version, he was fearful about what was going to happen to him in prison and it was a lot about the fear.
This is a very different scene. It’s mostly about connection, and a wistful connection.
It’s interesting to hear the process there isn’t it? I definitely think they made the right decision with the way they went. Such a perfect ending for a near perfect show that I reckon I’ll be thinking about for a long time to come. A real love story for the ages.
For more of the same, check out how Mike from ‘Better Call Saul’ only exists thanks to ‘How I Met Your Mother’. Crazy story.
