Breaking Bad spinoff 'Better Call Saul' could be set largely in courtrooms

News broke a few months ago that Breaking Bad would receive a spinoff entitled Better Call Saul that would focus on the ethically shady but undeniably funny lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). The news of course led to questions about the nature of the show, but Breaking Bad writer and co-executive producer Peter Gould has provided some answers.

Gould spoke to Yahoo TV and Better Call Saul came up during the interview. Yahoo pointed out that Saul is actually quite good at his job for all his quips and one-liners, and Gould concurred. In doing so, he hinted at the nature of the spinoff show:

"Yes, that's part of the paradox of Saul Goodman and one of the things that made him fun, even right back in that first episode. He looks like a clown. Frankly, I've been hanging around in courtrooms lately, and it's not as broad as I thought originally. He dresses in a ridiculous way, he's got billboards, he's got ridiculous ads, but he is a shrewd customer. If you listen, most of his advice to Walt over the years in the show was really good advice. If Walt had listened to Saul a little bit more, I think the show would have gone very differently and probably would not have been as exciting."

The interviewer then asked if Gould was spending time in courtrooms as part of the research for Better Call Saul, and Gould said, "Yeah, there's a little bit of that. A little bit of research."

It's unknown if the spinoff will be a prequel or a sequel (Odenkirk has said it could even be both), but the courtroom setting makes sense given Saul's legal prowess. Sure, he's ethically gray, but he's still an excellent lawyer, so it would be smart to see him in action.