The showrunners realized that Saul was, as seen in Breaking Bad, "comfortable in his own skin" and had nowhere else to go, that they could instead explore how Saul got to that point, mirroring the same type of self-destruction that occurred to Walter White in Breaking Bad.
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Once Breaking Bad was completed, Gilligan and Gould worked to establish what the spinoff series would be about, ultimately coming onto the idea of a prequel named Better Call Saul that would feature Jimmy McGill and how he would become Saul Goodman. As Saul had proven to be a popular character with audiences, Gilligan and Gould already had started thinking about a spin-off involving Saul and approached Odenkirk on his interest to make it happen. They considered that like with Aaron Paul and Dean Norris, Odenkirk's acting capability significantly altered plans they had for these characters and the series in a beneficial manner, making them more central to the larger plot. This also allowed them to give the character more humanity, which the showrunners credited to Odenkirk's acting skills. Though originally written as a "two-and-a-half-dimensional" comic relief character, Saul's role became more in-depth, as Gilligan and Gould found they could use Saul as a "further entree to the criminal underbelly" for Walt in the later seasons. Saul was originally intended to appear in only three episodes of the second season of Breaking Bad, but instead became central to the narrative of the series. Odenkirk based the character's speaking style on producer Robert Evans. Odenkirk watched available episodes of Breaking Bad before arriving for shooting and avoiding reading the script he had been sent knowing that it would likely be trimmed down before filming. Odenkirk at the time that he was approached for the role had been focused on mentoring upcoming actors in comedy, and needing an opportunity, readily took the role, having not seen any of Breaking Bad and that it was only intended for a three-episode stint. Show with Bob and David, including Gould's wife Nora, and Odenkirk's name quickly came up for the role.
In terms of casting for the part, both Gilligan and Gould said that their crew included a number of fans of Mr.
The Breaking Bad episode " Better Call Saul" was written by Peter Gould, and he has been ultimately credited with creating the character. Gould credits Breaking Bad 's creator Vince Gilligan for initially suggesting this idea for Saul's name.
The creators decided on the name "Saul Goodman" as a play on the phrase "'s all good, man", so that even his most simple-minded clients would remember his name when they get arrested. They thus made Saul more of a comical character to fill this void. Secondly, they were at a point in Hank's character arc where he had suffered a major trauma in seeing Tortuga's severed head, and he would no longer be able to serve as the series' bit of lightness. At this point, they had written that Jesse's dimwitted friends like Badger were selling their drugs, and needed to envision what type of lawyer Walt and Jesse would enlist when they run into trouble. First, as Walt and Jesse got themselves deeper into the drug business, the writers felt they needed a character to be a guide for them. The need for a character like Saul came from two paths of Breaking Bad 's development around the second season. Bob Odenkirk portrays Saul Goodman / Jimmy McGill in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
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