Melissa Bernstein reveals the surprises and curveballs she experienced while filming the final season of the AMC drama.
, Bernstein has often been described as the de facto showrunner on set whenever either creator was unable to leave the writers room. She became their eyes and ears, and her on-set prowess even landed her in the director’s chair for two episodes on‘s fifth and sixth seasons. However, she is quick to chalk up her success to Gilligan’s and Gould’s writing staff. “With a blueprint like theirs, it’s hard to lose,” says Bernstein.
But it’s part of what our business is. You problem-solve and you figure something out, and then you get a whole new problem that you couldn’t possibly have imagined. And so the final season definitely offered those up, but we were really well equipped to handle them because we had such a finely tuned machine and so much love and trust among colleagues and collaborators.
When did you first feel the show gravitating away from Jimmy and Chuck McGill’s fraternal feud and more toward Jimmy and Kim’s doomed love story?and the complex character of Saul Goodman. As soon as we met Kim, it just felt like this woman was going to be critically important. Rhea Seehorn’s portrayal of the character just immediately felt so lived-in and human, and we all fell in love with her. It was only a matter of time until we saw how that shook out.
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