‘Better Call Saul’ writer Alison Tatlock explains why the show’s creative team took “a sharp turn” with tonight’s black-and-white episode all about Gene Takovic
about all things Cinnabon Gene, and offered a few hints about what might be coming over the series’ final three installments.
We knew it would be trouble for Gene. We had some vague ideas that we kicked around about what might happen. The headline for us in the room at the time was, “We want this to have ripple effects for us down the line for a couple of seasons.” When we were casting the part, we were pretty sure — and you never know, because things change in the [writers] room — that the character would come back and be more important in future seasons, and beyond a guy looking in his rearview mirror in a taxi.
This is the kind of episode I imagine many of us assumed would be the series finale. Without giving away what is coming in these final three episodes, can you offer any insight into why we got a full Gene episode now? I like that you’re framing it in terms of us being so compassionate about the audience needing a break! We love our fans, and we’re so appreciative, but we also love to surprise and to defy expectations — if it makes sense, if it feels right. Not just for the sake of doing it.
That is interesting! I can neither confirm nor deny. I will say that I don’t remember a moment in the room or a discussion where we said, “Oh, this will finally be that version that was discussed early on.” I can’t claim to know whether, subconsciously in the workings of Peter and Vince, that might not have been an itch that was fun to scratch for them.
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