It would probably warm "Better Call Saul" showrunner Peter Gould's heart to think of the show as a keepsake, something we'll return to time and again to enjoy its consistent excellence despite knowing how many of its tragic protagonist's decisions wreck us and, ultimately, will destroy him.
Vince Gilligan, who co-created the "Breaking Bad" prequel with Gould, understands the addictiveness of that pain. "The more you love the characters – and we're not immune to this, we're kinda the first fans of the show – the more you grow to like these characters," he said at a recent Television Critics Association press conference, adding, "And when you watch Jimmy/Saul/Gene devolve as a character, I picture him, like, snipping pieces of his own soul off with a pair of tin snips. . . . It's a tragedy, and it gets more and more uncomfortable and sad."
