In a recent interview, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan touched on how his feelings about Walter White as a character have changed over the years.
With Better Call Saul now at an end, and a new show on the way from Gilligan that is reportedly something completely different, the showrunner spoke to The New Yorker about the last decade and a half of his career, and how he views Walter White the more distance he’s gained from Breaking Bad.
Gilligan noted that in his opinion, Better Call Saul has more of a happy ending than Breaking Bad, with the titular character Saul being able to find a sense of redemption that Walter didn’t. “The further away I get from Breaking Bad, the less sympathy I have for Walter,” Gilligan told The New Yorker.