Better Call Saul’s Best Episode IMDb Ranking Makes its Emmy Loss to Succession Even Harder to Accept
Better Call Saul, the critically acclaimed Breaking Bad spin-off, ended in 2022 after successfully running for six seasons. Better Call Saul had massive critical acclaim for its acting, direction, cinematography, and stellar script. Many deem it a worthy successor to Breaking Bad. However, the show ended its Emmy journey as the most snubbed show of all time at the 75th Emmy Awards.
The show had improved momentously in the last season, to the point that one of the episodes from season 6 featured on IMDB’s top 10 best episodes ranking list. It is making it even harder for fans to accept the historic snub that the Emmys gave to Better Call Saul.
Better Call Saul Ranks High On IMDb Despite No Recognition From The Emmys
Better Call Saul had one last shot at breaking the no-Emmy streak at the 75th Emmy Awards in 2024 but to no avail. With 53 Emmy nominations to date and its predecessor, Breaking Bad, winning 16 Emmys itself, one would think the show will be swimming in award circuit recognition. However, reality falls far from expectations as it dishearteningly exits the scene without recognition from the most prestigious award in TV.
It had nominations in categories like Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor. Over the years, the show has produced some absolute bangers of episodes like Five-O, Chicanery, Bad Choice Road, and Saul Gone. The acting alone should land them quite a few Emmys, if not the episodes, but it seemed the Emmys were utterly oblivious to its existence.
Recently, season 6, episode 7’s Plan and Execution, even made it to IMDb’s top 10 episodes, knocking shows like Succession out of the park. It makes it even more painful for fans to accept. The episode itself did not get a nod from the Emmys, though. Instead, Point and Shoot and Saul Gone were the nominated episodes. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the Emmys, Better Call Saul actress Rhea Seehorn said she was happy with whatever success the series has achieved and that she would be content if the show did not win a single Emmy again.
“I think at this point, we all truly feel proud of the work we created and [co-creator, finale writer-director] Peter Gould, even if I wasn’t on this show, nailed the final season and the finale and that’s a really hard thing to do. I guess I’d be lying if I didn’t say, who doesn’t want to run up on stage and go, ‘Thanks for recognizing our last time out here.’ But I have a feeling we’ll feel that way about our show no matter what.”
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Better Call Saul posterThe series held the following nominations this year: Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Bob Odenkirk, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Rhea Seehorn, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Picture Editing For A Drama Series, and Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series.
Rhea Seehorn Teases A New Show With Better Call Saul Showrunner Vince Gilligan
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Emmys, Rhea Seehorn giddily teased a reunion with Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan. The actress was very hush-hush about the role but she did share some tidbits about it. According to her statement, Gilligan wrote the role especially for her.
“We’re never allowed to say anything! He’s already released that it has a sci-fi element; more psychological than full space. And he wrote it for me — which is hard to say without crying. And we will shoot in Albuquerque, with a lot of the same crew.”
Rhea Seehorn in Better Call SaulShe previously warned the audience through the same outlet in March 2023 not to expect anything related to Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul from the upcoming project.
“Vince is very loyal and likes the family of people that he has worked with and prefers to hire the same people over and over. So I could see lots of reasons why he would want it to be Albuquerque, but I can tell you that it doesn’t have anything to do with Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul.”
She also said that it is a one-of-a-kind role, unlike something she had “ever done before,” and the script has “amazing writing.”
Better Call Saul is available to watch on Netflix.
