What is the naming pattern in Better Call Saul?
Better Call Saul's episodes feel like they have a pattern in their naming convention to me, but I can't quite figure it out and I haven't been able to find any articles on it.
- Uno
- Mijo
- Nacho
- Hero
- Alpine Shepherd Boy
- Five-O
- Bingo
- Rico
- Pimento
- Maro
They are almost all short words that end in 'o', but I figure the pattern must have more meaning than that.
Does anyone know what the pattern is?
Best Answer
According to this Quora post this started out as a coincidence, but the creators liked the idea.
The show creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould mentioned in one of the insider podcasts that this started out as a coincidence, but once they noticed it for a few episodes they tried to do it intentionally for all of them because they knew fans would notice.
The episode titled "Jello" was changed because they didn't have rights to it since it's trademarked.
The source of this information is this insider podcast.
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Why is the title Better Call Saul?
The title of this show is named after the title of Breaking Bad: Better Call Saul (2009) (as well as being the tagline for his TV commercials), where Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) made his first appearance in the show.What is the thing in the Better Call Saul intro?
In the final episode of every season, the intro depicts Saul's "World's Greatest Lawyer" mug falling off a desk and shattering. The end of every season has had a revelation that broke Jimmy and reformed him more as Saul.Why do all Better Call Saul episodes end with O?
Season 2. Season 2's episode titles kick the pattern of ending in an "o" sound, instead fitting a hint into the episode names. The first letter of each episode could be rearranged to spell FRINGSBACK (Fring's back). This was an indication Gustavo Fring from the original show would soon return in Better Call Saul.Top 10 Hidden References to Breaking Bad in Better Call Saul
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Answer 2
Although the "-o" thing seems to be meaningless (but the writers did intentionally do it for fun); there seems to be another easter egg.
If you take the first letter of every episode name in season 2; you get an anagram that spells "Fring's back". This seems more than just coincidence.
I'm waiting to see if season 3 bring any easter egg with it.
Edit As per the request in the comments, a list of season 2 episode names.
- Switch
- Cobbler
- Amarillo
- Gloves off
- Rebecca
- Bali Ha'i
- Inflatable
- Fifi
- Nailed
- Klick
SCAGRBIFNK
FRINGSBACK
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