Although Better Call Saul has been billed as a prequel to Breaking Bad, Gilligan gave strong hints that the timeline of the new show will jump around. "You saw from 'Breaking Bad' that we like nonlinear storytelling," he said. "We like jumping around in time. I would definitely point you in the direction of 'anything that was possible storytelling-wise on Breaking Bad is possible on 'Better Call Saul.'"
Gilligan did say, however, that the series will be based in a starting year of 2002. "I hesitate to say it, but it is indeed a period piece," he said. "I can’t believe it myself – it’s like it was yesterday, but it was 12 years ago."
Gilligan took the opportunity to blame himself for the fact that the series premiere has been delayed from November until early 2015. "We could have made the deadline, but I am slow as mud," he said. "I still feel I'm very slow for
television." Gould said that their way of working was slower than most other television shows and described their pace on Breaking Bad as "deliciously stately."
