Vince Gilligan knew it was time for a palate cleanser. ⁠ ⁠ It turns out that plotting the criminal ambitions of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) and Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) for 17 years can take its toll. That’s not to say that Gilligan isn’t proud of his life’s work that includes the 16-time-Emmy-winning #BreakingBad, its prequel-sequel series #BetterCallSaul and sequel movie, #ElCamino, but it became increasingly evident to him that he needed to shift his focus to a lead character who isn’t preoccupied with ill-gotten gains. The Virginia native also wanted to prove to himself that he could tackle a completely blank page again after relying on “Breaking Bad” as a creative springboard for nearly two decades.⁠ ⁠ “As much as I love Walter White and as proud as I am of ‘Breaking Bad’ — and as much as I know that it’ll be the first sentence in my obituary — at a certain point, you’re like, ‘God, it’d be nice to write a hero again, someone who’s trying to do the...