Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV+ show shares a major similarity with Breaking Bad

Rhea Seehorn is returning to our screens. But this time, she's not Kim Wexler, the character from Better Call Saul, whom we love and are fans of. She is now exploring an uncharted territory.

Rhea Seehorn is teaming up with Vince Gilligan for Apple TV+’s new project. She is taking all of that Better Call Saul experience and putting it all to good use in her new psychological sci-fi.

And there is one major similarity that the show shares with Vince Gilligan's cult classics. The new show is also set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. That familiar terrain is a creative bridge linking Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and this new venture. Apart from this, however, there is no other link between the new show and the two crime classics.

The new show is tentatively titled Wycaro 339. But you'd be disappointed if you expect meth deals or legal wars in this one. This time, it's mind-bending, emotional, and absolutely suspenseful.

Gilligan, the mastermind behind character-driven crime epics, is pivoting into a different genre without losing his trademark depth. And who better than Rhea Seehorn to carry this? She’s all poised to surprise us all once again.

Rhea Seehorn and Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV+ show is set in a familiar landscape

Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler may have burst into the Breaking Bad universe as a supporting character. But over the seasons, she transformed into the moral and emotional center of Better Call Saul.

We see her evolve from a controlled lawyer to a fiercely independent woman. She is undeniably one of television’s most compelling and beautifully written characters.

In a chat with Deadline, Rhea Seehorn expresses:

“Doing this new show with him, it’s so much fun the more he and I develop a shorthand of that collaboration and understanding. I can’t say enough lovely things about him.”

Speaking about the new show, Rhea Seehorn says:

“I can’t wait for it to come out though. Some of the stuff that audiences have loved about his writing where it’s really rich characters but also him playing with the idea of tropes and genres and tone, and switching, like injected humor in a very dark moment — in this new show, he pushes that to a limit that was both very thought-provoking and upsetting sometimes, and other times, so, so funny. It really swings for the fences. I had so much fun.”

Vince Gilligan is equally thrilled to be working with the three-time Emmy nominee:

"She’s such a pleasure to work with, I wrote a show for her. I created this new show for her. I’m excited for audiences to see Rhea play a very different character than the character she played on Better Call Saul. She plays someone who’s trying very hard to be good. She’s a bit of a damaged hero, but she’s a hero nonetheless. And it’s just a pleasure to work with her because she’s just the best, and she is so sweet and kind and talented. I can’t say enough good about her.”

Vince Gilligan keeps the heart of his creative universe firmly rooted in New Mexico. Albuquerque was like a character in itself for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Now, the new show returns to those same desert horizons.

Albuquerque brings a certain dusty surrealism that has always served Gilligan’s storytelling so well. By returning to this familiar landscape, the new show taps into a kind of visual and emotional memory. Something that subtly tells the audience that this might be a new story, but the tension and the moral ambiguity we all loved are still there.

Also, they're doing two seasons already. So, it's a long one, and in our eyes, if this show lands even half as well as Gilligan's last two, we’re in for a Vince Gilligan masterpiece again.

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