Rex Linn Reveals His Favorite ‘Better Call Saul’ Moments

Rex Linn has plenty of Better Call Saul scenes to choose from. He was hired for one episode and ended up doing many more. But when Rich asked for his favorite moment, Linn picked one that never made it on camera, and it involved chocolate chip cookies.

Rhea Seehorn's Welcome

On his first day, Linn hadn't met Rhea Seehorn or Bob Odenkirk. They were finishing a scene on the stage that didn't include his character when someone knocked on his trailer door to say they were ready for him.

He walked to the stage door with Cara Pifko, who plays his character's lawyer. Before they could open it, the door swung open. It was Seehorn.

Linn recalled her introducing herself to both of them and telling them that craft service in the back of the stage had great homemade chocolate chip cookies, still hot, and that they should go get some right away. She said she looked forward to seeing them in front of the camera, then turned around and walked off.

"I went back there and had some chocolate chip cookies," Linn said.

Rich noted she wasn't just right about the cookies, she was "downright hospitable." Linn agreed that it's rare. "You don't see that a lot on movie sets and television sets, especially if you're one or two on the call sheet," he said. "To come out and say hi to us in the middle of finishing up a scene with Odenkirk. It was my favorite moment of all when I look back."

The Boardroom Monologue

Asked about a scene he was actually in, Linn went to the boardroom. His character wanted to acquire land owned by a character played by Barry Corbin, and in a scene with Pifko, Seehorn and a few other attorneys, "I just unload on them." He called it "a pretty cool little monologue" and said they worked on it for two and a half days, with Odenkirk coming in at the end.

That was his first scene in a room with Odenkirk. But his first scene with him overall was in an underground parking lot, where Linn spotted something that stopped him cold.

"That's Saul Goodman's Car"

The production had Saul Goodman's car from Breaking Bad parked there. Rich asked if it was the lawyer up one. It was.

"It was like looking at the Batmobile, man," Linn said. When someone leaned on it, he couldn't take it. "I said, 'You can't lean on that car. That's Saul Goodman's car, man.'" The response was that it's a prop, a hassle to transport, and he could lean on it if he wanted.

Linn wanted to sit in it, but never did. Even when Odenkirk came over and told him to get in and sit down, Linn declined. "I said, 'No, I'm not worthy of sitting in Saul Goodman's car.'"

Vince Gilligan Has Him at Hello

"All Vince Gilligan shows, I'm in," Linn said. "He has me at hello every single time."

Linn said he is rewatching with someone who had never seen Breaking Bad in its entirety. It was his fourth time through, and now they're on to Better Call Saul. He called Breaking Bad "the best show I think there's ever been," and said he doesn't know how anyone who watches anything could have skipped it.

Rich agreed that there's nothing like it, admitting he once had to stop midway through a rewatch because he knew what was coming and it was so disturbing.

The Pilot Problem

Both had a story about people bailing on the pilot. Linn's sister once asked him what to watch, so he recommended the first two episodes of Breaking Bad. She watched one and called him back asking why he'd think she'd want to watch that.

Rich said his wife had the same reaction to the pilot and tapped out. He went through the first season himself, then told her she had to watch it. She got into it.

As for how Linn found the show, it came from Adam Rodriguez on the set of CSI: Miami. Two seasons had already aired when Rodriguez asked if he was watching. Linn had never heard of it, so Rodriguez brought him the DVDs of the first two seasons. Linn binge-watched all of them.

"Makes total sense," Rich said, "and then you wind up on Better Call Saul, which is unbelievable."