My Idea and a summary of it's origin

I am a huge fan of a show called "Breaking Bad", I love it for it's actors, it's writing and it's story, but another great thing that sometimes people may not appreciate is it's choice of sets and locations.

One set in particular I like is the character, Saul Goodman's office. Saul is a criminal lawyer, which means he defends people who he knows are criminals and get's payed for it, he knows the right people and he knows the wrong ones, but he always tries to save as much money as he can for himself by limiting his own budget, but he is a big spender of others'. He is described in the show as a "Criminal" lawyer (with extra emphasis on "criminal").

This is Saul's office. From watching the show, I think the theme of Saul's office is a mix between Roman Empire/U.S. Presidency. As you can see, there are decorative pillars surrounding his desk, and if you look even closer, behind the pillars is a mural which states in bold letters: "We the People" and under that is a lengthy passage which is very hard to read, but from my research I have found that it is the opening passage from the constitution of the United States of America.

http://www.libertynews.com/2013/06/senator-lindsey-graham-asks-if-bloggers-deserve-constitutional-rights/

By having the constitution on the wall, this would demonstrate that he is a man of the law to his clients, but the audience soon realizes that he is not this at all, he is a crook who knows his way around the law. A way I suppose you could look at it is "Law behind bars" with the pillars representing a prison cell, almost.

Normally pillars are made to support structures, and to Saul's clientele; they look like they are doing just that, however, we soon learn that they are cheap, fake replicas that are in place to hide safes scattered around the room. Another thing that may also tell the viewer that he's not all that he says he is is the colour clash between the stone pillars and marble wall decor, and the hideous bright blue carpet.

Although Saul is cheap, a fiend and a crook, we can clearly see he has a thing for making him self look wealthy and powerful.

My idea is basically "What if Saul's character was wealthy and powerful because of his dodgy dealings?" The fist step I took to interpreting how Saul's office would look if this were the case was to think about his personality, and the first thing that caught my eye was his extravagance, he likes keeping up his appearance, and then I thought "If he has the money to be extravagant, maybe he would like to show it off?". This has led to me thinking his office would look like a fairly similar surrounding (e.g. Empowering curved back wall) but more modernized and more expensive items in the office.

I have chosen a short scene set in his office for my idea, and this is it's script:

Saul: Drum roll, please. Wait for it. Laser tag. Laser tag!

Skylar: Laser tag? Laser tag, it just doesn't add up.

Saul: It adds up perfectly! Walt's a scientist, scientists love lasers. Plus, they got bumper boats, so--

Skylar: "Hey, everybody, laser tag. Just out of the blue". Really?

Saul: Let me bottom line this for you, You don't need to be involved, okay? I've been doing this for a lot of years successfully, believe it or not, without your help. So thank you for stopping by.

Here is the scene

This scene perfectly depicts both Saul's extravagance and his arrogance, and this is why:

Walter White (The main protagonist in "Breaking Bad") is a low earning Chemistry teacher and part time car washer with a brilliant mind, but at age 50 develops terminal lung cancer. This pushes him over the edge, or to "Break Bad" causing him to quit his part time job and begin making a chemical based drug with the street name "Crystal Meth", whilst still teaching Chemistry, and starts to earn millions of dollars to leave for his family when he eventually dies, but when gets fired from teaching, Walt needs a way to cover up him earning so much money without attracting attention from his brother-in-law, Hank, who is high up the ranks of the D.E.A (Drug Enforcement Agency). This is where Saul comes in.

Saul suggests Walt invests his money into a business, so whatever money he makes from drug dealing looks as though his business is earning it. This is known as "Money Laundering". Before Walt can even think of a low-profile, plausible business to invest in, Saul suggests the idea of a Laser Tag facility.

Laser tag is a family attraction drawing hundreds of customers per week, plus Walt has no history of affiliations with family attractions. Given Walt is trying to be as low profile as possible, investing in a laser tag attraction would not benefit him, but with Saul suggesting the idea it shows that if it were him in Walt's shoes, he would invest in Laser tag.

With this in mind, it has given me the idea to make his office bigger, better, more modern and show his character even more.