Peter Gould

He became the series' sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writers' room. He was the senior writer throughout both series' run.

Peter Gould studied at Sarah Lawrence College, University of Southern California and USC School of Cinematic Arts. Works named in the authority record are Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Distinctions recorded are Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series.

• Name — Peter Gould • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — * Screenwriter • producer • Spouse — Nora Doyle • Children — 1

Gould was born in New York City. In 1978, Gould graduated from the Lawrenceville School, a private preparatory school in New Jersey, before entering Sarah Lawrence College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1982. In 1990, he graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Fine Arts.

After graduating from college, he produced commercials in New York. He soon entered USC Film School, where he would later teach. In 2008, he joined the writing staff of the first season of Breaking Bad as a story editor. He wrote the first-season episode "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal". The first season writing staff was nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for best new series at the February 2009 ceremony. Gould was promoted to executive story editor for the second season. He wrote the second-season episodes "Bit by a Dead Bee" and "Better Call Saul". The writing staff was nominated for the WGA award for best drama series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the second season. Gould was promoted to producer for the third season and wrote the episode "Caballo sin Nombre" and co-wrote the episode "Kafkaesque" with fellow producer George Mastras. Gould was promoted again to supervising producer for the fourth season in 2011. During this season, he directed his first episode of television, “Problem Dog”. In 2011, he wrote the HBO television film Too Big to Fail based on Andrew Ross Sorkin's book of the same name chronicling the events of the 2008 financial crisis and the collapse of Lehman Brothers from the point of view of Wall Street CEOs and US government regulators. With Gilligan, he became co-creator and co-showrunner of the spinoff series, Better Call Saul. The show debuted on February 8, 2015, and was the highest-rated cable television series premiere to date. Gould would become the series sole showrunner after Gilligan left the writing staff early in the third season to focus on other projects. This transition had been planned since the show's debut. The episode "Uno" from the first season of Better Call Saul won the 2015 Writers Guild of America award for Best Dramatic Episode in February 2016. The episode was written by Gould and Gilligan. In 2017 and 2022, Better Call Saul was honored with a Peabody Award for "developing its own unique tone mixing legal drama, crime thriller, and dark comedy." He created Disinherited for FX, starring Victoria Pedretti and Kiera Allen. The network gave the pilot order in 2025, with Gould serving as writer and director. In March 2026, the pilot was picked up to series.

Gould and his wife Nora Doyle have one child, a daughter, together.

Screenplays • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Double Dragon — Co-writer — Based on the video game • 2000 — Meeting Daddy — Writer and director • 2011 — Too Big to Fail — Writer — Television film Television episodes credits • Year — Show — Season — Episode number — Episode title — Director — Writer — Notes • 2008 — Breaking Bad — 1 — 7 — "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" • 2009 — 2 — 3 — "Bit by a Dead Bee" • 8 — "Better Call Saul" • 2010 — 3 — 2 — "Caballo sin Nombre" • 9 — "Kafkaesque" — Co-written with George Mastras • 12 — "Half Measures" — Co-written with Sam Catlin • 2011 — 4 — 7 — "Problem Dog" • 10 — "Salud" — Co-written with Gennifer Hutchison • 2012 — 5 — 3 — "Hazard Pay" • 2013 — 9 — "Blood Money" • 15 — "Granite State" • 2015 — Better Call Saul — 1 — 1 — "Uno" — Co-written with Vince Gilligan • 2 — "Mijo" • 10 — "Marco" • 2016 — 2 — 9 — "Nailed" • 2017 — 3 — 1 — "Mabel" — Co-written with Vince Gilligan • 10 — "Lantern" • 2018 — 4 — 1 — "Smoke" • 10 — "Winner" — Co-written with Thomas Schnauz • 2020 — 5 — 1 — "Magic Man" • 10 — "Something Unforgivable" — Co-written with Ariel Levine • 2022 — 6 — 1 — "Wine and Roses" • 13 — "Saul Gone" Production staff • Year — Show — Role — Notes • 2008 — Breaking Bad — Story editor — Season 1 • 2009 — Executive story editor — Season 2 • 2010 — Producer — Season 3 • 2011 — Supervising producer — Season 4 • 2012 — Co-executive producer — Season 5 • 2013 • 2015 — Better Call Saul — Executive producer — Season 1 • 2016 — Season 2 • 2017 — Season 3 • 2018 — Season 4 • 2020 — Season 5 • 2022 — Season 6 • 2025 — Pluribus — Consulting producer — Season 1

Peter Gould is recorded as having studied at Sarah Lawrence College, University of Southern California and USC School of Cinematic Arts.