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Bob Odenkirk Hospitalized After Collapsing on Set of 'Better Call Saul' https://t.co/z6ppAasjS9

— TMZ (@TMZ) July 28, 2021

oh no

fuck noooo, come on man, be ok.

please be dehydration or something … please be ok

we love u Bob

The scariest thing about this is, whenever it exactly happened, it's the next day and the stories haven't been updated yet to say what happened or what his condition is. I really wish we get some good news soon.

From this Variety story:

“I was at the wonderful 87eleven gym, surrounded by the top stunt actors in the world training, including people like Keanu Reeves and Jason Statham and Halle Berry,” Odenkirk said. “I’m a comedy writer, who is gradually sufferingly making my way into this discipline. I was just feeling embarrassed at how bad I was when these pros are 25 feet away.”

That quote is old, though.

Related to his training for Nobody, potentially related as far as how far he has pushed his body in the past two years.

I was really hoping it'd be a case of dehydration or something from a long day of filming in the heat, but the lack of follow-up this morning has me concerned. I'm really pulling for him.

I will share what I know when I can but Bob is one of the strongest people I know both physically and spiritually. He WILL get through this.

— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) July 28, 2021

Gotta be honest, seeing that this morning was not as reassuring as I'd hoped.

Agreed the wording feels like an implication of something more long term and/or that much more critical in the short term. Particularly disconcerting to put it that way when preceding the announcement of the cause vs. the other way around when it would normally be reassuring following it.

Honestly, could be lots of things, simple or not. Maybe when he fell (because of the heat, say) he hit his head on something. I really hope whatever it is can be taken care of quickly.

Of course, was just agreeing with jon regarding where David's tweet makes the mind go.

yea the lack of any update is pretty concerning right now

:( very worrying. if it was something innocuous there would be an update or he would be out by now surely.

It must be surreal to be a public person and need to immediately update the world on your health status

(I hope he's ok of course, I know we all love Bah Bodenkirk)

i imagine he’d be completely bemused /embarrassed / annoyed

DONT YOU PEOPLE HAVE LIVES?

hard to think of a hollywood star as universally beloved/talented

I mean, trying not to draw and conclusions and keeping him in my thoughts. I just remember seeing the news last night before I went to bed and thinking, "well, it'll be fine and I'll wake up to news about dehydration or heat exhaustion" or something.

TMZ sez he's awake and holding steady

https://www.tmz.com/2021/07/28/bob-odenkirk-heart-related-unconscious-medical-emergency-better-call-saul/

He's going to be okay.

— Nate Odenkirk (@birthdaynate) July 28, 2021

"heart related issue"

Or rather, "heart related incident"

OK, officially a heart attack.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bob-odenkirk-better-call-saul-heart-attack-1234989892/

Nate, btw, is Bob's son.

praise be

now that we know he's going to be ok I would like to take a moment to point out that Bob Odenkirk was one of the hotter guys Elaine dated pic.twitter.com/jUQjZi6wIa

— Emma Berquist (@eeberquist) July 28, 2021

that got me searching for cowboy lamp.

always loved hearing his voice pop up in all the Tim & Eric stuff

Further update

Just got off the phone with Bob and he's doing great! Joking and japing and joshing. Both he and his family are overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and concern everyone has shown. You will be hearing from him soon. But he's doing really well!!!

— david cross✍ (@davidcrosss) July 30, 2021

ahhh that is sich good news

thank god for prilovac

The Serbian war criminal?

Yes. No further questions

btw

Hi.  It's Bob.
Thank you.
To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week.
And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me.  It’s overwhelming. But I feel the love and it means so much.

— Mr. Bob Odenkirk (@mrbobodenkirk) July 30, 2021

and the follow-up, confirming things

I had a small heart attack. But I'm going to be ok thanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery.
Also, AMC and SONYs support and help throughout this has been next-level. I'm going to take a beat to recover but I'll be back soon.

— Mr. Bob Odenkirk (@mrbobodenkirk) July 30, 2021

the people love you, jimmy bobby

I have a zero-percent chance expectation they’ll close this series with Neil Young’s “Albuquerque” for varying reasons but if they did…

episode 5.7

i'm starting to get bad feelings about all this because we know there's only one more series after this, 13 more episodes, and kim doesn't show up in Breaking Bad. it's going to be the german engineer all over again.

(series 5 seems a bit down on 4. i mostly liked idea of the warehouse with chalets inside it.)

I like to think that she'll eventually give up on him, move away, and have a nice life, lol

She probably went to the vacuum cleaner guy

i hope to god they give her a series of her own

BCS isnt quite as brutal as BB was so I think Kim will probably survive but will be in a position where she's not really in his life anymore. or at least to the point where she wouldn't be relevant to the events of Breaking Bad

I'm curious how much of S5 is gonna focus on Saul as Gene the pretzel guy. all those black and white season opening scenes have gotta be leading to something big. for me the big question is if Jimmy & Kimmy meet up in the "afterlife" somehow

gonna be weird for those who decide to watch this all "in order" and encounter Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad looking 12 years younger than he was in the prequel

gonna be weird for those who decide to watch this all "in order" and encounter Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad looking 12 years younger than he was in the prequel

that kind of suspension of disbelief is essential for any "prequel." what about the flashback scenes to chicago when jimmy was in "his 20s" or whatever lol

its a big pet peeve of mine, not only because the make-up and hair look so unnatural when they do this but also because the voice isn't right. especially with Bob Odenkirk who sounds a lot more gravelly these days. I'm sure there are 2000 posts about this but it distracted me a lot in The Irishman because even though "young" DeNiro looked somewhat real he moved and talked like an 80 year old man. it was real uncanny valley shit. I bet you could find a lot of great actors willing to do a young Bob Odenkirk.

since this is the Breaking Bad universe I'll also say it was unsettling when they did this in Malcolm in the Middle, where they'd flash back to Hal & Lois as newlyweds and they'd just put wigs, goofy clothes, and 5 points of makeup on them. conversely the one episode they did where they flashed back to Lois in high school where they actually cast a young woman was really cool and obviously way more believable

i think CGI technology has done wonders for this kind of stuff these days

they'd flash back to Hal & Lois as newlyweds and they'd just put wigs, goofy clothes, and 5 points of makeup on them

they also did that in breaking bad a few times–cranston shaved, used his real full head of hair and called it a day