Better Call Saul 6x02 Full Reaction
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I think Lalo is dead. If he is still alive, why wouldn't he have gone after Hank after his killing of Tuco early in season 2?
Walter Alcaraz
2022-04-25 20:38:17 +0000 UTCA more plausible explanation is that they were trying to get him killed before he spills the beans. They gave him a gun and told him to shoot anyone who goes through that door, then led the Cartel to him.
Hitopopamus
2022-04-25 02:03:20 +0000 UTCI think the reason the motel number was left in the safe is that gus was trying to make it looked like nacho was working for some people in south America and was framing him with a money paper trail to a bank statement in Peru that was in the same safe. So maybe even if he did talk they would think he's lying because of the Peru bank account. Still feels like a stretch though
Rey
2022-04-24 02:19:16 +0000 UTCidk if it's just me but I feel like they're upping their ante when it comes to visual storytelling this season. at first I thought he was getting ready to run into the building cause he wanted AC lol. but once the guy popped his head it clicked that someone was watching him.
justjasper
2022-04-23 08:23:28 +0000 UTCprobably the most concise and apt way to put it. it's so weird how many people got up in arms over Gus' decisions this episode. clearly he doesn't have a clear head so he's thinking rashly. he could have easily brought him back safely and let him disappear and not worry about the cartel finding him to question him but instead he tried killing two birds with one stone.
justjasper
2022-04-23 08:21:26 +0000 UTC@Dante - Yes, the difficulty of this is that scene of Gus saying "The Salamanca name dies with you", this makes it really hard to make a theory on it. Man, how good is this show where we're able to make up so many different possibilities of outcomes? For a show that is based before Breaking Bad where we know the outcome, we're stuck making up so many theories of what could be / what could happen. This is brilliant writing, I haven't had this type of enthusiasm for guessing outcomes for a show for many years - we're so lucky.
Dustywood
2022-04-23 01:16:42 +0000 UTCThe reason why Ignacio became suspicious that somebody might be in that abandoned shack watching him is because he noticed that the Air Conditioner was connected to it and working even though the house looked boarded up and abandoned.
ODIS
2022-04-23 00:19:14 +0000 UTCI am also becoming increasingly confident that Lalo somehow makes it to the Gene storyline. Although I have no idea how the writers could pull it off because I think it would be slightly plothole-ish that Lalo wouldn't have appeared in Breaking Bad at all with all of the Cartel stuff we got, and before Gus was going to kill Hector he told him "the Salamanca name dies with you". Now, Gus could have thought Lalo was dead at that time, but I find it a little hard to believe Lalo would be able to fake his death twice without Mike or Gus being suspicious. Since Lalo has already escaped death once, I feel like Gus would need 100% personal identification to believe he is actually dead. While I also agree it could be a little weird to introduce a new antagonist into the Gene storyline for part 2, it wouldn't be new to these writers. Jack Welker and his band of neo-nazis didn't make their first appearance until the Breaking Bad season 5 midseason finale, and they were only in about 7 or 8 episodes, so not out of the realm of possibility.
Dante
2022-04-22 15:05:48 +0000 UTCPersonally, I'm with you. Saul is convinced he's alive in Breaking Bad, with the scene in the desert. At this current time of BCS, he thinks he's dead - so by the end of the season we're guaranteed another encounter of Lalo and Saul this season. I fear there's a connection between the Taxi driver and Lalo. The reason why I suspect this is in the "universe", the news would have covered Saul's connection to Walter White, and Walter Whites connection to having Gus and Hector killed. If he survives and learns of these connections, I can see how Lalo would go after him given the fact Saul's the last living entity that worked with the powers that resulted in the Salamanca families deaths.
Dustywood
2022-04-22 11:37:03 +0000 UTCI have a theory, that Lalo will not be dead by the end part one of this season. That the final season part 2 will take place entirely following the events of Breaking Bad and that Lalo will be the main antagonist. Perhaps he never got to make his move on Gus because Gus was too hard to get to. I think it would be weird to leave all the post breaking bad stuff that have been hinted since season one not to carry some real weight, and it would seem a bit off to introduce a new antagonist so late. It could be that the death of Gus caused Lalo to re-take control. Do you remember that episode where at the start it showed Saul from Breaking Bad when he was looking for the cash and number to call the guy that can make him disappear. It was implied that Saul left because of the shit hitting the fan with Walt, but I'm thinking now maybe he caught wind of Lalo back on this side of the Border. It's a weird scene to include without some pay off, and thinking about it why would have Saul been 'THAT' desperate to get out. Sure he's a 'criminal' lawyer, but he's damn good at covering his tracks and would he really be that scared of the DEA based on his actions, and whilst Walt was terrifying I'm not convinced that it was the reason Saul would abandon his life. Also, when Walt and Saul end up in the cell together in Breaking Bad, they don't seem to have much bad blood, and if Saul was only scared of Walt then, Walt disappearing would allow him to re-take his life. No idea if this will be the case, but just some thoughts that have been marinating. Would love to hear you girls thoughts on it.
Trent_88
2022-04-22 08:55:38 +0000 UTCI've gotta say though, to make a claim that "Kim doesn't wear such panties" is a little weird and out there... You have no idea of her wardrobe under her clothing mate, they've never shown something like this before so there's no plausible way you can determine wherever or not it's in Kim's "style". Out of all the theories there are, this is probably the most wildest and weird one to be confident on about..
Dustywood
2022-04-21 18:52:49 +0000 UTCSlight correction, in Breaking Bad Jimmy says "It wasn't me it was Ignacio! He's the one! Lalo didn't send you? No Lalo?" this changes the meaning of it considerably. The way he says it, it almost seems as if he still believes Lalo is alive to be sending people to him. I don't know how it would happen, but I think there's a decent chance Lalo survives the whole thing.
Dante
2022-04-21 13:54:45 +0000 UTCBut not our Kimmy! Couldn't be precious Kimmy! Stealing them blind! And she gets to be a lawyer!? What a sick joke!
Joe Lazarus
2022-04-21 03:22:37 +0000 UTCHere are my theories after watching this episode: 1.) I think Nacho will wind up killing Lalo. In Breaking Bad, when Walt and Jessie kidnap Jimmy/Saul, Saul asks "Is this because of Lalo? It wasn't me, it was Ignacio!" That suggests to me that he thought they were trying to take revenge for Lalo and thought Jimmy did it, but Jimmy said it was Ignacio that did it. Now, I think what will happen is that Mike and Lalo will get into a shootout, Lalo gets to almost kill Mike, but Nacho shoots and kills Lalo, saving Mike. Mike, to repay Nacho, helps Nacho and Nacho's father escape to Canada (which are what those two IDs he found were about, they were Canadian IDs), along with a bunch of cash. 2.) I think Kim will wind up in prison, which is why she is not mentioned in BB, nor seen. In a previous episode of BCS, the one that has a flashforward to Jimmy frantically grabbing cash and getting out of town, he tells Francesca to remember November 12 (or some day in November) and wait for a call. That is Jimmy's birthday. I'm thinking on that day, Jimmy gets to talk to Kim while she is in prison. She may push trying to set up Howard too far, and gets caught doing something illegal. She may go away for maybe 5 years or so. Meanwhile, Jimmy avails himself of "call girls" while she is gone, which would explain the Viagra and G-string panties in his house in the first episode of this season. As far as we know, Kim doesn't wear such revealing panties, and Jimmy never needed Viagra to be with her. 3.) It does appear now that Nacho is the "proof" that Lalo is looking for, to justify going after Gus. It is like most any mob/mafia criminal enterprise. You can't kill a "made guy" unless you get permission from the higher ups. Gus is a "made guy" according to the cartel. So, Lalo can't simply kill him without a just cause that will be approved by Eladio. Nacho would be the justification that Lalo can present. That is why one of the Salamanca cousins/twins shot and killed that guy and said "Vivo (Alive)". They want Nacho alive at first. The other guys are likely Gus' men who were probably given orders to try and kill Nacho ASAP. 4.) The Kettlemans were AGAIN duped by Jimmy and Kim into doing what they wanted. The carrot and stick. However, it did succeed in planting a seed of doubt in Chris Main after last episode. This may cause him to try to force Howard to settle with Sandpiper more quickly, and if he refuses, Davis&Main may try to take it over, citing Howard's suspected drug use and possible malpractice. This falls in line with what Kim wants.
Walter Alcaraz
2022-04-21 03:08:15 +0000 UTCNacho was looking at the building across the way because the air conditioner unit was dripping, meaning it was running in what looked like an abandoned, boarded-up building. So he knew someone was in there.
XanderWhat
2022-04-21 02:33:30 +0000 UTCYup! Nailed it. Gus is also pretty headstrong when it comes to liabilities. If he thinks he can kill/get someone killed, he would rather go that way than something more respect-based like how Mike would've handled Nacho.
Taylor Pannell
2022-04-21 02:26:24 +0000 UTCAbout Gus and Mike sending the Cartel to Nacho: Gus knows that the Cartel is looking for Nacho to get information from him, so he set him up in a Motel and told him to shoot anyone who came through the door to force the Cartel to kill Nacho instead of capturing him when they found him. The reason Gus planned for the Cartel to do it and didn't send people himself to kill Nacho is he didn't want to risk the Cartel finding out that he had Nacho killed because it would begin to raise questions. As for why Mike was willing to go along with it, I think Mike knows that Nacho is in the game and he tried his best to keep Gus from killing him but in the end, he knows this is usually how it ends. This is also why Mike had been looking so conflicted and been ignoring Nacho's calls, and why he told him "It's not my call" on the phone. Mike saved what he could of his soul by taking Nacho's father's ID and keeping him safe because he wasn't in the game. This is also why Mike was so adamant about Gus not bringing Nacho's father there but was willing to allow Nacho to die. People who aren't in the game is Mike's line.
Dante
2022-04-21 02:09:30 +0000 UTCthat inflatable Statue of Liberty is what Saul has on top of his office in Breaking Bad, that's why we see it in the intro all the time.
BNJ
2022-04-21 01:40:38 +0000 UTCKims outfit in this episode is very telling, and not Fashion wise but more so colour wise. We know Red = the Underworld and Blue = the Law, and Kim has traditionally always wore blue, and now she has a dark maroon suit with a shirt that's dark purple / dark pink / dark orange in colour, indicating that she's moving deep into the Underworld. This show always tells a second story with their clothing and colours, Kim now being full red is a good indicator of where she is going in the long run. Hamlin for example, full blue, always in blue, or at least has some form of blue on him indicating him being more apart of the world of Law - and Saul in this episode is in between - hasn't quite decided his direction yet.
Dustywood
2022-04-21 01:37:07 +0000 UTC
