They seemed to be telegraphing that Lalo breaks into the under construction dry cleaner meth lab, gets killed by Gus, and gets buried when they pour the concrete floor for the lab.
― Am I doomposting? I would say you’re not doomposting enough. (PBKR), Monday, 11 July 2022 19:47 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Good shout!
― paolo, Tuesday, 12 July 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
So Gus knew Lalo was at the laundry and went there to finish him off right? That seems a bit implausible when they make such a big deal out of how cautious he is
Gus has to stop Lalo getting evidence of the lab to Eladio though or he's fucked.
― Led By Honkies (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 22:28 (one year ago) link
They showed him planting the gun there a few episodes ago. He knew this is where things would end. It was all about the lab for Lalo
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
I take it Jimmy and Kim are finished after this. We know Jimmy can move on from this guilt (as proved by breaking bad) but I just can't see Kim taking it. I think the upcoming tragedy is that Kim needs to be taken out because her integrity keeps her from keeping the story going. That said, I don't know how they write Jimmy around that situation, yeah he has a crazy high self-preservation instinct, but can he go on if Kim get's whacked/whacks herself? I can't see Kim taking the vacuum cleaner after this one, seems like it would be an even worse reality for her compared to the options of living with it or ending it.
The sad thing is, you know this is not going to end with an ice happy bow on it. If one thing is true in the BB/BCS universe, it's that you get what you give and sometimes you get what you didn't give for the worse. As much as I'd prefer it otherwise, Kim's going to get her just deserts.
― hrep (H.P), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 23:55 (one year ago) link
(Cinnabon)
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 02:41 (one year ago) link
She goes by there one day in disguise (having gained 200 lbs.) "Makes" Jimmy, like he says, cabbie & stooge bring him to her, she's so excited, dies of a 300 lb. heart attack. Her 300 cats eat her and Jimmy.
― dow, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 02:55 (one year ago) link
She's from Nebraska!
this is the pilot of What's Eating Jim & Kim?
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 02:56 (one year ago) link
hmm, what other spinoff COULD we cull from this universe
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 02:58 (one year ago) link
Meet The Kettlemens! Pre-prequel.
― dow, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 03:00 (one year ago) link
amazing how some dude embezzling a million dollars of government money led to the downfall of Mexico's most brutal drug cartel
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
Off the top of my head, spinoffs I would like to see would involve Huell, the film students and Lyle. Possibly all together
― paolo, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 09:24 (one year ago) link
― paolo, Tuesday, 12 July 2022 22:37 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Led By Honkies (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 23:28 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I could have been clearer there. What I meant was it seems unlikely that Gus would go to take down Lalo himself rather than just send his goons to do it. I know he had plenty of said goons with him but still
― paolo, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 09:26 (one year ago) link
A sitcom where Edwina Galbraith inherits her father's vacuum cleaner business and quickly comes to learn what that entails. Maybe it can be called This Sucks!
― When the Pain That You Feel is the Bite of an Eel, That's a Moray (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 09:33 (one year ago) link
Don't think Gus trusts anyone else to be able to take down Lalo by that point, even Mike
― Led By Honkies (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 10:21 (one year ago) link
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 11:56 (one year ago) link
Saw someone point out that in BB S5E1 Hank and Gomez say they found two unidentified bodies under the lab, man the writing on this show is crazy
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 12:36 (one year ago) link
Lalo shooting all 4 of Gus's men so easily was pretty ridiculous. Almost like we're meant to think it was darker than it was shown on screen.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 13:03 (one year ago) link
Was that not the two guys who were guarding Jesse that Walt shoots in the finale of Season 4? xp
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 13:07 (one year ago) link
Didn’t they dissolve those guys in the acid? idk I don’t think that line registered for me at all at the time
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
Lalo & gus are playing that movie-chess where your plan involves predicting _exactly_ how your opponent will react to a supernatural degree of accuracyOver-flattering description. I think the acting and especially the photography and direction are so superior to the script, which is entertaining hokum but not great.
― Luna Schlosser, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
also this
Was Lalo actually in breaking bad? If this is him that’s crazy #BetterCallSaul #BreakingBad pic.twitter.com/cr9ffzhae8— TimeChamber_ (@TimeChamber_) July 13, 2022
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:37 (one year ago) link
comments in the tread seem to indicate that was meant to be Tuco, but it certainly lines up
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
a lot of this shit is just retrofitted as well
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
lol, yes
I only watched it on a plane so I was fairly distracted. Is there anything in that one-off El Camino movie that holds up? Lots of vacuum cleaner guy, I guess.
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 14:55 (one year ago) link
hoping for a little Robert Forster shot long in advance
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:15 (one year ago) link
El Camino was aight, nothing I'd ever return to.
― We were clothed, except for Caan, who was naked. Don't know why. (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
that last shootout could have gone any way (gus got lucky and knows it)
I kind of enjoyed how this is the face-to-face Big Duel that's been building up for seasons and we don't even really see it
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
What do you mean? I saw it
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
the actual shots took place in a couple quick seconds after Gus killed the lights!
― mh, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
But the audience still sees it all happen. The only thing we didn't see immediately is whether Lalo escaped into the darkness or got hit.
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
Exactly, we don't see the "good guy" hitting the "bad guy".
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
While coolly saying "YOU do the meth"or "I've got a little some FRING for you"
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
I GUS you can LA-LO down here... forever.
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
Weirdly the version on my DVR cut out for the last minute and a half of the shootout. Had to watch a YouTube rip to see Lalo laughing at Gus' tough guy stance as he passed.
― DJI, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
lol they are having fun with this
Together Forever.#BetterCallSaul pic.twitter.com/YVxDnJL6qN— Patrick Fabian (@PatrickFabian) July 13, 2022
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
Why was Michael Mando in the credits of this episode?
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
good interview with the writer of the episode https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/better-call-saul-point-shoot-writer-interview-1378877/amp/
― Roz, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, July 13, 2022 12:24 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
they gave him a series regular contract, so i think he appears in the credits of every episode
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:55 (one year ago) link
Still think the final meet-up and especially shoot-out in the dark(Gus got very lucky indeed, unless he's been practicing in the dark quite a bit, but even Lalo got lucky, in what was almost as dark on my screen) were hokey, but I know sometimes writers just gotta gotta get from A to Z, even if there's a bit of scribble in between (how did Walt get the ricin into Lydia's stevia packets?) It's okay, though; we're still zooming to z, and now no more "suspense" about the damn lab of ages, I hope.
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 01:15 (one year ago) link
I know it was a necessary mcguffin for Lalo, and I always wanted more Lalo, but geez I got tired of seeing Gus standing around looking worried---enjoyed the character much more in BB.
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 01:18 (one year ago) link
Although I guess he and Mike handled Lalo as well as they could, as most anyone could (wonder what Walt would do)(still waiting for him and Jesse and Carol Burnett, re press bit I pasted recently).
― dow, Thursday, 14 July 2022 01:20 (one year ago) link
how did Walt get the ricin into Lydia's stevia packets?
That didn't seem that difficult for someone like Walt. Lydia was very much a creature of habit (think Walt even remarks something about her being "schedule oriented") so doesn't seem beyond the realms of possibility for Walt to have sealed the doctored packet at home and slipped it into the box of condiments on the table Lydia always sat at before she arrives.
― groovypanda, Thursday, 14 July 2022 06:28 (one year ago) link
Yeah I think it’s pretty easy to supply the character doing diy montage™️ in your imagination there and (as with the brock thing ppl go nuts about it) they could have shown it but giving the game away would have taken from the reveal
― Wiggum Dorma (wins), Thursday, 14 July 2022 06:37 (one year ago) link
it
That pic of Howard and Lalo is really quite sweet
― paolo, Thursday, 14 July 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
but geez I got tired of seeing Gus standing around looking worried---enjoyed the character much more in BB.
― dow, Wednesday, July 13, 2022 9:18 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
This entire show messed up the Gus character. He was so much more compelling as the tidy unassuming businessman that drives a station wagon and makes all decisions in a cold businessman like way, which includes murdering an employee in front of the others to make a point, with the attitude of a corporate professional. In BCS he’s wearing dark suits with slicked back hair and getting driven around in black SUVs and scowling... just another cliche crime lord.
― Evan, Thursday, 14 July 2022 12:20 (one year ago) link
Agree with that. You'd expect the character to make the transition in the opposite direction...anyway, much more interesting in Breaking Bad.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 July 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link