There's one more season after this and then it's done.
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Better Call Saul, the TV series
- Thread starter Temis the Vorta
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Thank goodness! Was worried we just had 2 episodes left
I misspoke--of course they'll probably end the season on a "cliffhanger" or some shocking fade to black... but those character arcs have to be resolved eventually
He didn't think it was Nacho, he tried to blame Nacho for whatever they were mad about. Suggesting he and Nacho did something against the Salamancas.
Twice.
Twice, bullet holes betrayed Jimmy. Why Jimmy lugged that ridiculous coffee mug through the desert is beyond me. Ounces make pounds, especially in that environment. And yet, there it was for Kim to find and realize the terrible danger he was in.
But worse than the fury and the fear of his wife, Lalo smelled a rat and decided to look for Jimmy's car...dumped in a ditch and with bullet holes.
I was genuinely terrified for Kim during that entire final scene. Not for Jimmy and not because we know he has to live, but because Lalo needed information only Jimmy could provide. Kim was leverage. She was leverage the moment she walked into that prison meeting room. Every second, I feared he was going to suddenly whip out that gun with his left hand and it would be over. Maybe that wasn't how Lalo operated, maybe he didn't care, but the intensity of that scene made that danger real.
And the most insane thing I've ever seen on this show happened. Kim, undoubtedly well aware of the risk she was taking, took the verbal fight against Lalo, pressing him hard, not with threats, but with honest-to-god facts. Because, you know what, she's right. If he couldn't trust a single person in his crew to go down and fetch that bail money for him, and instead sent a lawyer that he didn't care about, then he has a serious problem with his organization. I don't know if it was the facts that convinced him or the sheer gall of Kim's convictions to face him, but the confrontation worked.
But now Jimmy and Kim have a tough conversation ahead of them.
Poor Nacho. Just when he thought he might get out, he's in deeper than ever before. But, on the "plus" side, at least he didn't find out that Gus was going to keep his tender hooks deep in Nacho, not caring one damn bit about him.
All of that aside, I was quite taken aback by Kim's seemingly sudden decision to quit the law firm. I knew the moment she walked into Rich's office that was what she was going to do, but it was still a gut punch. Her argument with Jimmy later on about why she quit makes perfect sense and, in a perfect world, that would've worked out. But sadly, they don't live in a perfect world.
On a side note, I've been watching Community for the first time and I just saw Giancarlo Esposito's first two episodes. While he brings similar broad intensity to his performance on that show, it was still quite the whiplash to see him in that role and then back to Gus again tonight.
Twice, bullet holes betrayed Jimmy. Why Jimmy lugged that ridiculous coffee mug through the desert is beyond me. Ounces make pounds, especially in that environment. And yet, there it was for Kim to find and realize the terrible danger he was in.
But worse than the fury and the fear of his wife, Lalo smelled a rat and decided to look for Jimmy's car...dumped in a ditch and with bullet holes.
I was genuinely terrified for Kim during that entire final scene. Not for Jimmy and not because we know he has to live, but because Lalo needed information only Jimmy could provide. Kim was leverage. She was leverage the moment she walked into that prison meeting room. Every second, I feared he was going to suddenly whip out that gun with his left hand and it would be over. Maybe that wasn't how Lalo operated, maybe he didn't care, but the intensity of that scene made that danger real.
And the most insane thing I've ever seen on this show happened. Kim, undoubtedly well aware of the risk she was taking, took the verbal fight against Lalo, pressing him hard, not with threats, but with honest-to-god facts. Because, you know what, she's right. If he couldn't trust a single person in his crew to go down and fetch that bail money for him, and instead sent a lawyer that he didn't care about, then he has a serious problem with his organization. I don't know if it was the facts that convinced him or the sheer gall of Kim's convictions to face him, but the confrontation worked.
But now Jimmy and Kim have a tough conversation ahead of them.
Poor Nacho. Just when he thought he might get out, he's in deeper than ever before. But, on the "plus" side, at least he didn't find out that Gus was going to keep his tender hooks deep in Nacho, not caring one damn bit about him.
All of that aside, I was quite taken aback by Kim's seemingly sudden decision to quit the law firm. I knew the moment she walked into Rich's office that was what she was going to do, but it was still a gut punch. Her argument with Jimmy later on about why she quit makes perfect sense and, in a perfect world, that would've worked out. But sadly, they don't live in a perfect world.
On a side note, I've been watching Community for the first time and I just saw Giancarlo Esposito's first two episodes. While he brings similar broad intensity to his performance on that show, it was still quite the whiplash to see him in that role and then back to Gus again tonight.
I think I'm down from the ceiling now, but the claw marks will last awhile. 
The tension in the final scene with Kim going toe to toe with Lalo was intense, and yet, very truthful. Maybe she has found her true calling and will be setting up shell companies for villains. Her advert can air right after Saul Goodman's.
I was expecting a death shot for Kim from the moment Lalo walked in, and was relieved that he left. I don't know if she really is going to give up the law for pro bono work only. She's definitely at a crossroads, one that she gets out alive from at the end.
Poor Nacho looks like he won't get what he wants and walk away.
The tension in the final scene with Kim going toe to toe with Lalo was intense, and yet, very truthful. Maybe she has found her true calling and will be setting up shell companies for villains. Her advert can air right after Saul Goodman's.
I was expecting a death shot for Kim from the moment Lalo walked in, and was relieved that he left. I don't know if she really is going to give up the law for pro bono work only. She's definitely at a crossroads, one that she gets out alive from at the end.
Poor Nacho looks like he won't get what he wants and walk away.
That was a great scene. The tension when Kim got in the way of Mike's line of sight. Selling him on that story of some random guy coming along, seeing an abandoned car and using it for shooting practice, when she had already seen the bullet hole in the mug. In the game indeed. And way better at it than Saul.
Quitting her law firm wasn't hard to see coming. But Lalo still didn't go through with the original escape plan, meaning he still thinks something is up, and maybe Saul only got off on reasonable doubt. Whether he suspects Nacho or whether he suspects his escape plan is a trap set up by Fring is not clear. But I have a feeling the next episode is the one where we find out what Saul was blaming Nacho for in BB.
Quitting her law firm wasn't hard to see coming. But Lalo still didn't go through with the original escape plan, meaning he still thinks something is up, and maybe Saul only got off on reasonable doubt. Whether he suspects Nacho or whether he suspects his escape plan is a trap set up by Fring is not clear. But I have a feeling the next episode is the one where we find out what Saul was blaming Nacho for in BB.
Is the gap really that large? I know the timeline is a bit of a mess, but Lalo said to Hector that Tuco was getting out of jail in 18 months (I think that's what he said, certainly not more than that).
Sentimental reasons, because Kim bought it him?
Man that final scene was tense, loved that Kim just slipped into adversarial mode but damn I was concerned when she got in Mike's line of sight. Would Gus have okayed Mike killing Lalo though, or was this Mike genuinely protecting Jimmy?
I don't know what Kim's thinking. I can understand the satisfaction she gets from pro bono work, but something has to pay the bills so she'll surely have to do some paid work unless she plans to sponge of Jimmy which doesn't seem like Kim's style. Will she just become a public defender? But then she won't be able to cherry pick the cases she gets. She's an interesting character but I can't really see a happy ending for her, unless she's the one who uses vacuum guy first not Nacho.
Poor old Nacho, does he have any way out?
I fully expect Lalo to die in the next episode, and it will turn out Jimmy was afraid the other Salamancas found out his role in Lalo's death.
Lalo is either dead, or he disappeared so effectively Fring believes he is dead. When he is tormenting Hector, he says "This is the man who killed your grandson. The last of your line. Now the Salamanca name ends with you." If Lalo survives, one of Fring's men told him for sure he was dead, and then Lalo never showed his face again for years.
My hope is that during the hit on Lalo, Nacho turns around and kills him, then Mike figures out a way to let Nacho run then tell Fring he killed Nacho. That's probably the best case scenario for the characters we care about.
Yeah, I love the way Kim has learned to deal with alpha males. Neg the **** out of them until they respect her.
Oh, you're right, didn't catch that.
But that doesn't mean Lalo is alive, it means Saul thinks he is.