BEST EPISODE OF THE SHOW! | Better Call Saul 6x7 Reaction: Plan and Execution
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 23 май 2022
- The final season is here!! Hope you enjoy as I react to and review Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 7 "Plan and Execution"! #BetterCallSaul #BetterCallSaulSeason6
Full length reactions, early access videos & Patreon only polls: / brandonlikesmovies
Better Call Saul Playlist: • Better Call Saul React...
Breaking Bad Playlist: • Breaking Bad Reactions
Movie Reactions: • MOVIE REACTIONS
Original show on AMC: Better Call Saul (2015-2022)
*Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners. 
Развлечения
Howard has one of the most devastating downfalls i've ever seen. and it isn't even his own fault
Being around McGill brothers was his downfall
And just like that, the last letter in HHM falls, leaving Ernie to take his rightful spot at the head of the oval desk. Long live the king.
@@maicoxmauler2825 Hail Ernesto
He died thinking his career was in tatters, his wife didn’t love him, and he was just played. Such a tragic end for him.
Downfalls and falls, dude landed headfirst on the coffee table, it was devastating to watch
When Lalo sees the cockroach it reminds him of Saul. In the scene when Kim confronts Lalo about Jimmy being missing after retrieving his bail money Lalo says, “He’s like la cucaracha, born survivor”
La*
@@danielamaris6367 fixed it. I am not what they call an academic
Which sucks because the only reason Lalo isnt rotting in jail is because of Jimmy.
@@Theslug96 Yea and spanish is pretty hard. Bet you’re not used to giving genre to nouns lol.
@@danielamaris6367 *gender
“You can get so caught up in the idea of winning that you forget to listen to your heart.” - Howard Hamlin
Ironic and sad
makes me think about Walter White
:'(
The moment the second candle flickered, my soul got chills. Incredible filmmaking
they did it twice , first when Howards comes in. fucken brilliant .normal thing that currents blow in when the door opens and they used that in a really artistic symbolic way
When the door opens the candle flicks and they showed it when Howard came in and the second candle flick we know someone opened the door
Man I love these kind of details
@@networkengineer2734 If you remembered the scene with Lalo looking at the cockroach you knew that he was going to Jimmy. He called hin "La Chucaraca" when Kim visited him in jail. So it clear to me that he will be there after Howard and he will kill him.
Well every episode whenever they show Jimmy and Kim in their house my heart used to pound because I kept thinking Lalo would show up, he would show up. But I did not expect Howard to caught in this in the middle. So sad. Brilliant writing. One of the best BCS episode. And definitely in top 10 of BCS and BB Universe.
It was like that moment in Jurassic park with the glass of water
Incredible how Howard was first introduced as a red herring as a stereotypical smarmy arrogant rich snob and ended as heartbreakingly tragic and one of the few genuinely blameless characters in the BB universe
He’s almost like Hank in that way if you think about it, who started out BrBa as a pseudo foil to Walt and who had most of the traits you just described but ended the series as probably the only thing close to heroic and justice seeking in that show.
EDIT: Only now noticed somebody else said this in another comment 😂
I wouldn't say blameless. Kim and Jimmy don't have an adversarial relationship with him for no reason. Chuck might have been pulling the strings, but HHM was still dragging the Sandpiper case beyond necessary. Who knows how many clients would still have another 1-1½ years left? Had they taken the deal, none of this would have happened.
@@TigerNightmare They didnt do it for Sandpiper. Howard was right when he said. "Screw the money. You get off on it"
They did it because they could. If it was purely about Sandpiper it would have been quite different.
Howard was entirely innocent.
Kim and Saul are the bad guys
@@Me-ui1zy These things can both be true. This was Jimmy's case. Chuck insisted he give it to HHM, and when he did, Jimmy wasn't allowed to work on it. They could have done some other scheme, but they chose Howard. Completely innocent? Hardly. He didn't deserve to die, and maybe he didn't deserve to be humiliated, but that's all the scheme was, humiliation. They aren't worse than Lalo and they aren't more responsible for what happened than Gus and Mike.
@@Me-ui1zy You're not wrong, entirely correct even, but remember that Jimmy lived for years believing Howard was the cause of all his problems, who passed that onto Kim for years also. That didn't just disappear overnight because the truth with Chuck was revealed. He still did those things and they still resent him for it, and in some ways rightfully so. Not to the extent they take it of course, but it not out of the blue.
20:32 “I pulled guys off the low priority targets”
One of those targets was Kim and Saul, that’s how Lalo was able to just waltz in
Bingo
Exactly I wonder how it would’ve played out had Mike still had eyes on him unfortunately we’ll never know
This is my leading theory too. He knew they would pool all forces around Gus and many more options for him to do stuff become available. I don't think Lalo is there to kill either Saul or Kim. He killed Howard cause he saw his face, he doesn't know who Howard is and he in the next 30 minutes needs to convince Saul to do something. So, intimidation, played his strongest hand straight away.
What he needs Saul for I am not sure. I think it's to get Mike away from Gus or to have Gus move. I am pretty sure Lalo dies to Gus in lab with him shutting off the lights and running for the gun he hid, which is why he counted the steps from that centre point to his gun. But I do not know what other reason Lalo could want with Saul. The only feasible connection to Gus through Saul is Mike and how Lalo would know of that connection is questionable but maybe possible.
This is just perfect...this universe has never created doubts over its quality. Never been disappointed and I'm pretty sure I never will.
@@garethlawton5278 Just as Lalo entered, Howard was saying he was going to dedicate his life to exposing Kim and Saul for who they really were. That could have given Lalo enough added incentive to just to kill him.
I just realized why Lalo always starts with Spanish when he calls Casa Tranquila then switches to English after they offer to find a Spanish speaker; he wants to make sure the nurse on the line doesn't understand Spanish so that they can't overhear what he and Hector talk (ring) about.
I’d imagine most of the nurses speak Spanish there so what does he do if they do speak Spanish
@@ben3218 probably call back later
That's so clever! Hadn't thought about that but it makes sense!
@@z_mentz614 exactly. and knowing Lalo he'd probably remember the Spanish speaking nurse's voice and know to hang up immediately if he gets her again.
Patrick Fabian's performance was AMAZING. He gave his ALL on this episode. What an actor. I wish him the best and hopefully an Emmy nomination!
I agree he is a fantastic actor, you really believe that man is Howard
Agreed. This felt like Howard's episode
And Ed Begley Jr. as well. Wow.
He has come a long way from SAVED BY THE BELL THE COLLEGE YEARS
Because he's a child! hE wAnTs HiS mOnEy nOw
The use of foreshadowing is incredible on this show! Lalo twisting on his suppressor was hinted at earlier when howard similarly twisted the can for a quieter pop. I’m so impressed with the little details like this.
Wow, that attention to detail is insane!
Foreshadowing "accidental casualty" with the grocery carts hitting the car, the PI nearly causing a road accident etc etc
candle flickered twice , first when Howards comes in. fucken brilliant .normal thing that currents blow in when the door opens and they used that in a really artistic symbolic way
Just rewatched that soda can scene. While he’s twisting the can Howard says “ Don’t want our client’s to get a surprise now, do we?” Yeah. Don’t want the audience to get a surprise now, do we Vince and Pete? Great writing yo.
Lalo also twisted the alarm at the very beginning, seems like there’s quite a vit of twisting going on
I honestly expected Howard to commit suicide after the plan was completed, but I never expected Lalo to be the reason Howard met his demise. Now we know why Howard wasn’t in Breaking Bad, so let’s see why Kim wasn’t.
I didn't see this coming, but it wouldn't have felt right for him to commit suicide. Howard's the only character in the series who actually attempts to deal with his emotions in a healthy way, and while he has struggled with depression, he has put in the necessary work to manage the illness. This is in stark contrast to Chuck, whose pride tragically prevented him from continuing his much needed therapy. I don't think it would have been fair to the character, after showing him diligently and successfully utilizing therapy and meditation, to have him also commit suicide.
Kim dies too then?? 💀💀💀
@@SwagSwagSenate I don't think so, I feel like they could be saving her for the grand finale in episode 13 where gene re-unites with Kim. But at this point, I don't even know what they'll do; I was not expecting Lalo to shoot Howard in the slightest.
@@symptomaticseb2303 It’s interesting, the 4 characters we didn’t know the fates of were Howard, Nacho, Kim, and Lalo. 2 from the crime side, 2 from the law side. Nacho and Howard (1 from crime and 1 from law) both got a bullet to the same side of the head. I wonder if Kim and Lalo have similar fates too. Can’t see how though.
At first I thought he was gunna pull a gun on Kim and Jimmy and then just pull it on himself Nacho style
Perhaps this gives context to when Saul says “When they start to whack the lawyers, that’s when I draw the line” in Breaking Bad. Great reaction Brandon!
In what episode/context does saul say that?
@@bramnotten2035 I think it’s in s5e9 when he’s talking to Jesse about the jail killings.
@@williamdavis8076 thanks
He doesn’t need any context to say that line, it made perfect sense as it was
Awwww fuck shit.
As tragic as Howard's death was, it was at least satisfying to see Kim and Jimmy go from acting all smug and cocky to shitting themselves
Yep, watching them cower in fear of the consequences of their actions was quite satisfying.
for fucking real thoooo. I can't believe I would hate both of them as much as I was watching this episode. Fuck em lol. Amazingly written characters, but extremely hateable.
"Can't rush the process" feels like a dig at audiences who take issue with the show's pace. :)
*cof cof* Schafrillas *cof cof*
@@jadthecat387 his criticisms of BCS are so dogshit I love him but his video just tells me he's got no attention span
@@theswagman1263 he should stick to kids movies. They are more his speed tbh if he
Needs constant flashing lights and colors
@@ewetwentythree because he changed his mind? That was inevitable.
@@ewetwentythree you really have no idea what aging like milk means
No remorse for Kimmy now, Howie didn't deserve that, worst death in BB verse, can't wait for the next half😎😎👍👍👍
I wanna be sad for Howard, but can't, I'm too satisfied with the fact that Kim is either gonna live or die knowing Howard was her fault
@@jammeraw355 shit dude that's so true 😭
How do you feel about Lalo?
@@jammeraw355 I really don't think Kim dies now that both Howard and Nacho are dead. I don't think the writers will kill off all of the best BCS characters
I think Spooge disagrees..
Tony Dalton’s delivery on the “Okay. Let’s talk.” Is perfection.
Another thing that really sucks is that Howard’s reputation will forever be tarnished. In people’s last moments with Howard they saw that he was paranoid and seemingly a drug addict and Kim and Saul will probably stage this as a suicide and no one will ever find out that Howard was right about everything. He really deserved better.
They have to vanish the body. A medical examiner could easily see it was a murder, not a suicide. Howard will "go to Belize" but his body will never be found.
Yes but Mike will do the staging…
Forensics will give away too much, angle and distance of the gun,. plus they can tell it was a silencer.
Mike will have to dump the body in the desert.
i've seen this exact comment on reddit so many times now
Still copypasting your comment? Don't you have a life or something?
Dude that use of the candle during the end was so fucking brilliant. I shat my pants when the flame moved the second time
Right! I shat my pants the first time thinking it was Lalo, then when it was Howard my guard got let down.
The second flickering just stopped my heart dead.
@@kixter490 exactly the same here. the second flicker fucked me up.
It wasn't until this episode that I realized that Howard is the Hank of Better Call Saul. Both are at the wrong place at the wrong time in pursuit of foiling the plans of our protagonist who has gone off the deep end, we learn of aspects of their life that make them intimately more sympathetic, and they both die an untimely death as a result.
That explains why Saul, in a somewhat twisted way, sympathizes with Walt in Breaking Bad since the two went through very similar things.
Both dragged their partners deep into the criminal life and got innocent people killed because of it.
It also explains why Saul takes a liking to Skyler when they first meet since he probably see’s a bit of Kim in her. Which is why he seems to help her more despite it conflicting with Walt’s interests. Like the money thing with Ted in season 4, and why he feels like Walt should swallow his pride an turn himself in for the sake of the family.
Saul: You mind if I give you a nickel's worth of advice just for old time's sake? You're worried about your wife and kids. Don't leave. The way things are right now, some people, not me, mind you, but some people might say you're leaving her high and dry
Walt: Some people would be ignorant on the facts. Some people wouldn't know that as far as the police are concerned, Skyler is a blameless victim.
*Saul sits back down, waving Walt off*
Walt: No, no, no, go ahead. Get it off your chest. Go on.
Saul: The phone call was a smart move, kudos to you. Odds are, it was recorded, it's gonna play great for a jury, it might even buy her a mistrial. In a year and a half. Until then, if they don't have you, they're going after her.
Walt: There's no point. She knows nothing.
Saul: Well, too bad for her then. She's got nothing to trade. I hate to be a downer here, but there are two DEA agents missing, presumed dead. You think the feds are gonna just let that go because you hit the ejector seat? First thing they're gonna do is they'll RICO your wife and kids out of the house. That condo is gone. Your bank account is frozen. Her picture's probably on TV right now next to yours. Who's gonna hire her?
Walt: Money's no problem.
Saul: Well, I don't mean to contradict you, but getting it to her? Impossible. The feds are just praying that she'll make contact. The Internet, the phones, it's all tapped. Hey, Mike was no dummy. But every time he tried to get his nest egg to his granddaughter, it ended up in Uncle Sam's pockets.
Walt: So you propose what?
Saul: Stay. Face the music. Hey, I mean how much time do you got left? You walk in with your head held high, you'll be the John Dillinger of the Metropolitan Detention Center. How bad is that? And you bring a barrel full of drug money? Maybe that soothes some troubled waters. Maybe they let your family stay in the house. After all, the house predates the criminal enterprise.
At the time of Hank's death, it wasn't Walter who had gone off the deep end. He retired from the business and was resigned to dying of his cancer in peace. Hank and Jesse became obsessed with this idea of getting even, and their pursuit of this satisfaction cost everyone everything. You might say Walter deserved what happened to him, but Hank and Jesse should have gotten therapists instead.
@@TigerNightmare good god I know that Breaking Bad theories and spit takes are notably bad but this is just rancid, surely this is a joke
I loved how they occasionally framed Chuck’s portrait in the background of the scene where Howard goes off on the mediator. Very reminiscent of Chuck’s meltdown in Chicanery
Lalo twisting the suppressor on the gun reminded me of Howard twisting the soda earlier in the episode so it wouldn’t pop in his face. He then proceeded to get popped in the face😔
i didnt even think of it like that i fw it
Suppressors are often referred to as cans, as well
This show is 100% on its A-game in terms of buildup and execution. Definitely up there as one of the best shows right now.
Heh. Execution
‘One of the best shows?’ Name another. I genuinely want to know anything that comes close to this.
What makes it impressive, they go back and forth on pre-planning to free flowing with the narrative process, the same magic flow that made Breaking Bad a TV classic. It’s why the storylines are now paying off big time, gave us one of the most memorable and formidable villains to grace media, and the stage is now set for the party to come to an end and Saul to go out with a bang, as Ed stated begrudgingly to Jesse in the Epilogue film “El Camino”.
The look in Howard’s eyes before lalo kills him is absolutely haunting…
I knew when Lalo walked in, that Howard wasn’t walking out.
But even still when the moment came my stomach dropped. Howard deserved better man.
Bob’s and Rhea’s reactions made the moment that much more gut wrenching.
I can’t believe my favorite character just causally killed the character I have the most sympathy for.
This was a crazy moment. I watched Lalo pull out a gun and saw him screw on the suppressor, my brain knew what would happen next. He would shoot Howard. And yet, they shot it in such a great way I YELLED out. I never yell out watching a show. I laugh, I cry, I am (silently) shocked, amazed, baffled or disgusted. I - never - yell out.
I knew it when Howard walked in because I knew Lalo was coming. The cockroach gave it away. Lalo called Jimmy "La Cucaracha" when Kim visited him in jail. When he saw that cockroach in the sewer I knew he would go to them.
@@RawJah Exactly it’s the same for me. The combination of the filming, the character’s reactions, and just the tragedy of it being Howard who was killed managed to elicit a reaction from me that few shows have before.
It’s great how they manage to make a foregone conclusion still so shocking. I also thought that Lalo would be at the door the first time they answered it but even with the two candles flickering motif, I was still so blown away when Lalo actually arrived.
@@RawJah same- I pretty much reacted the exact same way as Kim and Jimmy did when it happened which made it even more shocking tbh, felt like I was really there. I even literally predicted that Lalo would kill Howard in a wrong place-wrong time scenario back when season 5 ended, but it was still so much more visceral than I could've imagined. Not to mention the buildup
The candle flicker was horrific, as if the devil walked in. What a brilliant show!
*Another BrBa/BCS cliffhanger*
"Executive Producers: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould"
All the fans: THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!
I shouted that at the TV as Howard was trying to lay out their whole plot to Cliff
At least we don’t have to wait a year this time😂.
the finale of this show is going to change television
🙏
This season even getting more intense than breaking bad final season
I think we're in good hands, and the ending will more than satisfy.
One of the best endings of a television episode, in my opinion.
You know it’s a good episode when Brandon the 🐐 drops the reaction THIS early😭
Rotating the ginger ale foreshadows Lalo's suppressor.
Ignacio's death wasn't nearly as bad in my opinion, he was by no means a good person, he'd done a lot of bad to a lot of people, and while Gus was completely screwing him over, he still dug his own grave in a sense.
Howard was a good person through and through, he was certainly odd and had his own manipulations, but they were all legal and he never caused any one physical harm. Meanwhile he will forever be remembered as the guy who tanked HHM after his partner died and he became a drug addict, dying in what's probably going to be seen as a drug related homicide so no one is left to care for the firm, leading to him being blamed for the downfall of HHM. This death made me feel physically nauseous.
Nacho had his poetic justice and died on his own terms with the satisfaction that's he messed with the whole Salamanca clan and his dad would be safe under the watch of Mike, but Howard really died for nothing.. wrong place and wrong time that was brought upon people who wanted to messed up his life.. Sucks
Jimmy and Kim murdered him mentally, and Lalo physically. I hope Kim will never stop feeling bad about this and that she finally grows a conscience. She has been absolutely disgusting
@@holysecret2 I feel the same way. She started off as legit my favorite character and thats saying a lot considering people called me sexist for not liking Skylar at all in BB
@@holysecret2 her and jimmy dude, it wasn’t just her.
The last scene was genuinely upsetting and disturbing... with the candle and the shadow... I half expected to see chuck. I think what really nails the impact is Howard's obliviousness to the situation he's in. It's deeply unsettling.
Well if you have no idea a major drug smuggler and criminal mastermind walked in you’d react oblivious too unfortunately he wasn’t reading the reactions of Jimmy and Kim
Lmao imagine if Chuck just casually walked in and killed Howard
@@TheAlienGinger "I'm a chimp with a machine gun"
*Casually pulls a silenced pistol and shoots Howard in the head*
@@TheAlienGinger Like a chimp with a machine gun
It was obvious it would be Lalo when they showed the cockroach earlier and they zoomed in on Lalo
So tragic. Howard didn’t deserve this at all 😔
Something I noticed watching the final scene: it’s the first time that we actually see Lalo kill someone in cold blood. Every other Lalo kill has been either off-screen (Travelwire employee, body double + wife in Mexico, the 2 border drivers, implied murder of lab worker in Germany) or against Gus’ hitmen who stormed his compound and were actively trying to kill him. It makes Lalo killing Howard that much more brutal and shocking. It reminded me of how in Game of Thrones, Cersei is the only female main character that is never shown nude, only to make the infamous “walk of shame” moment more impactful. Brilliant writing from both shows (except at least BCS can keep up the top-tier writing throughout all its seasons).
Nice observations! And Lalo's build-up to this brutality is mirrored by Gus's in Breaking Bad. For a while, Gus seems mild-mannered and professional, like someone who never actually gets his own hands dirty. So when he kills Victor in the way that he did, it makes the moment a thousand times more impactful. (And even worse, it makes the threat seem all the more real when Gus threatens to slaughter Walt's entirely family.) So both Lalo and Gus have all these mirrored attributes that make them perfect adversaries for each other. I've never seen more brilliant writing and character development in a TV show than in BB and BCS.
This is an amazing observation. I never even thought of this until I read your comment. And it makes absolute sense. We have learned how dangerous and brutal Lalo can be when he needs to be (or wants to be), but the writers/directors have always pulled us away right before Lalo murders someone. We hear details about travelwire dude murder later Thru “Jorge De Guzman’s” court appearance (I think? Could’ve been Mike’s personal investigation too). The body double, all we see is Lalo grab the pair of scissors and tell him to “keep the soul patch.” The 2 guys who were smuggling people across the border…show takes us inside the truck when Lalo kills them….he chops off Casper’s foot in Germany and we can probably assume Lalo finished the job once he got the intel he needed.
as soon as Lalo appeared in the apartment, Howard was dead. But what sickens me is how casually and nonchalantly Lalo is…attaches his silencer to his gun, aims at Howard’s head, pulls the trigger, without a second thought and without a care. He just wants to talk to his lawyers.
In season 5, when Kim visits Lalo in jail, Lalo calls "Saul":
"The cucaracha, born survivor."
Cucaracha means cockroach in spanish.
When Lalo saw the cockroach, he thought of "Saul", and realized that he may have played a part in setting him up to be killed.
Wow I just realized, He really born survivor huh until breaking bad.
* La Cucaracha.
That's also a famous mexican song.
I don't think he showed up because he thought Saul was involved, i think he showed up because he knows Mike helped Saul in the desert to get Lalo's money back.
He wants Saul to help him trap Mike.
I think he thought of Saul to use as a diversion to get to Gus, which he did
I love that all Bob's old Mr. Show friends are getting bit parts. The actor who played the judge, Kevin Wachtel's dad, even Michael McKean. Cherry on top would be a David Cross cameo.
Now would that be the actor that played the judge? Or the actor that played the actor that played the judge?
@@egadgo the latter
*I think the end of the last episode of season 5 is a foreshadow to Howard's death. Is when Kim have the idea to destroy Howard, the title is 'Something Unforgivible' and the last scene of her is pointing fingers and shooting. Plus, I think the Howard's death makes me more sad than Nacho's. Nacho was in the Game, but not Howard.*
After this episode I was like: ''Ok, they both (Jimmy and Kim) don't deserve a happy ending.''
They made me equally as sad, but howards death made me sick to my stomach. He absolutely didn't deserve that.
Nacho went out on his own terms and died to save his Father. Howard's reputation was tarnished and was murdered in cold blood, it's awful.
Nacho also got the chance to find his peace and choosed to go out the way he wanted. Howard on the other hand had absolutely no clue what was going on until it was to late
@@aquiler3959 Yeah, Howard never got his chance at redemption and like Chuck, died knowing what Jimmy (Saul) had done but not been able to prove it.
I’m still rooting for Jimmy somewhat since I know his arc in Breaking Bad shows him slowly embrace more of his humanity and becoming more moral. However, Kim seems less bothered by what she did and only tries to hit the ejector seat when it goes sour. But Jimmy didn’t want to burn Howard. And he didn’t know Lalo was alive. Had he known Lalo was alive, I believe he would’ve done the right thing.
Just look at how he gives the Kettleman’s money on two separate occasions. He may think they’re scum but he knows why they do bad things for love and their children. He didn’t feel right bullying them and treating them like sub humans when he’s been treated that way himself.
Here I thought Nachos death was a shocking and heartbreaking moment.. And then this happened..
I really worry for Kims fate, as a lot of characters that aren't in Breaking Bad met their ultimate end this season...
I am no longer worried about it. I am rooting for it after this.
Yeah no sympathy for Kim anymore really. She ruined Howard's reputation and helped get him killed. She even pushed Jimmy when he wanted to stop messing with Howard.
Kim has been one my favorite characters in BCS & I had always hoped she would make it out ok. But now after what they did to Howard, I’m not sure what to think of Kim. I feel at this point if she dies, it’s justified.
i would not be surprised to see her somehow take the fall for this end up in prison. possibly even to save jimmy.
@@cluster_f1575 she didn’t pull the trigger nor did she know lalo or howard we’re gonna show up to the apartment. kinda stupid to blame it on her and not lalo
Howard was in my list of possible deaths. But in the lowest place. And the fucking shock made me cry immediately. Kim and Jimmy's screams are burned in my brain.
It's pretty rare I get shocked by TV but that ending left me in shock. Tremendous episode.
Hope Patrick will get some recognition for his work this season.
I've been waiting since last night for some of my fav reactors to post. Very happy this is up, such a fantastic episode! The emotions I felt reminded me of watching BB while it was airing.
So glad I'm able to catch this season live since I missed out on the others while airing
I'm still in shock
I thought the last 3 episodes were great, but this episode makes all 3 of them 10x better. The slow build to get to this point and the culmination of what we’ve been watching the last 3 weeks was done to absolute perfection. I cannot wait to see this crew stick the landing.
Those camera shots of the candle flame were so chilling on first watch; like you knew it had some significant reason but didn't quite understand until you did.. just amazing television. The writing, directing, acting, etc were immaculate. A 10/10 for sure! Great to see you react to it B!
Howard twisting the soda can was definitely foreshadowing to twisting a suppressor on the gun at the end I think. Twisting the can silences the explosion.
The candle light flickered, and for a second I thought a ghost had entered the room. Only took a minute and there's an actual ghost
"You don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a CRIM-IN-AL Layer." Also, you now get to experience the same emotions we went through from the Hank Toilet cliffhanger.
yeah, only old fans waited for one year for the conclusion. it was too damn hard..
Lalo is not the one who knocks, he walks in.
What a cliffhanger, or should I say, howardshooter.
Up you go
Watch cliff hang himself in the next episode lmao
Bruh way too far of a stretch
@@IHamilton9320 it's a joke my guy
@@bhest... doesn’t mean it’s a funny one. There were more fitting ways to say that, just being honest my guy
In regards to the bug shot - Lalo called Jimmy a cockroach (survivor) when talking to Kim when she visited him in jail last season
Kim has to be very careful what she says in the next episode. If she lets it slip about her knowledge of Lalo being alive in Lalo’s presence or if that knowledge gets to him in any way, he’s going to want to know how she somehow got that information because according to Lalo as far as the public should know, Lalo Salamanca is dead.
It could also mean that Jimmy can't trust Kim cause she's hiding it!
the ending made my heart sink to the pit of my stomach 😂
Howard is easily one of my favourite characters across the BB universe, seemingly not that complex when first introduced but his character is arc is so well done. He has great one liners, charismatic, we see a depth and self awareness last season and in full force this season that just makes him more n more likeable. His performance in this episode was nothing short of masterful, and just phenomenal writing as per usual.
This episode officially puts Better Call Saul over Breaking Bad in my mind. It’s been close for awhile but seeing the culmination of all this masterful storytelling has sold it for me.
Im pretty sure watching this mid season again back to back will hit different now.
Me too man. I actually enjoy the slow pace of this show more than Breaking Bad’s style now because it just always makes the pay-offs more intense in my opinion.
For me, Better Call Saul is not even close. It is better than the slow first seasons, but Howards death or Nachos deaths are just for shock value without much impact for the story.
@@exorides9400 no impact on the story???
@@exorides9400 Howard’s death will definitely impact the story. It explains why Saul is so jaded and apathetic during Breaking bad. This moment is what broke him beyond repair. He’s going to fully lean into being Saul Goodman now.
Love the Obiwan reference about “millions of voices crying in terror”.
The cooking timer, the soda can, the suppressor. Cycles had a heavy pressence this episode, summed up by Joey the Camera Guy at 5:30
“Don’t get lost in the circle of confusion; can’t tell your story if you can’t keep things in focus.”
Brandon : 0:36 "potentially nothing can happen"
Evorebody : Oh sweett summer child 👁👄 👁
Howard, by far, had the saddest death in the entire series, right next to Andrea. He wasn't even in the game like Nacho, nor did he sabotage his own life like Chuck did. He was just in the wrong place at the worst possible time. The scenes of Howard seeing a therapist, of him and his wife talking in their kitchen, and Howard's face showing the disappointment of his wife not wanting to be around him. Both scenes built up so much sympathy for Howard. Even though both scenes weren't long. It made his death hit that much harder to me when Lalo pulled the trigger.
Another thing that lead to Howard's death was Mike ordering his men not to watch low-profile people (Saul and Kim) anymore because they were 100% sure that Salamanca will fall into trap.
Also when Lalo saw the cockroach he immediately thought of Saul because he actually said to Kim that Saul was a cockroach... a survivor.
Howard's dialogue about the can was mirrored in the circular camera motion during the "reshoot" scene, showing Kim and Saul's meticulous planning. Excellent filmmaking.
The saddest part is that everyones gonna remember Howard as a drug adicct...
I think Cliff Main believed some of what Howard said, especially about him not intentionally using drugs before the mediation. He may even believe that Jimmy was messing with him to some extent. I think it's possible he could provide the authorities with a lead. But who knows if the writers wanted to go down that path.
Thankfully Kim wanted to make it right again by changing Howard's legacy
Remember the season 5 finale: Kim did the finger guns when she was talking about Howard... And Jimmy will be mad when he learns that Kim did not tell him that Lalo was alive.
To me personally, the cliffhanger didn’t bother me at all, and in fact, I thought it was an excellent way to end the episode considering that this conversation between Lalo and Jimmy will take way too long. What would have been offensive however is if the episode just ended on the closeup shot of Jimmy and Kim reacting to Lalo’s entrance, and we don’t even get to see what happened next. That definitely would’ve been infuriating, but thankfully we got a glimpse of what happened, and it was a huge release of tension and horror to end the episode on.
I’m with Brandon tho, when I watched BB for the first time I didn’t know what it was like to wait for those intense cliffhangers till BCS came along and my god, that feeling sucks lol. But yeah it’s not a bad thing at all, it makes you wanna watch more to see what happens and honestly BCS Season 6 has been incredible so far, I’m 100% sure Gould and Gilligan are gonna deliver with the 2nd part of the season.
"What would have been offensive however is if the episode just ended on the closeup shot of Jimmy and Kim reacting to Lalo’s entrance, and we don’t even get to see what happened next."
Yeah, that's the kind of shit the Walking Dead writers would've done lol
@@winstonmarlowe5254 LOL yeah thankfully these writers actually know better than that, and actually care about their audience.
We had to wait 10 months or something after Breaking Bad 5x8 with Hank sitting in the toilet 😂
2 months is alright for me in comparison
Ten months is cruel
Felt so Bad for Howard, the all show is litteraly what he said : i feel like i am middle of something. Never asked anything
17:08 And this is what Howard meant, Jimmy and Kim might try to rationalize that they are gonna do greater good with the sandpiper money, but this is what is all about...a couple of con artists getting off by ruining someone's life just because they can, "getting the money" was just their excuse.
This is, to me, the moral event horizon, there's no turning back from what they did to Howard.
They might try to rationalize that was Lalo who kill him but what is done is done. They know Howard was right about them in his last moments and it was their fault too he's death and he didn't deserve it.
When Mike said, "I pulled guys off all of the low priority targets to cover you." my heart sank.
Man I am just devastated for Howard. He was one of my absolute favourites. I loved every moment he was on screen throughout this series. Just a genuinely good guy and deserved none of this.
Yours and Nikki and Steven's reactions were the ones I was looking forward to most!
I was initially sleep-deprived when I watched the episode, but that ending shook me wide awake. It changes everything.
When Lalo shows up at Jimmy and Kim's place, Howard asks him, "Who are you?"
Lalo replies, "Me? I'm nobody."
Isn't that a direct quote from Nobody?
😂 Lalo is a fan
@@dmfd_rosieperez9847 came to get an autograph and an interview
I've been racking my brain trying to stack up all the major character deaths that this franchise has accrued over the course of both "Better Call Saul" and "Breaking Bad" and I've come to the conclusion that the death of Howard Hamlin is easily the most strait up cold blooded of them all. Which is no mean feat.
I agree. Of every terrible thing we’ve seen between these two shows, nothing has genuinely chilled me to the bone like Howard’s death.
He wasn't exactly major but Victor's death was pretty dang cold. Gus just slowly geared up, absolutely demolished him with no hesitation or emotion, and then left.
how about Todd killing that kid on a bike? or Andrea?
I actually got this spoiled for me like a minute before it started. Still blew my socks off tho
That sucks I'm sorry!! Glad you could still enjoy the episode though 😁
Same here with the spoiler, but knowing what happened and not how... The suspense was so gripping.
@@Fralactus yes!
Yeah same, still was shocked how it all happened.
Same for me, I was so stressed during the whole episode, at first I though he was going to die by an alergy with the substance in the photos
I was speechless at the end. Today, the more I think about it the more I feel sick to my stomach.
I have spent 9 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 21 hours, 56 minutes watching series in my life. This is the best episode of all time, no doubt for me. Howards acting, Lalos acting, everyone is living this story. My heartrate increase when im thinking about the next episode.
When that candle first flickered, I immediately thought Lalo was the one at the door, even the "can I come in?" sounded like him. Was happy to see that is was Howard, but man when that candle flickered again, my stomach dropped to the floor! best. episode. hands. down.
Remember back in season 5 when Lalo called Jimmy a cockroach? That was what the cockroach in the sewers was meant to symbolize. He saw that and immediately thought of Jimmy.
Poor Howard... caught in the middle of something he didn't understand and dying for it.
Everything Howard said was true in his final scene. Jimmy seemed to feel genuinely bad but Kim seemed to feel nothing.
She just seemed annoyed, even though Howard should be the one to feel annoyed.
She didn't want to hear Howard speak because she knew he was right.
She thinks of herself as moral. But she is so far from it now. She doesnt want to hear what she already knows.
Saul feels bad for Howard I think. But Kim only feels bad for herself.
She knows she's just doing this because she gets off on it. Her pro Bono cases are just her guilt manifesting itself outwardly, and also to protect herself and throw others off the scent. Almost a Jimmy Savile situation.
@@Me-ui1zy It makes me think back to what Mr. Acker said about her when she visits him at night with the alternative houses. She is a bad, amoral person in many ways, like forcing Acker off his land for the sake of an egotistical millionaire banker's call center, and she tries to make herself feel better by dressing herself up as a good person - offering a different house to Acker doesn't change the fact he's being forced out of his home, she starts the pro bono practice soon after Chuck dies, presumably to reassure herself that she's a good person after the role she played in his downfall and death, and she does the same with what they did to Howard, rationalising that he's somehow a terrible person and justifying it because the Sandpiper residents will get their money sooner. She's one of the most crulely amoral characters in the BrBa universe and I don't think most people realised it until this season.
She's a sociopath
I felt a pit in my stomach when Lalo walked in. When a TV show can make the viewer, certainly a viewer like me, have such a visceral reaction like that, you know it's top tier.
I could gush for hours about how much I loved that final scene, let alone the whole episode. Patrick Fabian's performance, the candle flickering twice, Kim and especially Jimmy's reaction because he's essentially seeing a ghost, it's all fantastic.
But the moment when Lalo shushes Kim and Jimmy and gently says, "Ok, let's talk." in that friendly tone and smiles is one of the most haunting moments I've ever seen in a show.
In that one moment, Lalo shows that he is the epitome of a psychopath. He just executed an innocent man that he didn't know and not only is it no big deal, he can immediately ignore it and move on by turning to Kim and Jimmy and proving his lack of humanity by talking to them as if Howard's dead body isn't there, using the same tone of voice he uses in every other situation and flashing the pair his charming smile.
An absolute monster played to perfection by Tony Dalton and those final two words to end the episode are words I'll never forget. Incredible.
Sorry, I just had to gush, I haven't had the opportunity to yet and I thought here is as good a place as any. Love the reaction as always Brandon, can't wait for the conclusion of this awesome show but hate Vince and Peter for forcing me to. I'm looking forward to your reactions, man, peace ✌
On the last season, when Jimmy went to the desert to pick up Lalo's money and then Kim goes to visit Lalo while he was in jail, Lalo responds to Kim being worried that something might happen to Jimmy that "he is like a cucaracha, a survivor", cucaracha being cockroach in spanish, so that's what the cockroach shot on this episode meant, Lalo remembered Jimmy when he saw it.
Vince Gilligan did it again man.
“We have to wait weeks” Your weren’t around when we had to wait a year for hank to take a crap “
I love how the show runners and writers are letting some of the background characters have some time on screen this season. It's really respectful, and since this series is making bank, they have the time to do it.
I knew Kim's and Jimmy's backstabbing bullshit were going to catch up to them in some way. In the latter half of the last season, I started losing empathy for Kim and Jimmy. This feels worse than Nacho dying since Howard was never involved in that crime life. Also for Howard to just die with the other lawyers thinking he had a drug-induced meltdown after his struggles overcoming depression.
Kim’s simple decision to turn her car around might be the most consequential in the entire series. She was literally on the road to greatness; instead her decision ruined a man’s professional life and got him killed, it screwed the Sandpiper clients out of a ton of extra money, and it will give her and Jimmy a lifetime of mental trauma.
What an unbelievably tragic story.
It’s also a theme with this universe that the more or less innocent people meet untimely and somewhat gruesome ends. All because they were just in the way.
Jane? Just in the way.
Gale? Just in the way. (Yes I know he was making meth but still)
Hank and Gomez? Just in the way.
Andrea? Just in the way.
And now Howard. He was just in the way man.
The 2 biggest lessons that I learned from "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" is to be careful about who I associate with and to be clear from anything even remotely shady. All the characters mentioned above could have survived if they hadn't associated themselves with the protagonists and lived their life without getting into unnecessary conflicts over their own egos. Jane was a recovering heroin addict who should have avoided someone like Jesse. Gale should never have been in the business in the first place. Hank and Gomez should have swallowed their pride and gone on with their life without obsessing over catching Heisenberg. Andrea being a single mother should have never been in a relationship with someone as irresponsible as Jesse. Finally, Howard should have just carried on with his life without confronting Jimmy and Kim at their apartment while being under the influence of alcohol. Every little bad decision you make can have devastating consequences.
Jane, gale and Andrea were not innocent, in that they were meth addicts or dealers, even if you liked their characters. Howard and Hank were completely blameless for anything that happened to these characters, and are the true heros of both shows.
@@meu02136 So Andrea, who was trying to turn her life around, is not innocent enough for you because she was an addict? Even Jane! I mean Gale was working for a drug king pin, so you reap what you sow, but Andrea was trying to move on with her life.
What an episode! You have to give credit to Patrick Fabian, excellent actor, got to show off his amazing skills in this episode. It was his Chicanery, to draw another comparison it was like when Nacho laid it out for Gus and the Salamancas before turning the gun on himself.
I really think is my favorite episode of the whole show. This is the ozymandas of better call Saul
Just wait, i’m sure the second half is gonna be even better than this. The Ozymandias of this show is still to come
The link between the twisting of the can and suppressor is next level
THIS is the first episode where I'm in sync with you time-wise!!!
I binged all your BB & El Camino a few months ago, during a weird time for me. Just caught up myself on BCS and rightfully knew "you were the guy" to catch back up with... so many insights from you that I missed watching alone the first time around.
Yeah. You're the guy 😁
23:28Thomas Schnauz, screenwriter and director of some episodes of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, director of this episode, put this in his twitter a day before the episode air:
"Just to warn everyone: we wrote S6 of #BetterCallSaul to be aired as 13 continuous episodes, but various delays split the season in half. So 607 was not written or filmed as a traditional "cliffhanger.""
The dude troll us so hard!!
THE BEST EPISODE. wow i’m gonna miss this show so much once it’s all over, as well as your awesome reactions to each episode!
I was SO worried for the granny when Howard touched the heck out of her wheelchair right after touching the photos. Knowing the effects of that drug (As if you drink coffee with a Red Bull as the vet said) I was convinced granny was gonna have a heart attack mid meeting. Thank god that didn't happen
love the picture at13:47 of hector holding the twins as toddlers and a young tuco standing next to him
The minute the episode ended, I was waiting for this one 😂
Somebody told me about season 4 episode 6 “ Piñata “. When Jimmy was collecting the Oscar votes pool , when he was still working in the mailroom, he was collecting a pool from someone who had the movie “Howard’s End” checked all the way down the ballot. A total foreshadowing for Howard’s death. So it was in the back of my mind but I still was totally shocked. Great episode
AAAARRRGGHH THESE WRITERS
This was the most shocking scene in any BB/BCS episode.
Howard slowly turning the can so it doesn't go bang. Lalo slowly turning his silencer into the barrel.
So heartbreaking. R.I.P Howard Hamlin. 🕯
This episode might’ve topped episode three of the season
Honestly, I was looking forward to this almost as much as I was looking forward to the episode itself. Got into your channel through your season 1 BCS videos, you and I began watching it at about the same time and I more or less watched alongside you. Just popped a bowl of popcorn, excited to sit down and watch. You're awesome, Brandon.
Lets Go Brandon!!
Howard hit his head on their table just like Chuck did when passed out at the 24 hour photocopy place
Every single time I think they can’t find a way to get away with their cliffhangers, they best it every time. Season 6 part 2 will be like walking into an inferno. Only misery, and I’m all for it. Great reaction and wonderful channel Brandon.
I am still in shock. Just finished the episode. My god, Howard did so not deserve this. This is probably the most disturbing death in the BB universe. And I don't mean most violent, but stomach churning disturbing.
Andrea’s death is the only one that hit harder for me :(
I really didn’t like Howard at first, but this hurt :(
And Hank's death too
His head thudding on the table right after just made it all the more stomach turning.
Like he went from a human being grappling with his life to just a lump of meat in a second.
So disturbing.
Yep... That's a thing that happened. I was so far on the edge of my seat that I was closer to the TV than the back of my couch....
It's always a pleasure to watch this series and your reactions to it. If I could give you a million likes because of how much I enjoy your reactions, I would without hesitation.