Lalo Salamanca Only Has One Problem | Better Call Saul Season 6
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- One major problem with the Lalo Salamanca character from Better Call Saul. Spoilers through season 6. Please subscribe! 👉 bit.ly/PetePeppers
Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) is a character that was only mentioned once in Breaking Bad. He came in and shook things up in Better Call Saul at the end of Season 4, and we don't believe he can survive season 6. He's currently heading for a showdown with Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) and he's looking for revenge.
Lalo has become a fan-favorite character. He's much more dynamic than the other Salamancas and much more likable. He's also a cold-blooded killer, so he's the perfect mix of charm and menace. Since Better Call Saul is a prequel we know Gus will survive the confrontation, so what does that mean for Eduardo Salamanca?
Let us know your Lalo theories for Season 6. We believe that Lalo Salamanca must die, and it could happen soon.
Better Call Saul’s final season concludes the complicated journey and transformation of its compromised hero, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), into criminal lawyer Saul Goodman. From the cartel to the courthouse, from Albuquerque to Omaha, season six tracks Jimmy, Saul and Gene as well as Jimmy’s complex relationship with Kim (Rhea Seehorn), who is in the midst of her own existential crisis. Meanwhile, Mike (Jonathan Banks), Gus (Giancarlo Esposito), Nacho (Michael Mando) and Lalo (Tony Dalton) are locked into a game of cat and mouse with mortal stakes.
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Better Call Saul is a television drama series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. It is a spin-off prequel of Gilligan's prior series Breaking Bad. Set in the early 2000s, Better Call Saul follows the story of con-man turned small-time lawyer, Jimmy McGill, beginning six years before the events of Breaking Bad, showing his transformation into the persona of criminal-for-hire Saul Goodman. Jimmy becomes the lawyer for former beat cop Mike Ehrmantraut, whose relevant skill set allows him to enter the criminal underworld of drug trafficking in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The show premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015. The show's sixth and final season premiered on April 18, 2022.
Chapter Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:28 Why Better Call Saul Needed Lalo
1:03 Why Lalo is a nearly perfect character
3:58 The Problem with Lalo
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I guess it's a good problem to have when you trust that they'll bring the story to a satisfying conclusion. Can't wait to see how things play out. Let me know how you think Lalo's story will end.
I think it's pretty simple... either Lalo dies or everyone continues to think he's dead so he can be in a new series, post breaking bad... because the pursuit of revenue is unending.
Mike will kill him.
@@sly9263 that would make me so mad
Shootout in the lab with Gus. The reason why Gus paced out his steps there is that he thinks Lalo will look to discover it. Gus will turn off the lights and kill him in the blackout where he put the gun in the machinery.
@GenreOnline I mean, if you made all of that up, that's absolutely inventive and hilarious but if that's actually real then I wouldn't be surprised. Hell, I'm sure people would watch it, lmao
I’m just glad that he didn’t harm that adorable German lady. He’s definitely a great character though.
And the dog
@@PetePeppers1 lol! yes
@@PetePeppers1 yes!
Until Monday. Y' never know.....
@@entity8019 I’m thinking he has no other reason to return.
I think Lalo is a perfect villian for the series he incorporates the most terifying elements of all the past villians, the cold calculating nature of gus, the unpredictability and brutality of Tuco the blood for blood mentality of Hector even the brains and the luck of Heisenberg and Tony Dalton just plays him perfectly
He also has a human and empatic side which he uses to get close to people.
No one else in the series has this trait besides saul and only the saul we see in better call saul.
Lalo is so good and has so many qualities its like, why isnt he the big boss of everything.
Imagine being so gifted in so many areas of life. You would actually have to try hard to not have success in life with such a persona.
The infamous Walter White, "Heisenberg" is the most strategic cold blooded murderer. I would like to see Heisenberg vs. Lalo, and I would put my $$ on Heisenberg.
What up Pete, appreciate the vid per usual.
Like virtually everyone who has become enthralled by this series, I absolutely adore, respect and fear Lalo-and have many times been reminded sharply why in the course of a single episode since he arrived onscreen.
I just read a comment concerning the fact that he is almost a touch too perfect of a villain, ie the scenes of the last two episodes which found him traipsing about Germany like a Mexican James Bond/assassin or something. While I also have leaned into that kind of thinking recently, I have learned to let it go, like I had to with other scenes/scenarios over the course of BB and BCS. The bottom line is that this show has become peak entertainment...the last two seasons especially are straight up cinematic in form and if you had someone over who had never seen this show and they were to watch ten minutes of several scenes in any of the first 5 eps so far in season 6, they would wonder how the fuck they hadn’t heard about the incredible film you were watching.
I could go on and I probably will after another one of your vids, but my reason for writing is this: there will be a Mexican standoff and I would be shocked if it didn’t happen at the lab. Lalo is leaving Germany with all the info on it that he needs, the lab represents the real start of Walter White’s downfall and eventually Gus’ as well, and while Gillian and crew have kept a lot of what is about to go down hidden, for some reason ‘they keep giving out info slowly but surely that Lalo is on the fucking prowl to that one spot.
Lab or not, whenever and wherever the final showdown between Gus and Lalo and whomever else is involved occurs, it is going to be television that will be talked about for many years.
Lalo dies in another perfectly done, No Country for Old Men style sequence that will no doubt be directed by Vince. People that hate on Lalo for being a touch unrealistic miss the entire point of this show. He is a perfectly cast character in a series that is flooded with them and they deliver some of the best scenes in modern television history (maybe just overall TV history actually) That’s it from me...
@@mindleft-buddy999 Bro you answered someone, Write ist in the actual section
And he aims better than Salamanca twins.
Lalo is like the perfect mix of all the Salamancas. The unpredictability of Tuco, The skills of the twins and the ability to run a business from Hector
Also lalo is insanely smart and observant hes dope
But unlike other Salamancas he can enter or escape through small openings.
What’s fascinating is Lalo’s supreme level of patience; he literally spells out Hector’s message one letter at a time in the middle of the desert.
You got it right. It ended in a showdown in the lab, one menacing character outlived the other
this dude gets most things right its scary. i like to thoroughly think it out myself and then check his opinion. then i watch the future episodes to see whos right. fun little game.
I love the fact that even though Lalo wasn't introduced until late season 4, he is probably the most important antagonist in the show.
He’s probably my favorite Salamanca, honestly it’s pretty easy to claim since he’s the most fifth dimensional.
@@joshshrum2764 Yeah. It's not that hard to pick your favorite Salamanca. None of the others come even close.
@@Maw0 Exactly.
@@Maw0 I like Nacho as a character, he is not the most smart or charismatic but I just like how he is present, although he is not a Salamanca.
*Chuck laughs in brotherhood*
The only problem with Lalo is he steals every scene that he is in, and I care more about his story than I do entire series.
it was same in breaking bad we had walt and jesse but saul and mike were stealing the show
great development of all characters by VG and squad
Me too
Stop saul and Mike weren't stealing the show,
True. Knowing Gus and the story I find myself rooting for Lalo to defeat Gus even though I know it doesn’t happen. However, it makes Hector’s end game play that much more glorious.
@@Jonekkk933 what? I think you are the only person who thought Mike and Saul stole the show from Jesse and Walt.
Tony Dalton could have his own pre-quel spinoff. He's so good as Lalo.
It would become TWD at this point, plus, that would feel too far away and separated from BrBa and BCS timeline
But then we would just be in a never-ending loop of prequels.
And to think that he started his career as the Mexican Johnny Knoxville. Look up "no te equivoques".
@@Maw0 Mike Ehrmantraut prequel series where 85-year-old Jonathan Banks plays 25-year-old Marine sniper Mike
I’d watch
Lalo shook Gus like no one else before or after; it makes sense that Gus wouldn't be the way he was in Breaking Bad if Lalo was still alive somewhere; and knowing how Gus is, he will have to see Lalo dead with his own eyes for him to go back being the Gus we were introduced to in the original show.
I agree
@@PetePeppers1 Great show and review.
I think Walter shook Gus a little bit more. ;P
@@Quantumtalesxx Like everyone else Gus underestimated Walt(including himself at first), and he paid the price for it.
Pretty sure Hector shook Gus the most of anyone when he shot Max's brains out.
the actor playing Lalo is incredible. He added so much to the series.
Lalo is a pyro-man he like to play with fire a lot :
he was reminiscing with hector on how he burned the place of that college professor when he gifted him the bell.
he ordered Nacho to burn one of Gus's restaurents
he murdered the clerk at travel wire, and burned the place (in the deleted scenes)
he killed Mateo and burned his body to fake his death
he also like big jumps lol.
Gus: I fear no man... but that "thing"... it scares me.
Oh yeahhhhh! And that awesome firepit in his backyard. Lol
Don't forget about stealing Saul/Jimmy's time machine to go back in time to burn Chuck's house down.
Gus’s conflict with Lalo is the most intriguing out of all. Even more than his conflict with Walter or hector. Can not wait to see how it is going to turn out.
Yeah it’s been one of my favorite parts.
gotta say, Lalo is more charismatic than Walt
However Walt is brilliant at acting and lying to manipulate Jesse or his family
@@feykrosias7613 Lalo is my favorite character. Alpha male is every sense. I imagine if he didn't grow up in a family surrounded by criminal psychopaths and sociopaths, he would be graduating first in his class at Yale, or making Harvard Law Review and leading as CFO a Silicone Valley start up. Instead, all his charismatic charm, intellect, and athleticism is put to use for the drug cartel. But isn't this usually the case?
We know lalo dies
I think Lalo will get killed by Gustavo in a shoot out in the underground lab vault, and buried there with Howard Hamlin.
Hmm, that could happen
most romantic ending
Lalo’s trip to Belize MUST BE GOOD. That’s the hardest part. Because as you said it, he was written to be too smart to die so it would be a shame that a smart character like him would have to die like a fool in order to move a plot forward.
Yep. I have confidence they won't diminish the character for a convenient ending.
I think he'll find the lab and then he is gonna become a part of the south wall
@@Loorens Agree 100%. Walt and Jesse will be cooking in there, having absolutely no idea who's buried behind the wall.
@@lorandhorvath4466 At least Walt and Jesse gave him a proper cremation in the end though
I think the police will kill him but he's scared that he might not really be dead. Jimmy slipped up hard and in a panic he blames Ignacio on it to save his skin
Gus's full attention is on Lalo in the series right now. There's no way he'd tell Hector that all the other Salamancas were dead if he didn't know for certain Lalo died.
But even for him to say that in BrBa that means that Hector must have already known that Gus killed Lalo for real, and I don’t think Hector would have let that slide for all these years without telling someone in the cartel
@@it.was.written maybe he kills Lalo in secret. Then Hector doesn't know what happens to him :/
@@it.was.written It's possible if Lalo gets killed by someone else or someone else claims the responsibilty from Gus. So in BrBa, Hector knows Lalo is dead and knows that Gus wasn't the one who killed him.
@@it.was.written hector has no proof gus killed lalo
@@it.was.written how would Hector tell anyone? Lalo is the only one who uses his communication system? Tuco just asks questions, but if no one ever thinks to ask the question then they are screwed.
The only way Lalo lives all the way to the Gene timeline is if Gus also gets fooled into thinking that Lalo is dead.
Or if holds him as a prisoner. That would be creazy
@@sultanaljuhani1571 I don't see that fitting Gus' personality, since he'd leave a loose end that could potentially ruin him if found out (obviously we know it doesn't). Simply killing him ASAP seems the more 'Gus' way.
@@AlbertS45 agree with u. I think it will ends up like this: sneaky Lalo finds a away to kidnap Gus. Gus tells him that he will show Lalo the lab. Then Gus picks the gun and shoots Lalo in the balls
Lalo can't be alive during BB, simply because he would never leave Gus alone for so many years
@@AlbertS45 Too bad it wasn't the 'Gus' way when it came to getting payback on Hector himself...
It doesn’t hurt that he’s extremely good looking. Lalo is a fabulous character.
And so are you!
@@Adam-hs4de ugh, just turn off your computer dude
@@Adam-hs4de thank you
@@alancantu2557 let bro shoot his shot.
@@alancantu2557 let him cook
watching this after S06 EP07...
I think the thing that REALLY seals Lalo's death for me is the fact that we've seen how vindictive he is. He's absolutely smart and capable enough to survive well past everybody else in the series without too much trouble. It's the fact that he hates Gus so much he is incapable of leaving him alone. He would NEVER be on the sidelines throughout Breaking Bad never directly influencing anything or showing up abruptly to ambush Gus at the worst possible time. Gus would never be able to walk around in public like he does in BB, or be as composed as he is, and half the characters would never have made it as far as they did in that show. I mean can you imagine Walt dealing with him instead of Tuco? Or him recognizing the twins were being lured into a trap and either helping them and killing Hank or avoiding the trap altogether? Or being at Don Eladio's when Gus enacted his revenge? He's too much of a thorn in Gus' side and too determined, crafty, and bloodthirsty to still be alive and not an active part of the story in BB. I think it makes sense for Saul to still be scared of him because Saul barely knows anything at all about the cartel or Gus (he didn't even know in BB that Mike worked for him). So he'd probably never get an update that Lalo was dead and even if he did he ALREADY thought that and well... after episode 7 you can see how even thinking you know for a fact someone is dead that they can come back to haunt you.
Exactly! If Lalo managed to actually fool Gus into thinking he was dead, which we've already seen isn't easy, he would use that opportunity to enact his revenge as soon as possible. He wouldn't stay in hiding for several years just to see the rest of his family get wiped out by Gus and then someone else killing Gus in the end.
Gus quite literally says ‘the Salamanca name dies with you’ to Hector. I don’t think he’d say that if he wasn’t 1000% sure Lalo was dead.
@@MLennholm maybe he´s in jail for murder. The twins would never make peace with Gus if Lalo is killed.
@@firgasz2920 but for everyone he's already dead due to the s5 finale, its already blamed on nacho and they believe the chickenman has nothing to do with it
@@BrunoMalmann But Hector knows that it was the chickenman who send the assassins and that Lalo is still alive, so the twins will know if he gets killed by gus (again)
Evil people don’t always look evil. Lalo has been an amazing addition in this series. I can’t imagine how they’ll close out his story but I’m excited to watch
Enjoy your videos-you point out so many things I haven’t caught on to
The Saul line “No Lalo?” In BB was prior to Gus telling Hector he was the last Salamanca. So Lalo could die between those two time points.
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Or, Mike kills Lalo in season 6 and Gus tells him to not tell Saul about Lalo's death so Saul stays afraid of ratting on anyone
@@monnomestbizarre That or Saul finds out and just doesn't believe it. I mean, he was told Lalo was dead once already and then he comes back and does what he does in their apartment. It could be that Saul hears the news but stays paranoid that Lalo could once again emerge.
you can see hector in that scene staring away from gus in realisation that he is not the only one left and that Eduardo lives .
@@samwisefieri6696 ur a genius
I am hoping, from the "no Lalo, no Lalo" that Lalo DOESN'T die and after Better Call Saul we get our third show in the Breaking Bad Universe... *La Familia Salamanca*
They could even do "cooking with Lalo" or something along those lines
Lalo's Cucina - "You're gonna die!"😂
Exactly what I was saying bro!
Spin off with the German lads
Omg, decent ideas, but they'll go with a Kim Wexler series. She could always be fighting with the Salamancas'. But since they're all dead and (the twins are hired help and where on gods green earth were they when Lalos compound was threatened), Hector is screwed, the Salamanca storyline would be horrible. Lalo he's an idiot, no protection (1 guy with a gun??) or cameras at his compound. Wexler would be a much smarter idea, tons more avenues to go while writing, even if you back yourself in a corner... and she's hot to look at, js.
I’m not sure how they’ll get to this point, but I’m almost positive Mike will kill Lalo. Seeing how shaken up and terrified Gus is about Lalo, Mike killing him would be the perfect final piece to explain how he gains Gus’s trust and becomes his lead enforcer.
Great idea
I am WAITING for it... I love the performance Tony gives us, Lalo is so well written and well played. But I'm still waiting for him to kick rocks! S6 E6 only added to that. So, yes I very much hope it is Mike who finally get's rid of him
Im probably wrong but i think Lalo is going to die or fake his death and track down Saul in Nebraska in the present timeline.
@@MarkSide_ why would he look for Saul?
@@MRLBRMNN Idk we'll have to see the out come in the series.
6:25 [spoilers]
He says "conclusion" while showing the space where Lalo will ultimately die, poetic.
Here after he just popped out Howard's brain....
Great video, I think he will ultimately be defeated by Gus, but I think it's too straightforward to assume it will happen in the superlab. The writers have set up this expectation that Gus is creating this trap for Lalo to fall into, something which I don't think will go fully to plan. I think we will definitely see scenes with Lalo and Saul and Kim again, I don't think it's as simple as Lalo is drawn into the lab and Gus / Mike kills him. There should still be a few more episodes before this comes to a conclusion, ending the cartel side of the BCS storyline setting up Gus and Mike's characters in Breaking Bad.
Lalo is going to use Saul in some way when he gets back. This alerts Saul that Lalo is still alive. Then, they'll part ways amicably (because Saul DID bail him out and is A Friend Of The Cartel sort of) and Saul will think Lalo is still alive, but because no one trusts Saul, no one will tell him when Lalo is dead.
Maaaan i wish lalo would survive i really do
Hi I agree with you completely. In life, it's most often not always a straight line to the goalposts. Expect a hard left turn. In this scenario too. The pundits' predictions that Lalo's life ends in the lab, is just too predictable, too convenient to conclude that's where it goes. Knowing the amazing writers, I expect a surprise. 😌🐦🙌🏼
@@debszakormos7919 not only is it predictable but it’s insulting to the character. The smartest character in the show, who had an underground bathtub tunnel, a doppelgänger living nearby, and someone who went undetected for months investigating Gus. Suddenly, he’s stupid enough to walk into some basement that has no other way out?
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Tony Dalton's smile could melt steel. I'm totally convinced of it.
His only problem was he wasnt there long enough! What a wonderful character
Given how the writers have repeatedly written themselves into a corner since Breaking Bad and worked themselves out (for example, they gave Walt the gun in Ep 1 of Season 5 without having any idea what he was gonna do with it), I'm positive that they'll find an apt conclusion for Lalo.
In addition to that, the writers had NO idea what to do when they trapped Walt and Jesse in the RV having Hank right outside the door, but they still made their way out
What gun are you talking about? I have no recollection of that
@@sivad1025 the big one
@@sivad1025 The big one that popped out of Walt’s trunk when he was fighting on the ground with Jesse and gunned down all the Neonazis
I didn’t know this. Upon looking up a lot of vids regarding Gillian’s writing process and style...it seems he just comes up with intense, striking and memorable cliffhanger scenarios that he knows will grip the viewer instantly...and then comes up with a way to explain it later
i.e.
*Batman is hurdling towards the sun in a failing space ship 4,000,000 years in past with a bullet wound in his stomach while his doppleganger, holding a smoking gun(the gun used by Joe Chill) teleports back to the future but not before uttering the words “Joker rules us all...you failed” as Lex Luthor can be heard in another timeline asking “is it done” to which the doppelgänger replies “it’s done”. Alone, bleeding out and succumbing to the heat of the Sun, Batman clinches his wound, smiles and....*
The viewer: ...AND??🤭
Vince Gillian: fuck................................................give me a sec
I love the super-power element to Lalo! And his mega watt smile!
Lalo has until S2 E11 of Breaking Bad ("Mandala") because that is when Gus is introduced.
Lalo is a great character. So charming, and charismatic. Yet so cold, and brutal.
I don't want to get murdered, but if someone was going to do it.....
There are a bunch of things to figure out here:
1. How do we explain Saul's lines about Nacho and Lalo in "Breaking Bad"? Obviously, Saul knows that there is something he may have done to incur Lalo's wrath and he knows that Nacho had done something on that front as well. If Lalo is dead, why would Saul still be afraid of him? One potential reason is that Lalo might have a countdown system in place (much like Walt's bogus threat to the Schwartzes in "Breaking Bad") if Saul fails to do something for him.
2. The most endearing thing about Lalo is his love for his family. Like Nacho, he might be willing to die or at least back down on getting revenge if he thinks any of his family members might be in danger. Tuco and Hector are both in very vulnerable positions (Tuco is in prison and could very easily get assassinated by a gang not unlike Jack Welker's, and Hector is crippled and living alone in a nursing home).
3. I believe Juan Bolsa is a key factor in everything. We know him mostly as a middleman and peacemaker between Gus and the cartel, but we've also seen a duplicitous side to him: he hired assassins to kill Saul in the dessert, so he wouldn't be able to bail Lalo out from jail. I doubt that that was a plan sanctioned by Don Eladio, and I'm not surprised that Gus didn't rat Bolsa out. Gus might hate Bolsa for his role in Max's death, but he's still the person in the cartel with whom he has the friendliest relationship (Bolsa called Gus a good earner), and he will need him down the line. Bolsa already allowed Gus to start hiring local suppliers, and Gus might even preempitvely introduce him to the meth lab to get approval from him and Eladio (the potential profits for that would be huge for the Cartel), and that would render Lalo's video to Eladio useless. Lalo would no longer have a case against Gus, since Nacho's confession destroyed everything else.
4. The Salamancas tend to be a thorn in everyone's side. Hector is stubborn, Tuco is violent and unpredictable, the Cousins have the capacity to disregard official orders if those orders conflict with their thirst for vengeance, and even Lalo has been a pain in Bolsa's neck for killing Fred at Travel Wire. At some point, any good favor the Salamanca name has with Eladio might burn out, and he might okay killing Lalo and then relegate Tuco to being a low-level meth distributor in New Mexico.
5. Given Saul's reluctance to work for Lalo in Season 5, why would he offer to work with Walter in "Breaking Bad"? Yes, when Saul first met him, Walt was still not visibly the psychopathic kingpin he would one day be seen as, but Saul clearly prefers to deal with low-level criminals, and Walt, while not a kingpin then, was someone who very clearly would be working with dangerous people like Gus. The reason Saul would do this is because he desperately needs money for something, but what? Maybe he is arranging to send money to Kim to keep her safe in whatever place she is in during the "BB" timeline? Or maybe Lalo is still alive and is having Jimmy carry out some kind of errand in exchange for his and Kim's safety?
I know I haven't offered any concrete answers here, but these are the main things I'm trying to figure out here.
1. I think Lalo might not die before Saul's eyes. Since Lalo just came back from the dead once, Saul never trusts that he is dead again. A doubt remains that he might come back like he came back in S6E7.
Rest are good speculations. Lets see how it all ends.
@@kartist2455 Thanks! That makes sense. Lalo becomes Saul’s boogeyman: the thing we’re afraid of when we go to bed at night.
@@jkta97 That is my assumption, yes. Ofcourse its better call saul so no one can say anything since the writers have the iq of a god.
@@kartist2455 Yeah, it would have to be this. He mentions both Nacho and Lalo because he doesn't know that either are dead.
Lalo Salamanca fans have the same problem that Khaleesi/Mother of Dragons fans had on Game of Thrones. What was supposed to be a compelling, supporting character became foremost in some people's minds and hearts, and they want them to 'steal the show'. But BCS wasn't written for Tony Dalton, it was written for Bob Odenkirk. Lalo dying in the midseason finale would remind us that this is essentially Saul's tale, not Lalo's.
Mainly Saul relapse and kim’s downfall, with Gus’ take after his companion’s death and mike’s origin story on the side, not to mention of course, the beginning of the end for the salamancas. I think it’s more than just Saul’s story, and even mainly, I think it’s Saul and Kim’s story mainly.
Better to have the whole picture in order to better understand the whole story. In Breaking Bad Saul already knew Mike and Gus and had dealings with the Salamancas before. I think the way they explained things in Better Call Saul makes sense and is complementary to Breaking Bad.
I swear, Dany sucked so hard as a character.
What people missed (due to the bad writting in the last seasons) was that Dany was always a tyrant. The idea was we get seduced by her, same as Tyrion etc. Had the show been written better, that would have unfolded better and would have had people saying 'wow, I should have seen this coming', rather than the response we got. BB and BCS are different as there is no source material to draw from. Gill is in charge of the show and it's his story. You can't compare the two shows at all really, other than they are both tv shows! ;)
@@davidlean1060 If they are both tv shows, you can always compare them.
Charismatic, intelligent, friendly, funny and frightening... Great character.
What I've seen from the season so far, the writers are more concerned with executing what has to happen in the most interesting way, rather than shooting for twists. We are still early in the season though!
Nachos death episode wasn't very interesting.
"early in the season"
dude, we're 5/13 in the season. almost literally the middle point
@@zekeiwa5837 13 episodes?
@@nomprenom1342 yes. 6a is going to be 7 episodes and 6b will have 6 more
@@michaelmcgee2026 tf are you talking about?!?!?
So lalos problem is that breaking bad exists
It’d be great if there was some overlap into the breaking bad timeline. We just didn’t know that The Lalo climax was right around when Saul met Walter, that sort of thing
100%
Ohhh shit well that could explain why one thing leads to another.
I am thinking that Lalo's end will have something to do with Kim's end... And by that I don't mean that they will necessarily die. There is noway that Saul's timeline ends we both these characters dead, there will be nothing left for Gene's timeline. Also the fact that Jimmy doesn't know anything about Lalo till breaking bad adds to that.
That is a thought I had... therefore a very good thought. 😛
“Feels like its heading towards a showdown in the super lab” bruh how did you
Nachos death was painful, i really hoped he got out of the game. That said i really don't believe Lalo will live, like many pointed out, Gus said Hector was the last Salamanca. So yeah at much as it also pains me to admit it Lalo will die in one of these coming episodes
Yes but Lalo is only an honorary Salamanca. Keep that in mind
@@talling how so? He is related by blood to them, no? Unless there is some plot twist that he was adopted, which would be kind of lame.
@@talling what? Where did you get this from
@@Thompson98PL he was a mercenary who began working for the Salamanca's, eventually becoming one honorarily
@@talling the wiki clearly says he is Hector's nephew though
One thing about Breaking Bad and BCS they are experts at choosing the right characters. Lalo Tony Dalton was a hell of a good choice.
This aged like a fine wine
he’s one of the best villains ever and the performance is terrific, playing on the fine line of charming friendly then switching to dark menacing tone in a blink, manipulative as fuck on your emotions
He is great!
So, if Saul does hear what happens to Lalo in the presumably near future, we are close to the point where the BB abd BCS timelines begin to overlap (otherwise Saul wouldn't ask Walt and Jesse if Lalo sent them) OR Lalo disappears without Saul ever knowing what happened to him, which gives more time until BB but also would help explain Gene's nervousness. Either way, it will be fun to see what the writers chose as that first concrete crossover reference.
The Lalo character is so great that I keep trying to think of a twist where he could survive, but unfortunately I can't come up with one.
@T M gone doesn't mean dead.
gus finds evidence of his faking his death and going to germany and is able to use that plus some faked or planted evidence to craft a story of Lalo trying to make a move against the cartel, or maybe ratting. Cartel puts the word out that lalo is an enemy of the cartel then he gets word of this and never resurfaces (until years later perhaps? to take revenge on jimmy since gus is dead? hmmm)
Same!!! I did try to come up with something, here goes:
Howard finds the super lab. Wanders in. Gus shoots him in the dark. Lights come on, bam, he killed an innocent lawyer. This makes Gus question it all. Is Lalo actually dead??? Am I going crazy??? After a final panic he finally accepts it. Lalo is dead and gone. He restarts the lab to bury Howard. Years pass. Lalo plays the long game. Whatever move Lalo makes against Gus, it’s so smart Gus never knows it’s him. OR, Lalo finally makes his move AFTER the BB “last salamanca” scene. Gus visits Hector again and vows to finish Lalo. Hector blows up Gus to save his nephew.
I know this is unlikely but a girl can dream
@DareCarnage god no, he won’t kill, Kim. He isn’t a killer. I think her plan to take him down will go wrong, and she high tails it out of there. I still think Howard will indeed get fired from his job as a lawyer.
Really fun to speculate.
it's hard because of that damn super lab.
If only Lalo doesn't figure it out he can wonder into Gene timeline.
The key to keep Lalo alive is he never gets the proof.
Since he doesn't get the proof he convinces himself that Lalo is dead.
Meanwhile Lalo does the ghost up to Gene.
Lalo is really quick thinking and coming up with a solution to a problem in a really short period of time and getting himself out of a jam, whereas Gus is very forward thinking, he's good at planning ahead and strategizing. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out, that gun that Gus planted is obviously going to play a role in it, but I'm thinking maybe the role that it plays is a bit different than what we're expecting. Like, maybe it's a sabotaged gun and Gus with his foresight expects Lalo to be able to get ahold of it.
THAT WOULD BE DOPE
Mike already did this when he killed his former partners. I would assume the writers would not do it twice.
@@Rob-bx3wb So, that's a little different than what I'm talking about, they just took his gun off of him and it wasn't loaded. Maybe this one would be rigged to backfire or something, like I said "sabotaged". I also noticed that the gun that got hidden was the same .357 that Mike has in Breaking Bad which Walter steals out of his handbag to shoot him with. Not sure if that's just coincidence or what, but I noticed that.
Aged like fine wine.
They have the element of surprise with the Characters Kim and lalo
I can see Gus torturing Lalo. The stolen fruit story is a perfect representation of Lalo. I'd argue more so than Hector.
Quoting the story,
"...... So I waited, for hours, into the night. When my brothers called for me, I did not answer. I didn't make a sound. I was so still. Finally, it came out. It knew I was there, but it was hungry. This time, I was ready. I caught it. It fought me, but I was stronger. The merciful thing would've been to kill it. I kept it. It lived for quite some time. "
This is foreshadowing the confrontation between Gus and Lalo. He will capture him inside Lab. Then proceed to torture him.
"into the night" This foreshadowing the lights being cut.
"When my brothers called for me, I did not answer. I didn't make a sound. I was so still. Finally, it came out. " He will wait down in the Lab, alone. While Mike is trying to warn him that Lalo is coming.
" It knew I was there, but it was hungry. This time, I was ready. I caught it. It fought me, but I was stronger." This foreshadows a violent confrontation between the two.
"The merciful thing would've been to kill it. I kept it. It lived for quite some time." This foreshadows Gus torturing and then killing Lalo (I assume before the end of the series for closure on the Lalo)
Gus is sadistic. He hates the Salamanca's. And Lalo is a bigger threat than Hector ever was. No one has been outside of Gus' control than Lalo. And Gus will make him pay for that. This is personal for Gus and he will capture Lalo alone.
Why would gus torture Lalo? There’s nothing that Lalo has done for Gus to even wanna do that, Lalo is not Hector and he doesn’t hate Lalo the way he hates Hector. Lalo is just an inconvenience to Gus more then anything. Only reason I could see Gus torturing Lalo is if Lalo does something fucked up to Gus. That story was a metaphor for the relationship between Gus and
hector from that point going forward. If you really wanna look into that story you could compare it to story beats between Gus and Hector. I do think Gus will kill Lalo but torture is a stretch
Also, Lalo is pretty smart so I think if he just wandered in the Lab and not expect some type of ambush he would then be considered one of the dumbest characters in this universe, cause like cmon
The coati story was Gus's way of "telling" Hector he will keep him alive and make him suffer, atleast the way I see it
@@soyspicepod1547 Exactly. Even Walt himself wasn't Gus' biggest focus in Breaking Bad. It was getting revenge on the cartel and, most importantly, Hector.
@@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 Torturing and then killing Lalo would mean torturing Hector.
Everyone but Hector and Gus knows that Lalo is dead. Hector can't tell the bosses that Lalo is alive. After he acted like he was dead.
This would give Gus the perfect opportunity to exact revenge on Hector for what he did to Max. There's no one Hector likes more than Lalo. (He did replace him and is clearly the most intelligent Salamanca)
You killed the person closest to me ? I'll torture and kill the one closest to you.
The only hole in my theory is that Hector would most certainly tell the twins, but Gus and them have a cordial relationship in BB
@@yogetrekt8243 It was exactly that
I think he runs off with the German widow where they start a new life farming organic mushrooms.
Just for the record, I try to watch these BCS topic videos and read up on the show as much as possible - and YOU, Pete Peppers, are the best video maker, head and shoulders above all. Good writing, intelligent analysis, video quality, narration, etc. There's a bunch of guys doing videos on BCS, but I figured that you might like knowing that IMHO, you are #1. It really made me happy to see this video this morning, it's been a rough week.
Thank you for all that you do. Much love & respect.
Facts.
Yea he great you shuld def look up john teti ological channel his basement breakdowns are to a science
Yes hes great, and can i recommend you another channel? Its named Ological, he still doesnt started making videos of season6, but has analysis of seasons 4 and 5 that are pure gold
@@veralynn8334 i literally jus commented the same thing lol ological breakdowns are the ultimate analysis
@@veralynn8334 i mentioned him in another comment n somebody replied to it n said he is coming back def cant wait for his season 6 vids
Someone below compared Lalo to Hank. Wow, great analogy! I think Lalo days are numbered but how, and if, that happens is going to be one wild ride. I've been listening to the podcasts and the hype and information are worth it. Love Pete too.
I wish I watched Saul before breaking bad, the show is great but most intense scenes have no tension because of who’s alive in breaking bad
This
Just my opinion: Kim will kill Lalo. To protect Jimmy/Saul. In prison for 10 years and Gene will wait her
No court in the land would imprison Kim for killing a Drug lord like Lalo Salamanca. They'd more likely give her a medal.
@@raydavison4288 yes if you kill him and in the same time you try to destroy the career of man (Howard ) I suppose that the lifes of these men will cross in some way
I think Kim will end up in protection program as she does something.. like kills Lalo
Why would Kim go to jail for killing Lalo. He's a high executive in a drug cartel. They would more likely give Kim a pat on the back.
"(Borderline superhero-ish) When he escapes out a two story window..." spoken right after showing a clip of Lalo jumping down a good 12 feet onto a car.
I’ll be so sad to see him go because he’s just fascinating to watch but now I’m truly interested in how Gus’ plan will fail. Meaning, Lalo has got to go, Gus seems to be setting a trap for him but that plan seems far too straightforward for BCS. So, What is actually going to happen to our favorite, handsome psychopath?
The big problem of Lalo, is precisely what makes him so good, he is so well written and Tony Dalton is so perfect for the role, one of the rare cases where perfection is a downfall, it will be ti hard to move the plot and making him die and, even harder to make him live.
The thing is, a few episodes ago when everyone believed Lalo died Gus was doubting it and concluded from very little info that the hit on him failed and he still lives. I don't see how after this, Lalo can fake his death again, in a way that DOES convince Gus. So yeah, he has to die. Just like Nacho had to die. It's the how that makes this show so compelling anyway. Gilligan can make any scene drip with tension.
Lalo is making until the end and dying or they are going to go a different way. He is just too great as a character. And I am convinced Kim will go to prison on the investigation that was for Jimmy on the reason she visited Lalo in jail, proving she knows him
He’s seemingly invincible and an expert in every form of combat, so that’s kind of annoying.
6:51 this shot is a foreshadowing of his fate
I hope that we get to see more of Lalo in these next few episodes!
Lalo probably won't get killed in the Super Lab,
but that's where he'll be buried.
it is not only about Lalo, but all the other characters that appear in BCS and not in BB. you know something bad its going to happen to them: either die or disappear for good, and it "waters down" all the conflictive scenes between X character in BB and Y character in BCS (basically all the Lalo thing with the secret lab in season 6). i guess its implicit due to it being a prequel. still a great tv show.
I feel like it depends on how he dies for me. I've seen a lot of theories that gus burys him in the lab. Some say that he badly injures him and keeps him alive just like hector until he passes. I know he will most likely die I just care that it's done in a way that's fulfilling.
Playing people is such a great trait of Lalo to the point you start liking him and then in the blink of an eye he turns on you. What a fun character to play - well done
The fact that Lalo is obsessed with Werner Ziegler means that he will likely get to the super lab for the big showdown. Why else would he be so fixated on just 1 person so much?
My thoughts too.
Gus planted/hid that gun for exactly that possiblity.
@@beeragainsthumanity1420 And I'm sure Gus' plan is to cut the power. He counted his steps towards that gun.
@@jaake6019
Ha... totally missed that.
Thanks
Yep you’re right
Nicely summed up video and I agree with your view on this.
Pete, great work on these videos. I always enjoy them and you help me pick up things I might have missed. One question - is there any reasonable way that Lalo lives and Jimmy knows he’s alive but the rest of the cartel doesn’t know?
I really don't think so. Anything is possible but it doesn't seem likely.
Jimmy is clearly at least partially misinformed if he's also worried about Ignacio in that same scene in the desert. Unless there's another Ignacio out there but that would be weird.
I think the show’s timeline will advance to the first season of the BB timeline in the second half of the season. Lalo will either survive until then or die before the show skips ahead. In order for Gus’ plan for the cartel to work out, he needs to take action against all members of the Salamancas one by one immediately after Lalo dies so nobody figures out it was him that was behind everything that has happened to Lalo at first.
Nice, after watching the season finale you'll get your answer. I love how Breaking Bad sets up events and characters in the past. I also love how in Better Call Saul we get to see Jimmy's interactions with Lalo and how he has made such a lasting impression on him. He'd been told that Lalo has died only for him to suddenly show up in the middle of the night on his doorstep with violent intent, of course he would be scared shitless. Its as if a ghost had just come to light, which is also how the recent episodes has been treating Lalo, a man of the shadows. On another note, Nacho was an incredibly complex character, he managed to deal and survive most of the Salamancas, many times due to his special circumstances with Fring and his father, Nacho played his character in the grand scheme of things well. His outing was shocking to say the least, but made sense as he likely thought of his father in those final moments and what he could do to protect him. Michael Mando is an incredible actor, and the writers are just as amazing in highlighting his performance.
Lalo is a force to be reckoned with. might be my favourite tv villain ever.
I agree with most of the points of the video, and yes, Lalo must die. However, I still can't really understand why would Saul still be so afraid of him years later. If Lalo dies, Mike would surely just comfort Kim and let her know that he is no longer a problem. It would be extremely uncharacteristic of Mike to let her live in fear forever.
The writers can't just ignore the Saul line from breaking bad, because the entire show is based on it. I'm really interested to see how they figure it out.
Exactly. This has been sort of pestering me because why would Lalo die with Gus's and Mike's knowledge but with Mike not telling Jimmy eventually? And I can't imagine Gus would keep Lalo's death a secret from Mike. Maybe Jimmy after finding out Lalo faked his death once before already, will just always have it in the back of his mind now that maybe he just faked his death a second time? So even if Lalo really does die maybe part of Jimmy wont fully believe it 100%.
The other part is how does Jimmy find out it was Nacho that betrayed Lalo. Because from what I remember he doesn't know that part yet. It may be as simple as Mike just telling Jimmy flat out what happened that night but both of these things I mentioned will have to be addressed with very specific dialogue; for example Jimmy saying something to Kim or Mike like "he faked his death once already so maybe he did it again" and/or "it will always be in the back of my mind that maybe he's still out there".
I'm guessing. Gus doesn't tell saul Lalo is dead
well perhaps saul's line happens before lalo's death. saul hadn't heard from jnacho in a while since the time he arranged that deal with lalo, so i'm guessing he had no idea nacho died, but i don't really understand how he wouldn't know about lalo's death, so it's entirely possible
bcs seems to be getting extremely close to the breaking bad timeline and we know for a fact that they're going to intertwine seeing as they posted a teaser with jesse and walt on their facebook account
maybe it's the desert that freaks him out.
He goes to the desert blindfolded and he freaks out.
75 million right away It's wasn't me it was Nacho.
Lalo didn't sent you!
I can easily see Mike not telling Jimmy that Lalo is dead in BB. Maybe, there is a reason that is safer for Jimmy (and Kim) to really believe that Lalo is still alive.
Fascinating. I can see how it could feel like a plodding "how" sort of storyline - instead of the more dramatic "why?" - but I felt from the start like the lab building arc was maybe the best of the whole show. All the secrecy made it clear from the get go that the issue would be the threat of the authorities or the cartel uncovering the operation and the focus on Werner's men, combined with Kai's attitude, created the dramatic tension.
@@seanking1775 Lol. What a sad way to feel about the story. The tension was over whether Gus's operation would be uncovered and the resolution to that tension was that to avoid the operation being revealed, tragically, Mike had to murder a decent man. Such internal, emotional stakes not connect for you. That's fine on one level, but - again - sad.
@@ianraymondgillespie I agree, was a really big stepping stone as well as it’s mike’s first kill for gus after vehemently avoiding those sorts of confrontations
A Gus/Lalo showdown in the lab is how I think Lalos story ends with him buried under the floor or something similar. My newest big reach for the series is I'm beginning to think Kim may actually kill Howard or at least have something to do with his demise and then have to buy a vacuum filter but also reappear in the Gene timeline.Could be way off on all counts but it's fun to speculate.
That is something I have wondered about too. There is nothing in BB that says he does no have a wife. That I can think of. And who is to say the last scene is not Gene sitting in front of the TV and she hands him dinner.
Except the vacuum repair man is dead in real life, unfortunately, which would make it extremely difficult for Kim to buy a filter at this point.
Great video....i love better call saul and i hope we end up with an ending like Ozark because right upto the last moment i thought it wasnt going to hapen
one of my favourite things about the throw away line from sauls introduction into breaking bad was how they tie up WHY he mentioned it. especially with lalo, because of the whole resurrection lalo did, saul wasnt confident he was even dead the second time, and thats even said in BSC. they didnt need to do that at all, but they did! fantastic
The way to lalo to still stay alive is he having a falling out with bolsa and don eladio, making him faking his death so he can escape them, and after gus revenge and gus/walter death, he appears on the gene timeline to re-take control and start a new cycle as the new don in place of eladio. which will begin a new spin-off series "Los Salamancas"
Yes! Spot on. Because everyone thinks he’s going to die, which is a possibility. But it’s either he dies or becomes don
@@americangladiator7329 he’ll die 100%
Problem number 2: dead
Now that BCS has ended, I wish they had introduced Lalo earlier in the show. I love smart villains and Lalo feels like a true adversary to Gus.
Yeah you touched on my favorite thing about Lalo's character arc. The fact that he seems so much more intelligent and charming than the other Salamanca characters, but yet is still just as savage at heart. He actually seems like a happy guy, relative to the rest of them.... It often makes me wonder if something happened with the actor who plays Tuco. Although a part of me suspects Tuco might return before the series ends, it seems he was written out of the show and replaced by Lalo for some reason, cause it doesn't make sense to me why Lalo wasn't already Hector's underboss in America from the beginning of the show.
I don't think Nacho's ending went down how it was supposed to at all. He was supposed to get gunned down after charging at the Salamancas, instead he took both his agency and his life after verbally shitting on everyone present.
I don't fully know how it's going to make sense, but I'm betting Lalo lives all the way to the end and is the one chasing down Jimmy.
7:01 The way you said "showdown in the superlab", idk but it made me think what if there is a crack on the floor of the superlab or something shown in breaking bad where Lalo was shot. That would just be so cool
I'm so stoked to see where this season, and Lalo's story, goes!
BB and BCS have always excelled in telling a story you know the ending to but executing that ending flawlessly. You always knew Walter was eventually going to get caught. You knew Nacho was going to die. There's a whole bunch of plot threads where you know how its going to end, but their writing team has proven you don't need to throw a curveball at the audience to make it satisfying. Just tell the story extremely well.
agreed
Imagine we the biggest plot twist that Lalo never dies and then we get the Gene Takavic scenes and we see Lalo in them lmao
I think Mike will Lalo because he will do so for Gus, but he puts Saul and Gus together hence him being able to put Gus and Walt together as we know he did, Mike still needs Saul, so he doesn't tell him he killed Lalo hence him/ Saul thinking Walt and Jesse then in masks were sent by Lalo. So, Mike keeps him employment by not telling Saul he killed Lalo keeping him/ Saul on a short leash. Lalo in a acid barrel after all Mike said he never used this stuff/ Sulfuric acid before but never said he didn't use a acid with a higher PH level which could have been used disposing of Lalo. Think about it.
BCS/BB is such an incredible show that we keep going back to videos after new episodes or after rewatches and stuff!
There ALWAYS seems to be room for a twist on this show! But I do agree that something will happen in the super lab with the gun Gus hid. Maybe Lalo will become a part of the super lab for eternity.
Lalo will be under Walters feet..literally..
Yeah that feels right. Lalo entombed IN the lab, like Han Solo in The Empire Strikes Back. He dies there at the same time that he discovers it, at the same time that all the otger threads come together. We might not be done with Marguerite. It's going to take Mike and Gus together to do Lalo. Mike will finish what he started with Werner -- maybe he has to kill Marguerete (and Lalo) too.
Nice theory, but no. I think Gus left the gun there to "man up" and not need a gun, and make it hard for him to get that gun.
Lol I just cant imagine lalo being smart all season then being so dumb all of a sudden and walks down to death. That would make it like some GoT final season 💩
I just cant imagine a scenario when someone gets the upper hand over lalo and manages to kill him, its going to be a glorious death for sure
Even though Gus has the plot armor , Gus had his shot and nacho had to die in the process , so to even the scales lalo has to bring Gus to an inch of Death where his survival comes to an act of Miracle.
great summary!!
If you feel like this is a problem you should take a bigger issue with how Nacho was handled.
Nacho was shot, threatened, fathers life threatened, for two seasons, then, we have the depressing last meal, where Mike then has to beat him up. All of this after they made us care about him, really he was the main guy left on the show you rooted for. Then he kills himself.
I still don't understand how anyone felt that was satisfying in the least. He pretty much got the worst ending out of anyone, and was tortured the most.
I understand they were limited due to being a prequel, but I just felt so let down that they specifically made this guy get screwed over and over just for his last moments to be even more depressing till he took his own life.
If you were expecting Nacho to have a happy ending thats kind of naive. Dying in a bad way was inevitable.
@@michaelmcgee2026
Not when there's alternatives or possibilities based on the characters nature and determination
It’s al symbolic… sure he gets beats and all but it proves his loyalty to Gus’s side and on a little side note, proves he’s not a little bitch. Anyway like you said, nacho had no control over his life and never got what he wants for multiple seasons so for him to veer off the plan to what Gus told him-which was to run and for victor to kill him, makes sense as he is now going out the way he wants. He doesn’t want to get shot by some Salamanca or Bolsa or by anyone so him shooting himself means he goes out the way he wants. Also him giving up his life for his dad also serves as a redemption ark aswell. It’s a perfect ending too because you already know he’s gana die so the writers thought “hmm how can we build tension”…” oh we let the viewer know he’s gana die from the beginning” that way for the entirety of the episode you wonder and worry what will happen until the final moment. This represents nachos thoughts aswell. Imagine someone told you in the morning you were gana die at the end of the day. Your mind is going to wonder and worry until the final moments happen. And if you were still let down by him because of what he went though…maybe that’s the point. the point being that the cartel doesn’t mess around and that you’re actions have consequences. I think if I can dissect that much from one episode in 5 minutes then the character is top tier. Thanks for reading.
@@michaelmcgee2026 i was expecting nacho to put more of a fight throughout the season. now the only thing we have are migraine-inducing scenes where gus moves like a robot and only says two words while mike just stands there and grunts. making gus a main character was a terrible idea, he simply doesn't work, especially when we know he will take lalo down
so far, gus hasn't learned that fear isn't an effective motivator and nacho didn't even interact with lalo or saul again. even right now his death hasn't been mentioned once. he could have just escaped and the series would be the same right now
@@javier8672 I just don't get the attraction of watching a guy getting constantly beat down then is given the worst death for a main character in the BB universe. Nacho wasn't a good guy, but he was a hell of a lot better than Jesse, Walt, Gus, Lalo, ect. It was just overly cruel to me.
I have a feeling that Lalo isn't dead in Breaking Bad. He's just laying low.
I see what you did there lol 😆
this is the moment lalo salamanca became laylow salamanca
You pinned the nail on the head, great work.
good point u brought up on the old breaking bad clip of "don lalo didn't send you" so we really dont know if he'll die in BCS
i just have this weird gut feeling that lalo will survive and hide or something and guide the show to the point that at the end (gene etc) salamancas are the real winners
Nah, it would be a good ending… BUT this an American show - so the baddies have to reap the rewards of their evil ways.