Better Call Saul ***Spoilers***

Glad Lalo didn't kill off Little Bear or his owner in Germany. Surely if Howard's PI is following Jimmy Mike's guys will spot him as they are watching Jimmy as well.

Kim and Jimmy seem to expect Howard to suspect them as they discussed in the bed this seemed to be factored in to their plan.

Just a heads up we have two more episodes before the mid-season break. Also good breakdown of the episode and all the little details you might have missed like Lalo looking at Werner's ruler he sees who made it and can track down Werner"s Boys to get more information from them

Good episode. Very tense last ten minutes or so.

Anyone got any theories on Gus in the lab? Definitely seemed like he was planning something or am I overthinking and he was just wanting to get construction finished?

Lalo is definitely the most charming and sociable Salamanca (not that he's up against much opposition) and I was glad to see him back this week. I figured he wouldn't kill Little Bear or Werner's wife because he only kills when he needs to. He's probably the most dangerous Salamanca yet, because he has control over his impulses and that's why Gus is really put out by him.

Getting tired of Jimmy and Kimmy and I wish they'd wrap their story line up soon and jump forward to Cinnabon Jimmy. Maybe give us a couple of episodes set entirely there. Kim could still be alive in the future, as could Lalo and Howard (and Jesse!). Actually my prediction overall is that Howard will end up dead because of Jimmy and Kim, possibly at the hands of Lalo/Gus, and that could scare Kim straight. She reminds of someone who is going dangerously close to the line but doesn't know what it is like to actually cross it. Jimmy does and that's why he's not as into the Howard revenge as she is. She's looking for thrills/revenge but I think when she does finally see the consequences of her actions, she will run and straighten herself out. Even her balancing her beer bottle on the railing of her balcony while smoking made me uneasy; she's wants to live on the edge and it could all turn out horribly for her. I thought the scene with her ex-PA complimenting Kim on her morality was interesting; it's flattering to Kim, but I also get the sense that she ultimately doesn't want to be the good shepherd who takes care of others. her mother was a drunk, and Kim was the responsible one; I think she's sick of that role.

6/10 episode.

They really teased us/the viewers with a potential Lalo sex scene….. would have been great to see

That seems to be the way it is going. Kim and Jimmy ‘did not cover their tracks’. On purpose.

And who knows what the next stage is that Kim/Jimmy have planned? Kim implied it was enough to make Jimmy feel guilty to agree to the boxing match. Which I did not expect was well done.

But where it can go wrong now is if the outsider observers of Kim/Jimmy colliding. Mike’s men and Howard’s PI? Who will spot who? What will happen between those two camps doing the observing? It will be tense.

The tray was dropped after the distraction.

Ah! I was wrong. Lalo actually spoke to Werner previously. Here's a good reference - https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/05/10/in-liebe-diene-jungs-better-call-saul-meaning-translation-werner-ziegler/?amp

Gus left a gun hidden in the digger. But I was thinking there must be a reason. I remember Gus came to the realisation when he said to Mike that ‘Lalo cannot strike…not yet…’

This to me meant that Gus finally copped on that Lalo will be amassing more evidence on the lab. In order to inform the Cartel so they can make a move on Gus.

Gus knows (like we do) that Lalo has no one he can trust in America. He had to use Jimmy with to collect his bags of money. Also it is not the first time Gus has planned a murder in his lab. The ‘waiting game’ for Gus is he is waiting for Lalo to find that Lab.

We know the lab is not destroyed until much later in BB.

We can assume that the gun will be used later. When Lalo underestimates Gus?

And does Gus kill Lalo or does Gus assume he is dead?

Remember Gus to Hector in BB - ‘You are the last remaining Salamanca and the name will die with you….’

The writers have to tie that in BCS somehow. A lot can happen in a secret underground lab, buried deep in the ground, with a gun hidden in a digger.

Plus I assume the lab is soundproof to a gun shot?

Yeah it was on the phone all the info got was. ‘The South Wall’ tons of concrete. And Mike / Michael- Gus Fring was invoked. Before Mike stopped the call.

I think Gus storming out of Los Pollos is just a man at his wits end who is usually in control of everything but at present he cannot control Lalo.

I think leaving the gun in the track of the JCB is probably with Lalo in mind I wouldn't be surprised if Gus brings Lalo to the lab and shoots Lalo with the hidden gun and also buries him there.

Werner's wife wasn't a very convincing German. Jaywalking and shoes on in the house!