Better Call Saul ***Spoilers***

Mr H.O. Ward was in the wrong place at the wrong time Lalo wouldn't have wanted any loose ends maybe he is/was just there to talk

Howard is drunk but he's also oblivious to who Lalo is HHM doesn't do criminal justice law they do cushy class action and high end banking and business law not the down and dirty stuff. Howard wouldn't know a cartel man if he met one. It shows the effect not being in the rat race can have and its not even the fact that Howard was born a lawyer it's that he hasn't gotten his hands dirty ever really and not knowing how an evil suave ruthless mutha fucker like Lalo thinks is what separates Kim and Saul from Howard.

It's gonna be a long 7 weeks until we find out what happens next.

Mike has pulled the guys from the not too important sites to all convey on Gus I still think he will have cameras or something watching Jimmy and Kim but same as Gale scenario in Breaking Bad the cavalry will arrive too late and Lalo will be gone.

I liked the way Jimmy said “How…” when he sees Lalo…. at first it sounded like he was compassionately saying “How…ard” but he is actually asking Lalo “How?”

All I can say after the shock of the end that this was probably the greatest and most perfect episode of any TV show I have ever seen.

I was expecting Lalo to show up but I jumped out of my seat when he did that. Holy ****

There was a little clicking noise when he was on hold he knew it was tapped .

I can see Jimmy and Kim having to dispose of Howards body. Lalo is officially dead so even if they called the police when he leaves, after agreeing to whatever he wants from them, the cops won't buy their story plus Howard's body showing up dead in Jimmy's apartment after his allegations against them to Ed Begley Jnr will heap suspicion on them. They'll have to make it look like suicide (his depression, marriage break up and supposed drug and hooker problem) or else hide the body. It's not going to be a fun episode for them after the break!

I'm still waiting to see which way Kim flops. She could still end up Bonnie to Lalo's Clyde. Jimmy will only go so far but Lalo will go all the way over the line. Kim might take that excitement over a life of regrets and guilt over Howard and other decisions she made. Maybe the vacuum cleaner disappears Lalo and Kim with a payoff from Gus to get him out of his life. Maybe Lalo is tired of dealing with insane Salamancas and crooked partners, and fakes his death to escape a life in prison on murder charges.

That was mind-blowing! 😄

Seriously though, I don't think I've ever been so shocked and devastated by a character's death in BB/BCS. Howard really became more and more sympathetic as the show progressed - I felt he was destined for an unhappy ending....but not like this!

And the way the story was executed (pardon the pun) was masterly. The showdown between HH and Jimmy/Kim already made for an intense scene but you could sense as it continued (with the increasingly abrupt camera shot changes and that damn candle) that something was not right. And the look on Jimmy's face when he saw Lalo enter the room was like he saw a ghost. The minute between when Lalo showed up and when he pulled the trigger was like watching a car crash in slow motion - just the incongruousness of seeing Lalo and Howard in the same room added to the horror of it.

I'm gonna need a day or two to recover from that 😄

Better than I even hoped.

There's a fair warning in the thread title. I avoid this thread from when the episode airs until I've actually seen it.