Questions tagged [better-call-saul]
For questions about Better Call Saul, a prequel to Breaking Bad focusing on the rise of Saul Goodman, criminal attorney.
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Did Mike Ehrmantraut ever laugh? Or even come close to it?
Guessing that interacting with his niece Kaylee might be the only time he lets down his guard, I found a Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul mashup on YouTube where Ehrmantraut smiles seemingly to himself. ...
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Why does Saul have to work at Cinnabon?
In Better Call Saul, in the episodes and scenes that take place after the end of Breaking Bad, Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takavic works at a Cinnabon in a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Why does Gus Fring speak bad Spanish but good English?
Why does Gus Fring speak bad Spanish (with the accent of a stereotypical bad beginning American student) but good (perfectly American accented) English?
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At what point in Better Call Saul does the first scene of Breaking Bad take place in?
At what point in Better Call Saul does the first scene of Breaking Bad take place? I am not talking about the flash-forward scene that the first episode (pilot?) starts with, which is Walter White in ...
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How much was the final Sandpiper settlement?
How much was the final sandpiper settlement amount?
I think it was around 20 million. I ask because Saul was hoping for his cut of around 20 percent.
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Mediation call glitch in "Better Call Saul"
In Better Call Saul season 6, episode 7, as the scam on Howard is about to unfold, Erin Brill asks Miss Falco from Provo to unmute and confirm she’s on the mediation call. Why does Erin do this?
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Why did Mike use a bank to pay his people?
Why did Mike use a bank to pay his people in Better Call Saul? Was not this his undoing, using a lawyer using a legit institution? Why not have someone else use multiple dead drops which was the ...
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In Better Call Saul, Jimmy first has some idea of the existence of Gus Fring -- how does he get to actually know of him?
In Season 6, Episode 8 of Better Call Saul, Lalo sends (it turns out) Kim to shoot Fring -- at this point, Jimmy has no idea who Fring is, I believe. The killing of course does not occur. But it is ...
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Why does Jimmy hide going to law school from Chuck?
I actually don't find it realistic that somehow Jimmy is able to hide going to law school and taking the bar 3x from Chuck and the entire HHM (including Kim?). But ok I'll bite.
I also don't find it ...
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Nacho's girlfriends -- reason for not murdering them?
A very unusual (I can't think of anything similar in any crime movie I have watched) scene occurs when Mike and his men in preparation for the replacement of Nacho's safe in a surprisingly patient and ...
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Did Gus deliberately give motel where Nacho was holed up's phone number to Bolsa?
In BCS 6/2 Carrot and Stick, Mike (working on behalf of Gus) plants stuff in new safe in Nacho's house, including a phone number. It is implied that he intends for the cartel to find it and they do. ...
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Why did Nacho deviate from the plan by grabbing Bolsa?
In Better Call Saul S06E03 "Rock and Hard Place", the fundamental idea was, to do what was agreed upon with Fring and his father will be protected -- anything would seem to jeopardize that ...
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When Nacho has a gun to Bolsa's head, Mike says, "Do it!" -- What did he mean?
Mike is watching from far away through a rifle scope. Did he mean to shoot Bolsa and if so why?
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Why did they have to replace the safe with the same model?
In Better Call Saul S06E02 "Carrot and Stick", as I understand it, Fring's men wanted to plant evidence in Nacho's safe which could only be done if they had access to its interior so they ...
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Daniel/Pryce -- how would he have found the veterinarian?
The vet is normally how Mike finds work but how would "Pryce" even establish credibility with the vet so that he would refer Mike and the other two men (one of whom was referred to Saul by ...
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How did Gus fulfil his promise that Hector et al wouldn't return?
I already forgot this particular storyline. In Better Call Saul S03E04, Gus assures Lyle and the other Los Pollos Hermanos employees that Hector Salamanca, Ignacio Varga, et al wouldn't return:
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Why don't we see Lyle from BCS in BB? [closed]
There's this character in Better Call Saul named Lyle, who is a Los Pollos Hermanos employee, and who is not in Breaking Bad. Last I checked, I think we'd expect Lyle to still be alive and continue ...
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The Red House: Was the house and the insipid conversation scripted?
In Hit and Run S6 E4 we discover that Gus is paying a decoy couple to live in a house where they have cordial but limited interactions with Fring's army of soldiers and spies. The conversation about ...
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"You think he's a jackass now..."
In the Better Call Saul episode "Magic Man" Jimmy is trying to convince Kim to let him help her get her pro-bono client to accept the deal rather than going to trial and says something like, ...
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How did none of the Salamancas notice that Hector could be completely cured?
In season 4, Dr. Bruckner from Johns-Hopkins Hospital stated that it was possible to fully treat Hector to the point of full resumption of normal body functions such as talking and walking. How come ...
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Would Hector not have thought there was something fishy about Mike getting into a fight with Tuco?
Mike, in "Gloves Off" (Better Call Saul S2E4), represents himself as a random retiree -- but if only from the beating he took, not to mention Hector apparently finding out that Mike was an ...
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What is the image of at the beginning of Better Call Saul's next-to-last episode?
In the opening credits of the final episodes of Better Call Saul's final season, the usual title and grainy images of ash trays and foot massagers and matchbooks in urinals are increasingly ...
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Does Jimmy save Kim?
In the final episode of Better Call Saul (so, y'know, spoilers ahead, both inside and outside the spoiler blocks):
He seems to do this in order to
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What did Kim Wexler mean when she said her bar license "does not have an expiration date"?
In the series finale of Better Call Saul, Kim visits Saul in prison as his lawyer. Saul is surprised and asks Kim how she managed to get her bar license back. She replies:
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What does this code mean in the finale of Better Call Saul?
In the finale of Better Call Saul, Saul/Gene/McGill is hiding in a dumpster; he finds a piece of paper from a bandage and it reads:
Hoover Max Extract Pressure-Pro, model sixty
As soon as he ...
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Why would Gus get involved with Walt?
Spoiler for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul (up to Season 6 Episode 11)
In Breaking Bad Season 2, Walt has produced a lot of Blue Meth in the desert together with Jesse. They get via Saul and Mike ...
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Why does Better Call Saul show future events in black and white?
Throughout Better Call Saul Season 6, all future events (after the main storyline of Breaking Bad ends and Saul lives a low-profile life in exile) are shown in black and white.
Normally, events ...
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What is the significance of the scene where Gus had a long conversation with a man at a bar in S06E09?
In Better Call Saul S06E09, titled "Fun and Games", there was a scene where Gus orders wine at a bar, and has a conversation with one of the bar's staff (who seems to be the manager) — a man ...
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How realistic is it for Gus Fring to dig a tunnel between two houses across the road?
In Batter Call Saul, season 6, we have seen multiple times that there is an underground tunnel between Gus Fring's personal residence and the house opposite to his house across the road.
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Why does Mike replace Jimmy and Kim's fridge?
In Better Call Saul, season 6, ep 8, Point and Shoot
Mike sends Kim home and replaces their fridge with a new one.
Why does Mike do this?
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How did Eduardo Salamanca manage to go to Germany? [closed]
How did Lalo manage to pass multiple identity/security checks both ways? It seems like it shouldn't be an easy trip, given his pedigree, there should be pictures of him at any airport, or am I missing ...
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What was the big deal about the Davis & Main commercial in Better Call Saul?
In S2E3 (Amarillo) of Better Call Saul, Jimmy runs a commercial advertising the legal battle between Sandpiper Crossing and Davis & Main law firm.
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Why did Jimmy and Kim undermine Howard in such a way?
From Better Call Saul, season 6, Ep 7, Jimmy and Kim have unfolded their multi-step plan that is dedicated to undermine Howard in front of his colleagues, clients alike.
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Was Nacho's burglary of Pryce's home sort of foolish? [closed]
It seemed like he had a good and very rare thing going -- there is almost no way to reliably obtain prescription drugs that are in such high demand. He was able to get factory-sealed Oxys in large ...
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Were Gale and Pryce meant to be similar characters?
Both Gale and Pryce were people involved in the legitimate world of "chemistry" who both without any pressure became involved in criminal activities. They had, I think, similar personalities ...
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Mike's aversion to Pryce's vehicle -- why was he so opposed?
I got initially the impression that Mike would simply be embarrassed to be seen in one although he does not seem to be the sort of person who worries about what others think.
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How did Kim Wexler know? (S06E02)
In Better Call Saul S06E02, Jimmy fails to bribe the Kettleman couple. Then Kim Wexler starts calling the IRS and is about to expose the Kettleman couple for tax fraud (Apparently a 'tax preparation ...
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Why not have assassins kill Nacho at Lalo's house?
In Better Call Saul it is clear that Gus wants Nacho dead, dead before he can be forced to talk to the Salamancas. Why not simply have him killed when he opened the gate to Lalo's hacienda? The very ...
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What happened to Nacho Varga's car on Better Call Saul at the end of Season 5?
In the Better Call Saul episode "Bad Choice Road" (S5 E9) Nacho Varga and Lalo Salamanca depart from Kim and Jimmy's parking lot bound for Mexico (per the dialogue). They are driving Nacho's ...
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Kim says Saul could be a rat -- is that consistent with her character?
In Season 6, E3, Kim and Jimmy are discussing Lalo's death and she suggests that Jimmy could choose to be a rat -- at that point she sounds very much like a criminal rather than a law-abiding citizen. ...
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Is it a coincidence that Gale and the engineers who made the underground lab were all Germans?
I see no indication that Gale knew the Germans. Perhaps it is Madrigal that connected Gus with both Gale and the engineers? Maybe Lydia in particular?
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Did Nacho have sincere hatred for Lalo or was he dissembling?
It never seemed like Nacho's hatred in Better Call Saul, as expressed in his final scene for Lalo, was very well motivated -- sure, Lalo is a Salamanca and an extremely bad guy, but frankly, Nacho ...
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When did Gus start taunting Hector?
In Better Call Saul it seems like Gus started taunting Hector even before Hector could communicate and if so, did he not tip his hand?
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Did Lalo do this to the innocent couple in S6E01?
In S06E01, we see Lalo going to a couple's home after the events of last season.
It seems the couple knows Lalo and offered him coffee and talks with him about how he helped the family. And then we ...
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Why does Gus want the cartel to find Nacho?
In Better Call Saul S06E01 ("Wine and Roses"), Gus arranges a motel for Nacho to hide and orders him to stay put. In S06E02 ("Stick and Carrot"),
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Is Tuco in over his head within the cartel?
It seems like everyone at the higher levels of the cartel in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is pretty intelligent; in particular, they are smart enough to avoid doing impulsive things that endanger ...
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Could there have been an alternative decision made for Werner? [closed]
I understand why Werner Ziegler couldn't have been trusted given his actions, but what parts demonstrated that letting him live would have 100% led to trouble for Gus's operation?
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Why are Davis & Main's perks so much better than HHM's?
In Better Call Saul, Jimmy's perks at Davis and Main seem insanely lavish compared to Kim's at HHM. And D&M is located in a smaller city (Santa Fe vs Albuquerque) and would presumably have fewer ...
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Why does Kim Wexler love Jimmy so much?
In Better Call Saul season 5 episode 6 ("Wexler vs Goodman"), Jimmy totally surprised Kim in a meeting at which they had verbally agreed on a reasonable settlement of a case. Instead, Jimmy ...
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Saul Goodman's Second Wife
In Breaking Bad season 3 episode "Green Light", Saul mentions: "I caught my second wife screwing my stepdad, okay? It's a cruel world, Walt."
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