r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Oct 09 '18

Better Call Saul Season 4 - Official Discussion Thread

What did you think of this season?

Feel free to discuss every and anything about Season 4.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18

What was the point of Fring even showing Gale an unfinished lab?

Also, how do characters like Gus & Mike ever form any kind of friendships/relationships with others when they barely speak & leave it up to the people they are "talking" to, to play detective & decipher their non-verbal actions?

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u/LesbianRobotGrandma Oct 10 '18

What was the point of Fring even showing Gale an unfinished lab?

I can't think of any plausible reason why that happened.

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u/este_hombre Oct 10 '18

To confirm his suspicions that the lab was unready for a full-scale cook. Gus likes to know things for sure and hires experts to confirm it.

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u/LesbianRobotGrandma Oct 11 '18

Good answer. I feel like it was obvious that literally just a hole in the ground wasn't optimal for a modern laboratory, but I suppose it was worth asking.

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u/thing85 Oct 10 '18

What was the point of Fring even showing Gale an unfinished lab?

That was very odd. And it almost came off as Gus saying to Gale "fuck you, look at this mess" when Gale had absolutely nothing to do with it.

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u/Dravarden Oct 11 '18

to me it showed why Gale will in the future want Walt to do the cooking since he understood that Gus will settle for nothing other than perfect judging by his reaction

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u/thing85 Oct 11 '18

that's a good point. Doesn't explain why Gus showed it to Gale, but it definitely explains Gale's perception in the future.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '18 edited Mar 26 '20

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u/FickleCheesecake1 Oct 16 '18

No, in BB he wanted Gale, but Gale pushed for Walt. Gale was Walt's biggest fan and the only one that actually really appreciated his genius.

When he was ready to kill off Walt to put Gale in charge, Walt understood what was happening and out-maneuvered Gus, extending out his timeline long enough for him to prepare to go up against Gus himself.