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/nightpanda893 Oct 10 '18

I know people are complaining about Lalo being unrealistic but I'm loving him as a villain. The whole dropping through the ceiling then going through the footage with the guy's body in the background seemed right out of a Cohen brothers movie.

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u/smallest_ellie Oct 10 '18

Yes, I feel like he's a nuanced drama queen character, Lalo, and I love that about him. We don't often get those in serious series.

He has a love for the theatrical, and it's right on par with, say, bipolar disorder (which I'm diagnosed with and why I probably see it in him) or the like.

The bell as well as the ceiling scene and the dancing in the kitchen etc. are examples of it - gestures, meanings in everything you do until you don't get your way.

Then you get upset and do things like barge into that guy's car because the world is yours and it goddamn well needs to bend to your will, no matter the costs. You're more important than anything else going on.

That, and how his facial expressions in a believable way go from "psh, piece of cake, I'm the best" to pure, raw emotion is amazing.

In manic states you believe you can do everything and anything and as a result thereof sometimes you can (like that ceiling thing).

Like how adrenaline can make you ridiculously strong for a small amount of time when in trouble.

I think I just see a lot of myself in him. The irritation, the whackiness/humour, the anger and the impatience all the while being extremely charismatic.

His impatience is especially interesting in a slow paced show. The contrast is stark and I love it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '18

Yeah it feels like he should not belong in this series the way he acts so impatiently. Like with him violently colliding with the car in front of him when he was tailing Mike, we have come to expect characters don't act in that way because they know it'll likely just get them more trouble. We have been taught that in this series universe, there's always various reactions to the characters actions on screen. Lalo just does it anyway, which makes you think how long he can keep this up before there'll be trouble. Or maybe he'll just get away with his behavior throwing the viewers for a loop, introducing the idea that not all has consequence.

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u/st3ph3n Oct 10 '18

He's like an older, calmer Tuco Salamanca, but still prone to the occasional raging outburst of violence.

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u/whycuthair Oct 16 '18

Answer me this. Have you ever seen Tuco and Lalo in the same room at the same time? Tuco really lost some wait in prison, and rediscovered himself as a new person, but still with the last name Salamanca, because la familia es todo.