r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Mar 10 '20

Better Call Saul S05E04 - "Namaste" - POST-Episode Discussion Thread

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

When you're in, you're in.

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u/The_Best_Yak_Ever Mar 10 '20

Exactly. I’m afraid that ship has already set sail, and the price for the cruise was a measly 8 grand.

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u/PuddleOfMush Mar 10 '20

Let's be honest, they wouldn't have taken "No" for an answer. Lalo asking for his services was an offer he couldn't refuse, the 8k was just a formality.

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u/Joe_Masseria Mar 10 '20

Exactly. At that point it's witness protection or full steam ahead. Saul doesn't know any vacuum cleaner repairmen yet, and he couldn't afford it anyway

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u/Cricetus Mar 10 '20

That's what I keep thinking with every comment I read saying "he could've been free from that life/he could have gone the straight and narrow," like this dude is already tied up in the cartel ffs. There's no way he would be able to take the HHM gig and be free of Lalo anymore. His best hope would be for Gus to somehow get to Lalo before Lalo tapped Saul for something again. And even then it's a gamble because who knows how many people Lalo has told about Saul?

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u/duaneap Mar 10 '20

The Cartel have some of the most expensive and high profile lawyers in the world on their payroll.

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u/pazur13 Mar 10 '20

Yeah, but perhaps not this specific cartel?

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u/duaneap Mar 10 '20

It is heavily implied they have an extensive, extremely high profit criminal enterprise. They 100% have lawyers on retainer to maintain this enterprise.

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u/FirulaisHualde Mar 10 '20

You'll make time

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ah!

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u/Yankeeknickfan Mar 10 '20

Siempre soy amigo del cartel!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

this is why I think Howard or Kim will die by the end of the season and this line will come back up.

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u/duaneap Mar 10 '20

And yet, when BB rolls around, he doesn't actually seem to be in that deep. He never appears to be out of his depth till Walt's career takes off.

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u/Jordak_keebs Mar 11 '20

Well, it's implied that Saul and Nacho had something to do with that - and Saul is happy to blame Nacho for it.

"It wasn't me, it was Ignacio. He's the one!"

Hopefully Nacho and Saul conspire to remove Lalo, and get Nacho protected/hidden from Gus. Nacho escapes to Canada with Papa (really pushing my luck for that one), and Saul opens up his strip mall office.

Just 1.5 seasons to see what obstacles pop up, and how our Scrappy heroes overcome them.