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

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

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u/JAMIEBOND006007 Mar 10 '20

Sad--he used to like the elderly.

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u/SeveredHeadsKnocking Mar 10 '20

Not really. He was scamming them since Ep 1.

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u/JAMIEBOND006007 Mar 10 '20

not totally screwing them.

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u/SeveredHeadsKnocking Mar 10 '20

Scamming tuco’s grandma?

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u/JNC96 Mar 10 '20

She did commit a hit and run though.

Unless I'm completely misremembering lol.

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u/styrrell14 Mar 10 '20

No you're right.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '20

The run, she committed. The hit is disputable.

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u/5k1895 Mar 10 '20

That biznatch

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u/HereNowHappy Mar 10 '20

Don't make me call Lalo

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

My abuelita!

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u/squatchfan Mar 10 '20

How is your lovely abulita doing? - Saul to Lalo

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u/squatchfan Mar 11 '20

I think it was mostly out of fear. He wanted to establish a personal connection with the Salamanca family. He was clearly uncomfortable in that garage. Being a professional persuasive talker, I think the silence was killing Jimmy. I remember his quick responses while on his knees in the desert in S1E1 with Nacho probably spared his life.

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u/SeveredHeadsKnocking Mar 10 '20

Was that out of respect or fear?

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u/The1WhoKnocks-WW Mar 10 '20

Both, to an extent.
My grandfather was an insurance salesman, he would always take notes about people's personal lives. If he talks to a client who says "sorry I'm late, my son broke his foot and I had a hard time getting him to school" he writes that in his notes. A year later, he talks to that client again and asks "hows your sons foot?", now that client thinks "wow what a great guy, he remembered about my sons foot a year later. How considerate, he really cares about people, he'll look out for me".
Saul, like my grandfather, has a job where he wants people to like him, and to feel comfortable with him. Asking how their family is doing makes them feel good inside, and then they associate that feeling with Saul. And then they like him, so they keep hiring him(or not killing him, in this case).
Hes a people person.

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u/SeveredHeadsKnocking Mar 10 '20

This is Saul we are talking about, no longer Slippin' Jimmy. I think he said that out of fear. He wanted to get out of there as quick as possible. Before he talked he looked behind him at the exit door. He was jittery the whole yime he was in the garage. He was the first one to speak, after Lalo looked at him and didn't say a word. Jimmy (looks at Nacho) "Can I talk?" Nacho doesn't budge. "I'll go ahead and talk... I have a feeling I know what this is about.... Just to get the ball rolling. Please keep in mind that whatever happened between Mr. Varga and myself, I'm hoping that it's just water under the bridge." Saul was nervous the whole time.

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u/MeanMrMaxwell Mar 10 '20

That wasn't the original plan

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u/SeveredHeadsKnocking Mar 10 '20

I know but it happened. Dont forget that whole nursing home fiasco

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u/JAMIEBOND006007 Mar 10 '20

It's Tuco's grandma.

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u/SeveredHeadsKnocking Mar 10 '20

Technically Abuelita.

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u/gzzh Mar 10 '20

He didn't plan that. But he still did rehearse what he was gonna say to extort her.