That’s wrong. I think you might have misinterpreted Gus continually pulling the trigger after the gun is empty; he was in shock because of the adrenaline from the confrontation and he was just shot
Ah. Yeah, we totally missed that. Thanks, guys.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
Lalo's stated plan to Jimmy was to hold Kim hostage, forcing Jimmy to assassinate Gus. Jimmy convinced Lalo to have Kim go, instead. I suspect Jimmy was hoping Kim would tell the police or just start running, but she does actually go to Gus's house with a gun where she is quicky apprehended by Mike's guys.
Lalo, of course, knew something like this would happen. All he wanted was to cause a hubbub and scramble Mike's guys so he could sneak into the laundry and get video evidence of the lab.
But when Kim tells her side of the story to Gus, he sees the full picture. He knows Lalo wouldn't think this blonde lady could just walk up and kill him. He realizes Lalo was creating a distraction and now is probably at the laundry so he goes there himself. But Lalo still has the drop on him, so Lalo kills the bodyguards and takes Gus at gunpoint into the basement.
Gus distracts Lalo for enough time to kick lightning (?) at him, grabs a gun and starts shooting. Gus is not an experienced gunfighter, so he gets caught up in the adrenaline and keeps pulling the trigger even after the gun is empty and Lalo is shot.
The Argonaut wrote: I suspect Jimmy was hoping Kim would tell the police or just start running, but she does actually go to Gus's house with a gun where she is quicky apprehended by Mike's guys.
I thought it was sweet that Jimmy would sacrifice himself for Kim (hoping she would run away, leaving him behind to die) while Kim sacrificed herself for Jimmy (refusing the chance to reach out to the police, actually intending to go through with the plan in order to save Jimmy).
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
So what will the last five episodes consist of? Jimmy further solidifying his identity/practice as Saul Goodman while somehow entrenching himself further with Gus/Mike. Gotta be a Gene episode. Gotta find out what happens with Kim. There can’t really be a lot of Fring/Salamanca story left at this point, right? For this show, I mean.
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
The Argonaut wrote:It's sweet, but also pretty dumb of her. Lalo's first objection to the idea of Kim going is that she's "too clever". Turns out, she isn't!
She loves him too much. It's nice
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
Hey Jorge. On another board I frequent, a dude from Uruguay made the comment that while both Tony Dalton’s and Michael Mando’s use of Spanish is so good and convincing he couldn’t tell neither of them actually speak the language, Giancarlo Esposito’s use of it was so bad it was incomprehensible to him. He couldn’t understand a word of it. Have you had a similar experience as un hispanohablante?
Let me tell you, Homer Simpson is cock of nothing!
- C. Montgomery Burns
Esposito's Spanish is atrocious, yeah. That scene from the last episode where Gus unloaded on Lalo was supposed to feel similar to Nacho's speech from his final episode, this moment of catharsis, but it was fully undercut (for Spanish speakers) by Giancarlo's bizarre pronunciation. I don't know how Tony Dalton didn't burst out laughing.
It's made worse by the fact that Gus is supposed to be Chilean. Chile has an extremely distinctive accent that sounds nothing like Gus's mangled attempt at Spanish. Mark Margolis, the actor who plays Hector Salamanca, also has horrible Spanish (which is funny because he does a great job at affecting a Mexican accent when Hector speaks English, like in the great scene he had with Mike in the diner).
It was a problem with Breaking Bad casting that they largely improved upon with Better Call Saul. Michael Mando sounds like a second-generation immigrant -- mostly good, with a little bit of awkwardness. Tony Dalton is flawless, yeah, he sounds Mexican.
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
You're welcome. I have a large amount of posts whining about the bad Spanish in Breaking Bad so I don't really bring it up anymore, but it often takes me out of the show.
Anders wrote:I do not have a «neoliberal assessment of geopolitics», so please stop writing that I do.
To Jimmy, Lalo is the danger. No one is more dangerous than Lalo. It is safer to be where Lalo isn't. He wanted to send her because that seemed safer to him. He loves her sincerely and completely
