Red Mosquito

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:The dentist callout was a pretty big clue.

But how would that even work? Did they get a set of falsies shaped like Lalo’s teeth?

tragabigzanda wrote:

wease wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:

Mecca wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:One question about the first two eps:

Spoiler: show

Why did Lalo kill the friendly goat farmers? Just misplaced rage from what went down at his house? Or something else?

There was some nuance to what happened but it explains why investigators thought Lalo was dead

Spoiler: show

Lalo asks the woman how the guy was after his dental surgery and she reveals Lalo paid for it, which means he had a dental record match patsy. This is why he tells him to leave the stache and soul patch

That guy’s sole existence was to unknowingly serve as his dead body double in a situation like this.

JFC ok that’s clever and you’re smart. But come on Gilligan, throw me a bone here!

It was right there!

Spoiler: show

When it showed the guy after his shave and Lalo’s face was right over his shoulder was a pretty big clue.

It’s been a long week!

Ensign9 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:The dentist callout was a pretty big clue.

But how would that even work? Did they get a set of falsies shaped like Lalo’s teeth?

No, Lalo had his own dental records replaced with a copy of that guy's after the work was done.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

spike wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:The dentist callout was a pretty big clue.

But how would that even work? Did they get a set of falsies shaped like Lalo’s teeth?

No, Lalo had his own dental records replaced with a copy of that guy's after the work was done.

they also made it clear that the salamanca family owns the police, so why go to the trouble?

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mecca wrote:

spike wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:The dentist callout was a pretty big clue.

But how would that even work? Did they get a set of falsies shaped like Lalo’s teeth?

No, Lalo had his own dental records replaced with a copy of that guy's after the work was done.

they also made it clear that the salamanca family owns the police, so why go to the trouble?

Always have a backup plan

And yet Gus knows before the end of the episode that Lalo's still alive. I'll grant that maybe I missed something obvious, but it seems to me like a rare fumble of a plot point by VG: It's not really explained very clearly, and the net payoff is either A) some confusion for us dumber viewers, or B) it doesn't even matter 25 minutes later. Weird.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

blueviper wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mecca wrote:

spike wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:The dentist callout was a pretty big clue.

But how would that even work? Did they get a set of falsies shaped like Lalo’s teeth?

No, Lalo had his own dental records replaced with a copy of that guy's after the work was done.

they also made it clear that the salamanca family owns the police, so why go to the trouble?

Always have a backup plan

And yet Gus knows before the end of the episode that Lalo's still alive. I'll grant that maybe I missed something obvious, but it seems to me like a rare fumble of a plot point by VG: It's not really explained very clearly, and the net payoff is either A) some confusion for us dumber viewers, or B) it doesn't even matter 25 minutes later. Weird.

Gus knows because Hector shook his hand. Hector would never shake his hand. So Gus knew something was up.

Yes I did understand this. But it's just a lot of silly mechanics (the dental records/shave and a haircut stuff) for something that doesn't seem to be actually driving the plot one iota.

tragabigzanda wrote:

blueviper wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mecca wrote:

spike wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ensign9 wrote:The dentist callout was a pretty big clue.

But how would that even work? Did they get a set of falsies shaped like Lalo’s teeth?

No, Lalo had his own dental records replaced with a copy of that guy's after the work was done.

they also made it clear that the salamanca family owns the police, so why go to the trouble?

Always have a backup plan

And yet Gus knows before the end of the episode that Lalo's still alive. I'll grant that maybe I missed something obvious, but it seems to me like a rare fumble of a plot point by VG: It's not really explained very clearly, and the net payoff is either A) some confusion for us dumber viewers, or B) it doesn't even matter 25 minutes later. Weird.

Gus knows because Hector shook his hand. Hector would never shake his hand. So Gus knew something was up.

Yes I did understand this. But it's just a lot of silly mechanics (the dental records/shave and a haircut stuff) for something that doesn't seem to be actually driving the plot one iota.

blueviper wrote:Also, there's a ton of silly stuff that goes on in this show and Breaking Bad.

With the amount of spying and keeping tabs on people, you think Mike and those other two guys that work for Fring never sleep. They are literally everywhere at anytime, when the story dictates it.