# Better Call Saul season 6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [April 19, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063 "2022-04-19T17:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/301 "2022-05-11T17:47:13Z")
Lalo getting to Germany is a big risk, but it does make sense for him. He’s trying to dig up info on Gus, and Werner is his lead. Lalo also thinks that he’s successfully faked his own death, so no authorities should be actively looking for him, and he can’t ask anyone for help without revealing that he’s still alive. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/302 "2022-05-11T17:54:19Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > I just mean if something went wrong, he could spend the rest of his life in jail wishing he’d gone for Gus directly. It’s an (unnecessary) risk no matter which passport he uses. He has to know Gus is basically under 24 hours surveillance. He’s not going to be able to get to Gus at his house, at his restaurant, etc. He has to hit Gus somewhere he wouldn’t suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/303 "2022-05-11T18:22:31Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Also, it now occurs to me that him having a gun, in Germany, is no trivial thing either. I thought this at first, but I’ve visited and lived (for a year) in Germany, and there was definitely a freely available gun and knife culture there in the mid 90s, I remember seeing shops selling serious weaponry (guns and huge knives) near the train Stations in a few cities. When I lived there 2000 and 2015, it was a different part of the country, but it is possible such shops were just not that visible as before. Perhaps someone who lives in Germany might be able to help, but it certainly used to be quite easy to get hold of such things, but it could have only been air rifles. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/304 "2022-05-11T18:46:22Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > Is it just me, or does everyone agree that the writers have a LOT of balls WAY up in the air, even for BCS? I find it irritating, and I like complication and mystery in plots. I was just thinking the exact same thing, that there are a ton of moving parts here and I absolutely cannot keep track of all them…not even a little bit. If it wasn’t for the internet (and boards/threads like this one), I’d be lost. There have been entire plot lines I certainly would either never have noticed or never have put together how one plot line interacts with another. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/305 "2022-05-11T18:47:51Z")
> [@Roger\_That](#): > > What the writers are doing is taking “Show, Don’t Tell” to the extreme. In Lalo’s case, they’re simply presenting him in Europe as a fait accompli, but by not giving us any interiority They also didn’t show how he had the copy of her house key. I was going to quibble about that, but figured, eh, I guess he knows some guys. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/306 "2022-05-11T18:56:31Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > he’s not the hero, but he’s the protagonist. Neal Stephenson’s novel “Snow Crash” has the best [hero/protagonist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash#Summary) ever! ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/307 "2022-05-11T18:58:11Z")
He picked the lock. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/308 "2022-05-11T19:11:56Z")
Perks of having a Eastern European/Japanese ancestry. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/309 "2022-05-11T19:51:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > If it wasn’t for the internet (and boards/threads like this one), I’d be lost. There have been entire plot lines I certainly would either never have noticed or never have put together how one plot line interacts with another. Me too. This seems like the last of the “Golden Age of Television” shows that started with The Sopranos. It’s a function of the splintering into lots of streaming services and how expensive they are to make. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/310 "2022-05-11T20:01:26Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > He picked the lock. If so, it looked about as quick and easy as inserting a housekey. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/311 "2022-05-11T20:06:33Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > If so, it looked about as quick and easy as inserting a housekey. Because it is as quick and easy as inserting a housekey. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/312 "2022-05-11T20:18:55Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > If so, it looked about as quick and easy as inserting a housekey. > [@hajario](#): > > Because it is as quick and easy as inserting a housekey. [Sadly, yes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaBIvKzBCxI) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/313 "2022-05-11T20:52:36Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > I’m not enjoying this season much. I’ve been absolutely riveted by this season, with the exception of this most recent episode, which seemed like a bit too much of a slow burn. But I think the show is absolutely fantastic, overall. I continue to be totally unbothered by “how did Lalo get to Germany”. He has access to incredible resources. And he’s incredibly resourceful. And there’s no particular reason to think that he’s currently particularly high on any interpol watch lists, to the extent there are such things. He’s not really “on the run”, at least, not the way Nacho recently was. The real question to me is what the next step is with Kim and Jimmy’s con on Howard, and in particular to what extent they intended all along for him to sniff the con out. That’s something which I definitely hope resolves itself in a plausible and satisfying fashion. But in general, BB/BSC has been great about stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/314 "2022-05-11T20:53:37Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > This seems like the last of the “Golden Age of Television” shows that started with The Sopranos. I Sopranos, as much as I loved it, was also very difficult for me to follow. A number of relatives of mine have watched the entire thing multiple times and I’m always lost when they start talking about some minor plot line that I’m unfamiliar with involving characters I’ve never even heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/315 "2022-05-11T21:04:41Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > He has to know Gus is basically under 24 hours surveillance. He’s not going to be able to get to Gus at his house, at his restaurant, etc. He has to hit Gus somewhere he wouldn’t suspect. As I say, my issue was not with the plan itself, it was with him taking the incredible risk of going in person just on the off chance that there were some clues. It makes sense as a TV show thing – we were all wondering where Lalo was, and having him appear in a german bar is great fun – less so as a thing a real person would do. > [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I continue to be totally unbothered by “how did Lalo get to Germany”. He has access to incredible resources. And he’s incredibly resourceful. And there’s no particular reason to think that he’s currently particularly high on any interpol watch lists, to the extent there are such things. It’s not about “how did he get there” – he used a fake passport, done. The issue was with him taking such a risk. If his passport does get flagged at either end, that could be it – his whole life, not just getting back against Gus. If he’s so resourceful, he should know a Mike-ish private detective. If it seemed reasonable to you though, then of course that’s fine. I mean it is a universe where Walt set up a clockwork gun that took out a whole gang. It’s pretty arbitrary the things that take people out of suspended disbelief. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/316 "2022-05-11T21:12:10Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Sopranos, as much as I loved it, was also very difficult for me to follow. A number of relatives of mine have watched the entire thing multiple times and I’m always lost when they start talking about some minor plot line that I’m unfamiliar with involving characters I’ve never even heard of. I never rewatch tv shows. I loved the Sopranos too and I watched the episodes as they aired. I only remember it in broad strokes. I check up on reddit after BCS to see everything that I missed. I’ll occasionally catch something obscure which will already have been noted but dozens of redditors by the time I get to the discussion thread. I bought the series on Amazon Prime so by the time I get to see it, it has been three to twelve hours after people on the East Coast first watched it. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/317 "2022-05-11T21:23:09Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > If it seemed reasonable to you though, then of course that’s fine. I mean it is a universe where Walt set up a clockwork gun that took out a whole gang. It’s pretty arbitrary the things that take people out of suspended disbelief. One thing that I think BB/BSC does well is sort of skate a fine line of plausibility. Obviously it would be a super-bizarre turn for the show if suddenly openly supernatural things started happening. But Walt’s chemistry was always, effectively, a superpower. Gus and Mike and Lalo have always had a bit of a nearly-magical-competence-plus field around them. And I’m fine with it. What would really take me out of it is if someone were doing something out of character, motivation-wise. But as long as there’s not some absolutely blatant violation of how the world works, I just assume that Lalo can do it because he’s Lalo. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/318 "2022-05-11T23:40:20Z")
Is using a fake passport that big a risk? I mean it’s pretty plausible that he bribed a government official in Mexico to do it with all the right security features, just with a different name. And then fly into… I dunno, what airport in the Shengen area is least burdensome? I find it plausible it’s not very risky in an absolute sense and certainly low enough for Lalo’s threat profile. I’m ok with the number of storylines. IMO there’s only really two. What happens to Kim is an open question, not a storyline. Gene is a storyline, but you check in twice a season so it’s not too hard to follow. I do think they’re in danger of being too cute with both Gus and Jimmy. It might turn out to be plausible, but planting a gun in your secret layer is a lot of foresight for a low probability event, and Jimmy/Kim’s plan is what, 15 steps judging by their poster-board. Vince Gilligan hasn’t let me down yet, so I’m still on board for now. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/319 "2022-05-11T23:49:15Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Ah right you are. I’d always thought of “protagonist” as implying hero of the story, but on googling it just means the main character. Exactly. That’s why Walter White is the protagonist of his story, as is Macbeth, or Pam Hupp. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063/320 "2022-05-12T01:37:18Z")
Wow. After watching all of Breaking Bad and 5 1/2 seasons of BCS, I’m more convinced than ever I don’t have what it takes to become a kingpin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-call-saul-season-6/963063.md?page=17)