Better Call Saul Co-Creator Goes In-Depth On Shocking Mid-Season Finale
Warning: The following will go into spoilers about Better Call Saul up to the seventh episode of its sixth and final season.Better Call Saul definitely shocked its fans with its last scene before going on hiatus for the next month and a half. Now, showrunner Peter Gould broke down how the writers decided to conclude the mid-season.
In the Better Call Saul mid-season finale, after Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler succeed in their plan to ruin Howard Hamlin's reputation, a drunk Howard later confronts them primarily to ask them why they did what they did. As Hamlin vows to return the favor, Lalo Salamanca unexpectedly walks through the door. Before Hamlin has the chance to leave the premises, Lalo promptly shoots him in the head, much to the shock of Jimmy and Kim, as he asks to have a chat with his lawyers.
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Those who have followed Better Call Saul from the start now know why Hamlin isn't around in Breaking Bad.Of all the possible scenarios that could have explained Howard's absence, that was probably the last way viewers would have wanted to see him go out. Gould explained to Entertainment Weekly that Hamlin's death was supposed to exemplify how far both Jimmy and Kim have fallen without knowing it. «Maybe I'm admitting too much, but we did not plan for this several seasons ago,» Gould said. «We didn't really understand this is where it was going to go until we started talking at the beginning of this season. At the end of last season, Kim Wexler shocked us all by suggesting, 'Hey, maybe we should scam Howard and get the Sandpiper money now, instead of waiting three years.' In this season, we started to talk about, 'What is the plan that these two are going to
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