Better Call Saul: Why Lalo Is Investigating Werner & His Wife
Better Call Saul finally catches up with Lalo Salamanca… in Germany — here's why Tony Dalton's cunning villain is targeting the wife of Werner Ziegler. Since shouting the alphabet in Better Call Saul's season 6 premiere, Lalo Salamanca has been conspicuous by his absence, missing across the past 3 episodes. Turns out Lalo hopped aboard a flight to Germany, and «Black & Blue» finds him propping up a bar under the alias «Ben.» Turning on the same charm that made Kate Bishop's mother weak at the knees, Lalo gets chatting to Margarethe Ziegler — the wife of Werner Ziegler from Better Call Saul season 4. He later breaks into her home, but leaves quietly after examining a glass plaque dedicated to the late Werner...
Viewers will remember Werner Ziegler as the chief architect on Gus Fring's superlab in Better Call Saul season 4. He struck up a friendly rapport with Mike Ehrmantraut, but became homesick and secretly arranged meeting his wife against Gus' protocol. Predictably, the less-than-sympathetic mobster ordered Werner's execution.
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To understand Better Call Saul's season 6 trip to Germany, let's begin with Werner Ziegler's final moments. Lalo Salamanca had already been keeping tabs on Gus Fring, hoping to find proof the Chicken Man was no «friend of the cartel.» Lalo caught Werner Ziegler's scent, and briefly spoke with the German architect by masquerading as one of Fring's men. He only learned some major construction project was afoot before Mike cut the conversation short. Fast-forward to Better Call Saul season 6's premiere, and Lalo is raging after narrowly escaping Fring-sponsored assassination attempt. Though Lalo lusts for chicken blood, Hector Salamanca
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