Breaking Bad Secretly Hints At Saul Goodman's Lalo Twist
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad!
Lalo's fate on Better Call Saul is currently up in the air, but Breaking Bad provides a hint at his future with Jimmy. Introduced near the end of Better Call Saul season 4, Eduardo «Lalo» Salamanca (Tony Dalton) is one of the most dangerous members of the exceedingly violent Salamanca cartel crime family. Stay on Lalo's good side, and he can be a friend, but cross him and death is usually on the menu. For now, Jimmy and Kim don't appear to be on Lalo's list of targets, but that could change if he ever finds out that they lied to him.
During Better Call Saul season 5, Lalo employed the legal services of a not exactly willing Saul Goodman after being caught by the police for a senseless murder he committed. Lalo then charged his new lawyer with retrieving millions of dollars in bail money from the desert, which saw a terrified Jimmy almost die in the process. Jimmy only survived thanks to help from Gus Fring's hired gun Mike, forcing him to lie to Lalo later about what happened. With Lalo secretly still alive after a botched assassination attempt, Jimmy's lie hangs over him like the sword of Damocles, even if he doesn't currently know it.
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The character Lalo Salamanca was first set up by a seemingly throwaway line in the Breaking Bad episode that introduced Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman. In Breaking Bad season 2, episode 8, «Better Call Saul,» Walt and Jesse kidnap Saul, who assumes they work for Lalo. He begs for his life, calling himself a friend of the cartel and trying to pawn off blame for something on Ignacio. One presumes that refers to Ignacio «Nacho» Varga, who shockingly
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