Why Lalo Wanted Jimmy For His Kill Plan
Lalo Salamanca discovers Jimmy really is «the guy for this» in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8 — here's why the villain's plan needed Saul Goodman. Better Call Saul's mid-season 6 finale left audiences in a state of shock when Lalo Salamanca sauntered into Jimmy and Kim's apartment and executed Howard Hamlin. The gangster had no beef with Howard whatsoever, of course, but that meant a crucial question still needed answering: what was Lalo actually visiting Jimmy and Kim for?
Returning with another adrenaline rush episode, Better Call Saul season 6's «Point & Shoot» reveals Lalo wanted his two lawyer friends to carry out one simple job: kill Gus Fring. Lalo orders Jimmy to knock on Gus' door and shoot the Chicken Man dead while Kim stays behind at the apartment for insurance, but two aspects of Lalo's plan don't sit quite right. If murdering Gus Fring was as easy as hiring a stranger to ring the doorbell, Lalo would've tried that already. Secondly, of all the potential killers Lalo could've picked, why two frightened lawyers who've never held a gun before?
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Lalo isn't really expecting Jimmy or Kim to murder Gus — the whole ordeal is merely a charade to manipulate Gus' head of security, Mike Ehrmantraut, into leaving the superlab construction site vulnerable. Lalo needs access to the incriminating lab, but with Mike's 24/7 guards make infiltration impossible even for the snake-like Salamanca. Lalo knows full well that any would-be assassin he sends in Gus' direction will be caught before any assassinating can take place. The frightened prisoner will then cry, "Lalo Salamanca is in my apartment" and Lalo anticipates Mike immediately sending all
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