Better Call Saul co-creator Peter Gould has discussed what Lalo’s season finale rampage means for the final season of the show.
The plans of Gus and Mike (and the wishes of Jimmy, Kim, and Nacho) that Lalo would meet his doom in the season 5 finale of Better Call Saul, didn’t quite work. Lalo not only survived the massacre at his home but went on a rampage himself.
What does his survival mean for the rest of the characters in Better Call Saul‘s final season? Well, co-creator Peter Gould shared the following with Variety:
“Lalo can only be fooled so many times. And then he’s caught on to a lot of what’s been going on. He’s a guy who’s not so easy to kill, and he’s on his home turf. And it looks like the guys that Gus Fring hired weren’t quite up to the job. I also think there’s a certain amount of the devil’s luck involved for Lalo. I got to direct this one, and I had not really gotten to work with Tony as a director. He was so much fun and so great. Boy, that look he gives in the last moments of that episode sure makes me worry about what’s going to happen to the rest of our characters.”
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Gould also agreed with Variety that we should be “nervous Nacho” who will likely be very high on Lalo’s hit list. Further consequences could entail the future relationship between Mike and Gus:
“You’ve got to think on Breaking Bad, Gus would have just sent Mike down. And if he had sent Mike down by himself, it would have been a much quieter episode. He might have gotten Lalo. I would imagine that Gus Fring might take some lessons from this, if he ever finds out about it.”
On plans for the final season, he said: “We’re so lucky that the writers’ room has continued meeting electronically in virtual space. And all these characters are giving us fits. Because we’re hoping to end this all as properly, and in the most satisfying way, that we can. Certainly Lalo’s fate is this very much in debate. We have some ideas that I think are pretty damn exciting.”
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It sounds like there is a lot to be excited about for Better Call Saul fans and a lot to be nervous about for fans of particular characters who now have a very dangerous enemy. Hopefully, the final season doesn’t take too long to arrive!
