Point and Shoot

Like the end of last season, this episode continues a trend of raising the stakes, which, if you saw the last episode, you'd know is difficult to do. The opening let's you know what you're in for.

For nearly an hour and ten minutes the audience is under duress seeing saul and Kim being put in a catastrophic position, having them follow the well kept secret that is lalos masterplan while being involved directly in the war between gus and the not-dead lalo Salamanca. "Point and shoot" has gone passed the point of no return.

During my original viewing of this episode, I was initially curious as to where Kim's development ends up, since this takes the character to someplace completely unexpected.

It's a game of CAT and MOUSE only this time the cat and mouse roles are flipped a couple times. Everybody's mind is scrambling about and pointing their shot whether that's for redemption or to find a window in the other persons shot. It's fascinating really.

Lalo is unpredictable, Saul and Kim are tormented, Mike and Gus are fed up. So much elements and set pieces coming together to create a episode that is full of chaos, sorrow, thrills and excitement. Plan and Execution was a perfect full circle and visually amazing episode and this one only adds more to the impact that episode left. Episode left me in awe, every shot from the opening shot of tension building up to what happened in the episode prior. The shots and camera angles in this episode were top dollar.

This episode picks up from an action packed episode and keeps the same energy all the way to the end of this episode. Absolutely insane. I can barely wait for the next episode.

The silence, the dark of night, the terror. A very depressing episode, almost feels like the episode Felina from Breaking Bad with it's cold gritty atmosphere. Characters feel frozen to the bone with shock, suspense surrounds others. This show has just gotten really dark really fast.

9.8/10.

I really enjoyed Breaking Bad, as it is arguably the best show ever made. As for Better Call Saul, it has been entertaining since day one. Might even go far enough to say its better than BB. Although its a "slow burn", it is nonetheless extremely engaging. This season has upped the intensity compared to the slow burn episodes, and this one will have you on the edge of your seat for nearly 40 minutes. Curious to see where the next episodes will lead. Well done Vince Gilligan.