Black and Blue

Cinematography is unique as always,soundtrack is good but the episode is not a 10/10 at all as people here voting on autopliot,the buildup is good but a bit obvious and easy to predict in my opinion,hope i'm wrong,the execution will be phenomenal no doubt about that.

Don't get me wrong, I think Lalo is a wonderful and thrilling villain. Having watched the entire BB 'verse, initially he gives me the awe feel that Gus first struck.

I guess Lalo may eventually suffer "villain decay" as the Tropes people say, just like Gus, but Lalo feels very much like a real person you could meet.

Anyway, I do think they have veered a few times into making Lalo a character with 007 level skills.

That strains credulity, but more importantly, Lalo doesn't need it. Note that almost no character sees his most extreme abilities.

What makes him so effective is Dalton's performance. He swings from charming life of the party to terrifying at his whim.

Another fine episode, still slow burning as always with this show but thoroughly engrossing at the same time. The rest of the episode is fine, the encounter with Howard a little surreal, but it's those closing moments with Lalo that make this so special.

A careful, more thoughtful episode with a window into the fastidious and precise mind of Gus Fring, building tension for an inevitable showdown.

A fine performance from Giancarlo Esposito, displaying Gus and his careful, attentive, OCD behaviour. This is the external expression of his ultimate high-stakes duel with the Lalo living rent-free in his head. There is an impression that others are humouring him like a slightly eccentric uncle who sees monsters under the bed.

Not a very strong episode but needed, it's these smaller episodes that build up for the bigger conclusive arcs. Like quiet mist before a total storm.

I have to say the pacing in this episode was far stretched but certain points were still shown greatly. Decent but average for this weeks.

8.5/10.