Black and Blue

But the most important thing it's if they are good ones. This is actually a very good one. Slow, but meaningful. Full of visual story telling, smart details, forwarding (and "Howarding") reasons to view it with a glass of wine. Sometimes you just need episodes like this, here and there.

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.

Another great, dark and serious episode with a few hilarious moments. This episodes sums up "Better Call Saul" great. It's a drama series with a hilarious protagonist who adds much-needed bits of comedy. This is why Saul Goodman is such a great character. "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" would be too dark and serious without Saul's charm.

Gus is still waiting for Lalo to make his move. It's so interesting to see how Gus and Mike run their business. They have clever solutions for everything and it's engaging to see how afraid Gus is of Lalo. We have never seen him act this way. He is always cool and in full control, but he fears Lalo too much.

The tension is sky-high. Where will this story end and how are they going to wrap everything up in the remaining episodes. There's no way to know, but the writers will definitely pull it off with excellence.

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.

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.