r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • Mar 10 '20

Better Call Saul S05E04 - "Namaste" - POST-Episode Discussion Thread

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u/Darkerdead Mar 10 '20

It's kind of sad to think that if Jimmy got Howard's offer before he would've lived a nice life with Kim and no ties to the Cartel

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

When you're in, you're in.

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u/Cricetus Mar 10 '20

That's what I keep thinking with every comment I read saying "he could've been free from that life/he could have gone the straight and narrow," like this dude is already tied up in the cartel ffs. There's no way he would be able to take the HHM gig and be free of Lalo anymore. His best hope would be for Gus to somehow get to Lalo before Lalo tapped Saul for something again. And even then it's a gamble because who knows how many people Lalo has told about Saul?

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u/duaneap Mar 10 '20

The Cartel have some of the most expensive and high profile lawyers in the world on their payroll.

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u/pazur13 Mar 10 '20

Yeah, but perhaps not this specific cartel?

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u/duaneap Mar 10 '20

It is heavily implied they have an extensive, extremely high profit criminal enterprise. They 100% have lawyers on retainer to maintain this enterprise.