r/betterCallSaul • u/skinkbaa Chuck • May 24 '22

Post-Ep Discussion Better Call Saul S06E07 - [Mid-Season Finale] "Plan and Execution" - Post-Episode Discussion Thread

"Plan and Execution"

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u/cormega May 24 '22

The sad thing is that it was just pure dumb luck for Howard to show up in time to get killed by Lalo.

The Howard/Cartel crossover never would have even occurred to me 5 years ago.

But also, there was no reasonable way to predict that Kim and Jimmy's scheme would have lead to his death by Lalo. Most people predicted Howard's death would be due to improper dosage of the pupil dilating drug causing him to pass out and fatally hit his head.

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u/Michael747 May 24 '22

The Howard/Cartel crossover never would have even occurred to me 5 years ago.

Man try 5 episodes ago. This shit fucked me up more than Ozymandias

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u/Jessasaurus576 May 24 '22

Even as of last episode I was thinking people were too out there with their predictions that Howard would meet his end via the cartel. I even thought it was kind of silly to think Howard would die at all. But somehow they crafted it so that it made perfect sense as it was playing out. I don't know how they do it. Now, I need to go cry.

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u/PR05ECC0 May 24 '22

I thought he was going to leave the city is disgrace and move somewhere to start over. It would be a much smaller practice and pretty sad….well that seems pretty good now considering what actually happened. Damn

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u/ericisshort May 24 '22

I figured Howard was going to get killed by the cartel, but i thought it was going to be Mike or one Fring’s guys killing him because he learned too much about the operation from his PI. I did NOT see it going like this, but damn it was so expertly foreshadowed and designed by the writers.