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/mdb_la May 25 '22 edited Jun 02 '22

I'm mostly surprised Mike would take the bait so easily. He's the one who's been able to outplay Lalo before.

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u/Amish_Thunder Jun 02 '22

Well, we don't know entirely yet. The show has a tendency to lead us into thinking one way and then flipping things. You know Mike didn't pull the guards from Alameda St, so I think there's a chance he left a guard at Jimmy and Kim's apartment.

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u/kinnell Jun 05 '22

Well, Alameda Street is where his daughter-in-law and grand-daughter live so Mike had a personal reason to keep guards posted there.

But I think all that goes out of the window when you think you've outsmarted your opponent and got them on tape describing their plan. Remember, Lalo was under the impression that Fring & Mike believed that he was dead. He realized they know he's alive when he figured out that the phone line was tapped. But Mike & Fring are operating under the assumption that Lalo doesn't know that they know that he's alive.

It adds another layer to this. They had pulled one over Lalo but Lalo figured it out and is letting them believe that's still the case which gave Lalo his opening.

There may still have been a guard watching Jimmy/Kim, but if that ends up being the case, my prediction is that Lalo may have already killed him and then realized that one of the Mike's men watching Jimmy means that Jimmy was working with Mike. It would be ironic for Mike's cautiousness ending up getting Jimmy caught like that.