

When Gus takes it, he sees Hector smile (smirk?) at him, which tells Gus what he has believed this whole time: Lalo Salamanca lives.

He tells Hector that they are all Don Eladio’s men, and “a strike against one is a strike against all.” Hector surprises everyone by offering his hand to Gus to shake. He arrives at the nursing home with Juan Bolsa, and Gus offers Hector his condolences for the loss of his nephew. So he figures a visit to Hector Salamanca will tell him what he needs to know and will finally settle his mind. Later, after being told numerous times that Lalo is indeed dead, and after having to be assured by Mike that if anyone were after Gus, he would already be dead, Gus still can’t believe that Lalo is really dead. Inside the safe, Mike plants a falsified wire transfer log that shows Nacho receiving money from someone who is not Gustavo Fring, and he also destroys the fake ID that Nacho created for his father, thereby (hopefully) removing Mr. He first has to clear out the place of druggies who are squatting there, and then he replaces Nacho’s large safe with an exact replica. This involves Mike preparing Nacho’s apartment for an inevitable ransacking, planting false evidence to hopefully steer anyone away from Gus. So Mike does what he can to find Nacho and bring him to safety. But Mike tells him that the kid deserves Gus’ respect nonetheless.Įven though their feelings about Nacho differ greatly, neither one wants Nacho to be grabbed by the Salamancas. Gus isn’t impressed by his loyalty, considering he never gave Nacho any other choice.

He is also very unconcerned about Nacho’s well-being, and Mike tries to remind Gus of Nacho’s unwavering loyalty to him. He is the one who sent the killers to attack him, and when he learns of Lalo’s supposed demise, he is concerned about his mercenaries’ deaths. Gus, just like nearly everyone else, believes Lalo Salamanca is dead. Gus’s Hunch Is Right Photo Credit: Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television “Carrot and Stick” acts more like the second half of one large episode as opposed to a completely separate script, and these storylines pick up right where we left them off. In the first episode of Better Call Saul‘s final season, “ Wine and Roses,” Nacho is simmering in a stew of stress and anxiety in a rundown motel in Mexico, Lalo Salamanca is on the run (unbeknownst to just about everyone), and Jimmy and Kim are working on bringing down Howard Hamlin.
