Black and Blue

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.

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.

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.

Not a very strong episode but needed, it's these smaller episodes that build up for the bigger conclusive arcs. Like quiet mist before a total storm.

I have to say the pacing in this episode was far stretched but certain points were still shown greatly. Decent but average for this weeks.

8.5/10.

Howard confronts Jimmy, whilst Lalo does some investigation.

This is a strong episode with some entertaining moments and suspense.

There is not huge amount of plot development but it feels like the writers are laying some important foundations for what is to come, particularly involving characters like Kim, Howard, Gus, and Lalo.

I particularly like the scenes with Howard, which are humorous and also change the dynamic of Jimmy and Kim's campaign against the him. Patrick Fabian is great as ever. I love his speech to the Sandpiper crowd; very slickly written and delivered.

The other interesting part of the story is the appearance of Lalo, whose scenes are intriguing and at times very uncomfortable. There is some decent suspense generated towards the end of the episode. Tony Dalton is suitably charming and creepy as always.

As always the cinematography and editing tell the story with great visuals and set the appropriate tone.