‘Better Call Saul’ Director, Patrick Fabian Break Down Howard’s Fate and Lalo’s Shocking Pivot
variety.comEthan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the seventh episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Plan & Execution.”This week’s episode of “Better Call Saul,” like the six before it, has a bifurcated title — “Plan & Execution.” Season 6 has, so far, focused largely on Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim’s (Rhea Seehorn) plot against Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian), the staunch attorney whose reputational downfall could directly lead to a settlement of the Sandpiper lawsuit and, thus, a healthy sum of money in Jimmy’s pocket.
Fans have been patiently waiting to see their plan in action. But alas, it’s never that simple, and there is, of course, a different type of execution in this startling Part 1 finale, which abruptly ends after Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) shoots Howard in the head.
Lalo and Howard’s surprise encounter inside Jimmy and Kim’s apartment brings lead actors Dalton and Fabian together on screen for the first time, and marks the rapid escalation of Jimmy’s two worlds — the courtroom and cartel — intersecting.
But before Lalo puts a bullet in Howard’s head, the kingpin spends almost the entire episode staked out in a sewer, carefully observing Gus Fring’s (Giancarlo Esposito) covert laundromat operation from underground.
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