While delivering a scathing monologue to the drug bosses down in the high-tech meth lab that Walt and Jesse will eventually use in “Breaking Bad,” Gus turns out the lights, grabs a gun and fires the clip at Lalo. When the lights turn back on, we see Lalo choking on his own blood from a fatal neck wound.
Rather than responding, Gus surveyed the excavation site alone. He examined the layout, the various pieces of equipment lying around, then subtly took the gun from his ankle holster to put it inside a parked digger.
Lalo outwitted and outsmarted Gus at every turn, but Gus prevailed with a lucky shot in the dark.
Indeed, Gus not maintaining control is not something we frequently see. And The Mandalorian star says Lalo poses the same threat to Gus that Gus has posed to others, making him Gus's ultimate threat. “I don't like loose cannons. I don't like loose cannons who can't control themselves.
Gus' choice of the Bulldog as his hidden gun likely mirrors what Lalo had told Jimmy and Kim about how easy it is to use a revolver: it is just a point and shoot weapon not requiring cocking or the removal of a safety.
Better Call Saul season 6's "Carrot & Stick" speaks to Gus Fring's awesome instincts, not only knowing a visit to Hector Salamanca was the best method of confirming whether the Lalo assassination stuck, but also getting exactly the cues he wanted from their conversation.
A member of the Salamanca family, Lalo is the grandson of Abuelita and one of Don Hector's nephews, having four cousins who are also involved in criminal activities within the Salamanca drug operation in the cartel: his main cousin and fellow distributor Tuco, his hitmen cousins Marco and Leonel, and his first cousin ...
Up to this point, Gus is portrayed as the smartest person on the show, matched only by Walter White in Breaking Bad. In spite of this, Lalo is able to believably outmaneuver him at nearly every turn.
Lalo easily takes out the guards and could easily kill Gus immediately, but he makes a crucial mistake: he underestimates Gus.
Sure enough, the final portion of “Black and Blue” reveals that Lalo really has gone to Germany to investigate what Gus is up to. Instead of visiting Madrigal Electromotive, however, Lalo follows the one lead he has: Werner Ziegler.
Hector Salamanca
Having served as one of Don Eladio's most feared men for decades, Hector has been as close to the top as it gets.
He was wary of him, but he didn't fear him. A commonality between the people who Walt goes up against is that they all underestimate just how far Walt is willing to go in order to achieve his goals, and that underestimation ends up costing them big time. Gus was no different.
Don Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca (c. 1960 - June 25th, 2004) is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Chuck McGill) of Better Call Saul, serving as the final antagonist of Season 4 and the main antagonist of Seasons 5 and 6. He also serves as a posthumous antagonist in Breaking Bad.
As Eladio and his henchmen party, Gus goes to the bathroom and induces himself to vomit; the tequila was poisoned, and everyone who drank it dies.
Trivia (11) The pills Gustavo Fring takes are "activated charcoal" tablets that apparently can soak up poison and help delay the actions of it.
Trivia. The lookalike continues a running theme through Season 6 of mistaken identity, including Lalo Salamanca's use of Mateo Ramos to fake his death, and Jimmy McGill acting as a body double for Howard Hamlin.
Gus Fring's Death Is Possible (But Not Realistic)
The blast wave severely injured his right side - but it didn't hit his vital organs, which could explain why Gustavo Fring's death in Breaking Bad wasn't immediate. Much of Gus' head and face was injured, but his skull was still intact.
So, Juan Bolsa was behind the attempted hijacking of Lalo's $7 million in bail cash. At least, that is what Gus has concluded after talking to the elegant, even-tempered señor. The question is, why? Here's why, according to Gus: “He was trying to protect his business by protecting our business.”
Despite displaying several features of antisocial personality disorder (stealing from his family, a history of conning people and defying authority), he can be compassionate and is guided by an idiosyncratic code of ethics.
Eduardo 'Lalo' Salamanca
Pretty much from the word go, Lalo cements himself as not only the smartest of the Salamanca family but as one of the best and most intelligent villains of either series also.
Lalo is one of many nephews of Hector Salamanca, an enforcer of Don Eladio Vuente's drug cartel.
A member of the Salamanca family, Tuco is the grandson of Abuelita and the nephew of Hector. Tuco also has four cousins who are involved in criminal activities: Lalo, Marco, Leonel, and Joaquin. He is the first Salamanca family member to run their drug operation, and was succeeded by his uncle Hector and cousin Lalo.
All of the Salamanca family members connected to the cartel perished between 2004 and 2009: Lalo in a shootout with Gustavo Fring in 2004, Gonzo who bled to death after getting his arm crushed under a stack of cars in 2008, Tuco in a shootout with Hank Schrader in 2008, Marco after being shot by Hank, Leonel after ...