re: tOfficial Better Call Saul S06E07 “Plan and Execution” Thread

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I’m in the minority but I think he’s just the opposite version of Saul - a shyster with manners and good looks

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I'm with you, but don't see them as opposites. I always viewed them both as shades of one another and somebody Jimmy wanted to be. Howard was just cut from a finer cloth so he doesn't need the sleeze factor that is all unsophisticated Saul knows how to do. He could never pull off the air Howard does. I think you see it in the tacky clothes Jimmy/Saul wears and the effort he puts, with Kim, into looking ultra sophisticated they just don't know how too. Like you say, his "con" is the sophistication but no less sleezy. shite I know a lot of sleezeball lawyers who act just like Howard.

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Howard and Saul are both con men - Saul just went hard on the sleaze factor. Howard went hard on dressing himself up and having excellent manners.

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How? What did Howard ever do that could be considered fraudulent or even dishonest? #teamhoward

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One could argue Howard & HHM wanting to get a much money as possible out of the Sandpiper case, and in turn stretching the case out for years, while knowing a number of their clients would not live long enough to receive the payout, is dishonest and con man adjacent.

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Don't the lawyers have an obligation to the residents that won't die in the next year or two (that was a minimum timeframe Howard gave to the old lady before the meeting)? I'm far from pro-lawyer but I would think the priority of the law firm(s) suing is to maximize the settlement for the entire group unless directed to do otherwise.

I would assume that at some point the lawyers and clients have had open discussions about the time frames and pros and cons for settling versus dragging it out. I know there's been comments about Howard's debt but there are other firms involved as well. Cliff Main strikes me as someone who would be very fair and honest from what we've seen.

My biggest issue is how to feel about Jimmy and Kim. I like them because of all the show history. But it's very hard to root for them at this point. There is no legitimate reason for them to do what they've done other than for kicks. They would get a lot more money waiting a couple of years. They've got a big chunk of cartel money so they're not hurting. Jimmy has a line down the block each day of new clients so money doesn't look to be a problem soon. They literally destroyed (purposefully his reputation and career and ultimately his life) someone that the worst thing you can say is he's a "typical" lawyer, and all for shits and giggles.

Does anyone know why Sam Holo has not been in this thread to gloat that he knew Lalo would kill Howard with 1 silent shot to the cranium after a faint shadow was cast on a boysenberry blue wall in Episode 1 of Season 2?

Lalo beat his folder chair to pieces against the sewer wall. ...this obviously foretells his demise via choking to death on his own vomit in episode 8.

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landing a major new client, instead of putting her on partner track, he left her in the basement.

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Obviously, she was on the bottom rung of lawyers in a large firm. You are suggesting that she should have been leapfrogged ahead of other lawyers, which would then create a lot of problems. The immorality of Kim is staring you in the face yet you want to dig for criticism of Howard because Kim is the "hero."

Simply pointing out what I think of Howard. Nothing else.

What do y’all think lalo wants with Jimmy and Kim?
Obviously he can press the question of the desert again, but what does that gain him?

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Obviously he can press the question of the desert again, but what does that gain him?

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I guess he can start unraveling some threads, if he asked the right questions.

Mike did tell Saul (IIRC) that Lalo would be killed before Lalo was attacked. That's a biggie.

For that matter, does Lalo even know Mike's full name? Saul does.