Hi, today we’re answering some quote unquote unanswered questions for Better Call Saul.
These are questions that weren’t directly answered during the series. Mostly because I don’t think
they were overly relevant really to the main plot. They were always meant to be things the
audience fills in themselves. So, today that’s what we’re doing, we’re filling in the gaps based
on what we know. This is the second part, and a bit shorter. I’ve taken questions from the first
video, and I’m going to try and answer them here. How did Hector end up in Tuco’s shack in Breaking
Bad? This is a question some people believe would be answered. I thought it was potentially
a possibility that he would return at some point in season 6, but he didn’t in the end. We leave
off in BCS with Tuco still in prison, serving an extended sentence after knifing a guy in season 3,
and going to prison in season 2, as a result of the events of 2x06 ‘Gloves Off’. We don’t
see him again after this in the BCS timeline. Tuco despite his many flaws is shown to be quite
caring of his relatives, particularly older ones, like his Abuelita that we see in 1x01 and 1x02.
After being released from prison, I imagine Tuco finds Hector in the care home, and decides
to take him to the cabin, assuming he is either safer, or will be more cared for by Tuco himself.
Either this or Hector is only moved out into the cabin after Tuco’s hideout is busted. Due
to Hector’s physical state in Breaking Bad though when we first see him, I think he’s been in Tuco’s
poor care for a while now. Tuco’s drug addiction likely causing him to not be the best caretaker.
What happened to Jeff? We leave off with Jeff in the Nebraska police station after he crashes
the car outside the cancer scam patient’s house. As Gene says, there’s nothing to convict him for
really, so he’s probably going to be okay. The clothes store heist doesn’t have any evidence
remaining, so Jeff can’t be convicted for that. And the break-ins and stolen IDs also can’t really
be traced to him, with him only driving the people to their properties, with Buddy being the one
going in. It also doesn’t seem like Saul talked about them, and I think it’s basically because
they’re kind of irrelevant in comparison to Walter White’s meth empire. Not only that but Marion was
a key player, or really the key player in locating Saul to begin with. Similar to Saul’s spiel about
Walt being his tormenter, threatening him to work for him, Jeff could spin a reasonably similar tale
if need be, and it would probably be believed. Saul is the bigger target here, and as Jeff had
no ties to Saul’s Albuquerque days, I really don’t think there’s going to be much interest in him.
Who finished the super-lab? This is a question that I don’t think we really have any indication
to. Werner and his crew got the lab into a close to finished state. I believe Werner mentions that
all that remains is some blasting, that he leaves to Kai, and then they would begin pouring concrete
for the walls. This means it’s basically in the state that we see it in Breaking Bad,
it just doesn’t look that because it’s all rocky still and it hasn’t got the clean concrete finish.
Between 6x09 and Season 3 of Breaking Bad there’s about 4 years or so, leaving plenty of time for
the work to be finished and another suitable crew to be found. Remember too that the hard part seems
to be done, the hole for the most part is there. The stability of making the hole to begin with
was in large part the issue and was why Werner and his crew were needed.
I imagine a less skilled crew could likely clean up the end work, although knowing Gus he probably
gets people just as skilled. He presumably found Werner through his German Madrigal
connections. Madrigal is international and I’m sure another group could be sourced. It would
have been cool to see, but I think it’s really as simple as ‘it was finished by someone else’.
How did Lalo get to Germany? This is a question I see around quite a bit. With lots of people
being confused as to how Lalo could’ve gotten to Germany, what with being wanted in the U.S, and so
likely unable to get on any international flights. I personally don’t think it’s that absurd though,
with Lalo likely having cartel connections who can get him to other countries with a fair amount of
ease. In-universe I believe it does take him at least a few weeks to get from Mexico to Germany,
and then to Albuquerque, so he could have even gone by sea or something. Lalo is shown over and
over to be very resourceful, and also extremely prepared. He had a guy ready as a body double
in-case he needed to fake his death, I think him getting to another country and back isn’t
really a stretch. I don’t remember there being a direct show of how he could have gotten to another
country, but again in the space of a couple weeks it seems plausible. If he were to go by flight and
through an airport, his preparedness means he likely has fake passports, and also the world
at this point assumes he is dead, in the form of the charred body double. The only person really
looking for Lalo at this point is Gus and his men. How did Lalo know where Gus lived? This is another
fairly straightforward one. I presume that most of the people in the cartel know where one
another live. Meetings and parties are hosted at Eladio’s, it appears Gus knows where Bolsa lives,
and Lalo’s compound is also not exactly trying to hide. So, simple answer, he probably just knew,
it was probably common knowledge to the cartel higher ups. It may have even been
one of the things he picked up when he first started tracking Gus’ business in Season 4.
Alright, that’s gonna do it. Let me know your own thoughts on these questions too, and if
you have any answers that differ from my own. I’d be interested to hear them. Thanks for watching.