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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
ways better call saul impacts breaking
bad you won't have to talk to the cops
you won't have to do any time
there's no killing but your tuco problem
it goes away for this list we'll be
looking at plot points connected to
breaking bad that were expanded upon or
given a whole new perspective in its
prequel series better keep in mind we'll
be breaking out the spoilers do you
think better call saul has strengthened
the breaking bad legacy let us know in
the comments
number 10. huel's fate
although breaking bad tied up most of
its loose ends a few characters were
left with ambiguous fates in the final
season of better call saul gene takovic
as he now goes by contacts francesca his
old receptionist informs him that skyler
white got off on a deal while only jesse
pinkman's car was found alluding to the
events of el camino leave it near the
border hide it kinda but yo don't hide
it so good the cops can't find it wipe
it down for prince and hitchhike back do
not let nobody see you in that car the
biggest takeaway is the revelation that
huel babaneau saul's former bodyguard
evaded jail time because the dea held
him under false pretenses claiming walt
had put a hit on him and had already
killed jesse oh man oh man i swear to
god i know he was gonna kill him man i
know he was gonna kill him fans often
wondered if huell ever left the safe
house where we last saw him better call
saul clarifies that he's since moved
back to new orleans he'll
i guess
back home in new orleans
dea held him under false pretenses or
something so
last i heard he walked
good number nine crazy eight
while he only appears in the first three
breaking bad episodes this drug dealer
leaves a strong impression we connect
with crazy eight as he's locked in
jesse's basement which makes it even
harder when walt has no choice but to
directly murder someone for the first
time the moment i do
are you going to stick me with that
broken piece of blade we're left to
wonder how much of what crazy 8 told
walt about himself was true as we see
and better call saul his real name is
indeed domingo molina and lalo salamanca
supplied his nickname it's 3 8 on the
turn and you don't race and then you
fall at the river
it's too bad
what's your look of this guy huh
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it's also revealed that crazy 8
interacted with several breaking bad
characters before encountering walt or
jesse he worked for don hector and saul
goodman negotiated a deal when hank
schrader and stephen gomez tried
interrogating him crazy eight might have
been better off in jail oh yeah well if
his information leads to arrests then
charges go away
okay now how can you say no to that that
is a win-win for you guys number eight
tuko salamanca and the cousins
after crazy8 dies walter and jessie get
involved with the hot-headed tuko it
isn't long until they cross paths with
other members of the salamanca family
including the silent but deadly cousins
better call saul explores their criminal
activities before heisenberg thanks to
mike and nacho tuco faces almost a
decade in prison
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don hector and the cousins ultimately
forced mike's hand resulting in tuco
getting a much shorter prison sentence i
would like for you
to tell the police
that the gun was yours
had mike's plan gone off without a hitch
tuko still likely would have been in
jail when walt got involved in the meth
business mike prolonged his life by
telling the police it was his gun but by
getting tugo out early he paved the way
for walt to one day doom all parties
involved we tried to poison you
because you're an insane
degenerate piece of filth and you
deserve to die
number seven gus on the rise
in better call saul gustavo fring is
already the chicken man behind los poyo
cermanos and a prominent meth
distribution figure while much of his
past is left ambiguous the prequel
series sets the stage for gus to take
down many of his rivals in breaking bad
we cleared out the espinosas
they're all done
and the salamanca brothers
marco took a hit but
he'll pull through it will be a while
until gus is in a position to exact
revenge against don elario however he
can knock the salamanca's down a peg on
his way up the ladder using nacho as a
pawn gus's business begins to thrive
while his main competitor suffers get
some rest
you have more to do we also watch the
production of gus's state of the art
super lab where walt will one day cook
going into breaking bad all the pieces
are in place for gus's continued rise
and downfall i decide what he deserves
no one else number six nacho and lalo
when walter and jesse first kidnap saul
he desperately mentions two names
ignacio and lalo
oh
no no no no no
no it wasn't me it was ignacio he's the
one while this seemed irrelevant
throughout breaking bad's run both
characters are given essential arcs in
better call saul jimmy reluctantly helps
lalo salamanca out of a legal jam
shortly before nacho enables the attack
on his compound
after going on the run for a while lalo
asks for jimmy's help again killing
howard hamlin in the process although
jimmy and kim survive this ordeal their
marriage does not in due course jimmy
mcgill essentially dies leaving only
saul goodman move it to court day
i'm not going down there twice in one
week that's their problem as walter and
jesse made saul look at an empty grave
it's safe to say that he had flashbacks
to the night when lalo off toward and
changed everything
number five how mike met gus
when they're introduced in breaking bad
mike has a long-standing professional
relationship with guz good news is for a
stage 3 cancer guy's doing well
physically
mentally the guy's a disaster the roots
of that relationship are unveiled and
better call saul hector salamanca
brought them together although not
intentionally mike plotted to kill
hector who'd been harassing him gus
prevents the hit as it's in his best
interest to keep hector alive for now
it's not in my interest for hector
salamanca to die
at this time since they both hate hector
though mike and gus find common ground
that leads to a partnership at first the
two maintained their distance with mike
not even wanting to accept gus's money
you sent back the payment we agreed upon
what i did i didn't do for you however
it isn't long until mike is overseeing
the construction of gus's lab heading up
his security and making problems go away
mike continued to do much of this in
breaking bad
number four how saul met mike
between being a cop and getting involved
in the drug world mike worked as an
albuquerque courthouse parking lot
attendant it's here where he first
encounters the struggling lawyer jimmy
mcgill three dollars uh i'm validated
see the stickers well i see five
stickers you're one shy it's three
dollars although they get off on the
wrong foot the two form a professional
relationship and sort of friendship
jimmy represents mike legally and they
both do odd favors for each other so i'm
here because you want me to assault a
police officer i am asking you to take a
few ounces of lukewarm coffee and spill
it on him i doubt that satisfies the
definition of assault but hey
you're the lawyer by the time jimmy goes
full saul goodman mike is working as his
private investigator getting tangled in
walt's schemes saul arranges for him to
meet gus with mike presumably acting as
the middle man so if jimmy had never met
mike he wouldn't have met gus and walt
wouldn't have met either of the latter
two and it all started with a parking
dispute backing up i have to back up i
need more stickers don't have enough
stickers number three hector salamanca
stroke
flashbacks aside hector spends the
entirety of breaking bad in a wheelchair
with a bell and a perpetually angry face
as his only means of communication
you don't like them it's rather jarring
when he first pops up and better calls
saul walking talking and seemingly in
stable health we never would have
imagined the ignacio that saul briefly
mentioned was the one who put the cartel
dawn in that chair hector has a heart
condition but he's fine as long as he
takes his medicine you get caught it
could get worse
you don't think i know who i'm dealing
with
no
i don't to protect his father nachos
switches hector's pills with empty
capsules causing his fateful stroke in
retrospect this would have been the best
time for gus to finish hector he'd
rather let his enemies suffer though
allowing hector to live long enough to
get revenge
number two from jimmy to saul to gene
breaking bad has always possessed great
re-watch value but going back is even
more fascinating now that saul's
backstory has been fully fleshed out
mayhew is that uh irish or english
irish
faith in bagora a fellow potato eater
my real name's mcgill just as we watch
walt go from chemistry teacher to drug
kingpin jimmy saul gene goes through
several evolutions you're on the
billboards
on the tv i used to have one of your
matchbooks
you got me mixed up with someone my name
is takovic
gene takabic each is different although
each has the same fatal flaw never
knowing when to be content as cnn better
call saul jimmy was given more than one
opportunity to be a legitimate lawyer
yet his inner con artist always calls to
him you have no idea what's going on
you're a teensy tiny man in a
teensy-weensy little bubble oh jimmy
this molds him into a criminal lawyer
who will inevitably become a wanted
criminal saul follows through on his
plan to start over as a cinnabon manager
however living a boring life doesn't
suit who gene takavic is underneath you
want to end the game
the game
what
game the game
the one you've been watching your entire
life
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number one entering that door
although primarily a prequel better call
saul also serves as a sequel especially
towards the end as gene stumbles back
into slip and jimmy's old tricks alright
we ready
and grab your bag
and go
that's it move move this cleverly
mirrors flashbacks to when saul first
got involved with walt and jesse it's
confirmed that mike was the one who
provided a background check on walt for
saul even more significant mike warned
saul about getting further involved with
walt believing it would only amount to
trouble listen even though this guy was
gonna live i wouldn't go near him he's a
complete amateur
well you see an amateur i see
170 pounds of clay ready to be molded
trouble is what saul wants deep down
however saul isn't happy with just being
a lawyer much like how gene isn't
satisfied managing a cinnabon both thus
go through doors that may feed their
hunger for a little more fun one way or
another the fun needs to end eventually
so if you want to make more money and
keep the money that you make
better call saul
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