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Apr 18, 2022 · Each of the episodes of Better Call Saul this season has had bifurcated titles (the premiere is “Wine and Roses,” and the next two are “Rock and Hard Place” and “Hit and Run”), and ...
Apr 19, 2022 · Our wait is now over, with the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul premiering on Monday night and giving insight into what fates await our favorite characters. "Wine and Roses," the first of a two-episode premiere, serves as a flash-forward to events post Breaking Bad, but not how we're used to. Typically, the flash-forwards look at Gene ...
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"Wine and Roses" is the first episode of the sixth season of Better Call Saul and the fifty-first episode of the series altogether.
Teaser
The teaser initially appears to be the usual black-and-white segment following "Gene Takavic" as previous seasons began, showing neckties cascading into a box; however, the ties gradually become more colorful. Continuing in color, the teaser then shows a team of workers removing personal effects—including expensive clothing, luxury furniture, sentimental items, and a white Cadillac sedan—from a large mansion in Albuquerque. The mansion formerly belonged to Saul Goodman, and the property and everything in it is being repossessed. As a large cabinet is being loaded onto a moving truck, the distinctive cap from a Zafiro Añejo tequila bottle falls out into the gutter, going unnoticed by the workers.
Act I
In 2004, Nacho flees from Lalo's compound in Mexico after allowing Gus's assassins to enter through the back gate. He overhears gunfire as he runs through the wilderness. At daybreak, he hides in a ditch to avoid being seen by some farmers. Nacho then receives a call on his cell phone from Tyrus, who tells him that the hit on Lalo was successful and advises him to travel north and keep a low profile while a safe location is prepared for him. Meanwhile, a wounded and disheveled Lalo turns up at the home of a woman named Sylvia. After tending to his leg wound, she fixes breakfast and thanks him for funding oral surgery for her husband, Mateo. Mateo appears and, after Lalo comments on his large beard, is told by Sylvia to shave. Lalo tells him to keep his mustache and soul patch. After Mateo heads to the bathroom, Lalo separates the blades of a pair of scissors, gripping one piece as a knife. After killing Sylvia offscreen, Lalo visits the bathroom and talks to an oblivious Mateo, who now resembles Lalo after having shaved himself. In Albuquerque, Jimmy lies awake in his bed at the hotel, troubled by his conversation with Kim the previous evening. Returning to her apartment, the couple prepare for work. Kim is short of money for the taxi the couple are planning to take downtown, but Jimmy retrieves a duffel bag from the closet and hands her a large bundle of leftover cash from his trek in the desert. Kim also takes out Jimmy's bullet-pierced thermos from the duffel bag. As she and Jimmy are about to drive away in the taxi, Kim throws the thermos in a trash can.
Act II
Marco and Leonel Salamanca arrive at Lalo's compound, where they are treated fearfully and deferentially by the Mexican Federales investigating the shootout. Inside the hacienda, the Cousins find the body of Mateo, which has been burned beyond recognition to resemble Lalo's, lying in the kitchen. Marco respectfully covers "Lalo's" body with his suit coat and Leonel leaves a Santa Muerte card with an inscription vowing vengeance. Angered by Lalo's apparent death, the Cousins leave. Meanwhile, at the Los Pollos Hermanos chicken farm, Gus receives a call from Juan Bolsa, who reports that Lalo is dead. Fearing imminent chaos, he says that Don Eladio has put a price on Nacho's head and that the Salamancas plan to interrogate Nacho once he is found. In a war conference with Mike and Tyrus, Gus is skeptical that the mission was successful when all of the assassins have been killed; Mike doesn't say so, but appears to harbor his own doubts. He proposes venturing into Mexico to rescue Nacho, but Gus isn't receptive to the idea. Speaking privately, Mike tells Gus that Nacho successfully navigated a tough situation and is entitled to some respect; Gus curtly replies that he has it. After parting ways with Kim at the courthouse, Jimmy is confronted by ADA Gina Khalil and Det. Tim Roberts, who demand to know the whereabouts of "Jorge de Guzman". Roberts explains that the address Jimmy provided for "Jorge" has been found to be fake and the family presented at the bail hearing have not been located; "Jorge" himself has vanished. Khalil expresses her suspicion that the family was made up and that Jimmy knew about it. In the ensuing argument, Jimmy accidentally refers to his client as "Lalo," which further raises Khalil's suspicions, but plays this off as simple name confusion of his various clients. He walks into an empty courtroom and sits down, agonizing over his gaffe.
•This is the first (and only) season opener of Better Call Saul without a colorless teaser. The entire sequence is in color, with the ties that fall at the start actually being black and white and followed by colored ties after. It is also the only season opener to not feature Jimmy during his time as Gene.
•The opening scene is the first time we see Saul Goodman's house during the Breaking Bad timeline. It includes many notable items seen in Better Call Saul, including (in order of their appearance during the montage):
•Spare running shoes ("Lantern")
•Joey Dixon's Panavision hat ("Off Brand")
•A copy of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine ("Carrot and Stick")
•A painting from Kim's Apartment used to hide notes about the plot against Howard Hamlin ("Rock and Hard Place")
Credits Starring
•Bob Odenkirk as Jimmy McGill •Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut •Rhea Seehorn as Kim Wexler •Patrick Fabian as Howard Hamlin •Michael Mando as Nacho Varga •Tony Dalton as Lalo Salamanca •Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo "Gus" Fring
Apr 19, 2022 · Howard is understandably confused, and Cliff is understandably worried about his friend. And the reason why Jimmy planted this baggie in Howard’s locker will become more clear in the second episode. Better Call Saul airs on Monday nights at 9 p.m. EST on AMC. Catch our weekly recaps here, and read our recap of episode 2 “Carrot and Stick ...
#1 " Wine and Roses" • #2 " Carrot and Stick" • #3 " Rock and Hard Place" • #4 " Hit and Run" • #5 " Black and Blue" • #6 " Axe and Grind" • #7 " Plan and Execution" • #8 " Point and Shoot" • #9 " Fun and Games" • #10 " Nippy" • #11 " Breaking Bad" • #12 " Waterworks" • #13 " Saul Gone "
Apr 19, 2022 · While the premiere, “Wine and Roses,” focused on the aftermath of Season 5's explosive finale, Episode 2, “Carrot and Stick,” lays down the path Jimmy and Kim ( Rhea Seehorn) will...
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Apr 19, 2022 · In the second part of Better Call Saul ‘s two-episode premiere event, “Carrot and Stick”, Mike (Jonathan Banks) gets down to business at Nacho’s (Michael Mando) house. He offers Nacho’s ...
