Better Call Saul (2015) s06e03 Episode Script

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Previously on "Better Call Saul"
I think there's a way
to get Sandpiper settled
and leave him standing.
Maybe the trick is, we're
not working on Howard.
Not at first.
You've got two dozen lawyers up there,
and it's my fault
you can't keep track of Lalo?
I meant De Guzman.
Varga's alone in foreign territory.
He's gonna get caught.
You're not doing that.
He wants to talk to you.
Jefe!
Un campesino.
Tal vez lo vio.
Gracias.
Señor.
Gracias.
A to Z Fine Upholstery.
Hello?
Dad. It's me.
Nacho?
Si, Papa.
Um
Nacho
Okay.
Hm?
Yeah.
It's me.
Yeah.
You knew.
You knew that I was going
to Mexico to die,
that I was never supposed to
make it out of that motel.
And you let it happen.
Not my call.
What happens now?
That's up to you.
Is that bastard with you?
Put him on.
Hm.
He wants to talk to you.
Yes.
You are screwed.
You want the cartel
to blame me for Lalo.
But if they catch me, make me talk
That is not good for you, is it?
Even if I disappear,
everyone's gonna smell
your stink all over it.
The only way that this works for you
is with me dead.
All right.
Whatever bullshit way
you want the story to go,
I will make it go.
But I need one thing.
Yes?
My dad.
I need to know that he'll be safe.
If you are true to your word,
there will be no reason for
anyone to harm your father.
You are not the one
that I need to hear it from.
Your dad's gonna be okay.
How do you know?
Because anyone who goes after him
is gonna have to come through me.
Zip?
All set.
What's up?
Well, I'm just thinking
about the timeline.
Let me.
Everything has to go off by the 18th.
That's the target date, right?
Uh-huh.
And before that,
just for the driving work,
we're saying we want, uh,
the right year and model.
Mint condition, no less.
And then get it painted.
Plus we want to get the custom plates
So not enough time?
That's what I'm wondering.
Mm.
Okay.
Here you go.
What if
What if we used the real car?
I mean, like, his real car.
His car?
That's a bit direct.
I think the word you're
looking for is "audacious".
That, too.
But it's a real risk, 'cause, uh
We're exposed when
we take it, and then, what?
Just Just put it back?
Pretend some kids took it for a joyride?
I mean, there's a dozen
ways we tip our hand.
I got it.
Valet scam.
Hm? How does that work?
Well, it wouldn't be me.
This has got Huell's name
written all over it.
- Huell?
- Yeah.
He knows Huell from your hearing.
Yeah, but if we do it right,
Huell will be invisible.
Oh, yeah?
Like a ghost.
That's pretty slick.
I think the word you're
looking for is "audacious".
All right. Thank you for that.
Try talking
Oh, hey, Suzanne!
Kim.
Glad I s-spotted you.
I have some new info on Caldwell.
Am I reading this right?
This is an out-of-state
misdemeanor arrest report.
- On your client.
- Yeah.
This is six years old, Kim.
Yep.
There's no way we ever
would've chased this down.
Why are you giving this to me?
We're in discovery, and I discovered it.
I'm supposed to turn it over.
Besides, we are going to
beat you on the merits.
You can keep that copy. I'll see you.
Kim.
Kim. Do you have a minute?
I'm sure you recognize this man.
He's a client of Jimmy McGill's,
one Jorge de Guzman.
This This is Eduardo Salamanca.
Same person.
Okay.
And who is Eduardo Salamanca?
A major drug trafficker.
We got this photo from
Federales in Chihuahua.
Seems Salamanca jumped
the $7 million he posted in bail
and fled to Mexico.
Wow.
That's news to me.
How did this come to light?
He died in a massive
firefight at his compound.
Over a half dozen people were killed.
That's terrible,
but where are you going with this?
Bear with me.
Let me explain how this
looks from where I stand.
A couple years back,
Jimmy McGill represented
Ignacio Varga, a local dealer.
Now, Varga is a known associate
of Tuco Salamanca.
Jimmy was involved in getting Tuco
a reduced sentence on an
assault and battery charge
shortly after he represented Varga.
And now here he is, representing
Eduardo Salamanca
under the assumed name "De Guzman".
Okay.
What are you getting at?
Are you building some kind
of case against Jimmy?
No.
No one is, at the moment.
"At the moment".
Gina Khalil thinks Jimmy
knew who De Guzman was.
That Jimmy helped Salamanca
even after he knew.
I'd like to believe he didn't.
I don't think Jimmy ever intended
to become a cartel lawyer.
It's not a suit that fits him.
I think maybe he got in over
his head and couldn't get out.
And if that's true,
if Salamanca duped him,
then the lawyer-client privilege
was obtained in bad faith.
You want Jimmy to rat on a client?
Even if Salamanca's dead,
his privilege survives.
You know that.
If the privilege was clean.
But if he wasn't in
on the De Guzman deception,
Jimmy could talk to me.
And tell you what? You just
said Salamanca's dead.
His accomplices aren't.
Salamanca was in deep,
and I want to know
what his people are doing
here in Albuquerque.
And Jimmy could help.
I'll make sure anything
he tells me won't blow back.
And if it turns out that
Jimmy's made mistakes,
we won't hold him accountable.
I'm talking to you because I think
you'll be more willing
to hear what I have to say.
Look, we had a monster in custody.
And we just let him
walk right out of jail.
We failed. The whole system just failed.
This guy killed a 22-year-old kid.
Dead. In cold blood.
It's wrong.
You know it's wrong.
And I think Jimmy does, too.
Saul.
I'm sorry?
He practices now under
the name Saul Goodman.
Although I distinctly remember
you referring to him as a "scumbag".
Uh, I admit I have had
my problems with Saul.
That's true.
But I also believe underneath it all,
underneath all of his
Showiness
He's a lawyer.
And a human being.
And I think he knows what's right.
When?
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
Boss says he looks too pretty.
Want me to take care of it?
No.
I'll do it.
Now get the hell outta here.
Gotta make it look real, right?
Let's get it over with.
First things first.
Tony, good to see you.
How's night school treating you?
"A" in Econ, Mr. Hamlin.
Ah, good for you. Keep it up!
Oh, uh, sorry, sir.
- 'Scuse me.
- My bad.
No worries.
'Scuse me.
Better get a move on.
Kid looks quick.
Let's go, yo.
Prolly 'bout 45 seconds.
I'm just sayin'.
Heard you the first time.
Smooth as glass.
Guy drove away without a clue.
Great!
And, uh, how does it work?
Press "four" for
unlock. "Five" for lock.
Rest'll take care of itself.
Four for unlock, five for lock
All right.
What you asked for, and a little extra.
Should cover you and the "keymaster".
Can I ask you summin'?
Sure, go ahead.
Personal, kinda.
Okay. What?
You a lawyer.
You make good money, right?
Good days and bad, but, yeah.
Legit money.
On the level.
Yeah. So?
Your wife's a lawyer.
A legit lawyer.
Yeah.
Why you do all this?
Oh. I gotcha.
I-I know, from the outside,
this looks like just another scam.
But
You're not seeing the bigger picture.
A couple months from now,
there are people whose lives
are gonna be way better because of this.
A We're making a real difference.
Trust me.
We're doing the Lord's work here.
If you say so.
Be seeing you.
Hey.
Buckle your safety belts,
boys and girls,
because Huell came through.
Huell says "hi", by the way.
Hu Glad to hear it.
What's going on?
I have news, Jimmy.
Lalo is dead.
Holy shit.
The D.A.'s office put it together
that Lalo was calling himself De Guzman.
They are pretty upset they let him go.
I'll bet they are.
Ericsen seems to think
that if Lalo lied to you
and you didn't know about the pseudonym,
that you could break confidentiality.
She wants you to talk.
She says it's "right".
Well, what do you think we should do?
You should do
whatever you want, Jimmy.
They don't have anything on you.
It's just a fishing expedition
to see if you bite.
You think I should do it?
It depends.
On what?
Well.
I guess it's basically
Do you want to be
a "friend of the cartel"?
Or do you want to be a rat?
Bolsa will want to hear
the truth from you
before the Salamancas have you.
Their methods take
too long for his taste.
What will you say?
I'll say it was Alvarez.
Working for Los Odios out of Peru.
That, um
I've been on the payroll
for almost a year.
All right.
Once you say it, you get to your feet.
You start running as fast
as you can at Victor.
You'll be zip-tied, he'll be ready.
Get past him and keep running.
He'll handle it.
He puts me down, you mean.
It'll be over quick.
You have something more to say?
I wanna be there.
The Salamancas know you.
They know your face.
I'm not gonna be close enough
for them to eyeball me.
I should be there for insurance.
There are a lot of ways
this can go south.
Turn around.
Today, you are going to die.
But
There are good deaths,
and there are bad deaths.
Tell me what I need to know
I'll see that your death is a good one.
Who put you up to this?
One last chance.
Who?
It was Alvarez.
Los Odios, out of Peru.
They paid me to set up your nephew.
And I did.
Alvarez, we know.
Los Odios, we know.
Was anyone else involved?
Him?
You think the Chicken Man?
What a joke.
Alvarez has been paying me for years
Years. But you know what?
I would've done it for free,
because I hate every last one
of you psycho sacks of shit.
I opened Lalo's gate.
And I would do it again.
And I'm glad what they did to him.
He's a soulless pig.
And I wish I'd killed him
with my own hands.
And you know what else, Hector?
I put you in that chair.
Oh, yeah. Your heart meds?
I switched them for sugar pills.
You were dead and buried,
and I had to watch this
asshole bring you back.
So when you are sitting
in your shitty nursing home
and you're suckin' down on your Jell-O
night after night
for the rest of your life,
you think of me, you twisted fuck!
Es suyo.
Do it.
On the next episode of
"Better Call Saul"
You ever feel like
you're being followed?
Who's here to see Saul Goodman?
You're the guy, right?
I'm just getting warmed up.
What the hell is going on?
It's just wrong.
I need guys in close.
Are. You. Following me?