


Like, “Oh my god, this is going to be crazy what’s going to happen.” They were talking about Howard’s death and that I kill him, and then they’re like, “And then you die.” I was just thankful that I got the job and worked with these guys and the character became so integral to the story. It was more about how excited they were about what happens than they were about me dying. It was a while back, but I got a call before we started shooting during the pandemic. When did you find out that Gus was going to kill Lalo this season? With Variety, Dalton breaks down filming his death scene, his fatal showdown with Gus and Lalo’s impact on “Breaking Bad.” He flashes a chilling smile at Gus, then dies. When the lights turn back on, we see Lalo choking on his own blood from a fatal neck wound. While delivering a scathing monologue to the drug bosses down in the high-tech meth lab that Walt and Jesse will eventually use in “Breaking Bad,” Gus turns out the lights, grabs a gun and fires the clip at Lalo. With Gus at gunpoint, Lalo foolishly allows him say his last words to Don Eladio (Steven Bauer) and the cartel on camera. However, Gus decides to check on his lab and runs into Lalo, who murders his guards, takes Gus hostage and shoots a round into his bulletproof vest. Before Kim can pull the trigger at Gus’ secure safe house, Mike (Jonathan Banks) intervenes and stops the attempted hit - which was really all a distraction for Lalo to get video evidence of Gus’ secret meth lab.

However, Saul convinced him to send Kim instead, saying that she’d be less conspicuous approaching Gus’ house in the middle of the night. Very calmly and thoroughly, he explained his plan for Saul to drive to Gus’ house, ring his doorbell and shoot him - all while Lalo is standing over Howard’s dead body. Lalo came so close to exposing Gus to the rest of the Salamanca cartel. And in a twisted cherry on top of “Better Call Saul’s” suspenseful Season 6 Part 2 return, it’s revealed that Lalo is buried beneath Gus’ meth super-lab. SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the eighth episode of “ Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Point and Shoot.”Īfter shooting Howard (Patrick Fabian) in the head and holding Saul (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim (Rhea Seehorn) hostage in their own home, Tony Dalton’s terrifying-yet-suave villain Lalo Salamanca has finally died, and at the hands of Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), no less.
