Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8 intro with car

The wait is over… and the anxiety begins.

It’s always a little funny looking back on the initial Better Call Saul announcement. Sure, Bob Odenkirk’s Breaking Bad The character was undeniably popular. However, some fans couldn’t help but suspect creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould were attempting to milk the success of its predecessor by cooking up an unnecessary prequel; then it premiered.

Many would argue that the spinoff is even more valuable than the original, if you look at 2022. Breaking Bad. Quite an achievement when that’s considered one of the greatest achievements in television history.

Alas, it’s night now and the final season of the sixth and final series is back on television. Some confusion has arisen about the Better Call Saul season 6 episode 8, which featured the car’s intro. So, let’s get the ominous opening explained with full spoilers. You’ve been warned.

WARNING! EPISODE 8, ENDING, MAY CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS

Better Call Saul season 6, episode 8 intro with car

Better Call Saul’s season 6 episode 8 opening, entitled Point and Shoot takes us on an unexpected trip to the coast.

The camera takes a shot of some sand. Next, it moves to focus on the ripples in the water as smart footwear is whipped around by the waves. The camera cuts back to the shore and then crawls back to reveal an abandoned car, with the door open.

We have a wallet with a wedding ring and a pen in the interior.

Whoever the car belongs to, it doesn’t look like they’re coming back. The license plate may have been spotted by a keen-eyed viewer who identified Howard Hamlin as the vehicle’s owner.

This solves the mystery. Nevertheless, it opens up another… what is the solitary car doing there?

Why is Howard’s car on the beach?

As you’ll know, Lalo Salamanca shot Howard dead at the very end of season 6 episode 7.

His mission is to prove Fring’s invention “the mother of all meth labs”He’s right there in Albuquerque aiming to kill him.

However, the plan doesn’t exactly end in his favour and Mike ensures that both Kim and Saul are safe for the time being after the apartment encounter and ensuing danger. Mike gives them instructions on how to proceed with their day in order to avoid suspicion.

He also tells them that Howard was the last person to see them alive. He guides them and insists that they tell police that Howard arrived at their apartment, acting hysterically, before departing.

Mike and his assistants put Howard in the refrigerator to get him out the apartment. They then bury him at the location of the meth laboratory. To fool authorities into thinking he committed suicide, he takes his car to the beach with his belongings.

With his erratic behaviour in the previous episode, it’s almost guaranteed that Howard’s colleagues will clarify that he went off the rails, leading to the death or disappearance being dealt with as non-suspicious.

The opening was basically a flashforward.

‘That was definitely part of the thinking’

Coming back to Howard’s shocking death, the man who directed that mid-season finale – Tom Schnauz – sat down with IndieWireInterviewer drew attention on the fact that this was yet another apartment set showdown.

This episode mirrors an episode with Lalo. Some may have believed that Howard would survive, just like the parties previously.

“That was definitely part of the thinking of making Howard’s death so sudden and shocking,”Tom Explained.

“When Lalo walks in, we probably think it’s gonna be another epic psychological torture session, the lengthy 18-minute scene from [Episode] 509. Instead, he just doesn’t have time for this anymore. He just resorts to brute force. He doesn’t know who he is, he just needs to get this guy.”

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