Better Call Saul - Prequel to Breaking Bad
Discussion
hyphen said:
They are two different people I think- as remember she said her husband went missing over 8 years ago.
Immediately after meeting that woman, Mike calls geek boy to say he will provide muscle for the Nacho meeting.
Which begs the question who was the husband and why did Mike think Nacho would know?Immediately after meeting that woman, Mike calls geek boy to say he will provide muscle for the Nacho meeting.
Edited by hyphen on Thursday 8th June 15:35
garyhun said:
hyphen said:
They are two different people I think- as remember she said her husband went missing over 8 years ago.
Immediately after meeting that woman, Mike calls geek boy to say he will provide muscle for the Nacho meeting.
Which begs the question who was the husband and why did Mike think Nacho would know?Immediately after meeting that woman, Mike calls geek boy to say he will provide muscle for the Nacho meeting.
Edited by hyphen on Thursday 8th June 15:35
I think we're getting tied up here.
The body Mike dug up was the good samaritan killed by Hector. Nacho was very likely involved with his killing, so knows where body is.
Anitas husband was killed 8 years before the good samaritan.
There is a lot of info here:
http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Slip
The body Mike dug up was the good samaritan killed by Hector. Nacho was very likely involved with his killing, so knows where body is.
Anitas husband was killed 8 years before the good samaritan.
There is a lot of info here:
http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Slip
DMN said:
I think we're getting tied up here.
The body Mike dug up was the good samaritan killed by Hector. Nacho was very likely involved with his killing, so knows where body is.
Anitas husband was killed 8 years before the good samaritan.
There is a lot of info here:
http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Slip
Thanks! That was my initial view but then keithton confused me The body Mike dug up was the good samaritan killed by Hector. Nacho was very likely involved with his killing, so knows where body is.
Anitas husband was killed 8 years before the good samaritan.
There is a lot of info here:
http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Slip
Hoping you guys can clear up the first plot hole I've noticed in BB or BCS... discussion in spoiler tags below:
In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
youngsyr said:
Hoping you guys can clear up the first plot hole I've noticed in BB or BCS... discussion in spoiler tags below:
In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
It's only £200k, he could simply employ his as a security or logistics specialist and pay him a hefty salary and give a very good "death in service" perks package..In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
However I don't recall Gus offering mike a job, just saying he had an alternate idea!
JamieBeeston said:
youngsyr said:
Hoping you guys can clear up the first plot hole I've noticed in BB or BCS... discussion in spoiler tags below:
In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
It's only £200k, he could simply employ his as a security or logistics specialist and pay him a hefty salary and give a very good "death in service" perks package..In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
However I don't recall Gus offering mike a job, just saying he had an alternate idea!
What legitimate role could Mike have in Gus's business - what fried chicken restaurant needs a security manager, or even a logistics manager? The IRS would see through that front in a second and Gus isn't the type of guy to be that sloppy or take that risk.
youngsyr said:
JamieBeeston said:
youngsyr said:
Hoping you guys can clear up the first plot hole I've noticed in BB or BCS... discussion in spoiler tags below:
In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
It's only £200k, he could simply employ his as a security or logistics specialist and pay him a hefty salary and give a very good "death in service" perks package..In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
However I don't recall Gus offering mike a job, just saying he had an alternate idea!
What legitimate role could Mike have in Gus's business - what fried chicken restaurant needs a security manager, or even a logistics manager? The IRS would see through that front in a second and Gus isn't the type of guy to be that sloppy or take that risk.
On a side note...
The bit I don't get about BCS is that Gus Fring appears in it as a big-enough player and has obvious tie-ins to BB, but he doesn't appear as a player in BB until season 3? I've not re-watched BB recently, but are there any subtle clues to his existence?
Edited by American iv on Tuesday 13th June 23:53
American iv said:
youngsyr said:
JamieBeeston said:
youngsyr said:
Hoping you guys can clear up the first plot hole I've noticed in BB or BCS... discussion in spoiler tags below:
In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
It's only £200k, he could simply employ his as a security or logistics specialist and pay him a hefty salary and give a very good "death in service" perks package..In the latest episode ("Slip"), we are shown that Mike goes into business with Gus in order to launder the money Mike took during the original truck heist, so that if anything happens to Mike, it can go to his daughter in law and granddaughter. Mike approaches Gus and says that he (Mike) knows that the chicken restaurants are a front to launder money and proposes that Gus launder Mike's money in return for 20%. Gus refuses this offer, but proposes an alternative: Mike works for Gus, which Mike accepts.
However, money laundering doesn't work that way - the reason that the restaurants can launder money for Gus is that he owns the restaurants. He makes fraudulent sales that never happen through his tills and replaces the legitimate would-be customer's money with the drug money. From there on in, the drug money is legitimately in the business, it's taxed and eventually paid out to Gus as legitimate profit from his successful, legal business, meaning that no suspiscion arises from Gus having lots of money.
There's no way that set up can work for Mike - he's not an owner of the business and cannot buy his way into the successful business legitimately because it would cost a lot of money, which a retired cop who works as a car park attendant shouldn't have.
Gus could employ Mike legitimately at the restaurant, but any payments to Mike above the minimal average restaurant worker's wage would be suspiscious and on top of that Mike would actually have to work at the restaurant to build up the back story in case Gus is ever investigated and the IRS/cops talk to the legitimate and unknowing staff.
I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him. The money needs a way to enter the legitimate system and then be extracted from that system to Mike in a legal way - Gus's business cannot provide either.
So, all in all, I just don't see how Gus can launder Mike's money for him and this frustrates me, because it's a key plot point and I really want the programme to work perfectly!
However I don't recall Gus offering mike a job, just saying he had an alternate idea!
What legitimate role could Mike have in Gus's business - what fried chicken restaurant needs a security manager, or even a logistics manager? The IRS would see through that front in a second and Gus isn't the type of guy to be that sloppy or take that risk.
On a side note...
The bit I don't get about BCS is that Gus Fring appears in it as a big-enough player and has obvious tie-ins to BB, but he doesn't appear as a player in BB until season 3? I've not re-watched BB recently, but are there any subtle clues to his existence?
I just don't see how Gus can bring Mike into the money laundering operation with what we know from BCS and BB - what would Gus' reason be to loan Mike, a complete stranger ex-cop, $200k to open a launderette? Even if Gus could come up with a good reason, Mike would have to work in the launderette for a considerable amount of time and long term to make the front convincing, just like Gus does with the restaurant
I don't see any of that happening.
PS: You missed an "i" in your closing spoiler tag, so your text isn't hidden.
youngsyr said:
Maybe I'm thinking too much into it, but Gus has gone to extreme lengths to appear squeaky clean and rightfully so - if you're going to be in the game long term, you need a bullet proof front in place.
I just don't see how Gus can bring Mike into the money laundering operation with what we know from BCS and BB - what would Gus' reason be to loan Mike, a complete stranger ex-cop, $200k to open a launderette? Even if Gus could come up with a good reason, Mike would have to work in the launderette for a considerable amount of time and long term to make the front convincing, just like Gus does with the restaurant
I don't see any of that happening.
PS: You missed an "i" in your closing spoiler tag, so your text isn't hidden.
Fair to assume that Gus has a complex and far reaching money laundering operation, much bigger than what we see in Los Pollos Hermanos. I also think it is fair to assume that all parties know for Mike to end up with that kind of money cleanly is not going to be a five minute job. I just don't see how Gus can bring Mike into the money laundering operation with what we know from BCS and BB - what would Gus' reason be to loan Mike, a complete stranger ex-cop, $200k to open a launderette? Even if Gus could come up with a good reason, Mike would have to work in the launderette for a considerable amount of time and long term to make the front convincing, just like Gus does with the restaurant
I don't see any of that happening.
PS: You missed an "i" in your closing spoiler tag, so your text isn't hidden.
Wobbegong said:
Ayahuasca said:
When Mike called in the Good Samaritan corpse find he said he was searching for arrowheads with a metal detector.
Indian arrow heads are made of stone and cannot be detected with a metal detector.
That's why he didn't find any Indian arrow heads are made of stone and cannot be detected with a metal detector.
Poor Kim!
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