Warning! Massive spoiler alert for Better Call Saul’s midseason finale ahead! And what a midseason finale it was! The latest episode of the hit series landed on Monday, and the Golden Globes and Emmy Awards had better be ready, as viewers have been hailing it as one of the greatest episodes of all time.
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Taking to Twitter to discuss Plan and Execution, which saw the downfall of Howard Hamlin as he is brutally murdered by Lalo after Jimmy and Kim destroy his reputation, one person wrote: "Imagine writing a prequel to one of the most popular tv series of all time - where every major character’s fate is common knowledge - and still leaving the audience speechless."
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Another person added: "I feel like I just witnessed one of the greatest episodes of a show in TV history," while a third wrote: "I was going to watch something else after Better Call Saul but instead I just turned my tv off. Nothing can follow that!"
Another fan tweeted: "And I’m supposed to go to BED after that?!?!?!?!!??! I feel like i need therapy."
Did you see the moment coming?
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Patrick Fabian, who plays Howard, opened up about the twist to The Hollywood Reporter, explaining: "By the time Lalo comes in during that final scene, I had a sense of dread when I was reading it. It was so abrupt and such a turn.
What did you think of the episode?
"But it also feels like Howard is done in that office scene with Cliff [Ed Begley Jr.]. He tries to explain it, but Cliff is like, ‘It’s over. Even if you’re right, it’s over.’ Jimmy and Kim have undressed him in his own office and exposed him. It’s a humiliation of untold proportions, and then the final scene is just a real gut punch." What did you make of the latest episode?
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