Lalo Salamanca asks a man to shave his facial hair a specific way on the season 6 premiere of "Better Call Saul" for a specific, grisly reason.AMC
- Warning: There are spoilers ahead for the season six premiere of "Better Call Saul."
- Insider breaks down "Breaking Bad" nods and small moments you may have missed on the premiere.
The opening tie montage used black and white ties
This was all one quick moment slowed down. AMC
At a PaleyFest panel in early April, which Insider attended, co-showrunner Peter Gould told the crowd that the season's opening scene with Saul's ties slowly cascading down was one quick moment slowed down.
Even though it looks like the ties are falling slowly, Gould said they were all tossed and captured on film in one quick motion at about "180 to 200 frames per second."
"We didn't really know what we were getting until we saw playback," Gould said.
Though you may have thought they was some trickery as the scene moves from black and white to color, Gould said that they just used black and white ties at the start to create the illusion.
Kevin Wachtell's Mesa Verde photo is tossed into a box as Saul's items are packed up.
The Mesa Verde photo gets tossed in a box labeled "no value" on the season six premiere. AMC, composite by Kirsten Acuna/Insider
On season five, Kim showed Jimmy the photo and suggested that Kevin copied the horse image illegally to create the logo for Mesa Verde without crediting or compensating the original photographer.
When Jimmy later accused Kevin of stealing the image, Kevin fessed up, falsely believing that purchasing the photo gave him rights to the photo's intellectual property.
The Zafiro Añejo bottle stopper at the episode's start goes back to season two.
Jimmy bought Kim a bottle of the expensive (fictional) tequila on the show's third season. AMC, composite by Kirsten Acuna/Insider
Jimmy and Kim con a man into buying them $50 shots of the expensive, fictional tequila on season two of "Better Call Saul."
The following season, Jimmy buys Kim a bottle of the tequila and she held onto the topper. It's the only thing Kim took from Schweikart & Cokely's when she quit the firm at the end of season five.
Seeing the bottle stopper in Saul's future home after makes us hopeful that Kim may have been in it at one time since the top holds some sentimental value for her. Otherwise, maybe Saul put it away in the drawer it fell out from.
"Breaking Bad" fans know the tequila from season four. Gus poisoned and gifted the tequila to Don Eladio, leading to the death of Eladio and his cartel members.
There's a dubious reason Lalo Salamanca told the man near the episode's start to shave all his facial hair except his mustache and soul patch.
Lalo needed the man to shave his facial hair in a way that matched his own. AMC, composite by Kirsten Acuna/Insider
Lalo was looking for a way to fake his own death after the group of mercenaries sent to kill him on the season five finale failed.
Needing a body to make his death look believable to Gus and the world, Lalo needed the man to look similar enough to himself to pass as a body double.
Moments before Lalo kills the man off-screen, there's a shot where the man looks up at Lalo and you're supposed to notice that the two look very similar.
Star Giancarlo Esposito, who plays Gus Fring on the "Breaking Bad" prequel series, told Insider the scene initially confused two of his four daughters.
"I said, 'When the guy shaved, who did he look like?' They were mortified. They thought it was horrible," Esposito said.
Jimmy meets Kim at the El Camino Dining Room.
"El Camino" is also the title of a 2019 "Breaking Bad" movie. Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
"El Camino" was the name of the 2019 "Breaking Bad" sequel movie featuring Aaron Paul.
The golf club's list of members is filled with "Better Call Saul" crew members.
Some of the names on the golf club list belonged to real crew members on the series. AMC
Special effects crew member Werner Hahnlein, foreman Mark Gutierrez, props master Jonathan Griego, and production secretary Whitney Guaderrama are all referenced on the list that Jimmy skims while looking for Howard's gym locker number.
Jimmy is now driving a rented Ford Taurus.
Jimmy McGill's current Ford Taurus vs. his season one Suzuki Esteem. AMC
Near the end of season five, Jimmy had to abandon his Suzuki Esteem after it's shot up in the desert. For the time being, he rents a brown Ford Taurus.
Kim tells Jimmy that his alter ego Saul Goodman shouldn't be driving a Ford Taurus. Instead, Goodman would drive something American-made and showy.
"Breaking Bad" fans know that Goodman will eventually get a white Cadillac, made by American car company General Motors.