Not telling him about Nacho, vouching for Werner after Gus had doubts, then letting him escape. Not exactly the best foundations for him to become Gus's go-to guy, considering they haven't yet known each other for very long. Even Mike admitted this ep, this whole Werner debacle is on him. But as I said, I was interested in seeing how it plays out this episode, and it did give me a better idea of how they got there.
Exactly. Along with that line about how he got them to cry when Kim was also getting teary eyed. And I think he differed from the plan, he put away Chuck's letter so she thought it was sincere.
It's a testament to Odenkirk because in the moment I believed him too, even though in hindsight it's obvious it was going to end with Jimmy revealing himself to be Saul. That was last scene was perfect.
Speaking of that connective tissue we need between Mike and Jimmy, I think we just met it this season: Lalo.
Yeah, I feel like with Mike giving them those nice living-quarters within the facility and that rec area to let off steam, he maybe gave Werner a false sense of comfort and security with the whole situation. Like it felt like a mostly above-board, but top secret high-end business agreement - the kind where the worst consequences he'd consider would be them slapping him with a scary lawsuit, lol.
