u/GroundbreakingBag406

I Absolutley understand a lot of peoples criticism over how Lalo died, with how unsatisfying it felt. However, to me I saw it as the perfect foil to Gus’ neurotic over planning. I think the point of the shootout was to say that it really could’ve gone either way. I think the show is saying “yes, Gus has to win this because he’s in breaking bad, but in most versions of this gunfight, Gus dies here and Lalo wins.” So really, I see it as Lalo winning. Gus got lucky, and Gus is never supposed to rely on luck. That’s why it works.