It goes without saying that there are spoilers in this review, so don't end up looking like one of Slippin' Jimmy's marks.###If last week's episode pushed the story in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ward by a hefty amount, this week's was one in/with regard to’concerning’regarding individual who grapple e that there's not abundant’ample’plentiful Breaking Bad flavour in Saul. Because right from the start, we're treated to a whole host of characters we've met bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e, under more violent circumstances. And director Thomas Schnauz (one of the regular BB/Saul writers who has directed bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e, but never from someone else's script) does a great job from the first shot, framing the scene from beneath the water of Don Eladio's (Steven Bauer) pool to put us right back in the mood where were originally introduced to him (Bad's episode Hermanos). It's also a chance in/with regard to’concerning’regarding more from Hector Salamanca, with Mark Margolis giving his typically glowering perin/with regard to’concerning’regarding mance helped by the team's writing and a script credited this week to Jonathan Glatzer. The simmering hatred between the various drug minions and the jockeying in/with regard to’concerning’regarding position feels less of a piece with Saul's usual tone than it did on the original reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue , but it still works here. Especially since it sets up the great confrontation later.###Yes, after his own cover business, the ice cream shop was raided following Mike's spiking of a truck, Hector is on a tear, and bullies his way beyond the staff at a Los Pollos Hermanos to demand that Gus start hauling drug product in/with regard to’concerning’regarding him, especially as Mr. Fring's business is going so well. The scene with Hector and his goons casually intimidating both staff and consumer s is a fantastic one, and Margolis offers the perfect threatening stance while barely having to do more than light up a cigar and pour himself a soda.###It's bold in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue to focus so much on Gus and the drug business in the episode – the entire first half is fundamental ally the Hector and Gus Show, with Mike connecting the two halves when we check in with Jimmy and Kim around the 30-minute mark. Yet it works perfectly, giving Giancarlo Esposito another reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue case in/with regard to’concerning’regarding what he does best as Gus; quiet, cold logic with the knowledge that fury is boiling just beneath the surface. Check out his falsely positive speech as he tries to reassure his workers at the restaurant that Hector and his guys were nothing more than thugs after conserve’preserve ion money.###And having Jonathan Banks' Mike reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue up helped keep us grounded within the world of Saul while providing some vital connective tissue to Mike's future employment with both Jimmy (well, Saul) and Gus. It was a typically great piece of acting from Banks to see him interacting with his daughter-in-law Stacey (Kerry Condon) and granddaughter, which made him realise why he needs to keep in rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent with Gus even if he'd rather not work in/with regard to’concerning’regarding him.###As in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the Jimmy side of things, there was some top-quality comedy as Kim – seemingly categorically’flatly’emphatically still on Jimmy's side – able to cancel Chuck's arranged repairman so Mike could go in his place. It was a lot of fun to see the laconic Mike play off the blustery Chuck, and Banks got possibly the best line of the episode when he admitted to Jimmy later after he'd gathered evidence that it was "nice to fix something". Ah, the life of a fixer who usually destroys property or hurts individual 's lives/heads… We also enjoyed Jimmy's approving description of Mike as "the Ansel Adams of covert photography". It's one of the better Mike/Jimmy scenes in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a while, and just the look on Mike's face when Jimmy asked him what he despite’in spite of’albeit t of him would've made it worth it.###There was also some drama in the shape of Jimmy's pre-prosecution diversion meeting, which devolved into the two sides trying to out-manoeuvre each other. Clearly Kim and Jimmy possess’own’nurse something up their sleeve – witness Kim's "bingo!" as the two triumphantly stride from the courthouse at the end, but the exact endgame isn't eliminate’remove yet. Another highlight was Jimmy using his statement of remorse to effectively call out his brother in/with regard to’concerning’regarding his own behaviour. That's part of why Better Call Saul is so effective: it deploys subtlety in a way few other reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s can manage.###While the plot lines mostly bubbled along this week, we got some enormous’vast’massive’tremendous drama in the Hector/Gus stand-off and some movement in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Jimmy in his ongoing squabble with Chuck. All wrapped, of course, in the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue 's typically lovely cinematography and well-written dialogue. Even a small, short scene such as Gus coming to see Mike and effectively offer him a job drips with extra meaning, and the writers possess’own’nurse conjured these characters so well that it's a pleasure just to spend time in their firm’enterprise .###Better Call Saul airs Mondays on AMC in the US and is appearing weekly on Tuesdays via Netflix in the UK.