Yeah, bro literally killed Howard because he was impatient to talk to Jimmy and Kim (I think)((speculating because all I saw was a clip of him doing that))
Lalo had the intelligence, patience, and planning of one of the more "educated" characters like Walt or Gus, combined with the utter ruthlessness, brutality and fitness of the twins. I think them having Gus get lucky killing him was the best way to do it, cause it feels like Lalo should have won but he just got unlucky. I'd say Mike would be the only one who could give him a run for his money
@@extraryhe killed Howard because he was talking too much + was a liability. Lalo killed anyone in his way, or anyone he thought could threaten him (e.g, when trying to find Warner Ziegler he killed the man who wouldn’t show him the tapes of Mike/Werner.) Howard was in his way at that moment, so he killed him
@@azdaze227I think lalo only won because he’d never been to the lab before, and had to navigate it through the dark. Gus also had the element of surprise by turning out the lights. Lalo was so caught up in victory he was almost careless
I agree that Lalo is the most dangerous and even my favorite character, but I think Walter could beat Lalo under certain circumstances. The biggest weakness of Lalo is that he likes to play with his prey and even relishes in their fear. Walt's sniveling will definitely partially lower Lalo's guard for a bit. But if you know anything about Walt, sometimes an opportunity is all he needs to kill someone
Gus out maneuvered Walter in almost every move, Walter only out maneuvered him in 2. But lalo out maneuvered gus in literally every move even while having nacho varga reporting everythiny back and he still even lost to lalo.
@@jirenzeno2225 Yeah, 9 times out of 10 Lalo would kill Walter. But if this series has shown anything, anyone can die anytime. For example, Gus would have beaten Walt if it weren't for his obsession with Hector. Mike would not have been killed by Walter if it weren't for his distain of Walt. The Salamanca twins would have killed Hank if it weren't for their "blood for blood" obsession. As for Lalo, he relishes in his victim's misery before killing them. Don't get me wrong. I love Lalo as the perfect antagonist against another titular villain (Gus). But Lalo has a weakness like anyone in ther series. If Walt has shown anything, people who underestimate him usually pay a heavy price.
@@epicfan1598 Lalo is as phycopathic as Tuco, as fearless as the twins, as intelligent as Gus, has Eladio's personality, has Hector's ego, and is as unpredictable as Walter. He also has Mike's survival skills. He is also deviousness and hides everything behind his smile, making him even scarier. If that plot armor didn't exist, how the fuck are you gonna beat that guy?
Lyle was the most dangerous. He secretly controlled gus, eladio and the salamancas, walt, the nazis and many more drug empires. Notice how in season 6 episode 8 of better call saul gus submits to lyle asking if what he has asked lyle "is acceptable" proving he needs to satisfy lyle or lyle will kill him.
Walt is the most dangerous. He has a way of being underestimated or unoticed by most people, but his presence is so destructive to everybody he comes in contact with. Gus is obviously the most dangerous when he wants to be, but safe if he is on your side. Walt is dangerous even if he is your partner. Walt kills like a cancer, he gets you over time if you don't deal with him.
I’d say it comes down to Walt or Lalo. And even so I would argue that Walter takes the cake ultimately. Lalo is incredibly dangerous, he is physically strong, versatile, patient, quick thinking, has few weaknesses, charismatic, manipulative, ruthless. Yet Walter is all of that but without any control. And that makes him the most dangerous. As walt explains perfectly in his classes about chemical reactions. Walter always was the Volatile Chemical compound that you throw into the mix and chaos ensues. Virtually all of breaking bad and 90% of the fates of BCS characters are tied to Walters involvement in the world. What makes him so much more dangerous is that he is impossible to predict and control. Its like trying to control the ocean. You just can’t. Walt is the embodiment of chemical chaos. Even when unaware his actions cause domino effects that lead others and sometmes even himself in harms way. I’d say the only part of the story Walt wasn’t involved with was the murder of the Cartel, and even so it likely happened sooner than planned because of his presence. Making Gus make his move sooner as Walts ties to Hank and the DEA escalated the situation. He is the most dangerous because he is that one single character you can’t control or predict. Treat him with kindness? He’ll take it as an insult and burn you down Insult him? He’ll shoot you with your own gun. Blackmail him? He’ll allow you to choke on your own vomit causing two planes to collide Threaten his family because you can’t kill him? He’ll blow you up in a nursing home Give him the best lab money can buy, the most reliable partner possible? He’ll force him out to have his own underling then kill two of your goons to defend him. I mean I could go on about anyone interacting with Walter in some form or capacity it doesn’t matter if its posiive or negative, somehow it will harm you. He is essentially like the plague. Strikes at random and all are in danger even himself
Youre right. Absolutely right, early on there was a "bungling" quality to Walter, but I think you nailed, partly from inexperience, and as he evolved, he got more capable of brutality. Very well said!
Sorry, but you make Walt sound way too much like Tuco. Even at Walt’s worst I feel like you could still have a normal conversation with him without fear of him suddenly capping you. He’s volatile but he’s not an immediate threat. He’s the textbook example of a ‘normal person’ who decided to go rogue. He’s dangerous in terms of scope and influence, but you’d be much safer in a room with him than say, Todd, Tuco or lalo.
@@callinater6133 By that argument, would you say Tuco is more dangerous than Gus or Eladio? Danger can of course be interpreted in many ways, but I’d say it’s more than just physical violence. What makes Walt more dangerous in my opinion is that he is smart. Very smart. And like Tuco there really isn’t anything he wouldn’t do if it meant getting what he wanted.
Everyone likes to forget that Lalo outsmarted Gus, Mike, and there entire army by himself. He fooled Mike and all of his men into sauls apartment and not be there in actuality. For Gus he managed to separate him from most of his men than Lalo wiped out his entire men and had him at gun point even taunting, laughing, and recording while holding a gun and even shot him in the chest for fun because he at least knew he had body armor on. He only died because of breaking bad plot armor Gus and mike were blessed with
Yeah that's true, and I love Lalo, but he wasn't always that smart in the show. For example, he didn't realise Nacho was a rat, which led to a lot of relatives or close-ones of Lalo being killed. Also what was he thinking, when he killed Howard in front of Saul and Kim. Even if he had survived in the meth lab, he would have to kill Saul and Kim, because otherwise he would have gone to jail again.
@@nicolacopony123 ok really quick your last point is wrong because you must be out of your mind if you think Saul and Kim are going to rat a cartel drug lord to law enforcement that makes no sense and people always die but nobody snitches to the cops that’s now how things work in the brba universe. Second Lalo was extremely intelligent and competent he had no reason to suspect nacho because of all the traits displayed by him of undying loyalty and bonding throughout the seasons plus who tf betrays a drug lord Gus got extremely lucky there by using nachos father. That’s why betttyal hurts you never see it coming hence the definition. By your logic mike is not that smart for seeing the potential of Walter killing him even though he knows how Walter truly is like. I guess Gus was not that smart for being able to see Walter and hector setting up a obvious trap especially when Gus knew something was up (hence the car scene) I guess Hank was not that smart because he did not expect Walter to bring backup before exposing himself and no brining in back dea agents. Saul is not that smart for not taking the 7 years. The list goes on.
Lalo has the finances, the respect/fear of people around him, the cunning/sneaky/unpredictablility that makes tuco what he is, hes charming and can gain your trust but stab you in the back, he has mike’s detective skills to find you, he arguably is the best in combat along side mike. His family isnt a weakness like walts or mikes, he is truly OP and was killed in such manner due to plot convenience
Lalo was terrifying, like a psychopathic Spider-Man. He could just pop up out of nowhere and kill you instantly. Although he was unseen by the other characters for much of the final season, the threat of him suddenly showing up had Gus, Jimmy, Kim etc. in a state of extreme anxiety and paranoia (in Gus' case).
He nurtured a deep friendship with a neighbor and his wife for the sole purpose of using that man’s dead body as a double for him. Even sent the man to his dentist for similar dental work to his. I think that is the most terrifying thing ever.
@@jamalatmaca8071 right after the raid on his house. He comes walking out of the woods to his neighbors’ house. The wife mentions her husband’s bad teeth and how Lalo’s dentist fixed them. Then the husband comes in with a full beard and the wife says to shave. Lalo tells him to leave the mustache and soul patch which matches his facial hair. Lalo takes half of the knife and it’s implied that he kills both husband and wife, to place man’s body in his place. Yikes
Walt did it for his ego Mike for his family Gus for revenge Lalo for fun Saul and Jesse for money Salamancas for dinero Nacho against his will Hector for the boss to suck him Don Eladio to suck hector
Walt was the most volatile, making him Gus’s weakness. Gus was playing the long game, dragging out his revenge, making him Lalos weakness. Lalo was dangerously focused and efficient, but short sighted, focusing on exposing Gus but playing a relatively shorter game. As dangerous as he was Gus was just barely able to clutch the W from Lalo, but in my opinion, Lalos brashness and directness would end Walt. They’re like rock paper scissors.
The way Walter defeat Gus has all the sense in the world, is really well written. While Lalo's defeat seems out of nowhere because it was him who was one step ahead the whole time, so yeah, plot armor asf.
Definitely Lalo. You saw a bit of humanity in Mike, Walt, and even Gus at times. Lalo was simply as extreme a psychopath that you can get....the empathy bit of his brain was totally missing and replaced with a lethal combo of extreme charm and ruthlessness.
@@pascalecnto68 Lalo has humanity, he obviously cares deeply for Hector. Watch the scene where he visits him for the first time or the one where Hector’s forced to go to the birthday party. It’s just Lalo only really cares about his family and friends (gardener, cook, etc).
@@GucciTheKarlson I don’t agree, he seems genuinely angry that Gus killed his gardener, cook, and those old ladies. He mentions it to Saul later, saying Gus killed people he cared about. I guess i sort of agree actually, I think Lalo just viewed those people as extended family. I think he views the Cartel as some extensions of his family. Like where he tells Nacho he’ll “be half to becoming a Salamanca” and he seems genuinely worried if Nacho will make a good impression on the Boss.
@@basiosrasian225 yeah but thats cause it's his family, the same goes for walt who'd easily poison a child just to manipulate jesse yet was willing to give up all his work and money while also being arrested just so hank would walk away alive. It's not really humanity, they're both psychopaths that only have empathy for the few ppl they care about.
Lydia. She had lackeys waiting for her command, is extremely paranoid and would wipe out any one she considers even 0.001% suspicious despite showing suspicious around every one. In that world, if you saw her you would see her like Jessie. A terrified woman out of her depth who wants to provide for her daughter. You would not see her as a psychopath or a murder. Just a coward. She wanted a gang to be wiped out by Todd's team and did not even have the balls to look at the corpses and had to be escorted by Todd while having her hand covering her face. She wanted Skyler and her family gone because she saw her speaking with Walt for five seconds. She had no hesitation or remorse to wipe out any one even remotely dangerous. I would say she atleast competes with Lalo.
@@basiosrasian225gonna have to disagree with that one, came out on top in all altercations with mike and gus, killing gale so he'll be unreplaceable, planting a bomb on gus car and then on hector convince him to 💣 himself along with gus taking gus empire for himself. Sure when he was emasculated it made him rash but no ultimate consequences came from that except mikes death, and the only reason hank tricked him was becuase he gathered information on how walt hid his money with jesse being there as an additional worry. Like the video said walt is prob no. 2
I knew it was Lalo from the start, the easiest explanation is that the others basically always kill non innocent people. Lalo kill people who have basically never done anything wrong (for example the guy in the shop, one of the german diggers). As said by the video he can also become a ghost and cant be tricked by talking.
I disagree, lalo wouldn't have killed if he had been more cooperative. the most dangerous character of the series is for sure tuco, he is unpredictable, addicted and violent.
@@dinho_machado As said by the other guy, he killed howard to, you never knew if he was going to kill any people or not, he also killed those nice mexicans to fake his death. Tuco wasnt that dangerous because wasnt smart unlike Lalo
Lalo Salamanca is the most dangerous character in the show one of the most dangerous characters I’ve seen in a while he did some messed up stuff prior but the Howard murder certified it fully.
Lalo was formidable by himself in so many different situations, the only time someone got the drop on him (besides the assault on his villa, to which he came back and killed everyone and also got info) was when Gus’s foresight gave him the opportunity to plant the gun and unlock the safety lock on the plug to turn off the lights in that moment. If he didn’t do that, then Lalo would have stood on top because he would have gotten to Mike after that with the full force of the cartel on his side.
I dissagree with the placements of this vid, walter was the most dangerous simply cuz he was too smart to be left alone, and everyone who underestimated him even for a second paid with their lifes
With no real argument to back it, despite the evidence, I have to say Lalo just because of his unpredictability. I think Gus got Lalo on a technicality.
It was just that Gus’s bullet just so happened to aim high. Neither of them could see the other, and the fired blindly. Lalo was the only one of the Salamancas that was ever able to go toe to toe with him.
We all know huell is the most dangerous because if he isn't reasonably happy, people die. Take ted as an example. Kuby tried to warn him, but he refused to keep huell happy, and look what happened to him.
Honestly if Walt never did the whole “I am the danger” speech he probably never would’ve lost his family. Up until then Skyler still believed he was the same guy who Just for in over his head
I know this will sound weird. But Saul. He was after all, the only one who survived even though he stayed in criminal business for so long and he didn’t really have enemies. And who’s more dangerous than someone who is almost universally loved by master criminals? 🤔 But apart from the unpopular opinion, in general for me was Gus. 😅
actually when you look at it that way it makes me realize how dangerous saul could be. Had he been a bit more careful with Walt, and had prepared contingencies more thoroughly he could have easily defended himself and won in court during the aftermath. Plus he also had judges on his side and could easily manipulate the case for his defendant if he really wanted to, like he did with Jessie and Lalo to quite some extent (the bail part)
@@drishalballaney6590he almost did win the case. Obviously he still would have received jail time (fugitive of the law and running from police) but he was down to EIGHT YEARS. With the amount of deaths, he caused, And all the crimes, he conspired to commit, and the money laundering et cetera, It’s likely he would’ve got a life in prison, which is what he ended up getting, due to his love for Kim, and his regret for his life He ended up happy in prison (or as happy as you can be) anyways.
Jimmy McGill deep down still has a heart and even a conscience. If he was truly rotten to the core he could easily be up there as one of or the most dangerous, but he's "our precious Jimmy." Not just perceived to be, but he really is enough of an ok human being to diminish his danger.
Ever since lalo showed up in season four he was the literal boogie man all main characters in the game as it’s called were scared of him (jimmy, Mike, Gus and Nacho) especially Gus who wouldn’t leave his compound without being armed with a bullet proof vest guns and body guards. In the end Lalos ego is what caused his death at the hands of Gus
Thats like saying if Walter was less egotistical, or if Gus was more improvizational... Every character has their own flaws that tend to hold them back.
great video. love the breakdown. personally, i actually think that walt is the most dangerous of the pack. his main advantage is that everyone underestimates him. he always has the element of surprise because of his intelligence and that nobody really expects him to pull the trigger despite him proving it time and time again. mike is the least dangerous because he has a greater moral sense than the rest, combined with the fact that his affection for his family could be used against him. gus and lalo imo are equals. gus had all the resources and manpower to hold down lalo, yet failed to do so, but in the end was still able to kill him. with gus and lalo, its a game of inches. either man can beat the other on any given day.
Walt is the one people usually underestimate, but in S4 Gus clearly shows how impotent Walt's approach can be when he's facing off against someone taking him seriously, being basically five steps ahead of Walt even after any of the sneaky maneuvers he made. It's really only by sheer luck that Walt found a way to make Gus act irrationally, that being a decades-long grudge with the single person in the world that Gus had any relationship with of that nature. I'd still say Walt takes second place, but the fact that it took as much effort and risk as it did for him to dispose of Gus makes me feel the latter wins this contest.
@@fossfox ‘sheer luck.’ Yeah no. Walt outsmarted gus, simple as. He found a weakness and he exploited it. Just like Gus did when he stroked Walt’s ego.
@@callinater6133 You misunderstand me, I'm not saying the tactic that Walt employed had nothing to do with him being clever, he struck Gus at one of the few weak spots he had and did so perfectly. I'm saying that that situation was only even presented to Walt by sheer, dumb luck of circumstance, something that the story even acknowledges is the case through Jesse ("He's smarter than you, and he's LUCKIER than you"). A lot of Walt's successes through the series are a product of cosmic chance giving him opportunities to put his intellect to use. Gus comparatively does not benefit from luck; he _creates_ the circumstances that favor him, through tactical know-how and patience.
Walt’s intelligence coupled with his revengeful side and need for control made him the most dangerous behind Gus, Lalo and finally Mike. Lalo was fun 😅!
Walter White was the most dangerous character, he destroyed everything the cartel and gus and mike built in 2 years. Everyone who underestimated walt, which was everyone, all died.
Like Mike said : “Just cause you shot Jesse James don’t make you Jesse James” Just cause Walter killed many people doesn’t mean he is on their same level of status.
@@petermj1098 Best meth, most lethal to his enemies (tied with Gus maybe, but he took quite some time for revenge), most wanted, he's the best "known" villain while the others hide in the dark. Clumsy? Yes. Dangerous? Very much so.
@@trompette4485 Gus realized he didn’t need Walter anymore because he realized Gale knew how to make blue meth. He tried to get rid of Walter because he was unloyal while Gale was loyal. Walter purposely lied to Gus and purposely lied to Gale that Gale screwed up the blue meth formula just to protect him and Jesse’s position. Walter’s relationship with Gus mirrors his relationship with Grey Matter. Walter doesn’t want to make the same mistake in leaving his science work with a rich person and them profiting off his work without him. If Walter gave Gus the blue meth formula and instructions and told him he is done, Gus would not have not bothered him anymore. But Walter intentionally kept it all to him and Jesse out of his own ego to protect his credit as Heisenberg.
Mike was dangerous for sure, but he wasnt unhinged. For him, it was about protecting the business, people, etc. I still think Gus is right up there, but this video raises a very interesting question.
I think what makes Lalo one of the most dangerous is his demeanor. I love Lalo so much because he always has a smile on his face, even in death. Because of that, he’s not taking too seriously, but he is a serious force to be reckoned with. No one would expect like. That family at the beginning of BCS season six welcome him into their home with open arms, and he brutally murdered them. He’s just not who you’d expect to be so brutal, which makes him incredibly dangerous
Lalo has to be the dangerous versatile and uses his surroundings like the travel wire clerk, as wells as faking his death, killing armed train assassins that Carried assault rifles, let alone Lalo just needs to sleep for 1 hour, plus drove gus to his breaking point Plus he was even able to tail mike for a long time
Don't know about dangerous, but the most psychotic was Todd!! That's why Walt took to him so much, he was the definition of ' the ends justify the means ' which essentially became walts Mantra.
I mean all these people are kind of narrow-minded goofballs with their own crippling flaws which cause their respective downfalls in some way. Lalo, Mike and Gus are probably the most consistently competent, but they're all still sort of 'limited' in their own ways. Walt is the one who ultimately comes out on top, but the guy also has his his luck stats maxed out. Dude had to be bailed out by Jesse, Saul and Gus on multiple occations.
Just ask yourself: did they meet their end to Walter white? Gus? Yes. Mike? Yep. Hector? Of course. Even Hank only died because of Walter White. He took out all of uncle Jack's crew, built a bigger empire than Gus's, and only went out on his own terms. Nobody was able to break him if he didn't want it.
It's because mans more unpredictable than tuco because at least tuco was reliably unstable. Though we dont see all the important people the other characters have killed
@@Guck.nicht.duOtto someone did the math once and basically deduced that Walt's empire was bigger, especially taking into account it was just one guy. The book in the toilet had nothing to do with his business it was just a personal thing.
@@gdsupreme5040 no way, the superlab made 1000000 of kgs just in 1 day, the seasson 5 lab was great aswell but nothing in comparision to the amount what gus sold, walter was 1 guy but he sold/worked with dylan to get his shit off
@@Guck.nicht.duOttobut Walter was raking in insane money due to his new deal with Lydia by shipping his product overseas. Probably quadrupled his profits
Mike is the most talented and experienced killer. Lalo is the most brutal sadistic and blood thirsty. Gus has the most resources and has nothing to lose. Walter is the most intelligent and ambitious. At the end of the day, it comes down to what do you mean when you say "dangerous? but for me it would be Gus and the reason why is this. For everyone else on the list if they want you dead, they have to get their hands dirty. Gus is so far up the food chain he can have you and your entire family killed by just making a phone call. He can underground or off the grid for years with no way for anyone to get at him. If it wasn't for his one weakness of his hatred for the Salamanca's he would easily have beaten Walter.
@@gamer42go21 Yeah it really comes down to what you consider "dangerous." I think anyone on this list could realistically beat anyone else on the right day but *Gus* takes his hatred to a whole new level. He crippled a man and kept him alive for *years* when he could have killed him just to watch his legacy die. If Mike Gus or even Lalo kill you it's at least over relatively quickly, but Gus is cold blooded in a way that no one else on this list is.
In a world where Mike felt threatened, I have no doubt he could take out the entire cartel with a bit of prep time. He had a rifle aimed at Hector in BCS, by the time he has years of working under Gus, he is extremely well connected and highly knowledgeable about the entire cartel operation, and he likely has backup plans to take out any erratic kingpins. His only weakness is children and young people that he sees his son/granddaughter in. Otherwise, Gus could run his operation extremely well with just hired help, instead of Mike. He is also a dangerous guy, but he plays by the rules too much, and would probably get killed when someone exploits that. He would have if he got unlucky when running from Lalo in BCS, and he did when he showed up in person to kill Hector. Lalo is incredibly dangerous. I think Mike is still a better planner than he is, but in a spontaneous firefight, Lalo would probably win. Walter low-key had plot armor. He is dangerous, but most of his connections were extremely lucky. Todd's uncle being the one guy who could kill Mike's contacts? Hank having cognitive dissonance that prevented him from investigating Walter after the high school lab breach and subsequent finding of the stolen objects near the site of a meth cook? How about the one landfill owner in the entire show who lent Walter an industrial magnet to destroy a computer that had evidence of him working. After being found out, he had to leave and go into hiding, quickly coming back to get revenge and then die in a burst of violence. Without his secrecy, he really has no power, other than Saul Goodman.
All of these characters would be in a jail cell before they did any harm if they didn't have Saul Goodman helping them out, all except for Gus and possibly Mike.
When did Mike run from Lalo. Lol Mike wanted that smoke and I think whilst they did a good job of showing Gus cunning and planning to kill Lalo, they missed a good opportunity for a showdown between Mike and Lalo and they made Mike look a bit too sloppy in the process
but if it wasnt for Walter none of those deaths would have happened, if a cop shot and killed someone but someone else in the room caused it, like he pulled a gun and it starts a gun fight the person who started it would go down for the murder
probably gus or hector. people like lalo and todd are dangerous individuals, but gus and hector have countless dangerous individuals at their beck and call to do their bidding
Which also lead to his death, as they took advantage of his irrationality. Tuco has been manipulated like 3 diffrent times through the series 😭 where it'll take skill to get the jump on gus or walt.
Before watching, simply by that he won, Walter is. Sure he's not physically stronger, wiser etc. But everyone has something holding them back from killing him, and he uses that and beats them all. Though he wouldn't really win any one on one. Luckily for him, the world is filled with many people.
I disagree because he was too easy for everyone else to manipulate. He was a hothead and a loose canon but didn’t have the smarts to be more dangerous than Gus or Walt
Probably the vet who gave jimmy his black book, he has crazy contact, he can boss around the cousin because you do what the doctor tells you to do and when Nacho told him to never meet him again Nacho does so no fighting back, this is a guy that's too valuable and connected to piss off so when he is out everyone respect his wishes unlike Walt
@@vincenzofranchelli2201 And that's why the dea wanted him locked in a supermax prison, he is right that walt wouldn't have made it without him, in a way so did mike because the moment he uses another lawyer he has the cops on his ass and end up dead. But all of that started with the vet being able to connect everyone and tell people to fuck off when he is done
@@joaks1969Walter was not the winner he died just like the rest of the cast only jimmy and Saul survived from the game and Saul is in prison for life so he technically lost as well while Jesse actually won now thinking about it
3:12 what about point and shoot? If lalo had just executed gus instead of letting him monologue he'd have got the better of both gus and mike. And the reason he died was not because of mike.