Despite a questionable track record of successful television spinoffs, Better Call Saul has proven itself a worthy successor to Breaking Bad. Like that show that came before it, Better Call Saul is a fascinating look at a somewhat ordinary person who finds themselves becoming more and more involved in a dangerous world.
With many of the show's characters leaning more towards villains than heroes, violence often breaks out, sometimes in broad daylight. In some cases, the killing comes out of nowhere and can't be prevented and in other cases, those doing the killing simply show that they are unconcerned with getting caught.
Good Samaritan
In both this show and Breaking Bad, Mike Ehrmantraut has established himself as a man who can get stuff done. So when he sets his sights on taking down Hector Salamanca, he makes a smart strategy for seeing that mission accomplished.
Mike takes out one of Hector's delivery trucks, ties up the driver, and steals the drugs. He also leaves the driver in the hopes that the police will find him and link it to Hector. However, Nacho tells Mike a good Samaritan found the driver first and untied him. In an effort to cover his tracks, Hector shot the good Samaritan on the side of the road.
Espinosa Gang Guards
While there are a lot of intimidating people in Better Call Saul, the Salamanca cousins have to rank among the most ruthless. Even when they are greatly outnumbered, these cousins will march into danger like a couple of Terminators.
While Nacho watches from the car, he expects the cousins will find some way of sneaking into the gang's hideout. Instead, they simply pull out knives and slash the guards to death. And that's just the beginning of the carnage.
Espinosa Gang Member #1
Nacho is a character who has made plenty of mistakes throughout the course of the series, but it's hard not to feel sorry for him as he gets sucked deeper into danger. As the Salamanca cousins attack the Espinosa gang in the middle of the day, more gang members show up to join the fight.
Likely fearing what will happen to him more than the cousins, Nacho reluctantly gets out of the car and arms himself. Despite being injured, he manages to sneak up on one of the gang members and shoot him before heading into the hideout.
Other Espinosa Gang Members
Once inside the hideout, Nacho sees it is already a blood bath with bodies everywhere and explosions going off. It is clear that the Espinosa gang had a small army inside but that didn't seem to matter at all.
Nacho finds out of the cousins pinned down by the remaining gangsters. As Nacho tries to summon the strength to join the fight, the other cousin appears and guns down the remaining enemies then gives Nacho a nod of approval.
Arturo Colon
While this death actually takes place at night, it is worth including because of its aftermath. Once Hector Salamanca is incapacitated, his men, Nacho and Arturo, meet with Gus Fring. Arturo underestimates Fring and attempts to put him in his place. That ends up being a bad idea, as Gus ties a paper bag to Arturo's head and lets him suffocate.
Fring then tells Nacho he works for him now and helps stage the scene to explain Arturo's death. In the middle of the day on a roadside, Fring's men shoot up Nacho's car, shoot Arturo's body, and even shoot Nacho in the arm to make it look believable.
Matador
Given the kind of clients Saul works with, he tends to find himself in a lot of compromising situations. After agreeing to pick up and deliver some money for Lalo Salamanca, Saul is quickly stopped in the desert by some rival gangsters.
After finding the money in Saul's car, Jefe gives Matador the signal to kill Saul. But before he can pull the trigger, Mike fires a sniper rifle from his hiding place, hitting Matador in the neck, which is when hell breaks loose.
Jefe
After killing Matador, Mike begins picking off the rest of the gangsters one by one while they have no idea where the shots are coming from. While several of the henchmen are also killed in this sequence, Jefe is the most notable one.
After firing blindly at their attacker, Jefe gives Saul an annoyed look like he knows he's been beaten. Then he picks up the bags of money and tries to make a run for the car. He makes it about two steps before Mike shoots him in the chest.
Tiburón
Mike is able to kill most of the gangsters who attempt to steal Lalo's money, but one man, Tiburón, manages to escape in a truck. This kickstarts one of the tensest and interesting episodes in the series as Mike and Saul are trapped out in the desert with no car and have to walk to safety.
Meanwhile, Tiburón is still out there, waiting for an opportunity to get the money from them. With the severe heat and no water, Saul decides to make a risky move. He walks out into the open on the desert road so Tiburón can see him. As he tries to run down Saul, Mike shoots him, causing his car to flip.
Ximenez Lecerda
While Mike is usually doing bad things for the right reasons, there are times when he doesn't seem to fully think about the consequences of his actions. For instance, stealing Hector Salamanca's truck does hurt Hector, but it is ultimately the driver who will pay.
Sure enough, as Mike spies on Hector's operations, he sees the driver he tied up, Ximenez Lecerda, being led out into the desert and executed.
Fred Whalen
There are so many great villains in this Breaking Bad universe, but Hector Salamanca might be the most entertaining. He is introduced in season 4 and immediately added an unpredictable element to the show.
When tracking Mike, Lalo stops in at a travel agency where Mike also visited. He attempts to get information from the clerk who is suspicious of him. Instead, Lalo kills the innocent young man and seems totally unconcerned even as other customers are knocking on the door outside.