50% Off

"**50% Off**"
"50% Off"
Better Call Saul episode
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Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 2
Directed by	Norberto Barba
Written by	Alison Tatlock
Editing by	Skip Macdonald
Original air date	February 24, 2020
Running time	46 minutes
Guest appearances
	Stacey Ehrmantraut; Max Arciniega as Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina; Ray Campbell as Tyrus Kitt; Julie Pearl as ADA Suzanne Ericsen; Juan Carlos Cantu as Manuel Varga; Victor; KeiLyn Durrel Jones as Blingy; Peter Diseth as Bill Oakley; Sasha Feldman as Sticky; Morgan Krantz as Ron; Katerina Tannenbaum as Amber; Poppy Liu as Jo; Hector Salamanca; Juliet Donenfeld as Kaylee Ehrmantraut;
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"50% Off" is the second episode of the

streaming service Netflix

in several countries.

Plot

Nacho's father, Gus demands that Nacho gain Lalo Salamanca

's trust and obtain information on the Salamancas' activities. Lalo tells Hector he does not trust Gus; Hector confirms the cartel tolerates Gus only because he earns well.

Sticky and Ron, two drug users who received

Kaylee Ehrmantraut

, he lashes out at her when she asks for details about her father.

Kim Wexler is still apprehensive about Jimmy practicing law as Saul Goodman. Jimmy and Kim attend an open house together at Jimmy's insistence. Kim again thanks Jimmy for his effort to help her client accept the plea bargain,^[a] but says she does not want to succeed by lying.

Jimmy turns on the Saul Goodman persona at the courthouse and avoids trials while obtaining favorable plea bargains for his clients, generating fees by producing a high case turnover. Assistant District Attorney

Huell Babineaux's arrest,^[b]

resists Saul's entreaties and insists on formally resolving their pending cases during an already-scheduled appointment. Howard invites Jimmy to lunch, and Jimmy is unsettled by the reminder of his past. Jimmy later pays a custodian, the brother of one of his clients, to disable the courthouse elevator while he is inside with Ericsen, enabling him to informally work out several favorable deals. Nacho drives up after Jimmy leaves the courthouse and coerces Jimmy into his car.

Production

The episode ties in two

headset, which he was seen wearing frequently during Breaking Bad.^[1]

Reception

"50% Off" received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, it garnered a perfect 100% rating with an average score of 8.14/10 based on 15 reviews. The site's critical consensus is, "'50% Off' is no bargain chapter, settling the season into Better Call Saul's familiar pace while taking big strides in coalescing the series' parallel worlds."^[2]

Ratings

"50% Off" was watched by 1.06 million viewers on its first broadcast,^[3] down from 1.60 million from the season premiere the previous night,^[4] making it the least viewed episode of the series.

Notes

^ ^a ^b During the events of "Magic Man".
^ During the events of "Coushatta".

References

^ 'How Krazy-8 Got His Name' Easter Eggs Ep. 502. AMC. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020 – via YouTube.
^ "50% Off". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 25, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.24.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (February 25, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.23.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

External links

"50% Off" at AMC
"50% Off" at
IMDb

[Magic_Man-1] During the events of "Magic Man".

[Coushatta-2] During the events of "Coushatta".

[3] 'How Krazy-8 Got His Name' Easter Eggs Ep. 502. AMC. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020 – via YouTube.

[4] "50% Off". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[5] Metcalf, Mitch (February 25, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Monday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.24.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

[6] Metcalf, Mitch (February 25, 2020). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.23.2020". Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

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