The Full Story of Howard | Better Call Saul Retrospective

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In this video, I'll be giving a full timeline analysis & character spotlight retrospective about the life of Howard Hamlin in Better Call Saul.
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0:00 - Intro
2:24 - Early Life
6:56 - Better Call Saul Season 1
32:37 - Better Call Saul Season 2
55:05 - Better Call Saul Season 3
1:22:27 - Better Call Saul Season 4
1:51:07 - Better Call Saul Season 5
2:19:12 - Better Call Saul Season 6
3:06:06 - Howard's Legacy

[ghosthand]

When Howard was asked about Jimmy during trial he said "he had a very get up and go attitude, he was a hard worker", even under the influence of Chuck he was still able to see the good in people, even at his worst he managed to be extremely professional.

[nfsm]

Patrick Fabian did such an amazing job as Howard Hamlin. To go from some fake tan douche in the beginning, growing to a sympathetic and broken man to his tragic ending with seemingly near unanimous respect from the audience really takes some acting chops. Plus outside of acting, Patrick seems like a genuinely nice bloke and seeing him just hanging out with other members of the cast and attending events on his social media is just really cool. Thanks for your dedication Patrick, you're a legend.

[theduke]

Fun sad fact according to Vince had Lalo not… “interrupted” Howard his final words would’ve been.

“There’s no need to hurt *them.”*

In his last moments despite everything Jim and Kim had done he tried to protect them and talk lalo down

[cdavidlake]

Howard seemed like a genuinely decent guy, which made his drug problem all the more tragic.

[thenastblast]

Can't wait for your 5 hour Flynn retrospective! Master class video btw

[nathanrudd]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, not only do you make the best bcs and breaking bad content, you put more effort into it than anyone else I've seen by far. Thank you for all you do sir

[SaiScribbles]

I think you're totally on point about two things especially: Howard really doesn't mean to come across like a tool that's just his personality and lack of emotional intelligence. And his wife probably was turned off by his new age lifestyle charge, the scene where she just dumps the nice peace sign latte he makes her into a thermos is pretty telling.

[pomernguy]

Howard Hamlin is one of the best written and played tragic characters I've seen. He underwent a change from being disliked and even hated for being an obstacle for Jimmy (when in reality that obstacle was Chuck), transforming into a man who can bear responsibility for what he has done, to ultimatley being a victim of an elaborate plot crafted by Jimmy and Kim. In the end, I think that both Jimmy and Kim were resposible the most for Howard's death, as Howard wouldn't have been in their apartment if they didn't made a scheme againt him and Lalo wouldn't have been in their apartment, if Jimmy and Kim didn't made ties to an extremly dangerous Cartel. Adding further insult to injury, Howard is buried with his killer, undearneath the meth lab, with his legacy being tarnished forever. Creators of Better Call Saul made Howard an amazing character with an incredible story arc and Patrick Fabian perfectly played him. It's actually so good to see that Patrick and Tony became genuine friends!

[Gator]

Howard allowing Chuck to control his decisions was his biggest downfall, he would most likely be alive and not had his good name destroyed otherwise.

[Xpwnxage]

I'd be shocked if you would find anyone else on YouTube making a 3 hour video on Howard fricking Hamlin. You are amazing for that.

[poggerwhite]

Gigachad Kiwi showing up and dropping a multi hour long character episode out of nowhere. Hell yeah!

[bekkyks]

I was so hurt by Howard being killed. I was so mad and angry with saul and Kim. if there was any character in BB and BCS that didn't deserve this shit, it's him. damn Howard 😢.

also, you did a damn good job on this breakdown. I jjst finished the series and I was so sad about Howard and I needed to see a breakdown. I watched this video all the way through with minimal pausing. thanks for all the work you put in to this.

[nathanrudd]

We may not hear from you often Kiwi but when we do, it's always a banger. I can't wait to listen to all of this at work tomorrow

[lancenwokeji]

I’ve gotten two hours into the video. I’m not convinced that Cheryl Hamlin was so annoyed by Howard’s positive lifestyle that she made him sleep in the guest house. From what I recall, there isn’t anything that indicates this at all. I think Howard paying Chuck out of his own pocket was what created the big issue between him and Cheryl. This decision likely put a financial strain on both of them and it would be very easy for that financial strain to negatively affect their marriage. And this is not to mention Howard’s insomnia + other depressive symptoms.

A lot of people talk about the Hamlin marital problems as if their marriage was literally ending or something. But given how Cheryl reacts to Howard’s death (and she doesn’t seem to have a new husband years later) I’m willing to bet the marriage simply had a rough patch that (if Howard had lived longer) they would have recovered from

[dawsonhydex]

Am I dreaming ?!!! More than 3 hours of a bcs with kiwi !!!

[ScooseMcGoose]

3:03:50 I wonder if Lalo's plan was to kill Kim if Howard wasn't there.

Lalo shows up and wants to intimidate Jimmy into making an attempt on Fring's life, his first move is probably to kill Kim. Howard probably unknowingly saved Kim by taking the bullet, because that probably wasn't Lalo's original plan. But he would take more joy in causing the despair of TWO people instead of just Jimmy.

Had Kim and Jimmy not messed with Howard for their own sick joy, Howard definitely would have lived, at the cost of Kim being Lalo's target.

[justinrussell]

I love the character Howard. This is one of the few times I can think of that a show started out making you dislike/hate a character and by the end of the series you see that you were wrong to dislike him and he was actually a good guy. You just disliked him because the actual terrible characters disliked him.

[crazypantz]

Howard is a masterclass in making the audience think they are getting a yuppie snob character but in actuality is a very decent wholesome person at the end of it all.

[Pelaaja]

Can't wait for 12 hour video on Huell!!!

[ssjdeadpool]

It's factually accurate for him to have referenced the Lord of the Rings films, but he also very well could have been referencing the books, which had been out for decades at that point lol