Like the end of last season, this episode continues a trend of raising the stakes, which, if you saw the last episode, you'd know is difficult to do. The opening let's you know what you're in for.
For nearly an hour and ten minutes the audience is under duress seeing saul and Kim being put in a catastrophic position, having them follow the well kept secret that is lalos masterplan while being involved directly in the war between gus and the not-dead lalo Salamanca. "Point and shoot" has gone passed the point of no return.
During my original viewing of this episode, I was initially curious as to where Kim's development ends up, since this takes the character to someplace completely unexpected.
