I mean, we don't know yet. Maybe that's the first thing addressed next week. But I just thought of this. Mike junked the wagon and put the transmitter in his trusty Chrysler. I assume that would get noticed?
shareThe people monitoring Mike put transmitters on both his cars.
shareI hadn't even noticed until this episode that Mike had two cars. Had he been driving both of them during seasons 1 and 2?
Also, if Mike was being tracked, why didn't they follow him to the junkyard?
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I don't think they were shadowing him constantly. They just wanted to know when he might be near sensitive locations where he might disrupt their plans. If they did know he went to a junkyard after leaving his stakeout, they probably would have figured he just needed a part for the old beater he was driving.
I think this is the best question here. Even if they (we're thinking Gus & Co., right?) had tagged both of his cars, they'd have to have known it was the wagon he drove to the stakeout. Why would that tracker get switched to his other car? The only explanation I can think of is that it was a different lackey who retrieved the device than the one who left the message at the stakeout. Plot hole?
shareIt's simple.
Both cars are tagged.
The people tracking Mike know where he lives (if they hadn't initially, they *must* know now, since the Lincoln (with tracker) is sitting in front of his house all the time).
He just tried to kill Hector, so there's incentive to keep tabs on him.
In the process of keeping tabs on him, they detect that the tracker on his Lincoln sends a "low battery signal", then stops broadcasting.
The need to keep an eye on where Mike drives the Lincoln still exists, regardless of what happens/happened with the station wagon.
Ergo, they need to repair/replace the Lincoln's tracker in case Mike drives the Lincoln somewhere interesting.
They don't know that sneaky Mike had put a functioning tracker of his own into the gas cap they took from the Lincoln while Mike was watching.
Your thinking makes sense, but are you suggesting it's Hector's people tracking Mike? Also, it would be easy for the Salamancas to determine Mike's address from the police intervention at his scuffle with Tuco. Plus, they seemed to know how to find him when the cousins menaced him and his granddaughter.
shareThe people tracking Mike set off his horn and put a note on his windshield saying "Don't" when he was about to shoot Hector.
So whether it's Gustavo's people (who I assume it is), or not, it's *somebody* who didn't want Mike to shoot Hector. Since Hector is still alive and Mike has not made an agreement with anyone not to go after Hector again, whoever left the note has a continued stake in keeping tabs on Mike.
If the "tracker" people were loyal Hector, they wouldn't have let Mike live: he'd have either been shot in the back, or been ambushed back at a disabled station wagon. The logical conclusion is that the "tracking" is happening under Gus, who isn't loyal to Hector, but needs Hector to stay alive... for now.
In addition to Gus potentially having spies who could have first spotted Mike at Hector's Ice Cream shop, the vet or the gun dealer could be in cahoots with Gus, and alerted him of Mike's presence/interests.
Good analysis.
shareDo we as viewers even know yet that Gustavo (Gus) exists? He has not appeared in this first show of Season 3 or in previous seasons, has he? How could the viewer have any idea that anyone other than the characters we've already met could be involved in the tracking?
shareFrom a conventional storytelling point of view, it's still a mystery who is behind the foiling of Mike's assassination of Hector, and the tracking. But in the real world, we've been told that Giancarlo Esposito will appear on the show this season, and from Breaking Bad, we know that Mike and Gus are bound to meet at *some* point, so there's a good chance the current events on BCS are designed to move us toward the inevitable intersection of Mike's and Gus's paths.
shareIn addition to Gus potentially having spies who could have first spotted Mike at Hector's Ice Cream shop, the vet or the gun dealer could be in cahoots with Gus, and alerted him of Mike's presence/interests.
I've considered Nacho too. But the pill hustle he was doing that brought him into contact with Mike was behind Hector's back. Seems to me that if he were really a mole for Gus, he wouldn't risk his standing in Hector's organization by doing a side hustle. In that scenario, having his side hustle get exposed would get him in trouble with not just Hector (for doing unauthorized business), but Gus (for compromising his infiltration of Hector's inner circle).
shareI had not thought of this line of reasoning, but now I bet you guys are right. We know Gus will be introduced soon (next episode, based on the most recent preview), adn this woukld be a great way to get Mike into Gus's crew.
Besides, we know it wasn't Hector or anyone with Hector that put the note on Mike's case. He would have seen them leave the shack even if they weren't heading anywhere near him.
I think it is Gus, too. Gus had incentive to keep Hector alive, because he was still trying to gain power to pull off the revenge strategy we see in Breaking Bad.
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