It would never, ever happen in a reasonable scenario. All he had to do
was get Lou there for another reason and the radio issue would solve
itself. However, he still had to have the Gerhardts not realize that
they were cops, so the awkward strip-poker would still be in place.

The cops turning off the radio and playing strip-poker in their underthings (including the cop sitting outside at "guard") are examples of Hawley's predilection for lazy band-aid narrative events designed simply to get to a desired outcome. It's as lazy as the Coen movie references (why oh why Danny Boy in a show…

I just humblebragged in mine pants

Simply Red choked on a plastic dick.

It's difficult to understand how someone so intimately familiar with Breaking Bad thinks that the use of cliches/tropes in this episode is unusual. Front to back, BB played with cinematic iconography, and so has Better Call Saul so far. It's baffling for the reviewer to single it out here.
Furthermore, it could be…

Puffy slit.

BLIND ITEM: Simply Red defecated in his pants during a drug overdose.

My pinoy smells.

Coke habit.

My 73 yr old neighbor just fell sideways into a drainage ditch. Oops!

BLIND ITEM: Kristen Stewart has a tremendous bush.

Vince Galligan is a horses ass. Period.

Nothing says "Incoherent Empty Spectacle" like the free play of the imagination and the understanding…!

Bogart. The Harder They Fall.

Two questions:
1) Have you ever written story treatments for music videos by Metallica and Disturbed?
2) Are you damn mad?

How do the hip young things who love the Dardennes react when someone points out the Christian undertones in most of their work? Do they exclaim "Drat, foiled again"? Do they lament "Aw, now I have to think through a film beyond the fact that it's slow and French"?

I hope Stipe makes a guest appearance as the World's Oldest Foetus.

Now he has a "legitimate" excuse for having the physique of a blob. Will 50Cent serenade him with a musical version of "Come back to the raft, Huck Honey?" Will he, in fact, climb aboard?

His comedy stylings=scream or act weirdly intense. That's it. He's the Daniel Baldwin to Carrell's Alec.

So, a fairly prominent member of the Dixie mafia (Duffy) can be simply coopted by a member of the Detroit mafia (Quarles)? And Quarles is allowed to simply murder Duffy's superior without any repercussions…?  These kind of fumbled details are a little too prominent this season, IMO.