Nacho Varga's Tragedy: How to Lose Control | Better Call Saul

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[@1god2fear21]

@@allanv.7519 🤣 Great character analysis nonetheless

[@Animedumptruck]

Red pilled and based

[@Teajonmustard]

Bro it’s the opposite wym?

[@gerryfegan3608]

I think you meant biased?

[@ProdByAD21]

When I first saw they cast “Vaas” as a cartel member and he was rolling with tuco I immediately thought he was gonna be another unhinged gang member but his character arc is great. Amazing actor amazing performance

[@themalmadius]

He’s such an underrated actor and I can’t wait to see what he does next

[@randylahey8101]

Holy shit that's Vaas!? I feel so stupid how did I not see it before? 😐

[@foodank_atr817]

Far Cry 3 messed up by not having Vaas kill his boss and become the main villain. Everything else could have been the same.

[@Stumme-40203]

@@randylahey8101 do you know the definition of insanity?

[@Mariopwnzu]

I thought that was him but wasn't sure Never really played Farcry 3 so just assumed it was someone who sounded familiar since I didn't know his voice too well

[@bobbyc465]

Nacho vargas acting before he dies was unmatchable.

[@themalmadius]

Michael Mando is a legend

[@esraahesham4174]

his acting throughout the whole show is phenomenal

[@RyeBreadFF]

"You think of me." Will give me goosebumps for the rest of my life.

[@badgrass_ph]

@@RyeBreadFF First time I saw and heard that, sent chills down my spine.

[@Zarathustr]

'Nacho vargas acting' lmao

[@LucasMartins-dy6no]

my favorite character from this series, his arc is perfect, especially the way he goes all the way to protect his father.

[@themalmadius]

One of the best by far!

[@themalmadius]

@Larry Sherby I mean, you’ve never seen us in the same room together…

[@JrockProject1]

He played his role to perfection. I thought he was gonna be a throwaway but I’m so happy I was wrong

[@chonchjohnch]

I’m more into Howard but yeah nacho is great

[@Hitman61547]

Nacho's last 2 phone calls reminded me of Walt's in Granite State. Both accepting their fate after speaking with their loved one. Then they modified the plan right before the impending doom and took more control over their final moments.

[@themalmadius]

I love how every character in the series has at least one scene that parallels some part of Walt’s journey. It honestly goes to show how expertly Walt’s character was written from start to end

[@okay8165]

“When you are sucking down jello night after night, you think of me”

[@themalmadius]

Such a good line

[@Sirlancelot-]

“You twisted FUCK!”

[@alejandrorebolloso4679]

You’ve got one part of that wrong…. This is not jello *throws jello to the ground”

[@matthewlacey4198]

@@alejandrorebolloso4679 *splat* "Hector, what the fuck was that?"

[@ogre7737]

Love That Line!!!

[@SirNerdLeroy]

I could tell from early on he was going to be this shows version of Jesse. Knowing how Jesse made it out with sacrificing so much, I had a feeling Nacho wasn't going to have the same fate. It makes Mike's relationship with Jesse even better because he already went through it with Nacho and it gives more depth into Mike's disdane of Walt. If you watch the shows and movie in chronological order after season 6 is over, it makes Jesse's escape to freedom more fulfilling because we see someone trying to get out and fail. Almost everyone in "the game" has died including good people like Nacho, Werner, and Gale. Jesse is the only one to make it out and we see what all it takes to gain that freedom.

[@Curious_KJ]

Jesse asks Mike if he's "his guy" when they go on cash pick ups and Mike tells him no, he had a guy, and it isn't Jesse. I assume this is Nacho.

[@caralho5237]

@@Curious_KJnacho never went to pickups with mike. he was probably talking about the guy that went with him before gus told him to bring jesse, or maybe he was just bluffing

[@carbdebunkshate8967]

@@Curious_KJ well, he said "i had a guy but now i don't" in an annoyed tone. this was shortly after jesse and walt were responsible for gus killing Victor. it's implied he's talking about Victor.

[@bgbupkiss8466]

Jimmy gets out and it takes an obvious toll

[@mikeyaggams1130]

I wouldn't say Gale is a good guy especially since he couldn't get a good job considering his background and experience

[@conny6176]

He was scary in season 1 but became the most moral character in the show. He could tell things from right or wrong. He was a good man capable of doing bad things, he just wanted to keep his dad safe, the only person in his life he genuinely cared about. Just wish that he would have the same fate as Jesse did, because Nacho reminded me of Jesse in many ways.

[@L3RNA3AN]

Nacho's ultimate death was the true tragedy of Better Call Saul.

[@chiyo-chanholocaust8143]

How to completely lose control of your life: Step 1 join a drug cartel

[@Lektuerekurs]

Step 2: deal pills behind their back^^

[@THEREALJEFF672]

I'm not convinced that Jesse is the most moral character in the show. Remember when he was trying to sell meth to the recovering addicts in his support group. He has always been moral when it comes to kids but this rubbed me the wrong way. It's even worse when you think about how was a recovering addict himself.

[@ChillConservative2k15]

If thats the worst thing he did thats not all that bad. Also drug addicts arent exactly innocent because they are buys so technically the are also in the game.

[@diming7616]

@@ChillConservative2k15 people that buy aren't 'in the game', they're customers. It's like calling someone who buys from Walmart an employee.

[@Jasonlords]

Meth that he stole by the way.

[@BuddyBoy-ne1nw]

Buying illegal drugs makes you 'in the game' and thus a part of the criminal world. They know the risks and are making choices to get their product knowing the risks. The customers may not be a part of the drug empire technically. But they are part of the system, the basic building block that powers the drug empire.

[@liamm8238]

Nacho isn't much better. He threatens to kill Jimmy at the start of the series and he only seems to care about himself and his father.

[@GhostySweep]

Nachos last two phone calls are the only time I've ever cried at any TV show. Mike ensuring papa vargas safety made me so happy.

[@amberhernandez]

Michael Mando puts so much skill and personality into every performance. Ten years ago, he would've been Tuco, but here he's the foil to everything Tuco is. That is some truly genius acting!

[@JaketheJust]

In his last moment he had absolute control. The Cartel and Gus thought they could decide his fate. Hector would have him tortured to death and Gus would have him take the fall for Lalo. But he turned the table on them all. He took control how he wanted to go out. How we react and conduct ourselves is the ultimate control we have

[@midoo9961]

I agree with you

[@marvelsandals4228]

Yes, because what he said in the end was truthful. The truth is he did hate the Cartel, the Salamancas, Hector, and Lalo. He hated all of them. When Gus' guy called him and told him to open the gate tonight, Nacho had no remorse for Lalo's impending death. He tried to kill Tuco, Hector...this time Gus was going to kill Lalo for him, he was probably relieved, like great, screw that guy. He has no love for the Cartel. The only reason he's still here is (as he said) "once you're IN, you're in." Sure, he didn't want the assassins to harm the innocent old folks living there who "weren't in the game," but he did it: he DID betray the Salamancas and the Cartel. He was the traitor who conspired to have Lalo assasinated, he did swap out Hector's pills to try to kill him, it's all true. The details about Gus at that moment didn't matter. He got to tell HIS truth, completely unchained from the fears that had ruled his life for years. He stood his ground against some of the scariest men on the continent and told them exactly what he thought about them. He also secured his own father's safety at the same time. In a way, he won.

[@ghost.patrols]

Michael Mando needs more roles. The guy is a joy to watch.

[@126rollins23]

I'm hoping he will still get to play scorpion in the mcu

[@wheeliesmalls9464]

@@126rollins23 yeah mcu is great and all. He excels in dramas. So for mainstream yeah but he doesn't need the mcu to get roles.

[@126rollins23]

@@wheeliesmalls9464 I never said he did. But I like the mcu movies and I like Michael Mando, it would be cool to see him as one of my favorite villains.

[@MrJonesCEO]

In Season 6, Nacho literally drowns, sinking himself into oil. He’s lost control and he’s alone in the darkness with the looming Salamanca AND Gus threat. He’s been consumed (up until his speech)

[@matthewlacey4198]

That's pretty fucking good, never thought of that

[@marvelsandals4228]

Yeah, it is also great visual storytelling. Would another character go to such lengths to hide? Would Jesse? Idk I feel like Jesse would be crying and freaking out, then just snap, turn around and be like "fine, you win, just kill me already you psychos!" Like most characters have a breaking point where they would rather die then stoop to such levels. Nacho on the other hand without hesitation dives into a tanker of crude oil, completely submerging his entire body under muck, just for the possibility of surviving one more day. That's his character in a nutshell. He will go to any length just to survive, even when he knows it's futile. He knows, but he keeps digging himself deeper and deeper into the muck.

[@jakublizon6375]

Nacho was much better with handling tough decisions. He was willing to make them, before anyone else made it for him. Jesse was skilled, but never really took control of his own destiny. He was a survivor, but Nacho was a do-er.

[@themalmadius]

If you remember from the start, Jesse never had a choice to cook. Walt gave him the ultimatum between cooking and being turned in. Nacho did indeed make every choice himself, at least for most of the show. He fought for his self preservation until the very end

[@buzzybeez204]

He’s literally my awful miserable little guy bruh I miss him Nacho Varga come back home please my heart yearns for you.

[@EliteNormie]

Doug’s skull and Salamanca’s leftover schrapnel in his left shoulder, Gus’ bullet in his right shoulder… if you hadn’t said that I wouldn’t have seen it. Phenomenal parallel

[@honeyrumham]

Seriously!! My jaw dropped when he said that

[@JP-qy2nh]

Dog

[@irvinmorales1409]

He mentions it in an earlier episode.

[@marvelsandals4228]

Also the line about the metal detector. His dream of escape was always just that: a fantasy. He literally had a slab of metal in his body that would set off any metal detector he tried to walk through. He was never even getting through airport security, let alone moving to Canada. He just didn't want to admit it.

[@joedirt3257]

Nacho ends up being one of my favorite character arcs in the BB universe.

[@jayemel]

I believe Nacho embodies that person trying to find his own way to greatness in the wrong path, remember when he met Don Eladio(the cartel's big boss, the one who is in charge of Gus, Bolsa and the Salamancas) that he told that what he wanted is to be in charge of his own fate, not having anyone looking over his shoulder and Eladio told him he was in the wrong business, this resumes his entire trajectory which started with his father, a honest man who always wanted to give a stable life for him giving his Tailor Shop when he retires, but that wasn't enough for Nacho, he wanted to be more on his own, and made the terrible decision of finding his success in the drug cartel working for the Salamancas. He couldn't know that they were volatile, crazy and deranged sociopaths who would kill anyone with their "Sangre por Sangre" philosophy, that's why he always sought to find another ways to his wealth(the Kettlemans, stealing Pryce's baseball cards and such), until eventually losing his soul becoming a monster like them and be a slave of Gus to avoid losing his most precious thing he try to protect all this time: his pure and honest father. When we see Nacho's House for the first time, we can see that he got what he initially wanted, a big and beautiful house, hots chicks always available to satisfy his needs, and a lot of money to spend, but he couldn't be more alone, soulless, and sad with all of this success. Still trying to figure out how to find his own way out for the safety of himself and his father. When he met his fate by the end of third episode of the final season, he truly parted out of his world in his own terms, finally founding control in the first time before dying: cursing the Salamancas, Gus and the Cartel while ensuring that his father would be safe. I think that the difference between him and Jesse, is that he had everything to follow a honest path with a prosper life, Jesse didn't have this, suffering negligence from his parents because of his problematic behavior, losing the only person who cared for him(his aunt) and the paternals figures in his life forces him made several horrible things. Nacho was driven and lost by his own Ambition, while Jesse had not really way out of the life of suffering for the sins of others.

[@themalmadius]

That is a great way to look at his journey and I loved how you elaborated on that comparison to Jesse that I touched on. In terms of his loneliness, I always think back to the one scene where Mike confronts Nacho at his dad‘s place of business, and we see this drug dealer, right hand man to the heir to the cartel and manager of his own side business, gladly helping out his father in his honest place of business. I think to myself that this is truly what he wanted in life, at least if it was given the same level of prestige that he was fighting for in the drug world

[@larryharris8044]

The irony is that his loyalty to his father made him willingly do the unspeakable acts that dug his grave deeper within the cartel. However his father's stubborn refusal to put his pride aside and escape with his son makes him the real reason Nacho is dead. Going to the cops would just lead to him in prison where they'd kill him or dead like tortugas and they would have killed his father anyway outta retribution. It's just seems that of all the characters that do dirty deeds in the name of business or for justice or family, papa varga is the most ruthless for choosing his status as a good man over the unquestionable love of his son.

[@josiahcone7506]

Bold take but definitely a lot of truth

[@lisas44]

Excellent point.

[@JoeKickass324]

Breaking bad basically reminds everyone, once in your game there isnt a easy out

[@jamesbuckwas6575]

Remember that Nacho is an adult, who has made very bad choices for himself and as a consequence, his family. His father knows this, he doesn't want to have his son face anything other than justice, and he's not going to go to safety with him just because he's his son. He loves him yes, but at least in his view, Nacho got himself in his predicament, at least at the start. I'm not sure that it's pride motivating Manuel Varga to stay in Albuquerque, considering the history of more moral behavior from him regarding his treatment of Hector Salamanca and sticking with his morals. Not to mention possible naivety regarding the desire of the drug cartels for revenge, at least on a level that made it worth overturning his still successful life and social relationships for, along with possible police protection as a witness. TLDR, Manuel Varga not wanting to overthrow his life and escape from the brutal drug cartels for a situation Nacho caused (which both of them acknowledge) doesn't make him brutal or prideful, it makes him more moral. It makes him willing to have his son take the heat from the cops, rather than excuse his fuck-ups (which AGAIN, were not entirely Nacho's fault during the show, just initially caused by him).

[@marvelsandals4228]

His father was a lot like Chuck. He saw everything in black and white, no room for gray. He doesn't lie, he doesn't deal with crime or criminals, and he doesn't compromise. He would rather die a good man than compromise his moral code to survive. Sometimes it feels like he had no idea how close he was to being killed, but I wonder about that. I think he must have had some idea. Hector went to his shop and offered to pay him to be the front for his business and he refused. Hector was visibly outraged by his disrespect. From that day forward he probably suspected that "these guys may come for me some day." He just didn't care. He didn't want to run from criminals. He told Nacho if you want to run, then run, but I won't run away. If that means Nacho survives and he doesn't, then he can accept that.

[@TheseUseless]

I’m guessing this was created before rock and hard place. But his death was clearly 1 final method of taking back control. He didn’t let a cartel member kill him. No. He seized the opportunity to do it himself.

[@themalmadius]

Yeah I was really excited for season six and had to get this out before then. To be honest, I was kind of banking on his character arc lasting until the mid-season finale, but I’m really happy with how it ended and I wanted to make a follow up discussing that point

[@GabelhelmSogarbraten]

I think he once told me the definition of insanity

[@RecreationalChaos94]

"'Forced into servitude by Black Male" *cuts to Gus* XD

[@christhis9597]

1:22 him: blackmail My brain: *bLacK mAlE*

[@lobaandrade7172]

I love the way you speak and how you use music throughout the video, the way it increases in speed and volume when vital moments are being mentioned. Keep it up

[@sunsetcaptiva8573]

He didn't "poison" Don Hector... he replaced his heart medication with placebos...

[@purerandomness5101]

This is the moment Walt becomes Heisenberg

[@rayalvarez7247]

Thanks for this. Hated seeing Nacho go. R.I.P

[@DamienGGW]

I think that Nacho is the only one that didn't really have a downfall he is the only one that completed what he wanted to destroy everyone around him because he knew there was no way out

[@RegularGiraffe]

Amazing work. Nacho journey has always captivated me and since so much of his personality can only be read from his actions i appreciate you making his thoughts explicit

[@themalmadius]

Watching him grapple all these difficult choices that he’s faced with is really what got me hooked on the whole series in the first place

[@josephhaov1242]

The level of quality in this video is something I've never seen in a channel with 91 followers, I'm baffled as to how you've yet to garner far more attention than you have at the moment, keep it up and I assure you good things will come. Brilliant video

[@themalmadius]

Hey I really appreciate it! I hope to make more and I’m frankly shocked at the good response from this first video!

[@sugamerper9797]

Whoa, i thought this channel have thousands of subscribers, until you pointed out it doesn't even reach 1000. What a gem lost under the mercy of algorithm

[@HauntedFishes]

What’s more sad is how in the very end, he had control of the whole situation, and yet he killed himself just to save his dad.

[@shawnthompson2303]

All Nacho had to do was answer one question "Did I ever tell you.... the definition.... Of insanity?"

[@vcrbetamax]

To be fair, beating up crazy 8 was somewhat justified. Have you seen those prices at Tampico furniture? Talk about crime.

[@doncheadlegaming7521]

Words cannot describe how bad I feel about Nacho, dude was doing the right thing to bad people and all for his dad’s safety. The only person who really cared about Nacho was Mike.

[@ArthuriusG99]

Nacho somewhat reminds me of the mindset of all old school gangsters from back in the day, not saying he plays all his cards right all the time but theres definitely some morality he stands by

[@ScottWasHere]

"Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?"

[@arthur_ul5308]

Nacho is with saul my fav Character in the brba universe. I just love him.

[@themalmadius]

One of the best by far

[@MemeShopInc]

Incredible video! Absolutely loved it and can’t wait to see more!

[@Winston_Polymath]

Excellent analysis. Bravo!

[@themalmadius]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!

[@onemoreminute0543]

Crazy how Nacho's journey in season 6 foreshadowed Jimmys fate in the final episodes.

[@brettfeggestad12]

One of my favorite character studies for one of my favorite characters on one of my favorite shows

[@cahyasatixoxo7207]

It’s the other way around, the Salamanca’s are cold blooded and ruthless whereas pretty much all of Gus’s worst actions are taken out of revenge (uncompromising fury) and the need to have control over everything and never feel what he felt when Max died ever again, which comes off as being cold blooded and ruthless when it’s more accurate to say Gus is radically detached.

[@marvelsandals4228]

You know that's a good point! When it comes to revenge, Gus is anything but cold. He is red hot. He would burn down an empire just to get his revenge on Hector. He doesn't SHOW his rage on his face, but you can feel it seething inside, bubbling up. He has enough hatred in his heart to make the Salamanca's petty acts seem childish.

[@techdeckonatittey7367]

Great analysis was craving more but this is your only video keep up the great work

[@themalmadius]

Hey thanks so much! I didn’t think anyone would watch this tbh so I’m glad everyone liked it! Definitely making more now…

[@jeanvolante7376]

Great analysis. Would be great to see a season 6 follow up.

[@themalmadius]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, especially seeing everything play out in season 6. Maybe sometime soon

[@notdeadjustyet8136]

Nacho's death is one of the strongest&most touching scenes I've watched,the actor KILLED IT,too💥 BTW,although there's decency to both of them, Jesse&Varga are very different. Nacho's a dark version of Robin Hood,steeling from the guilty&helping the poor, like himself. He's an intelligent, ambitious, hardworking guy,trying to undermine the powerful from within, but also improve his own position. With Jesse I have an impression that, had he not gotten addicted,he'd never have entered the game. He started cooking bcs he was an addict, not for greed& he never really became a player. He stayed a suburban,semi privileged kid, who was an antithesis of ambition.

[@THETYMEKK12]

Nacho situation and especially the ending really reminds me of Matty... I'm sure Mike felt similar way. Of course Varga was in the game, yet still Mike couldn't help him. Their arcs cross in a beautiful and tragic way. Mike continues to lose his soul, while Nacho breaks good..

[@themalmadius]

You could even compare their final moments together. Matty’s was in an argument that broke him down, while Nacho’s was a somber moment of clarity that reassured him of his goal

[@ratfarmer1]

Some of mikes final acts was to convince Jesse to get out of it all. so in a way, he did eventually succeed in that

[@marvelsandals4228]

Mike killed Werner with his own hands. By the time he "betrayed" Nacho, so to speak, he already completed his transformation into the Mike we see in Breaking Bad. If you're in the game, then you're disposable. It's not personal, business is business. He doesn't enjoy it, but he'll pull the trigger if he needs to. That's the job.

[@cdmnumber3fan]

Awesome video!! All the allegorical elements that you brought attention to blew my mind

[@HHALOHAGRID]

I started watching bcs because of mando, the way he plays vaas was the selling point for me, then when i binged the 5 seasones started breking bad for more, then el camino, and now the finale, such a great actor

[@ObaREX]

Watching Nacho struggle and slowly and uncomfortably start to accept that his father could die right now and that'd be it...... is very hard to watch

[@smileyent.3055]

well done, the music in the video too sounds great

[@slackstarfish8133]

I didn’t see him as corrupted at all. He was just in over his head and had no choice but to play the game or die.

[@gunjaneighteen]

What a great presentation man! Keep up the good work, best wishes!

[@ratfarmer1]

This is also why Nacho's death is fantastic, its one last grasp for self control. Even though he knows he was there to die anyway, he chooses one last act of ultimate independance

[@howtoavenge1016]

this is a good video. nice editing, very well executed voice over, well paced, and its about better call saul. seriously i think your voice over is underappreciated here

[@erikhendrickson59]

The sad part is that Gale would have been killed eventually anyways. He knew more about Gustavo Fring than almost anyone else - there's no way Gus would've let him live beyond his usefulness.

[@Psyrus88]

If you think this is crazy, you should hear the definition of insanity.

[@themalmadius]

Didn’t I already tell you about it?

[@chrisluongo267]

Great analysis, can’t believe I never picked up on the right shoulder / left shoulder thing… seems obvious now that you mention it! Keep up the good work

[@themalmadius]

Hey thanks so much for watching! I was re-watching the show getting ready for season 6 and all of a sudden I noticed it. To my knowledge, no one else has talked about that, so I honestly made the video just so I can talk about it.

[@AImpatientMan]

Nacho:threatens Mike Finger:unlucky for you this is a prequel

[@noechoprime]

He took control at the end.

[@perryjohnson3801]

Hope you go far brotha this is a phenomenally thought out video, I hope it blows up

[@themalmadius]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@sleepydoglee]

Bro, you nailed the theme. I bet you never skip leg day, rock on. Keep liftin'.

[@themalmadius]

I appreciate you, man 💪

[@thecowboy9698]

After watching this video, I would say that this is the moral lesson we can take away from Nacho's story, and not just nachos story, but frankly Mike's, Walt's, and Jesse's stories as well, and that is: "Doing the right things does not necessarily lead to the right outcome, as it is possible to do everything right and still lose, but doing the wrong thing will NEVER lead to a right outcome." It goes back to that old parable: "Whatever a man sows, he will also reap." And I know that many people will immediately dismiss that, because it's based on judeo-christian principle, and many people are not religious these days, but it's still a principle that holds true today, just as much as it did when it was originally written. It is a principle that has literally stood the test of time, being proven to be true over and over again.

[@malfaroangel3896]

Let be honest, they had to build up Nacho. Or else they wouldn’t be any tension in Better Call Saul outside of Kim/Howard. Everyone else we know where they end up

[@escapingourreality]

He keeps it in the game

[@YouCanCallMeSus]

Vaas is my favorite character in the Breaking Saul series.

[@brandonmcgrew4367]

Nacho was basically still a kid. My age. I couldn’t imagine being my age and having to run of a crew of a drug cartel that I wanted to protect my father from. Just shitty man.

[@midoo9961]

Good job, great to see season 6 also

[@jaymcdude1291]

Varga had a great story. I just hated how it ended for him.

[@Armyman508]

Damn bro excellent work ok everything, the editing, the writing, the explanation all beautifully done👌🏼. I didnt even realize he was scarred in each of his shoulders by gus and the salamancas, and he’s become a puppet for each of them to use, while he still believes he can find a way out.

[@themalmadius]

Thanks so much man, I’m glad you liked it! The moment I made that connection with his shoulders was the moment I knew I needed to make this video

[@Armyman508]

@@themalmadius wow really and you created the whole loss of control from that idea💯 amazing work man

[@midoo9961]

Yes really excellent work!!!

[@overxgaming7948]

Fantastic video, keep it up !

[@suskysulky]

I was like "no" when that happened :(

[@toskuxklan711]

you know your messed up when vaas thinks your bad

[@tieshintekashi7]

1:23 Forced into servitude by **Black, Male, {blackmail} Powerful People.** **Shows clip of Gus**

[@ck891]

Great summary/analysis my guy. I just subbed.

[@themalmadius]

I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@cliquecommunity4655]

Awesome, I’d love more content!!

[@midoo9961]

Good information, I enjoyed thanks

[@midoo9961]

I enjoyed listening and watch it man

[@peoplez129]

This all makes me wonder exactly how much, if any, Salamanca blood has ever been spilled to justify their belief they deserve to lead the cartel. Hector often uses that line "Salamanca blood!". But there's a TON of Salamanca's, at least before they're killed by Gus and Hank. So it seems like when Hector uses that line, he's actually saying something that isn't true. Sure, maybe henchmen for the Salamanca's have bled, but not necessarily the Salamanca's themselves. And whenever the Salamanca's actually bleed, it seems to always be from something they caused. Like how Tuco bleeds from that explosion, but it's because he robbed Walter. So the Salamanca's aren't bleeding for the cartel, they're bleeding from all the stupid stuff they get themselves into, by being hot heads. That paints a completely different picture of the Salamanca's. All just spoiled brats who just have people bleed and die for them, while they remained pretty much untouched, and transplanting other peoples sacrifices onto themselves, like stolen valor.

[@frankmurphy7234]

They did my guy dirty but he was a good dude overall

[@rapturas]

You cannot control chaos.

[@themalmadius]

Chaos is a ladder

[@ReaperRells]

All he has to do was act sad during the strike n flush the pills down his own toilet

[@johnnyboyspero5470]

Code of honor for Pinkman? Guy puts dealers at NA meetings. That's as low as you can get next to putting up shop near a school

[@midoo9961]

Great analysis, good job

[@Teajonmustard]

9:25 nacho didn’t beat up crazy 8 there cuz he was angry it’s beacuse hector wanted him to. You portray nacho like there was a point where he snaps and becomes evil, that never happens.

[@themalmadius]

No I do agree with you, at that point he was unable to do anything but Hector’s will. I think the message got lost in editing, which is my bad. The point I was trying to make was not at this moment, but what came after Hector got the ibuprofen pills. When all of a sudden Nacho was put in charge of the whole show, he started to act like a much more sinister druglord. With the Salamancas presumably out of the picture, it seemed like he did not have a necessity to leave the business at that point, even if Gus is still looming over his head. It didn’t seem like he made any real attempts or even desire to escape at that point because all of the biggest threats were so distant. Remember, this was before Lalo came back into the picture. He never got to the level of the Salamancas themselves, but began to exhibit much more sinister tactics to keep everyone in line

[@NativeShnit]

Fink- Cold Feet

[@joes1755]

I’m so dumb at first I thought u said black male meaning Gus 😂 instead of blackmail

[@captinkrunk101]

I really wanted nacho to make it out

[@ogre7737]

Love Nacho 🕊

[@ArthuriusG99]

I have watched BB El Camino and bits and pieces of Better Call Saul and it just wasn't too action packed yet seeing all this actually makes me wanna watch it all go down

[@ashaandrew6407]

If this is your first video I cant wait to see what youre doing in a year

[@hanahrph7458]

I can’t stop watching this video!

[@midoo9961]

I watched this video many times

[@garcel1251]

🤔… in hindsight wouldn’t it have been less headaches to burn down his fathers shop? No shop no Salemancos using it to wash there money, no Gus black mailing him for switching the pills, his father collects the insurance money and can rebuild by then he figures out another location for them to wash cash 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@sehalos]

Gus blackmailing him would happen either way. The reason Gus did it because of Lalo

[@garcel1251]

@@sehalos you just proved my point… If he burned down the shop…. Then he wouldn’t have needed to switch Hectors pills… which means Gus couldn’t have used it to blackmail him… if Hector didn’t have a stroke no Lao coming North of the border…. It all was a domino affect #BurnDownShop

[@sehalos]

@@garcel1251 1. There are plenty of ways Gus could deal with Lalo instead of setting him up with Nacho. The reason Nacho is a dead man is because Gus set up the plan to kill Lalo in Mexico through Nacho 2. Nobody (including Nacho) know that Lalo Salamanca exist until he made an appearance and there is no guarantee that Lalo wouldn't come to US if Hector not in wheelchair. Literally Lalo could come to US to help Hector even if he is healthy especially with Tuco behind bars

[@anthonymaltisanti677]

The only reason Nacho didn't just pack up his $$ and disappear was because his Dad refused to leave and Nacho knew if he left his father would be killed

[@WildHunt665]

Insanity doing the same s**t over and over and over again ~vass

[@calebstevens7487]

He was dead the second he flipped to work for Gus.

[@themalmadius]

The moment I saw Arturo suffocating to death by Gus‘s hand next to Nacho, I knew he would end up meeting the same fate

[@Partyfreaker]

They should have let him live and show how he gets another identity and moves to a remote island and calls himself Vaas. 😌

[@gxtmfa]

If Gus didn’t save hector, nacho’s plan would have worked. You think Gus just didn’t want someone else to take his prize?

[@themalmadius]

Yeah absolutely, especially after his whole monologue about him patiently spending all this time and effort torturing a coati as a kid (S4E6 Piñata). He wanted to be the one to destroy Hectors world to the very end, which would end up being the case