How Nacho Overcame Every Salamanca - Better Call Saul
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- Throughout Better Call Saul, one of Nacho’s main obstacles was the Salamancas. He had a string of bad luck in that each time he got rid of one, another appeared, allowing him to never truly feel safe. In total he had to overcome five different members of the Salamanca family. I thought it’d be interesting to look at how he approached each.
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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Tuco Salamanca 0:19
Hector Salamanca 4:03
The Twins 7:30
Lalo Salamanca 9:18
Conclusion 11:06
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azhymovs?
@@weddingdressXD I was just about to comment that lmao
It is indeed azhymovs, but this channel isn't any worse than his dbd content and honestly he should shout this channel out on his dbd channel
Not sure if you have hearing problems or not, but your videos are extremely quiet. Like, to the point where I have to increase audio to 100% just to hear them. I darn near had to pull your video into VLC so I could up the audio to 200%.
By default I keep my audio at 20% and can hear footsteps in videogames and quiet music no problem. You might want to go see a hearing doctor.
Lol I'd actually watch the Gus video first
He played Gus right too. After the botched Lalo assassination, Nacho was a dead man. Anyone who catches him, takes his life. So Nacho accepts his own fate, but he doesn't accept his father's fate. Gus meanwhile shows distain for Nacho. So Nacho speaks to Gus on the phone, man to man, and lays out his terms. He gets Mike to vouch for that, and turns himself in. And in the end, he pretty much sells the fact that Gus is innocent, and goes out like a man. He knew there was no saving him, but he did accomplish his series long need to protect his dad. And Gus learned something from it too. Gus decided to take Mike's advice on fear not being a reliable motivator. Which is how he played with Walt and Jesse, until both pushed their luck too far.
Lmao bro remember when Gus slit victors throat in front of jesse and Walter. I’d say that’s using fear as a motivator bro haha
@@RalB. again, Jesse and Walt pushed their luck with Gus. Killing two of his dealers, and his long term cook, was literally spitting in his face. And he was so nice to them, before they started to object to his methods. And Victor had it coming. He got seen at the crime scene, and he started cooking a batch without proper skill or permission
I don't think gus regretted his actions until the failed assassination attempt. To me, it seemed ruthlessly optimal assuming the assassination was successful. I think gus simply didnt consider the fact that the assassination could fail. Once it had failed, nacho had leverage on gus, specially since lalo and Hector suspected gus
@@transformersrevenge9 I don't like the idea that Walt killing the dealers was "pushing their luck". It was his only option. If he hadn't run them over and executed the leftovers Jesse likely would've died, and two child murderers would still be walking the streets. Gale's death was a culmination of that situation, to ensure both Jesse and Walt would get out alive.
@@mrtrolly4184 Walt other option was to let jesse get killed by the dealers without getting involved by saving him after Gus asked to keep peace and set everything with a handshake as men who are in that kind of business are supposed to do, If anything that'd show to Gus that Walt was loyal to him
Lessons in impressing the Salamancas:
Tuco: Show respect.
Hector: Show ruthlessness.
The Cousins: Show loyalty.
Lalo: Show intelligence.
Of course, these all overlap.
@@dmagwaza all bs, being like the dude isn't how to impress them lol
@@tonysoprano9754 Lighten up 'Tony', it's only a TV show.
@@dmagwaza He’s right though, toughness is a better term.
I would say that Lalo is also show boldness, evident through the scene where nacho makes a play to go hide the remaining drugs the day Krazy-8 got picked up. This scene earned Lalo's respect for Nacho, resulting in Lalo bringing Nacho to his personal home.
You can commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness, that is life.
Funny how the same thing happened to Gus and even Hank
@@butteredsalmonella Gus made the mistake of keeping Hector alive out of spite, long after having beaten Hector. One thing is being ruthless to win a ruthless game, but another is being outright twisted and cruel. His other mistake was, of course, to underestimate that Walter White and Hector hated Gus enough to ally against Gus.
@@butteredsalmonella wdym hank makes no mistake?
Can't remember where I heard this
"Life has such a way that brings down even the strongest man" or something like that.
My favourite Star Trek quote
I loved Nacho as a character because of his unique journey to redemption.
What exactly did he redeem? He helped Gus, another bad guy, win lol.
@@Hanson032 forced to work for gus, and he sacrificed himself for his father. Nacho and his father honestly could have gotten away but nacho respected his father's morals which is why he sacrificed himself.
@@syed2187 He was "forced" to work for gus the same way he was "forced" to get in the game. His father would've never ran and that's why he chose the way he did to go out. No way remdepiton, just the best of a horrible situation. He knew the type he was dealing with and the risk vs reward. He chose reward. The real moral of BB and BCS is crime dosnt pay in the end
@@unhappyattendantughh2469 never said he fully redeemed himself
Nacho is a Great character And so well acted
I love that he denied Gus the satisfaction of ever telling Hector that he put him in his chair! That was the best part for me!
I just wish he told Hector that Tuco was in jail cuz of him too, just to rly piss him off.
@@SladeMV and his abuela is a biznatch
@@foxinabox5103 woah woah hold up don't go that far
@@foxinabox5103 tuco will beat the shit out of him in the afterlife 😭
@@brendanpjz3100 i mean, if he knew what he did in BCS he'll be beaten to literal pulp already. Remember, this is the guy who beat his henchmen to death for looking at him wrongly.
Nacho was a really great character. In his own way he won, even if he was killed. It is very impressive of him when you take into consideration how he had nobody on his side. He could have become something really impressive if he had not gone down the wrong path.
if he had his own men, he'd be as threatening as Vaas Montenegro
@@obiberts6699 but sadly taken away too soon, just like Vaas
@@obiberts6699 do you know the definition of insanity?
@@InfernosReaper bro he ruined the Salamanca’s. That was his goal all along.
@@GeorgeWockington01 the *real* one or the inaccurate idiom version?
I'd never considered his journey through the lens of each of the different Salamancas before. It makes a lot of sense. He was intelligent and crafty, but it wasn't enough.
It’s because Nacho’s journey was much more realistic than pretty much all the other characters’ journeys. He never had anyone protecting him for stupid reasons like Walt and Jesse, he never miraculously survived bunch of gun fights like Mike, he never had the opportunity to negotiate with unhinged criminals who normally don’t listen to reason like Saul. Just one wrong thing he did was seen and he was immediately taken hostage by Gus to do his dirty work which pretty much sealed his fate instead of being saved by some deus ex machina.
It was enough to save his dad.
This was the beginning of the End for the Salamanca’s. The Twins couldn’t operate as bosses because they were just hit men. And Tuco is too much of a hot head to run their family. With Ruthless Hector near death and incapacitated in his own personal hell and Cunning Lula dead all because of Nacho! it was all over for them.
@@marcdumont2275 and destroyed the Salamanca’s if you think about it.
It's not that called them "psychos" but that he said he hated *every* one of them, which really made the cousins feel betrayed, because they fought with and bled for Nacho only to find out he hated them and wanted them die all along
I doubt the cousins feel anything at all
@@Drummer9027 nah, one of them was visibly offended by that line
I love the symbolic significance that due to the cousin's blood donation, Nacho technically has Salamanca blood in his veins.
The reason why is cause they knew he was equipped to handle their family operations.
Nacho looked at them like they were monsters lol. Which they were. He wanted to kill them when he had the chance
Gross
I’m surprised I haven’t heard anyone mention that until this video
I kinda wish you'd culminated this by showing how he ultimately overcame Gus, as Gus was basically the one who did the most harm to him. But great video that shows Nacho's growth!
Howd he overcome gus? I have a crappy memory. Lol.
@WolfxXx65 plus nacho went off script when talking with bolsa about who paid him and was very close to outting gus which more than likely sent the fear of god into gustavo
@@John-Doe-Yo Gus was acting as a controlling god, he chose to show everyone how he took his own path in the end
Him putting Hector in the wheelchair also eventually lead to Walt blowing both of them up.
@@retrobat153 and the suicide was not part of Gus' plan, but a final show of disrespect, as if to say "even with all your assurances, I don't trust you and I'm going out on my terms"
His “you think of me” monologue was stronger than anything Walter White said on Breaking Bad, genuine goosebumps every time I watch it!
walt in the last scene of granite state made more of a memorable impact than this (in my respectful opinion) and he didn't even say a word.
He's good with monolouges like the one in far cry 3 you know the insanity speech
I never understood why people thought Walt’s monologues were powerful to begin with when they were just empty threats or attempts at boosting his ego since he was a powerless guy who always worked for or ran away from actually powerful people like Gus or Tuco. He was smart for sure, but intimidating or strong? Not at all, he was never a drug kingpin or a druglord, he didn’t have any henchmen that could intimidate people, he never had anyone’s respect or fear. Only proper muscles he had was Jack’s gang, and even then they were just looking to take over the brains of his clusterf*ck of an operation, not to actually work for him.
@@Zenix. yeah he's a top tier actor
He should have also said "and abuelita was a biznatch" lol
While the Twins are heavily associated with the whole revenge aspect, I think they are more consistently portrayed as warriors with an honor code. I believe they respected Nacho because despite them knowing he was a lesser fighter (perhaps especially because they knew this), he still put his life on the line to fight alongside them, and they valued his bravery in doing so highly, as sort of a warrior's respect for one another.
I mean they were Cartel Terminators 😂 not many could compete (except Hank). They were not warriors, they were killers. Big difference. They breathe, eat, crap, sleep combat. But they weren’t really good at Leading or Being the Bosses. That’s why they respected Nacho. He had other redeeming talents. Cunning, street smart, intelligent, and got things done. And he was okay-ish in combat. He was a Tuco fill in and they knew he was the only one that could.
And you forget he was thinking of killing one of them when he had the chance at the rival compound in which they attacked. He knew they were evil asf. But then one popped up behind him.
If they hadn’t been so tactical and grouped up instead he would’ve killed the twins from behind when he had the chance. No one would’ve second guessed it.
He’d say something like, “we took our rivals territory but the Twins died in the process”
@@SaiyanMonkeyScumAndProud Hank had the upper hand (was warned) and would of die if not for the ridiculous let me get my axe.
They weren't honorable warriors, they were emotionless killers who murdered innocent bystanders without thinking twice. Remember the innocent people they murdered in cold blood in the parking lot when they were after Hank?
Lalo jumping on sauls car was way more dramatic and over the top in the manga . It’s like he jumped off a cliff , which adds unintended plotholes , because if he can jump and land from such distances , he would be far more physically cunning than what he has represented
It was based on a manga?
@@stevem.o.1185 yeah bro, Yoriyoi yobidashi sauru is the Japanese name, thought the show has nearly caught up. Might be like Attach on Titan where they time the show perfectly.
@@ryanandrews3734 :trollface:
The show has so many ployholes that is better written in the manga. When Tuco got mad in the manga, his hair turned into a piss yellow which indicated more ferocity and rage towards the person he was mad at. I don't know why they didn't do this in the show
@@ryanandrews3734 I hate that part where Raro fucking killed Hawado out of nowhere
I agree that I almost felt bad for the Twins when Nacho was going on about hating the Salamancas, they genuinely seemed sad about his 'turn' lol.
They felt betrayed cause they saved his life. Idk why you feel for them though, they were cold blooded killers that killed hundreds of people for no good reason except drugs and family business.
How could U feel bad for them? They’re literally just brainless nut jobs who do what they’re told
@@SaiyanMonkeyScumAndProud humans can feel empathy for anything. Its a bless and a curse
I liked these explanations except for how Nacho won Lalo over. Lalo only show of true admiration for Nacho was when Nacho retrieved the drugs from the stash house. What seemed odd was that appeared to be an irrational thing to do. Would be much easier to just cut the losses, but there was more to it. There would have been repercussions if the drugs were found, Lalo knew that immediately and was allready thinking about killing the two subordinates in the car with them, disposing the bodies, replacing them with capable people, the stree of having to wonder what the cops had learned, etc...When Nacho stepped up and asserted himself with to resolve the situation with Bravery, that's when Nacho earned Lalos respect. We see it played out when Lalo is betrayed by Nacho and Lalo returns to kill the entire hit squad that was sent to kill him. It's not that Lalo is just intelligent or charismatic. Lalo is Brave. In the business they are in, they see many cowards, Lalo respects Mike as an adversary for the same reason. Mike is intelligent and resourceful but more important to Lalo is that Mike displays Bravery by remaining calm and coming up with a bold plan to lose Lalo when he was tailing him. It one thing to be smart, and charismatic, but also to be bold, shows the true characteristics of someone with true potential in life. A capable man of destiny. Lalo sees that in Nacho and is genuinely pleased with who Nacho is as a person when Nacho sneaks into the stash house. Nacho was allready useful to Lalo as a 2nd, but when Nacho proved he also had balls and conviction, that cemented Lalos admiration. Lalo isn't intimated or challenged by this, he recognizes this and admires it.
I'd also say that Lalo is probably the only guy among the one's Nacho had to work for that he genuinely respected.
@N_JAMES I don't think that's fair. Facing certain death is Brave no matter if it was good or bad. Lalo doesn't go on rampages like Tuco, every murder he committed had a reason behind it. I dont think Lalo wants to kill anyone, but if he has to he doesn't play around. He could have killed Werners wife in Germany, didn't, why? No reason. Nothing to gain.
@@spartanrh83 Lalo simply needs a small reason to kill people. Killing Fred was a gamble on to something bigger, since Lalo had no idea how the mysterious person(Ziegler) he was looking for was monumental or not.
@@spartanrh83 Lalo didn't have to kill that clerk, though. That was unnecessary
@@spartanrh83 dude you gotta be joking right? There's no way you're serious yeah?
All I can say about nacho is that the man really understands the definition of insanity.
Of course, nacho did try to off Salamancas over and over expecting shit to change
@@Savgms you don’t get the reference he played a guy in a video game called far cry 3 and one of his most famous lines was : do you know the definition of insanity”?
@@wisam111 You were the one that didn't understand lol
@@TheCaptainsParrot no I understand it perfectly lol
You always knew that Nacho was going to meet a bad end. But the flowers bloomed in the place where he fell and you feel bad for him. He was a compelling character.
He switched the pills for ibuprofen, not sugar pills. That's why the pain stops when hector chews them (chewing turns them from long-release into quick-release). Nacho called them sugar pills as a lie/mistake in 603
Maybe he said "sugar pills" to infuriate him more. Plus "ibuprofen" doesn't scream "placebo" the same way "sugar pills" does.
If he had revealed it's ibuprofen, they might have tracked down the source and killed Pryce ? Possible?
@@khld163 I'd chalk it up to a mistake by the show. I don't feel like Nacho would care much for Pyrce
@@Mothlord03 meds that are placebo or fake are referred to as sugar pills. It would have sounded lame if he had told them it was ibuprofen
I hate how Nacho’s story ended. Nacho deserved more. Michael Mando did such a wonderful job portraying this character. His appearance was that of a bad ass gangster, but his actions were that of a naive young man without guidance (due to his father giving up on him and the absence of a mother). Once he met mike, they built this father and son relationship, but again…mike wasn’t able to talk his pseudo son out of his behaviors. You could tell Nacho’s death broke mike’s heart.
I just finished watching Better Call Saul S6:E7 then began to watch this, happy that you’re doing a video on this
I still can't comprehend what happened there, wrong place at the wrong time cannot even remotley explain this level of mind fuckery
In the end of the day nacho was just too good to let go every time he completed a task he only grew in value to the people he was trying to escape from.
Nacho had no flaws but only one thing holding him behind that being his father.
He smartly convinced all that Salamancas be it tuco, hector, lalo or even iladio.
He wanted to leave that world of cartels and wanted to start a better life but in the process he got used by gus fring.
And him making hector wheelchair bound proves how frustrated he was with Salamancas.
He was smart, powerful and calm.
The only flaw he might have had was he didn't use to think that much when it was about his father and that is where he got used by others.
For hector he was just another guy helping in business in us fronts. For lalo he was just a guy who worked with tuco.
For Gustavo he was just a sacrificial lamb. And despite being used so bad he managed to protect his father and ruined the Salamanca family by hospitalising hector. Helping assasins to kill lalo's family which eventually led to lalo's death.
But he had the fate of gus fring's in his hand.
He had the fate of both Salamancas and gus fring in his hand.
He could have prevented entire breaking bad. Just imagine how much overpowered his character was.
Just imagine if he had said that it was chicken man who hired assasins what would have happened??
There wouldn't be any Gustavo fring in breaking bad.
But he chose to destory salmancas because of his frustrations.
And that is why he was the most unluckiest character in this series alongside howard.
Legit Nacho was the fall of the Salamancas
@@nirjhar4803 Nacho was the reason the entire cartel crumbled.....(he's indirectly responsible for all of it)
The unluckiest?
Well.. a good second to Howard
I know the twins are absolute monsters, but I can't help but feel bad for them when he calls them psychotic fucks. We've never seen them as mad as when he calls them that, the only other time that might even be close is when the one twin is crawling towards Walter with no legs. But they saved Nacho's life on the verge of death, literally gave him salamanca blood in order to survive, and then when they went to get revenge for him he risked his life in return to try and save them- earning their respect. He was like an honorary family member to them- and his final words were calling them psychotic and saying he hates them looking them straight in the eyes.
There’s no honour in the carte
The best part of Nacho's character for me is his patience and ability to keep cool and collected in the most dire situations, throughout the entire show. His ability to read the Salamancas proves his intelligence is great, but his perseverance from season 1 to his ultimate end is what highlights him specifically. He's a mix of Jesse and Hank to me, where Jesse was the character with the worst luck--whenever anything seemed good to him, it was ruined immediately after. He was the punching bag of the show, no mercy. Hank's ability to play through difficult situations greatly reflects Nacho, especially since he's also the only other person to defeat a multitude of the Salamanca family (Hank - 3, Jesse - 1, Gus - 1 (or 2 depending how you look at it)). Nacho's journey throughout the series was definitely the most tense, respectable, and heartbreaking within the BrBa universe imo. His goal was innocent and lighthearted, but his means toward it were bloody and painful. Each time he took down his main target, something else stepped in to pull him back into the game, and that was the circumstances of Gus and the Salamancas. However, throughout all of this, although he felt tormented and defeated each time a new conflict arose, he was able to read the situation to find any possible way to keep moving forward with his goal. Whether it was Hector watching over his shoulder, Gus scraping him from the ground like a chained dog, the twins' bloody urges for vengeance, or Lalo's cunning and charisma, he found a way to sneak past it all, playing them each like a fiddle. It's as you said, he won every battle, but was constantly losing the war to reinforcements. To finally win his war, he needed to give the ultimate sacrifice in defeating his final battle, which was Gus' unpredictability and horrific intentions towards his father. He realized that there truly was no way out of the game, which is what his story is ultimately meant to depict. An innocent goal to protect the only person he has a loving connection, and his wishes to be there with him when set free are impossible due to his circumstances, and regardless of his bloody attempts to find his way out, another unforeseen obstacle will always obstruct his path toward achieving it, hence why his conclusion is the one he chose. His intentions were as pure as a graceful blue flower, in the midst of a dry desert, surrounded by a thwart of twisted branches following unpredictable paths, and lying beside it, a bloody shard of glass, covered in dust.
Who did Jesse kill in the Salamanca family
@@percyjackson1744 it’s the guy he shoots when he’s in Mexico, after Gus poisons Don Eladio, and they’re trying to get away. Not sure how people knew this was a Salamanca, but you can google it.
And technically I’m incorrect in saying hank killed three, he only killed two, the other twin was killed by Mike in the hospital.
well said.
@@shariqarain Gus tells Hector so once they get back from Mexico
Nacho was so smart dude... surviving pure monsters ☠️
Nacho became my favorite character in the breaking bad universe and his "you think of me" speech became one of my favorite moments in all of television
"Did I ever tell you the definition of insanity?"
- Nacho, Saul Call 3
I love nacho in bcs for me there's 4 main characters Jimmy, Kim, Mike, and nacho they all get their deserved time in the show and I just loved all their fleshed out stories and the way each character handles each situation is smart they (mostly) don't make any dumb decisions which is a good to see after seeing shows like Cobra Kai
Agreed…
He still won in the end, he played all of them and they never could never kill him.
And they didn't
And they died in the end.
If Hector had just left his dad alone, Nacho probably would have been a great asset to them
Well that’s why Hector ended up in a wheelchair. And the whole Salamanca family died.
Like you said, nacho did everything right. His only downfall was Gus
Gus? He wanted Gus to live so he could get revenge on the Salamanca’s.
@@SaiyanMonkeyScumAndProud Gus was mad because Nacho ''dared'' to get in the way of his revenge on Hector.
The writing, acting, and character development are all impeccable in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Mark Margolis does what I consider to be an absolutely perfect job of portraying Hector Salamanca. How he can convey so much information with very subtle body and eye movements as outstanding.
he was a pawn to two different factions, his destiny was unchangeable from the beginning if you think about it. It's still amazing how the series makes you root for him and hope with all your heart that he survives, but deep down you know he can't escape the business and that Gus will keep using him until he's dead.
i dont know about other languages, but in the italian dub they gave nacho a very serious voice wich is in high contrast his original voice.
so everytime he speaks to his father he changes from a very serious voice to his original fleeble voice. inducing the viewer to understand that he does not want to be the bad guy and does not want to be in that situation and he's trying his best to get away.
Whats sucks about Nacho is he is really smart, I think even smarter that Walter. But, the reason he lost in the end was because of his moral compass. If he didn't have that morality he would have been and even bigger threat than Gustavo, because Nacho didn't underestimate people.
What a moral compass? All I can think of is that he looked out for himself and his father first.
@@7own878 ya
As much as it sucks to say, nobody in this universe is smarter than Walt. Though, Nacho is probably the 3rd smartest behind Gus.
@@detrezo huell is
@@heckeromogeasff6675 huell is beyond everyone
I just noticed that Nacho & Mike are the only two characters in the entire BB/BCS series that encountered Hector and every Salamanca cousin at some point on the show.
No. Saul Did
Gus and Saul did.
@Flustrated Genius Gus and Tuco never shared a scene together. Technically, you can count Saul but he didn't actually encounter the Cousins. They just walked passed one another without knowing each other.
Nacho es jodidamente genial. Hizo todo lo humanamente posible para escapar, pero no fue suficiente, sin embargo pudo irse a su manera, y de paso dejó en silla de ruedas a Héctor.
Nacho should have stayed at the mansion and acted like he just barely managed to survive, with all the trust he had build up with the Salamacas, he could pull it of, at the least, it would have a lower long term risk then running away, showing himself to be the traitor.
It would also open up a lot more options in the aftermath of the shootout then running away, in the case where Lalo survived, he would be among the first to know had he stayed, and if he did perish in the assassination, Nacho could leave without fear of being hunted down.
Fantastic analysis! You’ve made me appreciate the writers even more than I already did (no small feat)! You have an enthusiastic new subscriber.
Finally caught up to this episode where he meets his end and honestly Nacho is one of the best supporting characters I'm BCS, his complexion as a character who realizes he's too far in to simply walk away and the fact that his own "gang" is increasing their work load onto his own family out of spite for another rival cartel member shows how he knows his father was right and in his own way he does everything he can to make it right, but in a way that would work best for him. I also think even if Gus' hit men did the job right it would look weird with Nacho having survived or not being at the crime scene, especially because even though Lalo pretends to be dead, everyone immediately suspects Nacho so i think his death was inescapable despite his best efforts. Overall he had a great ride and I wish we saw more of him and his talent
What a banger video, I'm not sure that the writers might have intentionally done that, but I do think that thinking it that way makes the enjoyment of nacho's performance to be so much deeper.
im pretty sure the writers did that on purpose but the viewers just dont realize until someone makes these great analize or they just dont pay attention to the small ditails
The thing I found interesting from the beginning is that Nacho seemed to handle Tuco in a way a parent would handle a child with behavioral issues and a rebellious personality. A smart person would clock it as patronizing but Tuco was extremely dumb. If I didn't know any better I would think he was the boss and that Tuco was the henchman or 2nd in commad. Nacho was way smarter than given credit for but he didn't believe in himself and hadn't learned how to deal with his emotions.
Nacho's character arc feels like it can make a solid story-driven third-person action shooter video game. He's one of my fave side characters in the story.
loved how you showed the way characters interact with each other and the outcomes of it
I hope we get to see a good wrap up for Nacho in the form of closure with his dad's story. Even just a clue that he was safe after all.
mike talks with his dad
@@filipealarza9079 I just saw that. So sad.
Really good analysis. Nacho really was a genius at playing people and I didn't notice how he changed his game for each Threat. Good job.
Nacho put Hector in a Wheel Chair, Got Tuco Arrested, Helped in Lula’s assassination, Almost took out the Twin terminators, and almost ruined Gus’s reputation and turned them all against each other. And even saved his father and almost saved himself. And perhaps in more than one way he did.
Nacho was a gosh damn UNIT BOY!!!!!!!
Nacho was as Salamanca as the rest.
Capable, ruthless, quick thinking, family focused & bloodthirsty.
Really Nacho was going up against his own future jad to continued deeper into the drug world.
dude at first i was like this voice sounds familiar, then i looked at your channels and saw your dbd lore/theory channel! its nice to see you branch into more content, especially rich stories like better call saul!
Amazing character! He's a bad guy you really want to root for, and it sucks that he could be that smart, that capable, and yet, still lose in the end. But the big consolation was that at his death, everyone else present was a dead man walking.
Nacho is a great case of redemption =/= survival, which gives stories weight unlike anything else.
Wow, this is an excellent video. If all the content in your channel is like this, I can say you're truly underrated. Good job man.
he’s in control in season one to 3 but after Gus makes him work for him he was pretty much a dead man up until his actual death in season 6
Out of all the great characters introduced in Breaking Bad and developed further in Better Call Saul, Nacho might be my favorite in the BB universe. Doing everything you're asked of to a tee and still getting the short end of the stick, and going out on your own terms. Not with a whimper.
I think Nacho understood some situations don't have a perfect solution and only a compromise is available, he was a good man doing bad things through questionable choices, leaving him with the ultimate compromise of using his own life to guarantee to the safety of his father. I rated Nacho, he accepted his own death as payment for his wrongdoings.
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I was chilling and watching your video, untill you put on Emperors army in your vid. Then it all clicked in my head, you are the dude that makes videos on DBD theories, origins, who is thr best etc
Since i liked your other channel, i also like your video style and i love BCS/BB. You earned a sub
I would love to see a video like this but about Mikes growth from the murder of his son to his demise with Walt. Mike was always in positions to be a mentor/friend/fatherly figure to multiple characters and each time he failed - his son, Nacho, Werner, Jesse. He’s one of the most tragic characters on the show I think because he never fully redeems himself as the father he wish he could’ve been to save his son because like Nacho, his choices, regardless of them being good/smart/calculated, he never could “win”. He could never save these people but each time he felt connected to someone, he would try to help them make “the right choice” but it was never enough.
really good breakdown especially showing how he appeared more bumbling infront of hector
Nice to see you branching out from asymetrical horror game themed content and tackling tv masterpieces such as Better Call Saul!
he is the guy who posts dbd content about lore and what not i recognise his voice
@@thebreaker3963 Yes
The thing is, Lalo's trust in the final moments with Nacho is pretty much exemplified by their last scene together. Nacho brings Lalo drinks, drinks he prepared and poured himself, and Lalo just drinks his with zero hesitation, before Nacho drinks his. This is a great parallel to Gus killing Eladio, having to drink first to show he's not poisoning him, mirrored here by Lalo almost blind trust in Nacho, either because he thought he was untouchable... Or because he truly did trust him.
I think Nacho genuinely liked Lalo he just didn’t want his dad to die by Gus
Dude I recognised that voice instantly from your dbd videos!! Just finished BCS and it was awesome, cool to see you're a man of taste
Fantastic character. What makes him so appealing is that even though he is a main character material, he has believable shortcomings that intersects and even slightly undermines his good qualities. For example: he is a good planner, but his plans never account on events that would follow if that plan failed or succeeded. Other "believable" main characters from other shows would have bad qualities that barely even tangent their good side, like "Oh this character is talented at many things but he is haunted by his past / a braggart / etc."
Lmao. You don’t know as much as you think you know.
Though Nacho never overcame the twins like the others, it's amazing how Nacho got Tuco imprisoned, nearly killed Hector, and helped destroy Lalo too. In effect, he destroyed a lot of the Salamanca family, just being less equipped than Gus, although unlike Gus, he never planned from the beginning to destroy Hector. And the Salamancas never even learned that Nacho got Tuco imprisoned, because if they did, they might investigate Mike, and notice that he works for Gus. (Although Hector and the twins would recognize Mike from the Tuco incident, only Lalo saw him working for Gus.) It almost seems like Nacho was working for the Alvarezs, with a long plan to take down the Salamancas. The last step would be taking out the twins when they come for him.
Just wanted to say I've watched all your vids on BB and BCS now and I love all of the analyses, looking forward for more :)
I was binging some Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul vids and came across this one, and you should've seen my face when I heard your voice, As an avid DBD player, who couldn't! Great Video 10/10
Nacho is basically Jesse if he's way smarter and experience. Remember, Jesse was still an inexperience young adult in Breaking Bad and kinda clumsy on his way and he has to deal to death people around him. Meanwhile, Nacho played his game perfectly until he makes a huge mistake since he still thinking his father very much.
I don't think nacho downplayed himself in front of Hector on purpose, but he was in a desperate position. Hector brought his father into the fold almost immediately, so nacho began to panic almost immediately in my opinion. This can be seen when mike tells nacho to switch the pills back and reconsider his attempt on Hector's life - nacho didn't have the time or peace of mind to think this through and was trying to act in the moment. Great video by the way! Thoroughly enjoyed
For how smart and gifted nacho was, his ending is so much more tragic. He deserved much better.
I was blindsided when I heard your voice on a video like this, I love your dbd videos too!
now tell me again
Don Nacho, Lalo and Saul are my favorite characters in the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe.
I love the insights you provide in your videos man. Keep it up!
I think Nacho could have made it seam like he got shot intentionally when gus sent his men to Lalo's house, kinda of do the same thing he already did, this way he does not lose the trust of Lalo and therefore is not a dead man, just an injured one.
very well put together. looking forward to more BB and BCS content. liked and subbed
I loved lalo but nacho was my fav from start to finish. Damn good video man 🤘
Wow I didn't even know you had this channel. Love it!
So far I only know 2 character of Michael Mando: Vaas and Nacho, and he absolutely nailed both of them. He's the face of a genius criminal/sociopath. Like what Johnny Depp is to Jack Sparrow or Robert Downey Jr. is to ironman. Or that guy that plays only Hector.
"That guy that plays only Hector" plays an assassin in Scarface. He has had a prolific career...from Sex and the City to Ace Ventura! I guess most people will probably know him from his role in the BB universe though. Incidentally, Steven Bauer who plays Don Eladio was also in Scarface.
@@MotherofImps No I think he means a literal actor who only plays characters named Hector
Honestly one of the only things I can say genuinely frustrates me about this series is the way that nacho got caught.
Gus hires the "best" hitmen that he can possibly get his hands on (which are probably the best hitmen in the area period) and yet they act like bumbling fucking idiots the entire time while they're trying to kill lalo, literally acting like they've never had to clear a house or anything like that ever before.
Let me elaborate:
They shoot the young guy in the kitchen (can't remember his name now) while lalo is standing literally right there, first of all, why don't they just... yknow... keep shooting? There's obviously TWO guys there, so just shoot until they're both dead.
Second of all, you're telling me they could see clear enough into it that they could see there was a person there and shoot him perfectly center mass in what I can only assume to be the heart with how fast he died, but they can't see through the window well enough to see lalo hiding around the corner or at least see him move around it after the young dude gets shot?
Then they go into the kitchen to clear it, first of all, why are both of the guys that are going inside to clear it aiming at the same doorway?
Second of all why is the guy going around the kitchen counter like that? He had all the room in the world to clear that corner and he decides to take the tightest angle possible with a goddamn rifle like he's just asking to get stabbed or worse.
And even if he's going around the kitchen counter that way, close to the corner, why isn't his rifle pointed at the corner? That's obivously the only place in the room someone could be hiding and still be out of sight, so why's he aiming at the doorway that his buddy is already covering?
Then he finally gets the grease thrown on his face, and instead of just shooting blindly in front of him, HE DECIDES TO MAG DUMP THE FUCKING CEILING.
First of all, you don't just shoot your entire magazine in any direction just because you got hurt or even severely injured, you just don't cramp up like that.
Second of all he KNOWS where it came from, he SAW LALO BEFORE THE GREASE GOT THROWN ONTO HIM, YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T SEE JUST SHOOT IN HIS FUCKING DIRECTION, YOU'RE GONNA HIT S O M E T H I N G.
The rounds going through the wall and maybe hitting someone on the other side is also a non issue as the other room has clearly not been entered by friendlies yet anyways, and the walls are thick enough and made out of sturdy enough material to stop most any round anyways.
Disregarding even all of this let's say lalo pulls all of this off without even so much as catching a stray round from two guys emptying an entire magazine in his general zip code.
Why do they send two guys into the tunnel? Why two? It's not like if he's waiting at the end the second guy's gonna be able to do anything the first one can't already do, they're still in a tunnel barely big enough to crawl through.
Lastly (I think) the guy guarding the entrance of the tunnel.
Come on.
Really?
He's just casually fucking standing there, and even says something to give away that he's in there, you don't have guys maybe securing different parts of the house that are on alert? Also, for all you know there could still be more armed people around the compound, so why are you casually standing there, not even close to ready in case a threat shows itself.
I'm really sorry for the massive rant, but it infuriates me so much that a show so well written telling a story that I got so massively involved in uses some of the laziest writing I've seen to start the "death march" of an arguably main (and inarguably very beloved) character and actor.
There were 1000 ways they could've done this better, and I have to assume the episode wasn't written or directed by vince himself because he would've never let something like this slip through.
I had similar thoughts on this episode. I don't mind the fact that Lalo outsmarted the entire group, but the squad felt way too sloppy. I would have been okay with this had they been clearly unprofessional hitmen hired to make a messy scene, but they were set up as tactical elites just to bumble their way through the house. I was constantly bothered by the fact that soldiers that were supposed to be watching other perimeters usually looked as if they were idle, and were almost always facing the wrong way.
I find the death of lalo even more shittier tho
Hearing your voice was pretty shocking, glad to see you're doing well with other content great video
Bro I clicked this video out of interest on the topic and I recognized your voice! I always watch your dbd videos
bro i got this video in my recomended and i instantly recognized your voice from your dbd channel. Great video
very good job, keep the good work ;)
This was awesome!
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Wow , way of dealing with Hector is genius
And you are genius for figuring that out
Had no idea you had a second channel man, and videos on my favourite show
I clicked on the video not expecting to hear the amazing voice from my favorite Dead by Daylight videos 😄
I remember when he was on the island and said " Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?". Good stuff.
i just realized why i recognize your voice! you’re AZHYMOVS!! i love your dead by daylight channel!! :D i also love better call saul and breaking bad, it’s insane that youtube just happened to recommend to me both of your channels! You just so happened to make content about both of my favorite things! what a coincidence!
I like to think lalo wasn't fooled by nacho, he always suspected nacho to a degree, we can see him laughing reading about the arson in the news because he knew gus burnt his own restaurant and we can see him awake outside when nacho was going for the door.
Azhymovs Company? Takes over not only games but also movies *-*
I knew I recognised that voice
From day 1 we knew SOMETHING was going to happen to Nacho. STILL, he's one of the best characters of the whole universe In my opinion.
holy shit i thought i recognized your voice and then your signature music came on, so cool that i found you in two of my interests
holy moly i thought i recognized your voice lol, idk how you make great dbd videos and also analysis videos
So many great characters in this show
But he didn’t overcome every Salamanca. The two most powerful Salamanca were never overcome. Abuelita and Joaquin
Very insightful!
Eyyyy, didn’t know you had a breaking bad channel, love the dbd vids man!
We need more movies with Michael Mando! I hope there will be one with him as main-character
It's crazy that Nacho lasted as long as he did
How so? He’s obviously smarter than the Salamanca family at least.
Everyone in BB and BTS who died lost because their weakness got better of them. For Walt, it was his ego in the way he got careless by the end and left the notebook in plain sight. Gus lost for similar reason of ego, that is, his hatred for Salamancas and Hector especially. Mike underestimated Walt.
The reason Nacho lost was because of his dad. He knew if he just escaped they would get him and by doing what he did, he ensured his safety. Yes, if mercenaries got Lalo and everything else went according to plan, it would be ok, but it didn't. And Nacho could still save himself. He just chose not to.