The Full Story of Nacho | Better Call Saul Retrospective
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CORRECTIONS/UPDATE
-Due to a freak accident, my commentary is only playing through the right speaker. During editing, I somehow accidentally set the commentary track to PAN 100% R without realizing it until after I rendered and uploaded it. (I rendered my audio track incorrectly without realizing it.) I sincerely apologize to any headphone users and will double-check from now on to make sure that this doesn't happen in the future. (I edit my videos with my basic computer speakers, so I never noticed the issue during editing.)
-Also, at 21 minutes and 42 seconds into the video, I meant to say "Mike ruined Hector's supply line" not "Nacho ruined Hector's supply line."
In this video, I'll be giving a full timeline analysis & character spotlight for the life of Nacho Varga from Better Call Saul.
I'll see you next time with more Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad!
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0:00 - Intro
2:10 - Early life
3:31 - Better Call Saul Season 1
9:26 - Better Call Saul Season 2
18:13 - Better Call Saul Season 3
29:10 - Better Call Saul Season 4
40:38 - Better Call Saul Season 5
1:01:12 - Better Call Saul Season 6
1:14:56 - Nacho's Legacy
1:17:49 - Final Thoughts - Zábava
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i like
the fact that they turned the throwaway line "it wasn't me, it was Ignacio!" into this iconic character is fucking amazing.
"El amigo del cartel!" ;)
Bravo Vince
RIP Nacho😢
I agree!!! It was so amazing how they managed to work that into BCS without creating some giant plot hole
I seriously don’t understand why they never nominated Michael Mando for an Emmy. Giancarlo Esposito is always great but personally I think Mando did a better job especially in his last episode
Mando should've gotten a nom for 603 for sure
Agree!! Nacho was my fav!!
I think he was put up for a consideration but it got bypassed😢
Seriously. No hate on Giancarlo. He's awesome! But holy shit Michael Mando did so much with the character and put on a performance on par with the best in this universe.
Gus threatening to kill Walt's newborn though
Nacho is like a darker parallel to Jesse. A very tragic character who was trying but unable to get out of the game.
In spanish the word "jesse" translates to "nachos."
@@dashx1103 ur white
@@marcitos_tacitos4727 UR "blanco."
@@dashx1103 ur a caucasian raisin lil bruh stick to ur own language
@@marcitos_tacitos4727 how would you know? 😂
Seeing how keeping Nacho on a short leash using fear nearly backfired on him, that’s probably why Gus in BB doesn’t immediately resort to fear to bring in Walt
*ding ding ding*
And the literal second he does Walt blows him up. Fuck Gus
@@TheVividKiWi ding ding DING ding ding DING ding ding DING
Which also backfired as well
@@5thkiechannel hector: 😑🤨😐😒😬🤨😒😑😌😔🤨
If any character deserved a happy ending, it was Nacho
and that's why the tragedy hits so perfectly
@@TheVividKiWi if only nacho got his own el camino
This is a grim story. Can’t have too many happy endings in this universe
If it’s any consolation, literally everyone else that was there died.
(I said it already but...) it's hard to accept Nacho was sold out to buy time for some dead men walking but in sacrificing himself like that he basically killed all of them.
Nacho is to BCS as Jesse is to BB in my opinion. They are both sympathetic characters that fans have feelings about. The only difference is Jesse is able to escape that life. Nacho is able to get out by taking his own life instead of the Salamancas doing it. But how the producers were able to justify a throwaway line was absolutely genius. Besides Mike, Nacho is my favorite character
As is Christopher in the Sapranos
Nacho knew if he fled, they would go after his dad. He literally sacrificed himself for his father. Beautiful and tragic. This is why Mike stood up for him.
the fact that he killed himself to protect his family from the salamancas was super sweet as well. they would have no connection the the upholstery business.
O had a happy ending .. the other did not, so I dont see it
The cruelest irony about Nacho's end, the fact all of his enemies wind up dead themselves makes you want him to survive, but his sacrifice *is* what sets their eventual demises in motion.
“You think I’d be caught dead driving that thing? It looks like a school bus for 6 year old pimps” My favorite line of the entire series!
60 year old pimps
@@scooter4058 No, it was absolutely 6 year olds because who would typically ride a school bus? Not 60 year olds. The joke is that it looks like a really “pimped out” children’s school bus. And it does.
@@Boobalopbop Yeah I heard 6 too, but I think I remember the Netflix subtitles for that episode mistakenly saying 60, so that's probably where the error comes from.
I love that Gus’s line in the BB episode where Jesse is cooking alone where he says “I don’t believe fear to be an effective motivator” was a line that Mike said to Gus in the episode talking about having a gun to his dads head.
The character had such a pall of doom hanging over him. Watching him try to figure out how to get out was sad. Then watching him try to figure out JUST how to keep his father safe while "letting" himself be killed was terrifying.
At least the writers seem to have allowed his father to stay alive. Though all parents know that having your child killed before you die, is a horrible semi life.
I like when you use Pryce's voice when you say "Baseball Cards." 😂
had to lol its iconic
pryce is such an incel lmao
Cahrds
One of creators said, "Hank isn't the protagonist, he is the hero."
I think for Nacho you could maybe say, "Nacho isn't the antagonist, he is the good guy."
makes sense tbf cause hank isn’t the protagonist as we follow walt and hank is the force opposing walt even tho he himself is unaware hesienberg is walt. it does make him a somewhat antagonist
Calling nacho an antagonist is crazy. He a conflicted protagonist
Started as Vaas, ended as Jason. Loved his arc so much
Idk man Jason was a psycho. I know at the end you get to choose what to do but I think him killing his buddies makes more since as a character development.
@@JohnnyVV yo nacho is crazy too. He's a lil bit of psycho (comes with the job)
Are you sure you understood that game?
I don’t like sleeping without some sort of sound playing so I typically always put on part one of the season six recap or the Mike retrospective. I’m hyped for this video lol
Same exact thing here. His videos are the best for it lol. I was so excited to see this video
Just I thought I was the only one that finds this kinda content and this dudes voice esp so soothing to fall asleep too. 💤 😴
I thought I was the only one who does that
You guys are funny...I tried but my girl wakes up insisting on sleep music
apparently, blue is also the rarest colour in nature, which could be signifying nacho being rare good guy among crazies
Nacho was an amazing character, and played so well by Mando.
This video reminds me of just how ballsy Nacho was. Dude smart too, and absolutely dedicated. His actions DID ruin the rest of Hector's days. End scene with Nacho was perfect. Him dying on his own terms. RIP Nacho.
I always knew he wouldn't be able to get out, but I'm happy to see he decided his own fate and his dad was safe. Nacho was a favorite next to Mike.
the Nachos story kind of goes with the "definition of insanity" line. trying to do something over and over again in hopes to change something but end result just being same or worse
nacho suspecting saul wanted the kettleman money that badly, then thinking mike was there to threaten nacho and his dad. when it came to robbing criminals and protecting his dad, his instincts were impaired.
Vaas learned from his ABQ times
Honestly would love to have a Nacho Varga series as a prequel to better call Saul
Brilliant! Not forced, no milking, with char complex enough to make prequel look natural.
It's valid idea,man.
Or Mike’s experience being a dirty cop in Philly and diving deeper into Matty
*IMPORTANT UPDATES/CORRECTIONS*
-Due to a freak accident, my commentary is only playing through the right speaker. During editing, I somehow accidentally set the commentary track to PAN 100% R without realizing it until after I rendered and uploaded it. (I rendered my audio track incorrectly without realizing it.) I sincerely apologize to any headphone users and will double-check from now on to make sure that this doesn't happen in the future. (I edit my videos with my basic computer speakers, so I never noticed the issue during editing.)
-Also, at 21:42 I meant to say "Mike ruined Hector's supply line" not "Nacho ruined Hector's supply line"
What an incredible character performed by a very talented actor..He should have gotten awards
I so wish they didn’t kill him off. Even if he escaped, ran off and had no more screen time. Hope to see this actor in some other roles on tv
the creators did consider an alternate ending where nacho got away
@@TheVividKiWiwhy did he not do that one?
@@TheVividKiWiwhat the alternative ending for Nacho?
my friends asked me if i wanted to go the bar the other day during the eagles game, i said no... Nacho was at the bar and they all met him😭let this be a lesson to always go out and do things when u have the opportunity u might meet nacho from bcs
I can't believe they made an entire 6 season show just to explain one throwaway line. Seriously tho, Nacho is such an amazing character, I love everything about him.
His “baseball cards” 😂😂
*noo my cards*
His presence is so strong that you actually never notice how little screen time he has in comparison
He needs more roles! I remember when I saw his cameo at the end of the first MCU Spiderman movie thinking it's gonna be awesome to see him as Scorpion only for him to poof out of the sequels.
I do hope he somehow comes back in the MCU even though it's unlikely at this point
Mando had a limited role in Orphan Black (as Vic).
While maybe not intentional, I do really like the parallel between Mike and his son, and Nacho and his father, where both are characters who convince a beloved family member to take dirty money-comedically, from people involved in the law and from people involved in the cartel, respectively-for the sake of their own safety, only for the briber(s) in question to become suspicious of the bribe-ee's reluctance, and make (or in Hector's case, imply to make) the decision to kill them off anyway, which then results in the initial person to decide to kill the briber in retaliation.
Of course, the difference between the two is that Mike made the attempt to kill the dirty cops after his son was murdered, and was successful, while Nacho made the attempt before his father _could_ be murdered, and was not.
Both Mike and Nacho see themselves as disappointments to their respective families, and especially given their shared preference to keep those "out of the game" alive and safe shown in the later seasons, I think that's all in all a nice touch.
His role as the antagonist in Far Cry 3 was amazing. Once I heard he was in BCS, I knew I had to watch. My favorite character just ahead of Mike
My most Favourite character in the whole BB universe🔥
Completely agree!!!
Hank my number 1
How tf did I read that as “My most favorite character in the whole BB universe besides Bill Oakley” like WHAT
Definitely my favorite of BCS
Me too bro. Fun fact, Me and nacho share the same birthdays
"Every time I try to get out, THEY BRING ME BACK IN!" - Michael Corleone
I think Nacho is way more of an anti-hero than anyone in the BBBCS universe. And I think he might be my favorite character.
Keep em coming Kiwi! Can never get enough of BCS & BB content
Love the full story videos for characters as its like a short movie recap while also being retrospective. Also the way you said "baseball cards" cracked me up good ahaha. Thanks for the video!
Can't wait for you to create The Full Story of Gus Fring
It is planned, but it'll take a lot of work lol
@@TheVividKiWi I have full confidence that you will pull it off flawlessly..
@@TheVividKiWihe was a general
Just got done with the seasons 1-6 recap and saw you post this as I got off work lmaoo cant wait to watch.
Just started the video but when Vivid post it makes my day. My day was going so mid and now I can watch this hour long video which IK is gonna be good, normally I don't like long videos but Vivid masters them.
Great to see you make a video about Nacho. Keep up the great work man!
Always like how in depth your videos are.
I was waiting on the BB S2 recap, but then i saw this and was happy surprised. I really enjoy your work, kiwi!
I feel like Jesse is a successful combination of Nacho,Walt, and kinda Mike.He kept his family out of his business but at the same time not doing anything to damage them and also doesn’t try to use killing as a means to an end and how Mike goes by you can’t fix only move on Jesse makes an attempt at some kind of closure with Brock
Aw hell yeah. Was wondering if there'd be more aside from the Mike full story. We need one for Jimmy and Gus!!
Yeah I would love a Gus full story
Has to be one of the best written and spoken video commentary on CZcams. You are going places, young man !
He was my favorite character, thanks for this video Kiwi! Really good work as always. I can remember being so angry after I watched the episode, but in the end Nacho's death was inevitable, unfortunately.
Thank you SO MUCH KIWI I love Nacho, glad you did a video on him. Thank you ❤
Nacho was my favourite character and I hadn’t seen breaking bad in a long time so when I watched this for the first time 2 months ago I hoped nacho would love but it was truly sad seeing him die
Excellent breakdown.
Thank you ❤
Thanks! Great job Kiwi. Steve & Jen
Great character and amazing series you're doing here!
It's great that you are putting out Breaking Bad and Better call Saul content. 🤘🤘
1:11:52 This flower I beleve represnts him leaving the life behind as in the show the entire time he is in "the game" he is wearing red however with his father working at the shop, or in this example, passing on, it shows he is finally let go of the anger and violence the color red represents throughout the series. This is all my head cannon so it very well could just be a blue flower.
i get SO hyped seeing the post notification from you. i love all of your videos.
Great Video, Kiwi. I hope you’re pocketing a little cash off these videos cause you deserve it! These videos are all great addendums to add to watching the show. It’s a huge time commitment to actually rewatch the entire show, so it’s fun to just see highlights from various perspectives. I’m sure you do this just for the artistic fun of it, but you deserve support for the great work. Keep them coming! Your channel is gonna keep growing and start hitting big milestones soon. Much love & thanks again
Favorite BB/BCS character and also my favorite far cry villain. Michael Mando is awesome
😂😂😂 his “baseball cards” *Price voice* 😂😂😂😂😂😂
He was low-key underrated. Convincing as stuck in a tough spot, father loving, desperate cartel lieutenant.
I hadn't realized until now that Saul Goodman began his work on April Fools 2004, what a perfect fit
You do a marvelous job on these videos.
Awesome video man! Nacho is my favorite original character in BCS and Mando is a phenomenal actor.
The more badass version of Jessie Pinkman
i liked jesse at the cartel pool when one of the women approached him. he really was not going to be distracted by her.
@@lapacesiaconvoi
Jesse had a girlfriend in Andrea at the time. Jesse is loyal!
"Nacho" translated into English is "pink man."
I was wondering what to watch tonight on Netflix. Then I saw Vivid post a hour long vid about one if not the best character of the BCS/BB universe.
If the full story of Gus is going to include both series, that's gonna be one loooong video and I can't wait lol
Awsome Video I realy like how you explain everything super good stuff man.
I had to come back to this channel what a mean throwback
Love the tease that you'll be doing this kind of deep dive for Gus 👏 Soon I hope
Much needed kiwi thanks!!!
Great video, Nacho was an amazing character
Awesome video! Loved nacho as a character.
LETTTTS GOO NEW VID!!!!
and its on nacho its going to be good.
amazing video! found you yesterday and bingewatching all your BCS videos.
much appreciated 🥰
please make a timeline video of wendy
Nice video. Effort’s appreciated
I would love a full story on Howard Hamlin, my favorite character.
I do see a full Howard retrospective in my future.. When though, idk.
I consider myself a “Beard Pro”
If only Nacho had listened when those Mormon missionaries came around, before the drug days, then he could still be working in his dad's shop.
You are legend man
Wake up, babe. TheVividKiWi dropped another retrospective vid
If Nacho's father deemed his son to be more important than his morality, Nacho would have been alive.
God I love these deep dives and analysis videos! Great job, I can only imagine how much time and effort you put in! Super entertaining, loved it! ❤️ Definitely deserved that like and subscribe! Please keep up the great work!
35:58 I also really enjoyed your reference to (Michael Mando) Nacho and his character as Vaas in Farcry! 😄❤️ That was cool, it's always cool when people know it's the same actor!
Please do Howard next man, I’m begging you
A Howard video will happen at some point, idk when tho. Eventually!!
I would like to "do" Howard's wife.
He looks like he know the definition of insanity
Thank you sir!
Wake up babe TheVividKiWi just dropped a new bcs retrospective
I never thought about how stupid Hector's plan to use Nacho's dad's business was; if Nacho didn't outright say it, he heavily implied his dad could put the police on them.
"I don't trust him," yeah he fucking told you not to lmao. Of course it makes sense in-character, Hector feels like hot shit that can get his way, he wants to stop relying on Gus' trucks as soon as possible, etc etc., but it's just like... come on dude. He more or less sealed his fate from this stupid, short-sighted decision
Incredíble video of an incredibile history of Ignacio Varga
How do you do this??!! Lol
Do you sleep? I mean, NOTHING makes me happier than to see another review from you, but I'm getting concerned 🤣
Crap, ur onto me😅thanks for the support tho
I loved his work in far cry three
Have I ever told you the definition of insanity? ;)
@@TheVividKiWi “Insanity is doing the exact same -ucking thing over and over again and expecting sh!T to change that is crazy”
I can't believe i got an hour and fifteen minutes to watch this beautiful specimen of a man😩
I was very surprised that nachos speech before killing himself and then robbing Hector of his revenge that Hector and the Salamanca's didn't go after nachos dad as payback. While watching that scene....I was positive that it was gonna get his dad killed because that's how petty and vicious Hector was.
This particular retrospective moves me to realize I'm ready for my BCS rewatch now
Takes me a while to process… plus I just rewatched BB a few weeks ago. Had to come out of BCS slowly to be ready. That's my process anyway 😏
4:11 the crawlspace hysterical laugh/cry so relatable. idk if anyone has gone through that kind of breakdown, but the fact that it was also heard in the background on an answering machine and the look on skylar's face and what she told him. it's just the funniest scene. it makes me forget how evil walt got later
Great video!!!
Great video👍
Nacho is such a great character that lots of Mexican restaurants have started offering a dish called "nachos," which is chips and cheese.
I never realized that nacho cutting the ac was so hector would take off his jacket.
I always tought it was so hector wouldnt realize that nacho is sweating from stress.
Anyways awsome video man
maybe it's a false memory, but i thought it was stated by nacho it was to disguise the sweating.
both maybe
Does anyone else know the twins well enough to match their names to their faces?
Marco - mole under the eye, more expressive, the one shot by Hank and almost drowned by Hector
Leonel - Less expressive (unlike Marco who occasionally smirks and is more visibly upset when seeing Lalos fake body), the one who had his legs amputated
I always see people call them the "Salamanca cousins" or the "Salamanca twins"
I actually really enjoy their characters because they are so loyal, badass, and sexy. I feel like maybe the reason Leonel is less expressive is because he takes the job more seriously as he felt what it was like to fear for the safety of someone you care about young when Hector almost drowned Marco. He learnt to be less emotional because what he told Hector when he was a kid: he wants Marco dead for killing his toy, he learnt that his words have consequences so he shouldn't express temperment as much.
I cried when they died. After Leonel was hurt by Hanks car, Marco rushes to him out of worry. This is the only time we see one of them rush because they almost always just walk menacingly because they feel in control of the situation. This time however Marco ignores the mission for a bit to check on his brother. Leonel only tell him to "finish him" and focus on the mission. We see as Marco takes a deep breath to calm himself and heads for Hank, this time motivated even more by revenge for both Tuco and Leonel. He has the chance to kill Hank but instead decides to do it with their axe because it was "too easy" and I think he wanted to inflict more pain on Hank.
It is mentioned in BCS that the Salamancas method of killing people is slow, meaning they enjoy torturing their victims. We see this in Tuco wanting to torture Jimmy for info, we see torture equipment in the shack they have in the desert that was gonna be used on Ignacio. And finally we see this as the twins decide to use axes when taking revenge to more pain is inflicted. This decision leads to both their deaths because Marco was furious and emotional. Ironically the thing they avoid doing the most, being emotional to the point of not speaking is what let to the twins' downfall. Marco wanted to avenge his family because all the Salamancas learn from a young age:
"family is all" and "blood for blood"
Gus mocks their "blood for blood" quote saying that what they're really enforcing is "blood for money". However, I belive it is both. They clearly all believe in "blood for blood" and we have seen them take revenge for one another. We also see them killing people to expand territory, keep their power, get rid of problems and all to keep Don Eladio happy and keep their money.
throwing in that ''sexy'' there just makes this whole bible chapter look so cringe when I have to imagine an actual grown woman typed this all out and was so in awe of these ''gigachads'' from a made up universe, and that she actually felt the need to express all ''love'' for these horrendous kunts of this in a massive youtube comment to the world. You wahmen have more issues than men the more I think about it jfc
@@GLKHD maybe if you stopped being so insecure about the fact that you get 0 bitches then you wouln't be replying to a comment of someone expressing their enjoyment of fictional characters so bitterly. How is what I said different from how much people love characters such as Gus or Lalo who are just as bad as the twins? You are just salty that I "love" them cuz they are good looking even if admittedly they do absolutely nothing like bfr
the salamanca twins are real life brothers three years apart.
@@lapacesiaconvoi i know
i'm sorry. a lot of people probably know. i wonder if the skateboard twins would have ever crossed paths with the salamanca twins.
It's like poetry how Hector and Chuck got rekt almost at the same time
Favorite character, literally cried when he died
One small nitpick. At 10:38 you mention "... or Mike can inform Tuco of his side business..." Mike was actually warning Nacho that Pryce going to the cops would eventually lead to them uncovering Nacho's side business and thus alerting Tuco. This is why you can see Nacho immediately become less confrontational as he begins to realize Mike isn't the source of the threat, Pryce is.
You can only wonder what an iconic duo nacho and lalo could have been, had things been different :/