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This video was entertaining but a bit lacking in analysis. Much of the video consists simply of summarizing the plot rather than explaining what makes the episode itself so brilliant. For example, a lot of this would not convince someone who had not watched the show, since it isnt super clear what you think is so good here.
Something to note is that Nacho and Jesse probably remind Mike of his son, a man who got involved with corrupt people but wouldn't allow themselves to be corrupted and suffered consequences as a result.
I feel Jesse was absolutely corrupted, he murdered Gale, unlike Mike's son and Nacho, who were fucked whether they tried to leave or if they stayed, Jesse had many opportunities to leave, final example being when he almost set the White house on fire, only stopped by Hank, who promised him revenge against Walt, Jesse didn't have the same lows as the others, sure, but I feel he was definitely corrupted, and El Camino was his successful attempt at escaping that place in hopes of leading a better life, but make no mistake, he is a killer, and he will always be one
@@blairthomas4462 You don't think he was pushed into the Gale thing by Walt? And look at how awful he felt afterwards. Fair enough, the guy is a criminal, but it's a lot more nuanced than that..
@@blairthomas4462 sure, but he obviously felt regret and was obviously manipulated through fear. They both did awful things, but they weren't inherently bad people.
A lot of people in the comments have corrected me saying it was Victor - I still I really like that section of my video though, so I think it works either way, but perhaps another clip would have been more appropriate. Thank you very much! Hope to see you about in the future, I will have another one of these on 'Rock and Hard Place' soon-ish
Amazing video, as always, but I think Mike was talking about Victor and not Nacho when referring that he had a guy, Nacho was never Mike’s guy (as in part of the daily operations), Nacho was more of a mole for Gus. Also, seeing that Victor had been killed during that same season in BB and Mike was visibly shaken when Victor died, I think he meant Victor.
@@nont18411 the line comes with the context that Victor was killed by Fring that season. Retconning it would make it nonsensical and also odd since Nacho dies in like 2004 in the storyline.
Firstly, thank you! And yeah I've gotten a couple comments that have pointed this out. I never personally saw it that way just because I didn't really feel like Mike had too much of a connection with Victor, but I'll happily say that I was wrong if that's what was intended. But yes, it seems I should have used a better supporting clip. Hopefully it doesn't take away from the section or video overall too much though
Both Nacho and Jesse are complicated, fallen individuals. Jesse's mind has been ravaged by meth beyond repair. Nacho went in too deep with the cartel to get away. They both did horrible things and even their well-intended moral choices are often questionable at best. It's the callous, nihilistic psychopaths around them, who make them moral individuals by comparison. That, and their will to make things right coupled with their attachment to their loved ones.
@@That0therGeorge Jesse's mind isn't ravaged by meth, he's perfectly rational and living in the real world. He was just emotionally broken by being in Walt's orbit for so long and having everyone he loved murdered
Jesse is a wanna be who tries to be in that particular lifestyle of drugs and parties. Nacho is a good man who does bad things to gain an edge in real life aka more money. Both of them are not evil or abhorrent; they are both just not in their natural environment. They both chose that harsh lifestyle. They could have chosen a different more peaceful and honest lifestyle, which, funny enough, is a lifestyle that is easily at their disposal; a privilege that most of us don't have. The similarities between the two stops there though.
You can’t compare jesse and nacho. Love them both but nacho is in the cartel game. Up to his eyes in it. He’s ready to go down for it. Jesses a kid who thinks Chile pepper is his calling card for neighborhood homemade meth. Jesse never signed up for anything. Walt dragged him in with blackmail
I think my favorite part about Lalo's experience in his compound is that we got to see a way more human Lalo. He clearly, genuinely liked the people who worked for him, and they seemed to reciprocate that and held no fear of him at all. A rare moment of genuine vulnerability from someone who's basically Cartel Batman.
I was always torn about Lalo . Just as much as Mike. Lalo genuinely loves people. He is loyal like crazy. Family is so important to him. Lalo gives you the benefit of the doubt. If you stay loyal , you’re family to him and if you’re family - he treats you like gold.
I'm really curious to hear your thoughts on season 6 so far. Also, od highly recommend "Barry" currently theres a gap in the youtube market for essays about Barry. Only a handful out there at the moment. Barry is fantastic.
I was blown away when you commented on the previous video. I'm very happy to see a creator I look up to watching my stuff now haha. Anyways, fanboying aside. I will cover Season 6, but I will probably wait for it to conclude first. But I think it's absolutely fantastic so far, I loved 'Plan & Execution' especially, it's possibly my favourite episode from the whole show. 'Barry' has been on my watchlist for a long time now, but I've heard great things so I'll have to check it out soon. Thanks again Renn!
@@That0therGeorge Yeah Barry is amazing! Season 3's finale was such a brilliant episode! I literally just started the series 2 weeks ago and I'm already finished and can't wait for Season 4.
When we watch breaking bad again, we will always remember Nacho everytime we see hector in his wheelchair. For sure, Nacho has earned the respect of Don Eladio and the Salamancas even if he tried to destroy their business. Only Nacho has the balls do what he did with Lalo's compound and tell the truth in front of hector and Gus. Rip to a legend.
Lalo isn't op in an unnatural way at all when he takes out the Assassins. He's on home turf after all, probably has survived prior attempts on his life and has the perfect balance between Fury and Level-headedness to deal with them as efficiently as he did.
Yeah, I think when you hear "Lalo killed a group paramilitary assassins" it sounds a bit far-fetched, but how he actually does it is perfectly believable
@@thesnazzmaster Yeah, there was a lot of logic put into how he took them all out. And with the way his house is setup, it's almost as if he expected something like it to happen.
Season 5 is definitely one of the best TV seasons ever in a drama show. It’s amazing episode after amazing episode, filled with drama, comedy, intensity, and character defining moments, as well as flawless cinematography.
@@guillegarcia7146 I feel like every Season of the show has it's slower episodes though. I don't feel like people would have as much problems with it if you could binge watch the series, rather than waiting for one every week. But yeah 3 & 7 especially were brilliant.
@@That0therGeorge idk, I watched season 5 in a week to week basis and I never thought it was too slow. However, through episodes 4 to 6 of s6 I thought the plot just stopped until kim and jimmy finished planning their move against howard, and mike and gustavo were just waiting for lalo to come back to abq.
@@guillegarcia7146 5 was much better than 6. Six was a completely different show to me . What bothers me about it is it ruined another viewing. So for me , my one watching of the series has to be enough .
I thought "the guy" Mike was referring to was Victor whom was just offed in the timeline of BB? This vid implies the guy was Nacho or someone else..? Not sure who the writers intended but I do not think it was Nacho he was thinkin about when he was yellin at Pinkman about having a guy he isn't .. Nacho and Jesse were like surrogate sons to Mike but never equals in terms of working jobs together. No way it was Tyrus , cause its pretty well established in BCS they don't hold each other in high regard.
victor is still alive at this point in the show. he was never close to mike or even part of his "team" like the ones walt assasinates he was just another one of gus's henchmen. mike's emotional reaction also doesnt fit for victor. he freaked out like he did with kaylee when she mentioned matty. seeing how mike see's matty in characters like nacho and jesse i think that reaction makes more sense for nacho. obviously the writers didnt have this in mind when writing the scene so it doesnt fit perfectly (like they mentioned hell's rubiks cube) but it makes the most sense thematically.
@@Josh-gp9up This is shortly after Victor is killed with a box cutter: Mike is mad because Victor is killed indirectly due to Jesse’s actions. Victor gets killed in the beginning of season 4, and then Gus has Jesse tail Mike, in order to push Walt and Jesse apart (make it easier to kill Walt and have Jesse take over). Mike wanted Nacho to get out of the drug trade: there was no way that Nacho would continue to work under Gus if he was “let free”. It doesn’t really make sense for him to refer to him as a dependable guy who he could rely on to have his back when working under Gus.
Agreed! It's BY FAR the best prequel content out there and certainly surpasses the original. Peter Gould is equally as responsible for this incredible show.
@@ninogamingvariety6594 lol no worries. Vince is amazing of course, and I'm not accusing you of this, but I feel like some people give him all the credit, when if anything Peter may actually be slightly more responsible since he wrote/directed the 'Better Call Saul' episode of 'Breaking Bad'. So yeah I guess it's a team effort haha.
I didn’t quite like assassination sequence not because Lalo was to OP but because the assassins felt to stupid. For one they had the element of surprise and blew it (not to mention ‘character notices gunman right before they fire and reacts last second’ felt like a cliche action beat I could see in a bog standard police procedural). The moment that really stuck out to me was when two whole assassins in the tunnel didn’t turn back when their guy outside the tunnel stopped responding and got taken out like bots. Gus said these guys were supposed to be the best but they don’t seem to be up to Pollos standards really.
Ima copy paste this here cause ive ranted about the same thing on a different vid, so enjoy my video (text?) essay 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.
@@danielkaiselgruber1750 compare that to mike taking out a building full of guys in breaking bad season 3. While there is a bit of cheesy moments in there, he largely uses smart tactics and surprise to pick apart his enemies without giving them a chance to fire back. And then you see a whole squad of ‘experienced professionals’ completely blow their stealth and numbers advantages because the writers realized that they had written themselves into a corner, and that was the only way Lalo wasn’t going to get riddled with bullets. It’s quite disappointing from a show that’s usually so good at avoiding these types of things.
@@liamtreat5194 thats also kinda same, the third henchman literally shoots at nothing despite clearly seeing that theres nothing infront of him just because mike throws a shoe, but to be fair that whole scene is like a homage to old cop shows
I’d love to see you cover the episode before bag man I believe called JMM, one of my favourites mainly because of the acting performances but also because of some of the insight on how jimmy is dealing with chucks death
Thank you very much Jack! It's a very time consuming process trying to match every sentence of the recording with some form of relevant visual, but I hope the end result pays off. Thanks again.
Thank you! And oh yeah it's probably best to avoid analysis videos like mine until you've seen the show - But I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think once you've finished it!
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't feel sorry for Nacho's dad. He said: "You want me to run so you can run." or something to that effect when Nacho tried to have his dad's business purchased; Vargas Sr. knew that his son was involved in organized crime but wasn't willing to help him actually escape that world by leaving with him, he was only interested in judging him and being macho. Nacho wanted out, but he wouldn't leave his dad behind to suffer for his actions so he ended up having to kill himself because the old man refused to move. Vargas Sr. will never be informed of his son's death and will tell himself whatever he has to, to justify the moment when he could have saved his son, but didn't. I hope Better Call Saul shows Nacho's dad at some point. So we can see how he's doing and how much he's aware of what happened. That last 'goodbye' sounded like he knew it was final.
Thats illogical, its like asking why didnt walt jr and skyler follows walter to hide with him in ozymandias, Nacho caused the whole problem with the salamancas, hes the one to solve them, his father obviously gonna refuse to move away because its caused by the problem he adviced nacho to avoid from the very beginning, not to be "macho" bla bla bla.
Nacho's dad was one of the few honest people in that Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe. He was a bit naïve because he had such an honest nature, but they showed that under no circumstances, could he be corrupted, even when it came to his own risk and his family's risk. He always did the "lawfully right" thing, because he had faith in the institutions and wanted to believe in "real justice". I think they drew some parallels between Mike's character and Nacho's dad. Both loved and cared for their sons well-being, but Mike's son was the "lawful good" character, while Nacho was the corrupted one. Mike convinced his son to let himself be corrupted because he feared that he would be targeted for being too "good" if he didn't corrupt himself, but in the end they killed him anyway. Nacho tried to convince his dad to let himself be corrupted because he was afraid his dad would be targeted for not complying with the demands of the Cartel, but his dad had some foresight to see that it wouldn't make a difference and refused. Meanwhile, he tried to convince Nacho to be lawful instead, but Nacho was too far down that road to ever get out. In the end, both of their sons died, leaving Mike feeling forever guilty about "corrupting his son" for no reason and leaving Vargas Sr. perhaps wondering if he should have let himself be corrupted in an attempt to save his son. However, I think the final scene shows that Vargas Sr. still firmly believed that nothing good comes out of turning to crime/corruption, that it would have always ended the same way regardless.
Thank you very much dude! I'm loving Season 6 as well - I feel like 'Plan and Execution' especially is starting to become my favourite episode of all...
Nacho wasn’t the guy. This is right after gus killed victor. He never had nacho as a partner on pickups or any other job. They were close but not in this context.
Bro the cut at 7:52 had me dying in laughter. Because Mike literally said you need to leave and bam Saul leaves one second later. I don’t know what I thought that was so funny 😂
Yeah I had another comment point this out. Not really something I considered before, but it's a great take - I'll have to mention when I review 'Rock and Hard Place'
Thank you so much Nate, really appreciate those kind words. It's not the sort of content I'd personally make, but if I was approached to do some voiceover work for something like that, then I'd absolutely do it!
You’re videos on this channel are so great. I find that many people just focus on the big violent episodes, but I’ve noticed that the less impactful ones do not at all sacrifice detail and quality. This is something that can’t be said for a lot of breaking bad (at least for me). The fact that bcs can pull this off makes me appreciate the show and crew for what they’re doing more so, which I feel is necessary due to the inability to have life or death stakes for many of the characters.
Thank you! And I completely agree with you. I can understand why a general audience would prefer a more fast-paced action-packed episode, but I personally much prefer the more slower, character driven episodes.
Yeah the problem with the mercenary scene is they managed to make some of the most incompetent assholes I’ve ever seen in my life man. Like Lalo wasn’t that special, they were just so hilariously incompetent at their job.
I appreciate you acknowledging how amazing the writing is while using the example of the Kenobi show for bad writing. I literally couldn’t get over how awful the writing and line delivery was in Kenobi
Yep! BCS is one of the best examples of a prequel done right whilst being it's own thing AND paying respect to the original. Kenobi, on the other hand, it the complete opposite to that in every way lmao.
Damn I owe you, I saw the thumbnail on day 1 but I was so worried about season 6 spoilers I looked away. I've enjoyed your better call saul videos and your perspective on the show.
Thank you. And yeah there's been a few people on the comments of this point it out, which is kinda funny to me because I pronounced the same way in my previous video that got 40k views, and not 1 comment pointed it out haha
Where BCS is most amazing is that it does what NO OTHER show or movie has been able to do and that is establish life or death tension with characters you know cannot die (as the show is a prequel to events in BB). That's what I can't stand about all of these new shows like "Obi-Wan" and the upcoming "Andor" is that we know they can never die. A good example of this is when Mike and Gus had their standoff regarding Nacho. I know that neither Gus nor Mike can die, but the writers were still able to make me forget that.
Very good take. I think "Better Call Saul" is by far the best Prequel content. I actually finished "Obi-Wan Kenobi" this morning, it was pretty rough... The duels with Darth Vader especially were so out of place.
Could you please do more of these episodes reviews? Especially for Season 6. These videos are fantastic and full of quality. Keep up the amazing work, pal!
Wow thank you so much, this was genuinely so motivating to read and I apologise it's taken me a month to get to it. I absolutely will - there are 6 episodes that I plan to review, there will be other uploads in-between though just to keep things fresh. Next project is comparing 2 Spider-Man films, but the 'Rock and Hard Place' analysis will come after that.
Oh my word, I enjoyed the hell out of your Bagman and Bad Choice Road videos, I've just got my steak dinner and saw this in my notifications so thank you. This should be fun!
Thank you I'm glad you've enjoyed the series. Whenever I do myself dinner, I always like to watch the peak content on RUclips. So it's an honour that you've viewed my video in that way haha
Every one who covers this episode forgets to mention the lady laying on the ground dead that Lalo was so fond of. He genuinely looked hurt at her death.
I said in the conclusion to this review (where I go over the huge consequences of the episode) - "Lalo looses those close to him" whilst showing a visual of the lady laying on the ground. At the end of the day we don't know who she was to Lalo so there's not too much to really be able to delve into.
@@murkywaterz7663 Thanks! It'll be a little while until I cover certain episodes of Season 6, videos just take a while, but I quite like my reviews being seen as retrospectives anyway. But I am very hyped to see this next episode!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed. The song is 'Dave Porter - Ambivalent Alaska' it plays at the end of 'El Camino' when Jesse drives off and has that flashback with Jane.
I've got a video coming out next week on a random topic, after that I'll be doing another Saul video, I've even done the script in advance so it should be a breeze to record and edit - I'd say expect it around mid October with plenty more to come after that. Appreciate the interest!
The idea that a character is OP is always milder when it’s about an antagonist. Villains are supposed to be more powerful and intimidating for tension’s sake.
I agree with this, but I think it can work with a protagonist as well, as long as there is a more personal flaw instead. But you're right that an antagonist should often be OP. I think the criticism people are giving for Lalo is more that it's inconsistent with the rest of the show, but obviously I explained in the video how that's not really the case either.
Sure but there's a difference between being involved in bad things and being a bad person. If he ever got caught, he would defiantly deserve time in prison - but that doesn't mean he's not/can't be a good person on the inside. Morality exists on a spectrum in this show
Thank you Erick! Don't worry, plenty more on the way! I've got a superhero related video coming up, but 'Rock and Hard Place' analysis will be the next one up.
@@That0therGeorge The first Hitman shoots only a single shot. Makes you think they are being sneaky, and he misses his one shot. The second hitman runs in and starts spraying the entire kitchen while Lalo just ducks behind the counter. He could easily step around the counter and kill Lalo, but he just keeps spraying where he would have been 5 seconds ago. And if this guy is spraying completely haphazardly, why couldn’t the first guy spray Lalo down instead of shooting one useless bullet and stopping? I wouldn’t think about it much if they weren’t hired by GUS, who has the highest standards in hiring.
I mean it's not a problem that Lalo is that smart during the assassination attempt, I was just always annoyed at how stupid the assassins were. Like, not only do they both crawl through the escape tunnel (instead of one just moving to where it looks like the exit should be, or maybe even both of them [because, you know, the cartel would never leave traps in their escape tunnels for people pursuing them]), but they call back and get no response from their partner, and still proceed to crawl forward without looking back???? Not to mention how likely it is that they would both actually die to that blindfire. I get it, the bullets ricochet. But every ricochet bleeds the bullet's speed and energy, and the assassins are wearing what looks like high quality armor. Are you really telling me that enough bullets somehow still moving fast enough after ricocheting several times made it past both of their armor, let alone hit them both? As much as I like the show, that always seemed really dumb to me. And if your response is, "They were incompetent men, that's why Mike wanted to choose", I get that to a certain extent. But why is Gus hiring men THIS incompetent? The reason this scene bothers me is because the show usually seems much smarter than this. Also I just thought about it more, and it seems monumentally stupid to crawl through the tunnel. They can see that Lalo isn't in the tunnel anymore, he's already made it through, so them going through the tunnel just guarantees he gets away because they have to move at a literal crawl while he books it across the desert or drives away in a car. There is like literally no advantage to crawling through, the only reason I can think is if you somehow couldn't tell where the tunnel was going, or they thought it might lead to a safe room or something. But in that case, just send one guy through and send the others to check out the much more likely option that it's an escape tunnel. And they should probably have someone watching the outside/the roads leading out anyway, right?
But I guess what I will say is that 'Bad Choice Road' is the much slower-paced, character driven episode. It doesn't have the action scenes and what not like the other two.
@@That0therGeorge I have a feeling they will in time, maybe you could make yourself the "Overanalyzing Avatar" of better call saul and keep going through the other episodes.
@@mr.trident1363 The plan is to do a bunch of other media analysis until Season 6 concludes. then I'll cover certain eps from that Season, 'Rock and Hard Place' & 'Plan and Execution' will be pretty much guaranteed. But I will likely go back and cover some more like 'Chicanery'. So yeah, a lot more BCS content ahead haha
Ya know, I do have to wonder though, if gus didn’t want any of the assassinarion attempt blowing back on him what so ever, why not have the assassins kill nacho right then n there when he opens the gate ?… also, lefty lalo always holding the gun with his left hand is something I don’t recall ever seeing in film or tv before lol
Nacho was important for opening that gate, killing him there would've likely set off alarms. I believe the original idea for the assassination was meant to go a lot smoother than it did, Lalo clearly wasn't meant to be awake when it all went down. I'll agree that it's vague, but I wouldn't consider it a flaw or anything. I believe he only holds it in his left when he kills Fred at travel wire, was something I noticed editing this video. Not sure why that's the case lol
@@That0therGeorge yeah ur right, not a big deal for me just something I thought of as I watching this video .. No dude he holds it in his left hand all the time, it’s wild..he does it in the new season also
@@SayMy_User_Name Just skimmed through the scene of him against the assassins and you're actually right. But he only seems to do it for handguns. When he picks up that one guy's auto-rifle he uses his right hand to fire it, maybe it was just the awkward angle to get to the tunnel gave him no choice
'the guy' was absolutely not nacho. It was Victor, the guy that gus had with Mike to do pickups. Mike is confused but doesn't question why gus killed Victor or why gus is having Jesse go with Mike
Thank you fellow George. Yep it was a mistake, I don't think it takes away from the video or even that section to be honest. Just would have been more appropriate to select a different supporting clip
i dont think Lalo was overpowered when he took out the assassins, I think the assassins were underpowered. I love the show but I think that it was a pretty shit sequence.
@@That0therGeorge i can seriously watch you make a 24 hour video and sit through the entire thing i love the way you present ur vids, forgot to mention it
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This video was entertaining but a bit lacking in analysis. Much of the video consists simply of summarizing the plot rather than explaining what makes the episode itself so brilliant. For example, a lot of this would not convince someone who had not watched the show, since it isnt super clear what you think is so good here.
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Its another masterpiece of tv
Something to note is that Nacho and Jesse probably remind Mike of his son, a man who got involved with corrupt people but wouldn't allow themselves to be corrupted and suffered consequences as a result.
That's a fantastic point, I didn't consider that - thank you for adding it.
I feel Jesse was absolutely corrupted, he murdered Gale, unlike Mike's son and Nacho, who were fucked whether they tried to leave or if they stayed, Jesse had many opportunities to leave, final example being when he almost set the White house on fire, only stopped by Hank, who promised him revenge against Walt, Jesse didn't have the same lows as the others, sure, but I feel he was definitely corrupted, and El Camino was his successful attempt at escaping that place in hopes of leading a better life, but make no mistake, he is a killer, and he will always be one
@@blairthomas4462 You don't think he was pushed into the Gale thing by Walt? And look at how awful he felt afterwards. Fair enough, the guy is a criminal, but it's a lot more nuanced than that..
@@blairthomas4462 sure, but he obviously felt regret and was obviously manipulated through fear. They both did awful things, but they weren't inherently bad people.
Except Saul and Jesse DID allow themselves to become corrupted. Willing participants even. I wouldn't say Mike's son was a very willing participant.
I always thought Victor was "the guy" but in retrospect maybe it was Nacho. Great analysis. New subscriber.
A lot of people in the comments have corrected me saying it was Victor - I still I really like that section of my video though, so I think it works either way, but perhaps another clip would have been more appropriate.
Thank you very much! Hope to see you about in the future, I will have another one of these on 'Rock and Hard Place' soon-ish
Amazing video, as always, but I think Mike was talking about Victor and not Nacho when referring that he had a guy, Nacho was never Mike’s guy (as in part of the daily operations), Nacho was more of a mole for Gus. Also, seeing that Victor had been killed during that same season in BB and Mike was visibly shaken when Victor died, I think he meant Victor.
They can retcon it to make it more meaningful
Absolutely
@@nont18411 the line comes with the context that Victor was killed by Fring that season. Retconning it would make it nonsensical and also odd since Nacho dies in like 2004 in the storyline.
Firstly, thank you!
And yeah I've gotten a couple comments that have pointed this out. I never personally saw it that way just because I didn't really feel like Mike had too much of a connection with Victor, but I'll happily say that I was wrong if that's what was intended.
But yes, it seems I should have used a better supporting clip. Hopefully it doesn't take away from the section or video overall too much though
@@adamled99 not 2004- series 6 is in like 2007-8
Both Nacho and Jesse are complicated, fallen individuals. Jesse's mind has been ravaged by meth beyond repair. Nacho went in too deep with the cartel to get away. They both did horrible things and even their well-intended moral choices are often questionable at best. It's the callous, nihilistic psychopaths around them, who make them moral individuals by comparison. That, and their will to make things right coupled with their attachment to their loved ones.
This is a very good take on both of them.
@@That0therGeorge Jesse's mind isn't ravaged by meth, he's perfectly rational and living in the real world. He was just emotionally broken by being in Walt's orbit for so long and having everyone he loved murdered
Jesse is a wanna be who tries to be in that particular lifestyle of drugs and parties.
Nacho is a good man who does bad things to gain an edge in real life aka more money.
Both of them are not evil or abhorrent; they are both just not in their natural environment. They both chose that harsh lifestyle. They could have chosen a different more peaceful and honest lifestyle, which, funny enough, is a lifestyle that is easily at their disposal; a privilege that most of us don't have. The similarities between the two stops there though.
You can’t compare jesse and nacho. Love them both but nacho is in the cartel game. Up to his eyes in it. He’s ready to go down for it. Jesses a kid who thinks Chile pepper is his calling card for neighborhood homemade meth. Jesse never signed up for anything. Walt dragged him in with blackmail
I think my favorite part about Lalo's experience in his compound is that we got to see a way more human Lalo. He clearly, genuinely liked the people who worked for him, and they seemed to reciprocate that and held no fear of him at all. A rare moment of genuine vulnerability from someone who's basically Cartel Batman.
Yeah him introducing Nacho to everyone was some neat character development.
Cartel hans landa
I was always torn about Lalo . Just as much as Mike. Lalo genuinely loves people. He is loyal like crazy. Family is so important to him. Lalo gives you the benefit of the doubt. If you stay loyal , you’re family to him and if you’re family - he treats you like gold.
I'm really curious to hear your thoughts on season 6 so far.
Also, od highly recommend "Barry" currently theres a gap in the youtube market for essays about Barry. Only a handful out there at the moment. Barry is fantastic.
I was blown away when you commented on the previous video. I'm very happy to see a creator I look up to watching my stuff now haha.
Anyways, fanboying aside. I will cover Season 6, but I will probably wait for it to conclude first. But I think it's absolutely fantastic so far, I loved 'Plan & Execution' especially, it's possibly my favourite episode from the whole show.
'Barry' has been on my watchlist for a long time now, but I've heard great things so I'll have to check it out soon.
Thanks again Renn!
@@That0therGeorge I second this Barry is an amazing show and a quick binge too ngl
The flash???
@@That0therGeorge Yeah Barry is amazing! Season 3's finale was such a brilliant episode! I literally just started the series 2 weeks ago and I'm already finished and can't wait for Season 4.
@@117MasterSpartan THE FLASH IS A JOKE OF A SHOW
When we watch breaking bad again, we will always remember Nacho everytime we see hector in his wheelchair. For sure, Nacho has earned the respect of Don Eladio and the Salamancas even if he tried to destroy their business. Only Nacho has the balls do what he did with Lalo's compound and tell the truth in front of hector and Gus.
Rip to a legend.
Yeah I think Nacho's involvement in this story has only strengthened the rivalry between the Salamanca's and Gus in 'Breaking Bad'
Lalo isn't op in an unnatural way at all when he takes out the Assassins. He's on home turf after all, probably has survived prior attempts on his life and has the perfect balance between Fury and Level-headedness to deal with them as efficiently as he did.
Spot on David!
Yeah, I think when you hear "Lalo killed a group paramilitary assassins" it sounds a bit far-fetched, but how he actually does it is perfectly believable
@@thesnazzmaster Yeah, there was a lot of logic put into how he took them all out. And with the way his house is setup, it's almost as if he expected something like it to happen.
@@That0therGeorge 100%. A drug dealer with armed security doesn't build an escape tunnel without expecting to use it
@@sylvernale Yeah I can't really think of any other practical use it would serve
Season 5 is definitely one of the best TV seasons ever in a drama show. It’s amazing episode after amazing episode, filled with drama, comedy, intensity, and character defining moments, as well as flawless cinematography.
Agreed! I think Season 6 is VERY close to topping it, too.
@@That0therGeorge season 6 gets dragged down by some really slow episodes imo. However, eps 1, 2, 3 and 7 are amazing
@@guillegarcia7146 I feel like every Season of the show has it's slower episodes though. I don't feel like people would have as much problems with it if you could binge watch the series, rather than waiting for one every week. But yeah 3 & 7 especially were brilliant.
@@That0therGeorge idk, I watched season 5 in a week to week basis and I never thought it was too slow. However, through episodes 4 to 6 of s6 I thought the plot just stopped until kim and jimmy finished planning their move against howard, and mike and gustavo were just waiting for lalo to come back to abq.
@@guillegarcia7146 5 was much better than 6. Six was a completely different show to me . What bothers me about it is it ruined another viewing. So for me , my one watching of the series has to be enough .
I thought "the guy" Mike was referring to was Victor whom was just offed in the timeline of BB? This vid implies the guy was Nacho or someone else..? Not sure who the writers intended but I do not think it was Nacho he was thinkin about when he was yellin at Pinkman about having a guy he isn't .. Nacho and Jesse were like surrogate sons to Mike but never equals in terms of working jobs together. No way it was Tyrus , cause its pretty well established in BCS they don't hold each other in high regard.
I think you answered your own question. They weren't equals, thats why he told Jesse that he's not the guy
No it’s viktor this guy just completely missed and is attempted to look to deep into dialogue
victor is still alive at this point in the show. he was never close to mike or even part of his "team" like the ones walt assasinates he was just another one of gus's henchmen. mike's emotional reaction also doesnt fit for victor. he freaked out like he did with kaylee when she mentioned matty. seeing how mike see's matty in characters like nacho and jesse i think that reaction makes more sense for nacho. obviously the writers didnt have this in mind when writing the scene so it doesnt fit perfectly (like they mentioned hell's rubiks cube) but it makes the most sense thematically.
@@Josh-gp9up This is shortly after Victor is killed with a box cutter: Mike is mad because Victor is killed indirectly due to Jesse’s actions. Victor gets killed in the beginning of season 4, and then Gus has Jesse tail Mike, in order to push Walt and Jesse apart (make it easier to kill Walt and have Jesse take over). Mike wanted Nacho to get out of the drug trade: there was no way that Nacho would continue to work under Gus if he was “let free”. It doesn’t really make sense for him to refer to him as a dependable guy who he could rely on to have his back when working under Gus.
Absolutely incredible tv show, easily the best prequel ever made IMO, When someone knows their stuff like Vince Giligan they’ll always produce quality
Agreed! It's BY FAR the best prequel content out there and certainly surpasses the original.
Peter Gould is equally as responsible for this incredible show.
@@That0therGeorge of course, Peter Gould too, careless mistake😄
@@ninogamingvariety6594 lol no worries. Vince is amazing of course, and I'm not accusing you of this, but I feel like some people give him all the credit, when if anything Peter may actually be slightly more responsible since he wrote/directed the 'Better Call Saul' episode of 'Breaking Bad'.
So yeah I guess it's a team effort haha.
This show has only gotten better with each season. Vince Gilligan and the team are legends.
And even the first season is still phenomenal!
Truly amazing how they've managed to 1 up themselves each time.
I didn’t quite like assassination sequence not because Lalo was to OP but because the assassins felt to stupid. For one they had the element of surprise and blew it (not to mention ‘character notices gunman right before they fire and reacts last second’ felt like a cliche action beat I could see in a bog standard police procedural). The moment that really stuck out to me was when two whole assassins in the tunnel didn’t turn back when their guy outside the tunnel stopped responding and got taken out like bots. Gus said these guys were supposed to be the best but they don’t seem to be up to Pollos standards really.
Ima copy paste this here cause ive ranted about the same thing on a different vid, so enjoy my video (text?) essay
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.
@@danielkaiselgruber1750 compare that to mike taking out a building full of guys in breaking bad season 3. While there is a bit of cheesy moments in there, he largely uses smart tactics and surprise to pick apart his enemies without giving them a chance to fire back. And then you see a whole squad of ‘experienced professionals’ completely blow their stealth and numbers advantages because the writers realized that they had written themselves into a corner, and that was the only way Lalo wasn’t going to get riddled with bullets. It’s quite disappointing from a show that’s usually so good at avoiding these types of things.
@@liamtreat5194 thats also kinda same, the third henchman literally shoots at nothing despite clearly seeing that theres nothing infront of him just because mike throws a shoe, but to be fair that whole scene is like a homage to old cop shows
I’d love to see you cover the episode before bag man I believe called JMM, one of my favourites mainly because of the acting performances but also because of some of the insight on how jimmy is dealing with chucks death
It's a fantastic episode! I'll definitely keep it in mind for a future review.
Your editing in these videos is top tier. Very well done
Thank you very much Jack! It's a very time consuming process trying to match every sentence of the recording with some form of relevant visual, but I hope the end result pays off. Thanks again.
honestly im so excited to start this show i wasnt able to watch all the way as i didnt want to get to spoiled but great video
Thank you! And oh yeah it's probably best to avoid analysis videos like mine until you've seen the show - But I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think once you've finished it!
I loved how Lalo stood out as a Salamanca. He's just as deadly and sociopathic as any of them, but he's dangerously intelligent, charming and crafty.
Yeah there's something that makes him so much more charismatic than the rest.
14:43 I found it funny how Gus calls the hitmen "the best in the business" with how easily Lalo kills them.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't feel sorry for Nacho's dad. He said: "You want me to run so you can run." or something to that effect when Nacho tried to have his dad's business purchased; Vargas Sr. knew that his son was involved in organized crime but wasn't willing to help him actually escape that world by leaving with him, he was only interested in judging him and being macho. Nacho wanted out, but he wouldn't leave his dad behind to suffer for his actions so he ended up having to kill himself because the old man refused to move. Vargas Sr. will never be informed of his son's death and will tell himself whatever he has to, to justify the moment when he could have saved his son, but didn't.
I hope Better Call Saul shows Nacho's dad at some point. So we can see how he's doing and how much he's aware of what happened. That last 'goodbye' sounded like he knew it was final.
Thats illogical, its like asking why didnt walt jr and skyler follows walter to hide with him in ozymandias, Nacho caused the whole problem with the salamancas, hes the one to solve them, his father obviously gonna refuse to move away because its caused by the problem he adviced nacho to avoid from the very beginning, not to be "macho" bla bla bla.
Nacho's dad was one of the few honest people in that Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe. He was a bit naïve because he had such an honest nature, but they showed that under no circumstances, could he be corrupted, even when it came to his own risk and his family's risk. He always did the "lawfully right" thing, because he had faith in the institutions and wanted to believe in "real justice".
I think they drew some parallels between Mike's character and Nacho's dad. Both loved and cared for their sons well-being, but Mike's son was the "lawful good" character, while Nacho was the corrupted one. Mike convinced his son to let himself be corrupted because he feared that he would be targeted for being too "good" if he didn't corrupt himself, but in the end they killed him anyway.
Nacho tried to convince his dad to let himself be corrupted because he was afraid his dad would be targeted for not complying with the demands of the Cartel, but his dad had some foresight to see that it wouldn't make a difference and refused.
Meanwhile, he tried to convince Nacho to be lawful instead, but Nacho was too far down that road to ever get out.
In the end, both of their sons died, leaving Mike feeling forever guilty about "corrupting his son" for no reason and leaving Vargas Sr. perhaps wondering if he should have let himself be corrupted in an attempt to save his son.
However, I think the final scene shows that Vargas Sr. still firmly believed that nothing good comes out of turning to crime/corruption, that it would have always ended the same way regardless.
Just found your channel, your videos are really well done. I look forward to seeing your thoughts on season 6, I'm loving it so far.
Thank you very much dude!
I'm loving Season 6 as well - I feel like 'Plan and Execution' especially is starting to become my favourite episode of all...
How does this only have 350 views the quality of this is better than some channels with millions keep up the good work bro
It was only out for 3 hours when you wrote this. 100+ views an hour isn’t bad
Thank you very much dude. I'm honestly just happy for anyone to be tuning in, but I appreciate that you think my work is underrated
i don't think lalo was overpowered in his sequence against the operators, i think the operators were just absolute buffoons
Nacho wasn’t the guy. This is right after gus killed victor. He never had nacho as a partner on pickups or any other job. They were close but not in this context.
Thats what i thought too
Bro the cut at 7:52 had me dying in laughter. Because Mike literally said you need to leave and bam Saul leaves one second later. I don’t know what I thought that was so funny 😂
Lmao yeah I had to edit down to avoid copyright, but that cut lined up perfectly.
And the sigh afterwards
I love how almost every shot that you put on display on your commentary, fits to the commentary. I love this detail in this great video
Aw thank you this was really nice to read, I'm glad you appreciate those kinds of details.
Mike sympathises with Nacho and Jesse because at some level, they remind him of his son. All caught up in a bad situation around some shady people.
Yeah I had another comment point this out. Not really something I considered before, but it's a great take - I'll have to mention when I review 'Rock and Hard Place'
Season 5 episode Something unforgivable was one of the episodes of Better call saul
'Something Unforgivable' is the most episodiest episode of the show
@@That0therGeorge better call saul is the TV show
Pronounced Los Pohyohs Ermahnos
Los pollos hermanos isn't pronounced like that, damn 💀
4:56
The song will never leave my mind
It's an excellent song!
"There's no way Lalo would've lived!"
It's happened before in real life. Drug kingpins have managed to escape assassination attempts.
This is a great video! You have a really engaging voice. Have you ever thought about analysing cold cases? I reckon I'd watch those videos 🙂
Thank you so much Nate, really appreciate those kind words.
It's not the sort of content I'd personally make, but if I was approached to do some voiceover work for something like that, then I'd absolutely do it!
You’re videos on this channel are so great.
I find that many people just focus on the big violent episodes, but I’ve noticed that the less impactful ones do not at all sacrifice detail and quality. This is something that can’t be said for a lot of breaking bad (at least for me). The fact that bcs can pull this off makes me appreciate the show and crew for what they’re doing more so, which I feel is necessary due to the inability to have life or death stakes for many of the characters.
Thank you!
And I completely agree with you. I can understand why a general audience would prefer a more fast-paced action-packed episode, but I personally much prefer the more slower, character driven episodes.
Great video George! You don't have many episode reviews, but the quality is exquisite. Also I like how you pronounce Saul "Soo". Cheers
"Bitta coo soo"
Thank you Aaron, but how dare you make fun of my glorious accent.
Guys, I believe this is That0therGeorge's favourite tv show
"You got me"
Ahaha the Kenobi clip. That show has been pissing me off with how many continuity errors it's causing.
Yeah it's been rough, especially as someone who loves the original trilogy.
Yeah the problem with the mercenary scene is they managed to make some of the most incompetent assholes I’ve ever seen in my life man. Like Lalo wasn’t that special, they were just so hilariously incompetent at their job.
my headcanon is that Walter White is Hal from Malcolm In The Middle, and Mike Ehmantraut is Dewey from Malcolm In The Middle
I appreciate you acknowledging how amazing the writing is while using the example of the Kenobi show for bad writing. I literally couldn’t get over how awful the writing and line delivery was in Kenobi
Yep! BCS is one of the best examples of a prequel done right whilst being it's own thing AND paying respect to the original. Kenobi, on the other hand, it the complete opposite to that in every way lmao.
No country for old men...what a movie
It is phenomenal.
When you were talking about consistency and showed obi wan that’s just facts that show is terrible
Finished that show this morning. Wow it was so underwhelming haha
Damn I owe you, I saw the thumbnail on day 1 but I was so worried about season 6 spoilers I looked away.
I've enjoyed your better call saul videos and your perspective on the show.
Thank you & I hope you enjoy Season 6!
I actually liked this episode more than Bagman
Fair enough, it is a fantastic one as well. I just love the uniqueness of Bagman.
Lalo taking out all of the assassins was my favorite part of season 5
Saul and Mike taking out the driver is my personal favourite, but Lalo against all the assassins was fantastic too!
@@That0therGeorge you’re honestly right thats awesome
what's the song at 4:10 ? I know it's in the show but I can't find it in the original soundtracks
Great analysis of Better Call Saul. I love Better Call Saul... Subscribed.
Thank you Stephen! I hope you enjoy the future content...
@@That0therGeorge thank you. Can’t wait for the resumption of season 6.
@@MsSteveyGEE It's going to be wild to see how it all concludes...
Great vid! By the way, the double L sound in Spanish is pronounced like a Y in English. Los Pollos is pronounced "Los Poyos" :)
Thank you. And yeah there's been a few people on the comments of this point it out, which is kinda funny to me because I pronounced the same way in my previous video that got 40k views, and not 1 comment pointed it out haha
Where BCS is most amazing is that it does what NO OTHER show or movie has been able to do and that is establish life or death tension with characters you know cannot die (as the show is a prequel to events in BB). That's what I can't stand about all of these new shows like "Obi-Wan" and the upcoming "Andor" is that we know they can never die. A good example of this is when Mike and Gus had their standoff regarding Nacho. I know that neither Gus nor Mike can die, but the writers were still able to make me forget that.
Very good take. I think "Better Call Saul" is by far the best Prequel content. I actually finished "Obi-Wan Kenobi" this morning, it was pretty rough... The duels with Darth Vader especially were so out of place.
BCS is the best show on tv
Sure is!
You don't pronounce the L in pollos. You say it like Poy-Ose
Could you please do more of these episodes reviews? Especially for Season 6. These videos are fantastic and full of quality. Keep up the amazing work, pal!
Wow thank you so much, this was genuinely so motivating to read and I apologise it's taken me a month to get to it.
I absolutely will - there are 6 episodes that I plan to review, there will be other uploads in-between though just to keep things fresh. Next project is comparing 2 Spider-Man films, but the 'Rock and Hard Place' analysis will come after that.
Imo the whole lawyer parts were always kinda boring
Soundtrack for the video's ending?
It's the instrumental cover to 'Something Stupid' by the wonderful Lola Marsh.
I cant describe the vibe i get
When I drive by 6 ppl and 5 i hit
5:18 Who is “the guy” he is referencing?
“The guy” was victor…. Not nacho … lol
So who is ''the guy'' mike was talking about?
Oh my word, I enjoyed the hell out of your Bagman and Bad Choice Road videos, I've just got my steak dinner and saw this in my notifications so thank you. This should be fun!
Thank you I'm glad you've enjoyed the series.
Whenever I do myself dinner, I always like to watch the peak content on RUclips. So it's an honour that you've viewed my video in that way haha
Every one who covers this episode forgets to mention the lady laying on the ground dead that Lalo was so fond of. He genuinely looked hurt at her death.
I said in the conclusion to this review (where I go over the huge consequences of the episode) - "Lalo looses those close to him" whilst showing a visual of the lady laying on the ground. At the end of the day we don't know who she was to Lalo so there's not too much to really be able to delve into.
@@That0therGeorge welp, I didn't know that lmao sorry mate, good video
@@murkywaterz7663 Oh no worries, I wasn't having a go or anything - I just wanted to clarify.
& Thank you very much Marcus. Enjoy your weekend!
@@That0therGeorge you too my man, I'll be here Tuesday when you discuss the premiere episode coming off the midseason hiatus.
@@murkywaterz7663 Thanks!
It'll be a little while until I cover certain episodes of Season 6, videos just take a while, but I quite like my reviews being seen as retrospectives anyway.
But I am very hyped to see this next episode!
Hold on a second, did you say... dis-Gus-ing? 2:42
Those assassins were trash. Went out like amateurs
Great video, very insightful, any chance you’d share what song was playing around 5:30? Thanks
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed.
The song is 'Dave Porter - Ambivalent Alaska' it plays at the end of 'El Camino' when Jesse drives off and has that flashback with Jane.
WE NEED A FINALE TAKE PLEASEEEEEE
I've got a video coming out next week on a random topic, after that I'll be doing another Saul video, I've even done the script in advance so it should be a breeze to record and edit - I'd say expect it around mid October with plenty more to come after that. Appreciate the interest!
4:50 you are not the guy... mike is awesome
Moreee
There shall be!
Next project will be 'Into the Spider-Verse vs. No Way Home'
After that, it will be the 'Rock and Hard Place' review
The idea that a character is OP is always milder when it’s about an antagonist. Villains are supposed to be more powerful and intimidating for tension’s sake.
I agree with this, but I think it can work with a protagonist as well, as long as there is a more personal flaw instead. But you're right that an antagonist should often be OP. I think the criticism people are giving for Lalo is more that it's inconsistent with the rest of the show, but obviously I explained in the video how that's not really the case either.
@@That0therGeorge Agreed
@@lostcauselancer333 Thanks for watching the video by the way, much appreciated.
@@That0therGeorge My pleasure. You’ve got a good channel going.
@@lostcauselancer333 Thanks Caleb, I'm happy that you enjoy my content.
The gravel sounds like thunder. A storm is coming
Superb piece of sound design.
Nacho isn’t morally good at all, just isn’t as corrupt as the rest of them. He’s still a drug dealer and was breaking laws
Sure but there's a difference between being involved in bad things and being a bad person. If he ever got caught, he would defiantly deserve time in prison - but that doesn't mean he's not/can't be a good person on the inside.
Morality exists on a spectrum in this show
Whats the song that plays on the background at 8:00?
'Magic Arrow'
@@That0therGeorge tysm
@@Nomadthejester You're welcome - It's an excellent song!
@@That0therGeorge and yours is an excellent video btw! Amazing editing!
@@Nomadthejester Thank you! I'm really happy that you enjoyed.
"better cool sool"
sorry i had to lmao
The BB/BCS universe is just on another level. I haven't seen anything like it to be honest...
There is nothing like it!
"Betta cool sool" is indeed a good show.
this is such a good video i hope you make more cause these are so good to watch
Thank you Erick!
Don't worry, plenty more on the way! I've got a superhero related video coming up, but 'Rock and Hard Place' analysis will be the next one up.
I told everybody he's the perfect salamanca.
He is!
I don’t think Lalo became overpowered. Just those first 2 hitmen were REALLY conveniently stupid.
What do you think is stupid that the hitmen do? I'm genuinely curious because I see this a lot, but I'm just not personally convinced
@@That0therGeorge The first Hitman shoots only a single shot. Makes you think they are being sneaky, and he misses his one shot. The second hitman runs in and starts spraying the entire kitchen while Lalo just ducks behind the counter. He could easily step around the counter and kill Lalo, but he just keeps spraying where he would have been 5 seconds ago. And if this guy is spraying completely haphazardly, why couldn’t the first guy spray Lalo down instead of shooting one useless bullet and stopping?
I wouldn’t think about it much if they weren’t hired by GUS, who has the highest standards in hiring.
Apparently there is a sequel show called breaking bad
Oh really? Never heard of it. Must be one of those straight to DVD types..
But in the end it's right
I mean it's not a problem that Lalo is that smart during the assassination attempt, I was just always annoyed at how stupid the assassins were. Like, not only do they both crawl through the escape tunnel (instead of one just moving to where it looks like the exit should be, or maybe even both of them [because, you know, the cartel would never leave traps in their escape tunnels for people pursuing them]), but they call back and get no response from their partner, and still proceed to crawl forward without looking back????
Not to mention how likely it is that they would both actually die to that blindfire. I get it, the bullets ricochet. But every ricochet bleeds the bullet's speed and energy, and the assassins are wearing what looks like high quality armor. Are you really telling me that enough bullets somehow still moving fast enough after ricocheting several times made it past both of their armor, let alone hit them both? As much as I like the show, that always seemed really dumb to me.
And if your response is, "They were incompetent men, that's why Mike wanted to choose", I get that to a certain extent. But why is Gus hiring men THIS incompetent? The reason this scene bothers me is because the show usually seems much smarter than this.
Also I just thought about it more, and it seems monumentally stupid to crawl through the tunnel. They can see that Lalo isn't in the tunnel anymore, he's already made it through, so them going through the tunnel just guarantees he gets away because they have to move at a literal crawl while he books it across the desert or drives away in a car. There is like literally no advantage to crawling through, the only reason I can think is if you somehow couldn't tell where the tunnel was going, or they thought it might lead to a safe room or something. But in that case, just send one guy through and send the others to check out the much more likely option that it's an escape tunnel. And they should probably have someone watching the outside/the roads leading out anyway, right?
loss poylos hermanus
Really enjoy your content man. Keep up the good work
Thanks very much! There should be more on it's way as Season 6 concludes.
Haha Natch-o
Am i weird?
Cus i think bagman and something unforgivable are a little better than bad choise road
I think all 3 are fantastic so I'm fine with someone preferring 1 over the others
But I guess what I will say is that 'Bad Choice Road' is the much slower-paced, character driven episode. It doesn't have the action scenes and what not like the other two.
2 l’s (ll) in Spanish is pronounced with a “y” sound so Los Pollos Hermanos would be pronounced Los Poyos Hermanos
Pre 1k views club! Can't wait until it's over a million
Ayyyy thanks for tuning in. No idea if it will get those kinds of numbers, but 1k is already fantastic
@@That0therGeorge I have a feeling they will in time, maybe you could make yourself the "Overanalyzing Avatar" of better call saul and keep going through the other episodes.
@@mr.trident1363 The plan is to do a bunch of other media analysis until Season 6 concludes. then I'll cover certain eps from that Season, 'Rock and Hard Place' & 'Plan and Execution' will be pretty much guaranteed. But I will likely go back and cover some more like 'Chicanery'.
So yeah, a lot more BCS content ahead haha
Ya know, I do have to wonder though, if gus didn’t want any of the assassinarion attempt blowing back on him what so ever, why not have the assassins kill nacho right then n there when he opens the gate ?… also, lefty lalo always holding the gun with his left hand is something I don’t recall ever seeing in film or tv before lol
Nacho was important for opening that gate, killing him there would've likely set off alarms. I believe the original idea for the assassination was meant to go a lot smoother than it did, Lalo clearly wasn't meant to be awake when it all went down. I'll agree that it's vague, but I wouldn't consider it a flaw or anything.
I believe he only holds it in his left when he kills Fred at travel wire, was something I noticed editing this video. Not sure why that's the case lol
@@That0therGeorge yeah ur right, not a big deal for me just something I thought of as I watching this video ..
No dude he holds it in his left hand all the time, it’s wild..he does it in the new season also
@@SayMy_User_Name Just skimmed through the scene of him against the assassins and you're actually right. But he only seems to do it for handguns. When he picks up that one guy's auto-rifle he uses his right hand to fire it, maybe it was just the awkward angle to get to the tunnel gave him no choice
He uses his left when he's in the apartment with Howard as well, huh, interesting...
@@That0therGeorge also when he’s hunting down Casper in the barn
Great vid
Thanks dude!
The problem people have with the shootout is that all the "professional assassin" act like idiots as far as military tactics are concerned.
'the guy' was absolutely not nacho. It was Victor, the guy that gus had with Mike to do pickups. Mike is confused but doesn't question why gus killed Victor or why gus is having Jesse go with Mike
love the video but when was nacho ever his guy
Thank you fellow George. Yep it was a mistake, I don't think it takes away from the video or even that section to be honest. Just would have been more appropriate to select a different supporting clip
Liked and subbed! Thanks bud
No, thank you Chris!
i dont think Lalo was overpowered when he took out the assassins, I think the assassins were underpowered. I love the show but I think that it was a pretty shit sequence.
Absolute waste of time to watch. I got ZERO new insights into the show.
I enjoyed this video, first time watching you. Im intrigued to continue doing so, nice work
Thank you very much for tuning in. I've got a bunch more BCS videos and other media analysis in the pipeline. Hope to see you about in the future
@@That0therGeorge i can seriously watch you make a 24 hour video and sit through the entire thing i love the way you present ur vids, forgot to mention it
@@Krejii05 Wow thank you so much. Can't see myself doing a 24 hour video haha, but plenty more is on the way!
the intro recreation is great
Thank you I'm glad you like them!
what a fantastic video. Subscribed :)
Wasn’t he the guy from far cry?
Yep, 'Vaas Montenegro'
First ;)
Thanks for being the first to tune in!
@@That0therGeorge Thanks for making quality english essays for my favourite show! Much love.
@@skootz1264 Thank you, that's very nice of you to say
missed you man. Great video
Aw thank you dude, I appreciate that a lot.
Great video
Thanks dude!