It probably is Tuco and this is how Nacho gets taken out of the picture.
Tuco is so connected to bigger, badder drug networks that I don’t know if Nacho would take the risk trying to take him out. But yeah, this could also be how Nacho gets removed from the story, or at least build a path to how he gets removed later.
I really doubt Nacho wants to take out Tuco, someone he works for and is connected to the Salamanca family. That shit is way too risky and I will be surprised if the writers took that route. However, I doubt Tuco isn’t going to find out what Nacho has been doing behind his back, which probably gets Nacho whacked.
Jimmy was between a rock and a hard place. He knew his idea was going to be scrutinized to the point where it would be dismissed entirely or bastardized, so he took initiative. He was convinced that the results would trump undermining the authority of the top brass and now he’s going to face the blowback. The dude just can’t help himself.
The other issue was that he knew he couldn’t think of another ethical sound solution in time before the next meeting, due to his blurred lines style of lawyering. So it was either have his efforts look ineffectual in front of his colleagues (i.e., his stick-in-the-mud brother) or gamble and hit it big, slick Jimmy style.
Mike sees his daughter-in-law’s paranoia developing from her stressful life and living in a shaky neighborhood, but he must be really good to be able to hide his secret life before she eventually moves out.
The amazing thing about this show is that we know what’s going to happen to the central characters, and yet I still can’t help but root for them regardless.
BTW, did anyone else think Mike was going to meet a Los Pollos Hermanos affiliate, upon hearing about this big job?
Im pretty sure when Walt and Jesse take Saul to the desert, and threaten to kill him if he doesnt represent badger, Saul says something like “It wasn’t me, it was Ignacio!”
Ignacio = Nacho, I doubt he’s going to be dead any time soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gM6_FCeiBA
Likely its going to be something with the cartel
Thats what I was thinking definitely.
I was thinking about that too, but I guess it’s too early to bring up how Mike got involved with Gustavo.
Okay, so Nacho really is trying to off Tuco
Another episode knocked out the ballpark. I love the stories going back and forth between Saul and Mike.
Mike is pretty clever.
I’m going to guess that this segways into how he meets Gus, given how much Gus hates the Salamancas.
Not really surprised. Tuco is erratic, a problem to work with if dude is just offing people on a whim and later regrets it.
So I guess Tuco is fresh out of prison when BB starts up then. So something like… Nacho takes over, Tuco gets upset, gets out, Nacho = peaces out? Interesting to see how that goes.
Also cool to see Crazy-8. Was he wearing his Tampico furniture shirt? lol. Mike is pretty fucking crazy though, hes really the person with maybe the most integrity in the whole series.
This was driving me nuts since he showed up on screen. I couldn’t for the life of me remember who he was.
OHHH shit, so that’s who that was. The entire time I was like “I’ve seen that guy before” but couldn’t remember.
And yeah, it makes sense now because Tuco and Skinny Pete met in prison, which is how Jesse gets introduced to Tuco later.
I’m guessing this episode is further pushing Mike into the no half-measures territory
He avoided trying to kill Tuco, because killing for money would be crossing a line he’s not ready too
Ofcourse, now that he has made an enemy in Tuco, I’m sure he’ll regret that decision.
This show is great.
Who is Crazy-8? The arms dealer? Was he in BB before? I wasn’t sure if he was the guy that sold Walt the machine gun in season 5.
I’m sure by the time Tuco gets out of prison, Mike is already working for Gus as very reliable, trusted muscle, and is immune to Tuco’s wrath since Tuco works for Gus.
What’s interesting about Mike’s character is that I’m seeing a parallels to Walter’s character development in BB. While Mike was already a scumbag when BCS started, he is trying to “make right” by trying to take care of his granddaughter. Granted what he is doing now isn’t legal, it’s obvious he doesn’t want to bloody his hands like he did in the past and in Philly. The parallel to Walt is that you like both characters because they’re trying to, ultimately, take care of their families, but both do a lot of horrible shit to take care of their families. Mike ultimately becomes a pretty bad guy working with some really bad people, and unfortunately all of his work to take care of his granddaughter (to atone for his son’s death) is for nothing since he loses it all.
Makes me wonder what convinced Mike to go back to killing. Must be something pretty substantial since he isn’t willing to be a killer right now.
He is the guy that Walter keeps locked up in Jesse’s basement, and ultimately strangles him when Walter figures out that Crazy 8 was going to try to shank him.
Honestly, I dont think Mike ever crosses that line. Mike never kills for money. He kills, sure, but its never for a paycheck. Its for defense, or for revenge, or as a last resort for taking care of a problem. The closest I can think off the top of my head is the Mexico shootout, where he strangled that guy in cold blood
Mike can take a punch for a 80 year old. Best character on both shows!
He goes to kill Walter because he’s paid by Fring. Though he was a problem, sure, he was paid to get rid of him. He wasn’t a saint in BB.