Pretty hilarious that the Salamancas think they’re so untouchable and that the only way for their money to be robbed is if someone on their side was in on the robbery.
Mike laid a string of calthrops across the road for THAT truck specifically. Mike homed in on the tyres immediately - never even looked inside the cab of the truck, or anything else. He came with a saw to cut the tyres open. All of which the Salamancas knew because they interrogated the driver. That doesn't suggest a random rip-off, it suggests someone with prior knowledge, doesn't it?
@@davidemelia6296 Not really, not if one understands how a cartel would operate. Border crossings don't have the time, energy or even authority to tear apart the tires of every vehicle they inspect. The obvious hiding space for money would be in a place that would pose too much inconvenience to take apart. Mike had none of those restrictions. The Salamancas just couldn't think of an enemy that might be as 'smart' of them.
I love this scene. Mike is fuckin pissed. Everything he went through to keep himself and everyone including the driver alive, and in the end, someone who had NOTHING to do with all of this still got hurt.
That's the genius about the show that it makes people see mike as a good guy in between all this, but reminds him that his phrase, there are good criminals and bad cops, bad priests, bad etc etc, that living the life the way he does, even if he sees himself in a gray area trying to do good in all the bad he's in, he really is just doing harm like the rest of the criminals in bb/bcs. THe show makes a genius approach to make you root for him in a lot of cases, but in reality if he was a real life person, you wouldn't root for such things that he does
I like how they use Better Call Saul to further establish why Mike tells Walt and Jesse that the only robbers who get away with it are those who kill all witnesses.
@@Alan-nm5hu I mean he didn't but the cartel killed the good Samaritan who found the driver. Whether or not the police would have found out more if they had found the driver instead, that's a what-if I guess.
It's sad how it worked out. Mike was able to do what he did and not harm anyone, yet his actions brought harm to someone else. Actions have consequences, and for someone to think doing whats wrong will bring good to them, is sadly mistaken. Too bad Mike seemingly didn't learn this lesson.
@@liljackypaper This quote means that, by leaving witnesses behind, it will lead to future consequences, such as people talk to the police if they saw something etc. Yes, Mike got away with it, but the consequence of leaving witnesses caused an innocent bystander to be murdered.
Reminds me of the movie "Heat" when the opening scene's armored truck heist doesn't go right, they are forced to kill all the witnesses because at that point, you've already committed murder, the only way to have a chance to get away is to kill all witnesses.
Michael Mando is such a good actor. It's terrifying how he can look so likeable. When he says "I'm not here to squeeze you" his eyes are so sympathetic and trustworthy, but for just a moment. And then they go right back to being lasers.
Moral of the story is - if you're driving through the desert, and see a guy hog-tied next to a wrecked truck, keep driving and pretend you didn't see anything.
@@shaunhunterit342if someone is kind enough to stop and help what they think is a robbery victim, they're not going to just leave the second they untie them, why he didn't call the cops would be a better question lol
@@freshrimp9013 why not? The driver wasn't a child. He wasn't handicapped. He just needed untying. Otherwise he was capable of looking after himself. He was however stranded with a vehicle with all its tyres punctured, so perhaps the guy would have offered him a lift somewhere. Why just hang around though? It would just be wasting the "good samaritan's" time without actually doing anything to help. That is unless he particularly enjoys hanging around in the desert in the sweltering heat for hours.
@@shaunhunterit342 what would being handicapped or a child have to do with it? He stopped to help and stuck around until the guy's boss showed up. Your original post was asking why he stuck around, so I gave a reason why he might've stuck around. He probably was waiting with the guy to make sure he got helped or so nothing else happened to him.
@@freshrimp9013 the only reason you've given is kindness, and that's possible. I've given you reasons though why he might not stick around or might offer an alternative solution of giving him a lift somewhere. Also why should we assume that the good samaritan would have had that kind of time? Presumably he was driving through the desert on his way somewhere.
@@alonnie1919 Mike spied on the Salamancas so hard he knew every truck route AND where the money was hidden. You think someone like Mike wouldn't know if the driver was in the game?
I think Mike had a gun in his jacket pocket, and that's why he never showed his hands until Nacho left. Mike showed that he was carrying a firearm around his waist, as a distraction, but his true weapon was in his hand in his jacket pocket. Its the same signature move Jess Pinkman did in the movie El Camino, in his final shootout. That's why Mike was so relaxed when Nacho went to draw his gun, because Mike knew he already had the drop on him and could kill him at any moment.
This is an extremely important scene for Mike and understanding the game. Even when you try to not hurt people, you still do. Once you're in, you're in, and all the money you get is blood money. It's as if you pulled the trigger on all of the people yourself. Only Nacho toughs it up and sometimes he has to be the guy to break a few lobes and shoot people. He does it because it doesn't matter to him, and that's the lesson he was trying to tell Mike about all this. It's all about trying to NOT get hurt and survival at this point. Nacho does it for his dad. Mike for Matty and Kaylee. Mike needs to take his own advice. Once you're a criminal, you're a criminal.
In that game none of the money is clean no matter how you wash it. And it always comes back even years later. Makes me hate myself for falling temptation in the first place
Not really. If everything had gone according to plan, the story would've gotten out and the cartel wouldn't have anyone to shoot. A good Samaritan happening along, in the middle of the desert, for no apparent reason, a plot device if you will, is something that not even Mike can account for. Sure, he could've camped out until the driver got free and got to safety, but that level of thinking requires either extreme diligence or paranoia, and either way it would've taken a very long time and additional resources. And Mike is someone who is very good at hedging bets. This scene happened because Mike is "too good" for the show to have bad things happen, because he plans and he cares about doing things right, so therefore plot device.
@@misteral9045 "If everything had gone according to plan". But it didn't, and as much as you'd want to call it plot device or theorize what "could've been", what's shown in the series is what happened. And talking about "if only "x" would've been different" is just about as futile as it is in real life.
Its a good lesson to learn. I remember a long time ago I was driving home in the middle of the night. Long stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, nobody on it but me. Then I come to a car on the side of the road right in the middle of a known cellular dead zone. Two people tried flagging me down for "help". Nope. I kept driving.
@@maskedmarvyl4774 I do what Ive done when Im stuck alone in the middle of nowhere. I take care of myself, and start walking if need be. Sitting around waiting for help that might not come is just a waste of time.
@@SvendleBerriesyeah maybe. But sometimes leaving your vehicle behind can be a death sentence too. It might be the only shelter or resource point under a glaring desert Sun, and you might get attacked walking or not get noticed unless you're in the car, and maybe the car has more supplies in it. Just walking when you're only less than 20 miles from help is one thing, but if you're really isolated then walking away from your car might be a death sentence. Guess that means to always have a tool kit and emergency bug out bag in your car at all times!
If mike didn’t kill zigler then he would’ve been a dead man. Mike didn’t have a choice. Mike did however have a choice not to kill the driver. He doesn’t kill needlessly which is what nacho meant by what he said.
Ziegler was a sad death, but he wasn't innocent. He knew he was building something for a criminal organization. Participating in crime. He wasn't the kind of criminal who shoots people, but he wasn't an innocent civilian.
@@parkerboy795 "No, but he was harmless." But he wasn't actually harmless. He's now out in the world, so he knows his location, which you might recall they went to great lengths to conceal. He was loose-lipped at the bar. He also made himself a target of Lalo, who would have found him and tortured information out of him. In fact, Lalo still got the information by following the threads from Werner. This is why I say he wasn't harmless. You can say he wasn't malicious, but he broke the rules in a premeditated way and caused a lot of problems.
@@uncleiroh0989Doing it for the money? I get it. But this? This chicanery? He's done worse! That fender bender? Do you think a car just happens to roll like that? No! He orchestrated it! Mikey! And I helped him. I shouldn't have!
@elilis1638 Its from that scene where Mike helps Jimmy with those FBI dudes in first season and as Jimmy says 'finger' there is a frame of Mike watching the camera. It looks like he's presenting him as The Finger lol
3:13 that tiny nod from Mike: "This is a rational individual I'm standing across from. He might be stressed out his mind and he'll not hesitate to do whatever he thinks he needs to do, but whatever he does will make sense"
"All I can tell you is, that you guys aren't half as smart as you think you are." Especially if you think hiding money in the tires is some amazing hiding spot...
@@petert2481 He also let lalo live when he had the chance to snipe him from saul's house but decided not to. This lead up to many innocent lives being lost that he had the chance to prevent.
@@aldahry4573 It would on the short run. Of course on the long run, the salamancas would give him even more trouble, but Mike did have the chance to save some lives here.
Nacho was a complicated personality. Not evil, but definitely not an innocent either. He seems to have been "villain-adjacent" for a good portion of his life, up until the end.
So he's a murderer and beats people up if they don't pay the money but you think he's not evil lmaoo, just because he feels an ounce of remorse because of it doesn't make it better in any way, by that logic criminals aren't evil
God, I love how calmly Mike calls Nacho out for having a gun, not too mention how calm Mike is able to stay in tense situations. The man who can keep his head, while everyone else is losing theirs, has a huge advantage. Helps to explain why Mike lived as long as he did in that business.
As calm & collected as Mike was, the writing of Breaking Bad had to break the immersion just because of Walts plot armor. Mike knew what kind of twisted, unstable & unpredictable man Walt was, & still he felt the need to give him a lecture about his ego & all his flaws. I really wish Mike would have used the same trick on the corrupt cops who killed his son, by placing a unloaded gun in the bag & having a spare one in his holster. But then again Mike didn't know that Waltuh would bring him his stuff though. Having rewatched Breaking Bad after having seen BCS, you can tell that Breaking Bad isn't as well written as it allegedly is, if you have a reference to go by. BCS surpasses BB in so many aspects. Also, I feel like they had to kill of Lalo just because it's been established that all the other Salamancas would be dead in BB. Such Chicanery !
The great irony in this is that Mike took a half-measure by leaving the driver alive. Where as if he had gone all the way by killing him, that good samaritan would still be alive.
Everything we do has ripples, just like Mike said. Mike did this and it NOT ONLY resulted in the good Samaritan's death but also led to Hector choosing to use Nacho's father's car shop. This was a ripple from even earlier.
I have rewatched this scene more than any in the series. Judging my Mikes hands in his front jacket pockets. He may have already had the draw on Nacho (similar to Jesse in the gun battle in El Camino). Nacho may have realized Mike had the upper hand all along.
Fun fact: to make the emotions in this scene more believable, they actually executed a real civilian off camera. They even made Nacho’s actor watch the whole thing, Bravo Vince!
Fun fact: In order to get a genuine reaction out of Saul and Kim, Vince Gilligan actually had the actor Patrick Fabian killed off for real by being shot in the head. Gilligan believes that real world scenarios always produce the best acting.
As a big fan of BB/BCS i always loved Mike and thought that he was one of the few good people, but after this scene and with everything we know about him and his street knowledge, you cab't tell me that he didn't expected the driver or the person that would ultimately help him to not get shot. I'm pretty sure deep down he knew, but still did it. That's why he's not really a good guy. Even with all the good actions, we as civilians are good people, Mike as a killer, is not.
I digress, "good" is relative, you are "good" just because you follow laws for fear of prison? Woudn't the police disappear, would you still be "good"? Mike is good to his own, the others doesn't matter but he tries as much as he can to keep the innocent out of his business... He didn't knew, and he cleary was expecting the cops to find the driver. He wasn't expecting the driber to call them first. He wasn't expecting abgood samaritan that wpuld wait with the driver.
@@lucasbispodossantos5074Look how casually he was about to kill Walter in BB season 3, or the fact he serves as bodyguard for a drug lord. How can he be good considering that?
great scene. the irony here is that Mike says "you guys aren't half as smart as you think you are" but then he has to face the fact he's neither. that perfect calculated plan went wrong just because some third party became unwillingly involved and now Mike's guilty of death of an innocent person and he hates to admit that. what a brilliant writing
Something implausible: If Varga is so incensed that Mike has it out for Hector, why would he then tell Mike something that would *further* make Mike even more incensed? (that the Good Samaritan was murdered)
Nacho didn't realize it, but he was upset about the Good Samaritan being murdered too, and probably told Mike because deep down he also had it out for Hector and wanted Mike to do something.
Nahco didnt fully realise how mike was yet. I dont even think mike told him that hector threatened his grand daughter and thats why he started fucking with hector in the first place.
He is so incensed about Mike putting him in this situation, he wants to hurt Mike. Mike knew the Good Samaritan was likely dead as soon as he heard about him, and he's whistling in the dark about any chance of the driver walking away. That shit is on him, and Nacho is rubbing Mike's nose in it.
I don't get it, why wouldn't Mike call the police himself, like he did later when he found the "samaritan"'s body? "Hello, I was driving along the X road, I see a truck with slashed tyres, and a guy, probably the driver, tied up."
I love how so much of Mike's arc up to this point was about his willingness, or inability to kill. He's still somewhere in-between, and when he refuses to kill he usually finds a practical reason for not doing so, and he usually ends up being correct.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Depends what you like in a show. Overall I do think Better Call Saul was better than Breaking Bad because I think it took it's time with the characters and made them more human. Breaking Bad did that with Walt and Jessie, and a few of the other characters, but many of them were kind of one dimensional in my opinion. Skyler was well acted but she only existed to be Walt's wife. She didn't feel like she had a convincing back story. Also I like the way they unfolded the story in a much more careful way. Reminded me a lot of Boardwalk Empire. But then I get that some people might prefer the "edge of your seat" way BB told it's story. I loved it too. BB is a thrill ride and BCS is more of an intellectual puzzle with crazy angles that you're constantly trying to figure out. They both can be great depending on the mood I'm in.
I love that Nacho doesn’t even get mad until he learns Mike is doing it out of nothing but spite. Doing it for the money he understands he says. Its a nice touch.
NGL it was Mike’s fault that Nacho died if he didn’t hit Hectors trucks Hector wouldn’t have needed to use Nacho’s dad for distribution meaning Nacho would’ve never had to switch Hector’s meds
@@yurifairy2969no because it was nacho that made an opening to get hector. In fact if Lalo came down with Hector abled body he probably would’ve gotten Gus. Gus couldn’t even outsmart Lalo alone he just got lucky at the last second
Nacho was one of my favorite characters. I so wanted him to be able to walk away. He was the same type character that Ruth was in Ozark. Both seemed to actually be good people (or wanted to be good ) caught up in the ‘water slide’ of their lives. No way to go back up the slide once you start going down. Unfortunately for both characters, they hit the pool at the end and that was that.
3:14 “Just so you know, it’s over, I’m done with your balls” wow what a great quote from Mike, really sets the tone for Nacho’s balls moving forward, Vravo Bince!
This video perfectly sums up Mike Ehrmantraught: Knows how to cover his own tracks better than anyone, but doesn't understand how committing crimes like this will result in innocent people being put in danger or killed. Mike is as much of a POS as Walter White.
Nah the reasons and ultimate motives behind why they ended up in their respective situations are pretty different from a moral standpoint. Mike even tells it to Walt before he gets shot, for Walt it's all about ego and pride.
OK so how did it work, out in the desert when the good Samaritan found the driver? The Samaritan didn't just immediately call the police, but instead untied the driver.?The driver then called some random people, who would have taken hours to arrive because it happened on some remote desert road? The Samaritan didn't get on his way but instead waited for hours for random people to arrive, who then shot him? It doesn't sound like a plausible scenario to me.
@@worldtraveller8604the good samaritan probably thought he called the cops or someone else to come pick him up, the good samaritan was keeping the dude company in case he needed anything, Hector went because it had to do with money Do you need everything spelt out to you because you can’t use your brain?
@@higaiwokeru that's an awfully superior response for such a weak argument. The good samaritan was keeping him company "in case he needed anything"? Of course, cos this guy would have no life of his own and wasn't driving through the desert to get anywhere, and would happily spend hours in the sweltering heat with a total stranger because "reasons". We're all just speculating about the events of a fictional show, how about not being pointlessly rude next time?
Nacho: "Doing it for the money, I get it, but this shit - that's insane" Mike: "You need to calm yourself down. And You need to take that hand out of that pocket." Otherwise You'll find out what is the definition of INSANITY
Nacho learns the cartel isn’t as smart as he thought, Mike learns more about being in the game. Also in my head I like to think Nacho is the one who killed the Samaritan , adds to why he’s so pissed off.
Is Nacho the only character in Breaking Bad who’s smart enough to never attempt to try Mike in any way? He seems to understand and see what’s going on instantly. Gus played Mike at certain points, Walt definitely tried Mike many times, Saul constantly pushed his luck, Jesse talked back and pushed his luck too. Seems Nacho is the only one to properly read between the lines.
Except Mike said that in a way that made it crystal clear that if Nacho pulled a gun he’d immediately regret it. Rule of human nature: people who make threats are rarely willing to carry them out, especially if the person they’re threatening shows that they aren’t intimidated.
Here is my question. If you are driving down that dirt road and you see a truck stuck and even a guy tied up. Why wouldn’t you just call the cops? Or at the very least just the driver loose and then take off? Why stick around for his back up to shoot you in the face?
"You put me in the shit just because you got it in for Hector Salamanca?"
Nacho's story in one line
Haha facts
He did it to himself by getting Tuco arrested tho
I thought Nacho's storyline was, never worked for a boss he didn't try to whack
@@VDA19 You try putting up with someone like Tuco for a couple of months. In less than that you'd wanted him gone too.
Not much sympathy for a drug dealer and murderer to be found here bruh.@@ennieminymoo6675
Pretty hilarious that the Salamancas think they’re so untouchable and that the only way for their money to be robbed is if someone on their side was in on the robbery.
"You guys aren't half as smart as you think you are"
Mike laid a string of calthrops across the road for THAT truck specifically. Mike homed in on the tyres immediately - never even looked inside the cab of the truck, or anything else. He came with a saw to cut the tyres open. All of which the Salamancas knew because they interrogated the driver. That doesn't suggest a random rip-off, it suggests someone with prior knowledge, doesn't it?
@@davidemelia6296 Not really, not if one understands how a cartel would operate.
Border crossings don't have the time, energy or even authority to tear apart the tires of every vehicle they inspect. The obvious hiding space for money would be in a place that would pose too much inconvenience to take apart.
Mike had none of those restrictions. The Salamancas just couldn't think of an enemy that might be as 'smart' of them.
@@dmi6101 They could vent air from a tire and have a dog sniff the air for money. Dogs can be trained to detect the smell of money.
Smart and with time on their hands which Immigration Agency rarely have @@dmi6101
I love this scene. Mike is fuckin pissed. Everything he went through to keep himself and everyone including the driver alive, and in the end, someone who had NOTHING to do with all of this still got hurt.
'Hurt' as in Dead :(. I was pissed about the driver's demise.
You could also say it was Mike who had some responsibility for this. If Mike didn't rob that money those people never would have been killed.
@@davidtennien39 that's why he was upset about it. he knows he got the civilian killed.
That's the genius about the show that it makes people see mike as a good guy in between all this, but reminds him that his phrase, there are good criminals and bad cops, bad priests, bad etc etc, that living the life the way he does, even if he sees himself in a gray area trying to do good in all the bad he's in, he really is just doing harm like the rest of the criminals in bb/bcs. THe show makes a genius approach to make you root for him in a lot of cases, but in reality if he was a real life person, you wouldn't root for such things that he does
Got killed.
I like how they use Better Call Saul to further establish why Mike tells Walt and Jesse that the only robbers who get away with it are those who kill all witnesses.
but he got away with it without killing, didn't he?
@@Alan-nm5hu I mean he didn't but the cartel killed the good Samaritan who found the driver. Whether or not the police would have found out more if they had found the driver instead, that's a what-if I guess.
It's sad how it worked out. Mike was able to do what he did and not harm anyone, yet his actions brought harm to someone else. Actions have consequences, and for someone to think doing whats wrong will bring good to them, is sadly mistaken. Too bad Mike seemingly didn't learn this lesson.
@@thecowboy9698 yep, it's impossible to only hurt people who are "in the game"
If Mike had killed the Driver the Civilian would have lived.
"There are two kinds of heists: those who get away with it and those who leave witnesses."
- Mike Ehrmantraut
But Mike got away
@@liljackypaper
This quote means that, by leaving witnesses behind, it will lead to future consequences, such as people talk to the police if they saw something etc.
Yes, Mike got away with it, but the consequence of leaving witnesses caused an innocent bystander to be murdered.
@@liljackypaper The good samaritan sure as hell did not
I'm sure the original Tuco would have said that, he said something very similar.
Reminds me of the movie "Heat" when the opening scene's armored truck heist doesn't go right, they are forced to kill all the witnesses because at that point, you've already committed murder, the only way to have a chance to get away is to kill all witnesses.
Michael Mando is such a good actor. It's terrifying how he can look so likeable. When he says "I'm not here to squeeze you" his eyes are so sympathetic and trustworthy, but for just a moment. And then they go right back to being lasers.
Moral of the story is - if you're driving through the desert, and see a guy hog-tied next to a wrecked truck, keep driving and pretend you didn't see anything.
Well, there is the question of why the "good samaritan" hung around once he'd untied him
@@shaunhunterit342if someone is kind enough to stop and help what they think is a robbery victim, they're not going to just leave the second they untie them, why he didn't call the cops would be a better question lol
@@freshrimp9013 why not? The driver wasn't a child. He wasn't handicapped. He just needed untying. Otherwise he was capable of looking after himself. He was however stranded with a vehicle with all its tyres punctured, so perhaps the guy would have offered him a lift somewhere. Why just hang around though? It would just be wasting the "good samaritan's" time without actually doing anything to help. That is unless he particularly enjoys hanging around in the desert in the sweltering heat for hours.
@@shaunhunterit342 what would being handicapped or a child have to do with it? He stopped to help and stuck around until the guy's boss showed up. Your original post was asking why he stuck around, so I gave a reason why he might've stuck around. He probably was waiting with the guy to make sure he got helped or so nothing else happened to him.
@@freshrimp9013 the only reason you've given is kindness, and that's possible. I've given you reasons though why he might not stick around or might offer an alternative solution of giving him a lift somewhere. Also why should we assume that the good samaritan would have had that kind of time? Presumably he was driving through the desert on his way somewhere.
3:47 Mike already knows the answer to his question before he asks what happened to the good samaritan. Great acting by Jonathan Banks as usual
No, Mike didn't know about the good samaritan. He thought he had pulled off the perfect trick. But he didn't.
@@GoatTheGoat I'm saying at the point I timestamped in my comment, he knew what had happened. That was after Nacho told him there was one.
@@romilrh Yes, I understand. You are wrong.
@@GoatTheGoat 💀💀💀
@@GoatTheGoatNo you’re just dense
"Who's the guy who won't pull the trigger?"
Has the most direct on-screen kills in the entire 2 shows
He doesn’t on anyone who isn’t in the game
@@Thesoutherndandee but the driver was in the game
@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718 as far as Mike knew, he was just a driver. Not every driver is privy to what they're truly transporting
@@alonnie1919 Mike spied on the Salamancas so hard he knew every truck route AND where the money was hidden. You think someone like Mike wouldn't know if the driver was in the game?
yea, and p much all take place AFTER this scene
I think Mike had a gun in his jacket pocket, and that's why he never showed his hands until Nacho left. Mike showed that he was carrying a firearm around his waist, as a distraction, but his true weapon was in his hand in his jacket pocket. Its the same signature move Jess Pinkman did in the movie El Camino, in his final shootout. That's why Mike was so relaxed when Nacho went to draw his gun, because Mike knew he already had the drop on him and could kill him at any moment.
He possibly also had someone aimed at nacho in case things went wrong
@kirawr8064 i don't think Mike had those kinds of connections at this point in the story
Mike was so relaxed because he is so relaxed. That's it.
Nacho's gun wasnt in his pocket though. It was in his waistband
i love the idea that this is a trick jesse picked up from mike~
This is an extremely important scene for Mike and understanding the game. Even when you try to not hurt people, you still do. Once you're in, you're in, and all the money you get is blood money. It's as if you pulled the trigger on all of the people yourself. Only Nacho toughs it up and sometimes he has to be the guy to break a few lobes and shoot people. He does it because it doesn't matter to him, and that's the lesson he was trying to tell Mike about all this. It's all about trying to NOT get hurt and survival at this point. Nacho does it for his dad. Mike for Matty and Kaylee. Mike needs to take his own advice. Once you're a criminal, you're a criminal.
Damn right. What was it he said about half measures?
In that game none of the money is clean no matter how you wash it. And it always comes back even years later. Makes me hate myself for falling temptation in the first place
Not really. If everything had gone according to plan, the story would've gotten out and the cartel wouldn't have anyone to shoot. A good Samaritan happening along, in the middle of the desert, for no apparent reason, a plot device if you will, is something that not even Mike can account for. Sure, he could've camped out until the driver got free and got to safety, but that level of thinking requires either extreme diligence or paranoia, and either way it would've taken a very long time and additional resources. And Mike is someone who is very good at hedging bets. This scene happened because Mike is "too good" for the show to have bad things happen, because he plans and he cares about doing things right, so therefore plot device.
@@brooklynkeith2877 lol shut up, basement dweller. you stole nothing.
@@misteral9045 "If everything had gone according to plan". But it didn't, and as much as you'd want to call it plot device or theorize what "could've been", what's shown in the series is what happened. And talking about "if only "x" would've been different" is just about as futile as it is in real life.
it is the conversation like these between the characters which made me love breaking bad and better call saul.
If there's anything I've learned from this BCS episode and 'No Country for Old Men' it's to absolutely avoid helping stranded people in the desert.
Its a good lesson to learn. I remember a long time ago I was driving home in the middle of the night. Long stretch of road in the middle of nowhere, nobody on it but me. Then I come to a car on the side of the road right in the middle of a known cellular dead zone. Two people tried flagging me down for "help". Nope. I kept driving.
What if you're the one stranded in the desert?
@@maskedmarvyl4774
I do what Ive done when Im stuck alone in the middle of nowhere. I take care of myself, and start walking if need be. Sitting around waiting for help that might not come is just a waste of time.
@@SvendleBerriesyeah maybe. But sometimes leaving your vehicle behind can be a death sentence too. It might be the only shelter or resource point under a glaring desert Sun, and you might get attacked walking or not get noticed unless you're in the car, and maybe the car has more supplies in it. Just walking when you're only less than 20 miles from help is one thing, but if you're really isolated then walking away from your car might be a death sentence.
Guess that means to always have a tool kit and emergency bug out bag in your car at all times!
@@pharaohsmagician8329
You're right, it's almost always a bad idea to leave your car.
"Who's that man who won't pull the trigger?" Line hits different after Warner Zigler
If mike didn’t kill zigler then he would’ve been a dead man. Mike didn’t have a choice. Mike did however have a choice not to kill the driver. He doesn’t kill needlessly which is what nacho meant by what he said.
Ziegler was a sad death, but he wasn't innocent. He knew he was building something for a criminal organization. Participating in crime. He wasn't the kind of criminal who shoots people, but he wasn't an innocent civilian.
@@TheMisterGuyNo, but he was harmless.
@@parkerboy795 "No, but he was harmless."
But he wasn't actually harmless. He's now out in the world, so he knows his location, which you might recall they went to great lengths to conceal. He was loose-lipped at the bar. He also made himself a target of Lalo, who would have found him and tortured information out of him. In fact, Lalo still got the information by following the threads from Werner.
This is why I say he wasn't harmless. You can say he wasn't malicious, but he broke the rules in a premeditated way and caused a lot of problems.
@@TheMisterGuy I see what you mean, but I mean harmless as in he wouldn't physically harm anyone.
2:49 Nacho tells finger the definition of insanity
Kid named Nacho:
@@uncleiroh0989Doing it for the money? I get it. But this? This chicanery? He's done worse! That fender bender? Do you think a car just happens to roll like that? No! He orchestrated it! Mikey! And I helped him. I shouldn't have!
@elilis1638 Its from that scene where Mike helps Jimmy with those FBI dudes in first season and as Jimmy says 'finger' there is a frame of Mike watching the camera. It looks like he's presenting him as The Finger lol
@@uncleiroh0989I’m Nacho man for this job.
finger tells nacho to put that finger away from the trigger
3:13 that tiny nod from Mike: "This is a rational individual I'm standing across from. He might be stressed out his mind and he'll not hesitate to do whatever he thinks he needs to do, but whatever he does will make sense"
"All I can tell you is, that you guys aren't half as smart as you think you are."
Especially if you think hiding money in the tires is some amazing hiding spot...
@@petert2481 Yeah couple seasons later 😬
@@petert2481 Yeah, Mike tends to act irrational when someone brings up his family.
@@petert2481 He also let lalo live when he had the chance to snipe him from saul's house but decided not to. This lead up to many innocent lives being lost that he had the chance to prevent.
@@Gigakoopz
The difference is Mike here thought it would work
But shooting lalo in that apartment wouldn’t work at all
@@aldahry4573 It would on the short run. Of course on the long run, the salamancas would give him even more trouble, but Mike did have the chance to save some lives here.
Nacho was a complicated personality. Not evil, but definitely not an innocent either. He seems to have been "villain-adjacent" for a good portion of his life, up until the end.
I'm surprised Mike trusted Nacho not to rat him out.
Nacho paid Mike to get Tuco out of the picture, he wouldn’t snitch because then Mike could come clean about Nacho setting up Tuco.
@@GyroNutz But at this point Tuco's still around.
So he's a murderer and beats people up if they don't pay the money but you think he's not evil lmaoo, just because he feels an ounce of remorse because of it doesn't make it better in any way, by that logic criminals aren't evil
God, I love how calmly Mike calls Nacho out for having a gun, not too mention how calm Mike is able to stay in tense situations. The man who can keep his head, while everyone else is losing theirs, has a huge advantage. Helps to explain why Mike lived as long as he did in that business.
I think Mike knows Nacho is scared of him. He just had to remind Nacho that his PP is still bigger.
@@GTFBITK lol true
As calm & collected as Mike was, the writing of Breaking Bad had to break the immersion just because of Walts plot armor.
Mike knew what kind of twisted, unstable & unpredictable man Walt was, & still he felt the need to give him a lecture about his ego & all his flaws.
I really wish Mike would have used the same trick on the corrupt cops who killed his son, by placing a unloaded gun in the bag & having a spare one in his holster.
But then again Mike didn't know that Waltuh would bring him his stuff though.
Having rewatched Breaking Bad after having seen BCS, you can tell that Breaking Bad isn't as well written as it allegedly is, if you have a reference to go by.
BCS surpasses BB in so many aspects.
Also, I feel like they had to kill of Lalo just because it's been established that all the other Salamancas would be dead in BB.
Such Chicanery !
Unless said person mouths off during a card game robbery
Nacho thinks Mike doesn't have it in him to "pull the trigger" because he knows that about himself.
All Mike had to do was directly tip the DEA and an innocent man would still be alive.
The case of Jorge de Guzman shows that law enforcement isn't too reliable
The great irony in this is that Mike took a half-measure by leaving the driver alive. Where as if he had gone all the way by killing him, that good samaritan would still be alive.
Or maybe untie the driver!
Michael Mando is so convincing,what a brilliant actor!👏👏
I thought they were all excellent in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
Everything we do has ripples, just like Mike said. Mike did this and it NOT ONLY resulted in the good Samaritan's death but also led to Hector choosing to use Nacho's father's car shop. This was a ripple from even earlier.
The first case of "Mike thought really far but not THAT far".
I have rewatched this scene more than any in the series.
Judging my Mikes hands in his front jacket pockets. He may have already had the draw on Nacho (similar to Jesse in the gun battle in El Camino). Nacho may have realized Mike had the upper hand all along.
“Doing it for the money, I get it. But this shit, thats insane.”
“Do you know the definition of insanity, Varga?”
When Mike tells you to take your hand out of your pocket you'd best throw both arms up in the air so high they can be seen from space.
I imagine Mike already was pointing a pistol at him from inside his pocket, like Jesse did in El Camino
@@Shoetoe2000 ohh shiiiiit!
Mike woulda smoked him
@@joshbecque2424 No question.
0:52 PULL THE TRIGGER JASON!
love mike and nacho conversation in this series.
"No lore half-measures, Walter."
Fun fact: to make the emotions in this scene more believable, they actually executed a real civilian off camera. They even made Nacho’s actor watch the whole thing, Bravo Vince!
Fun fact: In order to get a genuine reaction out of Saul and Kim, Vince Gilligan actually had the actor Patrick Fabian killed off for real by being shot in the head. Gilligan believes that real world scenarios always produce the best acting.
As a big fan of BB/BCS i always loved Mike and thought that he was one of the few good people, but after this scene and with everything we know about him and his street knowledge, you cab't tell me that he didn't expected the driver or the person that would ultimately help him to not get shot. I'm pretty sure deep down he knew, but still did it. That's why he's not really a good guy. Even with all the good actions, we as civilians are good people, Mike as a killer, is not.
I digress, "good" is relative, you are "good" just because you follow laws for fear of prison? Woudn't the police disappear, would you still be "good"?
Mike is good to his own, the others doesn't matter but he tries as much as he can to keep the innocent out of his business... He didn't knew, and he cleary was expecting the cops to find the driver.
He wasn't expecting the driber to call them first.
He wasn't expecting abgood samaritan that wpuld wait with the driver.
@@lucasbispodossantos5074Look how casually he was about to kill Walter in BB season 3, or the fact he serves as bodyguard for a drug lord. How can he be good considering that?
We're good just because we're civilians?
Mike takes a punch to the gut.
Michael Mando is exceptional
1:55 his "...yup" is so funny. like hes had this sorta talk a hundred times lol
This was the moment, Mike became an metal detector enthusiast.
0:18 nice shot
Did you just get a strike
great scene. the irony here is that Mike says "you guys aren't half as smart as you think you are" but then he has to face the fact he's neither. that perfect calculated plan went wrong just because some third party became unwillingly involved and now Mike's guilty of death of an innocent person and he hates to admit that. what a brilliant writing
why does it looks like nacho is almost busting tears here
like his eyes are tearing up
I think he was desperate.
nacho was abattablow
I don't think he liked that an innocent good Samaritan was killed
@OmarF-nk1kt how was it his fault
@OmarF-nk1kt how is any of this Nachos fault
Mike should've known better. No half measures.
Something implausible: If Varga is so incensed that Mike has it out for Hector, why would he then tell Mike something that would *further* make Mike even more incensed? (that the Good Samaritan was murdered)
Nacho didn't realize it, but he was upset about the Good Samaritan being murdered too, and probably told Mike because deep down he also had it out for Hector and wanted Mike to do something.
Because he knew that Mike was smart enough to put it together without him.
Nahco didnt fully realise how mike was yet. I dont even think mike told him that hector threatened his grand daughter and thats why he started fucking with hector in the first place.
He is so incensed about Mike putting him in this situation, he wants to hurt Mike. Mike knew the Good Samaritan was likely dead as soon as he heard about him, and he's whistling in the dark about any chance of the driver walking away. That shit is on him, and Nacho is rubbing Mike's nose in it.
Its pretty simple varga didn’t tell mike about the good samaritan until mike said “im done with Hector Salamanca”
I don't get it, why wouldn't Mike call the police himself, like he did later when he found the "samaritan"'s body? "Hello, I was driving along the X road, I see a truck with slashed tyres, and a guy, probably the driver, tied up."
I love how so much of Mike's arc up to this point was about his willingness, or inability to kill. He's still somewhere in-between, and when he refuses to kill he usually finds a practical reason for not doing so, and he usually ends up being correct.
Better Call Saul was excellent, didn't expect it to be equal let alone superior to Breaking Bad, but it succeeded.
I still have a hard time saying it was better than BrBa but it was DEFINITELY as good as BrBa and I see them all as one big series.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Depends what you like in a show. Overall I do think Better Call Saul was better than Breaking Bad because I think it took it's time with the characters and made them more human. Breaking Bad did that with Walt and Jessie, and a few of the other characters, but many of them were kind of one dimensional in my opinion. Skyler was well acted but she only existed to be Walt's wife. She didn't feel like she had a convincing back story.
Also I like the way they unfolded the story in a much more careful way. Reminded me a lot of Boardwalk Empire.
But then I get that some people might prefer the "edge of your seat" way BB told it's story. I loved it too.
BB is a thrill ride and BCS is more of an intellectual puzzle with crazy angles that you're constantly trying to figure out.
They both can be great depending on the mood I'm in.
This is a crazy thing to say lol
BB for me
I love that Nacho doesn’t even get mad until he learns Mike is doing it out of nothing but spite. Doing it for the money he understands he says. Its a nice touch.
When he heard about the Good Samaritan, I think what came to mind was “no more half measures.”
NGL it was Mike’s fault that Nacho died if he didn’t hit Hectors trucks Hector wouldn’t have needed to use Nacho’s dad for distribution meaning Nacho would’ve never had to switch Hector’s meds
Mike will chose to protect his family than some low life scum
He prolly woulda died anyway though. Gus's goons would have taken him out at some point.
@@yurifairy2969no because it was nacho that made an opening to get hector. In fact if Lalo came down with Hector abled body he probably would’ve gotten Gus. Gus couldn’t even outsmart Lalo alone he just got lucky at the last second
"All I can tell you is, you guys aren't half as smart as you think you are."
That line was too funny for me.
Mike had a gun pointed at him the whole time. That’s what the little smirk he gave Nacho meant and the brief shot of Mikes hands in his pockets.
It’s in scenes like this you can really see Vince’s effort to create a modern western.
Nacho was one of my favorite characters. I so wanted him to be able to walk away. He was the same type character that Ruth was in Ozark. Both seemed to actually be good people (or wanted to be good ) caught up in the ‘water slide’ of their lives. No way to go back up the slide once you start going down. Unfortunately for both characters, they hit the pool at the end and that was that.
' you are nothing to him, he forgot all about you '
Isn't this the quote of the day for the entire series lol
"I haven't forgotten him" is such a good line
Nacho: 😡😳🧐👉😖🤬👊
Mike: 😑
Me: 🤣
this fucking comment: 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃😉😊😇🥰😍🤩😘😗☺😚😙🥲😋😛😜🤪😝🤑🤗🤭🤫🤔🤐🤨😐😑😶😶🌫😏😒🙄😬😮💨🤥😌
@@shaunhunterit342cringe
Nacho: 🧀
Mike: 🐟
Two of them on screen together is dynamite, their chemistry is something else.
These two were phenomenal together. So many things that Mike mentions in BB references to his past with Nacho.
Mike reminding himself about one of his first lessons... No half measures.
How Mike so calm and cool is awesome
3:14 “Just so you know, it’s over, I’m done with your balls” wow what a great quote from Mike, really sets the tone for Nacho’s balls moving forward, Vravo Bince!
boss, not balls
@@n1h1lvs Then why was Hector so adamant in seeing Lyle's boss' balls in season 3 episode 4 12:02 in, there's your answer
@@TheBfutgreg whatever. I didnt ask anyrhing. Mike says boss, not balls at 3:14 🤷
3:59 "On second thought, I'm no longer done with your boss."
Have I ever told you the definition of Finger?
3:01 is he crying?!? bro, poor nacho😭
Yes
This is the moment Mike becomes a full measures guy
This is the moment Mike became Michael Myers.
This video perfectly sums up Mike Ehrmantraught: Knows how to cover his own tracks better than anyone, but doesn't understand how committing crimes like this will result in innocent people being put in danger or killed. Mike is as much of a POS as Walter White.
Well they both covered up the murder of that boy in the desert and dissolved his body in acid, so yes.
Nah the reasons and ultimate motives behind why they ended up in their respective situations are pretty different from a moral standpoint. Mike even tells it to Walt before he gets shot, for Walt it's all about ego and pride.
Walter White fans try not to be in denial challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
100%
Mike is pure villain
NOW Mike is even more PISSED, that an innocent person been cleaned up.
I think I just got the scene.
Mike tried to get Nacho out by putting Hector down like Tuco, but it didn't work. It makes so much more sense now.
Did Mike already care about Nacho in this episode? I can't remember...
beautiful performance from Michael
In another world, I could see Mike mentoring Nacho into something more than a cartel flunky
It's Ehrmantraut time
Mike went straight from here to go buy a rifle from the arms guy.
OK so how did it work, out in the desert when the good Samaritan found the driver? The Samaritan didn't just immediately call the police, but instead untied the driver.?The driver then called some random people, who would have taken hours to arrive because it happened on some remote desert road? The Samaritan didn't get on his way but instead waited for hours for random people to arrive, who then shot him? It doesn't sound like a plausible scenario to me.
And Hector himself went out to the scene? Why?
@@worldtraveller8604the good samaritan probably thought he called the cops or someone else to come pick him up, the good samaritan was keeping the dude company in case he needed anything, Hector went because it had to do with money
Do you need everything spelt out to you because you can’t use your brain?
@@higaiwokeru Do you feel the need to be obnoxious because you don't have a brain?
@@higaiwokeruExctly, Nacho cleary stated they got lucky
@@higaiwokeru that's an awfully superior response for such a weak argument. The good samaritan was keeping him company "in case he needed anything"? Of course, cos this guy would have no life of his own and wasn't driving through the desert to get anywhere, and would happily spend hours in the sweltering heat with a total stranger because "reasons".
We're all just speculating about the events of a fictional show, how about not being pointlessly rude next time?
This is the moment Hector Salamanca became Target Salamanca.
He saw mikes car. The same one he drives throughout the entire show lol
Mando deserves some more big roles
I am still mad that his Scorpion character cameo at the end of Homecoming meant nothing.
This show is really about chemistry. Sadly, it's the kind where the chain reaction never ends. Papa varga said it best
"the guy who wont pull the trigger", lol Things changed quickly
3:50 peki ya merhametli adam ??
O oyunun dışındaydı
Nacho: "Doing it for the money, I get it, but this shit - that's insane"
Mike: "You need to calm yourself down. And You need to take that hand out of that pocket."
Otherwise You'll find out what is the definition of INSANITY
Just so you know, I’m done with your boss.
Nacho adds information.
You don’t need to know, but now I’m not done with your boss.
Nacho learns the cartel isn’t as smart as he thought, Mike learns more about being in the game.
Also in my head I like to think Nacho is the one who killed the Samaritan , adds to why he’s so pissed off.
2:46 poor nacho 😭😭
It’s wild how Mike pulled out a squirt gun and shot him in the face; I can’t believe they had him say “I’m the Breaking Bad”.
2:52 Mike has the gun in the jacket pocket like Jesse did in El camino
Nacho knew it, all this time. No half measures. That also explains his end.
Mike may be the older version of Anton Chirguh from No Country for Old Men?
Mike has a gun pointed at nacho in his pocket.
3:17 I'm done with your bolls
Is Nacho the only character in Breaking Bad who’s smart enough to never attempt to try Mike in any way? He seems to understand and see what’s going on instantly. Gus played Mike at certain points, Walt definitely tried Mike many times, Saul constantly pushed his luck, Jesse talked back and pushed his luck too. Seems Nacho is the only one to properly read between the lines.
I know damn well Mike had his gun in his jacket like Jesse
Iconic. Mike my best!
Mike took a huge risk admitting to it. That’s Nachos income as well
“You need to calm yourself down.”
Ahh yes. The deescalation technique that only ever works in movies and TV.
Depends on the person, but usually people who are told this are impulsive hotheads so it doesn't work a lot of the times
Except Mike said that in a way that made it crystal clear that if Nacho pulled a gun he’d immediately regret it. Rule of human nature: people who make threats are rarely willing to carry them out, especially if the person they’re threatening shows that they aren’t intimidated.
Agreed amount or No Deal
this is the moment mike became finger
Banks should play John Wicks estranged father because this scene (if not Nacho's life) should be called Consequences.
Here is my question. If you are driving down that dirt road and you see a truck stuck and even a guy tied up. Why wouldn’t you just call the cops? Or at the very least just the driver loose and then take off? Why stick around for his back up to shoot you in the face?
Very good acting.
Mike's actions got the good samaritan and the driver killed
I think that good Samaritan was the husband of that lady from support group