@@dericmederos1514 Nacho dies, Gus loses his mole inside the Salamanca gang allowing him to know and counter their actions, Lalo steamrolls him once he arrives in ABQ, Eladio finds Gus more trouble than he is worth and cast him out of the Cartel. So in other words, Victor almost royally screwed up Gus's plans by being one petty son of a bitch.
Gus is very smart and wouldn't have done this unless he was 110% sure it would work, things do go wrong but in his mind this plan had to be more than perfect
@finsfan90 Think about the Mexico scene with the hospital, Gus probably weighed Nacho and looked at his cholesterol to know how fast he will bleed out. Plus Victor follows orders he definitely shot him in the stomach coz Gus told him to
Detective: “based on every single bullet casing being located 5 feet from the vehicle and it being shot while it wasn’t in motion, we believe this was staged.”
@@rynor2691 What makes you think the Salamancas would have come to a different conclusion than the police? (I know they didn't, but that is the fault of lazy screen writing. The point still stand. The Salamancas should have noticed.
@@frydenland Just because you know the shooting was staged and that there were only two shooters doesn't mean the Salamancas would know. They show up and see a bunch of shell casings and the car shot to shit from all angles, they would probably assume 8-10 men were lying in wait and shot the vehicle as it passed, killing the driver and passenger, the men assume both people in the car are dead and leave, and afterwards Nacho calls the Salamancas and leaves the car passing out after making the call.
I feel like maybe the writers almost had the plan be not smart on purpose so that Lalo would pick up on things and maybe it would be more obvious for the audience? Probably not though and plus been a while since I watched the show
I always thought the way like all the hitmen in BCS and BB are silent 95% of the time had a sort of unintentionally funny effect in a lot of scenes, and this is one of the best examples lmao
I think that's why they put his body on ice before this. Not sure how realistic that actually is but if the show wants to use that logic then I'll buy it.
Why did Victor have to shoot Nacho in the gut? That is incredibly dangerous and could lead to Nacho bleeding out quite quickly before anyone could find him. What would Gus do with Victor and Tyrus if Nacho died right then and there before he could point the Cousins over at the Espinosa gang.
Yeah the shell casings make it very obvious it was shot consistently at a very close range, unlikely for a moving car. Should've at least made up some trap or something that would've stopped it.
@@juhokoskenpaa7397 the casings are probably the biggest issue, also maybe the driver being dead longer than when the shooting ‘occurred’ and also the unnecessary gut shot.
Some fun irony I've recently noticed: THIS event, more than anything else is what probably led to Lalo coming to ABQ. As in, Hector having a stroke and going into a coma may have been an issue, but if you think about it, it was THIS faked attack and the death of Arturo that clearly SPOOKED the cartels enough that they sent in Lalo to get a handle on the situation. I mean just listen to how clearly freaked out Bolsa is when he calls Gus about the attack. Meaning that everything with Lalo is really more GUS's fault rather than Nacho's XD
@@finaldarkfire I thought Lalo would have come to ABQ anyways because he was worried about his Uncle Hector after he got his stroke. It sounds like Lalo chose to come to ABQ by his own initiative instead of being ordered to do so considering Bolsa is surprised at what he is doing north of the border instead of already knowing why.
@@justinguyos5476 He might’ve been debating if he should go or not and when he got the order he just smiled and went “Oh, great! That’s it decided for me!”
I don't think it matters, Hector's presence is and always will be challenged by Gus. Hector is going to either die or get paralyzed in one way or another by Gus, or if he manages to stretch long enough, Heisenberg would've did something to get Hector into a wheelchair or a coffin. And Lalo would've came. It was more really a matter of time. If Hector didn't get into a wheelchair in BCS, he would've gotten into it in BB, and then Lalo would've came then. And then you have even more trouble for Heisenberg. But I think Lalo would've treated Heisenberg much better, because Lalo has the same ambitions as Gus, he just wasn't as established in ABQ and too "Behind the scenes" to do what Gus do. This is why he was able to guess correctly that Gus was trying to create his own lab and sell his own drugs, he just kept getting stifled by things around him to be able to find out until the end of BCS.
@@sayayangtahu6519 not really, I think Lalo is very predictable. He's so determined, that all you have to do is to assume that he's watching you all the time. He's like that french guy from Ocean's 12. Which was what Gus did in Last season of BCS, he knew Lalo was coming back. He took his time and prepare, which as we all know he did prepare for the eventuality that Lalo found his lab and what he wants to do with Lalo. And let's not forget, Gus was outsmarted by Walt. so Walt > Gus > Lalo.
The problem with this scene is that, since the driver was already dead for hours and was covered in ice he has no blood in his body. Therefore when he is shot there's no blood anywhere. Whereas when Nacho is shot in shoulder and abdomen he is drenched in blood since obviously he's alive. Cousins often deal with dead bodies and blood, I think they would've noticed this.
This scene totally broke my suspension of disbelief when I first saw it, because there's no way the Salamanca twins would ever believe this was a real ambush.
This was strike one for Victor. Strike two was him showing up at Gale's murder scene. Strike three was him trying to cook meth. Homie took initiative a bit too hard. Gus did not approve.
For someone who is acting cold and badass, Victor and Tyrus didn't even shoot the tyres and left the ice bags in the trunk. Anyone with half a brain would shoot at the tyres to stop a car. They also left the bullet casings right beside the car and not spread along the road to make it look like a drive by. This is sloppy work at best. They're lucky it was the cousins who investigated the scene and not Lalo.
Yeah people pretend like the shoulder is a safe place to get shot. Theres arteries all over your body. He would probably bleed out before someone got there.
I always felt terrible for the way victor went out. He was always loyal, never questioned anything just did as told, just to get murdered by his own boss whom he followed to a T. (T? Tee? Idk fuck do I know.) I know he got himself seen but geeze.
Victor definitely had it coming, he's been shown to have a streak of arrogance throughout the series. Shooting Nacho in the gut was most likely NOT in the plan, and Victor did it just to be petty. That, and overstepping by trying to cook, assuming that he knows what the boss wants. His arrogance got him killed.
@@axx012 If that was the case, then Mike would have been punished too, since they had the same job. They both failed, Victor just happened to get himself seen by people and attempted to cook when he wasn't supposed to
Pretty stupid to gut shot sombody close range...he would of died, round would of went through and destroyed his lower spine, his BEST bet would be paralyzed from the waiste down....this entire show was so goofy
These guys all have sweet cars. They also favor GMs of various makes, but pretty much mid to late 60s. That is a Nacho differentiator - he drives an AMC. A much rarer car. Also cool, but just not GM. I'm sure there are gangs that mostly go for Fords... same era.
SPOILER ALERT: All that physical, moral suffering and it was for nothing in the end for Nacho. In fact, made everything worse, for him, for his father, for those meth addicts he slept with too likely.
100% Realistic writing wouldve meant hardly any of Better Call Saul wouldve taken place and it would be a documentary about lawyers drinking lattes and going to the toilet now and then
That's not how real world gangland hits go down. They're littered with shell casings, especially if there're multiple shooters (it's easier to dispose of the weapon than it is to pick up shell casings to stop the traces of weaponry). The whole point of this scene is that it's staged to look like multiple shooters (maybe as many as five) took the Salamancas by surprise. It's perfectly realistic in that respect
@@Hunk62 if they were in the middle of the road and shot at them why are all the bullet holes in the side of the car and casings right next to it. If the car was parked then why are the bullet holes literally all over the place and in the middle of nowhere you’d have a hard time sneaking up to a car.
They use small explosives on a drilled hole filled with putty on the bodywork, so when it explodes it leaves a signature bullet hole. They mentioned this in one of their behind the scenes spot for the ambush scene at the desert
Victor was really asking for that box cutter with all of these initiatives
Victor really filled up his "Stop helping..." bar carelessly.
@@elhadji. he flew too close to the sun.
@@justinguyos5476 he helped too close to the sun
He was asking for a ricochet bullet with how close he was to the car while Tyrus fired at an angle
Nah this was supposed to happen. A car riddled with bullets yet the passenger only got hit 1 time in the shoulder???
Driver didn’t even bother to flinch. That’s dedication right there ladies.
Gotta make it look real
@@JB-jt6oq😂😂😂
Imagine if Nacho couldnt have made the call and just died.
Better Call... quick before you pass out
Victor would have died earlier, Gus would have not liked it.
I did ask myself this. How important was Nacho alive at this point? If he died would have Gus' plan worked out as best as he thought?
He was wearing a plot armor vest.
@@dericmederos1514 Nacho dies, Gus loses his mole inside the Salamanca gang allowing him to know and counter their actions, Lalo steamrolls him once he arrives in ABQ, Eladio finds Gus more trouble than he is worth and cast him out of the Cartel.
So in other words, Victor almost royally screwed up Gus's plans by being one petty son of a bitch.
if nacho had died right there because of that stomach shot, Gus' whole plan would've been a bust.
viktor would definitely be killed much more earlier then
Gus is very smart and wouldn't have done this unless he was 110% sure it would work, things do go wrong but in his mind this plan had to be more than perfect
@@lilyeezie2511
Gus cant control where Victor hits him, and how fast Nacho bleeds out.
@finsfan90 Think about the Mexico scene with the hospital, Gus probably weighed Nacho and looked at his cholesterol to know how fast he will bleed out. Plus Victor follows orders he definitely shot him in the stomach coz Gus told him to
@@lilyeezie2511you’re reaching what on earth are you talking about
Nacho took care of Hector only to land himself in a worse situation, with Gus holding a gun to his father's head.
he would have been in a higher position thanks to lalo if he hadn't betray salamancas
@podcastler if he hadn't taken care of hector, his father would've eventually been killed. Hector didn't trust him and just wanted the business.
He would’ve died when him and nacho did the drug deal with Gus’s men though
Dude that shoulder shot must have hurt like hell
@@adamt5846Yeah Nacho did the deal with a clone of himself
Detective: “based on every single bullet casing being located 5 feet from the vehicle and it being shot while it wasn’t in motion, we believe this was staged.”
He wasn't gonna call the cops he was calling the Salamancas
@@rynor2691 What makes you think the Salamancas would have come to a different conclusion than the police? (I know they didn't, but that is the fault of lazy screen writing. The point still stand. The Salamancas should have noticed.
@@frydenland Just because you know the shooting was staged and that there were only two shooters doesn't mean the Salamancas would know. They show up and see a bunch of shell casings and the car shot to shit from all angles, they would probably assume 8-10 men were lying in wait and shot the vehicle as it passed, killing the driver and passenger, the men assume both people in the car are dead and leave, and afterwards Nacho calls the Salamancas and leaves the car passing out after making the call.
@@ResolvedRage Laying in wait 2 meters from car, on asphalt road? (cause that is where all casings are?) Hilarious.
Bad writing/mistake in writing
I feel like maybe the writers almost had the plan be not smart on purpose so that Lalo would pick up on things and maybe it would be more obvious for the audience? Probably not though and plus been a while since I watched the show
Imagine if no one answered their phone and Nacho died
Bravo Vince!!
I always thought the way like all the hitmen in BCS and BB are silent 95% of the time had a sort of unintentionally funny effect in a lot of scenes, and this is one of the best examples lmao
Like Nacho is literally letting you shoot him…can you cool it with the edgelord tough guy persona for like 10 seconds??
@@TimmyMcGowanI swear they have the same demeanor as 13 year olds telling their mom that they're too old for ice cream
thats why lalo was a breathe of fresh air
Silent and Bald Lmao
Maybe it's because they're supposed to be "death incarnate"--silent killers, so to speak. Almost Luke the Ring Wraiths in Lord of the Rings.
To day Gus learned that Victor smokes like a 13 year old trying to be cool his fate was sealed.
yeah, he should have had some style and smoke like a European nazi an some movie
And yet this is the same show where Jimmy mcgill is singing pina coladas to a couple of school teachers
I forget its about saul sometimes lol just feels like breaking bad DLC
Michal mando was perfectly fit into this character
Victor really shot him one more time just to be an asshole
He made about good point about "having it look real". There's no way Nacho would have JUST been shot once in the shoulder if it were a real ambush.
There's no way the cousins didn't even notice that dead guy's body was not fresh when they retrieved Nacho.-
I think that's why they put his body on ice before this. Not sure how realistic that actually is but if the show wants to use that logic then I'll buy it.
3:50 Victor is such a caring person for Nacho
I think that was Tyrus
@@macrons593 It was Victor. Not Tyrus.
@@chako2872it was me. Not either of them,
What’s crazy about this scene is that Gus is somewhere thinking, “If I ever have to off Victor I’m definitely using a box-cutter”
Hell, he didn't *have* to off Victor, there wasn't even much reason to do it. In hindsight it was a baffling lapse in control.
Nonense, victor was seen at the gale murder scene so he had to go
@@raj.yadav007I always assumed that's why he killed him.
If you have a very reliable colleague, you don't have to care about ricochets
Why did Victor have to shoot Nacho in the gut? That is incredibly dangerous and could lead to Nacho bleeding out quite quickly before anyone could find him. What would Gus do with Victor and Tyrus if Nacho died right then and there before he could point the Cousins over at the Espinosa gang.
Victor would've got the box cutter sooner
i thought the whole point of a gut shot is that, it does not lead to quick death. it is a looong and painful death
@@silvermega-u8r yes but there's a higher risk of infections and passing out because of blood loss
@@silvermega-u8r Didn’t Mike die quickly after Walter shot him in the gut?
@@justinguyos5476 was it really quick ? didnt mike take a long time to die? talking and walking and watching the sunset?
i feel like there are a lot of inconsistencies that could’ve been observed by the salamancas that could blow the whole thing out the water
Yeah the shell casings make it very obvious it was shot consistently at a very close range, unlikely for a moving car. Should've at least made up some trap or something that would've stopped it.
@@juhokoskenpaa7397 the casings are probably the biggest issue, also maybe the driver being dead longer than when the shooting ‘occurred’ and also the unnecessary gut shot.
To be fair it's the Twins and their main priority was to save Nacho, not investigate what happened.
Some fun irony I've recently noticed: THIS event, more than anything else is what probably led to Lalo coming to ABQ.
As in, Hector having a stroke and going into a coma may have been an issue, but if you think about it, it was THIS faked attack and the death of Arturo that clearly SPOOKED the cartels enough that they sent in Lalo to get a handle on the situation. I mean just listen to how clearly freaked out Bolsa is when he calls Gus about the attack.
Meaning that everything with Lalo is really more GUS's fault rather than Nacho's XD
@@finaldarkfire I thought Lalo would have come to ABQ anyways because he was worried about his Uncle Hector after he got his stroke. It sounds like Lalo chose to come to ABQ by his own initiative instead of being ordered to do so considering Bolsa is surprised at what he is doing north of the border instead of already knowing why.
@@justinguyos5476 He might’ve been debating if he should go or not and when he got the order he just smiled and went “Oh, great! That’s it decided for me!”
I don't think it matters, Hector's presence is and always will be challenged by Gus. Hector is going to either die or get paralyzed in one way or another by Gus, or if he manages to stretch long enough, Heisenberg would've did something to get Hector into a wheelchair or a coffin.
And Lalo would've came. It was more really a matter of time.
If Hector didn't get into a wheelchair in BCS, he would've gotten into it in BB, and then Lalo would've came then. And then you have even more trouble for Heisenberg. But I think Lalo would've treated Heisenberg much better, because Lalo has the same ambitions as Gus, he just wasn't as established in ABQ and too "Behind the scenes" to do what Gus do. This is why he was able to guess correctly that Gus was trying to create his own lab and sell his own drugs, he just kept getting stifled by things around him to be able to find out until the end of BCS.
@@chinaman1lalo will be heisenberg worst nightmare. He's unpredictable.
@@sayayangtahu6519 not really, I think Lalo is very predictable. He's so determined, that all you have to do is to assume that he's watching you all the time. He's like that french guy from Ocean's 12.
Which was what Gus did in Last season of BCS, he knew Lalo was coming back. He took his time and prepare, which as we all know he did prepare for the eventuality that Lalo found his lab and what he wants to do with Lalo. And let's not forget, Gus was outsmarted by Walt.
so Walt > Gus > Lalo.
Love that they make Victor very pushy with his ideas before asking
Gut shots are risky busimess, he was lucky. And I also mean Victor - he was minutes or mL of blood closer to meeting sooner the box cutter lmao.
That shoulder wound can’t be sealed with a tourniquet and gut shot didn’t help either. Gonna have to stuff them with gauze to stop that
Better call.... before they ask you the definition of insanity
The problem with this scene is that, since the driver was already dead for hours and was covered in ice he has no blood in his body. Therefore when he is shot there's no blood anywhere. Whereas when Nacho is shot in shoulder and abdomen he is drenched in blood since obviously he's alive. Cousins often deal with dead bodies and blood, I think they would've noticed this.
I never realised how horrible those two were till now :( (by this I mean I thought they’d at least respect there criminal peers)
You never realize that they were working under circumstances that no normal person would do and you just now realize they were bad?
@@davidantonionavarro8136 I know there criminals and murderers but they have no respect for there peers is what im getting at. There soulless
how?
Just knowing that they working for Gus wasn’t enough ?
@@samia6888 nop
1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442, so sad to see it shot up. At least it was worth it.
This scene totally broke my suspension of disbelief when I first saw it, because there's no way the Salamanca twins would ever believe this was a real ambush.
1:00 LOL AT FIRST LOOK I THOUGHT IT WAS JESSE
Timeline breaks 😂
My thoughts too
Good for Victor for going a diet and Tirus gaining a little weight before the events of Breaking Bad.
Better Call... quick before you pass out
That car has so much bondo on every panel they shoot lol
600 bullets, bro got hit twice.
One of the best shows ever created the cinematography is very good
wow! they put on a thick layer of Bondo with squibs underneath for that shot, awesome practical effects
This was strike one for Victor. Strike two was him showing up at Gale's murder scene. Strike three was him trying to cook meth.
Homie took initiative a bit too hard. Gus did not approve.
I don't get what you mean. what did he do here that was strike one?
@Zack29810 He almost killed Nacho, which would've ruined Gus' plan.
gotcha. thanks for the response.
Just some guys testing out their kitchen guns, nothing to see here!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
I LOVE YOU KITCHEN GUN!
I was hoping for Vass I mean Nacho, to tell them the definition of insanity
Telling him to make the call quick shows how much these guys care for nachos safety
…tells you all you really need to know about pre-“Breaking Bad” Victor & Tyrus, doesn’t it?
youd take it that it would be TOO suspecious to have that many shots fired kinda like overcompinsating for the initial plan lol
Good to see vass is still out hustling😂💯
RIP to that beautiful car
Imagine if someone drove by. Oh lord it’s gonna be Fargo all over again
Unbearably painful.
WAIT wait did they remove the ice packs out of the trunk?????
I can't believe Nacho Varga was the bay harbor bullet sponge all along
That poor classic car!!
What he had done 🤣
im thinking maybe alligator...
Wouldn't it just be... Stages an Ambush?
what'd that olds 442 ever do to anybody :(
Couldn't work in the upholstery business like your dad could you??
He thought he was too good for it lol.
Nacho had service in the desert. Walt and Jesse didn't.
Victors forehead reflected the radio signals just far enough to reach a cell tower
For someone who is acting cold and badass, Victor and Tyrus didn't even shoot the tyres and left the ice bags in the trunk. Anyone with half a brain would shoot at the tyres to stop a car.
They also left the bullet casings right beside the car and not spread along the road to make it look like a drive by.
This is sloppy work at best. They're lucky it was the cousins who investigated the scene and not Lalo.
Yeah people pretend like the shoulder is a safe place to get shot. Theres arteries all over your body. He would probably bleed out before someone got there.
This scene made me no longer feel bad for victor when he got his throat cut
Well you could have stood back further🥸🤡🤣
Them boys gonna end up with some serious Tinnitus, alway remember to wear your ear pro people.
really wonder if they used real bulets. sure looks like it
And what if the veterinarian is also a pathologist and he realizes that the corps is longer dead than the shooting?
If you watch a later scene they torch the car when they find nacho
Wouldn’t ballistics show it was just two guns?
What ballistics? Dude the cartel isn’t gonna make ballistic testing. He isn’t calling the police.
@@blackkennedy3966
Right?
I cant believe nacho was the Bay Harbor butcher
Not the Oldsmobile 😭 the 442 is so cool
how did they know nobody else was gonna use that road that day
I always felt terrible for the way victor went out. He was always loyal, never questioned anything just did as told, just to get murdered by his own boss whom he followed to a T. (T? Tee? Idk fuck do I know.) I know he got himself seen but geeze.
Yes, but he didn't know if catalytic hydrogenation is protic or aprotic... 😄
Victor definitely had it coming, he's been shown to have a streak of arrogance throughout the series. Shooting Nacho in the gut was most likely NOT in the plan, and Victor did it just to be petty. That, and overstepping by trying to cook, assuming that he knows what the boss wants. His arrogance got him killed.
I was not because he was seen, it was because he failed to prevent the death of Gale, that chemist that Gus was trying to get to replace Walter.
@@Jojaderr No, he was killed for failing to protect Gale. Gale was meant to replace Walter but Jessie killed him.
@@axx012 If that was the case, then Mike would have been punished too, since they had the same job. They both failed, Victor just happened to get himself seen by people and attempted to cook when he wasn't supposed to
Pretty stupid to gut shot sombody close range...he would of died, round would of went through and destroyed his lower spine, his BEST bet would be paralyzed from the waiste down....this entire show was so goofy
It's not the shows fault? It was done to show how arrogant Victor was and how he almost royally screwed up the plan.
Victor and the blaq dude are the lamest and least intimidating villains I’ve ever seen 😂
agreed. corniest characters in the 2 shows.
These guys all have sweet cars. They also favor GMs of various makes, but pretty much mid to late 60s.
That is a Nacho differentiator - he drives an AMC. A much rarer car. Also cool, but just not GM.
I'm sure there are gangs that mostly go for Fords... same era.
SPOILER ALERT: All that physical, moral suffering and it was for nothing in the end for Nacho. In fact, made everything worse, for him, for his father, for those meth addicts he slept with too likely.
If Lalo already handover it, this scenario will not exist.
could someone identify Nacho's watch?!
Who you gonna call?! GHOSTBUSTERS!
What in the badabing badaboom is going on in here 😂
Guys... EAR protection?? You want to go deaf when you get old?!😀
Victor and Tyrus are about as verbose as the Twins.
what about the ice
Poor car
this is the farcry guy?
Yes.
2:53 3:29
Brutal
Vaas.😂
Yo did those bums (Victor and Tyrus) actually legit kill anyone on either show? Lol
That's employee loyalty (or something)!!
Tyrus shoots the gun like he's afraid of it, lol. watch his face.
such a lame character.
Victor face is not helping the role lol
Why can't nacho just tell the salamancas about gus threatening his dad?
Why would they care?
& if he did, he would just rat him out to the Salamancas anyways.
The guys would just tell the salamancas what Nacho did with Hector
Pryce has entered the comments (but thumbs up for thinking like a decent, normal human).
A terrible waste of a classic Oldsmobile.
🚬©
made no sense to risk nacho dying. this was poor writing.
Had to make it look real
100% Realistic writing wouldve meant hardly any of Better Call Saul wouldve taken place and it would be a documentary about lawyers drinking lattes and going to the toilet now and then
@@sstrange96 agree. not saying it needs to be 100% realistic writing . this was just bad
no tv show is gonna be 100%. this just made no sense whatsoever
Gus' men would've rather that nacho died probably, seeing as they probably hate the cartel and nacho too
Didn’t pick up the bullet casings and had an unrealistic amount of ammo. This is literally unwatchable. Truly one of the worst shows ever
That's why revolvers and Breaking Bad are superior. (In this context of course).
That's not how real world gangland hits go down. They're littered with shell casings, especially if there're multiple shooters (it's easier to dispose of the weapon than it is to pick up shell casings to stop the traces of weaponry). The whole point of this scene is that it's staged to look like multiple shooters (maybe as many as five) took the Salamancas by surprise. It's perfectly realistic in that respect
picking up casings in an ambush? the hell are you on about?
@@Hunk62 if they were in the middle of the road and shot at them why are all the bullet holes in the side of the car and casings right next to it. If the car was parked then why are the bullet holes literally all over the place and in the middle of nowhere you’d have a hard time sneaking up to a car.
Wish we got more of Victor and Tyrus.
I wonder how they film this 1:40
Probably tiny charges in the body of the car that go off on queue, blanks in the gun, and some minor special effects.
I also thought this. The comment above me is most likely correct. Wouldn't surprise me if the trigger on the gun was sending a signal to the charges.
They actually killed that dude then shot the car
CGI
They use small explosives on a drilled hole filled with putty on the bodywork, so when it explodes it leaves a signature bullet hole. They mentioned this in one of their behind the scenes spot for the ambush scene at the desert