Better Call Saul’s Major Early Death Is A Bad Sign For Kim

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Caution: spoilers ahead for Better Call Saul season 6, episode 3

Better Call Saul's major death just dealt a huge blow to Kim Wexler's chances of survival. As Jimmy McGill begins his final case in Better Call Saul season 6, viewers eagerly wait to discover what became of prequel characters who are absent in Breaking Bad — specifically, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) and Nacho Varga (Michael Mando). Kim is perhaps the most curious of the three. She and Jimmy are so close — professionally and personally — in Better Call Saul's final season, Saul Goodman not even mentioning her throughout the entirety of Breaking Bad seems ridiculous.

Tragically, one of those three character question marks has now faded. Nacho gives himself up to Gus Fring in Better Call Saul season 6's «Rock & Hard Place,» striking a deal with the infamous Chicken Man. If Nacho agrees to die after pledging Gus had no involvement in Lalo Salamanca's assassination, Nacho's father will not be targeted. After making the deal and putting on an Oscar-worthy performance for the Salamancas, Nacho shoots himself in the head, leaving absolutely no doubt as to his fate.

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Nacho's death is shocking for a potpourri of reasons. Aside from the gut-wrenching sight of a beloved character unexpectedly taking his own life, Michael Mando's final scene keeps teasing some kind of heroic escape. Surely the ever-resourceful Mike Ehrmantraut will find a way to save his surrogate son. When he doesn't, and Nacho actuallydoes die, the moment is all the more striking. Arguably the most shocking aspect of Nacho's Better Call Saul fatality, however, isn't what happens, but when it happens.