Better Call Saul Season 6 Episode 3: Nacho's Big Scene Explained By Star
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul season 6 episode 3.
Better Call Saul star Michael Mando explains Nacho's death scene in season 6, episode 3, «Rock and Hard Place.» The Breaking Bad prequel series returned to AMC last week with a two-episode premiere, picking up with Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler's (Rhea Seehorn) devious plot to ruin Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian). On the Cartel side of things, Nacho (Michael Mando) flees the scene where the botched assassination attempt against Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton) occurred, who begins carefully plotting his revenge against Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito).
As the title indicates, this week's episode found Nacho Varga in an impossible situation. After acting as a double agent for Fring against the Salamanca family and helping facilitate the failed hit on Lalo's life, Nacho is left with no choice but to turn himself in to the Cartel and take the fall. Though he doesn't go down without one final monologue, telling Hector he was responsible for putting him in a wheelchair. Before the Salamancas can execute him, Nacho steals Juan Bolsa’s pistol, but instead of taking out any Cartel bosses with him, he turns the gun on himself and dies by suicide.
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In an interview with Variety, Mando explained the meaning of Nacho's actions, saying his final act was one of "sacrifice, true love and bravery," and not "revenge" or "anger." The Better Call Saul actor also touched on why Nacho didn't take anyone else out with him, saying they are already "dead men walking." Read what Mando had to say below:
Every single one of them is dead, if you think about it. There’s an ominous thing to this
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