Nacho's End Proved He Was Better Call Saul's Walter White
Warning! SPOILERS for Better Call Saul season 6, episode 3.
The final season of Better Call Saul pulls no punches, with episode 3, «Rock and Hard Place» dealing a major blow to its repertoire of memorable characters with the death of Nacho Varga, who proved himself to be a Walter White of sorts for the spin-off series. Played by Michael Mando, Nacho has been a vital addition to Better Call Saul after only being previously referenced in Breaking Bad alongside Lalo, and the character has traversed a rocky road from Cartel enforcer to unwitting informant for Gustavo Fring during the course of the spin-off series. However, what made Nacho a sympathetic and compelling character was his desire to leave his life of crime behind him and ensure the safety and well-being of his father.
If this all sounds familiar, it’s because it closely mirrors Walter White’s motivations and trajectory over the course of Breaking Bad. There have been theories and speculation aplenty regarding Nacho’s ultimate fate and what the character would represent for Better Call Saul. Now that Nacho’s journey has finally come to an end, the parallels between him and Walt are hard to ignore. It turns out that Nacho and Walt have a lot of things in common, and Nacho’s tragic demise not only solved a Breaking Bad mystery but it also proved that he was indeed Better Call Saul’s version of Walt.
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Walter White’s evolution across Breaking Bad’s run has become something of a cornerstone of character development in television drama. While Nacho Varga didn’t change as drastically as Walt during his tenure on Better Call Saul, his path did resemble Walt’s in many interesting ways. Both Walt and Nacho
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