Do you think that this is where Buddie becomes cannon?
Like, it's obvious Eddie is PISSED! I can only imagine that he's going to be screaming at Buck, and maybe hurtful words would be exchanged, something along the lines of why do you even care? you're leaving and I won't be your problem anymore! (looking at you, Buck).
Do you think, that maybe, in the midst of his anger, Eddie just screams at him because I fucking love you, you idiot!
Could this happen, or have I officially driven myself crazy?
For some reason I can’t stop feeling like Top is the kind of guy that is incapable of monogamy. Maybe it’s because of his lines in songs, or his introverted personality, or how he has a hard time really opening up to people. I just have a hard time seeing him as a one woman man. And I have a feeling that after this whole HSH mess he’ll be even less open to really trusting someone and getting into a committed relationship. That makes me very sad.
Aside from being paid big cash to end the Farmers' Strike, I wonder if Melvin Stubbs is also willing to have the Black Legion openly target striking farmers as a way to further discredit Don Berryman so he wouldn't get reelected.
How much did Jesse remind Mike of Nacho in the events of Breaking Bad?
It’s kinda hard not to see some similarities.
I wonder what was going through Mike’s head, and what this and other stuff did to his psyche.
Obviously, give credit to where credit is due. Mike has seen a lot of horrible stuff, but still... how could the similarity have impacted him in the way he approached dealing with Jesse? At least until Jesse earned Mike’s respect and trust.
Just the fact Mike is around to see and feel the repercussions from Nacho’s, and then Jesse’s decisions and actions. Or being there to watch the criminal underworld of Albuquerque shape and wreak chaos upon the lives of these two young men in their prime. And having to cleaning up after them, too; meanwhile they’re either accidentally or intentionally turning tables on thing that impact the dreams he’s worked very hard to achieve and hopes to have for the future.
Sometimes they help the situations and sometimes they’ve royally fucked him over. And Mike has messed things up for them as well. So to be fair, that’s a two way street. Nacho and Jesse totally have the capacity to be disrespectful little shits if they want to be.
All on top of Mike being a veteran from Vietnam; and let’s not forget the guilt and remorse he feels surrounding the death of his son, having to cope with Post Trauma and heartache. Etc.
And when either of them first met Mike, I doubt they would have had many nice things to say.
Both have a great amount of knowledge, intelligence and experience in certain areas of their fields and beyond that in skills they might consider mundane; while also lacking foresight and information in other aspects that matter just as much. If not more so. Over time, though, we see Nacho and Jesse come to the value interacting with Mike and they realize themselves what he can teach them.
BCS/BB has a theme of what could have been, which still holds true when we’re talking about Nacho and Jesse. “If only they hadn’t needed to go down the paths that they did?” type thing. Grant it, we haven’t seen yet how the rest of Nacho’s story is going to play out. Both are trying to find their voices, and they want to have freedom to live life and make money in a difficult world that looks down on them.
So having a father figure with Mike’s values is someone who Nacho and Jesse could look up to, to some extent. And Mike, I think, needs that in his life too. With his son gone, he has a piece of his soul that misses having that connection. To pass what he knows on.
But Mike doesn’t forget that it’s still business, and Nacho and Jesse are going to keep doing what they need to. So maybe that is why he is very abrasive and grouchy with Jesse at first, if some of the actions Mike took in the past with Nacho led to destruction. In some instances, even accidentally making the situation worse out of actions of his revenge and hurting Nacho in the process.
Now, this might be a stretch but here me out. This is all speculation. I don’t have anything really to back it up, but please...
One of the big running themes throughout the Better Call Saul / Breaking Bad Universe is family. How family and the people we care about and love drive these characters forward, inspire them to be better but also impact and could potentially downright put them into situations where a decision in needed to be made. Whether by their own volition and choices within the story, or simply by existing and being close to what they ( Jimmy/Saul, Nacho Varga, Walter White, Jesse Pinkman etc.) are involved with. In several cases, are eventually pulled into.
Now, I think it’s safe to say at this point that there is an intertwining of the story, connecting Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman to Nacho Varga. And as the story progresses, we’re getting a better picture of their pasts, information and meeting people they know and associate with, but also where that is leading them. In Jimmy’s case, we’ve met his father, his mother, and Chuck. All of which have had key effects shaping Jimmy throughout his life into Saul. Chuck especially. And now, with Nacho we’re getting more development with him. We’ve already met his father, Manuel. We might find out what happened to his mother too.
But there seems to be, at the very least, a third ribbon to this. Tuco. And along with him, the Salamancas and the Cartel. Even while off-screen entirely, in prison, Tuco Salamanca is still a threat. He will eventually get out. Not only that, but Tuco is a danger to both of them, whether he has openly intended to show it or not. He was going to kill Jimmy before Nacho talked him out of it. And in Nacho’s case, he is more than aware of what Tuco is capable of. That is part of the reason for why Nacho and Mike went through all that trouble of putting him away. Because despite Nacho seeing the value in continuing to work with Tuco, he realized that sooner or later the pattern of his superior being a loose cannon was going to put him in one of two places. A prison cell or the morgue. And just as with Pryce, he made a difficult decision.
Just from Breaking Bad, we’ve met a number of his family members. Hector, the Cousins, Joaquin; and even Gonzo, who is his brother-in-law. And in the first season of Better Call Saul, we met one of the only people Tuco seems to care about: his Abuelita. So who’s to say that there isn’t the likelihood to eventually see more relatives of his? Even in Breaking Bad, it was mentioned he had (to whatever capacity) a girlfriend. We never met her or others, but at this point we still don’t know who Vince and Peter could introduce us to next.
So how could all this possibly connect to the mysterious “Lalo”, mentioned by Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad?
Well, along with Lalo on the roster of people we haven’t been introduced to, including Nacho’s mother, is Tuco’s mother and father. Hector took Tuco under his wing. Teaching him about the business and treating him like a son of his own, with the hopes of Tuco taking over when he’s gone. But where in all of this is Tuco’s dad? What is his relationship with Tuco like? What was he like to him as a father and how does that factor into transforming Tuco into the man that we see? And what about his father’s relationship with Hector?
If something were to happen to Hector Salamanca, it would only make sense there would be a contingency plan in place to make sure things continue to run. A successor, even a temporary one could fill in to keep the Cartel secure. With Tuco in jail, the job will fall to someone else. Nacho, unfortunately, isn’t up high enough and doesn’t have familial connection in that way to have an in. Especially when he wants to have that freedom to make decisions for himself, and the ability to make more money.
Based on other legal systems of inheritance, it could be assumed that that would be passed to the next of kin, to a brother or sister. Maybe they’re not someone with quite the level of experience as Hector or Tuco, but still, somebody who could handle it well enough? If Lalo is Tuco’s father, then he could be a perfect candidate for that. To just show up and fill those shoes. Oversee not only the distribution of product on their turf, but also look after Hector and eventually investigate what happened?
Or in Hector’s case, if he has a kid of his own... Where are they? Who are they? Could they be this Lalo person or someone else entirely? Another Uncle? Do they even like being involved with their own family? If it were to happen and they took over, what role could they play and what dangers could they pose to Jimmy and Nacho? Mike and Gus?
I do wonder how the dustcarve cave events will do in terms of developing future activities on site? Will it affect what the team may choose to focus on in terms of workload? It certainly adds variety, so that it’s not a slog in the coli sort of event again.
What kinds of infrastructure has been put in place? (This feels like a bigger update behind the scenes than what we’re seeing live)
I really like how it’s open to different playstyles and makes it easy even for the most casual of players to participate - there’s less urgency overall since the required resources are relatively easy to get - and the community wide participation is really nice.
The downside being that it is a slower paced activity in some ways. Sure you can grind and add materials to the overall goal to reach the tier prize faster - but for some players that may seem like it’s nothing much, especially if they’re particularly active.
Me, I like that I can just do dailies, go to work, and chill while still making a contribution, all without aggravating wrist pain.
