His journey from racist, graceless plot device to martyrdom is complete. Neither the Nazis nor Hank aspire to his conciliatory criminal ideal, the Nazis because they are scum-pragmatic scum but scum nonetheless-and Hank because he is the last bastion of righteousness in this show. The great Heisenberg appears to be the only one unaware of what must happen. Walter's pointless begging forces him to reconcile himself with his death a few more times than anybody would have ever wanted to. "My name is ASAC Schrader, and you can go fuck yourself", he spits, earning himself a heroic death. The descent into moral relativism has been all too steep for those in Walt's orbit to avoid so far, and Hank, at this late stage, is probably the first to mark himself as a good guy. Gomey is dead, Hank is injured and remains hopelessly outgunned, but he sees the situation clearly-unlike Walt with his cockroach-like persistence-so he draws a line.
These people haven't really changed in the past 18 months but circumstance has dictated that they become twisted and hardened their defining characteristics have been amplified concurrently with the stakes they face, and they have never been higher as we return to the present.
The stakes were so much lower back then: Jesse's brattish innocence had yet to be crushed, Skyler's business acumen earned her a meagre $9 profit on eBay and Walter's great distracting lies amounted to nothing more than Bogdan keeping him late at the car wash. Walt and Jesse await the rewards of their first cook in an opening flashback that bears as a reminder of what this show's lighter-in both tone and heft-origins. Walt's best-laid plans have fallen apart in devastating fashion, but Vince Gilligan's are still well in motion, rushing without hindrance towards a breathless finale. It will now be another two years before Mad Men concludes but as far as final seasons of all-time great US dramas go, Breaking Bad is currently on pace to outstrip them all. The contrast and similarities between the revelations and deaths in Better Call Saul season 6, episode 3, and Breaking Bad's finest episode allow surprise through subversion, but it also serves to make Nacho's death even more poignant.Ozymandias is everything Breaking Bad has been building up to over the past five seasons and it is a truly shattering hour of television.
Whereas Nacho's declaration shows what side Nacho was always on, Walt's confession solidifies him as the true villain in Breaking Bad. This revelation has the complete opposite effect as Nacho's however, as most of the audience truly cares for Jesse after all his ordeals, and saw the pain that Jane's death put him through. In Breaking Bad, "Ozymandias" also includes a devastating revelation, when Walt confesses to Jesse that he watched Jane die in Breaking Bad season 2. The catharsis is so great due to how despicable Hector Salamanca is, and since Nacho takes his own life swiftly after, it means that Nacho truly got the last laugh as Hector is not able to carry out his revenge how he would've wanted. As he tried to do in the prior episode in his gunfight with the Salamanca cousins, the revelation is Nacho going out in a blaze of fire, and as such is incredibly cathartic for audiences. When Nacho reveals his true feelings to the Salamancas in Better Call Saul, he drops another bombshell when he tells Hector that it's his fault that Hector is a wheelchair user. Truly, in the world of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, nobody is ever safe, and Hank and Nacho make sure that nobody forgets that before they go out. After being asked if anyone else is involved, Nacho looks at Gus and asks rhetorically, "Him?" Quivers appear on Gus' stone-clad face before Nacho insults him, branding Gus "the chicken man? What a joke." Like Hank, Nacho degrades the one ultimately responsible for his death and makes Gus aware of the fragility of his position. When Nacho lies about his employer, Hector Salamanca remains convinced that Gus is to blame. With Hank's death in Breaking Bad, Walt acknowledges his own vulnerability for the first time in forever, meanwhile Nacho manages to expose a chink in Gus Fring's seemingly impenetrable armor before he dies. And you're too stupid to see he made up his mind ten minutes ago." This last gut-punching line reveals Walt's own deficiencies, as he is often blinded by money, his emotions, and his ego.
Yet, as Hank tells his brother-in-law, "You're the smartest guy I ever met. In Hank's case, Walt's desperation to save him leads to a glimmer of hope as Walt offers his hidden stash of $80 million to Jack in exchange for Hank's life. As previously stated, they're both inevitable and take place in the desert but both characters are also allowed to endear themselves to audiences before they bite the bullet. While the deaths of Hank and Nacho both shocked and upset audiences, the similarities between their killings run deeper.
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