Very enjoyable episode. This review isn’t that long because the Jimmy/Kim scenes (which I usually have the most to say about) feel sort of montage-y and rather than having any huge narrative significance or moral dilemmas they pretty much just reinforce some of the ideas behind their characters throughout the season, but that isn’t to critique it as I love this episode a lot. Every scene here stands out and the crime plot is so enthralling even when it has yet to reach its full intensity near the end of the season. [SPOILERS] First of all, this episode has one of my favourite cold opens of the season. Seeing two idiots riding around and committing crimes in concept is incredibly comical, but it honestly feeds really well into what the show is attempting to depict with Jimmy’s character in this season. He says last episode that he believes his job as a lawyer essentially does nothing to stop crimes from being committed which means his sole motivation in his job is purely to make money for himself, but as this scene tells us, being motivated by personal gain as a lawyer can actually incentivize criminality rather than do nothing to impact it whatsoever. As long as Jimmy (or any lawyer for that matter) is driven by money, they will not be capable of doing honest work for the sake of fighting or quelling injustice, a theme that is further explored later on in this season. This scene is a very exaggerated, stylised way to convey this but simultaneously incredibly effective. As I said earlier, this episode is mainly focused on the crime plot, and this is one of Mike’s standout episodes in this season. It further explores his guilt following Werner’s death, and does this really well by further showing his disillusionment with his recent lifestyle, now in regards to his family. It was Mike’s desire to provide for his family that drove him to become more involved with Gus and eventually become more morally corrupt in 4x10, and so now we see him treating his family in a far more bitter, irrational way. The moment where Mike gets mad at Kaylee for asking questions about her dad is incredibly well written for how it tells the viewer that Mike’s guilt over Werner dying is a byproduct of his guilt over his son’s death. Just like Werner, Mike’s son was a man that he perceived as innocent who was killed to cover up the immorality of others, and it makes you realise that Mike is partially as hurt by Werner dying as he is because of just how similar the circumstances were to the death of his son. The Nacho plot is great as well, having an incredibly solid self-contained episodic arc in which Nacho tries to gain Lalo’s respect and trust, resulting in one of the most entertaining sequences of the show thus far with Nacho taking back the drugs before the cops get them, both thanks to the nail-biting tension of Nacho’s escape and Lalo’s hilarious commentary on top of it. I don’t think I’m going to have a ton to say about Nacho until his character conclusion, but this was a great way to bring him back not only because of how he’s somewhat sidelined in S4, but also because to reinforce the ideas presented with his character arc from seasons 4-5, with him continuing to become more immersed in a world of crime that he doesn’t truly enjoy due to the things he cared for being held against him (Gus threatening to kill his father) to do the bidding of others (getting close with Lalo to help Gus). There’s not much to say, this season just doesn’t miss at all 🍦