Rock and Hard Place

Jefe!

Un campesino.

Tal vez lo vio.

Gracias.

Senor.

Gracias.

A to Z Fine Upholstery.

Hello?

Dad. It's me.

Nacho?

Si, Papa.

Um...

Nacho...

Okay.

Hm?

Yeah.

It's me.

Yeah.

You knew.

You knew that I was going to Mexico to die,

that I was never supposed to make it out of that motel.

And you let it happen.

Not my call.

What happens now?

That's up to you.

Is that bastard with you?

Put him on.

Hm.

He wants to talk to you.

Yes.

You are screwed.

You want the cartel to blame me for Lalo.

But if they catch me, make me talk...

That is not good for you, is it?

Even if I disappear,

everyone's gonna smell your stink all over it.

The only way that this works for you

is with me dead.

All right.

Whatever bullshit way you want the story to go,

I will make it go.

But... I need one thing.

Yes?

My dad.

I need to know that he'll be safe.

If you are true to your word,

there will be no reason for anyone to harm your father.

You are not the one that I need to hear it from.

Your dad's gonna be okay.

How do you know?

Because anyone who goes after him

is gonna have to come through me.

Zip?

All set.

What's up?

Well, I'm just thinking about the timeline.

Let me.

Everything has to go off by the 18th.

That's the target date, right?

Uh-huh.

And before that, just for the driving work,

we're saying we want, uh, the right year and model.

Mint condition, no less.

And then get it painted.

Plus we want to get the custom plates...

So not enough time?

That's what I'm wondering.

Mm.

Okay.

Here you go.

What if...

What if we used the real car?

I mean, like, his real car.

His car?

That's a bit direct.

I think the word you're looking for is "audacious."

That, too.

But it's a real risk, 'cause, uh...

We're exposed when we take it, and then, what?

Just... Just put it back?

Pretend some kids took it for a joyride?

I mean, there's a dozen ways we tip our hand.

I got it.

Valet scam.

Hm? How does that work?

Well, it wouldn't be me.

This has got Huell's name written all over it.

Huell? Yeah.

He knows Huell from your hearing.

Yeah, but if we do it right, Huell will be invisible.

Oh, yeah?

Like a ghost.

That's pretty slick.

I think the word you're looking for is "audacious."

All right. Thank you for that.

Try talking...

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE)

Oh, hey, Suzanne!

Kim.

Glad I s-spotted you.

I have some new info on Caldwell.

Am I reading this right?

This is an out-of-state misdemeanor arrest report.

On your client. Yeah.

This is six years old, Kim.

Yep.

There's no way we ever would've chased this down.

Why are you giving this to me?

We're in discovery, and I discovered it.

I'm supposed to turn it over.

Besides, we are going to beat you on the merits.

You can keep that copy. I'll see you.

Kim.

Kim. Do you have a minute?

I'm sure you recognize this man.

He's a client of Jimmy McGill's, one Jorge de Guzman.

This... This is Eduardo Salamanca.

Same person.

Okay.

And who is Eduardo Salamanca?

A major drug trafficker.

We got this photo from Federales in Chihuahua.

Seems Salamanca jumped the $7 million he posted in bail

and fled to Mexico.

Wow.

That's news to me.

How did this come to light?

He died in a massive firefight at his compound.

Over a half dozen people were killed.

That's terrible,

but where are you going with this?

Bear with me.

Let me explain how this looks from where I stand.

A couple years back, Jimmy McGill represented

Ignacio Varga, a local dealer.

Now, Varga is a known associate of Tuco Salamanca.

Jimmy was involved in getting Tuco

a reduced sentence on an assault and battery charge

shortly after he represented Varga.

And now here he is, representing Eduardo Salamanca

under the assumed name "De Guzman."

Okay.

What are you getting at?

Are you building some kind of case against Jimmy?

No.

No one is, at the moment.

"At the moment."

Gina Khalil thinks Jimmy knew who De Guzman was.

That Jimmy helped Salamanca even after he knew.

I'd like to believe he didn't.

I don't think Jimmy ever intended

to become a cartel lawyer.

It's not a suit that fits him.

I think maybe he got in over his head and couldn't get out.

And if that's true, if Salamanca duped him,

then the lawyer-client privilege was obtained in bad faith.

You want Jimmy to rat on a client?

Even if Salamanca's dead, his privilege survives.

You know that.

If the privilege was clean.

But if he wasn't in on the De Guzman deception,

Jimmy could talk to me.

And tell you what? You just said Salamanca's dead.

His accomplices aren't.

Salamanca was in deep, and I want to know

what his people are doing here in Albuquerque.

And Jimmy could help.

I'll make sure anything he tells me won't blow back.

And if it turns out that Jimmy's made mistakes,

we won't hold him accountable.

I'm talking to you because I think

you'll be more willing to hear what I have to say.

Look, we had a monster in custody.