Something Unforgivable: Better Call Saul Season 5 Episode 10 Explained

Key plot points

After Lalo leaves, Jimmy tells Kim the truth about the desert. They hide at a downtown hotel. Mike tells Gus that Lalo and Nacho went to Lalo’s home in Chihuahua. Gus suggests Nacho can help the assassins Gus sent. Kim accepts twenty pro bono cases from the public defender. Nacho receives a call telling him to open Lalo’s back gate at 3 a.m.

Kim tells Howard she quit Schweikart & Cokely. He warns her about Jimmy’s recent harassment and suggests she stop following Jimmy’s lead. She says she is insulted by the idea that she cannot decide for herself. Mike tells Jimmy that Lalo will be killed, and Jimmy tells Kim. They discuss forcing the Sandpiper case to resolve by sabotaging Howard, so Jimmy would receive his seven-figure share sooner. Jimmy is uneasy about the shift in Kim’s morality. Kim insists on going ahead.

Lalo introduces Nacho to Don Eladio, who blesses Nacho’s plans for the Salamanca drug business. At 3 a.m. Nacho opens the gate, the assassins enter, and he flees. Lalo kills all but one. He forces the survivor to call the middleman who arranged the attempt and to report that Lalo was killed.

Character development

Kim is the one who insists on the Howard plan after Jimmy expresses unease. Her answer to Howard is that the choice is hers.

Nacho opens the gate and leaves. Lalo survives the attempt and controls the report of his own death.

Themes

A seven-figure share is the reason the list gives for wanting the Sandpiper case forced. The method they discuss is sabotage of Howard.

The call at the end reports a death that has not happened. The list makes the survivor place that report.

What to watch for

Watch the 3 a.m. gate and the flight. The assassins get in because Nacho opens it.

Watch the twenty pro bono cases and the hotel. Those are the list’s signs of where Kim and Jimmy are while the house is approached.

Easter eggs and fun observations

The episode title is not defined in the list, so this page does not define it. Chihuahua is the home Mike reports to Gus. Don Eladio blesses Nacho’s plans for the Salamanca business.

The seven-figure share is the Sandpiper money the list attaches to an earlier resolution. The false report of Lalo’s death is the last fact in the entry. This page does not review later seasons.