#it works as a parallel between Something Unforgivable and Malverde's death

[nite-el-racoon]

There's something entirely heartbreaking about the fact that Lalo dies soon after he has to leave his Malverde pendant behind.

Its that necklace you can see on Something Unforgivable when Lalo is working on his car, talking to Nacho about Don Eladio.

For the LONGEST time I was sure it was a Santa Muerte charm, which is no doubt on purpose, but then Tony Dalton mentioned on the shoebox interview that it was a necklace of Malverde, which OF COURSE it is, and now it really annoys me that they didn't commit to it.

You mean to tell me it wasn't on purpose that the episode in which Lalo starts actively trusting Nacho, his second in command, somewhat friends, is the same episode in which Nacho betrays and tries to kill him, and its the only episode in which you can see the pendant of Malverde — yk, the narco-saint that was betrayed and killed by his friend. The one that kept sharing and giving out his riches to the poor... 'Not at all' alike Lalo being the only Salamanca that seems to actually take interest in sharing his riches.

Nevermind that he doesn't actually die when Nacho betrays him, oh no - if only because he was barely a real friend, but he dies as a consequence of it. He just leaves his Malverde necklace on the decoy body, sheds himself of the protection he gives, and then fucking dies. An underwhelming, avoidable death.

It means a lot to me. They are the same, and Malverde sees it.