Continuity desk · Vol. 01

Prepisode

Everything you need. Nothing you shouldn't know.

Prep pack · temporal graph

Better Call Saul

About to watch S06E01 · Wine and Roses

Spoiler-free to End of Season 5 · Episode 10 "Something Unforgivable"

100% spoiler-free up to the final frame of S05E10. Nothing from S06E01 or later is included. Gold pack · temporal graph at ordinal 100.

Long gap (passport-weighted): foundational who/where listed first.

Standard

Jimmy and Kim's moral descent peaked with the Howard plotline and desert trauma with Lalo.

Lalo Salamanca survived the assassination attempt and is a live nuclear threat.

Nacho is trapped between Gus and the Salamancas after the compound attack.

Jimmy fully wears Saul energy while still loving Kim. Their scams stopped being cute.

The cartel war around Lalo and Gus is the crime spine; the legal spine is Jimmy/Kim vs ethics.

Jimmy's elder law and Chuck conflict establish the moral board.

Tuco and desert danger; Nacho enters.

Kim is the moral and romantic center.

Davis & Main experiment fails ethically for Jimmy.

Chuck tape leverage; Kim co-conspirator energy rises.

Chuck destroyed professionally and personally; death follows.

Gus and Mike machinery appears.

Jimmy embraces Slippin' Jimmy harder.

Funeral fallout; scrapyard Saul birth.

Lalo appears; Nacho's pressure mounts.

Superlab work begins under Gus.

Jimmy and Kim marry and darken.

Lalo survives the hit.

Kim proposes destroying Howard.

Season bridge: everything above is end of Season 5. S06E01 ("Wine and Roses") has not started.

Cutoff discipline: every fact above ends at S05E10. Do not import anything from S06E01 ("Wine and Roses") or later.

Key events (pre-cutoff)

  1. 01Jimmy and Kim's marriage and shared criminality deepen.
  2. 02Lalo's compound attack; Nacho's role.
  3. 03Desert phone call trauma for Jimmy.
  4. 04Kim: 'We should hurt Howard.'
  5. 05S1: Jimmy's elder law and Chuck conflict establish the moral board.
  6. 06S1: Tuco and desert danger; Nacho enters.
  7. 07S1: Kim is the moral and romantic center.
  8. 08S2: Davis & Main experiment fails ethically for Jimmy.
  9. 09S2: Chuck tape leverage; Kim co-conspirator energy rises.
  10. 10S3: Chuck destroyed professionally and personally; death follows.
  11. 11S3: Gus and Mike machinery appears.
  12. 12S3: Jimmy embraces Slippin' Jimmy harder.
  13. 13S4: Funeral fallout; scrapyard Saul birth.
  14. 14S4: Lalo appears; Nacho's pressure mounts.
  15. 15Superlab work begins under Gus.
  16. 16S5: Jimmy and Kim marry and darken.
  17. 17S5: Lalo survives the hit.
  18. 18S5: Kim proposes destroying Howard.

Character status cards

Snapshots as of graph ordinal ≤ 100 (S05E10).

Nacho Varga

alive

Mole pressure

Loc. Double bind

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Gus forces him vs Salamanca

Allies

Mike later, Mike

Threats

Tuco, Hector, Gus, Lalo, father

Saul Goodman

Saul Goodman

alive

Criminal lawyer

Loc. ABQ

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Full Saul; marries Kim

Allies

Kim, Mike soon, Francesca later, clients criminal

Threats

Chuck, Tuco, Chuck tape, bar, guilt, bar wait, Lalo, law

Mike Ehrmantraut

alive

Ops

Loc. Gus ops

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Full Gus employee path

Allies

Stacey, Gus later, Gus

Threats

Salamancas, Hector

Gus Fring

alive

Builder

Loc. Los Pollos

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Superlab planning with Mike

Allies

Mike

Threats

Salamancas, cartel

Kim Wexler

alive

Wife / co-conspirator

Loc. ABQ

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Proposes destroying Howard

Allies

Jimmy

Threats

Howard, ethics, burnout, Howard plan, self

Howard Hamlin

alive

Target

Loc. HHM

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Unaware of Kim/Jimmy plot

Allies

Chuck

Threats

Jimmy schemes, Kim, Jimmy

Hector Salamanca

alive

Tio

Loc. Cartel

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Stroke path; bell later

Allies

Salamancas

Threats

Gus, Nacho

Lalo Salamanca

alive

Survivor

Loc. Alive after hit

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Survives assassination attempt

Allies

Hector

Threats

Gus, Nacho

Chuck McGill

dead

Brother

Loc. Dead

Motivation
Advance personal and factional stakes
Emotional state
Hardened by recent events
Last known
Suicide after professional ruin

Allies

Howard

Threats

Jimmy's bar card, Jimmy

Jimmy McGill

Saul Goodman

alive

Criminal lawyer becoming Saul

Loc. Albuquerque

Motivation
Win with Kim; never be small
Emotional state
Scarred by desert; game-on with Kim
Last known
S5 ends on the Howard scheme proposal

Allies

Kim

Threats

Lalo, Howard fallout, Gus world

Kim Wexler

alive

Lawyer; Jimmy's partner in love and crime

Loc. ABQ

Motivation
Agency, thrill, justice bent
Emotional state
Resolute on the dark plan
Last known
Proposes destroying Howard

Allies

Jimmy

Threats

Moral collapse, Lalo

Lalo Salamanca

alive

Cartel chaos agent

Loc. At large

Motivation
Prove Gus's betrayal; survive
Emotional state
Charming menace
Last known
Alive after the hit; hunting truth

Allies

Salamanca network

Threats

Gus, Nacho

Nacho Varga

alive

Double-pressed operative

Loc. Cartel vise

Motivation
Save his father; escape
Emotional state
Desperate calm
Last known
Forced into Lalo hit fallout

Allies

few

Threats

Both sides

Relationship map

Continuity web

Relationship map

Ink diagram of who is bound, opposed, or entangled as of the cutoff (End of Season 5 · Episode 10 "Something Unforgivable"). Click a name to pin. Edge labels appear on focus.

13 figures37/37 ties shownhub: Nacho (9)
FROZEN WEBNacho V.9 TIESSaul G.8 TIESGus F.8 TIESMike E.7 TIESKim W.7 TIESJimmy M.7 TIESHoward H.6 TIESLalo S.6 TIESChuck M.5 TIES · †Hector S.4 TIESKim W.3 TIESLalo S.3 TIESNacho V.1 TIE

Hover or click any figure to open their tie dossier. Hostile and tense ties carry direction marks. Secret ties are dashed.

Open threads

Aftermath of season 1

high

Major season beats resolved enough to continue; open costs remain.

Who cares: core cast

Aftermath of season 2

high

Major season beats resolved enough to continue; open costs remain.

Who cares: core cast

Aftermath of season 3

high

Major season beats resolved enough to continue; open costs remain.

Who cares: core cast

Aftermath of season 4

high

Major season beats resolved enough to continue; open costs remain.

Who cares: core cast

Aftermath of season 5

high

Major season beats resolved enough to continue; open costs remain.

Who cares: core cast

Path to now

S5E10 · ABQ / cartel

Something Unforgivable

Lalo lives; Kim proposes the Howard hit on reputation.

World state

  • Gus vs Salamanca cold war heats.
  • ABQ legal world still Jimmy's playground.
  • Status quo at season end is the baseline for the next stretch.

Constrained desk chat

Temporal RAG over this pack only. No model calls. No post-cutoff index rows exist.

Desk · Cutoff desk open. I only know this show through End of Season 5 · Episode 10 "Something Unforgivable". Ask about characters, threads, or events before that line. I will refuse anything later.
Spoiler-free to End of Season 5 · Episode 10 "Something Unforgivable"

Close the binder

Was this prep useful?

Your vote stays on this device and helps us rank which packs to deepen next. It does not open a streaming app.

Found a spoiler past the cutoff? Report a leak.