In the episode's cold open, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) is shown in his hometown of Cicero, Illinois, in 1992, scamming an unsuspecting bar patron with his friend Marco Pasternark (Mel Rodriguez).
In the main story, Jimmy McGill finds the missing Kettleman family, who were camping in the woods outside their home to avoid Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) stealing the money they embezzled from the Bernalillo County treasury.
Jimmy estimates the Rolex to be worth more than the wallet, leading Stevie to trade the found money plus additional cash of his own for the watch.
After failing to persuade news outlets to cover his predicament as a human interest story, Jimmy hires a freelance media team to record his video plea for sympathy.
Chuck becomes suspicious when he notices the missing paper, so he braves exposure to electricity to run to his neighbor's driveway and steal theirs, leaving a $5 bill as payment.
The site's consensus reads, "'Hero' marks the essential early evolution of Saul's conning skills, beginning his amusing transformation into the well-known Breaking Bad personality.