Kim confronts Howard, who resists telling her the reason for his actions, but then confides the truth.
Mike receives a job offer to bodyguard Daniel Wormald, who wants to sell pills stolen from his employer.
Daniel notes the payment is twenty dollars short and Mike calmly insists that Nacho pay in full.
This episode was written and directed by Thomas Schnauz, who also wrote "Nacho" earlier in the season.
The name was selected by Schnauz in reference to John Goodman's character Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski.
[1] A flashback scene was filmed for this episode featuring a young Jimmy McGill witnessing his father getting scammed at by a grifter, but was dropped for time constraints.
On Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews, it received a 100% approval rating with an average score of 8.8 out of 10.
The site's consensus reads, "A terrifically-acted, heart-wrenching revelation, mixed with a tough and powerful subplot for Mike, makes "Pimento" a superior penultimate episode of a consistently strong season.