I don’t understand the capsules thing.
Nacho shows squat cobbler an ordinary, open, two-piece starch capsule.
Then he says he needs the capsules to be empty before they are sealed. What seal?
Does he mean the stamps on the capsules? Why can’t he just do that himself?
And why indeed do they need to be empty? He’s got to open them and put something inside anyway (the weight difference of empty capsules would be a dead giveaway), so why not just get regular pills?
Clearly I’m missing something.
Was the ending of ep7 to say that people at these insurance companies are picking up random gossip from clients and using this to set their fees, or cancel policies, for the people gossiped about?
No, but I bet the insurance company is going to review the transcript of the hearing and base their decisions on that. Remember that the inside counsel at Mesa Verde found and read the transcript and was complimenting Kim on how thoroughly she and Jimmy had destroyed Chuck on the stand.
ETA: Jimmy told the insurance agent that “it was all in the transcript”.
Nacho is going to poison Hector. He needs to make poisoned capsules that are identical to Hectors cardiac medication. He can’t afford any chance that Hector notices a doctored capsule (I’d be surprised if capsules these days don’t have features that make them very difficult to doctor), so he wants to be able to put the poison into a fresh capsule that can then be sealed.
Squat cobbler said he could order the capsules “for R&D purposes”. I assume capsules identical to an existing medication (color and markings) are available for preparing placebos or alternative medicines for double-blind studies.
ETA: Mike knows that’s what Nacho wants the capsules for. The opportunity to help kill Hector in a way that Gus or the cartel can’t link back to him is what convinces him to accept the protection job from squat cobbler. He also instructs Nacho to swap the poisoned capsules back out of Hector’s supply after the deed is done, to further reduce the risk of detection.
Maybe. Or he is just going to fill them with something that does nothing and let nature take its course when Hector goes into his next spasm. Initially I thought maybe he’d even just leave them empty, though that might be risky depending on the weight discrepancy ( some medicinal capsules are heavy, some are surprisingly light ).
Not sure how reliable that would be. I thought the pills were some form of nitroglycerin, used to treat angina. Untreated angina can hurt like hell, but does not necessarily lead to a heart attack. I think Nacho would want something more direct, like a poison that produces symptoms of a heart attack.
I don’t think there would be an autopsy, the last thing the cartel would want is someone poking into the death of one of their capos.
And, of course, why would there be an autopsy of someone who is still alive?
Well, yeah, we know that Hector doesn’t die but Nacho doesn’t.
It’s got to be something that causes a stroke severe enough that Hector can no longer speak but doesn’t kill him.
I wonder if it is possible to administer something that would make that outcome a likelihood. Something that induces extreme atrial fibrillation? Nacho of course wants Hector dead, but the way Hector ends up is perfect for Gus - he can torment him for the rest of his life.
All this matches my current understanding, and I still think it doesn’t make sense.
Nacho says the reason he can’t just get a prescription is because he needs to capsules to be empty before they are sealed. What seal? The capsule is an ordinary, openable, two-piece starch capsule. And why does it matter if they are empty or not, when he needs to put something inside anyway?
What decisions?
Hmmm…good point. 
Perhaps sealed in the blister pack Hector or someone gets them from?
Regarding Chuck’s policy.
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We haven’t seen Hector use a blister pack. We’ve seen him get his heart medication from a bottle.
My question is, couldn’t Nacho use a poison that’s potent enough to fit a deadly dose into a single pill? Nacho might have to wait a bit for Hector to take that one poisoned pill, but there would be no need to get any leftover poisoned caplets back afterwards.
Again, we know it’s not a deadly dose. Come to think of it, it would be funny if the pill doesn’t play into it at all. Maybe Hector gets disabled through different means.
There are drugs that can increase blood pressure, which could very well cause a stroke if they were used when Hector is already agitated about something.
Most modern prescription capsules are indeed ‘sealed’ these days. They can be opened with a twist, but there is resistance and you can generally feel a ‘snap’ when doing so. Sometimes there’s a spot on the capsule, a small round hole by the seam, where you can see a change after the ‘snap’.
Ricin, for example. However, Nacho is no Walter White.