Breaking Bad - the secret origin of Gus Fring

[samurainoir]

HOLY MOLY! What an episode. I believe this is a total game changer in showing us what Gus is/was REALLY up to.


My favourite episode since Hank got shot.

Giancarlo Espisito has always been one of my favourite character actors, and the way he disappears/inhabits Gus Fring is astonishing. He's managed to say so much with so little with this character, that an episode like this is explosive in it's subtlety. The shot of Hector's finger twitching at a non-existent bell.


It's a testament to the writers when you view an episode like this that puts previous season and a half in such sharp clarity. Giving you answers to long standing mysteries, while introducing a whole new set of questions that will undoubtably have similar payoff down the road. While mirroring current day conflicts and loyalties.

I'm suspecting Gus was much much closer to the former Chilean dictator that he so casually mentions during his interrogation.

[Sideshow Spock]

That was indeed a great ep. The whole scene by the pool was mesmerizing.

Man, Walt is annoying.

[Wee67]

Gustavo is one of the best villians in the history of.. well, in the history of anything! He is a super genius. I loved this epsiode, but I can't get enough of this show. I've never seen such slow-moving actions that is sooooo tension filled.

[vulcan2074]

I can't get enough of this show. This episode was truely great.
Sammy

[Mawni]

I agree, that back story really blew me away!

[cjefferys]

Oh yeah, I watched this last night and it was fantastic. I almost crapped my pants when Mike pulled up in the parking lot next to Walt and Hank. And the flashback with Gus was so intense. He is a fascinating character and I hope that we will see some more of his past.

Best show currently on television, bar none.

[megoat]

Best show currently on television, bar none.

I'll up the ante and say it's the best show on television in the last 5 years. Truly brilliantly written and acted. Latest episode was maybe the best of this season. Wow!

[MegoSteve]

I agree. That episode added so many layers to the story.

What's interesting to me, too, is that, as I read in an early season 4 interview with one of the creators of the show, Walt started the show as the protagonist and he's slowly becoming the antagonist. There are occasional stumbles of logic (like, they can buy a car wash but Skyler yells at Hank for buying a $300 bottle of wine?), but it's brilliant television.

P.S. Maybe I'm overreacting to Tio Hector's comment to them, but were Gus and his partner Max partners in more than a business sense?

[samurainoir]

Oh yeah, I watched this last night and it was fantastic. I almost crapped my pants when Mike pulled up in the parking lot next to Walt and Hank.

I have to admit I laughed out loud... Mike had a not quite double-take "oh brother, what's going on now?" look. Not surprising since babysitting both Jesse and Walt is obviously wearying to him.

The parallel with gus' original chemist's loyalty to him, and Jesse and walt's to each other might give way to some surprising twists.

I don't know why, but for some reason I'm thinking the final scene of the entire series, when it has run it's course will be a flashback to Jesse in high school when he was Walt's student. Something I've alwAys wanted to see, given their obvious difficult relationship, but they have only aluded to.

[Hector]

Holy giant picture...Batman!

[cjefferys]

I'll up the ante and say it's the best show on television in the last 5 years. Truly brilliantly written and acted. Latest episode was maybe the best of this season. Wow!

I'd agree with that too.

P.S. Maybe I'm overreacting to Tio Hector's comment to them, but were Gus and his partner Max partners in more than a business sense?

I got that feeling too, and there has been a lot of discussion on other forums regarding this, so it's not just you.

I also got a feeling that Walt may have gotten some not so good news from his doctor at his check up this time, and he lied to his family about that. Just the way he acted made it seem a possibility.

[samurainoir]

Wow! Best episode yet IMHO. And still a couple more to go before the finale of this season. Gus is certainly stone cold. Best ensemble cast on television bar none.

Jesse vs Walter is going to be even more heartbreaking when this all shakes out.

Looks like this show could survive the death of Walt... I'd totally watch a show centred around Gus, Mike and Jesse.

[megoscott]

I wonder if Mike will make it. Where are they going to get medical attention?

Great episode. What a fantastic way to defeat the cartel.

[cjefferys]

Just watched last night's episode. Holy crap....the last 10 minutes was some of the most intense stuff I've ever seen on a TV show. Just when I think the show can't get any better, it keeps raising the bar. Jesus, how is this going to end, it just keeps on taking a terrifying downward spiral. Wow.