Recovered Addict: Gus purposely invokes this trope to Don Eladio to prevent Jesse from drinking the poisoned tequila, saying that Jesse's a former addict and needs to be kept sober to keep him cooking. Eladio takes the drink out of his hand, indirectly saving his life.
Gus and Eladio make peace, capped off with a bottle of rare tequila from Gus. As Eladio and his henchmen party, Gus goes to the bathroom and induces himself to vomit; the tequila was poisoned, and everyone who drank it dies.
Trivia (11) The pills Gustavo Fring takes are "activated charcoal" tablets that apparently can soak up poison and help delay the actions of it.
Gus gloats to Hector about the death of his nephews and associate, mentioning the cryptic phone call that Hank received before the Cousins attacked him that lead to their demise. He leaves Hector to seethe impotently with a few parting words: "Sangre por sangre", blood for blood.
In Breaking Bad Season 4, Gus was aware that something might be wrong with his car because Walter had told him that he would bomb the car. This was a result of Jesse's loose lips.
It belonged to a man scared of Gus Fring, scared of Tuco Salamanca, scared of chemotherapy, scared of cholesterol. So, after taking a long look at his porkpie, he sells the car to the mechanic for fifty bucks — a dollar for each year of his previous life.
Lalo died smiling as a nod to the maniacal personality he carried throughout life, but also to stress the satisfaction he derived from having been right about Gus. The familiar, creepy smirk was one final act of rebellion. Even in his most painful moment, he refused to let Gus see a glimmer of defeat on his face.
As they leave, Arturo brags about his success, but Gus ambushes them and suffocates Arturo with a plastic bag. He then tells Nacho that he knows Nacho switched Hector's medication but has not told the Salamancas, so Nacho is now under his control.
In 2020, Gilligan stated that "I personally think Max was more than just a friend to Gus. I think they probably were lovers." Gould later confirmed that Gus and Max were boyfriends on the Ringer podcast The Watch.
However, these yellow shirts do not only help illustrate Gus's perfectionist attitude. They also reflect his paranoia. In color theory, yellow is associated with deceit and betrayal, something that Gus constantly fears.
I had it coming,” Walt confesses. Walt isn't just crying because he's ruined the only real relationship he had (both business and personal), but he's crying because he's realized the mess he's made of his life, and those around him.
Zafiro Añejo, a fictitious brand of tequila created for Breaking Bad, is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant. Gustavo Fring notably poisoned a bottle of Zafiro Añejo, which was later drunk by Eladio Vuente and other high-ranking members of the Cartel, causing their deaths.
Gus wanted to make his mark on everything he could, because he feared the idea of never accomplishing anything in live, or not being remembered by society.
As for Gus Fring (played by Giancarlo Esposito), his character is supposed to be native Chilean, but according to Martinez "he sounds like he learned the language in business school."
Gus (or one of his men) called Hank in order to give him a chance to defend himself. This was Gus' way of almost sticking it to the cartel without being too obvious.
Were Gus and Max lovers? No, Max says outright that Gus is like a "brother to me". In BCS, the "boyfriend" line was delivered jokingly as in, it was quite obvious that their relationship was close and seen as homoerotic to people who worked near the two.
Throughout the five seasons of Breaking Bad, Walter White caused the death of almost 300 people, directly or indirectly. As the character descended into wickedness, Walt didn't necessarily seem to fall under the label of a psychotic murderer.
Better Call Saul season 6's "Carrot & Stick" speaks to Gus Fring's awesome instincts, not only knowing a visit to Hector Salamanca was the best method of confirming whether the Lalo assassination stuck, but also getting exactly the cues he wanted from their conversation.
Because of the rivalry between Gus and Hector, Lalo becomes dedicated to disrupting Gus' legitimate restaurant business Los Pollos Hermanos and Lavandería Brillante, as well as his reputation with the cartel. Unlike his other rivals such as Walter White, Gus was highly fearful of Lalo due to his cunning and resilience.
In the lab, Lalo prepares to kill Gus, but Gus cuts power to the lights and kills Lalo with a gun he had hidden there earlier. Mike buries Lalo and Howard beneath the floor of the lab and tells Jimmy and Kim they will not see Lalo again.
While some viewers thought Skyler was legitimately trying to end her life, the suicide scene was meant to prove how far Skyler was willing to go to outsmart Walt. Gilligan almost considered giving Skyler a true suicidal ending by the conclusion of season 5, but it was deemed too dark for the character.
Walter White may be fictional. But the $80 million profit he turned by selling meth in less than a year is a very realistic sum for a true-life drug kingpin. It's not until the last season of Breaking Bad that viewers learn just how much cash their favorite meth-making anti-hero has accumulated by cooking crank.
The issue posed by Kelley's growth spurts was acknowledged by Lost co-creator Carlton Cuse, who has cited it as a reason for Walt's departure [Via TV Guide]. The actor's aging made it necessary for Lost to leave Walt behind and move on to new stories.