He employs a number of enforcers and has personally killed rivals and associates, making him a dangerous, cold-blooded killer. Hank concedes that he thought so too at first. His loved ones did not know about his real business activities; it would be easy to assume he simply spent his days managing his restaurants and attending functions and banquets. I can't pretend I don't know that person is you. "Maybe next time," taunts Gus, leaving Tio to silently rage in his chair ("Hermanos"). He described him as "someone who is poised to take over the cartel, someone who is poised to manipulate other people into doing what he needs them to do." Scrawny. Gus hires him for the job. Gus is sponsoring a Fun Run, a DEA charity event. Because of his sponsorship, Merkert offers Gus a tour of the DEA offices, where he sees a surgery donation jar for Walt. Raison n°1 : Gus Fring est mystérieux. A sudden crash interrupts Bolsa. asks Gus nearly shaking with fury. In addition to being fluent in English and Spanish, Gustavo also appears to be fluent in German as well. About the size of a large house cat. As Gus oversees cleanup and rebuilding of the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant that was burned down, Mike informs him that Lalo has returned to his home in Chihuahua, and that Nacho is with him. Escalara. No rational person would do as you have done.Gus. When Jimmy drives away, Gus is outside collecting litter and looks up knowingly, suggesting he saw through the ruse. In the lab, Walt explains the new reality to Mike and Victor: like it or not, he's the only one who can maintain the meth production schedule. Lalo confirms the impurity of the cocaine in a visit to Salamanca street dealers. I didn't make a sound. Gus stares at the pool and swallows a hidden gel capsule as Eladio emerges with his captains. Even if it doesn't, my doctor tells me again and again that you may never wake. Jesse is his answer to the cartel's demand. Walt returns to the parking lot and this time plants the GPS tracker. "I can't pretend I don't know that person is you," Walt concludes. Gus sends payment to Mike for his services, but Mike refuses to accept it. Finally, it came out. Hank found this suspicious since Gale's apartment indicated he was a strict vegan ("Shotgun"). ("Hermanos") According to Gus himself, he spent his childhood living in extreme poverty and hunger, living in a shack with his siblings in the hills near a village. I grew up quite poor. Hank's colleagues are convinced by the scholarship story, believing his alibi to be unquestionable and that nothing legal can incriminate. Do you know who killed Joaquin? All but one are killed, and the survivor gets away in the only attacker's vehicle that is still drivable. Since Hank is now suspicious of Gus, he convinces a reluctant Walt to put a GPS tracker in the wheel-well of Gus's 1998 Volvo V70 in the Los Pollos Hermanos parking lot. Despite Gus' initial protection of Walt, the collaboration between the two men becomes permanently strained after he attempts to kill Walter for killing two of his dealers and after Jesse kills Gale on Walter's orders. Giancarlo Esposito, known for portraying Gus Fring in Breaking Bad, has a great spinoff idea for his memorably villainous character. "Are you asking me if I ordered the murder of a child?" However, despite outward appearances, Gus was a major drug kingpin initially affiliated with a Mexican drug cartel, secretly using his restaurant as a legitimate front for methamphetamine distribution throughout the American southwest. Those two men - the assassins - I believe I was their prime target, but that somehow they were steered away from me to my brother-in-law [...] He made that phone call because he wanted a shootout, not a silent assassination. The tequila had been poisoned with a fast-acting, lethal toxin. Is that how you want to be remembered? Sharp-minded antagonist Gus Fring was killed by a pipe bomb explosion in Breaking Bad season 4, in one of the show's most shocking and memorable moments. plot-explanation breaking-bad dialogue. When Tyrus leaves to tell Gus it is clear, Walt presumably uses this time to plant a bomb under Hector's wheelchair. Walt tells Gus that he fears for his family. Back at Los Pollos, Gus receives a call from Bolsa, who complains that pressure from the U.S. government has brought the Mexican Federales to his doorstep. Enraged Hector violently tosses the phone on the table, breaking it, while Gus humbly tries to assure Hector that he did not want to assume this responsibility. When the courier dispenses with his trash and leaves, Jimmy gets stuck trying to dig through the trash bin. It was like caramel. "I would never ask you that," Walt responds. Hank Schrader has also staked out the restaurant to monitor Fring. The gunmen are suddenly attacked by an unknown shooter. Little is known about Hank's early life. Incensed by Jesse's insolence, but committed to finding a resolution, Gus tells the dealers "No more children," and orders Jesse to shake their hands ("Half Measures"). Gus was supposed to have emigrated to Mexico in 1986 during the Pinochet regime, and a few years later, in 1989, he was granted an entry visa into the United States ("Hermanos"). Hank, questioning Gus's supposed affinity for law enforcement, says "Maybe he's our guy." Gale, he explains, won a chemistry scholarship that Gus established to honor Maximino Arciniega, a dear friend of his who died too young. As he starts his return trip, he is cut off by several gunmen who take the money and prepare to kill him. In 2003, upon learning of Mike Ehrmantraut's vendetta against Hector, Gus assigns one of his men to place a tracking device in Mike's car to keep tabs on the latter's whereabouts at all times. Mike tells Gus that Nacho wants to end his work as an informant on the Salamancas, but Gus refuses to part with a valuable asset. Gus conducted his business with extreme caution, never dealing with drug addicts or those he saw as irrational or having poor judgment. All of them, Hector. Walt counters that the quality of his product should outweigh any of these concerns and that Gus will never have to see or deal with Jesse. Jesse was angry, Walt explains, because Gus's dealers killed Tomás. Walt, after calculating how much Gus stands to make off the deal - $96 million at wholesale price - drives to Gus's chicken farm to discuss "issues that could cause a misunderstanding between us." And then I began taking it to the village to sell. Cependant, il gère son vaste empire de la drogue de manière impitoyable et machiavélique. Saul Goodman makes the blunt observation "You two suck at peddling meth, period", but as the two still have 38 pounds remaining, Saul offers to connect them with a distributor through "a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy." As part of his investigation, Walter, Jr. drives Hank to Los Pollos Hermanos, where Hank chats briefly with Gus, who recognizes him from his charity work at the DEA. ("Quite a Ride"), Mike reports to Gus on the status of the job and the problems associated with it. Dans l'épisode 6 de la quatrième saison de Better Call Saul intitulé Piñata (en), Gus raconte à un Hector alors dans le coma l'histoire d'un coati qui a mangé le fruit d'un lucuma que Gus a entretenu pendant son enfance au Chili. Jesse suggests a high-powered magnet, to wipe clean the hard drive on Gus' laptop. Hank has no hard evidence and his colleagues don't buy his theory, Walt says, begging Gus not to harm Hank ("Hermanos"). ("Coushatta"). Their resuscitation attempts fail and the Cousin dies. Later, during an inventory of the evidence room, the police discover a slip of paper with details of a Cayman Islands bank account hidden in a framed picture from Gus's office, revealed only because of the destruction of the evidence room. There are two small, rocky paths that converge leading to the entrance. Gus takes the left way around, visually alluding to the metaphor. When they open the rear doors, Mike shoots them dead and jumps out. "Emergency only," Mike says. Making their escape after killing Don Eladio and the Cartel's leadership, Jesse drives a weakened Gus and a wounded Mike to a makeshift emergency room Gus had prepared. Walt waits outside the window for Tyrus to complete the sweep. To be poor, anyone can manage.Gustavo Fring to Walter White. At the Los Pollos Hermanos Factory Farm, Nacho and Arturo are told the Salamancas will keep their territory despite Hector's condition. Walt convinces Salamanca to participate in a scheme that would kill both himself and Gus and he agrees to do it. Gus also claims to have children, though they have never been seen nor anybody else in his family life has been revealed. I will kill your infant daughter.Gustavo. Gus was originally meant to be a one-time guest performance but Giancarlo Esposito decided that he'd play him like he had a secret to make the writers bring him back. They were steered to Hank to protect Walt. Mike translates. I built a snare, using branches and wire. He walks past Walt and Jesse, dropping the box cutter. Gus emigrated to the United States in 1989 and set up his network there with at least 14 Los Pollos Hermanos locations in the American southwest. No members of his own immediate family are known indicating he is likely an only child and both of his parents are deceased. We were always hungry. Mike's truck was also damaged, so Jimmy and he recover the money and begin the drive back to Albuquerque in Jimmy's car. An SUV arrives. asks Gus. No man at all. While he's inside, a second vehicle arrives, and Jesse notices one of its occupants approaching Mike's car with a shotgun. "What about Chile?" Unknown. The Cousins sit on Walt's bed, waiting for him to get out of the shower, but they receive a text message: "POLLOS." In his car, Mike makes a phone call. He plots to have Wendy poison the dealers with burgers, but as Wendy and Jesse are in Jesse's car they notice that the dealers aren't in their regular spot. Apparently, Gus only drove between work and home the entire week. Enraged, Jesse goes to the drug corner, picks up his gun and walks toward it. Outside the diner, Jesse stops Gus. share | improve this question | follow | edited May 1 at 13:44. It is implied that Gus and Max's relationship may have been a romantic one; Esposito himself interpreted their relationship as such. he tells Walt and Jesse, calmly. Nacho gains Lalo's trust, and after Domingo is arrested, Nacho and Lalo use Jimmy/Saul to secure Domingo's release from jail in exchange for the location of several of Gus's dead drops. Comme le montre l'épisode À la mémoire de Max (en) (Better Call Saul), après son arrivée à Albuquerque, Gus a acquis une petite villa du côté mexicain de la frontière américano-mexicaine. This time, I was ready. Walt manages to persuade Gus into purchasing thirty-eight pounds of his meth for $1.2 million; after the product yields good returns, Gus offers Walt $3 million for three months of his time. "Well?" That young man shot Joaquin to death while I made my escape. Clearly you are not. When it rained, it smelled like hay. Mike, realizing Hector is one of Gus's competitors, takes the suggestion. You're not a cautious man at all. Mike and Jimmy agree on a cover story for Jimmy to tell Lalo after Jimmy posts his bail. In the chaos, Nacho is able to switch Hector's fake medication back with his real pills, but Gus gives him a suspicious look. Gus Fring, as of Season 5 of Better Call Saul, has appeared in more episodes of that show than Breaking Bad. Guy's some piece of work, isn't he? Gus ordering the murder of Tomas would have been idiotic in Gus's interests. Breaking Bad Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. It consists of 13 episodes, each running approximately 47 minutes in length. Américain d'origine chilienne, Fring est un puissant trafiquant de méthamphétamine du Sud-Ouest des États-Unis, se servant pour ce faire de plusieurs entreprises légitimes, dont une chaine de restauration rapide appelée Los Pollos Hermanos (en) (« Les Frères Poulets ») et une blanchisserie industrielle, Lavanderia Brillante, comme couvertures pour un important trafic de stupéfiants. Il s'avère que « Gustavo Fring » est un pseudonyme, car ni la DEA, ni son homme de main Mike Ehrmantraut ne peuvent trouver de documents à son sujet avant son arrivée au Mexique. Tyrus sees this and notifies Gus, now believing Hector to be a DEA informant. Broke its leg as well. Quite effectively. Gus emerges from the SUV. Hank meets with Steven Gomez and ASAC Merkert, theorizing that a vegan like Gale wouldn't eat at a chicken restaurant, and further that he'd only go to Los Pollos Hermanos for a meeting, perhaps with Gus. Walt then tells Jesse to "Run" ("Half Measures"). I watered it, tended to it. Hank plugs the tracker into his PC, but is disappointed with the results. Mike, Walt and Jesse brainstorm several ways to break into the evidence room to steal the laptop, none of them viable. Cette section est vide, insuffisamment détaillée ou incomplète. They will always be your priority, your responsibility, and a man - a man provides. He asks, "Why me?" Despite being one step ahead of Walter at every turn and predicting every one of his attempts to kill him, Gus did have one weakness: his unbridled hatred for Hector. Cartel boss Juan Bolsa is also dead, Gus reports. Gus greets Jimmy and digs through the bin to retrieve his lost watch. Cisco and Luis. Gus and other subsidiary owners provide status reports to Peter Schuler, Madrigal's CEO. While the job would be difficult, dangerous and expensive, it would not be impossible. BCLC. "I didn't do it," says Walt, flashing the GPS device. Gus arranges for Nacho to report to Mike about his activities to undermine the Salamanca organization. Mike suggests hiring additional operatives and hitting back hard, but Gus responds, "This war stays cold for now," and instructs him to set up a meeting with the cartel. With his demise, Gustavo is defeated by Walt and suffers a humiliating death at the hands of Hector, his archenemy and the very man who murdered his closest associate years before and whom Gustavo had devoted nearly 20 years of his life to enacting revenge on, overall failing his beloved partner completely. At the farm, Walt and Gus sit side by side. Gus accedes, but insists on choosing Walt's new lab assistant. Gus offers to help Walt avoid mistakes that he himself made starting out. In jail under an assumed name, Lalo contacts Nacho from jail and says he wants Nacho to burn down Gus's flagship Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant. Gus goes on to claim that in an effort to hide the loss, he replaced the stolen cocaine with locally produced methamphetamine. Realizing that he has been lured into a trap, Gus jumps up to escape, but is a moment too late as the bomb goes off. Without knowing what that secret was, Esposito understood the potential Gus had as a growing character, therefore rejecting offers for guest appearances and insisting on becoming a series regular. I didn't tell anyone. At some point in his career, Gus fostered a connection with a German conglomerate called Madrigal Electromotive GmbH, receiving financing for his meth distribution network from his close friend and associate Peter Schuler, whom he previously met in Santiago, Chile ("JMM"). "Now, thank me and shake my hand," Gus softly commands. The other, badly injured, reaches for his gun. After an attempt to capture the coati with a snare proved unsuccessful, resulting in the animal hiding under the shack, Gus waited for many hours into the night until it reemerged. Jesse locks eyes with Gus until, his face covered in blood, Gus pushes Victor's dead body to the floor. He initially wasn't all that bad, but circumstances with the Cartel have forced him to become just as bad as they are. "Why not break bread together?" As a weakened Gus walks into his view, Eladio's face contorts with rage and he falls into the pool, dead. "The kid's a hero," he says. Gus' hiring and protection of Walt puts him at odds with the cartel's leadership. In interviews, Giancarlo Esposito said he made the choice to make Gus "graceful." SHARES. "This is a mistake," says Walt. There is a fair amount of information that is unknown about Gus's past. It's from the scene when Walt and Jesse burn Gus' "Laundry Lab". Outside moments later, Gaff and Gus stare each other down as the Cartel members depart. Au lieu de cela, Don Eladio demande à Hector Salamanca de tuer Max pour avoir vendu de la méthamphétamine sur le territoire du cartel sans autorisation. Eladio épargne Gus mais le force à coopérer avec l'entente selon les conditions d'Eladio. It is so strong, as Walter cranks it "to eleven", that it tips their truck over and they must flee on foot. The rival dealers are also present at this ad hoc summit. Hank joined the DEA at some point and he eventually married Marie. Mike later forces Walt to provide the new hazard pay for Gus' incarcerated men out of their methamphetamine earnings in their new operation to his barely concealed rage and disgust ("Hazard Pay"). But besides Gus’s explosive send-off, I rarely hear anybody talking about how shocking and devastating many of the deaths were on Breaking Bad. Why Breaking Bad fans think Gus Fring was in love with Max. When Gus sees Max die, it is the only time that he shows true, unbridled emotion other than anger. As the party begins to rage, Gus excuses himself to go to the bathroom. Gus met with the cartel boss, Juan Bolsa, and members of Tuco's family, … "Do it," says Gus, evenly. The capsule consumed by Gus delays the effect of the poison allowing him time to purge, narrowly avoiding death. Outside, Gus can be seen twitching his index finger and his thumb, rather tensely ("Hermanos"). Will you look at me now? The fourth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad premiered on July 17, 2011 and concluded on October 9, 2011. Cesar. Somebody who ships out of town, deals only in bulk. "You kill me," says Walt, "you have nothing. While Gus is a Chilean national, Hank Schrader mentions that there are no records of him ever living there - that is, no records exist of his life prior to 1986. Walt approaches the Volvo and drops to his knee, but doesn't plant the device. It lived for quite some time. Walt becomes quite worried that Gus will kill him, and purchases a gun. When Gus was 7 years old, he raised a lucuma tree and used its fruit to feed himself and earn a living in the village. I said I wouldn't kill Salamanca. The story explains events of which Lalo is aware, including Werner's departure from Albuquerque, pursuit by Mike, and subsequent death. He was the respected proprietor of Los Pollos Hermanos, a highly successful restaurant chain. Because of similarities to the previous attacks on Hector's trucks, they agreed to drive dummy trucks over the border until the culprits are found. Gus surprises Walt with an invitation to his home for dinner. Gus eventually takes Jesse to Mexico, to the place where his former partner was killed. Once inside, he lays a towel down and discreetly vomits into the toilet. Mike yells at Gus to get down, which Gus ignores. No man. The complete fourth season was released on Region 1 DVD and Region A Blu-ray on June 5, 2012. Mike works under an assumed name to secretly point the police towards Lalo for the murder of Fred the money wire store clerk. Lalo accepts Gus's cover story and apology, but remains suspicious. Gustavo Fring est un personnage de fiction majeur de la série télévisée Breaking Bad et de sa préquelle Better Call Saul, incarné par Giancarlo Esposito. And he does it even when he's not appreciated or respected or even loved. Little is known about Gus' past, except that he came from Chile and was connected to Madrigal Electromotive GmbH. Last chance to look at me, Hector.Gustavo's final words. Gus Fring avant Breaking Bad. ("Witness"), Escorted by his henchmen Victor and Tyrus Kitt, Gus arranges a remote meeting with Mike. Don Paco. Over the years, Hank has investigated the source of the high-quality blue meth of "Heisenberg," Walt's underworld alter ego. Dans Magic Man (en), Lalo Salamanca discute de Gus avec Juan Bolsa et se réfère à Max comme étant le petit ami de Gus. ("Piñata"). Meanwhile, Hank Schrader is curious when he finds a Los Pollos napkin in Gale's apartment with a serial number written on it in pen. On the drive back to town, Jesse asks Mike what it is Gus sees in him. Jimmy drives to a remote desert location to pick up the bail money from The Cousins. "You're never gonna see him again," Mike replies. No. Gus agrees and on the night of the transfer he tensely waits as Victor and Diego make sure that the DEA and local police seize nearly a million dollars but find no leads to Gus. Gus orders his henchmen to allow Nacho to take the extra portion, as he is scouting a commercial laundry with Lydia Rodarte-Quayle. Gus collaborated with the Cartel solely to sabotage and destroy it for revenge for the murder of his close associate Maximino Arciniega and to allow his operation to control the meth market solely in the southwest, which he finally succeeded at by poisoning the entire Cartel hierarchy.