Yeah it only took some homemade C4, a stolen bell from a burning hotel, a man that broke bad through cancer changing his life, some old 💨 with a 🦽 who had said bell strapped to the chair.. nothing much in the grand scheme of things 😂
@@TheRiotLightsNo that's not at all how it works. Just because he didn't pull the trigger doesn't mean he wouldn't be held liable in some way if all the evidence were to come to light.
Yeah, just like a psychopathic nurse of my terminally diagnosed daughter stalks my family and slanders me was in the Peace Corp... True, "nice" psychopaths go further than overtly asshole psychopaths@@ChromeandClean
This is just a reminder that when you're running a multi-million-dollar meth ring under the facade of a multi-state fast food chain, you're probably better off *NOT* hiring a high school chemistry teacher who's partnered with an irritable drug addict, _and_ happens to have a brother-in-law in the DEA.
He puts his hands calmly in front of himself on the table, is polite the whole time, his voice does not tremble and he doesn´t break a sweat, no signs of nervousness whatsoever.
1:50 Very quick save by Gus, as soon as he said about running into Gale at the restaurant, he remembered that Gale was a vegan so quickly changed his story before Hank could bring that up
@@PRECIOUS_ROY420 well, you probably over focused on 2:56 where he was thinking, "what am I eating tonight? I still need to go shopping, I can't go to KFC a third time this week". But that's why I'm here
@@imcallingjapan2178 I was in New Mexico that year on my way to Canada to start my northern tech. business. Dropped of my girlfriend at a HS buddys place in Alb. ...then went to dinner with Paul and Bill.
What are you talking about? Vince Gilligan had not determined his ending at this stage. It's just a typical statement and you're taking it way out of proportion. :/
Gus blaming Pinochet is brilliant. Serves as a plausible explanation, also makes him seem like a victim. Not to mention it would make US agents uncomfortable to look any deeper, considering the history between the US and Pinochet's regime
He makes himself a victim throughout this entire conversation too, revealing that he knows about Gale makes him come off as grieving and immediately makes the officers uncomfortable
the US backed Pinochet so he could run a ruthless right wing authoritarian government in order to keep Chile in the global capitalist pipeline that feeds into the US
@@MrLilfeemost officers there were biased. Gus was a respected member of the community and businessman, who was also personal friends with Hank's boss.
I just love how many layers are in this scene. Gus knows Hank is onto him. Hank knows Gus is the one, but can’t prove it yet. And then there’s that tiny hint of sexual attraction between Gus and Hank at the end there with the handshake, what an amazing scene.
Threatening a federal agent during a recorded conversation seems like a very foolish thing to do if your objective going in was to get the heat off you.
@@stellarwind1946 Normally, that would be the case, but Gus realized that Hank already suspects him and probably figured it out. Hence, he threatened him, but in an implicit way that only Hank (who already knows he’s a drug lord) could understand.
Notice how Gus doesn't shake Gomez' hand? In a cut scene just before this, Gus walks into the bathroom to take a piss and sees Gomez in there fisting himself. Such a great show.
Gus' business was flawless. His only blemish was hiring Walt to be a part of it. Unfortunately for him, it was the undoing of everything including him losing his life.
Actually that's not true. If you watched Better Call Saul, you'd know Gus had all kinds of risks and issues to contend with in terms of dealing with the power struggles from the Salamancas and the Mexican cartels. Tough gig being a drug overlord.
@@bry2k Don’t you think that Gus couldn’t have managed with Gale’s product or was he so seduced by the purity of Walt’s, he couldn’t accept anything less?
@@tracyb64 Have you not seen the show? Gus wanted the purest product, but he was fed up with Walt and Jesse's antics after Walt killed Gus' dealers (whom Jesse was intent on killing because they killed his girlfriend's cousin - the kid on the bike who killed Jesse's dealer friend). Gus decided to kill Walt and replace him with Gale. Walt called Jesse and sounded the alarm that they were going to kill him if he didn't kill Gale. Jesse killed Gale. Gus had no other options. Then Gus killed his henchman for failing to protect Gale. Then Walt got super paranoid and set upon his plan to kill Gus. Gus ded. Walt won. Jesse retired. And (spoiler alert) they all lived happily ever after!
@@bry2k Gus killed his henchman because he was seen at the crime scene and there was a police sketch about him. Not because he failed to protect Gale. You’re right about everything else tho.
@@RP-77 Hmmm...I don't know if that's accurate. Victor the henchman told Mike he was seen, but Mike was never shown relaying that to Gus. They stood guard over Walt and Jessse in the lab until Gus showed up, Gus got suited up, and killed Victor. Gus did it because Victor didn't know his place. His place was to protect his assets (among which: Gale), not to fancy himself capable of being a great meth cook.
He came there prepared about Gale's death. He already knew how to answer all of them except that last one from Hank. He was caught off guard but still managed to answer it carefully though.
if you WEREN'T confused at somebody questioning your name/age/etc, then THAT would be suspicious. I'm sure as soon as Hank said "one more thing", Gus shot daggers at him with his eyes because he clearly wants to prove his innocence and GTFO. He also knows Hank is onto him so anything out of his mouth is trouble, and I'm sure the question would make anyone get caught off guard, but the response he gave seemed entirely planned. The question is inherently ridiculous. Nobody is staying calm/reasonable/composed to something like that. He answered exactly the way an innocent person would've answered. Being overly compliant is commonly a sign of guilt (i.e., going out of your way to prove your innocence).
"word economy". I was a debater in college (some said a good one). But I've learned in life that the best debaters practice word economy. Give nothing away, and if your opponent in life or contest wants to babble, let him. Learn everything, reveal nothing.
@@klaas6681 yeah and the script is (kind of) like a blank canvas: you can put literally anything you want onto it (studio restrictions being apart of the caveat pie) Its still hard to nail a character like this though.
The smile as well is more like a “I know what you where trying to pull on me and I got the better hand” look almost like a taunt to Hank especially since none of the other agents bat an eye or seemed suspicious of gus at all in this scene and lets him go and suspicion is never brought up again until after gus is killed
"He was a very good and talented chemist. But for reasons I never really understood, he was more interested in taking shortcuts, than what would could have been a very promising career." I like to think he was talking about Walt
@@sierra7534He absolutely did business-wise. He hated waiting on Jesse to sell off product, so he pushed Gus into hiring them but still went under him and repeatedly compromised their business. Kept junkies on his payroll, didn’t tell Gus about his proximity to the DEA, was generally dishonest about how reliable he and Jesse were. They make good product, but Walt’s ambition and manipulations made him take tons of shortcuts compared to how Gus conducts business.
If anything he came off as genuine, the whole topic was about gale and the fingerprints, so Hank asking that question and throwing him off would only validate Gus’s whole story even further with the DEA.
to be honest, this was part of the conversation that made him look innocent. people are saying he sounded too rehearsed etc, well this is TV show so obviously the script is "cleaned up" a little than how real people talk, but if somebody asks you what your REAL NAME is, that's something clearly accusatory. especially if you're an immigrant, you know exactly what they're implying. it's like if you told someone your age and they say "but are you REALLY x years old?"; the statement comes across as combative, because it is. him showing shock/slight offense makes him seem the whole response seem more human. people who are guilty will usually be compliant with EVERYTHING in an effort to seem innocent, even when questions and accusations are incredibly inflammatory. innocent people answer what they know, generally briefly, and deflect what they don't, generally with some hostility. he probably wasn't prepared for that question, but I'd argue after computing it for a second or two, he responded exactly how Gus Fring would respond (i.e, the mask stayed on).
I like how it took him, like, 20 seconds to process a proper response to that, which just made it seem more genuine. Because it probably was. We never actually learn, later on, what his history was before moving to Mexico. So for all we know, his real name could very well be Gustavo Fring and he could have been answering completely, totally honestly.
@@Resi1ience I noticed he was able to recalibrate. When I first saw it I assumed he was just a really good liar. However, in the flashback the cartel said he came from Chile and they called him Gustavo. He had a mysterious background. I don’t think that was his actual name, but he used the same name in his dealings with the cartel and they seemed to know aspects of his backstory that Hank didn’t know. I think there might have been more going on about Gus’ background then just being a criminal hiding his identity in the US as he used the same name when dealing with the cartel. BB made his background coming up from Chile purposely mysterious. It might have been why his response seemed believable to everyone but Hank.
@@mobus1603 I think it had an underhanded meaning in that Gus and Hank clearly see through each other and Gus is basically saying here I've won dont get up like they are in a fight.
I saw some people mention that, how so? Not a native english speaker, might have flew over my head.. is it like if hank keeps digging in this interrogation he will find Gus?
@@raftlack4326 It's an implied threat, not a direct threat. "If you keep digging" (If you keep looking into me and my past) "I'm sure you'll find me" (I'll have you killed for knowing too much) The threat is in the eyes. A real smile is in the eyes, gus only smiles with his mouth. But when he says "you'll find me", the smile disappears for a moment while he stares into hank's eyes.
"I'm sure if you keep digging you''ll find me." is such a perfect line, the double meaning and the performance by Esposito makes it so badass/chilling. Vince Gilligan is a fantastic writer.
@zackcross7190 Interesting. I hadn't read that into the plot but it is a feasible scenario. A small group of people did very well, under Pinochet but he would probably have had to have a special relationship with an intelligence agency to have his records removed.
@@stephenburnage7687I always felt that gus was in general pinochets intelligence agency. He seems to have the skill set and the meticulous personality of someone ex military or police, there’s nothing in the show but it’s a theory of mine
Gustavo has an insane amount of method acting to the point where it'd be genuinely impossible to receive anything but positive energy from this man that's literally seething with rage in this scene.
I have watched breaking bad twice and better call Saul once, but after watching this clip i am 100% convinced that it is all just a misunderstanding with Gus Fring.
A lot of people here mentioning the "keep digging" part. But there was another small direction toward Hank here. At 2:48, he talks about taking shortcuts, and looks at Hank. When he talks about a promising career, he looks back at the other agents.
I guess Gus was prepared for every question except for that last 1 by Hank. Also, it's fun rewatching both Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul, but trying to see the series through the point of view of Gus or Hank. Gus spent decades building up the perfect meth empire that was ruined in a little over a year by Walt who got him killed, & Hank worked his way up the DEA trying to bring down a meth empire that ended up being ran by his brother in law Walt who also got him killed.
@@manticore4952 that's why these "Star actor" films all being the man on risk taking is real life BS. Life isn't like that. Just had an "incident" with a neighbour in Canada and NONE of the legal people from the cop to the Judge had EVER been in a real fight. It''s not like TV where there's a build up, tension rises. Most fights are more like Samurai: over in a nano second, and in a LOT of cases. BOTH get harmed or killed.
You can tell his composure changed a bit when Hank asked that. The question also reveals to Gus that he's being investigated, he probably thought the meeting was just to clear up why his fingerprints were found in a crime scene
@@joseluis5055 He wasn't officially being investigated. Hank told Walt later in the same episode the DEA did not officially consider him a suspect. Mike told this to Gus in a later episode. Everything Hank was doing onward (such as putting the tracker on the car) would have been illegal and most likely not admissible as evidence. But on the other hand, Gus was also kind of trapped. He knew if he DID have a lawyer show up, it would make him look guilty or like he's hiding something. So he kind of had to let Hank investigate unofficially, and instead was smart and knew exactly what to manipulate (like how he only drove to certain places with the tracker on the car).
'Fifteen years ago, I established a chemistry scholarship in UNM' reminded me of 'Two years ago, a man came into my office, he said his name was Mayhew'.
Gus is the type of person that would self represent in court and win completely, I genuinely don’t think anyone besides Hector could’ve brought him down
@@shenFen-jf2jk HAHAGHHA i thought this guy was mocking all the nerdy film students who over analyse anything but hes actually one of those spastics HAHHA
I love how as soon as they tell him they are investigating a murder he responds with the name. An innocent person who knows someone who was just murdered is going to know right away you are talking about the person they know who was recently murdered. Him playing dumb at that point would give him away. He never plays dumb. He just acts like all he knows is what he would know if he was innocent, and is completely forthcoming with it all. Such a brilliant scene.
Yeah. If you were just a good citizen, finding out someone was murdered when you were just hanging out at their home would be something that would stick in your mind very firmly. So when someone bring who that your prints were at a crime scene you would have a pretty good guess where.
@@The_Digital_Dolphinget the actor who played the younger version of Giancarlo Esposito in the boys. He has the cadence and inflection of his speech patterns and body language down perfectly
Not really Gus told a pretty good lie here, he implied that Gale was in trouble with some bad people, likely in debt which is why he wanted money and then explains why he was killed a week later
@@jermainelovings3123 There is a saying: He who always walks the easy path, will someday walk the hard path. Perhaps this is the reason why Walt ended up as a High School chemistry teacher despite his qualifications, because the shortcuts he took landed him in an underpay job he couldn't escape.
I want a TV show when Giancarlo just plays a really lovely guy. Like, nothing evil or sinister about him, just a purely nice guy who has never done anything wrong
4:11 - cue Hank sitting in a taco shop with his hands knit behind his head, staring at the ceiling fan: "Gustaaaavooo..... Friiiiiiiiinnnngg.... GustAVV-ooohh..... FRRRRIIIIiiiiiiiiinnnngg....."
I'm so glad they cleared it up. I knew there was no one Gus would be involved with any drug trade. He even said in his training videos he does not work with junkies.
You cut the best and most revealing part at the end.....when Gus stands in the elevator, his index finger was "ticking". Sign of extreme heart rate and high stress level...
I find it odd that a criminal mastermind like Gus never thought to contact the DEA or APD to cover his tracks by informing them of his relationship with Gale and how he had visited him shortly before his murder using this cover story…. HUGE red flag for a supposed DEA booster and Hank saw this plain as day. Hank potentially would never have considered him a suspect in the first place! His story and legitimate alibi would’ve cleared him no problem! It sure as hell worked here for the most part!
you never give up information willingly, if you come out and tell the DEA that they could use it against you because you put yourself at his apartment.
@@FedkaSlovanich so you are saying it’s better to withhold information, especially when you know your fingerprints will be found at the scene as well as the fact you were one of the last people to see the victim alive? That makes you seem even more guilty! As you can see, everyone except Hank fell for his BS here….. not sharing this information earlier ironically PUT him on a DEA agents radar and look what happened…. Plus he had a legitimate alibi for the night Gale was murdered? He could’ve spun this BS story to ASAC Merkert a day or two after reading about it and would’ve been cleared as a suspect!
Why would he go to the DEA with that information when he claims that he had no knowledge that drugs were involved in this interrogation? (Implying that it wasn't public knowledge)
@@xYiazmatx He was in his apartment, he was one of the last people to see him alive and his fingerprints were there….. he didn’t even need to contact the DEA…. he could have gone to the APD to share his connection…. someone who comes forward willingly to share their connection to a victim is less likely to be considered a suspect! Random crime or drug related crime it doesn’t matter… he fucked up bigtime as he was clearly trying to distance himself from Gale to protect his interests…. he’s a major law enforcement booster who said nothing! 🚩
I dont know if a prequel/sequel will clarify it, but the question “is Gustavo Fring your real name?” seems like something much more deeper. Im willing to bet is not his real name.
Most likely it isn't. He was involved in something shady in Chile. I'm willing to bet that he changed his name or, at the very least, destroyed his files before fleeing
@@joseluis5055 I thought i was the only one. Remember when Hector says “gran generalísimo”? I think he had something to do with Pinochet’s dictatorship probably in the military. We need the “Los Pollos Hermanos” series now!
Kind of a plot hole that the DEA didn't uncover Gus's affiliation with the cartel even though he saved Hector's life and openly stayed in touch with him.
That was about 6 years before this scene, and the paramedics were probably to focused on trying to save Hectors life than who was there for the scene, after all Gus didn’t even speak once
@@31redorange08but never once did he come across the DEA at that point as he wasn’t publicly visiting Hector, and the only reason Gus was able to stop Hectors treatment because he hired the doctor to take care of him post his stroke
So he meets this guy for one dinner, hasn’t seen him for years, and suddenly he has all these outstandingly high opinions of him. Hank picked right up on it.
I love how both Hank and Gus were very perceptive of eachother. From the beginning of the questioning to the end, you could feel a slight tension between them, accompanied by the occasional stare down. Like both of them were telling eachother: "I know."
When I look back to those exquisite scenes, I'm more in awe of the excellent writing, intricate storytelling, and palpable tension that arises from what can appear as regular dialogues. Truly one of the best tv shows ever made ❤
Gus seems like an amazing person. I’m glad they were able to clear up this misunderstanding.
Yeah it only took some homemade C4, a stolen bell from a burning hotel, a man that broke bad through cancer changing his life, some old 💨 with a 🦽 who had said bell strapped to the chair.. nothing much in the grand scheme of things 😂
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Guys these comments are making me die 😂🤣😭
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Gus even got ME believing he's innocent
I mean, technically he is when it comes to Gale’s murder
What do you mean by that? He is innocent chicken man
He didn’t kill Gale so he was innocent
Yeah, me too. And I have watched the show three times already.
@@TheRiotLightsNo that's not at all how it works. Just because he didn't pull the trigger doesn't mean he wouldn't be held liable in some way if all the evidence were to come to light.
"I'm sure if you keep digging you''ll find me." Is probably one of the last things you want to hear from Gus.
Should have said "I'm sure if you keep digging you'll find lalo and howard"
You'll find Lalo and Howard. Mostly intact.
Yep.
Yes that was the joke. @@StefanoBorini
they did some digging to find hank.
Gus is so polite, especially to Hank no wonder he gave him a free meal pass. He's a great supporter to the DEA.
Polite and very professional 👌
@@pakoochavo8696 He even donates to the DEA to fight drug abuse and drug trafficking , such a heroic philanthropist
Probably cause he took out the Salamanca twins.
Yeah, just like a psychopathic nurse of my terminally diagnosed daughter stalks my family and slanders me was in the Peace Corp... True, "nice" psychopaths go further than overtly asshole psychopaths@@ChromeandClean
I still cannot believe how they thought that drug lord was him.
This is just a reminder that when you're running a multi-million-dollar meth ring under the facade of a multi-state fast food chain, you're probably better off *NOT* hiring a high school chemistry teacher who's partnered with an irritable drug addict, _and_ happens to have a brother-in-law in the DEA.
Everytime you hear it said like that.. you’re like, hold on did this show really make sense 😂
A gentle reminder!
Yes but have you tried his product??!!
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"That is not the only factor"
@@HHfan-sx9qj It is impeccable. The highest purity on the market.
He puts his hands calmly in front of himself on the table, is polite the whole time, his voice does not tremble and he doesn´t break a sweat, no signs of nervousness whatsoever.
That's how he was able to stand up to Homelander
Spot on depiction of psychopath.
Well he’s been put to the test so many times before, a lot of scars and tribulations to get where he was.
ya little known fact: gus fring is played by a famous actor
He came prepared, except for that last question. He still handled it well
Gus is such polite gentleman.
Always good to see people like him in the community.
Is he any different than any other upstanding citizen? I wonder.
Feeding chicken to hungry cops... such a gentleman
@@kluandroid3095 Gus should have opened a donut shop.
Oh I have little doubt we will be seeing MANY MORE like him in communities all across America in the coming years.
Truly a salt of the Earth kind of man
1:50 Very quick save by Gus, as soon as he said about running into Gale at the restaurant, he remembered that Gale was a vegan so quickly changed his story before Hank could bring that up
I hadn't even noticed this. Genius observation!
And Hank catches it and smirks at him at 2:03. I never noticed that before. Good catch.
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@@lucab574 Good point! I hadnt considered that!
@@PRECIOUS_ROY420 well, you probably over focused on 2:56 where he was thinking, "what am I eating tonight? I still need to go shopping, I can't go to KFC a third time this week". But that's why I'm here
Gus was having dinner with Paul Allen on the night of Wednesday the 23rd at around 8PM
*That's bone.*
They'd gone to see a new musical called 'Oh Africa Brave Africa', it was a laugh riot
@@imcallingjapan2178 I was in New Mexico that year on my way to Canada to start my northern tech. business. Dropped of my girlfriend at a HS buddys place in Alb. ...then went to dinner with Paul and Bill.
They somehow managed a reservation at Dorsia.
Sea Urchin Ceviche! 😂
And then he killed Patrick Bateman with a box cutter, and went for dinner with Paul Allen
Gus drinks water*
Fans: omfg did anyone notice the subtle foreshadowing of hank dying in the desert where theres no water. Bravo vince! Genius!
Gus never drinks water
@@heisenburger1_ not even when having dessert
@@heisenburger1_Gus seems like the type to enjoy wine
@@joseluis5055is this a joke or have you not seen better call saul?
What are you talking about? Vince Gilligan had not determined his ending at this stage. It's just a typical statement and you're taking it way out of proportion. :/
Gus blaming Pinochet is brilliant. Serves as a plausible explanation, also makes him seem like a victim. Not to mention it would make US agents uncomfortable to look any deeper, considering the history between the US and Pinochet's regime
He makes himself a victim throughout this entire conversation too, revealing that he knows about Gale makes him come off as grieving and immediately makes the officers uncomfortable
the US backed Pinochet so he could run a ruthless right wing authoritarian government in order to keep Chile in the global capitalist pipeline that feeds into the US
The US literally planted Pinochet there, yeah very uncomfortable
@@cryluneThe CIA had very little involvement in the coup, and absolutely none in the following regime.
@@egilsamago back to school you bot.
0:18 I love how clean he is, he just checked if that table was up for the standard of los pollos hermanos
It was acceptable.
Calm down bro it's not that deep 😂
@@harsh111yt it was a joke lil bro
@@RainFall800 it wasn't a joke micro bro
@@harsh111ytIt was a joke, atom bro.
Hank could tell he was full of shit the entire time. Great acting.
tbh, any law enforcement officer worth his salt would have seen right through him. Much too smooth and perfect to be just some chicken guy.
@@MrLilfee no, not even close. Hence him doing what he has been for many years.
@@MrLilfeebro shut up
@@MrLilfee "chicken guy" he have fast food chain, that's successful. So how exactly he is "too smooth and perfect" when he is so successful?
@@MrLilfeemost officers there were biased. Gus was a respected member of the community and businessman, who was also personal friends with Hank's boss.
I just love how many layers are in this scene. Gus knows Hank is onto him. Hank knows Gus is the one, but can’t prove it yet. And then there’s that tiny hint of sexual attraction between Gus and Hank at the end there with the handshake, what an amazing scene.
Wtf?
Now that's a coment 😂
And Bruce Wayne was sitting in the corner. I mean, after that sexual attraction comment, why not?
Had us in the first half 😭😂
@@worlddd7777 Dr Gordon was in the other corner, and soon came out clapping his hands.
@4:50 Gus returning the insult to Hank by having him remain seated while shaking hands goodbye and then handing him his cane.
I just noticed when Gus says, "I'm sure if you keep digging, you will find me" Was a genius level threat to Hank to back off.
Threatening a federal agent during a recorded conversation seems like a very foolish thing to do if your objective going in was to get the heat off you.
@@stellarwind1946 Normally, that would be the case, but Gus realized that Hank already suspects him and probably figured it out. Hence, he threatened him, but in an implicit way that only Hank (who already knows he’s a drug lord) could understand.
This guy sounds very kind, I wish him a lenghty and fruitful career as a restaurateur
Amen to that
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"It's not a lie, if you believe it." -Gus and George Costanza
Very well said and the statement has some truth to it. At least I believe so!
A person believing that a lie is the truth is the literal reason behind lying 😂
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Gus is getting upset!
True, but it _is_ an unnecessary comma.
Gus is so polite that even DEA wants to forgive his crimes haha
Notice how Gus doesn't shake Gomez' hand? In a cut scene just before this, Gus walks into the bathroom to take a piss and sees Gomez in there fisting himself. Such a great show.
He does shake his hand in the beginning
Commenting that with that name is pure gold 😂
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Dude, that went too far. 😂
Despite his reasonable explanations i think Gus really lost some face.
Haha I see what you did there
Hahaha! Good one!
Brilliant😂😅
The amount that was lost is really blown out of proportion if you ask me
Ah Haaa 🥁
Breaking Bad is the only show in the world where I don't have a favorite character because they're all just too good.
Well said......agreed!
Nah everyone knows Huell is the best character, he makes us all reasonably happy
Skyler was annoying 😭
@@Dipset415 most atleast, I can’t choose between Mike, Jesse, Walt, Saul, Hank, Gus, or even Tuco
Reminded me of my ex wife so much. She was painful to watch😂🤣@Dipset415
Gus' business was flawless. His only blemish was hiring Walt to be a part of it. Unfortunately for him, it was the undoing of everything including him losing his life.
Actually that's not true. If you watched Better Call Saul, you'd know Gus had all kinds of risks and issues to contend with in terms of dealing with the power struggles from the Salamancas and the Mexican cartels. Tough gig being a drug overlord.
@@bry2k Don’t you think that Gus couldn’t have managed with Gale’s product or was he so seduced by the purity of Walt’s, he couldn’t accept anything less?
@@tracyb64 Have you not seen the show? Gus wanted the purest product, but he was fed up with Walt and Jesse's antics after Walt killed Gus' dealers (whom Jesse was intent on killing because they killed his girlfriend's cousin - the kid on the bike who killed Jesse's dealer friend). Gus decided to kill Walt and replace him with Gale. Walt called Jesse and sounded the alarm that they were going to kill him if he didn't kill Gale. Jesse killed Gale. Gus had no other options. Then Gus killed his henchman for failing to protect Gale. Then Walt got super paranoid and set upon his plan to kill Gus. Gus ded. Walt won. Jesse retired. And (spoiler alert) they all lived happily ever after!
@@bry2k Gus killed his henchman because he was seen at the crime scene and there was a police sketch about him. Not because he failed to protect Gale. You’re right about everything else tho.
@@RP-77 Hmmm...I don't know if that's accurate. Victor the henchman told Mike he was seen, but Mike was never shown relaying that to Gus. They stood guard over Walt and Jessse in the lab until Gus showed up, Gus got suited up, and killed Victor. Gus did it because Victor didn't know his place. His place was to protect his assets (among which: Gale), not to fancy himself capable of being a great meth cook.
3:51 seems to me a rare moment when Gus loses his composure. He seems frustrated and bewildered as to why Hank is now digging into his origins.
I think that was intended. The confusion anyone would have from being asked that.
Tbf it comes off as genuine anyway.
He came there prepared about Gale's death. He already knew how to answer all of them except that last one from Hank. He was caught off guard but still managed to answer it carefully though.
Nah that was just pure gaslighting, no wonder he was so attached to Walt.
if you WEREN'T confused at somebody questioning your name/age/etc, then THAT would be suspicious. I'm sure as soon as Hank said "one more thing", Gus shot daggers at him with his eyes because he clearly wants to prove his innocence and GTFO. He also knows Hank is onto him so anything out of his mouth is trouble, and I'm sure the question would make anyone get caught off guard, but the response he gave seemed entirely planned. The question is inherently ridiculous. Nobody is staying calm/reasonable/composed to something like that. He answered exactly the way an innocent person would've answered. Being overly compliant is commonly a sign of guilt (i.e., going out of your way to prove your innocence).
that guy is innocent.
Yeah i have never watched this movie before but idk why they are pressing this innocent man for no reason 😅
Same, I was like "why would they investigate an honorable and innocent man?"
As innocent as Bill Clinton with that secretary!
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This scene is still very well done. Well written and acted. It leaves me in awe about how gus answers every question calmly and as simply as he could.
"word economy". I was a debater in college (some said a good one). But I've learned in life that the best debaters practice word economy. Give nothing away, and if your opponent in life or contest wants to babble, let him. Learn everything, reveal nothing.
It's because it's in the script.
@@klaas6681 yeah and the script is (kind of) like a blank canvas: you can put literally anything you want onto it (studio restrictions being apart of the caveat pie)
Its still hard to nail a character like this though.
To be fair it would be tenfold easier to act this out for a show than for real life. But he does do a great job.
@@inversional_loopexactly bro, I think writing is often overlooked sometimes, unfortunately
Is it just me or was 4:35 a threat?
The smile as well is more like a “I know what you where trying to pull on me and I got the better hand” look almost like a taunt to Hank especially since none of the other agents bat an eye or seemed suspicious of gus at all in this scene and lets him go and suspicion is never brought up again until after gus is killed
Definitely was
"He was a very good and talented chemist. But for reasons I never really understood, he was more interested in taking shortcuts, than what would could have been a very promising career."
I like to think he was talking about Walt
I was wondering this as well but Walt didn't take shortcuts
@@sierra7534He absolutely did business-wise. He hated waiting on Jesse to sell off product, so he pushed Gus into hiring them but still went under him and repeatedly compromised their business. Kept junkies on his payroll, didn’t tell Gus about his proximity to the DEA, was generally dishonest about how reliable he and Jesse were.
They make good product, but Walt’s ambition and manipulations made him take tons of shortcuts compared to how Gus conducts business.
@@sierra7534not in his cook, but in his empire building. Mike breaks his balls about it in the payout scene in the final season
Walt's downfall wasn't taking shortcuts. It was his pride and arrogance.
He had to learn his lines for the upcoming billions
3:42 - When Hank asked Gus if Gus was his real name, Gus’ mask came temporarily down. Gus wasn’t prepared for that question.
If anything he came off as genuine, the whole topic was about gale and the fingerprints, so Hank asking that question and throwing him off would only validate Gus’s whole story even further with the DEA.
to be honest, this was part of the conversation that made him look innocent. people are saying he sounded too rehearsed etc, well this is TV show so obviously the script is "cleaned up" a little than how real people talk, but if somebody asks you what your REAL NAME is, that's something clearly accusatory. especially if you're an immigrant, you know exactly what they're implying. it's like if you told someone your age and they say "but are you REALLY x years old?"; the statement comes across as combative, because it is.
him showing shock/slight offense makes him seem the whole response seem more human. people who are guilty will usually be compliant with EVERYTHING in an effort to seem innocent, even when questions and accusations are incredibly inflammatory. innocent people answer what they know, generally briefly, and deflect what they don't, generally with some hostility. he probably wasn't prepared for that question, but I'd argue after computing it for a second or two, he responded exactly how Gus Fring would respond (i.e, the mask stayed on).
@@zzthedon4knailed it
I like how it took him, like, 20 seconds to process a proper response to that, which just made it seem more genuine. Because it probably was.
We never actually learn, later on, what his history was before moving to Mexico. So for all we know, his real name could very well be Gustavo Fring and he could have been answering completely, totally honestly.
@@Resi1ience I noticed he was able to recalibrate. When I first saw it I assumed he was just a really good liar. However, in the flashback the cartel said he came from Chile and they called him Gustavo. He had a mysterious background. I don’t think that was his actual name, but he used the same name in his dealings with the cartel and they seemed to know aspects of his backstory that Hank didn’t know. I think there might have been more going on about Gus’ background then just being a criminal hiding his identity in the US as he used the same name when dealing with the cartel. BB made his background coming up from Chile purposely mysterious. It might have been why his response seemed believable to everyone but Hank.
And don't include the shot with a pissed off Gus outside that room.
1:00 terminator model-Fring activated infiltrate mode
I appreciate that even after both shows we never got a full explanation as to Gus’s past. I like how it’s a bit mysterious
Gus telling Hank not to get up at the end was such a power move
Gus: "I'M DRINKIN' OFF YO' BOOTY SWEAT, AND BUSTIN' A NUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Yes and no. Hank was legitimately disabled at that point, so it comes off as conscientious.
@@mobus1603 Yes he was. Which is why it's the perfect cover.
Also handing Hank his cane immediately afterwards
@@mobus1603 I think it had an underhanded meaning in that Gus and Hank clearly see through each other and Gus is basically saying here I've won dont get up like they are in a fight.
4:35 "I'm sure, if you keep digging, you'll find me."
ooooh that was a threat.
Well.. if Marie keeps digging she will find Hank, so, yeah
@@Gonzalo_Lalo 💀
I saw some people mention that, how so? Not a native english speaker, might have flew over my head.. is it like if hank keeps digging in this interrogation he will find Gus?
@@raftlack4326 It's an implied threat, not a direct threat.
"If you keep digging" (If you keep looking into me and my past)
"I'm sure you'll find me" (I'll have you killed for knowing too much)
The threat is in the eyes. A real smile is in the eyes, gus only smiles with his mouth. But when he says "you'll find me", the smile disappears for a moment while he stares into hank's eyes.
"I'm sure if you keep digging you''ll find me." is such a perfect line, the double meaning and the performance by Esposito makes it so badass/chilling. Vince Gilligan is a fantastic writer.
Plus years later with Better Call Saul we now know about Lalo buried into the foundations of the superlab
Chile has, in fact, always maintained very good records of its citizens.
@ObamaFromKenya with a little help from IBM
I think it’s implied that he was a high roller when Pinochet was in power and that his records were mostly destroyed and he escaped to Mexico.
@zackcross7190 Interesting. I hadn't read that into the plot but it is a feasible scenario. A small group of people did very well, under Pinochet but he would probably have had to have a special relationship with an intelligence agency to have his records removed.
@ObamaFromKenya Interesting. I had missed that detail
@@stephenburnage7687I always felt that gus was in general pinochets intelligence agency. He seems to have the skill set and the meticulous personality of someone ex military or police, there’s nothing in the show but it’s a theory of mine
1:48 I love this part. Gus, after saying he ran into gale at the restaurant, remembers he's vegan, and changes his response.
Gustavo has an insane amount of method acting to the point where it'd be genuinely impossible to receive anything but positive energy from this man that's literally seething with rage in this scene.
I guess this is also the Reality Distortion Field. A technique e.g. Steve Jobs used to market his products.
It comes from the years working at a fast food restaurant lol
@@phild.4545 thats some crackhead theories, this is a fake show
I have watched breaking bad twice and better call Saul once, but after watching this clip i am 100% convinced that it is all just a misunderstanding with Gus Fring.
A lot of people here mentioning the "keep digging" part. But there was another small direction toward Hank here. At 2:48, he talks about taking shortcuts, and looks at Hank. When he talks about a promising career, he looks back at the other agents.
3:22 Hank confirm his theory with this move
Yeah every pan to Hank shows he doesn’t believe a word of what Gus was saying.
means?
I love how Gus had an answer for literally everything during the interrogation
I guess Gus was prepared for every question except for that last 1 by Hank. Also, it's fun rewatching both Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul, but trying to see the series through the point of view of Gus or Hank. Gus spent decades building up the perfect meth empire that was ruined in a little over a year by Walt who got him killed, & Hank worked his way up the DEA trying to bring down a meth empire that ended up being ran by his brother in law Walt who also got him killed.
That's how it happens in real life, just one little thing gets you.
@@manticore4952 that's why these "Star actor" films all being the man on risk taking is real life BS. Life isn't like that. Just had an "incident" with a neighbour in Canada and NONE of the legal people from the cop to the Judge had EVER been in a real fight. It''s not like TV where there's a build up, tension rises. Most fights are more like Samurai: over in a nano second, and in a LOT of cases. BOTH get harmed or killed.
You can tell his composure changed a bit when Hank asked that. The question also reveals to Gus that he's being investigated, he probably thought the meeting was just to clear up why his fingerprints were found in a crime scene
This comment was copied from another video hahaha
@@joseluis5055 He wasn't officially being investigated. Hank told Walt later in the same episode the DEA did not officially consider him a suspect. Mike told this to Gus in a later episode. Everything Hank was doing onward (such as putting the tracker on the car) would have been illegal and most likely not admissible as evidence.
But on the other hand, Gus was also kind of trapped. He knew if he DID have a lawyer show up, it would make him look guilty or like he's hiding something. So he kind of had to let Hank investigate unofficially, and instead was smart and knew exactly what to manipulate (like how he only drove to certain places with the tracker on the car).
There will never be another show like Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul again. Two masterpieces.
Poor Gale had to leave his job with Gus and left to fight lawsuits with Jessica Pearson and Harvey Spencer
'Fifteen years ago, I established a chemistry scholarship in UNM' reminded me of 'Two years ago, a man came into my office, he said his name was Mayhew'.
Gus is the type of person that would self represent in court and win completely, I genuinely don’t think anyone besides Hector could’ve brought him down
*hector and Walt lol
When Hank says there's no records of you ever living there and in the distance horns honk and tires screech that was perfect.
That’s quite a stretch don’t you think 🤣
@@Jasman500 sound design is always purposeful. The commentaries show how much thought goes into every little piece.
@austinwinston684 Bruh it's probably stock background noise. Think they recorded traffic audio for this scenes lmao.
@@shenFen-jf2jk HAHAGHHA i thought this guy was mocking all the nerdy film students who over analyse anything but hes actually one of those spastics HAHHA
@@austinwinston684 "Every Vrabo Bince is intentional...
*EVERY FUCKING ONE* "
If Hank investigated a bit more he would find that Gus wasnt in Chile in 83, he was in jail with Billy Ray Valentine
Was he having a serving of jive turkey close to Thanksgiving...Yeah.
Ah yes, I almost forgot
Billy Rat Valentine, Capricorn
And he was arrested in ‘89 outside Sal’s pizzeria
@@zackcross7190 RIP Radio Rahim.
I love how as soon as they tell him they are investigating a murder he responds with the name.
An innocent person who knows someone who was just murdered is going to know right away you are talking about the person they know who was recently murdered. Him playing dumb at that point would give him away. He never plays dumb. He just acts like all he knows is what he would know if he was innocent, and is completely forthcoming with it all.
Such a brilliant scene.
Yeah. If you were just a good citizen, finding out someone was murdered when you were just hanging out at their home would be something that would stick in your mind very firmly.
So when someone bring who that your prints were at a crime scene you would have a pretty good guess where.
Why didn't they ask the nature of the investment? We were just so close to winning the war on drugs.
1:25 Care to explain how exactly he died? 😂
Gunshot from a certain Pinkman
His time in Chile deserves a spinoff show or at least a movie like El Camino
He's too old to play a pre 1986 Gus. But that would be awesome, I agree
@@The_Digital_Dolphinget the actor who played the younger version of Giancarlo Esposito in the boys. He has the cadence and inflection of his speech patterns and body language down perfectly
@@dookeland8 I've never seen the the scenes you speak of, so I wouldn't know. But I trust your judgment
@@dookeland8The "boys" ?
He wasnt in Chile then, we all know he was in jail with Billy Ray Valentine in 82
Gus seems like a Very respectable and Honest man, Hank is being very unprofessional
2:03 Hank's BS detector is working here. Too bad no one took him seriously.
Not really Gus told a pretty good lie here, he implied that Gale was in trouble with some bad people, likely in debt which is why he wanted money and then explains why he was killed a week later
@@Bob_99.1it’s more about the fact that Gale is vegan so why would he be at a Fried chicken restaurant
It's always easy to quarterback after the fact.
@@acat6145 Gus explained that because gale was in need of money and wanted to establish contact
So good - he's got an answer for everything, and even an explanation for the Chile thing.
4:25 goddahm this guy has an answer for everything he got me believe he was innocent
"I'm sure if you keep digging, you'll find me."
You gotta love the threating Gus.🤣🤣
2:42 I feel like this is also a comment on Walt.
Rewatching it. It is a subtle comment about Walt without mentioning his name; which is brilliant.
@@jermainelovings3123 There is a saying: He who always walks the easy path, will someday walk the hard path.
Perhaps this is the reason why Walt ended up as a High School chemistry teacher despite his qualifications, because the shortcuts he took landed him in an underpay job he couldn't escape.
Underrated scene
Very columbo-like
“…oh yeah just one more thing”
Just one more, Fring.
Hank had him dead to rights with that question. He knew all along
I want a TV show when Giancarlo just plays a really lovely guy. Like, nothing evil or sinister about him, just a purely nice guy who has never done anything wrong
The subtle glare from Gus when Hank chimes in with “1999”…he realizes Hank knows enough to be a meaningful threat.
Missed the best bit of Gus having to calm down in the elevator.
“I’m sure if you keep digging, you’ll find me.” That was a cold threat
This is the moment Hank lost all his privileges of having free meals from Los Pollos Hermanos
😂😂😂😂😂
The polite and subtle threat from Gus is just terrifying.
"I am sure if you keep digging, you will find me."
The best under the table threat ever.
Man talk about pure evil. How he was able to answer every question so clear and precise made me wonder whether or not he really is a drug kingpin 😂😂
3:25 You can see how badly Hank wants that appointment book.
You are tweaking
@@VidkunQ You don't know the half of it bruh.
4:52 "Stay at your place mister DEA and don't try to snoop into my business"
Bravo Vince.
Good thing he told the truth.
Maximino Arciniega is both the name of Gus Fring's partner that was killed by Hector Salamanca AND the name of the actor that plays Krazy-8.
Margolis is name of Pinkman s girlfrend and actor, who played Tio Salamanka.
4:11 - cue Hank sitting in a taco shop with his hands knit behind his head, staring at the ceiling fan:
"Gustaaaavooo..... Friiiiiiiiinnnngg.... GustAVV-ooohh..... FRRRRIIIIiiiiiiiiinnnngg....."
What a nice man. He was a fund raiser that night you say? An upstanding member of the community.
Hank sitting as the odd one out on the left of Fring illustrates how he sees through the BS unlike the opposing 3 agents.
gosh.its such a short clip, and i feel the intensity again..loved that show
Where was I on the night of the 23rd? Well, I was probably returning videotapes.
4:23 no, really it isn't, may i interest you in a helicopter ride?
I'm so glad they cleared it up. I knew there was no one Gus would be involved with any drug trade. He even said in his training videos he does not work with junkies.
They should have asked him what they had for their dinner in the apartment.
You cut the best and most revealing part at the end.....when Gus stands in the elevator, his index finger was "ticking". Sign of extreme heart rate and high stress level...
Gosh, he has an answer for everything.
I find it odd that a criminal mastermind like Gus never thought to contact the DEA or APD to cover his tracks by informing them of his relationship with Gale and how he had visited him shortly before his murder using this cover story…. HUGE red flag for a supposed DEA booster and Hank saw this plain as day.
Hank potentially would never have considered him a suspect in the first place! His story and legitimate alibi would’ve cleared him no problem! It sure as hell worked here for the most part!
you never give up information willingly, if you come out and tell the DEA that they could use it against you because you put yourself at his apartment.
@@FedkaSlovanich so you are saying it’s better to withhold information, especially when you know your fingerprints will be found at the scene as well as the fact you were one of the last people to see the victim alive? That makes you seem even more guilty!
As you can see, everyone except Hank fell for his BS here….. not sharing this information earlier ironically PUT him on a DEA agents radar and look what happened….
Plus he had a legitimate alibi for the night Gale was murdered? He could’ve spun this BS story to ASAC Merkert a day or two after reading about it and would’ve been cleared as a suspect!
@@FedkaSlovanichnice observation! I'm kinda hung over rn, not feeling so sharp atm, but yeah, you're absolutely right.
Why would he go to the DEA with that information when he claims that he had no knowledge that drugs were involved in this interrogation? (Implying that it wasn't public knowledge)
@@xYiazmatx He was in his apartment, he was one of the last people to see him alive and his fingerprints were there….. he didn’t even need to contact the DEA…. he could have gone to the APD to share his connection…. someone who comes forward willingly to share their connection to a victim is less likely to be considered a suspect!
Random crime or drug related crime it doesn’t matter… he fucked up bigtime as he was clearly trying to distance himself from Gale to protect his interests…. he’s a major law enforcement booster who said nothing! 🚩
As a Presbiterian myself, I can confirm his support has been invaluable to our community.
I dont know if a prequel/sequel will clarify it, but the question “is Gustavo Fring your real name?” seems like something much more deeper. Im willing to bet is not his real name.
Most likely it isn't. He was involved in something shady in Chile. I'm willing to bet that he changed his name or, at the very least, destroyed his files before fleeing
@@joseluis5055 I thought i was the only one. Remember when Hector says “gran generalísimo”? I think he had something to do with Pinochet’s dictatorship probably in the military. We need the “Los Pollos Hermanos” series now!
Well no shit. Jeesh.
@@i.g3629I believe Peter Gould said that they considered Gus being a part of Pinochet's regime as a possible backstory
I desperately want to forget this series so that I can watch it all over from the beginning 😢
Kind of a plot hole that the DEA didn't uncover Gus's affiliation with the cartel even though he saved Hector's life and openly stayed in touch with him.
Good catch! The paramedics were there
That was about 6 years before this scene, and the paramedics were probably to focused on trying to save Hectors life than who was there for the scene, after all Gus didn’t even speak once
@@Bob_99.1 Gus was there for Hector's rehabilitation and somehow had the authority to stop the treatment at some point.
@@31redorange08but never once did he come across the DEA at that point as he wasn’t publicly visiting Hector, and the only reason Gus was able to stop Hectors treatment because he hired the doctor to take care of him post his stroke
So he meets this guy for one dinner, hasn’t seen him for years, and suddenly he has all these outstandingly high opinions of him. Hank picked right up on it.
0:04 "how was your mew?"☝️🤫
Gus is such a good villain. So friendly on the outside and so few got to see the real him
How could you not love Gus?
Just how???
I love how both Hank and Gus were very perceptive of eachother. From the beginning of the questioning to the end, you could feel a slight tension between them, accompanied by the occasional stare down. Like both of them were telling eachother: "I know."
Right
Wasted opportunity. title could have been "Hank puts the Sus on Gus"
Hahaha.
I always loved how he always seemed to have an answer for everything. The answers were always extremely logical and made complete sense.
4:42 when gus’ face lights up all fake hank does one back 😃😀
lol fake hank.
Mirroring
Lol! How I never noticed that.
When I look back to those exquisite scenes, I'm more in awe of the excellent writing, intricate storytelling, and palpable tension that arises from what can appear as regular dialogues. Truly one of the best tv shows ever made ❤
Smooth operator
I liked the part where the psychopath pretended he was just a simple small business owner and the suspicious detective did not believe him.