Hector may look mad, but on the inside, he's relishing the opportunity not just to avenge his family, but having the chance to kill someone personally.
He was nodding yes with his eyes if you pay attention. Walt: "I want to offer you the opportunity for revenge." Hector: (Breaths heavily and moves his eyeballs up and down back and forth)
This is what I thought! Hector used to be a feared mob boss who is now cuckolded into being a disabled man... Walt offering him the opportunity to blow up Gus means he can avenge his family, show he is still the old hector And go out in a blaze of glory...
@@b-zar8912 ya but that was in his youth and health. Imagine being a ruthless gangster only for your age and health problems to prevent you from doing what you like. Then some guy offers you a way out in the blaze of glory. One you can't refuse.
@@NZobservatory It can be "retroactive writing", the writers for Better Call Saul did extensive reserch and rewatched many times Saul's lines and actions in BB, then they built Saul's character with more depth, basically 'rewriting' Saul in Breaking Bad AFTER the show ended.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend and he probably preferred dying in a blazing glory like that knowing Gus would eventually kill him and after being crippled for years with no one left but Walt to offer to help kill Gus
@@mocoloni to be fair that was Gus. He told Hector he redirected them to Hank and then double crossed them by giving Hank the warning they were coming.
@@Wolf-wc1js Well yeah, when it comes to Hector and Walt, he's pissed about Tuco only. I mentioned the Cousins as it's what got him really pissed ultimately.
Even though Hector started the feud between him and Gus, he lost more family members because of Gus than anyone flse in the show. As well as that even though he hated Walt because of what happened to Tuco, he hated Gus way more than Walt and gus and walt in the end had a common enemy in Gus.
Always wondered what kind of conversation these two would’ve had if Hector was still able to speak. You got to give props to the actor who plays Hector for being able to communicate so well through his facial expressions.
Hector had no real reason to hate Walt. Hector knew what a total whack job his nephews (especially Tuco) were and knew that Walt was more or less just an innocent victim to Tuco's insanity.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Hector was just as unpredictable as the rest of the Salamancas, but "Family is everything". His animosoty towards Walt is as great as it is to Gus, but Walt presenting this opportunity for him to at least go down with Gus (instad of suffering more torment and an eventual painful death from Gus) meant he took it as the last possible resort.
@@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910 honestly Walt made him a favor by offering his revenge. Hector would've died there alone in a wheel chair without having payback and probably would've died in an anticlimactic way. He gets to die by blowing up the man he hates the most and going out in a badass way. Hector was a criminal afterall
Not just facial expressions, but almost completely alien facial expressions that people don’t normally see. The average television viewer has not met a stroke victim, so it’s new ground. Serious skill.
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I think Saul didn't know who Héctor really was. Saul only knew him as a senile handicapped man known as his relative name Tío, and he recently learned he had had bad blood with Gus 😂
Amazing strategy by Walter to send Hector to the Dea so Gus is forced to deal with him. Also you can see Hector is teary eyed before going to the Dea office. Probably thinking about his family.
I think he was ashamed to even give the illusion of cooperating with the police, US police above all .. I don’t know how much of the backstory of a cartel wife wanting to cooperate with the DEA and hence being betrayed by her own loyal men in narcos is inspired by true events (Judy). But it seemed believable they would turn her against her when she would become a « rata ». In that sense I think it pained him even to pretend he would do that
Yes it was. The one and only blind spot the man had coupled with the need, obsession to administer personal vengeance to Hector were the only cracks in the armor. Microscopic actually taking a man as smart, desperate, diabolical as Walt to exploit them. Mike being hurt in mexico was the final nail in the coffin. I have my doubts that Mike would not have found the bomb. He would not have let Gus near the place until he had not only performed electronic surveillance detection but thorough eyes and hands on inspect. Hector and the wheelchair would come under the most scrutiny. Imo Mike would have known this was a trap. Not from Walt but something to do with the DEA and Hank. Maybe involving Walt somehow but not top priority.
@@joshschaeffer3300 the only reason gus died is because he didnt have mike. Mike would have convinced gus to kill walt in that field. "No half measures. You let him go and he will find a way to screw us over. Kill him now, pay his family and jesse will eventually forgive"
1:54 you can see his hatred being persuaded by reason/logic. the breaking of that intense stare and the shifting of eyes followed up with the refixation of his gaze says everything.
I wonder if instead of a bomb he would have simply waited outside the room for Gus and the other man to arrive, so he could shoot them by surprise. Hector would still live and could finally see his revenge come true.
Gus still won imo he wiped out the cartel and single-handedly killed hectors entire family lineage. Gus was the real victim, Hector literally killed himself when he shot Max and beat Gus
This scene shows Walter's greatest strength, what kept him alive, what made him win. His genius level intellect and knowing how to play every situation. He really was the best.
If gus hadn't had the fixation of revenge he would have been boned though. If mike was the one to check the room the plan would have failed. If lalo wasn't blinded by revenge and payback as well to pursue gus alone without a backup contact, didn't let him keep his vest or get too relaxed in the end he would be alive now as well ..And walt wouldn't be able to deal with lalo. He wouldn't be able to play him or have an easy time exploiting his vices. Walt was really lucky that all these events and traits lined up as they did but he was smart, no doubt about it. Though many smart people bit it. A lot of people underestimated him due to his background.
That part always stuck out to me when he said "any second thoughts?". It shows that Walt was indeed very cold and calculating and extremely dangerous but he still had some humanity inside, and while Gus saw Hector as the vicious monster piece of evil cartel filth he was, at this point, Walter just saw a helpless old man and Walt needed to know that Tio was fully on board for this plan.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 youre reading way much into this. If hector wasnt willing to go through with the plan the plan wouldve failed. Walter doesnt say this out of some kind of humanity. Theres nothing suggesting that
I always wondered if the nursing home ever wondered why so many people were interested in seeing Hector. The twins, Walt & even Gus. Don't you think at least someone would get suspicious about his visitors?
@@hanslanda58 How exactly would they know? Walt is the only normal looking guy to visit him. Gus is a famous restaurant owner & the creepy murder twins are...well, creepy! Don't get me wrong, I know they can easily just pass it off by saying he's their uncle, but still. Gus, especially, should have been a red flag!
@@WillOfMyD so what? what are you getting at? Hector is known by the dea. They know he's an old crime boss. Do you think the nursing home thinks he's some sweet innocent old man? And either way, what are you expecting them to do about it exactly?
@@yourmum69_420 Soooooo, what you're saying is that the nursing home knows that he use to be a crime boss, is involved in communication with the DEA & the fact that he gets a lot of visitors should be completely normal to them & should not be investigated in at all *just because he's old?*" How does that make ANY SENSE at all? Let's try to apply that to actual assholes in real life. "Why should we care that old Hitler has a lot of visitors? Just because the people who are visiting him wear swastikas is ok. That's not suspicious at all, besides we can't do anything because he's old." I'm not saying they should lock the guy up, I'm saying they should at least be worried that a criminal leader still has so much access on the outside. He maybe old, bit he clearly still has power in the criminal world! I mean what the hell do you think they would think he would be talking to his nephews about anyway? How cold his tapioca was last Thursday? What they should have done was rig that guy up with surveillance. Put cameras and microphone everywhere. Hell, stick one up his oily old asshole while your at it. You literally said it yourself, he's a crime boss. WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT?
Nacho's revenge came through a chemistry teacher who had no experience in the crime underworld, but still a genius on his own right. In the end, everyone got what they want and deserve.
nah, i think nacho killing himself was the climax of his "revenge". he knew he was already dead, but he disrespected gus, pissed off hector and the salamancas, and even managed to hurt bolsa a little as a treat. and then he shot himself, robbing them of the satisfaction of killing the "rat" themselves. you can see afterwards hector taking shots at his corpse, clearly angry he didn't get to do it himself
@@craque_victor exactly but who put him in that spot Gus did because he wanted revenge on Hector and his whole family so he used him for that . all nacho ever wanted was to keep his dad safe
In the end, Hector died the same way as Nacho. Orchestrated and planned by someone else with their consent but they themselves were the ones who pulled the trigger that lead to their deaths.
@@gb7586 that’s not what they’re saying. They’re saying that Nacho’s death was consensually orchestrated by Gus, similarly to Walt and Hector, and both Nacho and Hector were the ones who “pulled the trigger” to Jill themselves. They weren’t saying Nacho’s suicide was part of the plan, it’s just something that also happened.
Angry Hector is truly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. On the surface, he just looks like a bitter, angry, grumpy, old man but if you knew who he truly was and what he was capable of when he was young, healthy and in his prime, you’d shutter in fear
Kind of tragic too, this is a guy who stressed “family is all” to Tuco, the twins, and Lalo because he probably saw most of his family die in the life he lived. I mean he’s still a despicable person but still.
I wonder if instead of a bomb he would have simply waited outside the room for Gus and the other man to arrive, so he could shoot them by surprise. Hector would still live and could finally see his revenge come true.
You do realize it took Jesse for the idea right? It took him earning Gus' trust to know about the meeting and also some arrogance from Gus but Walt didn't have the idea(of the only place to get Gus) until Jesse planted it right before this clip starts
@@LonghornsLegend True, but it also took Walter manipulating Jesse to get back on his side through the “Lilly of the valley” scheme otherwise he would’ve been dead in the water.
@@matthewriley7826 oh 100%. Walt having control over hesse and manipulating him was a large part of all this. And obviously the master plan goes to Walt but Jesse dropped the seed without even knowing it
I always love how just when we think Walt couldn't possibly get any more evil, he shows some true humanity. He asks Hector "any second thoughts?" and that old man looks him right in the eyes and doesn't ding the bell. (Meaning No). Yes Walt really needed this plan to work but he still saw Hector as an old man with nothing left to give but his life, and whatever tiny conscience Walt had left needed to be entirely sure that Hector was fully on board for this.
@@sv4647 Walt needed just the enough information to plot a trap for Gus. All he needed to know was that Gus had a personal enemy and that he visited him just to torment him. Saul didn't need to manipulate or plant any idea in Walt's head because Walt would do it anyway
Walt just blends into the walls. Even if the F.B.I. asked if any strange people were seen in the old folks home that day they probably wouldn't even remember Walt because he looks so average and harmless. That's such an interesting character trait that allows him to get away with so much.
Walter is such a legendary figure toward the end of this show. Everything he says and does has so much purpose; he literally just gets hits way with people through sheer will and his ruthless intellect. Him and Tony Soprano are the best characters ever
“Without Tony Soprano, there would be no Walter White.” - Vince Gilligan They’re amongst the two best characters (& are the two best actors) of shows with actors, though you could add Omar Little or a few others from The Wire into the mix.
I like how Walt doesn’t actually force Hector into this but even offers him the opportunity to _not_ make this sacrifice with, ‘Any second thoughts?’ I guess Hector responded well to that token of respect and lack of presumption on Walt’s part.
Hardcore mexican gangsters like Hector likely never expected to die a peaceful death anyway, so I imagine the chance to not die covered in his own waste, but to die in a big explosion despite being pretty much incapable to move and killing his most hated enemy to avenge everyone he ever cared about was the greatest gift Hector could even imagine at that point in time.
@@angelcrispin9589 hell you don’t even need a lawyer, Jesse just could’ve used his phone to call Walt directly to tell him about Hector but obviously he needed to call Saul while he was being questioned.
Just realized this confirms that Lalo will die in this last season of BCS when Saul said Gus informed Hector that the last of his family has been killed.
I love how in this scene, saul in his own mind sees what he told walt as not valuable information, but walter, the guy who can kill anyone without thinking twice, knows that it was indeed the solution he needed. Just shows how idealistic he really is. If he wasnt a meth cook and cold blooded killer, he probably would have never thought of it. But then again, the guy did threaten walt and his entire family.
Howard’s death was technically unavenged here😅 technically Gus inadvertently avenged Howard when he killed Lalo. Killing Gus overrides that especially when using Hector as the one to do it.
Now after BCS you can only truly understand the hatred between Gus and Hector, Hector almost seemed gitty about the chance to kill Gus even if it meant killing himself as well…. That is a true grudge
@@ColdshadowGaming Wow man, you're right! I never thought it that way!! So Jesse's revelation sealed Saul's doubts of Lalo's survival too, cuz Salamanca family!! That's a brilliant that I never thought about until you mentioned it, OMG wish I had known this earlier but better late than never I guess......
I always loved the look Walt gets when he realizes Hector and Gus arent friends but enemies. He is thinking Ive got something here. Actually managing to kill Fring at the hospital that would have been a disaster especially given the fact Fring had been there to talk to Jesse. All the sneaking in the world would not hide the fact that the men who died in the car bomb had met the man involved In the possible ricin poisoning of a child. Too many cameras in any hospital to not be seen leaving where you had been to go in a room with Fring who had just arrived and then leaving the room together a few minutes later and Fring leaves and gets blown up. Wouldnt be good. Shows how desperate Walt was that he wasnt thinking through each step and the consequences the way he had berated Jesse for not doing and seen the hospital is a terrible move and if anything goes wrong then Jesse is outed as a traitor and Fring's guard is up even higher. The one loose end in Hector provided the only way of murdering Fring and getting away with it while Fring himself provided the power vacuum and decimated cartel that gives Walt time to grow and establish dominance in the drug trade free of the massive attention he would be receiving from the cartel.
Seriously, how many actors could portray so may instantaneous emotional changes with just their eyes and subtle movements as Mark Margolis. From Scarface to PI to Breaking Bad to Better Call Saul, we were all quite lucky to watch this man at work.
I like to think if Mike was with Gus in the end, that after the first bell ring, Mike would immediately pick up something is wrong and push him out of the room. After all Gus and Mike know what it means to exact revenge
I like to think of "what if" woth this show as well. I believe Mike would probably first off would of searched his car after Gus's instinctual abandoning it. Then would of advised him not to go in person to visit Hector, as the situation didn't make sense. Too coincidental that you get lured away and someone puts a bomb under your car, then not long after an old school cartel don rats you out?
If Mike was there Gus may have still entered the room regardless of his warning one of the henchmen did advise Gus to send him in to handle it instead but his blind hatred and need to personally exact revenge overpowered his caution and ability to sense that something is off like in parking garage. However though Mike would've likely been the candidate to sweep the room for bugs which he's very thorough and would've absolutely found the bomb in the chair
Hector may look mad, but on the inside, he's relishing the opportunity not just to avenge his family, but having the chance to kill someone personally.
He was nodding yes with his eyes if you pay attention.
Walt: "I want to offer you the opportunity for revenge."
Hector: (Breaths heavily and moves his eyeballs up and down back and forth)
This is what I thought!
Hector used to be a feared mob boss who is now cuckolded into being a disabled man...
Walt offering him the opportunity to blow up Gus means he can avenge his family, show he is still the old hector And go out in a blaze of glory...
Didn't the guy kill Gus's partner personally tho?
@@b-zar8912 Yes and Hector was also racist against Gus kind and hated him…
@@b-zar8912 ya but that was in his youth and health. Imagine being a ruthless gangster only for your age and health problems to prevent you from doing what you like. Then some guy offers you a way out in the blaze of glory. One you can't refuse.
I love how everytime hector is just chilling until someone shows up
I mean, it's not like he got other things to do anyways, lol.
I just saw my grandma aged 96 in her nursing home on Easter...trust me, all they do in there is "just chill".
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 gerçek bir adam büyükannesini asla huzurevine yerleştirmez..
Chilling and thinking of Ignacio Vargas
When you can’t walk or talk, what else can you do besides chilling
Saul is genius. He literally planted that idea
Exactlyyy. After watching BCS we know how manipulative Saul is.
well that's no news
To send Gustavo to Beliz?
Yeah, because they totally knew there would be a prequel years after this and they knew exactly how they were going to write it. lol
@@NZobservatory It can be "retroactive writing", the writers for Better Call Saul did extensive reserch and rewatched many times Saul's lines and actions in BB, then they built Saul's character with more depth, basically 'rewriting' Saul in Breaking Bad AFTER the show ended.
I like the fact that even though Hector is still pissed off about Tuco, but he's willing to work with Walt to kill Gus lol
Not just Tuco but also the Cousins.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend and he probably preferred dying in a blazing glory like that knowing Gus would eventually kill him and after being crippled for years with no one left but Walt to offer to help kill Gus
@@mocoloni to be fair that was Gus. He told Hector he redirected them to Hank and then double crossed them by giving Hank the warning they were coming.
@@Wolf-wc1js Well yeah, when it comes to Hector and Walt, he's pissed about Tuco only. I mentioned the Cousins as it's what got him really pissed ultimately.
Even though Hector started the feud between him and Gus, he lost more family members because of Gus than anyone flse in the show. As well as that even though he hated Walt because of what happened to Tuco, he hated Gus way more than Walt and gus and walt in the end had a common enemy in Gus.
Sort of amazing how Gus’s torture of Hector created the only person that would willingly suicide bomb him.
He wouldn't have suicide bombed him if he wasn't almost dead and stuck in a wheelchair already.
Other than Mike, every major character's downfall is because of their pride in Breaking Bad.
@KobyBrennero True, but even then his death resulted from underestimating what Walt would be willing to do, a mistake that so many characters make.
@@KobyBrennero I mean, Mike too, because he could've gotten a legit job as a security consultant or something.
@@KobyBrennero and Jesse .. His sensitivity and emotional weakness were his downfall .
Always wondered what kind of conversation these two would’ve had if Hector was still able to speak.
You got to give props to the actor who plays Hector for being able to communicate so well through his facial expressions.
Hector had no real reason to hate Walt. Hector knew what a total whack job his nephews (especially Tuco) were and knew that Walt was more or less just an innocent victim to Tuco's insanity.
IT ESS PIRSONALLLL
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Hector was just as unpredictable as the rest of the Salamancas, but "Family is everything". His animosoty towards Walt is as great as it is to Gus, but Walt presenting this opportunity for him to at least go down with Gus (instad of suffering more torment and an eventual painful death from Gus) meant he took it as the last possible resort.
@@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910 honestly Walt made him a favor by offering his revenge. Hector would've died there alone in a wheel chair without having payback and probably would've died in an anticlimactic way.
He gets to die by blowing up the man he hates the most and going out in a badass way. Hector was a criminal afterall
Not just facial expressions, but almost completely alien facial expressions that people don’t normally see. The average television viewer has not met a stroke victim, so it’s new ground. Serious skill.
0:26 “He told him the last of his family is dead”
Can imagine how relieved he is after learning lalo is finally dead
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I didn't even think of the idea that Jimmy/Saul hearing this from Jesse was his confirmation that Lalo was truly gone and never coming back! A true work of fucking genius!
It’s also later confirmed in the newest episode
@@sham9505 "Fring's in the ground, Mike's in the ground, Lalo's in the ground--apparently."
@@futuremovieactor Yep
I think Saul didn't know who Héctor really was. Saul only knew him as a senile handicapped man known as his relative name Tío, and he recently learned he had had bad blood with Gus 😂
Amazing strategy by Walter to send Hector to the Dea so Gus is forced to deal with him.
Also you can see Hector is teary eyed before going to the Dea office. Probably thinking about his family.
I think he was ashamed to even give the illusion of cooperating with the police, US police above all .. I don’t know how much of the backstory of a cartel wife wanting to cooperate with the DEA and hence being betrayed by her own loyal men in narcos is inspired by true events (Judy). But it seemed believable they would turn her against her when she would become a « rata ». In that sense I think it pained him even to pretend he would do that
Yes it was. The one and only blind spot the man had coupled with the need, obsession to administer personal vengeance to Hector were the only cracks in the armor. Microscopic actually taking a man as smart, desperate, diabolical as Walt to exploit them. Mike being hurt in mexico was the final nail in the coffin. I have my doubts that Mike would not have found the bomb. He would not have let Gus near the place until he had not only performed electronic surveillance detection but thorough eyes and hands on inspect. Hector and the wheelchair would come under the most scrutiny. Imo Mike would have known this was a trap. Not from Walt but something to do with the DEA and Hank. Maybe involving Walt somehow but not top priority.
@@joshschaeffer3300 the only reason gus died is because he didnt have mike. Mike would have convinced gus to kill walt in that field. "No half measures. You let him go and he will find a way to screw us over. Kill him now, pay his family and jesse will eventually forgive"
Man trolled the DEA like a boss before going out😎
Hmm
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Not everyone you fight is your enemy and not everyone helping you is your friend
Pretty sure the man who said that got stabbed in the back by his "friend"
Except the DEA
@@samuelbekele3601 who?
@@jagmaharesi2486 makarov most likely
1:11 Hector thinking, "None of this would have happened if it wasn't for Ignacio."
Would’ve been funny if he was choking down Jello
U think of me
I put you in that chair
"but i'm a twisted f*ck so i deserve this lmao"
And “At least I have this nice bell Lalo gave me.”
RIP Mark Margolis (November 26, 1939 - August 3, 2023), aged 83
You will be remembered as a legend.
they re dropping like flies.
rip matthew perry aswell.
o7
Mr. Schickadance!!!!
this is the very moment Walter began building a bomb on dudes chair
A like for everyone who tried to brush away c313z k's avatar thinking it was an eyelash on the screen
@@13thvarebel16 use dark mode its better for your eyes and you dont get fooled so easy by peoples avatars ;)
Grande dudes explosivos.
@WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE and these "sorry my english" comments are starting to break me bad
You made me clean my screen 😠😂
1:54 you can see his hatred being persuaded by reason/logic. the breaking of that intense stare and the shifting of eyes followed up with the refixation of his gaze says everything.
I know right! Brilliant acting without a single word!
Breaking intense stare
Breaking Bad
intense stare=Bad
Bravo Vince
It’s like he’s saying “…okay I still hate you, but I’m listening.” Brilliant acting. Rest in peace to Mark Margolis.
I wonder if instead of a bomb he would have simply waited outside the room for Gus and the other man to arrive, so he could shoot them by surprise. Hector would still live and could finally see his revenge come true.
@@mdemaik3337you aren't very smart, are you? Shoot Gus and Tyrus, who are both ex military, really?
Still amazes me how Hector gets his revenge on Gus.
What is given you by chance is not of your doing..
Gus still won imo he wiped out the cartel and single-handedly killed hectors entire family lineage. Gus was the real victim, Hector literally killed himself when he shot Max and beat Gus
@@god8348 good. Hector St least dragged gustav down with him
The best Salamanca by far.
@@matthewriley7826 I can't decide between who is better, for me it's either between Hector or Lalo.
Rest in Peace Mark Margolis 💔 he was an incredible actor
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R. I. P 🕊
Wow. I thought this was just a meme you guys made but the guy actually died. RIP.
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This scene shows Walter's greatest strength, what kept him alive, what made him win. His genius level intellect and knowing how to play every situation. He really was the best.
If gus hadn't had the fixation of revenge he would have been boned though. If mike was the one to check the room the plan would have failed. If lalo wasn't blinded by revenge and payback as well to pursue gus alone without a backup contact, didn't let him keep his vest or get too relaxed in the end he would be alive now as well ..And walt wouldn't be able to deal with lalo. He wouldn't be able to play him or have an easy time exploiting his vices. Walt was really lucky that all these events and traits lined up as they did but he was smart, no doubt about it. Though many smart people bit it. A lot of people underestimated him due to his background.
He had to manipulate Jesse prior to this but yes when it came to win at all cost he usually won
And a lot of luck and coincidences
And Saul Goodman
Or the worst, depends on who you ask.
2:08 i like this shot of heisenberg
The shot shows Walters true intentions
Gus wanted him to go out as nursing home patient Hector Salamanca .
Walter helped him go out as DON HECTOR SALAMANCA
Good guy Walt .
Which season & episode is this?
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm season 4 episode 12 I think
@@angryanakin oh ok, thanks !
@@AmirKhan-yv8jm no problemo
Always respect the heisenburger
People say Walt is full on villain in season 4 but he still offers Hector a chance not to go along with his plans.
Well, he couldn't force him to do anything otherwise he'd get ratted.
@@Black.Sabbath Hector won’t rat him out tho
Hector may be crippled but he ain't a Crippled ratta
That part always stuck out to me when he said "any second thoughts?". It shows that Walt was indeed very cold and calculating and extremely dangerous but he still had some humanity inside, and while Gus saw Hector as the vicious monster piece of evil cartel filth he was, at this point, Walter just saw a helpless old man and Walt needed to know that Tio was fully on board for this plan.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 youre reading way much into this. If hector wasnt willing to go through with the plan the plan wouldve failed. Walter doesnt say this out of some kind of humanity. Theres nothing suggesting that
I always wondered if the nursing home ever wondered why so many people were interested in seeing Hector. The twins, Walt & even Gus. Don't you think at least someone would get suspicious about his visitors?
They knew what the guy was about trust me
@@hanslanda58 How exactly would they know? Walt is the only normal looking guy to visit him. Gus is a famous restaurant owner & the creepy murder twins are...well, creepy! Don't get me wrong, I know they can easily just pass it off by saying he's their uncle, but still. Gus, especially, should have been a red flag!
@@WillOfMyD so what? what are you getting at? Hector is known by the dea. They know he's an old crime boss. Do you think the nursing home thinks he's some sweet innocent old man? And either way, what are you expecting them to do about it exactly?
@@yourmum69_420 Soooooo, what you're saying is that the nursing home knows that he use to be a crime boss, is involved in communication with the DEA & the fact that he gets a lot of visitors should be completely normal to them & should not be investigated in at all *just because he's old?*" How does that make ANY SENSE at all? Let's try to apply that to actual assholes in real life.
"Why should we care that old Hitler has a lot of visitors? Just because the people who are visiting him wear swastikas is ok. That's not suspicious at all, besides we can't do anything because he's old."
I'm not saying they should lock the guy up, I'm saying they should at least be worried that a criminal leader still has so much access on the outside. He maybe old, bit he clearly still has power in the criminal world! I mean what the hell do you think they would think he would be talking to his nephews about anyway? How cold his tapioca was last Thursday?
What they should have done was rig that guy up with surveillance. Put cameras and microphone everywhere. Hell, stick one up his oily old asshole while your at it.
You literally said it yourself, he's a crime boss. WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE WORRIED ABOUT THAT?
@@WillOfMyD They're just nurses dude. None of that is their job or their concern at all. What are you on about?
1:10 Hector just chillin', dreaming about killin'.
WAZUUUP
He is thinking Nacho
True, true
Nacho's revenge came through a chemistry teacher who had no experience in the crime underworld, but still a genius on his own right. In the end, everyone got what they want and deserve.
nah, i think nacho killing himself was the climax of his "revenge". he knew he was already dead, but he disrespected gus, pissed off hector and the salamancas, and even managed to hurt bolsa a little as a treat. and then he shot himself, robbing them of the satisfaction of killing the "rat" themselves. you can see afterwards hector taking shots at his corpse, clearly angry he didn't get to do it himself
@@craque_victor exactly but who put him in that spot Gus did because he wanted revenge on Hector and his whole family so he used him for that . all nacho ever wanted was to keep his dad safe
@@craque_victor The cripple was able to fire a gun?
@@Armor3d0ne he has a little muscle control as shown in the two shows such as reaching up and pushing Tuco’s ricin laced burrito aside
The recurring theme in these shows is the domino/butterfly effect. All these seemingly unrelated incidents add up and explode.
I like how Hector's face turns from angry to confused when Walt tells him about Gus.
Hector probably wanted to kiss Walt after he laid out this plan. Remember, Hector was all alone at this point. He was ready to die.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 ikr wish they showed it on camera too
In the end, Hector died the same way as Nacho. Orchestrated and planned by someone else with their consent but they themselves were the ones who pulled the trigger that lead to their deaths.
Gus never planned nacho's death to be by his own hand
@@gb7586 the death is planned, close enough. Technically Walt killed hector because he built the bomb, but that's what you get to specific
@@gb7586 that’s not what they’re saying. They’re saying that Nacho’s death was consensually orchestrated by Gus, similarly to Walt and Hector, and both Nacho and Hector were the ones who “pulled the trigger” to Jill themselves. They weren’t saying Nacho’s suicide was part of the plan, it’s just something that also happened.
Angry Hector is truly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. On the surface, he just looks like a bitter, angry, grumpy, old man but if you knew who he truly was and what he was capable of when he was young, healthy and in his prime, you’d shutter in fear
Kind of tragic too, this is a guy who stressed “family is all” to Tuco, the twins, and Lalo because he probably saw most of his family die in the life he lived. I mean he’s still a despicable person but still.
@@matthewriley7826 well in the end his whole family died because he raised them as criminals so, hard to feel sympathetic
RIP Mark Margolis 🙏 😢
shudder, not shutter
I wonder if instead of a bomb he would have simply waited outside the room for Gus and the other man to arrive, so he could shoot them by surprise. Hector would still live and could finally see his revenge come true.
I love how walt figured everything out so quickly and eventually planned the whole thing, genious. Meanwhile, hector still THINKS of nacho.
You do realize it took Jesse for the idea right? It took him earning Gus' trust to know about the meeting and also some arrogance from Gus but Walt didn't have the idea(of the only place to get Gus) until Jesse planted it right before this clip starts
@@LonghornsLegend True, but it also took Walter manipulating Jesse to get back on his side through the “Lilly of the valley” scheme otherwise he would’ve been dead in the water.
@@matthewriley7826 oh 100%. Walt having control over hesse and manipulating him was a large part of all this. And obviously the master plan goes to Walt but Jesse dropped the seed without even knowing it
Hector in his free time: 😶😐😐😑
Hector when someone visits him: 😠😡😡😡🛎️🛎️🛎️
Mark Margolis is one hell of an actor.
Ikr especially on BB where he has almost no dialogue.
So sad to hear of his passing. But man what a life he lived!
And now he's one actor in hell
I always love how just when we think Walt couldn't possibly get any more evil, he shows some true humanity. He asks Hector "any second thoughts?" and that old man looks him right in the eyes and doesn't ding the bell. (Meaning No). Yes Walt really needed this plan to work but he still saw Hector as an old man with nothing left to give but his life, and whatever tiny conscience Walt had left needed to be entirely sure that Hector was fully on board for this.
lol, that's not it at all, he was so sure that don hector ain't got no second thought.
its just a question lol
I like your take, but it's also perfectly explainable by the fact that Walt _really_ needed Hector to commit to this plan in order to get rid of Gus
Walt was never evil, more like a anti-hero. The worst thing about him was his selfishness.
@@Meesterlijker this.its not like Walt could add the bomb to his wheelchair and detonate it without him being on board.
People don’t give Hector’s actor enough credit, he can still convey so much emotion through just breathing and facial movements
You literally just explained the exact reason why they dont give him enough credit. Anybody can breath and make faces it's not impressive
@@oreopixel3257 Actually parts like Hector are really hard to pull off. It looks easy, but it's actually quite hard.
@@oreopixel3257I would like to see you try it then. In fact, upload a video showing us how easy it is. I cannot wait to see it.
@@oreopixel3257i doubt you could pull off such a role convincingly
His angry face is too funny lol
( :|/ ) THIS IS HIS FACE LMAO😂😂
TO FUNNY DAWG 💀😂😂😂😂
LMFAO LOL 😂
It's a mix between 🥴 and 😡 and 😕
🐷
Gus would’ve still been alive if he didn’t send Mike to rescue Jimmy in that desert.
fuck are you talking about, mike couldn't have prevented this at all
Jimmy planted the idea of how to kill Gus in Walt
Doesnt make sense, they would found another lawyer to tell about that specific info
Well if Gus didnt send mike to save jimmy, walt and probably jesse would have been arrested in season 2 when badger was arrested
@@sv4647 Walt needed just the enough information to plot a trap for Gus. All he needed to know was that Gus had a personal enemy and that he visited him just to torment him. Saul didn't need to manipulate or plant any idea in Walt's head because Walt would do it anyway
The fact that Jimmy McGill and Jesse Pinkman were instrumental in the downfall of Don Eladio, Hector Salamanca, and Gus Fring is pretty crazy
"Walter white couldn't have done it without me"
Saul Goodman is the main character in this universe.
Boy was manipulating a manipulator into working with another manipulator to kill yet another manipulator. What an lawyer.
@@angelicagover2187 for a character that got his own show he still remains heavily underrated to my eyes
Hector wasn't really a manipulator. He was a pretty straightforward egotist.
@@darksideofevil13 yeah thats fair.
After watching BCS, I lost respect for Jimmy and he is literally as bad as Walt.
1:39 “I’d feed you to dogs if I could.”
1:59 *“IM LISTENING.”*
Walt just blends into the walls. Even if the F.B.I. asked if any strange people were seen in the old folks home that day they probably wouldn't even remember Walt because he looks so average and harmless. That's such an interesting character trait that allows him to get away with so much.
Same with Gus too
They get so much story into 2 minutes it's amazing
Hell for any sane person. Worse for someone who was once so big and feared and powerful.
Imagine what a hell that retirement home must of been for him
Walter is such a legendary figure toward the end of this show. Everything he says and does has so much purpose; he literally just gets hits way with people through sheer will and his ruthless intellect. Him and Tony Soprano are the best characters ever
Yeah, Walter when he’s stripped of his resources and allies is when he’s at his most dangerous because it forces him to get creative.
“Without Tony Soprano, there would be no
Walter White.”
- Vince Gilligan
They’re amongst the two best characters (& are the two best actors) of shows with actors, though you could add Omar Little or a few others from The Wire into the mix.
If someone watches better call saul before breaking bad,this would probably be the biggest moment in the series
@Admodeus Hector knows Gus killed Saul in 2004, this is 2009, so he’s been waiting 5 years
@@ObamaFromKenya Gus didn’t kill Saul. You mean Lalo.
@@juanjoyaborja.3054 ok,mb
I like how Walt doesn’t actually force Hector into this but even offers him the opportunity to _not_ make this sacrifice with, ‘Any second thoughts?’ I guess Hector responded well to that token of respect and lack of presumption on Walt’s part.
No... Walt just absolutely needs to know, lol...
In the end he barely had to lift a finger to kill Gus
lol that's a good way to put it
Just tap it a few times
R. I. P. Mark Margolis
Really got to hand it to Saul Goodman. When it’s all said and done he’ll always have your back for the right price.
Walt: “I am offering you an opportunity for revenge.”
Hector: “Name it!”
It’s a bit depressing how this situation is just a bunch of sick old men trying to kill each other and dragging everyone else along for the ride
1:52 " *G*column four, eight. the continental *U*nited *S*tates" = GUS
Never noticed that, great catch!
Hardcore mexican gangsters like Hector likely never expected to die a peaceful death anyway, so I imagine the chance to not die covered in his own waste, but to die in a big explosion despite being pretty much incapable to move and killing his most hated enemy to avenge everyone he ever cared about was the greatest gift Hector could even imagine at that point in time.
As Saul Goodman said, Walter couldn’t do it without him. This scene proves it
i mean he just told him the info that Jesse had, literally any lawyer could do that
@@angelcrispin9589 Everyone exaggerates about Saul.
@@angelcrispin9589 hell you don’t even need a lawyer, Jesse just could’ve used his phone to call Walt directly to tell him about Hector but obviously he needed to call Saul while he was being questioned.
@@chickenbreast1628Cry me a river
@@thecrow9820 😂a tv show is everything for your life? What I said that heats your feelings?Get a job crow 🫵🏻
Walt briefly knowing Hector is the greatest dynamic in television history
The change from rage to desperation in hectors face
Hector Salamanca, RIP my friend, we lost a good man today
Finally can get to this scene on UA-cam!!! been searching it for years
Wheýyyyyy
The face shift when he realizes that Walt is offering to kill Gus is priceless. Looks like: "Tell me, tell me"
Walter: i know a man who u hate even more
Hector in his thoughts: VENTURA
“Yes Satan?”
‘Oh i’m sorry sir. Ya sounded like someone else.’
@@CX462 Hector: (ding)
Just don't me catch you with a animal in here that's all
Just realized this confirms that Lalo will die in this last season of BCS when Saul said Gus informed Hector that the last of his family has been killed.
Yeah but there’s also the fact that Jimmy asks: “did Lalo send you??” when he first meets Walter and Jesse.
@@marcolopez5828 also he doesn’t know Lalo is alive because why else would he asked if Lalo sent Walter and Jesse
I’m guessing Saul finds out lalo is officially dead in season three or season for Mike eventually told him
@@marcolopez5828 There's also the fact he didn't even know who Gus was. Why would the care to tell him?
@@marcolopez5828 Gus would know better than Jimmy.
I love how in this scene, saul in his own mind sees what he told walt as not valuable information, but walter, the guy who can kill anyone without thinking twice, knows that it was indeed the solution he needed. Just shows how idealistic he really is. If he wasnt a meth cook and cold blooded killer, he probably would have never thought of it. But then again, the guy did threaten walt and his entire family.
Saul is a master manipulator, he feigned not thinking it's valuable information
@@twotimer222 that's a stretch
@@twotimer222 🤣ur overthinking. i could say Mary is a master manipulator, she even didn't act any of that. because she also is a Master of disguise.🤣
Until he found out Brock got poisoned, then he wanted nothing to do with Walter…
Watching Saul now is like watching two badass characters collide I have t watched breaking bad in 3 years but will rewatch after better call Saul ends
You know Hector fart and shit himself on purpose while Walt was down there making the bomb, like he did to Hank 😂😂
Lol I can just imagine Walt looking up at him and being like “Was that really necessary?”
@@matthewriley7826 Hector: *Ding*
@@arrowtt3364 actually he wouldnt ding, because no ding means no. It's like when tyrus smuggled walt in to the laundromat using dirty laundry.
@@mappingshaman5280 he doesnt want to alert nurse thats why he didnt ding
“When you’re sitting in your wheelchair,YOU THINK OF ME”
I did well here.
Rest in peace to the 👑
Saul was a real partner, not like jesse, the litle rat pinkman.
1:54 I love his reaction
"What are you talking about? How? you Cabron"
Great acting seriously!!
Man.. a killer and godfather locked up in a nursing home unable to move or talk
Oh he’ll talk. Just not to the police. OG Cartel and all.
Rest in Peace, Mark Margolis
R.I.P Mark Margolis, A.K.A Hector Salamanca
Alberto the Shadow, from back in the 1980's, who also moved to Miami and owned some apartments under the alias of "Mr. Shickadance".
This is my favorite part of the show
2:24 - the shot of Walt with half his face showing... "Face-Off". This entire universe is amazing...
After BCS, this is also revenge for lalo. Who is arguably his favorite nephew he probably considered his true heir
Heisenberg is basically talking to Walt here: to his terminal self
This is the moment Walt became the Unabomber
Héctor avenged Lalo and Tuco, at the same time Saul planted the idea therefore he avenged Nacho’s and Howard’s deaths.
Howard’s wasn’t avenged here.
Howard’s death was technically unavenged here😅 technically Gus inadvertently avenged Howard when he killed Lalo. Killing Gus overrides that especially when using Hector as the one to do it.
How did he avenge tuco? Gus had nothing to do with Tuco's death, that was all on walt, jesse and hank.
It was at this moment when Hector becomes a bomb
Well you know what they say "The enemy of your enemy is your friend"
But not the police
Walt was smart. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Funny how Walter still asks to Héctor if he has any second thoughts about blowing himself up. Crazy how this crazy man thinks.
1:54 amazing facial acting. He goes from “I should kill you where you stand!” to “I’m listening…”
Every scene with Hector starts with him chilling by himself and then making duck faces after he looks up to see he has a visitor.
The funny thing about him asking “any second thoughts?” Is that he’d be blown to fucking bits if the answer was yes
Not really
It seems like it was at this point he was going to install it.
Well, at this point he don't have nothing to lose.
Now after BCS you can only truly understand the hatred between Gus and Hector, Hector almost seemed gitty about the chance to kill Gus even if it meant killing himself as well…. That is a true grudge
Learning about Hector in Better Call Saul was one of my favorite things about that show that tied this together so much better
Walt: I'm offering you an opportunity for revenge .
Hector:🥴🥴🥴🥴
What a nice guy Walt is, he allowed Don Hector to have the coup de grâce on Gus.
Walt and Hector worked so well together. It’s a shame there won’t be a sequel between them. 🤣🤣
season 6 definitely added even more context to this, since we know that hector knows what gus did to lalo.
And Saul finally learns that Lalo is truly dead.
@@ColdshadowGaming Wow man, you're right! I never thought it that way!! So Jesse's revelation sealed Saul's doubts of Lalo's survival too, cuz Salamanca family!! That's a brilliant that I never thought about until you mentioned it, OMG wish I had known this earlier but better late than never I guess......
I love how without words Hector can express extreme hatred
I always loved the look Walt gets when he realizes Hector and Gus arent friends but enemies. He is thinking Ive got something here. Actually managing to kill Fring at the hospital that would have been a disaster especially given the fact Fring had been there to talk to Jesse. All the sneaking in the world would not hide the fact that the men who died in the car bomb had met the man involved In the possible ricin poisoning of a child. Too many cameras in any hospital to not be seen leaving where you had been to go in a room with Fring who had just arrived and then leaving the room together a few minutes later and Fring leaves and gets blown up. Wouldnt be good. Shows how desperate Walt was that he wasnt thinking through each step and the consequences the way he had berated Jesse for not doing and seen the hospital is a terrible move and if anything goes wrong then Jesse is outed as a traitor and Fring's guard is up even higher. The one loose end in Hector provided the only way of murdering Fring and getting away with it while Fring himself provided the power vacuum and decimated cartel that gives Walt time to grow and establish dominance in the drug trade free of the massive attention he would be receiving from the cartel.
I would have loved to see this conversation of Walt convincing Hector to blow himself up
Walt “You cool with that?”
Hector “*Ding!”
RIP Don Hector ❤
It's interesting that Hector respected Walt just enough to trust him
This is the definition of the enemy of my enemy is my friend
This is pretty cool. Guy can't talk walk or nada...but Walt implemented a way for this man to get final revenge.
Plot twist: After Walt finishes the bomb, Hector immediately presses the bell to blast them both.
Seriously, how many actors could portray so may instantaneous emotional changes with just their eyes and subtle movements as Mark Margolis. From Scarface to PI to Breaking Bad to Better Call Saul, we were all quite lucky to watch this man at work.
Rip Hector : (
I like to think if Mike was with Gus in the end, that after the first bell ring, Mike would immediately pick up something is wrong and push him out of the room. After all Gus and Mike know what it means to exact revenge
I like to think of "what if" woth this show as well. I believe Mike would probably first off would of searched his car after Gus's instinctual abandoning it. Then would of advised him not to go in person to visit Hector, as the situation didn't make sense. Too coincidental that you get lured away and someone puts a bomb under your car, then not long after an old school cartel don rats you out?
If Mike was there Gus may have still entered the room regardless of his warning one of the henchmen did advise Gus to send him in to handle it instead but his blind hatred and need to personally exact revenge overpowered his caution and ability to sense that something is off like in parking garage. However though Mike would've likely been the candidate to sweep the room for bugs which he's very thorough and would've absolutely found the bomb in the chair
“Walter White couldn't have done it without me”
This was probably the moment Jimmy realized Lalo was dead
1:13 I wonder if he’s thinking of nacho