Gus Fring: Scarier Than We Thought

One thing Better Call Saul has done really well is give us a new way to think about some of what we saw in Breaking Bad. For example, although Gus Fring’s origins are still somewhat mysterious, Better Call Saul has given us a fresh, unsettling look at his psyche which we dive into in this video!
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[@neversimpgamingyt]

He is really scary, if you put "amon" infront of his name it becomes super terrifying.

[@joel2628]

Giancarlo Esposito's performance as this character is unrivaled. That subtle change to the look in his eyes when he's about to do something sinister is pure artistic performance. You know just what look I'm talking about.

[@michaelcaprio9136]

Anyone else notice the look on Gus’s face when max dies is the same grimace WW gives when Hank dies. The shot even looks the same, parallels 🧐

[@Prefix1998]

I've always believed that gus was the ultimate antagonist in BB, when the antagonist shifted to the neo-nazis after his death; it felt more like an epilogue rather than the final antagonist.

[@HeisenbergTheFirst]

Gustavo Fring is the definition of "silent evil"

[@porkydorky]

2:58

[@iwillheadlockyournan731]

Damn, I'm going to miss Better Call Saul when it ends

[@cooperbourke7717]

I can't help but love Gus. Yeah he's a really bad man who gets away with everything right up until his explosive death in 'Breaking Bad'. He's a villain who gets stuff done and will kill anyone who gets in his way. That makes a great villain.

[@corbinmarkey466]

What I find amazing about BCS's portrayal of Gus is that he isn't the seemingly invincible force that he is in BB: Gus is constantly under the gun, frequently having to compromise, even resorting to sabatoging himself if it means keeping to his designs and schedule. I'm on pins and needles waiting to see the final steps Gus takes to becoming the person he is by the time Walt meets him.

[@Marshmellow3971]

Gus wanted to do to Hector exactly what Hector did to him; take away everything important to him while making him watch, powerless to do anything about it. In my mind, even though Hector blew him up Gus was successful. Hector was dead, and he had to watch his entire family die while he was a prisoner in his own body.

[@temmy9]

Gus also seemed in some scenes to be fond of gale. That scene where gale is conducting an experiment while singing, and gus walks in and smiles with what seems to be affection. I think gus may have seen certain elements of max in gale

[@emceesmith6665]

I like your analysis of Gus's fountain farm dedicated to Max being his "happy place," because it's also where some of his most loyal employees, such as the doctor and Mike, learn of his death.

[@thebrognator3524]

I also love the way BCS depicts Hector. In Breaking Bad, you have the feeling that in his prime he was some kind of unstoppable monster, but in the prequel we can tell how Hector was kind of stupid and pathetic, jealous of how successful Lalo and Gus were.

[@jwhittle91]

Part of me would love to find out the backstory of Fring but at the same time I don’t want to know. Not knowing his full backstory makes him scarier.

[@SiphoSauce]

Honestly a Gustavo Fring backstory series would be the most logical next step if the creators decide to continue expanding the universe

[@susannamclaren2561]

I liked how Gus, when prepping the restaurant for the arson lifted the wire basket out of the oil and couldn’t help checking that it had been cleaned properly. Very well set up in the previous episode when he made Carl clean it again and again. A very small detail, but I found it quite fascinating

[@darkninjafirefox]

I'm also curious about just who Gus was before he moved to Mexico. There's whatever happened in Santiago, an event mentioned but we never see or hear much more about. Whoever he was whatever he did was notable enough to get the cartel's attention despite the poor record keeping under Pinochet.

[@salvagedude625]

I think Gus is very idiosyncratic. It seems he truly cares about his Los Pollos Hermanos employees, disliking that Hector uses them as collateral that one time. But also he takes great pleasure in the suffering of those who he thinks deserves it. This shows a differentiation between innocent and not innocent, which I think drives his worldview. Max wasn't deserving of being killed and those who killed him were then guilty. His emotions are inseparable from his character and actions.

[@DashCat9]

Just from an editing perspective, that cut from Gus screaming as he realizes what's about to happen to Gus standing up normally from a previous meeting with Hector was flawless.