Breaking Bad 4x1 - Box Cutter - Group Reaction 

I liked how Mike reflexively pointed his gun at Gus. It was just so terrifying, even for him.

I felt like Victor got killed for a few reasons. He got seen at a crime scene for one thing, Gus wanted to make a point to Walt that he's willing to kill his trusted employees, and also he stepped out of his lane and started cooking without his permission. Also my favorite thing is Mike pulls his gun on Gus out of reflex when he cuts Victor. Like he was truly afraid for his life in that moment.

Gus killed Victor for 3 reasons: 1. He was seen 2. He wanted to send a message to Walt and Jesse 3. Victor was taking too many individual liberties by using the lab equipment without receiving permission.

That Gus scene was one of the most intimidating things I've ever seen on television. He was terrifying without uttering a word.

The collective groan when the ketchup came on screen 😂 RIP to my man Victor

“You don’t go to Denny’s, you end up at Denny’s.” - Hannah. I don’t know why, but I laughed so hard at this quote, lol.

Killing Victor wasn't the period at the end of the sentence, it was the whole sentence. Commanding a scene for like 8 minutes without a word. Walt was taken aback, Mike was shocked...Jesse leaned forward

you can tell that it pisses nahid off that rana calls mike poppop XD

Hands down, Gus is one of the greatest villains ever created. He's the ringer of this series.

Mike drew his gun during that scene. Even he wasn't ready for Gus' brutality

The act of Gus killing Victor works on multiple levels 1. Partially because Victor had been spotted at the crime scene and could be identified, potentially leading back to Gus. Although, this doesn't seem enough of a reason to kill him, seeing as how Gus has, in the past, always tried not to resort to unnecessary killings of his subordinates. If it were JUST to prevent the police from picking him up, Gus would have sent Victor out of state and given him hazard pay. Gus doesn't generally kill his subordinates for becoming inconvenient; otherwise why even have hazard pay? 2. Partially because Victor overstepped his bounds by cooking that batch of meth. Gus didn't invest all that money into the lab for as Walt put it to have a "short order cook" make his product. That's the chemist's job. Victor's batch would be an inferior product. When you're under Gus's employ, know your place. 3. Partially for punishment. Victor and Mike had failed to protect Gale, Gus's investment. Mike is too senior and too important with Victor being a subordinate. Out of the two, Victor goes. 4. The MAIN reason however was to prove a point. And that point is... do not fuck with Gus. After Walt's actions, a drastic example needed to made and out of the four men present (Walt, Jesse, Mike and Victor), Victor is the most disposable. Without Walt, Gus has no product. Without Jesse, Gus loses Walt. Without Mike, Gus loses a valuable private investigator, tracker, assassin, intelligence officer, the muscle that can keep the other employees in line etc. Victor is basically a security guard / secretary in Gus's operation. Easily replaceable. Gus had to show that anyone is disposable, that he's willing to get his hands dirty, willing to take out his own employees, and to put fear into Walt and Jesse to keep them in line. And lastly, that Gus is not one to be crossed.

"I like you now" ... lol

Nahid: what do you think about Mike? Rana: Pop Pop? Nahid: Yeah. MIKE.

Having to wait a week? Dude, this is the next season, we had to wait _an entire year_ to resolve that cliffhanger.

Holy crap...I never picked up that the reason Victor was killed was because he was seen.

omg when Rana was liking victor at the beginning.. 😂

7:24 That's mineraler to you, Hannah

Viktor's top priority was to protect Gale at all costs until he was ready to run the lab himself. Not only did Viktor demonstrate his incompetence by allowing Gale to be killed, but he allowed Jesse Pinkman of all people to do it. If Jesse, a man Gus views as a "useless junkie" can outsmart Viktor, then how can Gus allow him to continue as his right-hand man? And of course, as many noted, Viktor was eyeballed by multiple witnesses at Gale's apartment.

"I know what Billy Ray Cyrus looks like.... I watched Hannah Montana" 😂😂

I always thought it was because he started cooking, that's not his job

Poor Victor he was so proud of himself when he tried cooking

This episode is in my top 5. It shows Gus at his full savagery.

Jesses physicality throughout the scene with Walt lecturing is so good. He just wants Walt to shut and be as far away from Gus as the chair will allow.

If you watch it back you can mike instinctively pull at his gun because he didn’t realize what was happening

Ive seen this show 3 times start to finish and just now noticed that victors blood only covered half of Gus face... nice foreshadowing.

Victor: Been watching him for weeks, I know every step of his cook. Walt: Oh you like chemistry too? Name every chemicals!

3:05 MAMAAAAAAAAAA, JUST KILLED A MAAAAAAAAN, PUT A GUN (in a close-ranged proximity to) HIS HEAD, PULLED MY TRIGGER NOW HE'S DEAD... MAMAAAAAAAAAA, LIFE HAD JUUUUUUUUST BEGUUUUUUUUUUN, BUT NOW I'VE GONE AND THROWN IT ALL AWAAAAY....

I wonder if Victor showing that he could cook was really his last attempt to show his worth after being spotted at the crime scene. His situation could also be similar to the first story to the first law in The 48 laws of power where victor tries to impress Gus by showing he could cook when ironically he only revealed himself to be a threat/liability by being able to replicate the process of the blue meth

When I watched Breaking Bad I didn't feel any empathy for Victor.

7:23 minerals

I like how Hannah pulls up her hoodie for safety! Respect ✊

Your Breaking Bad reactions are one of the highlights of my week, no lie. Season 4's one hell of a ride.

Haha, Rana gleefully praising Victor. You sweet summer child!

Yes! My favorite characters in the whole show are finally here! Hank's minerals.

I felt bad for victor he looked so proud thinking he could be the next cook

"Please don't kill Victor". LMAO.

I'm worried. I've had 4 days off work without social/family time and literally have spent my waking hours making breaking bad characters and lots (including meth labs) in Sims 3. I get too much satisfaction from this. I need to be stopped.

Aw shucks, Gale is dead... well, at the very least we can all safely say that he will have no relevance to the story from here on out, and none of his actions in life will have any negative affects on the ones who killed him whatsoever.

It's not Billy Ray Cyrus on the shirt. It's Kenny Rogers!

What a final two seasons you have ahead

His name is Mike

7:25 HE BROKE NEW GROUND!

The part about the box cutter scene that really stood out to me is how shocked Mike was too.

It's sad that Gale vouching for Walt's product is what got him killed.

Victor Basically because a he was seen and could have been connected to the murder 2 Gus couldn't kill Walter or Jesse but still needed to put fear into them 3 because Victor took it upon himself to start working the batch when he was not told to overstepping his boundaries

Since this episode went out of its way to talk about the big deal between pretty pure (96%) and really pure (99%), I'm guessing Gus' main reason for killing that guy is because he tried to cooked meth while ignoring the finer details that get the best results. I think this makes the most sense because merely following a recipe wont consistently make the best product. If it did, Walt and Jessie would both be worthless to Gus, meaning he could just kill them and find someone else to make it.

The only reason Gus brought in Walter was because Gale insisted.

12:53 Yeah as evil and bad as Victor was you have to imagine he has parents somewhere, and they will never know what happened to him. He will simply be missing forever.

Gus didn't only kill Victor because he got seen. He also did it to make a statement to Walt. "This is what I want to do to you right now, but I can't".

The two times I’ve seen Breaking Bad, I didn’t notice the Kenny Rogers shirts and now I don’t understand why they’re both wearing Kenny Rogers shirts

Their t-shirts are "Kenny Rogers" ... not "Billy Ray Cyrus ;)

So what do you think was more shocking: Gus killing Victor or Tuco beating No Doze to death?

I doubt Gus killed Victor because he was seen. No one knew he was seen besides Mike when Victor told him. If so, there's no way anyone else could've known he was seen, so he must've killed Victor for some other reason

Definitely not billy Ray cirus

Even Mike was shocked. An hour prior he was going shoot Walt. The character progression is brilliant.

Ive seen this show a few times, and yall got me hyper fixating on something I never picked up on, before. The use of the colors!

Season 4 is the best season forsure

Gus has too much respect for what Walt can do, chemistry wise. That and also because he gothimself seen, and also he shouldn't have messed things up this hard, and know his place... But,... DAAAAAAAAMN!!

Oh so much enjoyment watching yall is on the horizon. I guess patience is a virtue but one a week with yall is a test of patience but the reward is so great.

Watching this episode makes me realize that the one improvement they could have done with scripting would have been to tie in the mineral collecting somewhere in the final season. Like Hank recognizing some mineral where Walt stashes his barrels or something. I dunno, but that would have just been so good because it would have been such a good long burn.

These last 3 episodes were intense. It kind of mellows out in terms of action now, but the suspense stays.

Gale saved Walt's life, thanks to Gale, Gustavo got interested on Walt and prevented Tuco's cousins to kill him

"even pop-pop's shook" gets me everytime LMAO

Not only was he killed cause he was seen but he didnt get there fast enough to save Gale. It was Victor blowing up his phone trying to warn him and now Gus is stuck with Walter and Jesse.

That's not billy ray on the t-shirt, It's Kenny Rogers.

Damn Gus really is amazing in this!! He said nothing at all but a lot at the same time 🤯 just incredible 👌🐐

Welcome to the season which elevated Breaking Bad from great to now legendary television 😊☺😊

Please bring Marketa back.

walter was to blinded by his own paranoia that he failed to see gale was his ticket out of the meth bussiness unscathed. Gus didn't want gale to take over so he could kill walter and jesse, gus knew walter would have to eventually stop due to his cancer, so he had gale as backup. gus was a bussiness man, not a basic druglord such as don eladio, who he already despised. side note: you have to love how mike reaches for his gun the moment gus cuts victor's throat. he certainly couldn´t tell if he was next right there.

21:32 YEAH MIKE (GOD DAMN IT) -Nahid for the 5372828 time

When Gus and Jesse looked at each other I thought itbwas more that they came to an understanding. That if they fuck up again they'll be next, as long as they just work they'll keep getting paid. Something Walt didn't understand since he thinks Gus is going to kill him later.

Well... time to buy more hydrofluoric acid and some new barrels.

Back in the day billy Ray Cyrus didn't have a beard

how did rana watch Hannah montana, she's like 10 years older than me

Mike flew too close to the sun

its not just because victor got himself seen. it was partly because he wanted to kill walt and jesse but because that wasnt a option he killed the only expandle in the room. multiple reasons

Saul had a cloth during his call w Skyler so he doesn't leave prints Lol🤣

He didn't kill Victor just because he was seen! He killed Victor because, in that moment, Victor was running his mouth about being able to cook as good as Walt, assuming that would make it easier decision for Gus to kill Walt. BUT Gus knows (and we know because of the flashback) that no one can cook like Walt can - not even Gale. The message Gus was trying to send by killing Victor is "If you're so determined to be my only cook - have it your way."

I always looked at it as Gus killed him, because he knew the recipe and didn’t say anything, which would have saved Gale and got rid of Walt

I ve never thought about it before but Whenever walter takes a step for the worse its always for or because of jesse...and jesse is so fucking stupid / unlucky every time in order for walt to step in, i m really curious what would be the course of the show if jesse died in the first season because i can't see walter taking so many risks without him, jesse literally stopped being useful the moment walter met saul and he fucked up countless times before that too

Nice one Normies

Are you becoming a ROCKER? 🤟🤣🤣🤣

Victor: Boss, Is that a raincoat? Gus: Yes it is

Walt could’ve had a great career with Gale and Gus. But no, that damn ego and pride of his.

Me as an abattoir worker: that box cutter would never reach anywhere near the jugula. It would snap first.

This is the first episode of BB that you see actual fear on Mike's face

*gus murdering one of his henchmen in cold blood with a fucking box cutter* Rana: dat sucks

the emotional flip from watching nikki and steven to your slow asses lmao i dig it though

Thanks for the subtitles guys !

I feel like you guys are 77% correct. Gus did not kill Victor just because he had been seen, but, that was most of the reason. The other part, is that he decided it had come to a point where he did, in fact, need to employ a fear tactic. In Gus' eyes, things had "gone nuclear," so to speak. By killing Victor, he had tied up a loose end, and, tied up a loose end. Thoughts?

Hannah is just the best.

I think its Kenny Rogers on his shirt

Jesse was terrified and realizes he’s completely at Gus’ mercy.

victor was seen, he had to die. Gus doesn't act on revenge, he sees a problem and he acted to fix it. There is no need to kill anyone extra.

When she said you don't go to Dennys you end up at Dennys.. I felt that. Like in my soul.

yeah that looks like billy ray cyrus if he was 20 years older and had a different haircut

The beginning of this season specifically, I feel like, deals with trauma.

"You don't go to Denny's, you *end up* at Denny's" -- Hannah throwing shade & I'm so here for it

Hank = Men and pride.. Imagine being a man in that situationl. Having your wife have to clean and do everything for you.

I read somewhere that I can't recall that Gus killed Victor because he started cooking without Gus' permission