Nothing beats the over the shoulder camera shots in breaking bad. But this one in particular of Gus walking back into the party is my favorite. He left the party quietly and submissively, being escorted by another cartel member. But then he comes back, standing tall, watching the final step of his plan unfold. This was just a fantastic episode
True but the over the camera shots are done correctly. There's far too many movies where they do the shaky cam and it makes me see sick. This has just enough movement for it to feel natural but not jarring. Vince Gilligan really is a master cinematographer
@@ahsuniverseslaysI know you’re being sarcastic but I actually like when people explain what they’re seeing because no two viewers will explain a scene exactly the same. It’s the chance to view a scene from a different perspective or pick up little details/symbolism you wouldn’t have noticed otherwise
There's a whole video showing how the pool is a metaphor for how corruption starts to taint everything. And you can see how noticeable dirtier the pools on the show get with each season.
The fact that the Cigar has not to this day won an Oscar or even a single Emmy nomination for this scene is a crime against the arts and proof of injustice, corruption and the bias nature of award ceremony boards.
@@channel5980 Nah I think it was just shock but a small bit of not understanding. He was in shock seeing all these guys going down and he suspected what was going on but that confirmed it. Idk lol I feel stupid doing this heavy lore shit
I love how the plot armor keeps the main bad guy alive a little longer by endowing him with +20% poison resistance just so he can find out who killed him and have a more dramatic death.
He only had a little bit of the tequila and then he went to go spew it all up. Eladio and the cartel members continued to keep drinking and so they kept filling themselves up with poison.
IF there is a plausible explanation its that the poison was heavier than the booze and had settled in the bottle, so the first few shots would have been a touch more diluted? Only thing that makes sense to my mind.
True, he is a very talented actor, FAR superior to most actors you see on TV. Especially somebody like Aaron Paul, who played Jesse. He won some award for his role in Breaking Bad, beating out Giancarlo Esposito somehow. I don't get it, because in my opinion, Aaron Paul was only "ok" as an actor, not entirely convincing in my opinion. Still good, but not that great really. But Giancarlo's character was completely convincing, I mean he was just brilliant!
Yup. Especially a sociopath. Sociopathic killers do not forget the "wrongs", and even if it takes them years to get you back, they eventually will when you least expect it.
gus truly was a raging sociopath. he lived an unthinkable double life, was scarily two faced, could make up an impeccable story to the DEA onsite, and was willing to poison himself just to see his enemies die. this guy was insane
Lol, you need to learn what insanity is. Gus Fring couldn't be further from being insane. He is quite literally the smartest and calculated person in Breaking Bad universe. Every decision he took had a purpose and almost every decision he took ended in the way he wanted. Insanity is when people keeps on doing the same thing even when the outcome remains the same. The only reason why Gus died was because he never had the impossible amount of luck Walt had. Gus dealt with far more dangerous people for a far longer time than Walt ever did and came out victorious every single time .He just never had the plot armor like Walt's character did
If Eladio never crossed him, he would have been unstoppable with Gus by his side. It wasn't even ever Gus's wish to become the kingpin, he just wanted revenge and everything he did to rise in ranks was to get revenge.
I love how Gus' insatiable thirst for revenge grants him his life's greatest moment (this scene) and his undoing (the nursing home). Talk about a double edged sword
And in the end, Hector did have the last laugh. But the Salamancas and Gus Fring went out together. The cartel and Gus' men and company went down together. That's one of the main themes of the show. Fragile positions of power and how they almost always lead you to end up in the ground. That Karma eventually catches up in this world.
One of the things that made Gus such a terrifying villian was his ice cold calm demeanour. He's swallowed the same poison as everyone else...... but as he calmly goes to throw it up in the toilet - he folds his jacket first. Genius
@@enjoyitbroDidn't Gus threaten Walt AFTER Walt gave the brat treatment to him. Gus told him to go away and Walt went all "oh yeah, what are you going to do about it Chicken Man"
I love how despite after ingesting poison Gus still takes the time to primp himself in the mirror before calmly walking out to the pool to watch his revenge unfolding. Gus has this organized nature that I can’t think a word of but I love it. A professional through and through
@@ViquelOoste that's why I said "can they" I think they did that to make us think they're doing their job, if they were serious they would do that A LOT MORE.
I love this show bc you can see that in gus poisining the entire cartel you can sense the subtlety which shows that gus might not like the cartel very much
It underpins a central theme of the show, which is that if you kill your enemies then you'll have to find a different enemy to kill next time because these ones are dead.
It's like all hell is breaking loose around him but he's shown seven times by my count having barely moved a muscle. It seems like eventually he's lying on the ground at least.
If you like Breaking Bad then I'd suggest The Sopranos, The Wire and True Detective S1 as well. These are slow series that require a lot of attention but you'll absolutely love these.
@@Hans-yo2cq I kind of disagree and you will agree with what I say. To me, it was indeed about the ego with Walk since the beginning. Why? You may ask, it's the very reason why he didn't accept money from Gretchen and Elliot. Because of what happened with him, his past, he was too prideful.
@@lukeallen9497 It was pride. Respecting is different than pride. When you're about to do anything, doesn't matter how unethical it is, that is pure pride. You should know better.
Fun fact: They were shooting a completely different scene but one of the filming crew decided to pull a prank on the actors and put lethal poison in their drinks and they all died, however Vince liked this idea so much that he changed all of his previous plans and came up with what is Breaking Bad today. Vince truly is the best director.
It's pretty high up there though. Here at Los Pollos Hermanos we do not tolerate criminals and those who would endanger our employees or our customers.
@@imcallingjapan2178 Man I'm mexican and I can say that if someone suddenly killed all the members of a Cartel I would be the happiest mexican in the world
Mine too. When Walter meets him at his chicken restaurant he was so damn polite and nice. Then you see his eyes when Walter confronts him. As Cold and ruthless as a wolf. That was a good scene.
The look of berserk ferocity and ecstatic triumph in Gus’ eyes as he watches Eladio die is something I’ve only seen a few times in my life (and that was under some pretty harrowing circumstances). Giancarlo Esposito deserves every nomination and award he received for this role and more. What an epic character he brought to life. What an incredible actor.
I love how Gus had this look in his eyes while watching Don Eladio die, a controlled hatred that is barely reaching the surface. A businessman, first and always, but still a hint of humanity withing, even if it is out of pure hate. Giancarlo Esposito did an amazing job playing this character.
4rd being the time when he killed that guy with police when the guy was saying that he is gonna kill him and then he broke the phone amd walked back to his restaurant
@@farzin476 I dunno about that one. It was pretty Tom Clancy how they took him out, but it also seemed kinda snitchy, getting the cops to do your killing for you. I'll give you a like though, cos you said '4rd'.
@Edward Ovalle There wasnt anyone like Heisenberg before. No reason to suggest there would be someone else to make purer meth than the 91% or whatever they made.
@@dannyduggan4324 Well either way Walt gaslighting Jesse is inevitable so a theoretical situation like this wouldn’t happen, but I think Jesse would probably be forced to work for the rest of his life until Gus finds a willing chemist able to learn from him. But it’ll take a really long time
security and live a pretty good life? he would be working under a ruthless kingpin, and his only lifeline would be the knowledge of a chemical formula he isn't even good at gus fring wouldn't take longer than 2 seconds to extort that formula from him, get a better chemister and get rid of a now useless meth head
@@TBKSSS He still had, Mike. Much tougher, younger people than Mike and he kept faith with him. Jese was building a trust with Gus. That would have counted more than getting in someone else.
@@dannyduggan4324 mike just does whatever he's been told to do gus, building a trust with a hothead, stupid junky? that was just a facade in order to get what walter white had (the formula) and get rid of him too someone like gus would never, ever, trust someone like jesse, he's way too impulsive, stupid, predictable until he isn't the same way he would never, ever, trust walt, too ambitous, too smart
1:32 this reminds me of a cutscene in a video game and Gus is the main character stumbling across it, if he doesn't mike will just be strangling that guy forever.
Notice how similar this scene is to Walt murdering the Neo Nazis? Both got harmed by their own weapons used against their enemies, and both Nazis and Cartel members killed people both Gus and Walt cared about. Brilliant
Also, someone else pointed out that Mike, who’s Gus’s right hand man, choked a man with a wire similar to how Jesse, who’s Walter’s right hand man choked Tod. They also pointed out how "Tio" Hector killed Gus’s *brother* and "Uncle" Jack killed Walter’s *brother* in law.
@@CesarGarcia-ru8hr would be milking a franchise, we already have 2 amazing shows we don’t need another one explaining Gus’s entire backstory. Maybe in the final season of BCS
The plan to take down the cartel here was just brilliant. Gus was so utterly terrifying. In one minute he's calm, cool and calculating and in another he's slitting a man's throat and pulling his neck back to let the blood spray out, all the while staring menacingly at the men he's trying to keep under his thumb. He planned all of this, knowing he might die, that the poison would only be delayed, but risked everything to take down the cartel. Just amazing writing and acting.
I love the detail in this show at around 2:18 you can see that Jesse is visibly shaking while holding the gun while mike holds it very still, goes to show the difference in experience between the two
Little known fact, Don Eladio's actor Steven Bauer was so committed to this role he actually drank real poison and died to enhance the scene. Absolute legend
Just crazy coincidence the one guy Gus actually wanted wasn't one of the dudes that just flopped dead instantly in the chair, he remained in a boss ass downed pose waiting for the killcam like a true gamer.
Gus Fring is by far the most patient with his plans. On BCS S06E10 he even berates Lalo for being impatient. This scene is so fulfilling especially after what Don Eladio did to Gus Fring.
That’s what made Gus the best in the business. He was patient, smart, cautious, and wise enough to keep his ego in check. Walt was just as smart, but his arrogance and impatience kept him from being as successful as Gus.
Right before his death, Don Eladio gave Gus advice he should have heeded when he said, "There's no place for emotion in any of this." Hector Salamanca was Gus' only weakness because he was the only individual whom he allowed to cloud his judgment, and it cost him his life (and half his face) a couple episodes later.
@@claus4670 but it's also the fact that Tyrus offered to kill Hector himself but Gus refused because his hatred for Hector outweighed the possible consequences of exposing himself in the open
One crazy thing about this scene is you know Gus is so meticulous he wouldn't have gone there without being able to throw up on command. How long was this plan in the back of his mind? How many times did he practice making himself get sick? Had he done it for years? There's no way a man like Gus would take action until he was sure of every detail.
@@1eighty I agree he had to, even throwing up some of it would've been absorbed, and it's not like him to take the risk. But I like that we see him collapse at the end, shows you how ballsy the move was
Can you believe it? All this was 20 freaking years in the making, Gus put in two decades of his life to make the impossible happen...along comes Walter White
@@DirtCheapFU nobody here knows what u are talking about but YES this is possible. Why else would he still be mad after years and years. He killed his other colleague victor without giving a fk
Every aspect of this show was amazing. Every main characters acting is top notch. There will never be another show that did it quite like this one did.
