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Gus drives Walt to an industrial laundry facility , where a huge washing machine conceals the entrance to a state-of-the-art superlab. Explaining that the facility receives large chemical shipments and boasts an excellent filtration system, Gus tells Walt no suspicions will be raised. Although very impressed by the high-tech apparatus of the lab, Walt declines Gus's offer, saying that he's already made too many bad decisions.

If his decisions were made for his family's welfare, Gus counters, they were not bad. Gus with the Cousins in Los Pollos " Sunset ".

Meanwhile, the Cousins enter Los Pollos. Gus watches as they sit down without ordering anything. Gus arrives at Los Pollos again and sees the Cousins. An employee, Cynthia , wonders if she should call the police, but Gus replies "they're doing nothing wrong.

Back at Los Pollos, Gus, frustrated with the lurking Cousins, approaches them and arranges an offsite meeting: "Sunset. Walt may have betrayed Tuco, Gus reminds them, but someone else pulled the trigger. May his death satisfy you.

Gus with the Cousins in the desert " Sunset ". Walt calls Gus to let him know that Gale isn't working out, and he wants to replace him with Jesse. Later, Hank is in his SUV in a shopping center parking lot. His cell phone rings. Bolsa concedes that it will be delayed indefinitely, then vows to learn the truth about the assassination plot from the surviving Cousin. In the hospital waiting room, a call from Gus interrupts Walt's conversation.

Walt excuses himself. He lies about being "hard at work" and blames his inability to meet the week's meth quota on Gale's mistakes.

He promises to deliver pounds by next week " I See You ". Gus comforting Walt's family " I See You ". Shortly afterwards, Gus as part of his image as a big DEA booster goes to the hospital with a large buffet of Los Pollos Hermanos fried chicken for the police officers keeping vigil over Hank.

In the waiting room, Walt watches Gus console Marie. Gus mentions how he met Agent Schrader earlier. Referring to the donation jar for Walt's surgery he saw at the DEA office. Gus replies that he investigates everyone with whom he does business. Walt asks if Gus's presence is a message to him. Gus says that he is supporting his community, hiding in plain sight the same way Walt does " I See You ".

Walt tells Gus that he fears for his family. The businessman replies that the Cousin is unlikely to survive. As Gus departs, police race upstairs where medical staffers are attempting CPR on the flat-lining Cousin. Their resuscitation attempts fail and the Cousin dies. Amid the commotion, Mike slips away unnoticed, discarding a syringe as he leaves. A sudden crash interrupts Bolsa. His bodyguards investigate and are brought down by gunfire. As Bolsa attempts to escape, he is met by a machine-gun-wielding assassin.

Gus listens impassively as Bolsa is gunned down, then breaks his cell phone in two " I See You ". Gus listens as Walt explains his interpretation of Gus's business strategy to take over the Southwest meth market " Kafkaesque ". As the methamphetamine production accelerates, Gus' method of distribution is revealed in the lab, Walt and Jesse hand off a batch of blue crystal meth, which ends up at Gus' chicken farm.

Victor supervises workers as they submerge plastic bags of blue meth into tubs of fry batter with a star only visible under ultraviolet light for shipment across the Southwest with Los Pollos Hermanos truck " Kafkaesque ". They were steered to Hank to protect Walt. Gus surprises Walt with an invitation to his home for dinner. Gus offers to help Walt avoid mistakes that he himself made starting out.

Jesse is outraged that the dealers behind Combo's murder are selling blue meth, meaning they are dealers who work for Gus. He plots to have Wendy poison the dealers with burgers, but as Wendy and Jesse are in Jesse's car they notice that the dealers aren't in their regular spot. At the farm, Walt and Gus sit side by side. The rival dealers are also present at this ad hoc summit. Gus concedes that his employees may have "acted rashly" in murdering Combo, but that "the man was selling on their territory.

There is blame on both sides. Gus orders Jesse to make peace with the dealers. Jesse refuses. Incensed by Jesse's insolence, but committed to finding a resolution, Gus tells the dealers "No more children," and orders Jesse to shake their hands " Half Measures ". Enraged, Jesse goes to the drug corner, picks up his gun and walks toward it. The dealers, also armed, notice Jesse and menacingly walk toward him.

Just as Jesse draws his gun, Walt plows into the dealers with his car. One is killed instantly. The other, badly injured, reaches for his gun. Walt rushes over, grabs the gun, and shoots the dealer in the head.

Walt then tells Jesse to run. Following that night's events, Walt finds himself in his car in the desert. An SUV arrives. Mike phones and instructs Walt to walk toward it.

Gus emerges from the SUV. Walt tells Gus that Jesse is on the run and suggests that Gus has two options: Kill Walt and search for Jesse or consider this a lone hiccup in an otherwise long and fruitful business arrangement. Gus accedes, but insists on choosing Walt's new lab assistant. When he reports to the superlab, Walt is surprised to see that the locks have been changed Victor has to let him in and that Gale has been reinstated as his assistant " Full Measure ".

Gus in his office talking to Mike " Full Measure ". Later that night at a chemical supply warehouse, Mike effortlessly outmaneuvers four Mexican gunmen, slaying them all. At Gus's office, Mike and Gus examine the gunmen's passports. Later, Gus surprises Gale at home and tells him Walt is dying of cancer. Nevertheless, he continues, "I must prepare for the worst-case scenario. Gus asking Gale to learn Walt's formula as soon as possible in case "push came to shove" " Full Measure ".

Walter deduces Gus' true intentions: he knows that he is only safe until Gale feels confident enough to take over the lab. Gus can't afford to stop production, Walt reasons, which gives Walt the leverage he needs to save their lives. Without Gale, Gus would be forced to retain Walter as the only cook capable of producing the high-quality meth needed to sustain his operations.

Thus, he plots with Jesse to kill Gale. That night, as Walt is leaving his house after dinner with his family, Victor pulls up and takes him to the industrial laundry on the premise that there is some kind of "chemical leaking" in his lab.

Once there, Walt sees Mike and knows he's about to be killed. Walt is able to place a call to Jesse, explain his dire situation, and order to Jesse to follow through on the plan. Mike calls Gale to prevent the situation, but music and a noisy teakettle prevent Gale from hearing his phone vibrate. He answers a knock on his front door. It's Jesse. Jesse pulls out his gun. Gale begs for his life, but, his eyes tearing, Jesse fires the gun " Full Measure ".

At the lab where Walt and Mike are waiting, Victor returns with Jesse and it's clear that Gale is dead. Mike asks if Victor performed a sweep of Gale's apartment.

Victor replies that he couldn't because people were there. When Mike asks if he was seen, he admits he was. Mike calls Gus on his cell phone shortly after he hears from Victor about Gale's death at the hands of Jesse " Box Cutter ".

In the lab, Walt explains the new reality to Mike and Victor: like it or not, he's the only one who can maintain the meth production schedule. In response, Victor switches on the equipment and begins the cook himself. Gus arrives and Walt immediately tries to defend his and Jesse's actions. Gus wordlessly changes into one of the lab's orange clean-up suits. As he becomes more nervous and agitated, Walt blames Gus for Gale's death: did Gus really think that Walt wouldn't take "extreme measures" to defend himself?

Gus says nothing and Walt, panic mounting, taunts Victor with rapid-fire questions pertaining to the chemistry of the meth-making process. Without him and Jesse, says Walt, the lab is just "an eight million dollar hole in the ground" " Box Cutter ".

Gus picks up a box cutter and walks menacingly toward Walt and Jesse. You kill Jesse, you don't have me. The blood sprays on Jesse and Walt. Walt can't meet Gus' icy stare. Jesse locks eyes with Gus until, his face covered in blood, Gus pushes Victor's dead body to the floor.

He walks past Walt and Jesse, dropping the box cutter. After washing up, Gus silently changes back into his street clothes.

Walt becomes quite worried that Gus will kill him, and purchases a gun. At the lab, Walt tucks his gun in his belt, waiting for Gus to arrive. When someone appears at the top of the stairs, he prepares to draw When Mike demands a second weighing "new policy" Walt asks to see Gus to "clear the air.

Late that night, Walt approaches Gus's house, gun in hand, but loses his nerve when Mike calls telling him to "Go home, Walter. Later, Walt arrives at the superlab and hears the whirring sound of a surveillance camera tracking his every move: Gus is watching him. Furious, he flips the camera the bird " Open House ". Mike huddles inside a Los Pollos Hermanos refrigerated truck as it travels down the highway.

The truck stops, and Mike hunkers down as two gunmen blast the truck with machine guns. When they open the rear doors, Mike shoots them dead and jumps out. Meanwhile, Mike meets with Gus and explains that Jesse is becoming a liability.

Walt may not like it, Mike continues, but something has to be done " Bullet Points ". For reasons unknown to Mike, Gus has sent Jesse on a mission with Mike to pick up money drop-offs. Mike makes the final pickup of the evening at another abandoned warehouse.

While he's inside, a second vehicle arrives, and Jesse notices one of its occupants approaching Mike's car with a shotgun. Jesse, convinced Mike is about to be robbed, shifts into reverse, floors it, knocks the guy to the ground, and slams into the other car.

Then he peels out in an attempt to lose the gunman and his cohort. Mike and Gus rendezvous outside Los Pollos Hermanos. Everything with Jesse went the way Gus planned, Mike reports. The gunman clearly was a plant, and Gus set it all up for Jesse's benefit. Meanwhile, Hank Schrader is curious when he finds a Los Pollos napkin in Gale's apartment with a serial number written on it in pen. Hank found this suspicious since Gale's apartment indicated he was a strict vegan " Shotgun ".

Reminiscent of earlier, Cartel thugs ambush another Los Pollos Hermanos refrigerated truck. This time they pump it full of exhaust. After the two guards traveling inside the shipment suffocate to death, the thugs enter the trailer—but take only a single marked container of fry batter. At the diner that evening, Mike asks Jesse to step outside when Gus arrives. The cartel thugs weren't after the meth, Mike explains to Gus, but wanted to send a message. Mike suggests hiring additional operatives and hitting back hard, but Gus responds, "This war stays cold for now," and instructs him to set up a meeting with the cartel.

Outside the diner, Jesse stops Gus. He asks, "Why me? Walt and Jesse plot to murder Gus. In the superlab out of the security camera's view, Walt cooks a batch of ricin.

Walt tells Jesse that he just needs to slip some into Gus's food or drink and Gus will die within 36 hours. Jesse conceals the slim ricin vial inside a cigarette that he returns to the pack upside-down. As part of his investigation, Walter, Jr. Gus replenishes Hank's soda and offers to pay for any future meals at Los Pollos Hermanos. Hank later slips the cup into an evidence bag and stashes it under his seat in the car " Problem Dog ".

The next day, Mike and Jesse drive to Gus's factory farm. Inside the office trailer, Mike discusses security arrangements with Gus while Jesse makes coffee, his hands shaking as he holds his cigarette pack, trying to decide what to do. Mike startles Jesse by offering him a loaded gun. Three Cartel members arrive at the farm, fewer than Mike expected. Only one, Gaff the lead assassin who hijacked the Los Pollos Hermanos truck earlier , meets with Gus.

Gaff replies that Gus knows what the Cartel wants. Is his answer yes or no? Gus seems to have made an error in judgment: "This is not a negotiation," Gaff says, bluntly. Outside moments later, Gaff and Gus stare each other down as the Cartel members depart.

On the drive back to town, Jesse asks Mike what it is Gus sees in him. Hank, questioning Gus's supposed affinity for law enforcement, says "Maybe he's our guy.

But one thing troubles him, says Hank, pausing for effect as he reveals photographs of a fingerprint on a Los Pollos soda cup and prints from the crime scene.

In flashback, Tio seethes silently in a nursing home as Gus almost victoriously describes the Cousins' deaths, and the cryptic warning Hank received before the attack.

Cartel boss Juan Bolsa is also dead, Gus reports. Tim reveals that Gus's fingerprints were found at a murder scene. Gale, he explains, won a chemistry scholarship that Gus established to honor Maximino Arciniega, a dear friend of his who died too young. Gale reestablished contact recently, and over dinner at Gale's apartment thus explaining Gus's fingerprints he proposed a vague investment opportunity that Gus declined " Hermanos ".

Hank then wonders why no record of Gus exists in Chile. The doctor helped Hector become cognizant again and to respond to verbal cues and to communicate by merely tapping his finger. The doctor told Gus that with more treatment, Hector might be able to walk and talk again.

Gus chose to discontinue the doctor's treatment so he could keep Hector trapped in a state of being cognizant without being able to ever talk or move. Hector was a ruthless individual who callously murdered Gus's partner Max, but that doesn't negate the sheer cruelty of what Gus did to Hector, keeping him trapped in a state where Hector knew he was being tormented without being able to do anything about it.

When Gus and Walter White's relationship was at a particularly fraught point in season 4 of Breaking Bad , Walt tried to stick it to him by refusing to clean the lab and having some of Gus's laundromat employees clean it instead.

Walt paid them handsomely for the work and took satisfaction in Gus having to watch his employees do Walt's work. Gus retaliated by having the employees deported.

Gus would claim that he did this because bringing them into the lab was a security risk, but it was ultimately about proving his dominance to Walt, even at the cost of deporting his own workers. Victor was certainly no angel, but he was always loyal to Gus. After Victor was seen by civilians at the scene of Gale's tragic death , Gus slit Victor's throat with a box cutter and let him bleed to death.

Gus felt that Victor had become a liability and wanted to send a message to Walt and Jesse of what would happen to them if they crossed him again. While this scene was gruesome, the true horror was how Gus emotionlessly murdered one of the most loyal and dedicated individuals in his organization.

Gus ultimately cared most about self-preservation and power and would eliminate anyone who threatened these ideals, even his most trusted men. Thanks to Jesse, Gus learned that two of his street corner dealers were using kids as part of their drug trade.

After this came to his attention, Gus told the dealers they could no longer use children, yet he continued to employ them because they brought him good business. Gus cared more about the money these men were making than about the fact that they were manipulating and using an year-old boy.

Either way, the duo proposed a deal with the Mexican cartel - specifically, Don Eladio Vuente. During the meeting, they unintentionally offended the powerful man, leading to Eladio ordering his henchman, Hector Salamanca to shoot Max in the head. He also established a chemistry scholarship at the University of New Mexico in his partner's name, and he was seen visiting a memorial dedicated to Max in Better Call Saul season 5.

Gus eventually gets an opportunity with the cartel as a distributor leading up to the events of Better Call Saul. Despite the various reveals, questions still remain about the notion that Gus may have been a member of the military, and even had his own family. There was even a theory that Gus secretly worked for the CIA. Breaking Bad may have ended, but there's still another season of the prequel to fill in more blanks.

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