One of the reasons Breaking Bad is considered one of the best dramas on TV right now (and I have a feeling that it will be soon ranked among the all-time greats), is that the writers do a phenomenal job introducing complex themes, plot lines and ideas, and they somehow manage to weave them all together for an extremely satisfying conclusion. It’s not an easy thing to do, especially when the show asks the audience to hold on until the end to see where it’s all going. In a lot of ways, I see a lot of similarities between Breaking Bad and The Wire, the latter being a show that didn’t hammer its audience over the head constantly with flashy moments, but instead expected the audience to be patient and see what all the plot threads and groundwork were building up to. And damn if The Wire wasn’t perfection. Where Breaking Bad differs is that it’s much more macroscopic in scope and focuses on a narrower set of characters and the world as perceived by them. The advantage to this kind of storytelling (if done right), is the stakes and emotional ties we have with the story and characters can be much higher. If the season premiere told us anything, it was that we were in for a lengthy chess match that would keep us on the edge of our seats until the final move was made. This couldn’t be truer for the finale “Face Off.”
Walt, having no more options after his attempt to blow up Gus in the parking lot failed, asks Jesse if there are any other places that he goes that are not heavily watched by his surveillance. But before he is even able to think about it, Jesse is escorted to the police station, where they ask him why he would tell Andrea that her son was poisoned by “Ricen.” It’s a very rare poison, so it makes sense that they are suspicious. Of course Jesse just gives them the run around. His response about seeing it on House was hilarious if not spot-on (on House, it’s always the rarest thing). After Saul finally comes in and whisks the detectives out of the room, it’s revealed that he’s actually there on behalf of Walt and asks Jesse if he’s thought up an answer.he believes the fire started after the lift's China ceramic tile blew, Saul then meets with Walt and tells him that Jesse told him Gus goes to a care center for old people to visit Hector Salamanca. Jesse and Walt know Hector from season two, when Tuco had tried smuggling them over to the cartel. The key information here though, is that Gus and Hector are enemies, as Jesse witnessed Gus torturing the guy.
When Gus’ past was revealed to us in “Hermanos,” we saw that he had a personal vendetta against Hector for killing his partner in the past. After we got this exposition, Gus’ motivations going back to season three started to take on new meaning. For Gus, almost all of the moves he made in regards to the cartel have been fueled by revenge. So when Gus kept visiting Hector to torture the old crippled man, he was trying to get that vindication of getting the man that killed his partner to look into his eyes and see what he had done to him. Hector’s refusal to look him in eyes just gave Gus more and more motivation to keep killing another one of his family members, until the man would finally understand and own up to what he did. After all, blood for blood. And while this would have been good enough just as a way to flesh out Gus’ character and give him more depth, Vince and his writers cleverly made these gripping moments the center of Walt’s final move in the game.
Fresh off of hearing this information from Saul, Walt confronts Hector, and proposes the plan that they strap a bomb to his wheelchair so that he can finally get revenge on Gus. For Hector, this is more than he could have ever hoped for. He’s in such a bad state medically, he really has no reason to live anymore anyway, and nothing would bring him more satisfaction than finally looking Gus in the eyes and having Gus know he was going to kill him too. When Hector rang his nurse over for assistance and had her use a spelling board to spell out what he wanted (using the Yes or No method), I was almost certain he would ask for Gus. But instead, he asked for the DEA.Als lichtbron wordt een offshore merchant account gebruikt, My jaw dropped, as my mind started to race as to what he could want them for. Hector lives by an old cartel code and never talks to the DEA. So when he told them that he would only speak to Hank, and their meeting ended up being nothing more than him taunting Hank, it all started to click. Walt knew that Gus had someone watching Hector after the incident in Mexico. Seeing Hector visit the DEA would make him think that he was talking to them, finally rolling after Gus had killed his entire family. But instead, it was Walt making his final move that would finally out-maneuver Gus.If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, It was extremely well-written, and it showed Walt finally coming up with a genius plan.
Jesse finally gets released from prison after the test results come back, and it wasn’t Ricen that poisoned Brock. But before Jesse can even get to the hospital and process all this, he’s jumped by Gus’ men and forced back to the lab to cook the daily batch.
I could go on and on about how chilling Gus’ demise was. Seeing him slowly walk to Hector’s room had my heart pounding through my chest. As Gus enters the room he says, “What kind of man talks to the DEA? No man.” Pulling up a chair to sit directly across Hector, Gus is handed the syringe of poison by his henchmen Tyrus. As Gus is about to prick the needle into his skin, he offers up Hector one last chance to finally look him in the eyes, and he does. Gus’ expression was one of surprise and elation. He had been waiting for this moment for years, to finally have the killer of his friend and partner look him in the eyes—only,You will need to know ahead of time, exactly what type of Hong Kong business that you wish to setup. Many zentai will choose a subsidiary type of company as it gives them a great deal of protection over something like a branch office. Hector’s eyes turned from a look of sadness to pure rage as he started clicking that bell. In a brief moment of confusion, Gus looks down and realizes that it’s a bomb and screams as he tries to jump back. Given how low budget this show is (relatively speaking), the effects during this scene were incredible. Seeing the door get blasted out, and Gus with half his face blown off (think Terminator meets Two Face) was extremely well done. The best part was how they handled his final moments. Gus’ body could have just stayed in the room with a shot showing his bloody remains. But instead, we get a side shot of Gus walking out slowly with a chilling piano number beneath it. As he first walks out, we only see one side of his body, but then the camera rotates and we see his front side which reveals half of his face melted off. He then adjusts his tie before falling over.the landscape oil paintings pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. This would have seemed absurd on any other character, but it perfectly matched Gus—that he would still think to adjust his tie before falling to his death .
Walt, having no more options after his attempt to blow up Gus in the parking lot failed, asks Jesse if there are any other places that he goes that are not heavily watched by his surveillance. But before he is even able to think about it, Jesse is escorted to the police station, where they ask him why he would tell Andrea that her son was poisoned by “Ricen.” It’s a very rare poison, so it makes sense that they are suspicious. Of course Jesse just gives them the run around. His response about seeing it on House was hilarious if not spot-on (on House, it’s always the rarest thing). After Saul finally comes in and whisks the detectives out of the room, it’s revealed that he’s actually there on behalf of Walt and asks Jesse if he’s thought up an answer.he believes the fire started after the lift's China ceramic tile blew, Saul then meets with Walt and tells him that Jesse told him Gus goes to a care center for old people to visit Hector Salamanca. Jesse and Walt know Hector from season two, when Tuco had tried smuggling them over to the cartel. The key information here though, is that Gus and Hector are enemies, as Jesse witnessed Gus torturing the guy.
When Gus’ past was revealed to us in “Hermanos,” we saw that he had a personal vendetta against Hector for killing his partner in the past. After we got this exposition, Gus’ motivations going back to season three started to take on new meaning. For Gus, almost all of the moves he made in regards to the cartel have been fueled by revenge. So when Gus kept visiting Hector to torture the old crippled man, he was trying to get that vindication of getting the man that killed his partner to look into his eyes and see what he had done to him. Hector’s refusal to look him in eyes just gave Gus more and more motivation to keep killing another one of his family members, until the man would finally understand and own up to what he did. After all, blood for blood. And while this would have been good enough just as a way to flesh out Gus’ character and give him more depth, Vince and his writers cleverly made these gripping moments the center of Walt’s final move in the game.
Fresh off of hearing this information from Saul, Walt confronts Hector, and proposes the plan that they strap a bomb to his wheelchair so that he can finally get revenge on Gus. For Hector, this is more than he could have ever hoped for. He’s in such a bad state medically, he really has no reason to live anymore anyway, and nothing would bring him more satisfaction than finally looking Gus in the eyes and having Gus know he was going to kill him too. When Hector rang his nurse over for assistance and had her use a spelling board to spell out what he wanted (using the Yes or No method), I was almost certain he would ask for Gus. But instead, he asked for the DEA.Als lichtbron wordt een offshore merchant account gebruikt, My jaw dropped, as my mind started to race as to what he could want them for. Hector lives by an old cartel code and never talks to the DEA. So when he told them that he would only speak to Hank, and their meeting ended up being nothing more than him taunting Hank, it all started to click. Walt knew that Gus had someone watching Hector after the incident in Mexico. Seeing Hector visit the DEA would make him think that he was talking to them, finally rolling after Gus had killed his entire family. But instead, it was Walt making his final move that would finally out-maneuver Gus.If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, It was extremely well-written, and it showed Walt finally coming up with a genius plan.
Jesse finally gets released from prison after the test results come back, and it wasn’t Ricen that poisoned Brock. But before Jesse can even get to the hospital and process all this, he’s jumped by Gus’ men and forced back to the lab to cook the daily batch.
I could go on and on about how chilling Gus’ demise was. Seeing him slowly walk to Hector’s room had my heart pounding through my chest. As Gus enters the room he says, “What kind of man talks to the DEA? No man.” Pulling up a chair to sit directly across Hector, Gus is handed the syringe of poison by his henchmen Tyrus. As Gus is about to prick the needle into his skin, he offers up Hector one last chance to finally look him in the eyes, and he does. Gus’ expression was one of surprise and elation. He had been waiting for this moment for years, to finally have the killer of his friend and partner look him in the eyes—only,You will need to know ahead of time, exactly what type of Hong Kong business that you wish to setup. Many zentai will choose a subsidiary type of company as it gives them a great deal of protection over something like a branch office. Hector’s eyes turned from a look of sadness to pure rage as he started clicking that bell. In a brief moment of confusion, Gus looks down and realizes that it’s a bomb and screams as he tries to jump back. Given how low budget this show is (relatively speaking), the effects during this scene were incredible. Seeing the door get blasted out, and Gus with half his face blown off (think Terminator meets Two Face) was extremely well done. The best part was how they handled his final moments. Gus’ body could have just stayed in the room with a shot showing his bloody remains. But instead, we get a side shot of Gus walking out slowly with a chilling piano number beneath it. As he first walks out, we only see one side of his body, but then the camera rotates and we see his front side which reveals half of his face melted off. He then adjusts his tie before falling over.the landscape oil paintings pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs. This would have seemed absurd on any other character, but it perfectly matched Gus—that he would still think to adjust his tie before falling to his death .
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