For this post I am very excited to be explaining my view on the character Gus. Played by Giancarlo Esposito, Gus is the meth king pin of the south west. He is a very famous and successful business man outside of his illegal industries as well. Most notable is his fast food chicken restaurant, Los Pollos Hermanos. He also has a seemingly vertically integrated industrial size laundry plant. All of these he uses to harbor, launder, and protect his products as a high-end meth distributor.
Gus Fring is first introduced in the third season of Breaking Bad as a very unfamiliar face. So far in Walt and Jesse's experiences up the drug pyramid, distributors have been over powering and mostly scary. Gus is a very upright business man, something that Walt immediately assumes to mean stability. And lucky for Walter, Gus wants him to cook for him as well. Through out the rest of the third season, Gus is a very likable and stable character.
WRONG. The only difference between Gus and the past distributors is being meticulous. He doesn't show off that he gets what he wants, instead he takes the time to make sure it happens. Eventually, after finding out that Gus will even poison children as means to his ends, things start to fall apart. Soon, Walt is on the other side of Gus's overall intentions. Of course he wont kill Walt off just yet: that would stop his yield. Now, by the fourth season, Gus and Walter are in a complete face-off (notice this).
Both of these men's attitudes were extremely absolute. Working together under such conditions are only fatal, the presence of 'this town is too small for the both of us' is a vital factor of each character. The best part about the drawing of this dual is shown in Gus's character. The camera only sees him in his business persona, which is a beautiful writing technique. The scariest part about the man is his power: shown in the second to last episode. You find out Gus is on the board of the hospital, making him ever so powerful. this gives the feel that everything Walt does, has a good chance of coming back to Gus.
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