The part that would bother me is that episode where Gus basically dares the sniper to shoot him, knowing that he wouldn't. It was alluded to that the mexican cartel didn't dare kill him because of his connections or something...
So then Walt goes and kills him....no repercussions? It'd be a bit weird.
Maybe I'm misremembering, but it'd bug me a bit if it is never addressed...though I'm not sure it will be.
The show didn't point toward the sniper missing Gus because of any connections. The "who he was" there was about being the boss of the operation the Mexicans were there to coerce co-operation from. In turn Gus caved and took Jesse down there to teach them the blue meth formula. The flashback with Don Eladio saying something about who Gus was didn't come up until later in the show and it happened so long ago it seems quite safe to assume how the sniper incident played out was motivated by the cartel's current business aims.
The part that would bother me is that episode where Gus basically dares the sniper to shoot him, knowing that he wouldn't. It was alluded to that the mexican cartel didn't dare kill him because of his connections or something...
So then Walt goes and kills him....no repercussions? It'd be a bit weird.
Maybe I'm misremembering, but it'd bug me a bit if it is never addressed...though I'm not sure it will be.
It wasn't that he had connections and they were afraid of him, it was that they didn't want to kill him cause of the money from his business. They just wanted to get him in line and get payments from him. Also they ended up asking for his meth recipe as you remember, even to the point of taking his cook.
They wanted him to be their subsidiary business, he does the work north of the border and they collect a share. The attacks were a way of saying, 'hey, we could kill you and/or destroy your business if we want, you better play by our rules.'
It was like a good ol mob shakedown. Ultimately you don't want to kill what is profitable to you, but you will if they don't get in line.
I thought I read somewhere that Gilligan wanted Gus's past to be somewhat enigmatic in the way that the suitcase in Pulp Fiction was.
I like how it stands now. I don't want them to explain everything in the show. It's nice to be able to talk about hypotheticals. Disclosing too much about Gus would be like when George Lucas explained the Force by introducing the midiclorians. It was just better not knowing.
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I can buy it all except the swapping of the smoke pack. Can't see Huell pulling it off, how many smokes are in the pack, etc.
Did he replace the pack or just take it out? I wonder if Jesse would have been conscious of it. Even so, just take out the pack and replace it with anything. He probably smokes so much he wouldn't have been aware of one or two cigarettes missing or being added.
Even if you assume that he somehow guessed close to the right number of smokes in the pack, or put a half full pack and Jesse didn't notice, we are talking about Huell here. The guy can barely move and breathe at the same time, he is hardly graceful. I know it's possible but that part really annoyed me.
I doubt Huell actually prepared the pack, I'd assume Walt did and gave it to Saul who gave it to Huell. Then hey actually had Huell switch the packs on film. I'd probably agree with you that it was a poor choice, but where they actually did it, gotta give them credit.
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In Jesse's state of mind at the time I think they could have just taken the pack and not bothered replacing it at all. I guess it depends how conscious Jesse is of the ricin in the pack. He might have not noticed and bought another pack without thinking about switching out the ricin cig until he found out that symptoms were similar to ricin poisoning.
Alright don't want to read any posts in case of spoilers and just started watching this show. I'm on like the 5th episode and my question is does the show continue to be as awesome or is there a letdown? Because this show is one of the best I've ever watched so far.
Alright don't want to read any posts in case of spoilers and just started watching this show. I'm on like the 5th episode and my question is does the show continue to be as awesome or is there a letdown? Because this show is one of the best I've ever watched so far.
It's continuously awesome so far.
In fact, its been on an upward climb statistically according to IMDB ratings:
Lowest rating for a Season 5 episode: 88 Season 5 average: 92
Lowest rating for a Season 4 episode: 81 Season 4 average: 89
Lowest rating for a Season 3 episode: 81 Season 3 average: 85
Lowest rating for a Season 2 episode: 82 Season 2 average: 87
Lowest rating for a Season 1 episode: 83 Season 1 average: 86
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Ultimately you don't want to kill what is profitable to you, but you will if they don't get in line.
