Breaking Bad fans watched the events leading up to Gus Fring’s death with bated breath. Breaking Bad, one of America’s finest crime drama television series, originally premiered from January 2008 to September 2013. The show ran for five seasons and 62 episodes on AMC. The show has won great critical acclaim and several awards. Its popularity has given rise to the whole Breaking Bad media franchise with a sequel film, “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,” and a prequel series, “Better Call Saul,” that came to a finish in August 2022.
The show notably has a great cast of Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, Bob Odenkirk, and most importantly, Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo “Gus” Fring. Gus made his first appearance on the show in Season 2 Episode 11, “Mandala,” in 2009. He is introduced to the show as a potential buyer for the high-quality meth Walter White is creating. Throughout the show, he becomes a villain and arguably plays one of the greatest villains of all time in crime dramas. He is a smart, button-down gentleman who is slightly cold and very efficient. In Season 4 of the show, Gus meets his end.
What Was Breaking Bad About?
Breaking Bad was essentially a crime drama series. The show’s main character is Walter White, a normal high school chemistry teacher. After his lung cancer diagnosis, he dabbles in making meth with his student Jesse Pinkman in small batches for an income. However, after seeing potential, he starts creating blue meth, which is extremely pure and has a high demand in the local meth circles. As his business grows, he finds himself in difficult situations with his family, Mexican drug cartels, local meth dealers, and the DEA. The show goes on for five seasons, depicting Walter White’s rise as an important component in the local meth circles.
Who Was Gustavo “Gus” Fring?
Gustavo “Gus” Fring is first introduced as the restaurant manager of a fast food chain, Los Pollos Hermanos, in the South Valley. It is later revealed that he is actually a Chilean Drug Distributor who founded Los Pollos Hermanos as a front for his drug dealings. Originally positioned as just a buyer, Gus becomes more and more involved as the seasons’ progress. He often manipulates and sets up events that bring everything to his benefit. He also runs an industrial laundry facility called Lavandería Brillante in New Mexico.
Although Gus has a very positive image, it is a front. He makes charity donations, plays a major part in local civic causes, and acts as a responsible citizen. However, it is all a sham. He is ruthless and clever in his actions and efficiently acts as a proper functioning businessman to manage his huge drug empire.
How Did Gus Die?
Season 4 of Breaking Bad mostly revolved around the conflict between Walter White and Gus Fring. Since Gale’s murder last season, Gus forces Walt and Jesse to get back into the meth lab and work. He also brutally murders Victor and bleeds him to death. He also encourages a wedge between Walter and Jesse by putting Jesse to work outside more and more with Mike. There is also business with the Mexican Cartel, where Gus poisons them with poisoned Tequila. When the DEA starts to connect Gale’s death with Gus, he fires Walt and threatens him.
Walt attempts to kill Gus with a pipe bomb but fails. He then convinces Jesse to side with him and learns Gus’s routine. Walt then enlists the help of Hector at the nursing home. Hector pretends to be a DEA informant, and Gus tries to kill him with a lethal injection. However, right before he can, Hector starts ringing the bell on his wheelchair, which is connected to Walt’s pipe bomb. The ringing causes the bomb to detonate, killing Hector immediately. It looks as if Gus is uninjured as he calmly adjusts his tie and starts to walk. But the camera pans above, revealing that an entire portion of his face has melted down, and Gus collapses, dead.
In Which Episode Does Gus Die?
The events that lead to Gus’s death happen in Season 4’s finale episode, Episode 13. The episode is titled “Face Off” and begins with Walt taking out the pipe bomb from the car and cornering Jesse for more information. After the events leading to Gus’ death, Walt frees Walt from Gus’s henchmen, and that’s when Jesse reveals that Brock Cantillo was not really poisoned; he was just fed Lily of the Valley berries. The news about the explosion travels across the city, and Walt informs Skyler that he has won. The episode then concludes.
