The smartest character in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul

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  @ogod5985 · 3 years ago

  Gus was not just smart, he was patient, he was calculated and he left emotion and pride out for most of the series, until he made a fatal mistake.

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• MR

  @Mr1worldin · 2 years ago

  It’s crazy how relieved Gus was after killing Lalo, you can really see how many years it took from him when watching Breaking Bad.

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• TO

  @TomEyeTheSFMguy · 3 years ago

  In any good characters, I always look to see if there are contradictions to them.<br><br>I see that Gustavo&apos;s main contradiction is that he takes a rational, practical approach to achieve an irrational, emotional goal.

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• SA

  @samstar3604 · 2 years ago

  Lalo: Oh and I&apos;ll be back for more chicken! see you soon.<br>Gus in the next scene: <b>Blows up the restaurant so he doesn&apos;t have to give Lalo more chicken</b>

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• AN

  @ANAXA-XXVII · 2 years ago

  I like to think most of the main characters are highly intelligent, but they all have a character flaw that make them do unwise things. Walter is a chemistry genius, but his pride and ego make him act irrationally in spite of how smart he is otherwise. Mike is a brilliant tactician, but he has heart and mercy, which are good qualities in a man, but wind up being fatal in the business he&apos;s involved in. Gus is a highly intelligent businessman and negotiator, but his single-minded pursuit of vengeance at all costs leave him wide open to predictable behaviors that end up being his downfall. Hank is a very competent DEA agent, but his familiarity with the drug industry and the kinds of people he knows to be involved make him frequently rule out the possibility that his meek and mild-mannered brother-in-law Walt could ever manage to deal with them and come out alive. They&apos;re all very intelligent and competent at what they do best, but they&apos;re also not immune from having a character defect which leads to their undoing.

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• SP

  @Sprite_525 · 3 years ago

  The subtle critique of the writers was that the corporate intelligence was exactly the ‘smart’ that organized crime rings admire. The makers of the godfather said similar things, and the ex-criminal writer of ‘soul on ice’ said the same thing: corporate and criminal values are the same when you subtract all the ‘rudeness’ of street manners.

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• OG

  @OGVade · 3 years ago

  I always like how in bcs we see Gus using fear to keep a person complacent and mike suggesting against that. Yet in BB it’s the opposite, it really shows how Gus became more calculated and learned not to have a “nacho” situation again, while mike went into his more ruthless, if it works get it done hitman we all know and love.

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• RE

  @revelare_xvii6269 · 3 years ago (edited)

  That moment you realize that in the end Lalo still managed to kill Gus (since Lalo is the one who gave Hector his bell).

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• MR

  @mr.satire9681 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvj7kExWgrQ&amp;t=171">2:51</a><br><br>Love how it goes from “Gus being happy because he hit a cool trick shot” to “Gus brutally murdering a man”

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• SU

  @supersaiyanzero386 · 2 years ago

  Gus is smart because he can throw trash from a distance into a can

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• IA

  @IAmTheDoctor00 · 3 years ago

  While everyone is talking about the amazing performances. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvj7kExWgrQ&amp;t=168">2:48</a> gus sinks a basket clear across the restaurant and smiles to himself...truly a nice moment.

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• JO

  @joaquinwaters1810 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvj7kExWgrQ&amp;t=1456">24:16</a> I love this scene. At this point Gus understood Walt enough to know exactly the right triggers to push to get him in line: his ego, his masculinity, his twisted justification of doing it all for his family.

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