![]() ![]() ![]() Gus drives up and tells Walt that he should never show his face at the laundry again, and that he should not go near Jesse–ever. There’s a wide shot of Walter on his knees in the middle of two cars and underneath the big blue sky that’s one of the most striking of the episode. The next thing you know, he’s out in the desert with a bag over his head. As soon as Jesse goes back inside, Gus’s new henchmen (one of whom looks like he moonlights as a male model. Jesse, who is still so hurt by Walter, kicks him to the curb. As much as Walt has betrayed him, Jesse still holds a candle for his deadbeat father figure.Īfter he recuperates from the car accident, Walt discovers that Jesse has been cooking without him, and goes by Jesse’s place to confront him about it. Jesse-whose heart seems to get more and more pure as this season goes on-begs Gus not to kill Walter. border, and he tells Jesse that he wants him to run the lab on his own. Ailing Gus is soon well enough to walk the six miles to the U.S. To be the CEO of methworld, you need to be even more competent and prepared than leaders in the straight world. This entire plot point illustrates the extreme, almost obsessive attention to detail that Gus possesses: There are blood transfusions in the correct type for himself, Mike and even Jesse waiting in a makeshift ER. The improvement could indicate that the passage in Gus' home could eventually be uncovered but it's more likely just a necessary precaution as Gus' home is naturally a more secure location than a laundry on the outskirts of Albuquerque.Walt’s disintegration is so complete at this point that even his brother-in-law Hank can tell: “You’re in over your head.” But before we get to the erstwhile chemistry teacher, let’s go from the beginning of the episode.Ī medical team is in the middle of the Mexican desert, ready to revive Gus when Jesse roars up with Mike in tow. The entrance to the passage lies behind a shelving unit, however, the superlab's entrance is more intricate, as it is underneath an industrial laundry unit that can lift off the floor. ![]() ![]() One way the meth superlab from Breaking Bad evolves from the passage in Gus' home is its entrance. Just like the passage in his home, Gus sees a laundry as the perfect cover for his lab. If this passage has been in place for a while and remains undetected, it explains why Gus believes his superlab would work. While hidden passages in basements might seem like a cliché in the world of Better Call Saul now, it appears that this passage has been in place for a long time. The fact that Gus' neighbors remain casual, not even acknowledging Gus as he strides through their bedroom, suggests they are used to the constant invasion by Gus and his men. It's fitting that the entrance to the hidden passage in Better Call Saul's Gus Fring house is in his laundry. The fact that both look normal at face value also mirrors Gus' personality - squeaky clean on the surface, but underneath his veneer, he hides terrible and dangerous secrets. While his neighbors' house appears ordinary, they only occupy a small room of the house, while Gus uses their living room as a surveillance site. This passage and base of operations share huge similarities with his superlab and demonstrate how Gus may have first come up with the idea for his lab under a laundry. Better Call Saul season 6 episode 4, "Hit and Run," sees Gus travel in an underground tunnel between his house and his neighbors'. Related: Better Call Saul: What That Red House Really Means (& Why It's Bad For Gus)īetter Call Saul season 6 shows that Gus' secrecy extends to all aspects of his life, even his home. In Better Call Saul season 6, Gus is convinced that Lalo is still alive, and has ramped his precautions up to another level. The construction is yet to be complete, however, after Ziegler went rogue and sparked the curiosity of Lalo Salamanca, giving Lalo his first inklings that Gus is working towards his own aims. Mike was in charge of Werner Ziegler and his team of German engineers, who constructed most of the laboratory that Walt and Jesse work in during Breaking Bad. While Gus' superlab is not in operation yet in Better Call Saul season 6, its construction began in season 4. ![]()
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