Damn, these past few episodes have been excellent, giving me some great moments of shock and awe, and today, empathy for the devil -Gus himself.
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I don't think it was his brother. It was heavily implied by Hector's comment, and the words spoken - somethings were lost in translation - especially when he was pleading for Gus' life; he was saying that the Gus was more than just his partner. Which makes his story even more tragic. Never would have thought I'd be sympathizing with Gus, damn, these writers are good.
Hermano Max, desperately realizing that death was imminent and no forgiveness granted, says, "El es mi compañero, yo lo necesito, el es mi compañero, por favor--"
BLAM!
Translated, "He is my companion (partner), I need him, he is my companion, please." If it was business partner, I think he would have used the word
socio, which means business partner. I took "compañero" to mean sentimental partner in the urgency of his last pleas.
Maximino Arsiniega I believe his name was, for whom the chemistry scholarship was named at UNM, and in this way providing an explanation for how Gus and Gale initially met. I love how they keep expanding the background of these characters. And Tio Salamanca keeps demonstrating what a piece of **** he truly was before bound to that chair. I almost enjoyed watching him cry as Gus kept taunting him. Oh what the hell, I enjoyed it immensely.
Such a twisted couple of scenes. Sangre por Sangre.
So who
is Gus that he was not killed and was able to create his own empire and stake his territory in New Mexico? I cannot wait for next week.
Yeah, I didn't mean his literal "brother". I figured it was more of a term of endearment than anything else.
I know. Last week, I was rooting for Hank to catch Gus, and now I kind of sympathize for him a bit. This show definitely isn't biased for any particular character or takes sides. It gives you both sides of the story.
Also, did anyone notice the parallel at the very beginning between Walt putting on the medical gown at the hospital and Walt putting on the equipment at the meth lab? Even the way both of those were shot, with Walt facing the camera right in the middle of the frame, was almost identical. I'm sure that was intentional.
And this is great commentary on those scenes, and why I love reading the comments on the episodes, as they point out stuff I missed the first time around. I guess it's their visual way of conveying the themes expressed by Walt -at the hospital, in his gown, despite what Walt believes, he is not in control of what the result of his tests will be, at the mercy of inevitable death by fate. At "work," Walt is taking charge, taking back the control of his life and flipping off destiny, and death will come as a result of his own actions, it seems.
Favorite scenes:
-Mike pulling up right next to Hank and Walt as Hank goads his brother-in-law to put that GPS underneath the car. And Hank's WTF face when Walt kneels before the car a second time coming out the restaurant.
-Gus and Walt at the register. "I...I...I didn't do it. See? I didn't do it."
"Good. Do it.....DO it."
-Gus did kick the ass of those DEA agents, in his own Gus way.
-Gus taunting Salamanca in those two visits.
I wanna what happens next
now.
