179-529: Gustavo Fring is a fictional character portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito in the Breaking Bad franchise, serving as the main antagonist in the crime drama series Breaking Bad and a major character in its prequel Better Call Saul . He is a Chilean-American businessman and major narcotics distributor in the Southwestern United States who uses several legitimate businesses, including
358-621: A box cutter in a gruesome show of force. Jesse attempts to distract himself from the guilt of killing Gale by setting up a perpetual drug rave at his house. He also places a large amount of drug money in Andrea's mailbox, urging her to leave Albuquerque with her young son, Brock ( Ian Posada ). Jesse becomes increasingly indifferent to his own welfare and steals meth from the superlab to fuel his drug-laden parties. Mike informs Gus of Jesse's recklessness, but instead of ordering Jesse's death, Gus has Mike take Jesse on an errand to collect drop money. On
537-424: A pipe bomb attached to his car; Gus senses something amiss and walks away. Walt recovers the bomb and Jesse tells him about Gus's routine, including visits to Hector at the nursing home. Persuaded by Walt's promise of final revenge against Gus, Hector pretends to be a DEA informant. Gus visits Hector and prepares to kill him with a lethal injection, but Hector begins ringing the bell on his wheelchair, which activates
716-427: A "defiant gait" and the bravado of a wannabe gangster. Her opinion changed beginning with "Peekaboo". Gilligan said the writers' decision to write that episode was to get into Jesse's mind-set. Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker noted that "Gilligan "swivel[ed] background characters into the spotlight, where they can absorb the sympathy we once extended to Walt." Critics thought " Blood Money " expanded Jesse's role as
895-469: A "hiccup" in their agreement. Gus agrees to overlook the matter but reinstates Gale as Walt's assistant, and privately tells Gale to learn all of Walt's methods so that he can take over from Walt. Walt realizes that Gus is trying to groom Gale as his replacement, meaning his life is at risk, so he secretly meets with Jesse and asks him to find out where Gale lives. Once Jesse finds Gale's apartment, Walt sets out to kill him, but Victor stops him and brings him to
1074-744: A 1990 series of short stories about the Vietnam War . Fictional works that explicitly involve supernatural, magical, or scientifically impossible elements are often classified under the genre of fantasy , including Lewis Carroll 's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings , and J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series. Creators of fantasy sometimes introduce imaginary creatures and beings such as dragons and fairies. Types of written fiction in prose are distinguished by relative length and include: Fiction writing
1253-458: A German who serves as the company president, and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle , the company's Houston -based vice president of global logistics. Gus maintains a positive public image: he is a booster for Albuquerque civic causes, including the local Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office. In addition to befriending the special agent in charge, Gus makes large donations to the office's charitable events. Underneath this outwardly pleasant front, he
1432-611: A bar and Mike ends the conversation. The next day, Mike makes a veiled warning to Werner that Gus will have him killed if he makes the same mistake again, and Werner acknowledges that he understands. Lalo Salamanca arrives to oversee the Salamanca drug business. He is immediately suspicious of Gus and surveils his restaurant and chicken farm. With construction behind schedule, Werner misses his wife and effects an escape to rendezvous with her. Mike convinces Gus to let Mike find Werner and bring him back instead of killing him. Mike tracks Werner to
1611-436: A better way to get to Walt: through his drug money. Hank interrogates Huell and deduces that Walt buried his money in the desert. Jesse calls Walt claiming that he has found the money and threatens to burn it if Walt does not show up. Walt falls for the ruse and drives into the desert to check on the cash, with Hank and Jesse in pursuit. Walt realizes Jesse has tricked him and calls Todd's uncle, Jack Welker ( Michael Bowen ),
1790-405: A botched drug deal, as a plot device to plague Walt with guilt. However, Gilligan said by the second episode of the season, he was so impressed with Jesse's character and Aaron Paul's performance that "it became pretty clear early on that it would be a huge, colossal mistake to kill off Jesse". Gilligan also liked the chemistry between Paul and Bryan Cranston . The character has been said to become
1969-407: A call instructing him to leave Lalo's back gate open at 3 a.m. Nacho asks for Lalo's family to be spared. Lalo is awake at 3 a.m. so Nacho sets a kitchen fire as a distraction. When Lalo goes to investigate, Nacho opens the gate and flees. The gunmen enter, kill Lalo's family, and wound Lalo. Lalo escapes the house through a hidden tunnel, then sneaks back in and kills all but one gunman. He then forces
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#17328550567652148-404: A certain point of view. The distinction between the two may be best defined from the viewpoint of the audience, according to whom a work is non-fiction if its people, settings, and plot are perceived entirely as historically or factually real, while a work is regarded as fiction if it deviates from reality in any of those areas. The distinction is further obscured by a philosophical understanding, on
2327-500: A chain of successful fast food restaurants called Los Pollos Hermanos (The Chicken Brothers) and an industrial laundry facility called Lavandería Brillante (Bright Laundry), as fronts used to launder money for a vast drug operation. Though outwardly he works with the Mexican cartel to distribute cocaine, he secretly plots revenge against its members over the death of his business associate and romantic partner Maximino "Max" Arciniega at
2506-524: A chain of successful fried chicken restaurants called Los Pollos Hermanos (The Chicken Brothers) and an industrial laundry facility called Lavandería Brillante (Bright Laundry) in Albuquerque, New Mexico . Gus's restaurants are located across the southwestern United States, with his flagship restaurant in Albuquerque, and the firm's chicken farm and distribution center on the outskirts of the city. The company
2685-537: A cigarette from Kim, he recognizes her as the public defender who got his friend Christian "Combo" Ortega out of trouble after he stole the Baby Jesus from a Nativity display. Jesse is there with Emilio Koyama , who decided to hire Saul based on a TV advertisement. Jesse asks Kim if Saul is a good lawyer, to which she replies, "when I knew him, he was." When Walt is diagnosed with lung cancer and considers making methamphetamine to provide for his family, he tries to learn
2864-447: A completely imaginary way or been followed by major new events that are completely imaginary (the genre of alternative history ). Or, it depicts impossible technology or technology that defies current scientific understandings or capabilities (the genre of science fiction ). Contrarily, realistic fiction involves a story whose basic setting (time and location in the world) is, in fact, real and whose events could believably happen in
3043-429: A contrast to Walt's and the moral conscience of the series. The Hollywood Reporter ' s Tim Goodman also noted Jesse's role and character development as a contrast to Walt's. Alyssa Rosenberg of ThinkProgress contrasts Walt with Jesse's growing moral conscience. Seth Amitin of IGN wrote of the episode: though Jesse was close to rock bottom, he still could not admit or accept his problems. Amitin called Jesse
3222-477: A feature Breaking Bad sequel film was in the works, with the logline stating that the film "tracks the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom". Many speculated that this would reveal the fate of Jesse Pinkman from immediately after the events of the Breaking Bad season finale. This sequel eventually became El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie which focused on Jesse immediately following his escape from
3401-471: A figure from history, Bonnie Prince Charlie , and takes part in the Battle of Prestonpans . Some works of fiction are slightly or greatly re-imagined based on some originally true story, or a reconstructed biography. Often, even when the fictional story is based on fact, there may be additions and subtractions from the true story to make it more interesting. An example is Tim O'Brien 's The Things They Carried ,
3580-815: A final nod before Jesse drives off in Todd's El Camino, laughing and crying with relief. After fleeing the Brotherhood compound in Todd's El Camino , Jesse drives to the home of Skinny Pete and Badger, who hide the car and give Jesse a place to sleep. The next morning, Jesse calls Old Joe to dispose of the El Camino, but Joe leaves after finding its LoJack . Pete and Badger give Jesse the money they got from Walt, and Badger gives Jesse his Pontiac Fiero . Badger drives Pete's Ford Thunderbird several hours south to make it appear that Jesse fled to Mexico. Pete stays home and awaits police, intending to cover for Jesse by claiming he traded
3759-464: A gay man has received praise as an example of a compelling antagonist driven by his sexuality. Although the character of Gus Fring and Esposito's performance has been praised by critics, some native Spanish speakers have criticized the actor's stilted and unnatural accent when speaking Spanish. A 2014 NPR article focusing on representations of Spanish and Spanglish in American television singled out
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#17328550567653938-531: A gradual shift of the audience's sympathies from Walt to Jesse, who had received mixed reception in the first season. Aaron Paul thinks some of the major turnaround episodes for this are " Peekaboo " and " ABQ ". In his review for "Peekaboo," Erik Kain of Forbes wrote that as Walt grows increasingly less sympathetic, Jesse grows more human and complex, as evidenced by his relationship with the neglected son of two drug addicts. Emma Rosenblum of New York Magazine wrote that Jesse started as an "absurd screwup" with
4117-446: A gun. While a body double takes his place in his home, Gus uses a tunnel system to enter a nearby house, which is revealed to be an operations center from which he oversees vast surveillance activities that scour Albuquerque for signs of Lalo. His belief that Lalo is alive causes Gus sleeplessness and distractions while working at his restaurant. Gus visits the construction site of his planned meth lab and inspects it carefully before hiding
4296-506: A handgun in the track of an excavator. Lalo kills Howard Hamlin at the apartment of Jimmy McGill and Kim Wexler , then provides Jimmy the address and description of a man he wants Jimmy to shoot. Jimmy convinces Lalo to send Kim instead. Mike apprehends her at the front door of Gus's house, and she points out Gus's body double as the man Lalo wanted killed. Mike and his men leave for Jimmy and Kim's apartment, but when Kim tells Gus that Lalo agreed to send her instead of Jimmy, Gus recognizes
4475-458: A limited time at a remote location. With Jesse unconscious after using heroin with his girlfriend Jane Margolis , Walt is forced to miss the birth of his daughter Holly to make the delivery. Shortly afterward, Gus is given a tour of the DEA 's Albuquerque field office, along with other local boosters . While there, he discovers that Walt has lung cancer and that his brother-in-law, Hank Schrader ,
4654-404: A lucrative, albeit unstable, partnership, Walt and Jesse expand their operations by stealing a large drum of methylamine . This enables them to produce even more potent meth in larger quantities. The second season begins with Walt and Jesse delivering a fresh batch to Tuco, who senselessly beats one of his henchmen, " No Doze " (Cesar Garcia), to death as the stunned duo watch helplessly. After
4833-695: A major impact on the creation and distribution of fiction, calling into question the feasibility of copyright as a means to ensure royalties are paid to copyright holders. Also, digital libraries such as Project Gutenberg make public domain texts more readily available. The combination of inexpensive home computers, the Internet, and the creativity of its users has also led to new forms of fiction, such as interactive computer games or computer-generated comics. Countless forums for fan fiction can be found online, where loyal followers of specific fictional realms create and distribute derivative stories. The Internet
5012-635: A money wire store and then to a nearby resort. Lalo follows Mike, kills Fred the money wire clerk to obtain the information Mike discovered, then calls resorts until he finds Werner. By pretending to work for Gus, Lalo discovers from Werner some of the details of the lab's construction before Mike arrives and ends the call. Knowing that Lalo can track Werner's actions back to Gus, Gus says Werner must be killed. Gus offers to send men to do it, but Mike accepts responsibility because Werner escaped on his watch, so he reluctantly kills Werner himself. Gus arranges for Nacho to take cocaine of inferior quality when picking up
5191-407: A motion to release Lalo on bail. Jimmy drives to a remote desert location to pick up the bail money from The Cousins. As he starts his return trip, he is cut off by several gunmen who take the money and prepare to kill him. The gunmen are suddenly attacked by an unknown shooter. All but one are killed, and the survivor gets away in the only attacker's vehicle that is still drivable. The unseen shooter
5370-633: A mysterious incident involving Gus which took place in Santiago . Gus emigrated to Mexico in the 1980s during the Chilean dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet . In a flashback during the Breaking Bad episode " One Minute ", Hector mockingly refers to him as "Big Generalissimo ", implying that Gus had a connection to the Pinochet regime. As mentioned in the Better Call Saul episode " JMM ", Gus and Peter Schuler had
5549-437: A new identity with the surname "Driscoll" and smuggles him to Haines, Alaska . Jesse hands Ed a letter for Brock and says there is no one else he wants to say goodbye to. As Jesse drives off, he has a flashback to his time with Jane. He tells her he admires what she said about going wherever the universe takes her, but she dismisses it as "metaphorical" and encourages him to make his own decisions. Jesse drives on, smiling. After
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5728-601: A new meth business, with Mike continuing to pay Gus's former employees out of his share of the profits in order to assure their continued silence. When police successfully interdict these payments, Walt fears his identity will be exposed and attempts to obtain the employees' names from Mike so he can have them killed. When Mike refuses, Walt kills him. Walt then obtains the names from Lydia Rodarte-Quayle and has Gus's former employees killed in prison before they can reveal Walt's identity, effectively bringing an end to Gus's drug distribution empire. For his portrayal of Gus, Esposito won
5907-452: A plan to kill the dealers with ricin that Walt had earlier created, but Jesse is forced to cancel the plan after learning the dealers work for Gus. However, after Tomas is found murdered, an enraged Jesse sets out to kill the dealers anyway. Walt intervenes at the last moment, killing the two dealers and telling Jesse to run. After Jesse goes into hiding, Gus replaces him with Gale Boetticher ( David Costabile ), Walt's previous assistant in
6086-571: A power outage which turns off the lights. In the darkness, he reaches the handgun he had hid previously and fires at Lalo. After turning the lights back on, he finds that he is wounded, but that he has fatally wounded Lalo. As Gus is treated at home, Mike supervises the burial of Lalo and Howard beneath the meth lab. Hector contacts Don Eladio with information about Lalo's survival and subsequent disappearance, and claims Gus killed Lalo. Eladio meets with Juan Bolsa, Gus, Hector, Marco, and Leonel. Gus refuses to respond to Hector's allegations and, since there
6265-534: A rare bottle to show Gus, Gus cuts his visit short and leaves the restaurant. When Walter White seeks a buyer for his high-quality meth, Saul Goodman arranges a meeting with the unknown purchaser. Walt and his partner, Jesse Pinkman , arrive at a Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant in the South Valley, but the buyer seemingly never shows up, with Jesse and Walt unaware that Gus, the restaurant manager, had been silently watching them. Walt realizes this later and arranges
6444-501: A rehabilitation clinic, observing its patients, and interviewing its director. The fourth season premiere, " Box Cutter ", showed Walt pleading with Gus to save Jesse, demonstrating Walt's paternal relationship with and loyalty to Jesse. Walt tells Gus that he refuses to continue cooking if Gus kills Jesse. Paul felt this was "the first moment that Jesse realizes that Walt's loyalty is to Jesse." The party scenes at Jesse's house in " Thirty-Eight Snub " and " Open House " were created as
6623-467: A second meeting with only himself and Gus. Gus tells him that he is not interested in conducting business since Jesse was late and high for the first meeting, and is thus potentially unreliable. Walt persuades Gus to reconsider his decision, promising that he will never have to deal with Jesse and that their product will earn him enormous returns. Gus eventually agrees to purchase 38 pounds of Walt's meth for $ 1.2 million but only if it can be delivered within
6802-555: A shared experience in Santiago, which Gus mentions to Peter to calm him down when he panics over Lalo's attacks on Gus's business. In "Hermanos", Eladio says that when he ordered Max killed, he spared Gus because of his unstated but apparently powerful connection to Chile. Vince Gilligan has stated that he purposely left Gus's origins ambiguous, comparing them to the briefcase in Pulp Fiction . Gus runs at least two legitimate businesses:
6981-433: A stoic businessman, was created to be opposite to the chaotic Tuco and act as a foil to protagonist Walter White . The character has received high acclaim, with critics hailing Gus as one of the best villains in television; as such, Esposito's performance in the role has earned him several nominations and awards. Gustavo Fring is named after the former German international footballer Torsten Frings . When Raymond Cruz
7160-411: A stroke, and Gus calls for an ambulance while administering first aid that saves Hector's life, though he is comatose. Nacho follows Mike's previous advice to switch the placebos for Hector's real medication so that foul play will not be suspected. Gus appears to notice Nacho's actions, but says nothing. Hector is rushed to the hospital, while Gus, Nacho, and Arturo are summoned to a meeting with Bolsa at
7339-543: A struggle with Tuco; they flee the scene and watch as Hank—who has been guided to the house by the LoJack on Jesse's car, while searching for the missing Walt—kills Tuco in a firefight outside the house. Walt and Jesse, undetected by Hank, wander on foot through the desert before hitching a ride back to civilization. The DEA seizes Jesse's car and money. Realizing the authorities will track him down, Jesse seeks help from his friend, Brandon "Badger" Mayhew ( Matt Jones ). They move
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7518-570: A subset (written fiction that aligns to a particular genre ), or its opposite: an evaluative label for written fiction that comprises popular culture , as artistically or intellectually inferior to high culture . Regardless, fiction is commonly broken down into a variety of genres: categories of fiction, each differentiated by a particular unifying tone or style ; set of narrative techniques , archetypes , or other tropes; media content ; or other popularly defined criterion. Science fiction predicts or supposes technologies that are not realities at
7697-456: A superior batch of meth and Gus offers to have him stay in Mexico and work for the cartel. Jesse is apprehensive but the offer is a ruse. During the party at Eladio's house to celebrate their rapprochement, Gus tricks Eladio and most of the other cartel leaders into drinking from a poisoned bottle of tequila. Gus takes the first drink to alleviate suspicion but forces himself to vomit afterwards. During
7876-410: A truck stop, where Tyrus and Victor pick them up. Mike and Jimmy agree on a cover story for Jimmy to tell Lalo after Jimmy posts his bail. Jimmy tells Lalo he was alone and walked after his car broke down so that he would not put the money at risk. Lalo says he intends to return to Mexico in order to avoid the scrutiny of police and prosecutors. Mike briefs Gus on the events in the desert, and Gus realizes
8055-501: A university or a similar institution, and with the continuation of such positions determined not by book sales but by critical acclaim by other established literary authors and critics. On the other hand, he suggests, genre fiction writers tend to support themselves by book sales. However, in an interview, John Updike lamented that "the category of 'literary fiction' has sprung up recently to torment people like me who just set out to write books, and if anybody wanted to read them, terrific,
8234-530: A very small place in Alaska, so he doesn’t need all that much money. He knows how to work with his hands, and so he just needs to refresh those skills and become the artist that he was always meant to be." After reprising Jesse Pinkman a final time in Better Call Saul , Paul said he felt confident that this marked Jesse's final appearances and called it a farewell to his character. Jesse's character development has received universal acclaim. Alan Sepinwall noticed
8413-428: A way for Jesse to cope with his guilt and self-hatred after murdering Gale Boetticher in the third-season finale, " Full Measure ". Gilligan said these scenes were written because he wanted to demonstrate that the actions of the characters in Breaking Bad have major consequences. The writers discussed how Jesse would react to having killed Gale, and they chose the party story arc, in part, because they felt it would be
8592-410: A wire in order to record Walt making incriminating statements. Jesse goes to the meeting, while Hank and his partner Steve Gomez ( Steven Michael Quezada ) watch in surveillance trucks. Jesse notices a suspicious man near Walt, mistakenly assuming that Walt has hired an assassin to kill him. He walks to a pay phone, calls Walt, and says he intends to end Walt's drug business. Jesse then tells Hank he has
8771-434: A written work of fiction that: Literary fiction is often used as a synonym for literature , in the narrow sense of writings specifically considered to be an art form. While literary fiction is sometimes regarded as superior to genre fiction, the two are not mutually exclusive, and major literary figures have employed the genres of science fiction, crime fiction , romance , etc., to create works of literature. Furthermore,
8950-584: A young boy, Drew Sharp (Samuel Webb), who was witness to the crime. Jesse is horrified and decides to quit the meth business. Mike and Jesse want to get out of the business, and arrange for rival drug lord Declan ( Louis Ferreira ) to purchase the methylamine for $ 15 million. Walt refuses to sell his share, and Declan will not buy unless he gets it all. Instead, Walt makes a deal that enables Jesse and Mike to be paid, while Walt continues to cook for Declan. Hoping to lure Jesse back as his assistant, Walt refuses to pay him, and Jesse leaves, saying he would rather give up
9129-474: Is a crystal meth cook and dealer who works with his former high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston ). Jesse is the only character besides Walter to appear in every episode of the show. Paul reprised the role for the 2019 spin-off sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie , set after its finale, and again in 2022 for the sixth and final season of the spin-off prequel sequel series Better Call Saul , being one of
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#17328550567659308-401: Is a DEA agent. Gus is pleased with the quality of Walt's blue meth and offers him $ 3 million for three months of his time to cook more in a high-tech "superlab" hidden under an industrial laundry that Gus owns. Walt initially refuses, but Gus eventually convinces Walt that he should cook for his family's financial security. Gus provides him with Gale Boetticher , the talented chemist who set up
9487-508: Is a part of media studies. Examples of prominent fictionalization in the creative arts include those in the general context of World War II in popular culture and specifically Nazi German leaders such as Adolf Hitler in popular culture and Reinhard Heydrich in popular culture . For instance, American actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin portrayed the eccentric despot Adenoid Hynkel in the 1940 satirical film The Great Dictator . The unhinged, unintelligent figure fictionalized real events from
9666-476: Is a subsidiary of Madrigal Electromotive GmbH, a multinational company based in Germany that has ownership stakes in multiple subsidiaries. While his restaurant chain is a legitimate business, it serves as a front for Gus to distribute cocaine for a Mexican cartel and later develop his own methamphetamine production and distribution business. Gus operates in partnership with two Madrigal executives: Peter Schuler ,
9845-475: Is alive, Walt goes to Jack's compound, claiming to have a new meth formula to sell. Jack intends to kill Walt, but Walt accuses Jack of partnering with Jesse to sell meth. Jack has Jesse brought in so he can prove Jesse is forced to work for him and is not a partner. Walt tackles Jesse to the floor just as gunfire from a machine gun Walt had hidden in his car erupts on the building, killing Jack's entire gang except for Jack and Todd. Jesse strangles Todd to death using
10024-446: Is also used for the development of blog fiction , where a story is delivered through a blog either as flash fiction or serial blog, and collaborative fiction , where a story is written sequentially by different authors, or the entire text can be revised by anyone using a wiki . The definition of literary fiction is controversial. It may refer to any work of fiction in a written form. However, various other definitions exist, including
10203-483: Is being observed, confronts the watcher, and confirms he is working for Gus. Nacho realizes Gus has betrayed him to the cartel and prepares to flee, but the Cousins arrive to search for him. Nacho escapes the ambush and hides from the Cousins. After making a farewell call to his father, he calls Mike and asks to speak to Gus. Nacho offers to give himself up as long as his father is protected. Gus arranges to smuggle Nacho into
10382-439: Is characterized by a lesser degree of adherence to realistic or plausible individuals, events, or places, while the umbrella genre of realistic fiction is characterized by a greater degree. For instance, speculative fiction may depict an entirely imaginary universe or one in which the laws of nature do not strictly apply (often, the sub-genre of fantasy ). Or, it depicts true historical moments, except that they have concluded in
10561-433: Is concerned about Hector's intent to take over Nacho's father's upholstery store for use as a front business. He secretly swaps Hector's angina medication for a placebo , hoping to induce a fatal heart attack. At a meeting between Juan Bolsa, Gus, Hector and Nacho, Bolsa informs them that the use of Gus's trucks to move the drugs and cash for both organizations will be a permanent arrangement. Hector's angry outburst leads to
10740-607: Is hospitalized, Walt—who is now working for Gus as a meth cook—persuades Gus to renew Jesse and Walt's partnership so Jesse will drop the lawsuit. Jesse and Walt cook larger amounts of meth in Gus' underground "superlab", earning considerably more money. Jesse becomes romantically involved with Andrea Cantillo ( Emily Rios ), a single mother and recovering meth addict from his Narcotics Anonymous meetings. He eventually discovers that her 11-year-old brother, Tomas (Angelo Martinez), had killed Combo on behalf of two rival dealers. Jesse concocts
10919-471: Is impressed by Jesse's mettle and has Mike involve him in more work outside the lab. Worried about their safety, Walt gives Jesse a cigarette with a capsule of ricin hidden inside and tells him to poison Gus when he gets the chance, but Jesse does not follow through. Gus arranges to meet with Don Eladio and the other cartel leaders to work out the differences that have caused the cartel to disrupt Gus's business and he brings Mike and Jesse with him. Jesse cooks
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#173285505676511098-417: Is injured by a local gang, Gus has him taken to a pueblo Gus owns just inside the Mexican border, which includes a fountain dedicated to Max. Dr. Barry Goodman tends to Mike's wounds and Mike stays to heal. Gus visits and asks Mike to join his organization, saying that he wants Mike with him because Mike understands his need for revenge. Gus arranges for Nacho to report to Mike about his activities to undermine
11277-528: Is interrupted at the last moment. Mike tracks this interruption to Gus, who explains that he wants to be the one to determine when Hector will die. However, Gus encourages Mike to continue to disrupt the trucks Hector uses to bring ice cream store supplies and drugs from Mexico and send cash back to the cartel. After Mike disrupts two shipments without revealing his identity, Hector demands that Gus temporarily use his Los Pollos Hermanos trucks to ship both Hector's and Gus's drugs. Gus, who had wanted this result from
11456-490: Is known as fictionalization . The opposite circumstance, in which the physical world or a real turn of events seem influenced by past fiction, is commonly described by the phrase " life imitating art ". The latter phrase is popularity associated with the Anglo-Irish fiction writer Oscar Wilde . The alteration of actual happenings into a fictional format, with this involving a dramatic representation of real events or people,
11635-446: Is known as both fictionalization , or, more narrowly for visual performance works like in theatre and film, dramatization . According to the academic publication Oxford Reference , a work set up this way will have a "narrative based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction" such that "[f]ilms and broadcast dramas of this kind often bear the label 'based on a true story'." In intellectual research, evaluating this process
11814-492: Is most long-established in the realm of literature (written narrative fiction), the broad study of the nature, function, and meaning of fiction is called literary theory , and the narrower interpretation of specific fictional texts is called literary criticism (with subsets like film criticism and theatre criticism also now long-established). Aside from real-world connections, some fictional works may depict characters and events within their own context, entirely separate from
11993-436: Is no proof that Lalo survived, Eladio accepts that he was killed in the first assassination attempt. To keep peace between Hector and Gus, Eladio divides between them the drug territory around Albuquerque. After returning to the U.S., Gus tells Mike to immediately re-start work on the planned meth lab. Gus later patronizes a restaurant where he converses pleasantly with David, his favorite sommelier . When David leaves to retrieve
12172-427: Is often described as "elegantly written, lyrical, and ... layered". The tone of literary fiction can be darker than genre fiction, while the pacing of literary fiction may be slower than popular fiction. As Terrence Rafferty notes, "literary fiction, by its nature, allows itself to dawdle, to linger on stray beauties even at the risk of losing its way". Based on how literary fiction is defined, genre fiction may be
12351-598: Is quickly arrested and interrogated by the APD, who then allows Hank – who now knows that Walt is "Heisenberg", the meth kingpin he has been trying to catch – to question him. Jesse does not confess anything and Saul soon posts his bail. Saul, Walt, and Jesse meet in the desert, where Walt suggests that Jesse skip town and start over with a new identity. Jesse agrees, but just as he is about to be picked up by Saul's "disappearer", he realizes that Saul's bodyguard Huell Babineaux ( Lavell Crawford ) took his ricin cigarette, meaning that Walt
12530-409: Is robbed by a pair of addicts, Walt tells Jesse to "handle it". Jesse goes to the addicts' house to confront them, but the plan goes awry when one of the addicts kills the other in front of him. While traumatic for Jesse, the incident ultimately helps his business; a rumor quickly spreads that Jesse killed the addict, giving him a fearsome reputation on the streets. Jesse is also instrumental in retaining
12709-426: Is ruthlessly cruel and Machiavellian in managing his vast drug empire. He employs a number of enforcers and has personally killed both rivals and allies. Much of Gus's motives are driven by revenge for the death of his partner Maximino "Max" Arciniega by the Mexican cartel. Gus and Max's relationship was long implied to be more than business before their confirmation as lovers by showrunner Peter Gould in 2022. In
12888-586: Is stealing the RV from him and goes to the junkyard as Hank follows. Walt and Jesse lock themselves inside, and Walt and Saul arrange a fake emergency phone call to Hank, which says his wife Marie ( Betsy Brandt ) is in the hospital. Hank leaves without searching the RV, giving Walt and Jesse enough time to destroy it in a vehicle compactor. A furious Hank follows Jesse home and beats him into unconsciousness. The incident leads to Hank not only getting suspended, but Jesse threatening to sue him for everything he has. While Jesse
13067-415: Is still alive. Mike and Gus's men break into Nacho's safe and remove his cash and the fake Canadian IDs he had made for himself and his father. Victor delivers a duplicate safe, into which Mike places the cash, Nacho's fake ID, and an envelope. Juan Bolsa and his men break into the duplicate safe and find the envelope containing the motel's phone number and details of an offshore bank account. Nacho believes he
13246-590: Is struck by its quality, calling it the purest he has ever seen. He approaches Emilio's cousin Domingo "Krazy-8" Molina ( Maximino Arciniega ), an Albuquerque meth distributor, to propose doing business with him. Krazy-8 is suspicious, so Emilio and he make Jesse bring them to meet Walt. Emilio recognizes Walt as having been with Hank during the DEA bust, and they attempt to kill Walt, but he produces phosphine gas that kills Emilio and incapacitates Krazy-8, allowing Walt to flee with
13425-407: Is the process by which an author or creator produces a fictional work. Some elements of the writing process may be planned in advance, while others may come about spontaneously. Fiction writers use different writing styles and have distinct writers' voices when writing fictional stories. The use of real events or real individuals as direct inspiration for imaginary events or imaginary individuals
13604-532: Is upset by what happened to Brock and becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to the ricin. Jesse has Walt help him search Jesse's house for the cigarette containing the poison. Walt plants a replica of the ricin cigarette in Jesse's vacuum cleaner, which Jesse finds. Jesse then agrees to continue cooking meth with Walt. Soon afterward, Walt's manipulations of Jesse's feelings for Andrea and Brock cause him to break up with her so that Andrea and Brock will be safe from
13783-404: The Better Call Saul episode " Sabrosito ", Hector suggests that a better name for Los Pollos Hermanos might be "Los Culos Hermanos" (The Butt Brothers), insinuating that Gus and Max were gay . In "Magic Man", Lalo discusses Gus with Bolsa and refers to Max as Gus's boyfriend. As shown in the Better Call Saul episode " Dedicado a Max ", after arriving in Albuquerque, Gus acquired a small villa on
13962-651: The Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 3rd Critics' Choice Television Awards and received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series . Paste ranked Gus number 3 in its list of the 20 Best Characters of 2011. TV Guide named him No. 3 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time, and in 2016, Rolling Stone ranked him No. 7 of their "40 Greatest TV Villains of All Time". Gus's depiction as
14141-788: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series in 2017. Fiction Fiction is any creative work , chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals , events, or places that are imaginary or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history , fact , or plausibility. In a traditional narrow sense, "fiction" refers to written narratives in prose – often referring specifically to novels , novellas , and short stories . More broadly, however, fiction encompasses imaginary narratives expressed in any medium , including not just writings but also live theatrical performances , films , television programs , radio dramas , comics , role-playing games , and video games . Typically,
14320-422: The human condition . In general, it focuses on "introspective, in-depth character studies" of "interesting, complex and developed" characters. This contrasts with genre fiction where plot is the central concern. Usually in literary fiction the focus is on the "inner story" of the characters who drive the plot, with detailed motivations to elicit "emotional involvement" in the reader. The style of literary fiction
14499-438: The "coward in all of us in tough situations". Amitin was, nonetheless, sympathetic to Jesse's pain, misery, and feelings of meaninglessness, in part because of Paul's "fantastic acting". In his review for "Breakage," Amitin wrote that the episode "rehumaniz[ed] Jesse". He noted that though Jesse is rebuilding his life, he has not learned from his mistakes. Jesse's role in " Full Measure " garnered positive reviews. Tim Goodman of
14678-419: The "flawed moral center" to Walter White in later seasons. Paul has said that he initially saw the character as "black-and-white", but that over time it had become evident that Jesse "has a huge heart; it just got messed up". Paul felt that he had a "lock" onto who the character was when making the episode " Cancer Man " in which Jesse's family is introduced. Paul also noted how after Jesse's parents disown him,
14857-521: The 18th and 19th centuries. They were often associated with Enlightenment ideas such as empiricism and agnosticism . Realism developed as a literary style at this time. New forms of mass media developed in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, including popular-fiction magazines and early film. Interactive fiction was developed in the late-20th century through video games. Certain basic elements define all works of narrative , including all works of narrative fiction. Namely, all narratives include
15036-447: The DEA conducts a raid on his Albuquerque operations, the increasingly paranoid Tuco believes that Walt and Jesse are about to betray him. Tuco kidnaps the pair and takes them to a remote house in the desert, where he cares for his paralyzed uncle, Hector Salamanca . There, Walt and Jesse are held against their will for several days, with Tuco stating his intention to take them to a "superlab" in Mexico. However, Walt and Jesse escape after
15215-488: The DEA following a threat on Hank's life, Gus uses the information to portray Walt as an informant, further attempting to widen the gap between Walt and Jesse. Walt goes to Jesse's house to plead for help, but Jesse throws him off his property. Shortly afterward, Brock falls deathly ill. Jesse guesses that Brock has been poisoned by ricin and immediately assumes Walt is responsible. Jesse shows up at Walt's house and confronts him at gunpoint. However, Walt convinces Jesse that it
15394-519: The DEA nor his own enforcer Mike Ehrmantraut could find any record of him prior to his arrival in Mexico. He is supposedly a native of Chile, and is sometimes referred to by cartel members as "The Chilean". In the Better Call Saul episode " Piñata ", he tells a comatose Hector a story about a coati that ate the fruit from a lúcuma tree which he tended during his childhood in Chile. In the Better Call Saul episode " Magic Man ", Lalo Salamanca refers to
15573-525: The Espinosas to recover the "stolen" drugs before returning to Mexico to avoid the authorities. Gus orders Hector's treatment halted after he has regained movement in his right index finger, leaving his recovered mind trapped in his unhealed body. Gus works with Mike to plan the construction of an underground meth "superlab" under Lavandería Brillante, an industrial laundry he owns, using a design provided by chemist Gale Boetticher . Mike escorts engineers through
15752-526: The Los Pollos Hermanos warehouse and farm to pick up a drug shipment, and Nacho attempts to strong-arm his way into taking six kilos instead of the agreed-upon five. When Gus's subordinate Tyrus Kitt calls Gus for guidance, Gus recognizes an opportunity to infiltrate the Salamanca organization and tells Tyrus to give Nacho the extra kilo. Nacho fears that Hector will learn of his role in Tuco's imprisonment and
15931-594: The Los Pollos distribution plant, where Bolsa declares that until further notice, the Salamanca operation will continue with Nacho and Arturo in charge. Leonel and Marco Salamanca (the Cousins) arrive to watch over Hector. Gus hires a doctor to oversee Hector's recovery. While reviewing Hector's medical records, Gus realizes there is no nitroglycerin in Hector's system, meaning Nacho tried to kill him. When Nacho and Arturo arrive at
16110-536: The Mexican side of the Mexico–U.S. border. The villa serves as the residence for Dr. Barry Goodman , and contains a fountain which is dedicated to Max. Gus's homosexuality is touched on in the episode " Fun and Games ", in which he relaxes after having eliminated Lalo as a threat to his plans by visiting a wine bar and conversing with David, his favorite sommelier . Gus drops hints of his interest in David before deciding to cut
16289-503: The Pinkman house. Jesse enters unseen and takes two pistols from his father's safe. Jesse drives to Neil's shop. He asks for $ 1,800, but Neil refuses. Seeing the pistol in Jesse's waistband, Neil, high on cocaine , challenges him to a duel for his share of the cash. Jesse agrees, and in the ensuing gunfight kills both Neil and Casey. Jesse recovers Neil's cash and departs after setting an explosion to cover his tracks. Ed provides Jesse with
16468-576: The RV to Jesse's basement. Their product becomes a big enough presence in Albuquerque's drug scene that it becomes the focus of Hank's investigation. Dissatisfied with the amount of money Jesse is making as a low-level dealer, Walt convinces him to find a high-end distributor. Skinny Pete ( Charles Baker ), one of Jesse's friends, puts him in contact with Tuco Salamanca ( Raymond Cruz ), a powerful Mexican drug kingpin operating in Albuquerque. At their first meeting, Tuco beats Jesse badly enough that he has to be hospitalized. After Walt strong-arms Tuco into
16647-419: The RV. Resolving to get his life back together, Jesse buys an inconspicuous Toyota Tercel and finds a new apartment. The landlord, Jane Margolis ( Krysten Ritter ), is a part-time tattoo artist and a recovering heroin addict. She and Jesse soon become romantically involved. Jane, however, tries to hide this relationship from her father, Donald ( John de Lancie ), who owns their building. When Skinny Pete
16826-436: The Salamanca family line ends with Hector. Jesse is no longer loyal to Walt and refuses to serve as his protector. With the DEA beginning to connect Gale's death to Gus, Gus fires Walt and threatens to kill Walt's family if he retaliates or informs. After failing to enlist Jesse's help in killing Gus, Walt poisons Andrea's son Brock and convinces Jesse that Gus is responsible. Jesse agrees to help Walt, who tries to kill Gus with
17005-459: The Salamanca organization. Mike works under an assumed name to secretly point the police toward Lalo for the murder of Fred the money wire store clerk. Lalo is surrounded by police and arrested. In jail under an assumed name, Lalo contacts Nacho and says he wants Nacho to burn down one of Gus's Los Pollos Hermanos restaurants. Gus and other subsidiary owners provide status reports to Peter Schuler, Madrigal's CEO. Afterward, Gus briefs Peter and Lydia on
17184-541: The Salamancas' drugs at Los Pollos Hermanos. Rumors of the "stepped on" product reach Nacho and Domingo Molina , who report them to Lalo. Lalo confirms the impurity of the cocaine during a visit to Salamanca street dealers. In a meeting with Lalo and Juan Bolsa, Gus falsely claims that Werner Ziegler was working under Mike's supervision to construct a chilling system for Gus's chicken farm and that Werner fled after stealing cocaine. Gus goes on to claim that in an effort to hide
17363-477: The Salamancas. Nacho Varga pays Mike to help remove Tuco Salamanca , Hector's nephew, from the day-to-day activities of the Salamanca family drug business. Instead of killing Tuco, Mike arranges for Tuco to assault him in view of the police, leading to Tuco's arrest. Mike fears Hector will learn that he arranged for Tuco's imprisonment and is concerned that Hector will retaliate against Stacey and Kaylee. Mike acts preemptively by preparing to assassinate Hector, but
17542-475: The Thunderbird for the El Camino. Jesse sneaks into Todd's apartment and searches for the rest of the drug money. He finds it after several hours, but Brotherhood henchmen Neil Kandy ( Scott MacArthur ) and Casey ( Scott Sheperd ) arrive, disguised as police, and search for the money as well. Neil disarms Jesse, who reveals he found the cash and offers to split it with him. As they depart, Jesse recognizes Neil as
17721-410: The U.S., and Mike and Nacho review Gus's plan for Nacho to absolve Gus of blame for Lalo's death. Nacho will say he was working for a rival drug family, then attempt to flee. Victor will then kill him, ensuring that he is not tortured by the Salamancas. As Mike takes up a firing position with his rifle, Gus, Victor, and Tyrus hand Nacho over to Juan Bolsa, Hector Salamanca, and the Cousins. Nacho claims he
17900-538: The attack was ordered by Juan Bolsa to protect Gus's business. Mike tells Gus that Nacho wants to end his work as an informant on the Salamancas, but Gus refuses to part with a valuable asset. As Gus oversees the cleanup and rebuilding of the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant that was burned down, Mike informs him that Lalo has returned to his home in Chihuahua , and that Nacho is with him. Gus says he has sent gunmen to kill Lalo, and that Nacho may be able to help. Nacho receives
18079-604: The audience's willing suspension of disbelief . The effects of experiencing fiction, and the way the audience is changed by the new information they discover, has been studied for centuries. Also, infinite fictional possibilities themselves signal the impossibility of fully knowing reality, provocatively demonstrating philosophical notions, such as there potentially being no criterion to measure constructs of reality. In contrast to fiction, creators of non-fiction assume responsibility for presenting information (and sometimes opinion) based only in historical and factual reality. Despite
18258-415: The audience, including elements such as romance , piracy , and religious ceremonies . Heroic romance was developed in medieval Europe , incorporating elements associated with fantasy , including supernatural elements and chivalry . The structure of the modern novel was developed by Miguel de Cervantes with Don Quixote in the early-17th century. The novel became a primary medium of fiction in
18437-480: The cartel but nurses a grudge against Eladio, Juan Bolsa , and particularly Hector, waiting for his chance at revenge. After establishing himself in Albuquerque, Gus secretly looks to end his dependency on cartel cocaine by producing and distributing meth in the United States. Because the Salamanca family drug business controlled by Hector also includes Albuquerque, Gus is forced to deal with him but seeks to undermine
18616-419: The cartel's leadership, including its chieftain, Don Eladio Vuente ( Steven Bauer ). Jesse saves Mike, who is shot during the chaos, and Gus, who purposely drank the poisoned tequila to get the cartel to do the same. Afterward, Gus offers to hire Jesse as his full-time cook. Jesse accepts on the condition that Gus spares Walt's life. When Walt's wife Skyler ( Anna Gunn ) and his children receive protection from
18795-448: The chain from his shackles, then takes the key from Todd's pocket and frees himself. After shooting Jack dead, Walt hands Jesse the gun and asks Jesse to kill him. Noticing that Walt has been mortally wounded by the gunfire, Jesse tells Walt that if he wants to die, he should kill himself. Before Jesse leaves, Walt answers a call from Lydia on Todd's phone and tells her she will soon be dead because he poisoned her with ricin. Walt gives Jesse
18974-425: The character as being "a very good listener". The humanity of Gus's personality played an integral role in his development. The loss of Max, his partner, contributed to Gus's evolution into a ruthless criminal; he stops at nothing to avenge Max's death, including the gradual killing of Hector's entire family. The loss of Max also cultivated Gus's desire to create a new "family" by empowering his meth empire, as well as
19153-551: The character looks for a father figure in Walt and Mike. The writers wrestled with the question of how long Jesse's innocence would survive Walt's influence. Gilligan has said that Jesse's naïveté makes him a better man than Walt. Paul found it difficult to play Jesse sober in the third season. Paul says it "really threw me for a loop. It was hard to nail him. I had no idea where they were going with this character. He's so numb and cut off from everything." Paul prepared by spending time at
19332-590: The character of Gus, with one fan saying he was "so painful to listen to" and that it made them angry that "such a pivotal and fantastic character would have such a giant, noticeable, nails-on-a-chalkboard flaw." AMC released a series of ten short videos on YouTube and their social media accounts during season three of Better Call Saul as Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training with Gus Fring , combining live-action shots featuring Esposito as Gus along with animated segments, presented as employee training videos for Gus's Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant workers. The series won
19511-420: The chicken farm to pick up their next shipment, Gus suffocates and kills Arturo, tells Nacho that he knows what Nacho did, and unless Nacho follows his orders, he will inform the Salamancas. Tyrus and Victor make Arturo's death and a violent attack on Nacho look like the work of the Espinosas, while Victor sells the drugs from Nacho's car to them. Nacho falsely identifies the Espinosas to the Cousins, who massacre
19690-474: The chicken restaurants. Moments before dying, Gus manages to calmly adjust his tie even after having half his face blown off. Esposito saw it as an important gesture of "when a person goes to what they've always done ... to be complete in his leaving this world". Gus's popularity, as well as his importance to the series' development, made room for possible "flashback" type appearances in future episodes, but that idea did not come to fruition until 2017 when Gus
19869-480: The compound. Regarding Pinkman's new life after the events of the film in Haines, Alaska , Gilligan speculated that Pinkman "would enjoy the brewery and maybe get a job with the ski manufacturer ... the very nice people of Alaska would welcome him into the community." Paul believed that Jesse is "going to keep his nose clean. He has quite a bit of cash on hand. And he’s going to live a very modest lifestyle. He’s moving to
20048-581: The context of the real world. One realistic fiction sub-genre is historical fiction , centered around true major events and time periods in the past. The attempt to make stories feel faithful to reality or to more objectively describe details, and the 19th-century artistic movement that began to vigorously promote this approach, is called literary realism , which incorporates some works of both fiction and non-fiction. Storytelling has existed in all human cultures, and each culture incorporates different elements of truth and fiction into storytelling. Early fiction
20227-488: The counselor's advice and accepted himself as the "bad guy". Jesse leaves rehab clean and sober and decides to settle unfinished business. First, with help from Saul, Jesse dupes his parents into selling him his aunt's house, at a drastically reduced price. Hank correctly deduces that Jesse's RV is the rolling meth lab he has been looking for and tracks it down to a local junkyard, where Walt has brought it so it can be destroyed before Hank searches it. Jesse believes that Walt
20406-433: The effects of his involvement in selling drugs. He and Walt join forces with Mike to establish their own meth operation. After their supplier, Lydia Rodarte-Quayle ( Laura Fraser ), is unable to continue stealing methylamine precursor by the barrel, she puts them onto a way to steal 1,000 gallons from a train traveling through New Mexico. During the heist, their accomplice, Todd Alquist ( Jesse Plemons ), shoots and kills
20585-442: The elements of character , conflict , narrative mode , plot , setting , and theme . Characters are individuals inside a work of story, conflicts are the tension or problem that drives characters' thoughts and actions, narrative modes are the ways in which a story is communicated, plots are the sequence of events in a story, settings are the story's locations in time and space, and themes are deeper messages or interpretations about
20764-484: The events of El Camino , Francesca Liddy ( Tina Parker ) uses a payphone to receive a call from Saul Goodman, who had been hiding under the name Gene Takavic in Omaha, Nebraska . As Walt and Jesse had done, Saul used Ed Galbraith to disappear to a new location under an assumed identity. Francesca tells him that everyone connected to Walt is either dead or cooperating with the authorities, and that both Saul and Jesse Pinkman are
20943-422: The few characters to appear across both shows and the movie. Despite initial plans to kill off the character at the end of the first season, Paul's performance convinced the showrunner and head writer Vince Gilligan to keep Jesse in the show. The character and Paul's performance received acclaim from critics and fans. Critics especially praised Jesse's character development from an unsympathetic drug dealer to
21122-474: The fictionality of a work is publicly expressed, so the audience expects the work to deviate to a greater or lesser degree from the real world rather than presenting, for instance, only factually accurate portrayals or characters who are actual people. Because fiction is generally understood as not adhering to the real world, the themes and context of a work, such as if and how it relates to real-world issues or events, are open to interpretation . Since fiction
21301-419: The fight that ensues after cartel leaders begin dying, Jesse helps the ill Gus and wounded Mike escape, killing Hector's last known living grandson, Joaquin Salamanca , in the process. He brings them to Dr. Goodman at a makeshift hospital Gus had arranged at his villa. After recovering, Gus returns to Albuquerque and taunts Hector, telling him the cartel leaders are all dead, and that because of Joaquin's death,
21480-591: The gang tortures Jesse until he reveals all he knows, and then locks him in a cell. Todd escorts the chained Jesse to a meth lab, where Jesse notices a photograph of Andrea and Brock before Todd tells him he must cook meth for the gang. Jesse escapes but is quickly recaptured. As punishment, Todd takes Jesse to Andrea's house and kills her right in front of him. Jack threatens to kill Brock if he attempts to escape again. A few months later, Walt returns from his hiding place in New Hampshire. After discovering that Jesse
21659-468: The hands of his sworn archenemy Hector Salamanca , the patriarch of the cartel-backed drug trade in the Southwest. To become independent of the cartel's meth, he constructs a secret lab under his industrial laundry to manufacture methamphetamine . Fring was created as a character to replace that of Tuco Salamanca (played by departing actor Raymond Cruz ) during the second season of Breaking Bad . Gus, as
21838-614: The head of a biker gang with ties to the Aryan Brotherhood , with a request to come to the site and kill Jesse. Walt calls it off when he sees Hank and Gomez are accompanying Jesse, and Walt surrenders to Hank. Walt is arrested and Jesse spits in his face. Jack's crew then arrive despite being told not to, and a gunfight ensues in which Hank and Gomez are killed. Jesse hides under Walt's car, but Walt gives away Jesse's location. Just before Jack's gang takes Jesse away, Walt spitefully tells Jesse that he watched Jane die. At Todd's headquarters,
22017-507: The illegal drug business by accompanying his brother-in-law Hank Schrader ( Dean Norris ), a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, on a ridealong . During a drug bust, he spots Jesse running away from the scene, but Jesse's partner Emilio Koyama (John Koyama) is arrested. Walt subsequently realizes that Jesse is "Cap'n Cook", a meth cook Hank is investigating. Walt uses student records to track down Jesse, his former pupil, and blackmails him into partnering up and letting Walt "cook" in
22196-567: The imperial period. Plasmatic narrative, following entirely invented characters and events, was developed through ancient drama and New Comedy . One common structure among early fiction is a series of strange and fantastic adventures as early writers test the limits of fiction writing. Milesian tales were an early example of fiction writing in Ancient Greece and Italy. As fiction writing developed in Ancient Greece, relatable characters and plausible scenarios were emphasized to better connect with
22375-441: The known physical universe: an independent fictional universe . The creative art of constructing such an imaginary world is known as worldbuilding . Literary critic James Wood argues that "fiction is both artifice and verisimilitude ", meaning that it requires both creative inventions as well as some acceptable degree of believability among its audience, a notion often encapsulated in the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's idea of
22554-405: The lab by installing security cameras and having Mike and Tyrus watch them while they work. Mike suggests to Gus that they may be able to drive a wedge between Walt and Jesse. Mike takes Jesse out of the lab to help pick up dead drops and carry out other tasks and arranges for Jesse to foil a planned attack on him, which boosts Jesse's confidence and increases his sense of loyalty to Mike and Gus. Gus
22733-505: The lab from Jesse's house back to the RV. The RV is subsequently towed away by Badger's cousin, Clovis ( Tom Kiesche ) and stored on his lot for a $ 1,000 storage fee, for which Jesse can only pay half of upfront. The next day, Jesse's parents evict him from his home after discovering he had been cooking meth in the basement. He cannot find a friend to stay with, and his remaining few belongings and his motorcycle are stolen. With nowhere else to go, Jesse breaks into Clovis' lot and passes out in
22912-766: The lab, where Mike is waiting. Walt asks Mike to let him call Jesse and convince him to come to the lab, but instead, Walt tells Jesse to kill Gale. Victor rushes to Gale's apartment, but Jesse arrives first and murders Gale. Furious upon learning of Gale's murder, Gus arrives at the lab, where Walt and Jesse have been secured by Victor and Mike. Knowing he was recognized at Gale's apartment, Victor fears for his life and attempts to show his usefulness to Gus by beginning to cook meth, which he learned how to do while guarding Walt and Jesse. Walt begs for Gus to spare them, but they are shocked when Gus slices open Victor's neck and lets him bleed to death in front of them. Gus calmly tells Walt and Jesse to get back to work and increases oversight in
23091-418: The last pickup, Jesse sees a man with a shotgun approaching the car and attempts to run him over, then rams the man's car and drives away. It is revealed that the man with the shotgun was working for Mike, and this was designed to test Jesse's loyalty. Walt correctly guesses that Gus is trying to drive a wedge into their partnership, but Jesse dismisses him. During Jesse's next assignment with Mike, which involves
23270-483: The laundry and questions them about their ability to construct the lab as Gus secretly listens in. Gus offers the job to Werner Ziegler after being impressed by Werner's forthright description of the difficulty and risk. Gus provides long-term housing and amenities for Werner's crew, while Mike provides security and transportation designed to keep their presence a secret. Werner inadvertently provides details of underground concrete construction to patrons during an outing at
23449-459: The leader of the Juárez cartel, with an offer to expand their drug trade with cartel help. Eladio declined, as the cartel preferred to continue distributing cocaine. Instead, Eladio had Hector Salamanca kill Max for selling meth in cartel territory without permission. Eladio spared Gus, but forced him to co-operate with the cartel on Eladio's terms. For the next 20 years, Gus remains outwardly loyal to
23628-463: The location of several of Gus's dead drops. Nacho reports the plan to Gus, who plans to cancel the drops, but Nacho advises that this will reveal a mole within the Salamanca organization. Gus agrees and on the night of the transfer he tensely waits as Victor and Diego make sure that the DEA and local police seize nearly a million dollars but find no leads to Gus. Mike spends several weeks feeling depressed over Werner's death and drinks to excess. After he
23807-461: The loss, he replaced the stolen cocaine with locally produced methamphetamine. The story explains events of which Lalo is aware, including Werner's departure from Albuquerque, pursuit by Mike, and subsequent death. Lalo accepts Gus's cover story and apology but remains suspicious. Juan reminds Lalo that Gus enjoys the trust of Don Eladio, and indicates that Lalo should let the matter drop. Because Lalo remains suspicious, Gus shuts down construction of
23986-519: The money than continue in the drug business. When Walt decides to stop cooking, he goes to Jesse's house and pays him his share of the buyout. Overwhelmed with guilt for Drew's death, and correctly guessing that Mike is dead, Jesse tries to give his money to Saul with instructions to give half to Drew's parents and the other half to Mike's granddaughter. When Saul refuses because doing so will draw too much attention, Jesse drives around town randomly tossing bundles of cash onto sidewalks and front lawns. He
24165-427: The money until he enters rehab . When Jane learns about the money, she blackmails Walt into giving Jesse his share, hoping to use the money to escape to New Zealand . Walt later returns to Jesse's apartment hoping to reconcile and finds Jesse and Jane asleep after getting high. He accidentally rolls Jane onto her back, and when she starts to choke on her vomit, Walt allows her to die. When Jesse discovers her dead body
24344-404: The moral compass of the show as he becomes increasingly guilty and remorseful for his and Walter White's actions while involved in the drug trade. For his portrayal, Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014, making him the first actor to win the category three times since its separation into drama and comedy. Jesse Bruce Pinkman
24523-508: The more the merrier. ... I'm a genre writer of a sort. I write literary fiction, which is like spy fiction or chick lit". Likewise, on The Charlie Rose Show , he argued that this term, when applied to his work, greatly limited him and his expectations of what might come of his writing, so he does not really like it. He suggested that all his works are literary, simply because "they are written in words". Literary fiction often involves social commentary , political criticism , or reflection on
24702-431: The most unexpected for the audience. Bryan Cranston says of those scenes, "I thought it was a great way to show a person going through a private hell. That everybody suffers, deals with their own personal loss in many different ways." The party scenes continued in the next episode, " Open House ," though the party was darker and more decrepit in this episode. In "Open House," Jesse goes go-karting by himself. The idea
24881-444: The next morning, he blames himself and goes on another drug binge. Walt rescues him from a crack house and checks him into a rehabilitation clinic. While in rehab, Jesse is told by a drug counselor to accept himself for who he is. At this point, Jesse has learned that Jane's father, an air traffic controller , was so distraught over her death that he inadvertently caused a deadly mid-air collision . Jesse tells Walt that he has taken
25060-421: The night before. Walt confronts Jesse, leading to a physical fight. Jesse gains the upper hand and commands Walt to leave and never come back. Gus and Mike take Jesse on a trip to Mexico to have him teach Walt's formula to the cartel's chemists. Impressed with Jesse's skill, Gus seemingly arranges to have Jesse become their permanent cook. However, during a party, Gus uses a poisoned bottle of tequila to kill off
25239-493: The one hand, that the truth can be presented through imaginary channels and constructions, while, on the other hand, works of the imagination can just as well bring about significant new perspectives on, or conclusions about, truth and reality. All types of fiction invite their audience to explore real ideas, issues, or possibilities using an otherwise imaginary setting or using something similar to reality, though still distinct from it. The umbrella genre of speculative fiction
25418-414: The pending attack, enabling Hank to kill Marco and critically injure Leonel, despite becoming nearly paralyzed from the waist down. Gus uses his influence with the police to distract them at the hospital so Mike can fatally inject Leonel. The attempt on Hank's life leads to a large-scale crackdown on the cartel, and Juan Bolsa is killed. Realizing his own life was at stake, Walt agrees to continue cooking in
25597-454: The pipe bomb. Gus tries to flee but the bomb explodes, killing Hector and Tyrus; Gus appears unharmed at first, but the camera pans to reveal that the blast blew off the right side of his face. He reflexively adjusts his tie before collapsing to the floor, dead. Gus's death has numerous consequences. The investigation into his death reaches his restaurant business and the destroyed superlab, which Walt and Jesse burned after Gus died. Knowing that
25776-467: The production side of Jesse's illegal drug trade. Walt plans to use his knowledge of chemistry to cook potent meth that Jesse will distribute, and he gives Jesse $ 7,000 to purchase a recreational vehicle (RV) which will be used as a rolling meth lab . Jesse wastes most of the money while partying at a strip club , but one of his friends, Combo ( Rodney Rush ), lets Jesse purchase his family's RV for $ 1,400. After Walt cooks his first batch of meth, Jesse
25955-443: The retrieval of stolen meth from two addicts, Jesse gets one addict fixated on digging a hole in the yard and disarms the other, which impresses Gus. Shortly afterward, Jesse resumes his relationship with Andrea and becomes a father figure to Brock. Walt tasks Jesse with killing Gus with a vial of ricin , which Jesse hides in a cigarette. Later on, when Gus is meeting with members of the cartel, Jesse considers spiking Gus' coffee with
26134-434: The ricin but refrains from doing so upon realizing that he could poison the third parties present (and might end up drinking the coffee himself). Walt pushes Jesse to try to set up a meeting when Walt learns Hank is investigating Gus, but Walt backs off when he sees a text message implying that Jesse has been lying about not meeting Gus. Walt puts a tracking device on Jesse's vehicle and learns that Jesse had dinner at Gus' house
26313-429: The security camera recordings stored on Gus's laptop can incriminate them, Walt, Jesse, and Mike use an electromagnet outside the police station to destroy the computer and its hard drive while it is in the police evidence room. The police recover the account numbers and access codes for the offshore accounts Gus previously set up to pay his employees for their silence and seize the accounts. Mike, Walt, and Jesse partner in
26492-421: The services of corrupt lawyer Saul Goodman ( Bob Odenkirk ) to help him and Walt launder their money and get out of legal trouble. After Combo is murdered by rival dealers, Jesse starts using heroin with Jane to cope with his grief. His behavior nearly costs Walt a $ 1.2 million drug transaction with the powerful meth distributor Gus Fring ( Giancarlo Esposito ). Angered, Walt refuses to give Jesse his half of
26671-434: The shooting is a distraction. He drives to Lavandería Brillante, where Lalo ambushes him and kills his bodyguards. Lalo is using a video camera to obtain evidence of Gus's planned meth lab for Don Eladio , which will prove Gus's disloyalty to the cartel. Lalo forces Gus at gunpoint to lead him to the site. Gus then insults Eladio and the Salamancas as Lalo videotapes him, but Gus's speech is a diversion that enables him to cause
26850-414: The start, appears to reluctantly agree. He later attempts to pay Mike, but Mike refuses the money. Instead, he asks for assistance laundering the $ 250,000 he stole from one of Hector's trucks, which Gus provides by arranging for Madrigal Electromotive to hire Mike as a contracted security expert and pay him monthly consulting fees. With the new transport agreement in place, Nacho and Arturo Colon arrive at
27029-404: The status of the meth lab, and Gus assures Peter he will get the plan back on track. When Gus returns home, he and Nacho preserve Nacho's role as the mole in the Salamanca organization by destroying the restaurant. Gus wants Lalo released, so he has Mike provide Jimmy with the details of his investigation into Lalo. Jimmy uses the information to accuse police of witness tampering, enabling him to win
27208-541: The story that its audience is left to discuss and reflect upon. Traditionally, fiction includes novels, short stories, fables , legends , myths , fairy tales , epic and narrative poetry , plays (including operas , musicals , dramas, puppet plays , and various kinds of theatrical dances ). However, fiction may also encompass comic books , and many animated cartoons , stop motions , anime , manga , films , video games , radio programs , television programs ( comedies and dramas ), etc. The Internet has had
27387-448: The study of genre fiction has developed within academia in recent decades. The term is sometimes used such as to equate literary fiction to literature. The accuracy of this is debated. Neal Stephenson has suggested that, while any definition will be simplistic, there is today a general cultural difference between literary and genre fiction. On the one hand literary authors nowadays are frequently supported by patronage, with employment at
27566-555: The superlab and rescues Jesse from Gus' men. After they destroy the superlab, Jesse reveals that Brock was not poisoned by ricin, but by lily-of-the-valley berries. Jesse realizes that Gus could not have poisoned Brock, but Walt assures him that killing Gus was the only course of action they could have taken. The final scene of the fourth season shows a potted lily-of-the-valley plant in Walt's backyard, revealing that Walt had poisoned Brock in order to regain Jesse's loyalty and spur him into action as part of Walt's plan to kill Gus. Jesse
27745-401: The superlab for an extended period for $ 15 million with Jesse aiding him, but Gus is still concerned about Jesse's loyalties. Jesse learns that drug dealers who work for Gus were responsible for the death of Tomás , the young brother of Jesse's girlfriend Andrea . Before Jesse can kill them himself, Walt runs them over with his car and tells Jesse to flee. Walt explains to Gus that this was just
27924-405: The superlab, he calls Jesse and tells him that he will have to kill Gale. Jesse shows up at Gale's apartment and, after a moment's hesitation, shoots him dead. Immediately after Gale's murder, Walt and Jesse are brought back to the superlab. Stuck with Walt and Jesse because he does not have Gale, and angry at Victor for being recognized at the scene of Gale's murder, Gus slices Victor's throat with
28103-491: The superlab, to help cook, but Walt needs to placate Jesse after Hank assaults him, so he convinces Gus to bring Jesse back as his assistant. Gus informs the cartel that once Walt is done with his three months, they will be free to kill him. Leonel and Marco Salamanca are impatient and travel from Mexico to the US to carry out the murder, but Gus intervenes and points them to Hank, who actually killed Tuco. Gus anonymously warns Hank about
28282-414: The superlab. Walt realizes Gus is plotting to have Gale master his and Jesse's meth formula as part of a larger plan to be rid of him. To prevent this, Walt plots to have Jesse pre-emptively kill Gale. Jesse begs Walt to go to the police instead, insisting that he does not have it in him to kill someone. When Walt is cornered by Gus' men Mike Ehrmantraut ( Jonathan Banks ) and Victor ( Jeremiah Bitsui ) at
28461-531: The survivor to call the middleman who arranged the killing and report that Lalo is dead. In the aftermath of the firefight at Lalo's home, Lalo kills a local farmer to use as a body double and the Cousins report that Lalo is dead. Gus is skeptical, wondering how all the hitmen died, but succeeded in killing Lalo. Gus arranges for Nacho to hide at a motel while he awaits transport to the U.S. Gus and Juan Bolsa meet with Hector Salamanca to offer condolences and promise revenge, but Hector's demeanor convinces Gus that Lalo
28640-425: The then ongoing Second World War in a way that presented fascist individuals as humorously irrational and pathetic. Many other villains take direct inspiration from real people while having fictional accents, appearances, backgrounds, names, and so on. Jesse Pinkman Jesse Bruce Pinkman is a fictional character in the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad , portrayed by Aaron Paul . He
28819-501: The time of the work's creation: Jules Verne 's novel From the Earth to the Moon was published in 1865, but only in 1969 did astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to land on the Moon. Historical fiction places imaginary characters into real historical events. In the 1814 historical novel Waverley , Sir Walter Scott 's fictional character Edward Waverley meets
28998-535: The traditional view that fiction and non-fiction are opposites, some works (particularly in the modern era) blur this boundary, particularly works that fall under certain experimental storytelling genres—including some postmodern fiction , autofiction , or creative nonfiction like non-fiction novels and docudramas —as well as the deliberate literary fraud of falsely marketing fiction as nonfiction. Furthermore, even most works of fiction usually have elements of, or grounding in, truth of some kind, or truth from
29177-456: The two biggest targets remaining. However, she also says that Jesse's car was found "near the border", implying that Skinny Pete's plan to throw the authorities off Jesse's trail worked. In the original pilot script for Breaking Bad , Jesse's name was Marion Alan Dupree. Series creator Vince Gilligan originally intended for Jesse Pinkman's character to be killed at the end of Breaking Bad 's first season . Gilligan wanted Jesse to die in
29356-518: The unconscious Jesse. Once back in town, Walt has Jesse shop for a plastic container in which he plans to dissolve Emilio's body with hydrofluoric acid . Jesse cannot find a container big enough, so he dissolves the body in the upstairs bathtub of Ginny's house, which burns a hole through the bathroom floor and spills the remains into the downstairs hallway. After cleaning up the scene and killing Krazy-8, Walt and Jesse attempt to carry out meth distribution on their own. Walt and Jesse move their lab from
29535-436: The underground meth lab and has Mike send Werner's workers home. Gus offers to continue paying Mike during the delay, but Mike declines out of frustration over Gus's seeming lack of compassion for Werner. Gus coerces Nacho into providing inside information on the Salamancas. Nacho gains Lalo's trust, and after Domingo is arrested, Nacho and Lalo use Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman to secure Domingo's release from jail in exchange for
29714-533: The visit short and depart. In 2020, Gilligan stated that "I personally think Max was more than just a friend to Gus. I think they probably were lovers." Gould later confirmed that Gus and Max were lovers on the Ringer podcast The Watch. The Breaking Bad episode " Hermanos " shows that Gus and his long-time business partner and boyfriend Max Arciniega started Los Pollos Hermanos as a front to sell methamphetamine that Max "cooked". They approached Don Eladio Vuente ,
29893-418: The welder who built the tether he was fastened to while forced to cook meth for the Brotherhood. Jesse finds Saul's "disappearer", Ed Galbraith ( Robert Forster ), who wants $ 250,000 to help Jesse leave town. Jesse is $ 1,800 short and Ed refuses to help until he is paid in full. Knowing they are being surveilled, Jesse calls his parents and feigns willingness to surrender, drawing them and the police away from
30072-452: Was Gus who poisoned Brock, reminding him of Gus' willingness to kill children. Jesse eventually tells Saul about Gus' visits to cartel enforcer Hector Salamanca ( Mark Margolis ) at the latter's nursing home, leading Walt to visit Hector himself and talk him into luring Gus to the location. Gus is subsequently killed when Walt sets up a pipe bomb beneath Hector's wheelchair, which the latter activates. After learning of Gus' death, Walt storms
30251-452: Was Mike, who was tracking Jimmy for Gus. Mike's truck was also damaged, so Jimmy and he recover the money and begin the drive back to Albuquerque in Jimmy's car. When the car breaks down, Jimmy and Mike take the money and walk cross-country to avoid the surviving gunman. After a night in the desert, Mike kills the surviving gunman and they resume walking. Jimmy and Mike eventually make their way to
30430-555: Was allowed to stay in her home, the ownership of which fell to Jesse's parents. Jesse was a poor student in high school and preferred hanging out with his friends and smoking marijuana to studying. Walter White , whom Jesse almost always calls "Mr. White", was his chemistry teacher and gave Jesse a failing grade in his class. Walt himself later says that he never thought Jesse would amount to much, although Jesse's mother Diane ( Tess Harper ) recalls that Walt "must have seen some potential in Jesse; he really tried to motivate him. He
30609-412: Was born into a middle-class family in Albuquerque, New Mexico . At the time the series starts, he has long been estranged from his parents due to his drug addiction and lifestyle as a drug dealer. After being forced to leave his parents' residence, Jesse moved in with his Aunt Ginny, for whom he cared until her death from cancer; as a result, he became very knowledgeable about the disease. Afterward, he
30788-481: Was brought back for the third season of Better Call Saul . When conceiving the story for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie , Gilligan considered including Gus in the story, but ultimately desisted from the idea due to his feelings that the film should focus only on the most important characters in Jesse Pinkman 's life, which Gus was not. Gus has a mysterious background; his name is likely an alias, since neither
30967-465: Was closely associated with history and myth . Greek poets such as Homer , Hesiod , and Aesop developed fictional stories that were told first through oral storytelling and then in writing. Prose fiction was developed in Ancient Greece , influenced by the storytelling traditions of Asia and Egypt. Distinctly fictional work was not recognized as separate from historical or mythological stories until
31146-438: Was inspired by Paul and other crew members going kart racing between filming episodes. The idea for Jesse to have his head shaved in " Bullet Points " was also Paul's, as he felt it was appropriate for Jesse's inner struggle. Gilligan has said that he deliberately left Jesse's ultimate fate ambiguous at the end of "Felina" , preferring to let the viewer decide what happens to him. However, on November 6, 2018, rumors began that
31325-495: Was offered a character that was described to him as "very admirable, very polite", and he decided to play that character as if he had "some kind of a secret". Without knowing what that secret was, Esposito understood the potential Gus had as a growing character, therefore rejecting offers for guest appearances as originally intended for the character and insisting on becoming a series regular. To achieve Gus's trademark calmness, Esposito used yoga techniques, which allowed him to convey
31504-487: Was one of the few teachers who cared." Despite his poor academic standing, Jesse was able to graduate, with Walt present on stage when he received his diploma . In his first chronological appearance, which took place in 2004 during the Better Call Saul episode " Waterworks ", Jesse is outside of Saul Goodman 's office when Kim Wexler ( Rhea Seehorn ) emerges after having signed their divorce papers. As Jesse takes
31683-471: Was the one who orchestrated Brock's poisoning. Jesse goes back to Saul's office and beats him up until he admits that Walt told him to steal the ricin. Jesse then goes to Walt's house and douses it in gasoline, intending to burn it down. Before Jesse can light the fire, Hank arrives and convinces him that the best way to get Walt is for them to work together. Hank allows Jesse to stay at his house so he can tape Jesse's confession. Hank plans to have Jesse wear
31862-461: Was unable to continue as Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad 's second season due to his commitment to appear in The Closer , the Breaking Bad writers wrote Tuco out of the series and created the character of Gus to be his opposite. While Tuco was a meth user and "a screaming lunatic", Gus would be "a bit of a buttoned-down, cold-blooded, soft-spoken businessman". Initially, Giancarlo Esposito
32041-437: Was working for the rival Alvarez family when he killed Lalo, and backs up his story by revealing that he attempted to kill Hector, but that Gus saved him. Rather than attempt to flee so Victor can kill him, Nacho uses a piece of broken glass to free himself from his restraints, seize Juan's gun, and kill himself. Convinced that Lalo is alive, Gus takes precautions including wearing a bulletproof vest under his clothes and carrying
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