Gus killed Victor because: - He didn't manage to make sure Gale is safe - He started to act on his own, without Gus permission (Walter did say this to Jesse in Season 5 Episode 3, that according to him, that was the reason why Gus killed him) - People saw him in Gale's appartment (Mike seemed to be quite concerned about this fact, while Victor didn't give a damn) - Gus treated that as a warning for Jesse and Walter. By that he was trying to say: "You are alive only because I allow it. Make one mistake and you'll be dead."
I assumed it was because of the fact that police had a perfect sketch of his face so he was essentially a loose end so most likely he would’ve been killed anyway, but I think gustavo decided to do it to prove a point to Jesse and Walt.
To add, I also believe it was Victors job to watch over Gale. Victor was there in the lab watching Gale and Walter work as some what of a body guard. Victor failed to properly protect Gale, so Gus punishes him for this. I also wouldn't say Gus is not emotional in this scene, sure he keeps his composer, but he is always good at doing that. I mean, Gus spent decades manipulating the cartel not only to make his meth empire, but to also get revenge on them for murdering his partner. Gus has always been emotional, he just hides it well.
When Gus slits Victor's throat, he looks at Walter and Jesse with pure menace. I think at the same time he wanted to punish Victor and send a message to Waltuh, but he also is pissed off that he had to kill one of his best men for nothing. Even though Victor got spotted and started cooking meth, it was Jesse and Walter that sent him down that path.
Everyone has emotions. Gus knew how to channel his rage properly to ensure it damaged his enemies instead of harming everyone in the moment, including himself. To put it another way, a lot of people’s anger is like a grenade they drop right infront of them; what’s around them, what’s enraging them will be harmed but they’ll be hit by the shrapnel as well. A gunshot is the same exact principle; an explosion sending projectile flying, but in the case of a bullet it’s a controlled explosion directing one projectile in a direction you’re aiming at, your target, instead of indiscriminately destroying every around you.
It was physically impossible for him to protect Gale at the time. He was with Mike on their mission to escort Walt into the lab and murk him, obviously on Gus' orders. No one anticipated that Walt will suddenly instruct Jesse to go and kill Gale, with the latter going through with it. Victor can't be at 2 places at the same time, and if Gus didn't account for that possibility, he can't blame Victor for also failing to come to that conclusion. I don't recall the scene exactly, but I don't believe it was possible for him to get there in time either to stop Jesse. What did Gus expect him to do, somehow locate Jesse and send a precision missile to his car?
I think Gus understood Walter might try this for self-preservation and so kept Gale's location secret. So really the one Gus held responsible for Gale's death was actually Victor who was in charge of protecting Gale, he failed to keep Gale's location secret, allowed himself to be tailed by Jesse, showing him where Gale was, on top of that being unable to stop the murder, and getting spotted on top of it. Trying to cook was a hail Mary make up for his mistake by trying to be indispensable before Gus could show up to punish him only to seal his fate. What is clear is he didn't kill Victor only to intimidate, but he used it to vet Jesse to replace Victor. Unlike like Victor who was a failure, Gus wasn't exactly angry with Jessie, but impressed. Jesse successfully tailed Victor, killed Gale, and got away clean, and not for money or himself, but to loyally protect Walter. And unlike Victor, he already proved he can cook. Gus stared straight into Jessie's eyes when he kills Victor. When Jesse locked eyes and leans in, Gus' head tilts, he would latter tell Jesse he "sees something" in Jesse and Mike suggests its "loyalty". The very next day,, after Victor died, Jesse is instantly chosen to replace Victor's duties as a Pick-Up Enforcer with Mike and he's tested with a fake carjacking to see if he would bail out.
@@Chineseisntalanguageapparently he was gonna kill victor but then killed him then and there infront of them just to strike fear in Jesse and walt's brain and warn them of the horrible consequences of crossing him, which did work out pretty well. (Gus is literally a pretty well designed character)
@@Chineseisntalanguageapparently *because Gus knew that if he killed Walter Jessie wouldn't work with him and if he killed Jessie Walter wouldn't work with him, plus even if Walter did Walter is a liability because of how slick and decisive he is since Gale is out of the picture and Gale was his ONLY trust worthy cook...*
I think theres a few reasons. Victor was sloppy and WENT INTO A CRIME SCENE WITH WITNESSES (this is the biggest issue) 2 - he didnt prevent the death of Gale (second most important) 3 - he flew too close to the sun by cooking and hurting that side of the business, he didn't know what he was doing (least important compared to the other 2) 4. Jesse was right, if he can't kill them Gus will make them wish he was dead.
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@@johnbrylledomingo6377 what are you talkin about? I just listed my reasons for why i thought the uploader was asking the question. And i clarified i commented that before watching the video.
I think the key reason, apart from all the other reasons, was that Walt had a habit of trying to reason his way out of any issues between him and Gus, always trying to take advantage of Gus' logical nature. "Because of X and Y, killing me just wouldn't make sense!" Gus killing Victor was essentially the former's way of telling him "What I do doesn't HAVE to make sense, Walt. So stop assuming it has to." Funny thing is, while Walt spends the rest of the series trying to figure out why he did that, you'll notice he never once tried to reason his way out of anything with Gus again. So the message was sent quite clearly, even if Walt doesn't even know there was a message in the first place.
This is how I see it too. To walk out there without killing Victor would have showed weakness it would have showed Walt that he can manipulate Gus because of his very logical nature. Gus needed to show that you can never corner him or keep him on a leash.
I think he killed him because on top of all the other failures of his position, the moment Walt gave the ultimatum where if Jesse dies he doesn't get Walt, it clarified that Victor creating the conditions under which Walt can successfully give one is the main problem in this situation. If Victor does his job, he never leaves Gus so compromised
Idt it makes sense to say it was because he failed to protect Gale. That was Mike's job and his failure if anything was due to him following Mikes orders. Mike had dispatched him to fetch Walter. How could he be guarding Gale if he was kidnapping Walt?
I think Gus was originally planning on killing Jesse (he was standing right behind Jesse), but then changed his mind and walked over to Victor when Walt mentioned "If you kill Jesse, you don't have me."
That actually makes alot of sense. 1. He would be really mad 2. He would like to kill the person responsible for Gales death, because his entire plan went to shit
@@ramtinrahimi1187 yes, Victor was the only one who the most expendable at that point. You could tell that Gus took the batch Victor was cooking as an insult as well. Gus had invested so much in Gale and then Victor who is supposed to be only an enforcer was bragging he could be his meth cook like Gus was so stupid to invest so much in someone much more qualified while he had Victor all those years. Like Walt said, Victor flew too close to the sun
Primarily 'cause he got seen at the crime scene. But as a bonus, he could send a message to Walt & Jesse. I don't think it's more complicated than that.
Guy worked loyally for years for him. Murdering people. Just cuts his throat just like that. Id quit and run and hide if i was mike working for him. He d cut my throat
I think if it was just cause he was seen at a gales apartment, gus would've just shot him. The fact he was messing about in the lab registered as something that legitimately upset gus and made him want to punish Victor severely.
Probably wanted to send a message to Mike too bc he made more than a few mistakes with the whole situation. He failed to find Jesse, didn't protect gale, got manipulated by walt giving him enough time to send Jesse to kill gale, got played by Saul with the fake address.
“Mike told Gus on the phone that Victor was seen at the apt.” No. Gale couldn’t cook anything higher than 96% and we know Walt is 99.1%. Now that other three % it may not sound like a lot but it is.” Victor arguing with Walt saying all he had to do was follow the recipe but if following a recipe was that simple, Gale would not have needed more time to learn the process to Walt’s cook from Walt. And the batch he was making could have easily gotten ruined by Victor in the process of showing off.
One thing I also felt was that Victor's slaying was a message to Mike. One detail I noticed is that right before his murder, Gale's phone is ringing at the same time as he's answering the door to an armed Jesse Pinkman. This is undoubtedly Gus trying to warn Gale to keep his door locked until his men come. However this also means Mike had no choice but to call and explain to Gus what Walt was able to do because Mike fell into Walt's trap. This is a humiliating fuckup for someone as skilled and experienced as Mike, and it's surprising for Gus as well, who knows Mike is normally incredibly capable.
This drives Mike to drinking, if you’ll recall. The realization that Gus isn’t who Mike thought he was, was what disturbed him and left him questioning his loyalty. In a sense, not being FULLY bad made Mike a little naive, a term you wouldn’t normally associate with him. But you could see it running through his head as he sat there and drank. And Walt pointing it out was what got him punched. All that bottled up emotion inside of Mike got ignited and needed an outlet.
The one major detail I love about that entire scene is the fact that Giancarlo doesn’t blink once and just maintains straight eye context with both of them even when the angle changes
I think the simplest reason is that Victor was the only disposable one in that lab at the moment. He wanted to send a strong message, and Victor was the only one he could kill. He wasn’t going to kill Mike, and he couldn’t kill Walt or Jesse at the moment. It may be because he was seen at the crime scene, or because he started a batch of meth, but I think the simplest reason is the likeliest. Gus was smart and polished and in control most of the time - but cross him and he is savage.
is gus actually that kind of villian he just killed victor because HEY YOU MY HENCHMAN WHO IS VERY LOYAL I GOTTA KILL YOU TO SEND A MESSAGE UGH YOUR BLOOD RUINED MY SUIT HEY STUPID OTHER WORKERS I JUST SENT A MESSAGE MELT HIS BODY NOW!
@@ThePharaoh9 Yes, I do. Gus’s motivation is to get control of his entire operation independent of the cartel. He needs Mike and Walt, and Jesse by default. Victor was expendable. Does Gus seem like the type of guy who really gives a crap about loyalty when his business is threatened?
Very wrong. Victor was the only one who couldve made the situation even worse than it was. Gus knew that if he failed to punish walt and jesse while Victor was still alive Victor would always find a way to do it himself. So he did the only logical thing. Tie up loose ends.
Gus killed Victor for a number of reasons 1 he needed to send a message to several people, more on this later 2 Victor had become a liability by being seen at Gale’s apartment 3 despite being a loyal member of the organization , even longer than Mike had been there as BCS will tell us, Its apparent that Victor doesn’t appreciate just what Gus is attempting to do here. He calls it a “cook” He kills Victor as a warning, not to Walt or Jesse, but to the other guy in the room, Mike. MIKE screwed up. MIKE is the guy who failed to protect Gale Mike is the guy who failed to find Jessie. Mike is the guy who failed to realize Saul Goodman was hiding Jesse at the Lazer Tag And Mike is the guy who allowed Walter to manipulate him. Had Mike just Killed Walter Gale is safe Had Mike called Gus and let Gus Make make the call, then the decision is on Gus
@@ThePharaoh9 He wasn't just seen tho, he walked in the apartment and appeared suspisious enough to get his face sketched out on "Have you seen this man?" posters
The reason Victor got his throat cut was he was the only expendable one Out of all those in attendance. 1)Mike was loyal and trustworthy and hard to replace 2) Walt wouldn't cook if Jesse were killed 3) Jesse wouldn't or possibly couldn't (emotionally) cook if gus killed walt.. BUT Yes, Victor did screw up by not keeping Gale safe, Being seen at the scene and had his face all over tv..I think this is why Victor was gonna try to cook to prove he is still useful.victor was jealous of Walt and Jesse's usefulness and the power that gave them with Gus
I think Gus contemplated killing jesse, maybe with the intentions on imprisoning walt in the lab to cook for free, but didnt want take the risk of someone in the family knowing about the laundry and what they do there. He killed victor for failing to keep Gale safe, getting seen and becoming a liability and for taking liberties in his own hands by cooking. And ofcourse there is the underlying tone of Gus being a sadistic bitter psychopath that enjoys a good murder from time to time lol
I thought it was clearly implied that Victor ate Gus's lunch, which he took from the refrigerator in the kitchenette of the laundry. The bag was clearly marked "Gus," so Victor really had no excuse ... I imagine.
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@@baresize honest critique. There are a lot of useless sentences in this. The redundancy in how these sentences are stacked together reminds me of when I needed to hit a word count for an essay in high school It feels like you are padding for time
I believe there was also an element of protecting the meth cook recipe as he was almost good at it , and knew the how of it but not why, which could be using to produce a near equal product were he to be poached by a competitor.
The reason I immediately assumed was Gus's reason for Killing Victor was because he knew Walt was worried about being replaced. That may or may not have even been his intention but Walt had Gale killed for being too good at his job so this is the situation he's in now. Gus noticed Victor seemingly getting good as well. Walt keeps telling "You need me." and at this point he actually does now because Victor's an idiot. So Gus killing Victor, along with the other reasons, is him responding with "Ok, you want to be the only one good enough to cook my meth? You really want to be needed that badly? Fine, I'll show you what it's like to be needed around here." Then after adding one more corpse to Walt's ego's body count he finishes with, "Well? Get to work." He does need him after all, doesn't he?
This just shows how cold blooded Gus truly is. Victor had been Gus's loyal right hand man for YEARS, and Gus just kills him without a second thought, or benefit of a doubt. Thats some ruthless shit.
The *REAL* reason Gus killed Victor is because of Mike. When Mike let Walter live it was the *ONLY* time he ever didn't follow Guses order to a T What Gus was really saying was: "Mike I like you. You've done a lot of good work for me and we go way back. But LOOK at what happens when you go outside of my orders. I'm going to give you a second chance but if you ever disregard my orders again *THIS* could be you."
It all started when Los Pollos Hermanos was short staffed. Lyle was, of course, going to pick up the slack, and cook the chicken while managing the register. Victor forced his way into the kitchen, and started making chicken himself. Leading to customers saying "This tastes like KFC". Enraged, Lyle called Gus, and gave the order "Victor isn't up to Los Pollos Hermanos standards". That sealed his fate. You mess with Gus's meth empire, you get the Gus. Mess with his chicken recipe, you get the bus. This tells us two things, that Gus liked to speak in code. But more importantly, Lyle was the mastermind behind Gus's empire all along. Vravo Bince.
The reason why Gus killed Victor was to prove that Walter did make a valid point. Hence, meaning Walter made sure that only himself and Jesse were to be the only ones to cook the pure methamphetamine. At the same time Walter had to prove to Gus that he wasn’t afraid to take charge, and make sure Jesse remained an asset as well as to pulling the trigger on Gail.
It was a scene where Gus was supposed to intimidate Walt. Mike’s shocked reaction was real. Giancarlo Esposito went off script and killed the actor portraying Victor right in front of them. This is surprisingly not uncommon in movies. RIP Jeremiah Bitsui.
Thank you so much for not spoiling what happened in the title/thumbnail, I already know but I hate when I see a spoiler just by scrolling through RUclips.
The main reason he killed victor is because it was a message to Walter. Walter was telling him about how he can’t kill him because he needs him and he displayed that he can kill whoever he wants, even one of his closest guys.
@@johnflores4913 wrong. Gus knew that if he would fail to punish walt and jesse for what they did to gale, victor wasnt going to shut up about it. Victor wouldve soon killed walt and/or jesse. Which would force gus' hand to take Victor as a cook. Businessmen see stuff like that coming from a mile away. Hence why he had to die. Only one logical choice on the table really.
@@johnflores4913 not nope. Gus is a pragmatic. Sending a message is not what he cares about unless you attack hin personally. Only one person managed to have him send a message, thats hector. The others are not messages. They are perfectly logical and the correct course of action for keeping his empire running.
He did it to prove a point to Walter and Jessie if he could kill what I assume was a longtime employee imagine what he would do to the two of them. Initially he tried to keep Walt in check with emotions but now he needed to rule over them with fear.
There was a flashback scene were Gus asks Gale how long until there up and running and Victor answers the question although Gus was asking Gale . To me this clearly implies Victor has a history of medaling in affairs and taking liberties not his. Gus killed him as a 2 prong approach 1. He wasnt gonna tolerate Victors insubordination 2. It was to get through to walt and jesse
I feel Gus had three different weaknesses. His almost blind drive to get revenge on the cartel for what they did to his partner, and his refusal to act against Walter. Yes he would have been out. But if he'd just killed walt and Jessie he would have been able to recover and continue with his plans. He also went back on his way of doing things when walt and Jessie screwed up their first meeting with him. He should have refused to work with the two of them and continued his plans with gale and his cook
I always though Gus killed Victor because he got himself seen at a crime scene, and it would only have been a matter of time before Victor was caught and interrogated. Then he may have spilt the beans of Gus's drug empire.
He wasn’t Jessie Walt or Mike, making him the most expendable person there. While Gus isn’t bloodthirsty, he is a meth kingpin who doesn’t care about anything but avenging max
Gus was a little too eager to get rid of Walter. Had he been aware of Walter's prideful and meticulous nature, and trusted his judgment of Jessie, he probably would have lived, and Gale could've simply been Walt's replacement when his cancer naturally killed him, rather than needing to be killed by Gus.
As the flashback with Gale showed, he values loyalty and consistency over skill and ambition. But even loyalty has it limits, as demonstrated when "skilled" Walter schooled Victor despite his "loyalty" to formula, and Gus had to severe that limitation like a diseased limb. And especially after Walter's phony offer of resuming loyalty, he had to show even genuine loyalty means little to him and call his bluff because simply walking would be a sign of capitulation.
I wish in BCS they would have worked in the phone call Mike makes to Gus right after Victor returns and tells him Gale was dead and that he was spotted at the murder scene. It would have confirmed Gus knew Victor was seen, and he wasn't killed for just taking liberties. Not sure if it would have fit with any of the episodes, but with all the fan service they shoehorned into the final season, they could have found a way...
He killed Victor because he was seen at Gale's. Pure and simple. As seen in the scene much later where Gus is waiting at Police/DEA HQ, sat in the waiting area and he looks up and sees a composite drawing of Victor as someone they're trying to talk to regarding Gale's murder. He knew that it would lead to him so he killed Victor, and was VERY pissed off about it, because he valued Victor and if it wasn't for his small mistake, he would not had to have killed him. Also, as a handy by-product, it scared the shit out of Walt and Jesse.
It has been confirmed that he was his lover. Gus is gay. He's a sociopath, so while he doesn't feel much, he can feel love in a romantic sense, similar to the Green River Killer.
Vanity, pride? It doesn't matter why, but when. Why did he kill him when he should have been killing Walt and Jesse? Because he needed Walt and Jesse, and to make a reminder who is in charge. That guy knowing the steps to the cook was a bit of a potential danger to Gus too, so he took care of him before he got Gus fucked over permanently. He couldn't handle Jessie or Walt, so he had to go. There are so many reasons.
Goes is super clever bro I swear. And that is why we love him. We understood he always have purpose on every move. Heck i would watch an entire movie of Gus Breaking bad and Better call Saul monologue. I'd like to hear what his thoughts are saying as he evaluate things
Victor's cook was the litteral illustration of the saying "monkey see, monkey do." Not missing a step in Walter's cook is worthless if you don't have the knowledge to understand how does it works and what to do if anything goes wrong.
Victor was supposed to learn how to cook from Gale and then go to Mexico for the last move on the Cartel. Yes, he was seen at the murder scene and he also lost his composure , that being the main reason Gus had to kill him. Gus was very disappointed. I think Gus was expecting a possible attempt on Gale's life, but he was hoping that Victor won't slip out. What I think the initial plan of Gus was to get Gale as the main cook and Victor as his assistent. That's why Victor was really affected by Gale's death, that made him to snap. Victor absolutely hated the presence of Walt and Jesse, he wanted these 2 clowns out of that lab for good.
To answer this question fully, it's important to understand Gus' singular motivation, which was to take vengeance on the Salamanca Cartel including Don Salamanca and Don Aladio for killing his protege and possible lover from Chile, Max. He needed to take out Aladio first then Salamanca was a helpless (or so he thought) old man. His method to do this was successfully executed, to make enough of the best meth to bring the cartel to the table again where he would pretend to kow tow to the whole family in order to poison everyone, including himself, as we all saw in the show. So he needs to avoid any legal entanglements to make it to that meeting and also get that super meth to get Don Aladio and his top guys attention. So Victor: 1) Made himself expendable by all his sloppiness at the crime scene, making him legally compromised, this is already explained. 2) Was killed in front of Mike to let everyone know loyalty should be to Gus, not Victor to Gale, not Mike to Victor, etc. Gus already knew Jesse and Walt were loyal to each other only and Walt was loyal to his family, not Gus...Victor was so upset, we could see in his mind he was thinking on his own too much...if Gale would become Gus' Walt, Victor thought he would be Gale's Jesse. That's a Victor agenda, not a Gus agenda. That's why after Victor, Tyrus and Mike only watched Walt and Jesse via camera and not the tanks, the gauges or the cook. 3) Had made himself into Gale #2, so what should have ended Walt and Jesse's concern with Gale's death, a rival cook who can make the guys expendable to Gus supposedly...now by showing he could cook himself he made himself into another Gus cook...however Gus already knew Victor's 70% meth would not accomplish his goal in luring the cartel, he needed Walt's 99% and this was even proven as he sold Jesse to the cartel to at least get to 90% using Walt's way. So, Gus had to remove Victor in front of the guys himself. He did not want Walt and Jesse to use that excuse to act out again, with their minds out of whack with Gus' goal conspiring. Gus wanted Walt to cook, not plot, so Gus could reach his revenge goal. Even after he sold Jesse to the cartel, he did not replace Jesse with another helper for Walt.
Maybe also because he was heartless prick with no morals, and Gus in a way isn't like that, he has both really dark side to him but also very different one, and he did not care about Victor.
Because he was too much of a weasel to kill an actual adversary straight up so instead he kills a comrade from behind in an attempt to display dominance. That's why.
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Honestly it was a reminder that he’s a cruel villain. He’s seemed fair throughout the series up until that point and the audience needed a reminder that he’s not fair. He’s not a rational person. It’s a hint at his anger and frustration that he’s been able to keep under wraps.
There is this one thing ACTUALLY 2 THINGS...that is OUT OF CHARACTER for me...relating to gus he is introduced as a "very responsible and cautious man" He knows how important the METH COOK is for his buisness..And you have just brought in 2 new guys who can be dangerous..to your cook..(cause one of them already knows you're trying to replace him...as soon as your cook learns walts method...SO YOU CAN CLEARLY FIGURE OUT..WHAT THEY MIGHT DO..ATTACK THE source..hence the cook) SO HOW GUS DOESN'T PUT UP A 24/7 .. 2 shift security for the nerd ..is beyond me...JESSE LITERALLY KNOCKS ..KNOCKS!!! On the door and shoots him...... 2nd how could someone like..GUS ..who used to plan so far ahead..he had blood ready for even jesse after killing cartel members...BE SO CARELESS..of not thinking about FINGERPRINTS..WHILE VISITING YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PIECE FOR METH BUISNESS...IF HANK DIDN'T GET FINGERPRINTS...other's were not interested in suspecting GUS
The biggest reason that gus killed victor is because victor stopped to get some KFC on the way back and Gus saw that as a betrayal.
Yes
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I read this right along 4:54 by coincidence and it was a great effect
😂had me in the first half 😂
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Gus killed Victor because:
- He didn't manage to make sure Gale is safe
- He started to act on his own, without Gus permission (Walter did say this to Jesse in Season 5 Episode 3, that according to him, that was the reason why Gus killed him)
- People saw him in Gale's appartment (Mike seemed to be quite concerned about this fact, while Victor didn't give a damn)
- Gus treated that as a warning for Jesse and Walter. By that he was trying to say: "You are alive only because I allow it. Make one mistake and you'll be dead."
he also ruined a batch of meth
I assumed it was because of the fact that police had a perfect sketch of his face so he was essentially a loose end so most likely he would’ve been killed anyway, but I think gustavo decided to do it to prove a point to Jesse and Walt.
Walter White"oooooooo..we are so scared"
@@moodyowlproductions4287 little did he know of Gus' inhuman carbomb detecting skills
@@mclovin2408 They could have just called vacuum cleaners guy instead of killing him lmao.
It’s obvious that Gus killed victor because he wasn’t up to los pollos hermanos standards
ofc
If Lyle didn't clean that fryer to bring satisfactory than Gus would've done the same thing to him.😊
It’s too bad Victor didn’t Better Dial Lyle and get some tips on how to be a better employee, because it could have saved his life 😟
Gus is such a good business man. He even gave Victor a severance package
😂
To add, I also believe it was Victors job to watch over Gale. Victor was there in the lab watching Gale and Walter work as some what of a body guard. Victor failed to properly protect Gale, so Gus punishes him for this.
I also wouldn't say Gus is not emotional in this scene, sure he keeps his composer, but he is always good at doing that. I mean, Gus spent decades manipulating the cartel not only to make his meth empire, but to also get revenge on them for murdering his partner. Gus has always been emotional, he just hides it well.
I didn’t know Gus has a composer he keeps, lol.
When Gus slits Victor's throat, he looks at Walter and Jesse with pure menace. I think at the same time he wanted to punish Victor and send a message to Waltuh, but he also is pissed off that he had to kill one of his best men for nothing. Even though Victor got spotted and started cooking meth, it was Jesse and Walter that sent him down that path.
Everyone has emotions. Gus knew how to channel his rage properly to ensure it damaged his enemies instead of harming everyone in the moment, including himself.
To put it another way, a lot of people’s anger is like a grenade they drop right infront of them; what’s around them, what’s enraging them will be harmed but they’ll be hit by the shrapnel as well. A gunshot is the same exact principle; an explosion sending projectile flying, but in the case of a bullet it’s a controlled explosion directing one projectile in a direction you’re aiming at, your target, instead of indiscriminately destroying every around you.
Even Lyle was above acceptable
It was physically impossible for him to protect Gale at the time. He was with Mike on their mission to escort Walt into the lab and murk him, obviously on Gus' orders. No one anticipated that Walt will suddenly instruct Jesse to go and kill Gale, with the latter going through with it. Victor can't be at 2 places at the same time, and if Gus didn't account for that possibility, he can't blame Victor for also failing to come to that conclusion.
I don't recall the scene exactly, but I don't believe it was possible for him to get there in time either to stop Jesse. What did Gus expect him to do, somehow locate Jesse and send a precision missile to his car?
I think Gus understood Walter might try this for self-preservation and so kept Gale's location secret. So really the one Gus held responsible for Gale's death was actually Victor who was in charge of protecting Gale, he failed to keep Gale's location secret, allowed himself to be tailed by Jesse, showing him where Gale was, on top of that being unable to stop the murder, and getting spotted on top of it. Trying to cook was a hail Mary make up for his mistake by trying to be indispensable before Gus could show up to punish him only to seal his fate. What is clear is he didn't kill Victor only to intimidate, but he used it to vet Jesse to replace Victor.
Unlike like Victor who was a failure, Gus wasn't exactly angry with Jessie, but impressed. Jesse successfully tailed Victor, killed Gale, and got away clean, and not for money or himself, but to loyally protect Walter. And unlike Victor, he already proved he can cook. Gus stared straight into Jessie's eyes when he kills Victor. When Jesse locked eyes and leans in, Gus' head tilts, he would latter tell Jesse he "sees something" in Jesse and Mike suggests its "loyalty". The very next day,, after Victor died, Jesse is instantly chosen to replace Victor's duties as a Pick-Up Enforcer with Mike and he's tested with a fake carjacking to see if he would bail out.
I also think he killed him because he got there too late to stop Jesse.
So why wouldn’t he kill him after taking care of Walt?
@@Chineseisntalanguageapparently he was gonna kill victor but then killed him then and there infront of them just to strike fear in Jesse and walt's brain and warn them of the horrible consequences of crossing him, which did work out pretty well. (Gus is literally a pretty well designed character)
@@Chineseisntalanguageapparently *because Gus knew that if he killed Walter Jessie wouldn't work with him and if he killed Jessie Walter wouldn't work with him, plus even if Walter did Walter is a liability because of how slick and decisive he is since Gale is out of the picture and Gale was his ONLY trust worthy cook...*
@@ogstringer we’re talking about victor
No chance. Gus wouldn’t kill people over things they can’t control
I think theres a few reasons.
Victor was sloppy and WENT INTO A CRIME SCENE WITH WITNESSES (this is the biggest issue)
2 - he didnt prevent the death of Gale (second most important)
3 - he flew too close to the sun by cooking and hurting that side of the business, he didn't know what he was doing (least important compared to the other 2)
4. Jesse was right, if he can't kill them Gus will make them wish he was dead.
Yes we watched the video.
@@mechanomics2649 I made the comment before watching. It's pretty obvious why.
@@JitteryJackanape Yes yes, we all want to talk, but no one wants to listen because we are the main hero, the protagonist, of this youtube universe we live in.
@@johnbrylledomingo6377 what are you talkin about? I just listed my reasons for why i thought the uploader was asking the question. And i clarified i commented that before watching the video.
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I think the key reason, apart from all the other reasons, was that Walt had a habit of trying to reason his way out of any issues between him and Gus, always trying to take advantage of Gus' logical nature. "Because of X and Y, killing me just wouldn't make sense!"
Gus killing Victor was essentially the former's way of telling him "What I do doesn't HAVE to make sense, Walt. So stop assuming it has to."
Funny thing is, while Walt spends the rest of the series trying to figure out why he did that, you'll notice he never once tried to reason his way out of anything with Gus again. So the message was sent quite clearly, even if Walt doesn't even know there was a message in the first place.
Good take!
This is how I see it too. To walk out there without killing Victor would have showed weakness it would have showed Walt that he can manipulate Gus because of his very logical nature. Gus needed to show that you can never corner him or keep him on a leash.
No way man, gus could have killed Jessie and kidnapped Walt to work for him he didnt have to waste victor like that
Did you like… not watch the episode?
@@cengix8850 Yes I have multiple times
I think he killed him because on top of all the other failures of his position, the moment Walt gave the ultimatum where if Jesse dies he doesn't get Walt, it clarified that Victor creating the conditions under which Walt can successfully give one is the main problem in this situation.
If Victor does his job, he never leaves Gus so compromised
Idt it makes sense to say it was because he failed to protect Gale. That was Mike's job and his failure if anything was due to him following Mikes orders. Mike had dispatched him to fetch Walter. How could he be guarding Gale if he was kidnapping Walt?
I think Gus was originally planning on killing Jesse (he was standing right behind Jesse), but then changed his mind and walked over to Victor when Walt mentioned "If you kill Jesse, you don't have me."
That actually makes alot of sense.
1. He would be really mad
2. He would like to kill the person responsible for Gales death, because his entire plan went to shit
I always thought this too yeah
no, gus is smarter than so. He knew way back that if he killed jesse, he wont have walt. They had a perfect sketch on Victor and he needed to go.
@@ramtinrahimi1187 yes, Victor was the only one who the most expendable at that point.
You could tell that Gus took the batch Victor was cooking as an insult as well.
Gus had invested so much in Gale and then Victor who is supposed to be only an enforcer was bragging he could be his meth cook like Gus was so stupid to invest so much in someone much more qualified while he had Victor all those years.
Like Walt said, Victor flew too close to the sun
@@KobaLenkAt this point it would be easier to list the reasons why Gus shouldn’t off Victor
Primarily 'cause he got seen at the crime scene. But as a bonus, he could send a message to Walt & Jesse. I don't think it's more complicated than that.
Agreed! And when Gus goes into the police station, there’s a poster with a sketch of victor asking if anyone has seen him and requesting info
Guy worked loyally for years for him. Murdering people. Just cuts his throat just like that. Id quit and run and hide if i was mike working for him. He d cut my throat
I think if it was just cause he was seen at a gales apartment, gus would've just shot him. The fact he was messing about in the lab registered as something that legitimately upset gus and made him want to punish Victor severely.
Probably wanted to send a message to Mike too bc he made more than a few mistakes with the whole situation. He failed to find Jesse, didn't protect gale, got manipulated by walt giving him enough time to send Jesse to kill gale, got played by Saul with the fake address.
“Mike told Gus on the phone that Victor was seen at the apt.” No. Gale couldn’t cook anything higher than 96% and we know Walt is 99.1%. Now that other three % it may not sound like a lot but it is.” Victor arguing with Walt saying all he had to do was follow the recipe but if following a recipe was that simple, Gale would not have needed more time to learn the process to Walt’s cook from Walt. And the batch he was making could have easily gotten ruined by Victor in the process of showing off.
One thing I also felt was that Victor's slaying was a message to Mike. One detail I noticed is that right before his murder, Gale's phone is ringing at the same time as he's answering the door to an armed Jesse Pinkman. This is undoubtedly Gus trying to warn Gale to keep his door locked until his men come. However this also means Mike had no choice but to call and explain to Gus what Walt was able to do because Mike fell into Walt's trap. This is a humiliating fuckup for someone as skilled and experienced as Mike, and it's surprising for Gus as well, who knows Mike is normally incredibly capable.
I thought it was Mike who tried to warn Gale about Jesse.
Calling Gus first before Gale would take too much time if the latters life was at stake
This drives Mike to drinking, if you’ll recall. The realization that Gus isn’t who Mike thought he was, was what disturbed him and left him questioning his loyalty.
In a sense, not being FULLY bad made Mike a little naive, a term you wouldn’t normally associate with him.
But you could see it running through his head as he sat there and drank. And Walt pointing it out was what got him punched. All that bottled up emotion inside of Mike got ignited and needed an outlet.
Did you watch Better Call Saul? Mike knew exactly how ruthless Gus was.
@@ripdimebag42 Then why was he shocked at Victor’s killing?
@aguy559 he always got upset whenever he thought Gus had gone too far, that was probably the point where he thought Gus had truly lost it though
@@aguy559 Because Better Call Saul was written afterwards and resulted in many contradictions in Breaking Bad.
@@abonynge I get your point.
The one major detail I love about that entire scene is the fact that Giancarlo doesn’t blink once and just maintains straight eye context with both of them even when the angle changes
I think the simplest reason is that Victor was the only disposable one in that lab at the moment. He wanted to send a strong message, and Victor was the only one he could kill. He wasn’t going to kill Mike, and he couldn’t kill Walt or Jesse at the moment. It may be because he was seen at the crime scene, or because he started a batch of meth, but I think the simplest reason is the likeliest. Gus was smart and polished and in control most of the time - but cross him and he is savage.
is gus actually that kind of villian he just killed victor because HEY YOU MY HENCHMAN WHO IS VERY LOYAL I GOTTA KILL YOU TO SEND A MESSAGE UGH YOUR BLOOD RUINED MY SUIT HEY STUPID OTHER WORKERS I JUST SENT A MESSAGE MELT HIS BODY NOW!
@@ThePharaoh9 Yes, I do. Gus’s motivation is to get control of his entire operation independent of the cartel. He needs Mike and Walt, and Jesse by default. Victor was expendable. Does Gus seem like the type of guy who really gives a crap about loyalty when his business is threatened?
Very wrong. Victor was the only one who couldve made the situation even worse than it was. Gus knew that if he failed to punish walt and jesse while Victor was still alive Victor would always find a way to do it himself. So he did the only logical thing. Tie up loose ends.
Gus hated Walt and Jesse because they were the only people he couldn’t control (Lalo as well). Unpredictable and a touch of wild.
Gus killed Victor for a number of reasons
1 he needed to send a message to several people, more on this later
2 Victor had become a liability by being seen at Gale’s apartment
3 despite being a loyal member of the organization , even longer than Mike had been there as BCS will tell us, Its apparent that Victor doesn’t appreciate just what Gus is attempting to do here. He calls it a “cook”
He kills Victor as a warning, not to Walt or Jesse, but to the other guy in the room, Mike.
MIKE screwed up.
MIKE is the guy who failed to protect Gale
Mike is the guy who failed to find Jessie.
Mike is the guy who failed to realize Saul Goodman was hiding Jesse at the Lazer Tag
And Mike is the guy who allowed Walter to manipulate him.
Had Mike just Killed Walter Gale is safe
Had Mike called Gus and let Gus Make make the call, then the decision is on Gus
so why didnt gus kill mike instead I think being responsible for a good workers death is way worse then being seen eating pringles at a crime scene
@@ThePharaoh9 He wasn't just seen tho, he walked in the apartment and appeared suspisious enough to get his face sketched out on "Have you seen this man?" posters
Walt was the villain. He destroyed his family and gus’ empire to fulfill his ego.
The reason Victor got his throat cut was he was the only expendable one
Out of all those in attendance. 1)Mike
was loyal and trustworthy and hard to replace
2) Walt wouldn't cook if Jesse were killed
3) Jesse wouldn't or possibly couldn't (emotionally) cook if gus killed walt..
BUT
Yes, Victor did screw up by not keeping Gale safe,
Being seen at the scene and had his face all over tv..I think this is why Victor was gonna try to cook to prove he is still useful.victor was jealous of Walt and Jesse's usefulness
and the power that gave them with Gus
I think Gus contemplated killing jesse, maybe with the intentions on imprisoning walt in the lab to cook for free, but didnt want take the risk of someone in the family knowing about the laundry and what they do there. He killed victor for failing to keep Gale safe, getting seen and becoming a liability and for taking liberties in his own hands by cooking. And ofcourse there is the underlying tone of Gus being a sadistic bitter psychopath that enjoys a good murder from time to time lol
I thought it was clearly implied that Victor ate Gus's lunch, which he took from the refrigerator in the kitchenette of the laundry. The bag was clearly marked "Gus," so Victor really had no excuse ... I imagine.
“He flew too close to the sun.”
Remember? Duh lol
Did chatGPT write this script? Holy shit
It might be voiced by an AI, but it’s written by a real person. The channel hires writers for their scripts. I would know, I happen to write this one. Hope you enjoyed the analysis.
@@baresize honest critique. There are a lot of useless sentences in this. The redundancy in how these sentences are stacked together reminds me of when I needed to hit a word count for an essay in high school
It feels like you are padding for time
He channeled his rage into the most pragmatic action available to him.
he just felt like it yk gotta respect that
It's simple; Victor actually thought he could replace Walt. Gus knew that Victor couldn't but was disgusted by victor's delusional belief in himself.
I believe there was also an element of protecting the meth cook recipe as he was almost good at it , and knew the how of it but not why, which could be using to produce a near equal product were he to be poached by a competitor.
Good point!
The reason I immediately assumed was Gus's reason for Killing Victor was because he knew Walt was worried about being replaced. That may or may not have even been his intention but Walt had Gale killed for being too good at his job so this is the situation he's in now. Gus noticed Victor seemingly getting good as well. Walt keeps telling "You need me." and at this point he actually does now because Victor's an idiot. So Gus killing Victor, along with the other reasons, is him responding with "Ok, you want to be the only one good enough to cook my meth? You really want to be needed that badly? Fine, I'll show you what it's like to be needed around here." Then after adding one more corpse to Walt's ego's body count he finishes with, "Well? Get to work."
He does need him after all, doesn't he?
Me"Gus...why did you kill Victor"? Gus"no reason really...just felt like Killing" me"........rightttttttttttta"
This just shows how cold blooded Gus truly is. Victor had been Gus's loyal right hand man for YEARS, and Gus just kills him without a second thought, or benefit of a doubt. Thats some ruthless shit.
pretty stupid to waste ur own worker i dont think walt would kill jesse becuse he felt like it
He killed him because one day Lyle called in sick, and Victor had to clean the fryers. They weren't 'acceptable'.
The *REAL* reason Gus killed Victor is because of Mike.
When Mike let Walter live it was the *ONLY* time he ever didn't follow Guses order to a T
What Gus was really saying was: "Mike I like you. You've done a lot of good work for me and we go way back. But LOOK at what happens when you go outside of my orders. I'm going to give you a second chance but if you ever disregard my orders again *THIS* could be you."
I’d like to know how many hours in total the characters spent driving to the middle of the desert for clandestine meetings. It must be thousands.
He killed him because he went to Gale's appartment being seen by other people (getting wanted by the police)
It all started when Los Pollos Hermanos was short staffed. Lyle was, of course, going to pick up the slack, and cook the chicken while managing the register. Victor forced his way into the kitchen, and started making chicken himself.
Leading to customers saying "This tastes like KFC". Enraged, Lyle called Gus, and gave the order "Victor isn't up to Los Pollos Hermanos standards". That sealed his fate. You mess with Gus's meth empire, you get the Gus. Mess with his chicken recipe, you get the bus.
This tells us two things, that Gus liked to speak in code. But more importantly, Lyle was the mastermind behind Gus's empire all along. Vravo Bince.
It’s so creepy hearing an ai voice narrating a video essay
This is one of the best scenes in breaking bad and arguably the most important moment in the relationship between Gus and Walt
The reason why Gus killed Victor was to prove that Walter did make a valid point. Hence, meaning Walter made sure that only himself and Jesse were to be the only ones to cook the pure methamphetamine. At the same time Walter had to prove to Gus that he wasn’t afraid to take charge, and make sure Jesse remained an asset as well as to pulling the trigger on Gail.
He did what tuco did to the one guy. Got disrespected and was shown who the jefe is.
I won’t lie, on a second watch, knowing all the lies Walt told Jesse and the backstory of Gus, I kinda routed for Gus more than Walt
Because Victor was ID'd leaving Gale's apartment. They even say that in the show.
It was a scene where Gus was supposed to intimidate Walt. Mike’s shocked reaction was real.
Giancarlo Esposito went off script and killed the actor portraying Victor right in front of them. This is surprisingly not uncommon in movies.
RIP Jeremiah Bitsui.
Thank you so much for not spoiling what happened in the title/thumbnail, I already know but I hate when I see a spoiler just by scrolling through RUclips.
It was because Gus needed to show Walter that he had his back as far as someone else may be able to cook .
First reason is not the case. Gus didn't know that Victor was seen or that he left a car at that moment, even Mike asked Victor if he was seen or not.
Gus: Now Victor, I hope you realize this is a LEARNING experience...
The main reason he killed victor is because it was a message to Walter. Walter was telling him about how he can’t kill him because he needs him and he displayed that he can kill whoever he wants, even one of his closest guys.
Wrong.
@@baronhelmut2701 *right
@@johnflores4913 wrong. Gus knew that if he would fail to punish walt and jesse for what they did to gale, victor wasnt going to shut up about it. Victor wouldve soon killed walt and/or jesse. Which would force gus' hand to take Victor as a cook. Businessmen see stuff like that coming from a mile away. Hence why he had to die. Only one logical choice on the table really.
@@baronhelmut2701 nope
@@johnflores4913 not nope. Gus is a pragmatic. Sending a message is not what he cares about unless you attack hin personally. Only one person managed to have him send a message, thats hector. The others are not messages. They are perfectly logical and the correct course of action for keeping his empire running.
He didn't stop Jessie and his face was the only one to be seen at crime scene of Gail by a civilian
I appreciate the title of this video. Could have spoiled it, but kept it a bit vague.
He did it to prove a point to Walter and Jessie if he could kill what I assume was a longtime employee imagine what he would do to the two of them. Initially he tried to keep Walt in check with emotions but now he needed to rule over them with fear.
There was a flashback scene were Gus asks Gale how long until there up and running and Victor answers the question although Gus was asking Gale . To me this clearly implies Victor has a history of medaling in affairs and taking liberties not his. Gus killed him as a 2 prong approach 1. He wasnt gonna tolerate Victors insubordination
2. It was to get through to walt and jesse
To cover his tracks and to show Walt and Jesse he's not messing around.
I feel Gus had three different weaknesses. His almost blind drive to get revenge on the cartel for what they did to his partner, and his refusal to act against Walter. Yes he would have been out. But if he'd just killed walt and Jessie he would have been able to recover and continue with his plans. He also went back on his way of doing things when walt and Jessie screwed up their first meeting with him. He should have refused to work with the two of them and continued his plans with gale and his cook
I always though Gus killed Victor because he got himself seen at a crime scene, and it would only have been a matter of time before Victor was caught and interrogated. Then he may have spilt the beans of Gus's drug empire.
He wasn’t Jessie Walt or Mike, making him the most expendable person there. While Gus isn’t bloodthirsty, he is a meth kingpin who doesn’t care about anything but avenging max
I appreciate your spoiler free thumbnail, absolutely baffles me someone would pull that shit
Gus was a little too eager to get rid of Walter. Had he been aware of Walter's prideful and meticulous nature, and trusted his judgment of Jessie, he probably would have lived, and Gale could've simply been Walt's replacement when his cancer naturally killed him, rather than needing to be killed by Gus.
As the flashback with Gale showed, he values loyalty and consistency over skill and ambition. But even loyalty has it limits, as demonstrated when "skilled" Walter schooled Victor despite his "loyalty" to formula, and Gus had to severe that limitation like a diseased limb. And especially after Walter's phony offer of resuming loyalty, he had to show even genuine loyalty means little to him and call his bluff because simply walking would be a sign of capitulation.
I wish in BCS they would have worked in the phone call Mike makes to Gus right after Victor returns and tells him Gale was dead and that he was spotted at the murder scene. It would have confirmed Gus knew Victor was seen, and he wasn't killed for just taking liberties. Not sure if it would have fit with any of the episodes, but with all the fan service they shoehorned into the final season, they could have found a way...
Agreed
He did mistreat one of his employees when he was upset and nervous about something in better call Saul
He killed Victor because he was seen at Gale's. Pure and simple. As seen in the scene much later where Gus is waiting at Police/DEA HQ, sat in the waiting area and he looks up and sees a composite drawing of Victor as someone they're trying to talk to regarding Gale's murder. He knew that it would lead to him so he killed Victor, and was VERY pissed off about it, because he valued Victor and if it wasn't for his small mistake, he would not had to have killed him. Also, as a handy by-product, it scared the shit out of Walt and Jesse.
Could of been a way to say look this is what we do with loose ends. As an example of what walt should do to Jesse
Also, Walter met Jesse while Victor was tailing, so he failed there too
Gus was a brilliant pragmatist, he was also an amoral, evil anti-social. He lost his humanity the moment his best friend was murdered in front of him.
It has been confirmed that he was his lover. Gus is gay. He's a sociopath, so while he doesn't feel much, he can feel love in a romantic sense, similar to the Green River Killer.
Gus killed victor because due to his in response to actually felt that proved to be foreshadowing
Vanity, pride? It doesn't matter why, but when. Why did he kill him when he should have been killing Walt and Jesse? Because he needed Walt and Jesse, and to make a reminder who is in charge. That guy knowing the steps to the cook was a bit of a potential danger to Gus too, so he took care of him before he got Gus fucked over permanently. He couldn't handle Jessie or Walt, so he had to go. There are so many reasons.
Short answer: people saw him at the crime scene which angered Gus as he saw this as a foolish mistake that put the whole operation in Jeopardy
i realized that when gus kills victor it's similar to when tuco kills no doze and walt and jesse look in fear
Respect for avoiding spoilers in title
Goes is super clever bro I swear. And that is why we love him. We understood he always have purpose on every move. Heck i would watch an entire movie of Gus Breaking bad and Better call Saul monologue. I'd like to hear what his thoughts are saying as he evaluate things
Cause there was witnesses period. He just made an example of him to kill two birds. Which is harsh.
Look at Mike's face when he answered after he asked if anyone saw him
This was the moment Gus knew Victor didn’t have what it takes to be a varsity athlete
Gus didn't like Victor grinning at him as he walked into the lab.
Victor's cook was the litteral illustration of the saying "monkey see, monkey do."
Not missing a step in Walter's cook is worthless if you don't have the knowledge to understand how does it works and what to do if anything goes wrong.
Gus is a lot like Palpatine from Star Wars.
Carefully navigating each persona (public and private) to ensure he comes up on top.
do u write these videos scripts with chatGPT ? lmao
Gus got momentarily disoriented and thought it was Los Pollos Hermanos assistant Lyle.
Someone needed to die and everyone else had plot armor... 😂
I don't think its plot armor when it made sense in this way.
this channel deserves more attention
It's AI narrated and written
Gus didn't do that. Victor's throat just did that.
I gotta say as a someone who got spoiled for some of the hugest parts of the show, I applaud you for titling the title "Why did Gus do that" 😂
Viktor got turned into ketchup in a later scene because of a transition. 💀💀💀
Victor was supposed to learn how to cook from Gale and then go to Mexico for the last move on the Cartel. Yes, he was seen at the murder scene and he also lost his composure , that being the main reason Gus had to kill him. Gus was very disappointed. I think Gus was expecting a possible attempt on Gale's life, but he was hoping that Victor won't slip out. What I think the initial plan of Gus was to get Gale as the main cook and Victor as his assistent. That's why Victor was really affected by Gale's death, that made him to snap. Victor absolutely hated the presence of Walt and Jesse, he wanted these 2 clowns out of that lab for good.
To answer this question fully, it's important to understand Gus' singular motivation, which was to take vengeance on the Salamanca Cartel including Don Salamanca and Don Aladio for killing his protege and possible lover from Chile, Max. He needed to take out Aladio first then Salamanca was a helpless (or so he thought) old man.
His method to do this was successfully executed, to make enough of the best meth to bring the cartel to the table again where he would pretend to kow tow to the whole family in order to poison everyone, including himself, as we all saw in the show.
So he needs to avoid any legal entanglements to make it to that meeting and also get that super meth to get Don Aladio and his top guys attention.
So Victor:
1) Made himself expendable by all his sloppiness at the crime scene, making him legally compromised, this is already explained.
2) Was killed in front of Mike to let everyone know loyalty should be to Gus, not Victor to Gale, not Mike to Victor, etc. Gus already knew Jesse and Walt were loyal to each other only and Walt was loyal to his family, not Gus...Victor was so upset, we could see in his mind he was thinking on his own too much...if Gale would become Gus' Walt, Victor thought he would be Gale's Jesse. That's a Victor agenda, not a Gus agenda. That's why after Victor, Tyrus and Mike only watched Walt and Jesse via camera and not the tanks, the gauges or the cook.
3) Had made himself into Gale #2, so what should have ended Walt and Jesse's concern with Gale's death, a rival cook who can make the guys expendable to Gus supposedly...now by showing he could cook himself he made himself into another Gus cook...however Gus already knew Victor's 70% meth would not accomplish his goal in luring the cartel, he needed Walt's 99% and this was even proven as he sold Jesse to the cartel to at least get to 90% using Walt's way.
So, Gus had to remove Victor in front of the guys himself. He did not want Walt and Jesse to use that excuse to act out again, with their minds out of whack with Gus' goal conspiring. Gus wanted Walt to cook, not plot, so Gus could reach his revenge goal. Even after he sold Jesse to the cartel, he did not replace Jesse with another helper for Walt.
Maybe also because he was heartless prick with no morals, and Gus in a way isn't like that, he has both really dark side to him but also very different one, and he did not care about Victor.
Victor opened the door for Walt to set an ultimatum with jesses life and victors main job is to follow every order and protect gus and gale
Because he was too much of a weasel to kill an actual adversary straight up so instead he kills a comrade from behind in an attempt to display dominance. That's why.
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Gus also killed Victor to punish and rebuke Mike. They had a plan and Mike messed it up. Mike should have been more pro-active in protecting Gale.
Gus might be my favorite villain character ever
This was the exact moment that Victor became Heisenpuddle
Same reason, Gus wanted to kill Werner. He’s a lunatic.😅
Honestly it was a reminder that he’s a cruel villain. He’s seemed fair throughout the series up until that point and the audience needed a reminder that he’s not fair. He’s not a rational person. It’s a hint at his anger and frustration that he’s been able to keep under wraps.
There is this one thing ACTUALLY 2 THINGS...that is OUT OF CHARACTER for me...relating to gus
he is introduced as a "very responsible and cautious man"
He knows how important the METH COOK is for his buisness..And you have just brought in 2 new guys who can be dangerous..to your cook..(cause one of them already knows you're trying to replace him...as soon as your cook learns walts method...SO YOU CAN CLEARLY FIGURE OUT..WHAT THEY MIGHT DO..ATTACK THE source..hence the cook)
SO HOW GUS DOESN'T PUT UP A 24/7 .. 2 shift security for the nerd ..is beyond me...JESSE LITERALLY KNOCKS ..KNOCKS!!! On the door and shoots him......
2nd how could someone like..GUS ..who used to plan so far ahead..he had blood ready for even jesse after killing cartel members...BE SO CARELESS..of not thinking about FINGERPRINTS..WHILE VISITING YOUR MOST IMPORTANT PIECE FOR METH BUISNESS...IF HANK DIDN'T GET FINGERPRINTS...other's were not interested in suspecting GUS
I've always thought about the same reasons. I think the main reason is because he didn't stay in his lane.
I think it cause the people in the apartment building seen him come to there and run in so they could link him to gale
It's like a parallel wit tuco and no doze