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Hank Exposes Gus Fring to the DEA | Breaking Bad
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- Published on Apr 16, 2026
- Hank (Dean Norris) lays out his case to Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada) and ASAC Merkert - Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) is running a meth operation. The proof: Gus's fingerprints from Los Pollos Hermanos match those found in Gale's apartment.
Season 4, Episode 7: "Problem Dog."
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Chemistry teacher, Walter White, turns to cooking meth after a terminal cancer diagnosis, desperate to secure his family’s future. But his bid for fast money drags him into a violent criminal underworld, transforming him into the feared kingpin known as Heisenberg.
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Hank’s proud moment or risky move?
Yes.
I agree
Gay!
I always thought that Hanks boss was Gus’s secret lover.
this show ended like 12 years ago
Hank, despite being right, sounds batshit crazy
And gay!
Hm..you think so? When I watched it I thought he presented his case pretty reasonably. 😅
I think that's the genius of Gus' cover operation. That anyone who began to deduce him without having enough concrete evidence - would sound like they're losing their marbles
@SmeagolTheGreateven during the clip the other agents point out it sounds crazy
It's only when Gus' fingerprints are found at Gail's apartment that it doesn't
@Rensune I get that they say it's crazy, but I don't see it. That's how good investigative work is done. Sometimes you have to follow the smallest of leads and have to make wild connections, and he did bring them together neatly. Still a lot more to investigate there, but as a starter i though it was fine. Well, he got the finger prints in the end, so he was one step ahead
love how hank gaslit all these people to think gus and walt were behind it when HE was the criminal mastermind who sold walt into slavery to gus
?? you trippin?
@skull3992he’s referring to the scene where Walt blackmailed Hank with a fake video, saying Hank was behind everything
@iammaul5780 that never happened
@skull3992have you not watched the show? Or are you trolling?
Yes hes trippin for sure
I love how Hank always does the Columbo thing in the end, like "yeah you're right I'm crazy, I ought to be wearing a tin foil hat, but just one more thing..."
He really is like Columbo if Columbo started out as a dick
@nateds7326 I like your implication that obviously he ended up as one, but it was a character development.
That would probably be really annoying in real life.
@EdReed-r8n It would be really good in real life because people would give you more of the benefit of the doubt in future and want to hear your whole case.
Despite all his flaws and being blind to Walter being Heisenberg, we often forget that Hank is an extremely intelligent dude and policeman.
@Vincent-c5j5tit’s hard to forget
My favorite line in the whole show is when Hank says… “Now my partner here says, holy cow, this 8 year old girl is the muscle behind Frings whole operation!!! And I say, whoa there partner.”
Even his blindness to Walt wasn't even unintelligent, his pride just got in the way of him believing his soft weakling brother in law could be a drug kingpin
And rock collector
Don Schrader just wanted to remove the suspicion from himself.
This is the moment Gus Fring became Colonel Sanders.
The real Colonel Sanders would have whipped Hank and Gomez in a fist fight.
'say my name'
'ba-kack'
'you god damn right'
"Gale surely enjoyed our VEGAN SPICE CURLS!" Case dismissed!
Just one menu option would have changed the fate of so many people in this series lol
@11uponatimei guess Gus hated Vegans religiously like the rest of us lot
@mad_titanthanos Why would you hate vegans? They don't even affect your life. Because they're making better choice than you maybe?
@mtk77621it's just a joke. I don't particularly hate vegans ..but just feel kind of bad considering most of them end up sick consuming a plant based diet.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this show is how they somehow managed to make you root for practically everyone! You root for the DEA agents, the meth cooks, the shady lawyer, even some of the cartel members. The Nazis maybe not so much, but you get the point.
Yep. Perfectly stated. Certainly rooted for everyone but never heard anyone explain it like that.
Well said! Even Marie who is super unlikable still has her great moments. Like when she stands up for Walt when he initially doesn't want to start chemo. I always really liked that scene as someone who has a permanent illness
I never rooted for Jesse Pinkman. I didn’t care for Hank, but loved it when he beats Jesse Pinkmans eyes shut.
@bobbyrobbins9816sociopath or psychopath?
Even Gus when he fights the cartel.
You got give it to Hank for being able to put things together, try to make sense of them, and most of all conjure a scenario which is nowhere far from a stretch. I mean this guy was spelling out theories which turned out to be true
And yet at the same time overlooked that the obvious signs that his brother-in-law was Heisenberg the whole time lol
@UserX03 obvious to us maybe
no one suspected him
@RootigaHank basically said he couldn't imagine that the Walt he knew was a ruthless drug kingpin.
And some people think it was just about lacking respect for Walt (incorrectly, IMO).
It's a TV show lol. The script is by design 😅
@UserX03 well as gustavo fring himself proved, one the best way to hide something is to put it right in front.
besides he had a big blind spot when it came to walt
somewhere between he's family
AND he's a wimp in hank ultra macho book. You can see various scenes of him emasculating Walt.
I think it's karmic that Walt flies by his nose and all that get Hank eventually killed.
If Hank hadnt taken Walt so much for granted, even though it's was obvious that Walt was a genius (see former firm) he would have seen it coming.
Love how Hank figures all this out yet Walt is the mastermind sitting right in front of him. One thing I think people forget is Hank REALLY DID NOT WANT to get involved in Walt's personal affairs. Hank thought Walt being flaky, gone all the time, lying to Skylar, all that was Walt having an affair, a land mind he really didn't want to step on. Not so much Hank underestimating Walt, but Hank not thinking critically about what was going on with Walt was a form of self preservation.
Hank never realized that his own wife is a cleptomaniac and a pathological liar. Family was not on Hank's radar by definition.
Walt's actual lung cancer, might have gone some way to blinding him to his nature, like seriously ill people looking death in the face, aren't generally up for creating a drug empire. Also he was genius working by circumstance as a Chemistry teacher, Hank had no reason to think he was anything other than a reasonably intelligent guy, with average abilities in Chemistry.
Well said. It also doesn’t help that we can be biased to those around us. We don’t even think they could do xyz because “yeah we know them, not even gonna consider it!”.
@connorgolden4 How often do you hear, that, "x couldn't have done that, I know him, he's not capable of that?", lots of people, live in a delusional mystical world, that makes no objective sense.
Also the affair is just always that much more likely. That's why he thought Walt was behaving that way. It's a matter of when presented with two solutions you choose the simplest one immediately.
Even after this, Merkert was like "nah, not my man Gus".
That and he knew if it was Gus he got played for a fool.
Yeah it would be a humiliation for him at that point and he eventually had to quit because of it.
@a-a-ron4679yeah, and then it turns out Hank was played for the fool
@davidanderson6055yep. He sure did. But who would have thought his nerdy brother in law that has lung cancer would be a meth kingpin? Guess the same could be said about Gus too.
"It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled" - Mark Twain
In an alternate timeline, Walt meets Colonel Sanders himself at a KFC who runs a meth operation.
Yeah I think South Park did something similar.
In the book Kafka on the Shore, he’s a shapeshifting magical pimp
I love the tone of voice that Dean Norris uses at 3:44 when he says "I mean, what do we know about Gustavo Fring?". Because Fring is such a mystery, Hank finds him suspicious. Of course, the irony is that because he thinks he knows everything about Walt, he never thinks to suspect him.
If cops point out to a company that they gave away a 30k piece of equipment to no one with no one paying, and they lawyer up instead of thanking you and collaborating on finding who frauded them... That's a red flag right there
“Ed flag”?
@hansolo235 Oops, thanks for pointing it out. Fixed
@StephaneParefix the 30k part too lol
@StephanePareRich play by a different set of rules and laws.
yes but cops also know they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning that fight
Hank Heisenberg joined DEA to keep his enemies close
Love how Hank saved the best for last AND gave his boss a chance to express skepticism, shoot down the idea, before rebutting it. It's easy to doubt after everything but expressing some doubts and having those shot-down makes future doubts seem smaller.
That’s why Hank became boss and doubting Thomas got fired from his position. lol. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer piece of crap.
2:57 this is how i feel about all of reality now.
But now I get this crazy idea and I can't shake it... I stay up at night staring at the ceiling trying to make sense of it... Why would the showers have wooden doors?
@rea1cyru5 this should be the next BB meme
Hank describing Chuck 4:30
“This little dingus here” 😂
Every time Gomez looks back at Merkert, take a drink
Next-level acting right there...
This is Hank literally cracking their whole operation
I love how he spins that story. So many pieces right up to the fingerprints!
See if Angel had been able to tell a story like that, he might've been able to convince those cops that Dexter is the Bay Harbor Butcher
He always hated that name though
Gus: "I'm sure if you keep digging you'll find me :)"
This is the result of being a cop your entire career from terminator 2 to this and so many others... hank has perfected his role
I love Hank, but his "Schrader sweet talk" probably made her think "I gotta get rid of this guy, and FAST!". 😂😭
Hank at the end of season 4: Can someone get that phone BECAUSE I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!
This Hank guy has no limits on conspiracy theories. I've had a chance to talk with Mr. Fring while riding my friend to his work at a laundry wash. He was the nicest, most polite guy to ever exist. I doubt that he could even hurt an ant !
These accusations against a guy like Gustavo Fring only delays the hunt on this "Heisenberg" fella. What, now you're gonna say that "Heisenberg" works for him ?
Ridiculous !
Siempre nos quejamos de que no pudo descubrir antes a Walter;
Pero hizo algo más difícil...
Descubrir a Gus.
I was always amazed that I got to watch this show for free
I'm glad the writing on this show was very...patient. Hank was allowed to go through all these details slowly without having to rush and fight off doubts about his theory.
And it makes sense within the world. Hank is a respected, high ranking agent who they’re gonna listen to
@Dave12756That’s exactly correct. Hanks boss got canned and Hank got his job. lol.
Poor hank. He was OUTSTANDING at his job. Really could have become a director in the future.
I like how Hank’s partner and boss take all this in, both amused by Hank’s rich storytelling. The partner chuckles at a funny and the boss was looking like he’s holding back a smile the whole time, amused but listening intently to what Hank is laying out.
1:43
Gomi: OH YEAH 20 YEAR OLDS OH YEAH
As usual, the actual Heisenberg trying to frame someone else.
This is the moment Hank showed off his "Google-fu"
Hank's interrogation/explanation scenes are the best scenes in the series.
Those eyebrows of his boss played their crucial role fantastic, bravo Vince
Colonel sanders also doesnt do fundraisers with the police and meet them all the time 😂
😂😂😂😊
omg this whole show is so good. every time you see one of these 'scenes' videos the temptation to re watch titillates . thing is you know its days and days...
Hank's the type of guy when he asks you a question he already knows the answer.
Hank was one hell of a detective
Gus was obviously at Gales for a nice dinner of fermented lentils.
That’s some solid detective work
I remember watching this for the first time. I was sooo hyped for this all to pop off
I've seen this same compilation pop up a dozen times. (I watch it every time)
Hank generally being a pretty great detective, but not being able to "find" Walter until the very end had multiple reasons/explanations, but one of them, surely, has got to be a certain sense of superiority and dismissiveness on Hank's part. Due to the fact that he was this super-macho, alpha-male dude-bro (or at least that he played one most of the time) with the much more exciting/potentially dangerous job, etc. And that he looked down on Walter for being a little chemistry-nerd who'd probably never been in a fight in high school, etc. The first few eps, IIRC, made this aspect of their relationship quite clear. Hank didn't dislike Walter, he just viewed him as inferior in the "manliness department" and probably a bit gutless. So the thought that this guy could be Heisenberg simply never crossed his mind - just like if your neighbor's car was stolen, you wouldn't suspect your faithful house-cat.
Hank was a brilliant cop 👮
All of this, and Hank could never out two and two together on Walt being Heisenberg
He underestimated the old, weak looking, cancer ridden man
It’s insane that they thought this was a stretch 😂 I mean this level of evidence is enough for a warrant and investigation.
Hank did the classic columbo double back
Hank did amazing legwork here. 🕵🏼♂
Which is really something, given the state of his legs!
Maybe he was a "Sunday Vegan" (kind of like a "Sunday Christian"). I've known plenty of Vegans who "slip" every now-and-then when none of their other Vegan friends are around to call them out on it.
Sunday vegan's don't make their own fermented bread. This guy was the real deal :)
Everyone has had Hank moment
I can’t get enough of breaking bad
Remembering all this would be crazy
I feel like his boss was in it, too
Fricken BRILLIANT writing and acting! Loved every minute.
Hank is one of the greatest underrated detectives in TV history
He can figure this out but not Walt?
best show ever. binged this 5x already😅
Keep your friend's close but your DEA brother-in-law agent closer
What's crazy is that Hank could see Gus' "friend of law enforcement" thing as a possible ploy, and yet he had SO SO many clues and suspicious pieces of intel in front of him with Walt and yet it didn't cause alarm bells to go off enough and trigger his gut instinct to where he at least starts to get suspicious and looks into it?
I mean, especially after he was looking for Walt, he was talking with different people about Walt and Jesse connection, then he goes out and finds Jesse's car at Tuco's place, after all the clues that came before that, shouldn't he have at least got a little bit suspicious? Especially because by that point Skyler had told him he had been disappearing, Hank knew Walt had a second cellphone, and Hank knew the gas mask from the cook site came from a lab storage area Walt had keys to.
I also do wonder if in-story, Hank already was suspicious of Walt in seasons 1 and 2, and either was in denial or just couldn't wrap his head around it.
'Dingus' maltese falcon vibes
Hank eyeballing way too much and way too faster.
just needed the, DUN DUH DUUUUUH music for the cherry on top.
Hank didn't let go of that bone.
From here on out it’s non stop action. This scene is the start of a never ending snowball going into effect
Sensational acting and monologue 👌
Tha fact he completely had gus figured but couldnt come close to walter till tha very end
Such a great character
That 20 year old temp is barrel stew
I think this is the best-ever scene about how police detectives' minds have to work. We always see those boards with strings of yarn connecting all the pieces of the puzzle. This scene allows Hank to actually take us through the connection, puzzle piece-by-puzzle piece
... God I miss this show.
That was an in your face to the current direct😢of the Dea
That 20 year old temp needs a few sessions in basic security with their consultant,
it's funny to think that just Walt's decisino to cook is what got Gus cought in the first place
(obviously disregarding him being blown up)
"This little dingus here" wait what?
It's like ... 101
I have to say - this is some of the best acting in all of the show
Hannover mentioned lol
Meanwhile Mike is listening to everything being said and working with his team to come up with an ally by to everything they might ask gus
It would make sense that the restaurant manager's fingerprints would be on the bag, regardless of whose apartment it ended up in.
That still associates gus with gale. Restaurant managers don’t touch every single thing in the store, Gus had fingerprints on the specific one that ended up with gale.
they were in his apartment, not only on the bag
This was the moment that Gus Fring became Sus Fring.
Can you imagine how stupid the police chief felt when he realized Hank was right the whole time
This is the moment Google becomes a DEA asset.
Gale could've been at Pollos simply because of thirst. Gus works behind the counter sometimes as well. So the fingerprints on he Pollos cup would be no exception.
Damn, that was a damn good scene.
Hank has midlevel management written all over him self.
Only if walt don't too much that night
Hank shudda brought the cavalry to arrest Heisenberg
Gale was a rough 34
Hank and Gus remind me of L and Kira from Death Note
Honestly, how could Gus and Mike not think that Walt tipped Hank off? The DEA suddenly knows where to look and what are they after coincidentally after Walt decided to take Gus down. Even if he didn't rat (he did, indirectly) they 100% believed Walt ratted them out😂
OMG Hank! Just relax, Gale just ordered pollos hermanos when he had some friends at his house.
It annoyed the hell out of me how Hank wouldn’t just give up on the case😂
Thought for sure he had Gus dead to rights but Gus talked his way out of it! Brilliantly BTW.
● Gale cooks meth. Gale dies.
● Gale has a patch number, written on a Los Polles napkin.
● The parch number is for a high-volume, HEPA, industrial air filtration system. It's a $300,000 gadget. Would be perfect for a pharmaceutical plant, or a micro chip factory, or maybe, a meth lab. It was manufacturers by Madrigal.
● One was shipped to Albuquerque 6 months ago, the same city Gale "works" in
● Gale signed for it.
● Madrigal is based in Germany, and is the parent company of Los Pollos.
● What is a vegan meth cook doing at a fried chicken joint?
Hank, no offence but air think you're rEaLy ReAcHiN 💁♀️🤏
Gotta give it to Hank, he was right on the money and I think that’s one of the things Gus didn’t account for. He underestimated Hank’s intuition, I mean he was caught off guard when Hank questioned Gus about his real name which is why a hit was put out on Hank.
Hippy dippy no nonsense ASAC Schrader