Mike actually tried to kill Jesse during their escape after killing the cartel if anything Joaquin Salamanca saved Jesse, rewatch the scene where they entered the car during escape and mike pointed gun at jesse.

@@jpval3484people have said that before. Mike definitely wasn’t pointing it at Jessie he was just lifting his gun up looking around to see if there was anyone else. He wasn’t even looking at Jessie when he did it

Bro, Mike literally urged Walt to kill Jesse in Half Measures, then worked on tracking him down to kill him after Walt instead killed the dealers.

why would gus kill his only alternative to walt, the whole story arc at this point was how jesse could replace walt if gus convinced him to switch loyalties.@@jpval3484

​@@wtfudgepudge yeah mike hated him at first because he was going to screw everything up (which he did reaptedly) but it wasnt till after Gus died that he started to look out for Jesse. At that point yeah he probably saw jesse as "kid" in over his head under a Kingpin. At that point he probably saw Jesse was to Walt as Nacho was to Hector and Gus.

worse. im pretty sure mike had a sniper ready

yeah that 50 bmg would have went straight through whatever walls that little room was made of and probably wouldve turned whatever part of tyrus it hit to dust@@rayloc420

Nah. Tyrus keeping his distance, unlike the parking lot cowboy, who actually lunged at Mike making it easy.

@@Nill757 Mike can be blindsided but if you come at him head on, he has ways to get out of it. Tyrus was not in charge here.

@@no_one01-5 Only if Tyrus close enough.

To be fair he probably had a lot of practice on that, the first few times probably didn't go so well

Mike was a marine and a cop for 10 years, so he has a lot of experience

​@@mr.estrada Vietnam, no less

He knew he would be fine he has plot armor

You won't be. Even ones that play the game for real, buckle.

Most of the music of BCS and BB are composed by Dave Porter

Dave Porter. Absolute goat.

Yeah Dave Porter has a gift. There's a lot of musical range in these soundtracks. 70s blues rock, modern 'spaghetti western ', elevator muzak, the occasional spy sneaker, and of course, the incredible dark tension cues with mysterious, unplaceable sounds. Never distracting, just an amplifier for the emotion of the scene. Certain lines hit so much harder with his little accents.

Terrible sound mixing though, can't hear shit half the scene

@@sleepytattoosI’ve literally never heard anyone complain about the sound mixing on either show before

Good catch!

The sniper works For Mike?

@@Ariel-lb8zgit’s not confirmed, I just had this thought. When Mike says “whatever you think is going to happen now, it’s not going down the way you think” makes me think that he had an exit strategy. He knows the people he is dealing with and it’s very much like him to be prepared for every eventuality

Wow.... Salute to your attention to detail

no he just made some shit up

PLUS THE BARRET 50CAL OUTSIDE

Whats with ppl saying sniper outside? Is there proof theres one?

​@@MICROKNIGHT3000start of the video

Bruh did you not watch the first minute of the video?@@MICROKNIGHT3000

Yes, him closing the door is most likely a signal to the sniper to prepare to help him if shit goes sideways. Awesome detail, because closing and locking the door doesn’t actually accomplish anything for Mike unless this is true

nice catch, but how do you know the sniper is not one of the security guys from gus, as usually?

@ayer6658 They protect Gus...but whose guys are they? Mike tells his guy on the hill to stay sharp and leaves the door open before telling Gus that Lalo isn't coming for him. When Mike tells Gus he can't go after Nacho Sr., Mike shuts and locks the door (the door with a scope pointed at it) before dropping the, "...it's not gonna happen the way you think it is." line to spell it out for Gus. Gus's reaction to that line is very subtle, but from the second-best poker face in BCS/BB it speaks volumes. All Gus had to do was "say the word," but he didn't because he realized it's not Gus and Tyrus versus Mike. It's Gus and Tyrus versus Mike, Mike's guys, Lalo, Nacho, and the Cartel...which means Mike, for the moment, is in charge...and if Gus (and the audience) still wasn't convinced, Nacho drove the dagger home on the phone with, "I don't need to hear it from you." Gus didn't have a sudden change of heart about Nacho Sr., he realized he wouldn't make it to his car if he didn't listen to Mike.

​@LouSpowells This actually blew my mind, but it checks out. I always thought it was odd the sniper was looking at the door and not the surrounding area, but it makes perfect sense given that context. A poorer show would have spelt it out for the viewer, but this was such subtle storytelling I didn't even see what was ACTUALLY happening.

​@LouSpowells This actually blew my mind, but it checks out. I always thought it was odd the sniper was looking at the door and not the surrounding area, but it makes perfect sense given that context. A poorer show would have spelt it out for the viewer, but this was such subtle storytelling I didn't even see what was ACTUALLY happening.

yeah he basically threatened a military coup lol

Yup. Also a signal to Gus, if you think about it…

Tbf He didn't call gus a joke. He said Gus being involved with setting Lalo up was a joke.

@@epicfan1598 i interpreted as Nacho telling Gus he is a joke and a soulless pig. He couldn’t come right out and say it because it would put his father in danger, but he looked directly at Gus when saying those words. To me, it was Nacho telling Gus off before he went out on his teems

@@epicfan1598 imo he did. He literally said: you think the chicken man? Hah, what a joke. I think that was an indirect insult to gus, while simultaneously covering himself

@@midget420 No he was trying to take the thunder completely off of Gus to protect his own father. If he'd got killed but not been convincing that Gus wasn't involved, then Nacho might be thinking 'Oh Gus will take revenge'. Putting together a solid enough performance, where he sneers at Gus, is a way to try and convince the others that Gus is just some fool that has nothing to do with the set up.

​@@yesmate3442 nacho, and anyone in his position, would have developed such disdain and hatred for Gus at this point. If you really think that nachos anger towards Gus was all just a performance, then idk wtf you're thinking

Powerful

He says “it’s our only play” because he knows there is the alternative Gus is considering is to hold Nachos father hostage in case Nacho gets captured, encouraging Nacho not to speak

Exactly. That’s the show making you think. Smart viewers will understand it’s a completely genuine promise that Mike almost certainly can’t keep. These shows are tragedies, after all.

@@GlennDavey though I doubt Hector is going to do something against Nachos father. With the heat Tuco and Lalo have caused recently the last thing any side of them need is another civilian death and having more eyes on them.

@@coals6262 this is what Mike is Jonathan Banking on to make that promise ;) strategic intelligence

I feel like when he made that promise he was assuming Nacho wasn’t going to let Gus hurt his dad. Also, The cartel has too much on its plate to worry about an empty revenge killing of Nacho’s father.

Nacho's already dead. There's no reason to kill his father... It would not achieve anything, wouldn't lead to any strategic move or play.

perhaps symbolic, he made a mess and now he has to clean it, brushing his hands may have been washing his hands from this mess if cleaning the mess meant killing Mike, nachos dad and nacho then so be it nachos phone call saved 2 of those 3 people

​@@iwaswrongabouteveryhthingwith the sniper outside I think Mike would be the only one leaving that room if it came down to it

"Fear a person who grows old in a profession where most die young"

killes by walt

He won in the end. Crazy to think that within 4 years, everyone who witnessed Nacho's death was dead. Mike being the last to go.

It was sad but extremely predictable.

@@jamesbell1613i won’t say extremely predictable cause at one point after the failed attempt on Lalo, while Nacho was on the run and at the Motel, Mike and Gus were arguing about going to save him, Mike insisted even but Gus is going to be Gus, Mike felt bad for everything that happened to Nacho cause despite Gus having a gun on his father’s head literally Nacho was still doing everything that he got demanded and he had no choice, all he had to do was play the game. And all he wanted was to be respected and protect his father and dude was hella reasonable as fuck, he was hands down my Fav Character no doubt.

@@Shayno1234 I would say "predictable" in the sense that if you knowingly get involved in cartel business, dying violently is a likely outcome.

@@rabd3721 oh for real

And it ended up being Gus’s downfall. If Mike was with him, Walt would have a much tougher time trying to kill Gus.

Or he left Mike because dudes like 60 and ate a bullet🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️breaking bad/bcs fans are pros at reaching

Mike at that point wouldn’t of cared to an extent but would make sure Gus doesn’t actually kill Walt’s family Also if Mike was there when Gus came back he wouldn’t of let Walt out so easily and made sure he didn’t interfere with Gus wanting Hank dead

⁠@@mrautismo420why does everybody always say the most obvious things are reaches

It’s not that he intentionally leaves behind Mike to make the threat, it’s that because Mike already isn’t there, Gus now feels comfortable making the threat he always wanted to make. It’s telling how much Gus needed him, because without Mike it all went to shit in a few days

The word you're looking for is symbolism.

@@StarWarsMomentsI symbol. You symbol. He she me… symbol. Symboling. Symbology: the study of symbol. It’s first grade SpongeBob!

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Which Ep ?

@@rocjones6543 s4e9.

That was kinda cool when nacho says, You're screwed.

Both Gus and Nacho know Mike's word means everything that they agree on

Tyrus doesn't decide anything. For all his attitude, he's just a goon, he's expendable, like Viktor is. Gus decides, and Mike is several magnitudes more valuable to Gus, and they both know that and that the other ones knows. Mike knew Gus wouldn't kill him over this, not after going to all the trouble to save his life.

Bingo i think ppl Forgot about the sniper and the earpiece in mikes ear lol

@@Alknix gus WOULD choose to shoot Mike. If he didn't get that phone call he would have used mike killed because he was in a corner. Without Nacho, years of planning and sacrifice would have been undone. More importantly, the cartel would have butchered him and his crew.

​@@shotgun6XAh, but he knew he would get the call. It didn't need to happen that very moment - that was just a dramatic coincedence, Mike could've just told them about it and ask to wait for a few minutes. That was his trump card, and without it he wouldn't have dared to defy Gus. And come on, a sniper to kill both Gus and Tyrus? That's something Lydya could've come up with, not Mike. How is it supposed to work? He'd have to tell them about the sniper, and then Gus would've become his enemy.

@@Alknix He wouldn't have told them about the Sniper. The sniper, ALL of the guys, were hired through Mike. What happened was, Mike knew that Gus would eventually resort to using Nacho's father to get to Nacho, which was the line Mike would not cross. All Mike had to do was give the sniper, and probably no one else, the order to shoot Gus and Tyrius if Mike didn't follow them out of the house. Your response implies that I'm just pulling the "Sniper" thing out of nowhere, but I'm not. The show itself SHOWS us the Sniper, and SHOWS us that he's got his sights pointward not Outward, but TOWARD the house. That's film-studies language for "They're in his sights." The point is that Mike isn't the ultra-badass God that people seem to think he is. He's mortal, he stumbles, he's very flawed in his thinking/morals, and most importantly of all, if Gus was desperate enough then Mike would definitely have died here and there.

No way would that sniper take a shot at Gus. Even if he could see inside and guarantee the kill, it would be suicide to kill him, especially if Mike himself dies as well

@@UndeadPasta Nah, Mike probably posted that Sniper just in case his meeting with Gus goes awry. There is no reason otherwise for the sniper to be aiming at the door. Mike probably told the Sniper that if he does not leave that room first, he goes ahead to shoot Gus and Tyrus. Mike's men are more loyal to him than Gus.

@@UndeadPastaKilling Gus isn’t suicide, Salamancas would be for it. Cartel doesn’t hate him but he’s an outsider who’s operation is falling apart at this moment.

It is

Thanks!

@@GlennDavey You're welcome!

Closing the door: "I am here, near the door."

Fr Fr

Interesting. "Curse of the prequel" and all that. Perhaps... how about this? Gus was already aware of the blue meth guys via Saul ("I know a guy who knows a guy who knows another guy") and had a vested interest in keeping them out of trouble because he wished to do business with them, so that's why Mike was actually there to solve that problem with Jesse, and not just to do a small-time job for Saul (...or because Bob Odenkirk was unavailable...)

You're a Proper Legend too, Marius

lol I thought you were going to say something else at first. Like, perhaps it was designed as a psychological play or something. But when Mike closed that door, Gus knew that it was a signal to a sniper outside. He knew that Mike couldn’t be killed in that room and Gus or Tyrus also get out alive. He was genuinely rattled. But that’s a lesson he had to learn to become the Gus we see in Breaking Bad.

@@GlennDavey not sure why, that was just the vibe i got the first time i saw this scene. gus is so calculated and careful with everything he does. so to see him "accidentally" knock the glass off the table, it didn't sit right with me

No you're just slow

Thats how Mike always responds to calls, through simple coded utterances.

What does he say in Spanish?

@@GlennDavey "El padre de Varga traelo aquí" He told that to Mike and Tyruss

@@LaCoalicion. Oh yeah... I actually know a few words and I understood perfectly what "Varga" "padre" and "aqui" meant, and bringing Varga's dad here is not a good thing. I'm pretty sure Tyrus is meant to be Latino, like Gus. But anyway Gus using Spanish meant it was not directed at Mike, but Mike understood perfectly anyway, kind of in the same way as I did.

That’s what pissed Walter off so much at the end, that Mike had, like everyone else, underestimated Walt’s diabolical nature, and he was going to SHOW him.