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[Numbernine]

I love the idea of Mike sticking around he is def fun to watch in every scene he's in , much like Saul , but there was no way Walt was going to get away with killing all his guys in prison . Writers wrote themselves into a corner with that one

 

[John Doe]

Speaking of Mike and teams and such, I would have loved to see a story line detailing Mikes character and how he came to work for Gus. All we really know is that he was a cop who killed a wife beater. How corrupt was he as a cop? What was he into before he hooked up with Fring? How did he and Fring meet?

 

[Piobaire]

Mike had to die. Mike was Gus's Jesse.

 

[John Doe]



I love the idea of Mike sticking around he is def fun to watch in every scene he's in , much like Saul , but there was no way Walt was going to get away with killing all his guys in prison . Writers wrote themselves into a corner with that one

I don't get what you mean. If Walt hit Mikes guys while he was alive you're right, Walt wouldn't get away with it. But Walt did it after he killed Mike and it seems that Walt did get away with the hits, so how did the writers write themselves into a corner.

 

[John Doe]



Mike had to die. Mike was Gus's Jesse.

With due respect, your analogy is flawed. Gus died before Mike and Mike never presented a threat to Gus, nor was he unstable.

 

[chogall]



Mike had to die. Mike was Gus's Jesse.

It was not documented in the show but I doubt Mike was anywhere close to unreliable compare to Jesse in Season 1-2.

 

[Numbernine]

While we are on the subject of old back stories I've never heard exactly who Gus was prior to the chicken business . I surmised he was connected to the Pinochet regime but that's just my own conjecture . Was this revealed in somewhere I missed . In the flashback that covered Gus going to the cartel the first time they tell him the only reason he is alive is because they " know who he is "

 

[Piobaire]



With due respect, your analogy is flawed. Gus died before Mike and Mike never presented a threat to Gus, nor was he unstable.

No, it's not a perfect analogy but I feel the parallelism is consistent. I'm not sure what the order of death has to do with your objection.

 

[Numbernine]



I don't get what you mean. If Walt hit Mikes guys while he was alive you're right, Walt wouldn't get away with it. But Walt did it after he killed Mike and it seems that Walt did get away with the hits, so how did the writers write themselves into a corner.

What I was referring to was the idea of leaving Mike alive . If the writers had done that there was no way Walt could have gotten away with offing his crew . Mike would have hunted him down and either killed Walt or was killed himself thus somebody had to go either Mike or Walt

 

[John Doe]



While we are on the subject of old back stories I've never heard exactly who Gus was prior to the chicken business . I surmised he was connected to the Pinochet regime but that's just my own conjecture . Was this revealed in somewhere I missed . In the flashback that covered Gus going to the cartel the first time they tell him the only reason he is alive is because they " know who he is "

Gus's history was never fully fleshed out.

No, it's not a perfect analogy but I feel the parallelism is consistent. I'm not sure what the order of death has to do with your objection.

Well your analogy compares Mike and Gus with Jesse and Walt. It seems according to the last episodes last scene that Walt is going to have Nazi Uncle off Jesse because Jesse threatened him, thus Jesse has to die. Mike can't be a threat to Gus, a dead man, so why would Mike have to die? Anyhoo, that's how I interpreted your analogy.

 

[Numbernine]

I like to think perhaps Gus was the bastard child of a powerful man named after his father Augusto Pinochet

 

[in stitches]

i think mike had to die. even without the killing of his guys. its all part of walts story, and killing mike, was a big part of that. especially how it has now played into walt and jesses situation.

 

[poorman]

Did anyone ever like Jesse? I think he has always made me angry.

 

[Piobaire]



Gus's history was never fully fleshed out.
Well your analogy compares Mike and Gus with Jesse and Walt. It seems according to the last episodes last scene that Walt is going to have Nazi Uncle off Jesse because Jesse threatened him, thus Jesse has to die. Mike can't be a threat to Gus, a dead man, so why would Mike have to die? Anyhoo, that's how I interpreted your analogy.

Yes, that is what my analogy does; I thought that was pretty clear?

There can only be one king and prince.

 

[Joffrey]



Did anyone ever like Jesse? I think he has always made me angry.

Jesse, Hank, Mike and Saul have been my favorite characters. I especially like how Hank and Jesse have developed.