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For Sale Mar 28, 2026 at 2:14 AM

Better Call Saul - Gus Visits a Wine Bar

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Gus Visits A Wine Bar | Fun and Games | Better Call Saul
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Gus Visits A Wine Bar | Fun and Games | Better Call Saul
Gus' mood went from warm to cold so fast.Season 6 Episode 9 - Fun and Games: Gus attempts to smooth things over with the cartel while Mike ties up loose ends...
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CleverInnuendo Mar 28, 2026 +50
I liked this as a humanizing moment, even if the point is that he realizes he doesn't get to have normal relationships anymore.
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dogsonbubnutt Mar 28, 2026 +17
i don't think its so much that he doesn't "get to have" normal human relationships anymore than its he doesn't "get" (ie understand) human relationships anymore. he's become an entirely transactional monster. he views people through the lens of what they can do to serve his drug empire... and that's it. its a self-isolating, destructive experience.
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CleverInnuendo Mar 28, 2026 +38
As a grand scope of the character, I'd agree with you, but I don't think that was the point of this scene. He \*almost\* let himself imagine being able to pick up the charming sommelier. He is \*almost\* able to find a man that 'meets him on his level'... in terms of the creature comforts he gets to enjoy. My take of this scene is that when the sommelier has to run off to do something else, Gus realizes that he can never invite this man into his life. That even if he got to take that step, everything about the relationship would be wrapped around a lie. He would never be able to know the truth, or would be willing to stay if he did. That's why Gus chose to leave before he came back. He knows he's a monster and has shit to do. But part of him still yearned for that connection.
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samuelgato Mar 28, 2026 +15
Also anyone Gus becomes romantically involved with becomes a potential target for his enemies to use as leverage against him. The cartel already once savagely murder someone he was close with while he watched helplessly
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Qyzyk Mar 28, 2026 +38
Hot take, but I sympathized more with Gus than I did with Walt.
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sonic_dick Mar 28, 2026 +27
Gus was a ruthless murderer but he did try and limit unnecessary death and suffering in his organization. If Walt didnt come around, he wouldve taken over the cartels and been a far less violent ruler than the Salamancas.
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jerog1 Mar 28, 2026 +10
A far more effective meth empire though
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DoctorEnn Mar 28, 2026 +22
Yeah, people tend to forget that this is what it all comes down to. They’re all parasites feeding off human misery and suffering at the end of the day; one of them’s just more methodical about it.
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sonic_dick Mar 28, 2026 +1
Meh people are always going to look for an escape. Im not saying its a noble trade, but id rather there be less violence in drug trafficking than more.
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DoctorEnn Mar 28, 2026 +1
A less violent parasite he might be, but a parasite nonetheless. ETA: Plus, let's be brutally honest here, he's only comparatively less violent than any of the others. Gus Fring still has plenty of blood on his hands up to this point. And lest we forget, he is heavily implied to have ordered the murder of >!at least one child!
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donotgotoroom237 Mar 28, 2026 +2
>plenty of blood on his hands I've always assumed while watching Breaking Bad that he had a big body count and was more deadly than Tuco.
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DoctorEnn Mar 28, 2026 +1
Yeah, he's less overtly psycho than Tuco and doesn't appear to get his hands too dirty himself, but he's almost certainly killed plenty of people. Plus, there's hints that even outside the drug empire he was some kind of high-ranking enforcer for Pinochet or something.
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smokeweed-everyday Mar 28, 2026 +2
>Gus was a ruthless murderer but he did try and limit unnecessary death and suffering in his organization. Victor: 😐
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sonic_dick Mar 28, 2026 +1
Hey I said limit.
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potatohats Mar 28, 2026 +12
Walt fucked up his whole operation with his huge ego.
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HenroTee Mar 28, 2026 +4
The dramatic irony that lingers all throughout BCS is brilliant. Everything that happens in the show is eventually just destroyed by a random chemistry teacher.
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Infamous-Lab-8136 Mar 28, 2026 +5
Both started out with a reasonable motivation but I feel like Gus stayed truer to his I've actually said Walt did him a favor. Gus got his revenge, he ended the cartel people he wanted gone, he ended the Salamanca line, and he got to see the look on Hector's face when he told him. Walt killed him before he really had to grapple with what comes next After that he just had 20 or 30 years as the most powerful meth kingpin in the southwestern US to look forward to. It's not like he could pivot from revenge to being the Dread Pirate Roberts
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human_picnic Mar 28, 2026 +3
Haha I agree with you but it made me laugh reading “all he had left was 20 to 30 years of being a powerful kingpin”. As if that isn’t something. But I do agree with your take.
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turb0_encapsulator Mar 28, 2026 +1
is it wrong that I admire him?
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patricksaurus Mar 28, 2026 +5
This scene is one of the standouts in a show full of remarkable scenes. No murder, no chicanery, but a really revealing glimpse behind the curtain of one of the universe’s most shrouded figures.
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The_Schnitz Mar 28, 2026 +13
Gus: “Man, things have been crazy lately. This sucks!” Winetender: “Hey Gus, would you like some cheese with that whine?”
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bypatrickcmoore Mar 28, 2026 +5
Oh he wants the cheese alright
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songsforthedeaf07 Mar 28, 2026 +3
Homicide life on the street reunion !
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ARoundForEveryone Mar 28, 2026 +1
This is both one of the more humanizing moments of Gus, but also at the same time one of the most dehumanizing moments. He's sweet, he's sympathetic, he's soft, he's understanding. But you *know* that there's eight levels of shit beneath that which all convey the exact opposite of "wine taster," whatever that opposite may be.
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