Box Cutter (Breaking Bad) for drug kingpin Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito). Gale asks Gus about the blue meth being produced by chemist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), who is not yet working for Gus. Gus explains he has reservations about hiring Walter, but Gale insists Gus hire him because of his superior product. In the present day, Walt's partner Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) has just shot Gale to death on orders from Walt to foil Gus' plot to kill and replace them. Gus' henchman Victor (Jeremiah Bitsui) arrives at Gale's apartment and finds him dead, surrounded by neighbors who have just called police. Victor finds
Breaking Bad distributors, putting his life at risk. "Breaking Bad" was created by Vince Gilligan, who spent several years writing the Fox series "The X-Files". Gilligan wanted to create a series in which the protagonist became the antagonist. "Television is historically good at keeping its characters in a self-imposed stasis so that shows can go on for years or even decades," he said. "When I realized this, the logical next step was to think, how can I do a show in which the fundamental drive is toward change?" He added that his goal with Walter White was to turn him from Mr.