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What TV series introduced a plot point, only to abandon or never properly explore or address it?? (piefed.social)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Breaking Bad (and, by extension, Better Call Saul). They brought up the idea that Gus Fring had a mysterious past in Chile multiple times like they would eventually reveal who he "really was", and then never did.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    You can piece it together that he worked with Pinochet, the German connection is a giveaway. With that you can speculate on CIA connections.

    But that's not the sort of thing you'd flat out reveal, its much better kept as speculation. Just flavor.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    They did tho? He's a high ranking person in the cartel. He's directly responsible for Salamanca being in the wheelchair.

    I get what you're saying tho. They implied he was gonna be this legendary villian and then it's revealed that he's just another cookie cutter cartel member. It seemed like they were gonna go some route like he was a former cartel leader who got disgraced and was now building himself and his empire back up. But it kinda fell flat.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In the flashback when they first pitch Meth to Don Eladio, he tells Gus that he "knows who he really is" but to beware because Gus isn't in Chile anymore. Then when Gus is being interrogated by Hank they ask Gus why there's no records of Gus prior to his emigration from Chile to Mexico. Gus's excuse was that the government was terrieat keeping records, but the comment from Don Eladio implies there was something more to Gus's past before he became involved with the Cartel. It's never been explained afaik

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What was the mysterious part, I don't remember them talking much about it, other than Gus and his partner moving to Mexico and starting the chicken brothers as a front to selling meth, eventually getting in with the cartel. It seemed pretty cut and dry that Gus' partner was murdered by the cartel and he chose revenge better served cold over 20 years, eventually making sure Hector's life was miserable and killing the rest of the cartel with the poisoned tequila.

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