Hermanos

Wow!! Absolutely insane final part of the episode! You could feel the tension growing until suddenly.. BANG! I almost think my heart stopped! I was in shock! Powerfull and emotional! I will never see Gus the same way again! This is how to do a villain!

This episode was all about Gus as we dive deeper into his past and personality! Who is he? Where does he come from? What is his connection with The Cartel? Really amazing episode! There is also a lot of tension in this episode as Hank continues his investegation!

This is also one of those episodes that gets better after watching Better Call Saul! The actor playing Don Eladio does a great job of making his character memorable doing his short apperance!

I agree that this was just excellent. My first thought after watching 4.8 was, "Vince Gilligan is a f***ing genius." Brilliant direction, acting, and script as well.

I've always thought that Aaron Paul's character and his portrayal of Jesse were tremendously entertaining. He deserves another Emmy for this episode alone. I find myself being terrified of what is going to happen to him in future episodes. It's such a testament to his ability as an actor that he can make a murdering drug dealer seem so sympathetic.

Every actor involved with this series is just amazing. I can't believe that something of this quality is available on cable television. Breaking Bad proves that TV doesn't have to be crap. It sets the bar high for every other TV drama today.

This is the eighth episode of the fourth season of Breaking Bad. I liked the new direction the episode took in regards to previous episodes. It is more of a flashback episode portraying Gus's entry into the crime world and his dealings with the Mexican cartel. There is a long flashback sequence that is powerful. Though my only complaint is that the dialogue was spoken in Spanish, so that was sort of aggravating.

In this episode, "Hermanos," after Hank discovers Gus's fingerprints in Gale's apartment, Hank and the PD call in Gus for questioning in which he satisfies everyone but Hank. Hank decides, with the help of Walt, to put a GPS locater on Gus's car. We also get the flashback to how Gus became the criminal he is and the extent to how he almost got caught.

Overall, this is a good episode of the fourth season. The pace is a little slower than the previous two episodes, but Gus being questioned by the cops is something I'm sure he will not take lightly, so I expect interesting developments up ahead. I rate this episode 9/10.

Season four's main plot comes to a bit of a halt in "Hermanos", but that doesn't diminish the importance of the episode as it adds a lot to the Breaking Bad universe (or whatever you'd like to call it) with a hugely interesting flashback and the writers digging up some sub-interesting characters and showing audiences how their lives are currently looking. Thus, "Hermanos" was a slow episode and was a bit sparse on rememberable moments compared to the two preceding ones, but was very well-made and entertaining nevertheless.

Skyler and Marie are out of focus this time, with the first getting barely more noteworthy than a wordless scene pushing her story arc forward and the second at least getting her trademark ridiculously awkward dialogue, which makes the two men in their families come into focus, especially in a short spin that turned out to be more uncomfortable for Walt than that one time where he stood in a supermarket in his birthday suit. Reason for that is Hank putting out his feelers to Gus even more, even though the hermano that makes for one half of the episode's title passes his APD/DEA questioning with flying colors. Dean Norris and Bryan Cranston are superb when the subject of blue meth comes up that Hank is still unaware is coming from his brother-in-law. The latter one of them additionally gets the chance to once again show off his Heisenbergness as he encounters a fellow cancer patient in his monthly examination and gives him an insight into his philosophy, which was the coolest you can get while wearing one of these unflattering patient dresses.

After him blowing away all Breaking Bad audiences in "Problem Dog", Aaron Paul took a step back in "Hermanos" and only said hello for visiting Andrea for the first time since season three's season finale (we didn't see them talking and I don't mind that at all) and further impairing his relationship with Walter while taking a leak. And then there's the really long flashback sequence giving a bit of an insight into Gus' past, but only as much as to show us that he hasn't always been the hardened stoic he is now. Besides the distracting yellow color tone and the most factitious Spanish, that scene was nice as well.

Wow, best episode yet! This is *such* an intelligent show, which is what makes it almost scary.

I thought I was watching the wrong episode for the first four minutes but they were just flashbacks to remind me about some unfinished business from last year...

(well that wouldn't submit since I apparently need at least 10 lines. I wouldn't know that since this is the first review I've left. Yes, this episode was *that* incredible that I just had to submit a review, in order to recommend it to strangers! It's amazing how this episode ties together a number of loose ends from the past, plus dealing with some current issues. It's nice to see that Jesse is moving on from the Gail thing, but looks like he may have another task at hand...)