First Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Though Jesse told Hank and. Then, he poisons a child and frames the death on Gus Fring, eventually successfully manipulating Jesse to kill Gale Boetticher. ("Hermanos"), Throughout the season, Jesse is continually racked with guilt for murdering Gale. Hank would ironically note while investigating the murder that he doubted Jesse had anything to do with it despite his connection to the, Gale's murder is presumably still officially unsolved when the series ends. Gale holds an MS degree in organic chemistry and is a specialist in X-ray crystallography. The look of absolute anguish and horror on his face when he kills Gale tells us all we need to know about exactly how much of his soul he lost at that moment. Gale recited this poem from memory to Walt, who was intrigued. Walt and Gale, wearing their yellow coveralls and ventilation masks, are working together in the laboratory and tend to contents of a large tank. "That crazy singing guy" ("Shotgun") As a side project, he was working on a process for brewing a superior cup of coffee, and impresses Walt with his results ("Sunset"). 'Walter White (lead chemist) â Gustavo Fring (employer) â Thus, it was the urging of Gale that caused Gus to put aside his reservations and hire Walter ("Box Cutter"). His apartment contains a pair of skis, a surfboard and even a picture of him on Mt. Walt, knowing that Gus needs at least one chemist who knows the "Blue Sky" formula to continue cooking, proposes to Jesse that they must kill Gale, and since Walt is under constant surveillance, Jesse has to be the one to do it. Gale holds an MS degree in organic chemistry and is a specialist in X-ray crystallography. Gus Fring hired Walter White after Gale praised a sample of Walt's blue meth as the purest he'd ever seen. In season 3 Jesse, fearing he will be knocked off by drug king Gus Fring if he appears expendable, kills Gale, the gentle nerd who represents his competition as Walter's underling. Un uomo che esprime il paradosso di cui Breaking Bad è permeata: Gale Boetticher. When Kara's not busy writing, you can find her doing yoga or hanging out with Gritty. Own a piece of BB history with exclusive Deleted/Extended Scenes, Gag Reel, Audio Commentary with Vince Gilligan and Aaron Paul, and more. On Wednesday the 23rd, at around 8:00 p.m., Gale is at his apartment when Mike calls to warn him, but Gale's loud music muffles the sound of his cellphone, which is vibrating atop a stack of CDs on a table. He's never killed a living soul before, but we know if he doesn't succeed Jesse, who is on the verge of tears, walks towards Gale still pointing the gun at his head but doesn't reply to Gale's offers. He manipulated Jesse into killing Gale to save his own life. Date of death However, in a desperate attempt to save their lives, Walt orders Jesse to murder Gale in order for them to be the only meth cooks capable of producing "Blue Sky" available to Fring, which Jesse reluctantly did by shooting Gale in the face. Appearances in Breaking Bad 10 Jesse Kills Gale Though Walt and Jesse's business relationship with Gus Fring initially seems to be fruitful, they soon learn Gus is not to be messed with. Why did he kill him and was killing the only option left? Gus kills Victor for bringing suspicion upon himself at Gale's apartment, slicing his throat open with a box cutter in front of Jesse, Walt and Mike. First Walt , then working at the prestigious Sandia Laboratory , envisions a bright future with 3 children and worries that they aren't setting their sights high enough with the house . complete ("Winner"). Early in their collaboration, Gale impresses Walt with his résumé, his coffee brewing vacuum reflux / distillation apparatus, and his recitation by memory of Walt Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," about the exhilaration of experiencing scientific wonders first-hand. Gale's dead body in his apartment. Before Gus' men could do anything to Walt, Jesse arrived at Gale's house and shot him in the head. Failing to negotiate and fearing for his own life, Walt tells Mike that he will work for free and pleads for his life. Gale has seemingly forgiven Walt for letting him go previously and the two shake hands. "Full Measure" (alive)"Box Cutter" (flashback & corpse)"Bullet Points" (video record) ("Shotgun"), Hank's investigation into Gale's murder starts pointing him towards Gus after he discovers a Los Pollos Hermanos napkin in Gale's apartment, ("Shotgun") a place Gale would never eat at as he was a vegetarian. The phrase "To W.W. My Star, My Perfect Silence" along with the Heisenberg formula. Gus inquires about his knowledge regarding Walt's medical condition. Breaking Bad's Gale sings "Major Tom" (Complete Song) -HD-. It is confirmed that Gale was indeed killed by a gunshot wound to the face, just below his eye and to the left of his nose ("Box Cutter"). ("Sunset"). Walter warns Jesse and desperately gives the order to kill Gale. At least with me, they're getting exactly what they pay for. He presses the restart button on the game, further tormenting himself. Gus pressures Gale to master the cooking process as quickly as possible; to learn Walt's method and formulas as fast as he can. Later, while checking old evidence boxes, Hank comes across some pictures of Gale, including some of his corpse ("Blood Money"). Occupation Gale was an extremely intelligent libertarian with an open-minded attitude about drugs: since somebody was going to cook meth anyway, it might as well be him because the quality would be better and the product (relatively) safer than any alternatives available locally in New Mexico. In 1994, after moving to the United States, Gustavo Fring established a college scholarship, known as the Max Arciniega Chemistry Scholarship, at the University of New Mexico Chemistry department. Grab a front row seat into the world of # ElCamino: A Breaking Bad mo... vie with the new Limited Edition Steelbook. The fact that she gets to write about The Office regularly is like a dream come true. By the end of the series, Jesse was pushed to his breaking point and that spilled over into the next chapter of his journey. Gus asking Gale to learn Walt's formula as soon as possible to prepare for the "worst case scenario. Nonetheless, Gus' true reasoning for this was to have Gale master Walt's cooking technique in order for Gale to take over the lab himself and have Walt murdered for killing his employees. Gale had been pursuing his doctorate at the University of Colorado under an NSF grant but realized that it was not the life for him because he loves being in the lab and wanted to preserve the 'magic' he saw in chemistry. Itâs the only way to stop Gus from killing both Jesse and Walt. The DVD shows Gale singing karaoke of the song "Major Tom (Coming Home)" by German musician Peter Schilling in front of images of rockets and wildlife while the song is captioned in Thai script ("Bullet Points"). He was a loyal henchman and enforcer of Gustavo Fring and his drug empire. Gale Boetticher, B.S., M.S., was a German-American chemist hired by Gustavo Fring to help set up the superlab and manufacture methamphetamine. Gale expressed his delight with experiencing the magic of scientific wonders. Gale's Apartment (former) He tells Gale that Walt has terminal cancer, and that the meth production cannot halt for even a week because of his business' high overhead. Fondly, G.B." Gale has a variety of interests. Walt phones Jesse and tells Jesse that he hasn't killed Gale yet. c. 1975 Her favorite Avenger is Thor and her favorite Disney princess is Leia Organa. Mike and Victor realize that Walt and Jesse know where Gale lives and that they are planning to kill Gale. A one-stop shop for all things video games. Gale's murder and the subsequent investigation by law enforcement would eventually lead to Hank discovering that Gustavo Fring was a meth kingpin, indirectly leading to Fring's own death and the destruction of his entire empire as a result of Walt's actions. "("Something Beautiful"). Consenting adults want what they want, and if I'm not supplying it, they will get it somewhere else. Ironically, while Hank knows Jesse is connected to the Blue Sky, he doubts Jesse murdered Gale despite the "history" between Jesse and Hank. Walt tells him that although he sees Gale as a promising young chemist, the two of them work at different frequencies. The extent of the abuse carried out by Todd would later be explained in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. The next day at the laboratory as Walt and Gale are scrubbing out a large tank, Gale begins to ask Walt a question, but seems to hesitate as Victor appears and stands by them. Gale excitedly uses a box cutter to unpack the machinery and assemble the new superlab. The good lab, the good partner, the good money. Once Jesse finds Gale's apartment, Walt sets out to kill him, but Victor stops him and brings him to the lab, where Mike is waiting. When Hank chuckles at the initials matching Walt's, Walt jokingly admits "you got me" before explaining to Hank that "W.W." refers to the poet ("Bullet Points"). Walt assures him that Gale was just a novice, opposed to the idea of somebody other than him taking credit for his work. While investigating Gale's murder, the police discover Gale's notebook that provides intimate details on the superlab and Walter's meth formula. Appearances in Better Call Saul Dismissing the samples as "dreck," Gale urges Gus to allow him to produce higher-grade meth in his lab. Portrayed by He quickly shot Neil to death and also took out Casey before letting the rest of the men to leave without harm as long as they didn't fight for the money. When Walt asks Hank about the investigation, he learns that the only leads are some fingerprints and an eyewitness spotted at the scene. Hank decides to close his Heisenberg investigation, content that Gale was the man he was looking for until Walt points out that he might be wrong and the real Heisenberg could still be at large, unwilling to let Gale have credit for Walt's work. Gale presents Gus with a hidden case containing methamphetamine vials of varying chemical purity. Mike and Victor seem puzzled and question Walt as to what the phone call meant, and Walt reveals to them Gale's address. Mike stays at the laundromat holding Walt at gunpoint and taking out his cell phone, and Victor is seen leaving for Gale's apartment. Last Breaking Bad is a show about morality. Aliases Next: Why Breaking Bad Season 1 Is So Short (& How That Was A Good Thing). 2009 He then escorts Gale's killer, Jesse, to the lab. Over the five seasons of Breaking Bad, as well as the sequel movie, Jesse killed five people. Related: Breaking Bad: The Only Characters Walter White Kills Directly. Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, AMA's with the cast, and anything else Breaking Bad related. The only way to remain as an asset would be to take out Gale from the equation. To numb his guilt over murdering Gale, Jesse begins using drugs again. superlab, but Gus stresses that he won't begin work until the lab is Following this point, Gale became Walt's lab assistant. By the end of Breaking Bad, things had really gone bad between the two. As a result, focuses his attention on Gus as a potential major drug distributor. Status Despite Walt respecting and enjoying working with Gale, he was forced to fire him in order to prevent Jesse from filing a lawsuit against his brother-in-law Hank. So which characters did he kill directly? Later, in his NA meeting, Jesse euphemizes Gale's killing as taking care of a problem dog - not one who bit anybody, not one who's sick, just one whose existence was a problem - and lashing out at the group leader (and the universe) for refusing to pass judgement on him. Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) may not have been as comfortable with killing as his partner Walter White (Bryan Cranston), but there were times on Breaking Bad when he had to get his hands dirty. He put himself in a very dangerous situation by partnering with an expert chemist to become meth cooks, although that didn't mean he was comfortable with the life of intense crime throughout Breaking Bad. Walter was the true mastermind behind the endeavor and Jesse was often just along for the ride. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. Gus originally intends for Gale to be his sole meth cook. Gale's death also indirectly allowed Hank to discover that his own brother-in-law was the elusive meth kingpin "Heisenberg" after discovering a book personally given to Walt by Gale himself. However, when Walter and Jesse get on Fringâs bad side, Jesse has to kill Gale, who knows how to make meth as well as Walterâand therefore could be tapped as a replacement in Fringâs empire. 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