After the discovery of Gus's fingerprints at Gale's house he is invited to explain their presence to the DEA. He is surprisingly unperturbed but he has an explanation; he funds a scholarship scheme and Gale was one of its beneficiaries, so it makes sense that he might accept a dinner invitation. Hank is still unconvinced as a background check of his previous existence in Chile reveals absolutely nothing; it is if he didn't exist there; Gus puts this down to poor record keeping during the Pinochet years... this is good enough for the DEA but not for Hank. He gets Walt to help him by planting a tracker on Gus's car... which is awkward as Mike is there watching him and he knows that if Gus gets caught it is likely that he will be as well. Later Gus goes to visit Tio in hospital; here, via a flashback to the time Gus first contacted the cartel in Mexico, we learn the real reason that Hank received a phone call just before the attack; we also see Gus get emotional for possibly the first time.
This was a fine episode were Giancarlo Esposito and Dean Norris got to play larger parts than usual as Gus and Hank. Both put in fine performances; especially Esposito who is brilliant as the drug lord who never shows emotion... which only served to increase the impact when he was understandably emotional during the flashback. The episode told us more about his character while simultaneously raising further questions; most notably 'why is there no record of him in his homeland?' Of course they weren't the only two characters to do anything of consequence; the scene where Hank asked Walt to place the tracker on Gus's car managed to be both tense and rather amusing due to Bryan Cranston's portrayal of Walt; he seems genuinely conflicted as he can't say no to his brother in law but equally he can't help Gus get caught!
This was a fine episode were Giancarlo Esposito and Dean Norris got to play larger parts than usual as Gus and Hank. Both put in fine performances; especially Esposito who is brilliant as the drug lord who never shows emotion... which only served to increase the impact when he was understandably emotional during the flashback. The episode told us more about his character while simultaneously raising further questions; most notably 'why is there no record of him in his homeland?' Of course they weren't the only two characters to do anything of consequence; the scene where Hank asked Walt to place the tracker on Gus's car managed to be both tense and rather amusing due to Bryan Cranston's portrayal of Walt; he seems genuinely conflicted as he can't say no to his brother in law but equally he can't help Gus get caught!