History YMMV / BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure

* EpilepticTrees: During the two years between seasons, quite a few fans insisted the final shot showed Jesse pointing the gun away from Gale before he fired. Creator/VinceGilligan constantly maintained that he didn't move and it was an illusion caused by the camera's movement, which ultimately proved to be the truth.

** Thirdly, Mike threatening to break Saul's legs and leave him in a hole in the desert is more of a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, as he [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS5E8Bagman knows full well]] the PTSD Jimmy suffered from that episode, and Jimmy seems to drop the Saul act for a second, looking heartbroken as well as afraid. Mike's contempt for Saul is given another angle with the reveal that [[spoiler:he was forced to help obscure the innocent Howard Hamlin's death because of Jimmy/Saul's scam putting him in the wrong place at the wrong time and also that [[IWarnedYou he warned Saul about approaching Walt]] precisely because he could tell he was bad for their business, despite his impressive chemistry skills.]]

** Gus frames Walt's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness impending dismissal]] as a natural occurrence, telling Gale that Walt will sooner or later be leaving his service voluntarily due to his illness. [[BlatantLies All very above the belt, nothing unsavoury afoot here, just planning for the worst]]. It's not entirely clear if Gale sees the writing on the wall, but he ''does'' quickly amend his estimates and ensure Gus that he can very, ''very'' quickly take over the lab if, heaven forbid, something were to happen to Walt...
*** For that matter, how clearly does Gale understand the overall realities of the business he's in and the people he's working for? He takes no precautions for his own safety, but is that because he truly believes he's not in danger or that Gus has him well protected? He also seems genuinely fond of Gus as a mentor or even a kind of father figure, yet both in this episode and a scene in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', he seems able to detect at times that there's something off about him. Has he given any real thought to that or just brushed it off?

** From what we later see in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', Gus likely sees Gale as a ReplacementGoldfish for his deceased former business partner, Max. Considering the circumstances of Max's own death, having Gale killed was about the worst thing possible that Walt could have done to anger Gus, likely explaining why their business relationship ultimately ends in Gus threatening to slaughter Walt's entire family if he even so much as orders takeout from Los Pollos Hermanos.
** Better Call Saul also casts a harsh lens on the scene where Mike is ready to kill Walter, as watching [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E10Winner Winner]] reveals quite a few parallels between Mike's situation with Werner Ziegler about 4 years prior.
** Thirdly, Mike threatening to break Saul's legs and leave him in a hole in the desert is more of a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, as he [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS5E8Bagman knows full well]] the PTSD Jimmy suffered from that episode, and Jimmy seems to drop the Saul act for a second, looking heartbroken as well as afraid. Mike's contempt for Saul is given another angle with the reveal that he was forced to help obscure the innocent Howard's death because of Jimmy/Saul's scam putting him in the wrong place at the wrong time and also that [[IWarnedYou he warned Saul about approaching Walt]] precisely because he could tell he was bad for their business, despite his impressive chemistry skills.

** Was Walt genuinely terrified that Mike and Victor were about to kill him and begged for a phone call to Jesse in a desperate, last ditch attempt to have Gale's assassination carried out and save his own hide, or was it all an act and he played up the "pathetic victim angle" to drop Mike and Victor's guard so he can get Jesse on the phone?

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Gus frames Walt's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness impending dismissal]] as a natural occurrence, telling Gale that Walt will sooner or later be leaving his service voluntarily due to his illness. [[BlatantLies All very above the belt, nothing unsavoury afoot here, just planning for the worst]]. It's not entirely clear if Gale sees the writing on the wall, but he ''does'' quickly amend his estimates and ensure Gus that he can very, ''very'' quickly take over the lab if, heaven forbid, something were to happen to Walt...
** For that matter, how clearly does Gale understand the overall realities of the business he's in and the people he's working for? He takes no precautions for his own safety, but is that because he truly believes he's not in danger or that Gus has him well protected? He also seems genuinely fond of Gus as a mentor or even a kind of father figure, yet both in this episode and a scene in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', he seems able to detect at times that there's something off about him. Has he given any real thought to that or just brushed it off?

** Thirdly, Mike threatening to break Saul's legs and leave him in a hole in the desert is more of a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, as he [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS5E8Bagman knows full well]] the PTSD Jimmy suffered from that episode, and Jimmy seems to drop the Saul act for a second, looking heartbroken as well as afraid. Mike's contempt with Saul is given another angle with the reveal that he was forced to help obscure the innocent Howard's death because of Jimmy/Saul's scam putting him in the wrong place at the wrong time and also that [[IWarnedYou he warned Saul about approaching Walt]] precisely because he could tell he was bad for their business, despite his impressive chemistry skills.

** Thirdly, Mike threatening to break Saul's legs and leave him in a hole in the desert is more of a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, as he [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS5E8Bagman knows full well]] the PTSD Jimmy suffered from that episode, and Jimmy seems to drop the Saul act for a second, looking heartbroken as well as afraid. Mike's contempt with Saul is given another angle with the reveal that he was forced to help obscure the innocent Howard's death because of Jimmy/Saul's scam putting him in the wrong place at the wrong time and also that [[IWarnedYou he warned Saul about approaching Walt]] precisely because he could tell he was bad for their business, despite his impressive chemistry skills.
* MoralEventHorizon: Walt blackmails Jesse into murdering Gale to save his own skin.
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** Thirdly, Mike threatening to break Saul's legs and leave him in a hole in the desert is more of a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, as he [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS5E8Bagman knows full well]] the PTSD Jimmy suffered from that episode, and Jimmy seems to drop the Saul act for a second, looking heartbroken as well as afraid.

** Thirdly, Mike threatening to break Saul's legs and leave him in a hole in the desert is more of a KickTheSonOfTheBitch moment, as he [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS5E8Bagman knows full well]] the PTSD Jimmy suffered from that episode, and Jimmy seems to drop the Saul act for a second, looking heartbroken as well as afraid.

* HarsherInHindsight: From what we later see in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', Gus likely sees Gale as a ReplacementGoldfish for his deceased former business partner, Max. Considering the circumstances of Max's own death, having Gale killed was about the worst thing possible that Walt could have done to anger Gus, likely explaining why their business relationship ultimately ends in Gus threatening to slaughter Walt's entire family if he even so much as orders takeout from Los Pollos Hermanos. Better Call Saul also casts a harsh lens on the scene where Mike is ready to kill Walter, as watching [[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E10Winner Winner]] reveals quite a few parallels between Mike's situation with Werner Ziegler about 4 years prior.

* HarsherInHindsight: From what we later see in ''Series/BetterCallSaul'', Gus likely sees Gale as a ReplacementGoldfish for his deceased former business partner, Max. Considering the circumstances of Max's own death, having Gale killed was about the worst thing possible that Walt could have done to anger Gus, likely explaining why their business relationship ultimately ends in Gus threatening to slaughter Walt's entire family if he even so much as orders takeout from Los Pollos Hermanos.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Gus frames Walt's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness impending dismissal]] as a natural occurrence, telling Gale that Walt will sooner or later be leaving his service voluntarily due to his illness. [[BlatantLies All very above the belt, nothing unsavoury afoot here, just planning for the worst]]. It's not entirely clear if Gale sees the writing on the wall, but he ''does'' quickly amend his estimates and ensure Gus that he can very, ''very'' quickly take over the lab if, heaven forbid, something were to happen to Walt...

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Walt has Jesse kill Gale.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' He'd destroy any evidence that [[spoiler:he knew Gale.]]\\
'''Instead:''' He keeps a book from Gale, with a note from the guy, in his bathroom where anyone could find it. Come season 5A, guess what happens.
** Gus decides to dispose of Walter and replace him with Gale, and doesn't bother to hide this fact from Walter. Walter's sidekick Jesse is still on the loose.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Gus would keep Gale under good protection until the deed is done, since it doesn't take the benefit of hindsight to predict what the desperate Walter might try to do.\\
'''Instead:''' Gale is completely unprotected and unbriefed, so even the unexperienced, nervous and reluctant Jesse can walk up to his door, call in and shoot him in the face.
*** But it's not an idiot move because Gus and Mike underestimated Walter's and Jesse's capabilities. They see Jesse as a mess and Walter as a great chemist that saved his loser partner by running his Aztec over some street thugs. Gus and Mike made a very serious mistake by underestimating the duo, but that's because this duo manages astounding feats.
** Gale makes a few small mistakes that would normally be harmless but ended up costing his life.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Gale to be more aware that working in the illegal drug trade is a dangerous job and there are a lot of people out there that could hurt him. A more cautious criminal would have their burner phone on them at all times, have a peephole and/or chain lock on their door in case an assassin, rival dealer, or police came to their home, and possibly have a gun on them as a last means of personal defense.\\
'''Instead:''' Gale just goes on his merry way listening to music while leaving his phone on vibrate on a table so he can't hear it go off when Victor tries calling to warn him about Jesse. He also swiftly answers the door letting Jesse walk in instead of peeking through or even asking "who's there?" and is completely unarmed leaving himself at Jesse's mercy.

'''You'd Expect:''' Gale to be more aware that working in the illegal drug trade is a dangerous job and there are a lot of people out there that could hurt him. A more cautious criminal would have their burner phone on them at all times, have a peephole and/or chain lock on their door in case an assassin, rival dealer, or police came to their home, and possibly have a gun on them as a last means of personal defense.

** Gale makes a few small mistakes that would normally be harmless but ended up costing his life.

* WhatAnIdiot: Walt has Jesse kill Gale.\\

*** '''You'd Expect:''' Gale to be more aware that working in the illegal drug trade is a dangerous job and there are a lot of people out there that could hurt him. A more cautious criminal would have their burner phone on them at all times, have a peephole and/or chain lock on their door in case an assassin, rival dealer, or police came to their home, and possibly have a gun on them as a last means of personal defense.
*** '''Instead:''' Gale just goes on his merry way listening to music while leaving his phone on vibrate on a table so he can't hear it go off when Victor tries calling to warn him about Jesse. He also swiftly answers the door letting Jesse walk in instead of peeking through or even asking "who's there?" and is completely unarmed leaving himself at Jesse's mercy.

'''Instead:''' Gale is completely unprotected and unbriefed, so even the unexperienced, nervous and reluctant Jesse can walk up to his door, call in and shoot him in the face.

** Gus decides to dispose of Walter and replace him with Gale, and doesn't bother to hide this fact from Walter. Walter's sidekick Jesse is still on the loose.
'''You'd Expect:''' Gus would keep Gale under good protection until the deed is done, since it doesn't take the benefit of hindsight to predict what the desperate Walter might try to do.

'''Instead:''' He keeps a book from Gale, with a note from the guy, in his bathroom where anyone could find it. Come season 5A, guess what happens.

* EpilepticTrees: During the two years between seasons, quite a few fans insisted the final shot showed Jesse pointing the gun away from Gale before he fired. Creator/VinceGilligan constantly maintained that he didn't move and it was an illusion caused by the camera's movement, which ultimately proved to be the truth.

* EpilepticTrees: During the two years between seasons, quite a few fans insisted the final shot showed Jesse pointing the gun away from Gale before he fired. Vince Gilligan constantly maintained that he didn't move and it was an illusion caused by the camera's movement, which ultimately proved to be the truth.

* EplilepticTrees: During the two years between seasons, quite a few fans insisted the final shot showed Jesse pointing the gun away from Gale before he fired. Vince Gilligan constantly maintained that he didn't move and it was an illusion caused by the camera's movement, which ultimately proved to be the truth.