A man provides. And he does it even when he’s not appreciated, or respected, or even loved. He simply bears up and he does it. Because he’s a man.
Gus
- Creator
- Vince Gilligan
- Cast
- Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Jonathan Banks
- Network
- AMC
- Genres
- crime television series, drama television series, thriller television series
- Country
- United States
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'A man provides' reads like Walter White's credo, but in the show it is Gus Fring's line -- a recruiting pitch engineered to flatter Walt into staying -- which makes its afterlife as sincere hustle-culture advice darkly funny. Breaking Bad's most-quoted lines are performances of masculinity that the series itself is dissecting. Quote them with the irony intact.
Ah, like I came to you, begging to cook meth. Oh, hey, nerdiest old dude I know, you wanna come cook crystal? Please. I’d ask my diaper-wearing granny, but her wheelchair wouldn’t fit in the RV.
Jesse
Fuck you, and your eyebrows!
Walt
Wipe down this!
Walt