Mike was extremely good at reading people and was one of the few people to recognize Walter White for the prideful, egotistical, ignorant and arrogant man he was and severely despised him. Mike had previously been married for 22 years. A few weeks later, Saul hires Mike to spy on Skyler, who they fear may tell the authorities what she knows about Walt's criminal activities. Contacting Dr. Caldera, Mike purchases a device and tracker identical to the one he has discovered. Breaking Bad Madrigual - You are a time bomb. Mike helps rob the train, standing far away and making sure all goes swiftly. Mike himself even states that when his time to die occurs, he will go satisfied knowing that he did all he could to provide for his family. Mike talks to Saul, and upon returning to find the methylamine gone, he goes into the room, sees Jesse and Walt, puts Walt at gunpoint, only listening to Jesse saying, "He's got a plan, it works for all of us." Born in Washington D.C., Jonathan Banks' career has spanned five decades in film, television, and theatre. After Mike draws the gang's tattoo, Gus realizes that Juan Bolsa hired them and calls Bolsa before explaining to Mike that Bolsa was protecting the cartel's interests by protecting theirs. Realizing that Gus has a job for him, Mike demands to know what it is. Finding Walt already being escorted out of Beneke Fabricators by security, Mike twists Walt's arms, throws him into the back of his car, and takes him back to Saul's office. AMC as part of your cable package. The heist puts Mike in a jovial mood—he spends some of his new gains on drinks for all the patrons at a bar—but this is short-lived when Nacho calls him to a meeting and confronts him about the attack, having deduced that Mike was behind it. But, then, he learned about the corruption in the police force and he asked his father for advice.
Mike refuses to help Walt with this scheme as Gus wouldn't approve of it. His first job is acting as a bodyguard for Daniel Wormald, a first-time criminal who sells stolen prescription pills to Ignacio "Nacho" Varga; Mike's time in law enforcement gives him experience in how to prepare for such a deal and makes him a valuable asset in the exchange.
Walt looks fearless as he says, "Everybody wins."
Mike was also well trained and calm in all types of combat situations, once using science and long strategy to take down a large number of hostiles with ease. But if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word.
Of course, Gustavo wasn't having any of it, so he decided to meet Mike discreetly. Mike begrudgingly agrees to help them execute a plan to break into Albuquerque PD's parking lot and use a giant magnet to destroy Gus's laptop, which contains the video evidence, through an exterior wall. Acting clueless, Mike goads Tuco to beat him senseless just as the police arrive. Mike told his son to take the money or else his family could be in danger. ("Wiedersehen"), At the warehouse, Mike organizes a manhunt for Werner and finds out where his wife wired money to. He later assisted Gus in turning Jesse against Walt by giving Jesse more responsibilities and respect. He is then compelled to oversee Walt and Jesse's disposal of Victor's corpse, which they liquefy using hydrofluoric acid ("Box Cutter"). Gus later learns from Juan Bolsa that Leonel survived the attack, and furthermore learns that Bolsa is aware that Gus authorized the hit on Hank contrary to Bolsa's restrictions on the DEA. He confronts her and comes clean to her with the entire story, short of actually confessing to the murder of the Hoffman and Fensky, merely saying to her, "You know what happened, the question is: Can you live with it?"
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Mike works security for a meetup between Gus and the Juárez Cartel, but only Gaff shows up to offer Gus an ultimatum ("Problem Dog"). Daniel lets his initial success go to his head and buys a bright yellow Hummer H2. When Mike holds up the note from his former car, Gus calmly explains that he has reasons for keeping Hector alive. Hearing on the tape that Walt plans to visit Ted Beneke at his office, Saul sends Mike to stop him.