Breaking Bad Fans Still Can't Get Their Heads Around THAT Scene

Summary

• Breaking Bad is still talked about as one of the best crime dramas to date
• Fans still have questions about a scene involving Gus's home
• The scene hinted at Gus having children, but it was never brought up again
• Did Gus have children, or was it all a ploy?

Back in 2008, a new American crime drama took to our screens, and today, many still regard Breaking Bad as one of the greatest television dramas of all time. Be it for its raw and real storytelling, sprinkled with moments of hilarity, or the complexity and general reliability of the characters that it introduced over its 5 season run.

Breaking Bad certainly left its mark, and it's no surprise that many fans still think about it to this day, be it eagerness over a re-watch, or one of many unanswered questions, with one scene in particular fans are still questioning to this day.

Did Gustavo Fring have children?

It seems completely illogical for a cold and calculated character like Gus, not to mention a cutthroat drug lord, to have a family of any kind, especially young children, but one scene where Walter White visits Gus in his home raises all sorts of questions and gives no context.

Walter enters Gus's home, the home of one of the most dangerous characters on the series, and it's far from what we expected. It is small, but family-sized, there are clearly toys in the room. A truck, building blocks and more. Children's toys.

Looking at Gus's character, many fans believe that he invited Walter into his home to manipulate him. The children's toys are clearly visible, and if Gus really had a family, he would probably have tried to hide evidence of them, but he did not.

The most convincing theory about this scene is that Gus set it all up to make it look like he had young children to toy with Walter's emotions, since Walter himself was a family man, and his decisions were driven by his love for his family.

Gus also mentions a fish dish and says, 'Kids won't eat it.' He doesn't say 'my kids' or imply which kids he's talking about, but his comment, along with the setting, is definitely worth noting.

This is the first and only time there is any mention of children

Gus having children is never spoken of again, not in Breaking Bad, not in the spin-off Better Call Saul, and frankly, having a family does not fit into his storyline in any way, nor would it make sense for his character.

Interestingly enough, there was a point where Gus was meant to have a family. The actor revealed in later interviews that he was asked to bring in pictures of his family, and brought photos of his four daughters, which could have been used down the line to represent Gus's family, but these photos never appeared on the show.

Gus has proven himself to be a murderer, a liar, a blackmailer and a force to be reckoned with, there seems to be no line he won't cross to get what he wants, so it's much more believable that he set up his home to manipulate Walter's perception of him, to appear as a doting father so that the meeting with Walter goes his way.

And if you have doubts, let's not forget that this is the same Gus who told Walter: 'I will kill your wife, I will kill your son, I will kill your infant daughter.'

Gus certainly doesn't sound like a loving father, but you never know. To this day, neither the cast nor the producers of Breaking Bad have given a definitive answer to this scene, leaving it to the imagination of the fans.