After the customer orders a 12-piece bucket (extra spicy), Gus, ever the businessman, tries to upsell him on a new menu item.
“May I suggest our signature spice curls,” Gus says with a smile.
But soon the smile slowly fades from Gus’s face and he looks off into the distance, seemingly experiencing a lightning bolt of realization. What is it about merely uttering the words “signature spice curls” that unnerves Gus so much? Is he realizing how many trans fats are built into his restaurant’s menu?
Not exactly. Thanks to some incredible detective work done by Twitter user Mehdi Keraghel, we now know what Gus was likely thinking. Take a look at the attached screenshots below.
For those who don’t remember (which is understandable given how much both Saul and Breaking Bad have thrown at viewers for nearly 12 seasons), Gus visited Houston in season 5 episode 7 “JMM” to meet with Madrigal Electromotive GmbH, the corporate backers of his business interests – both legitimate and illegal. First introduced in Breaking Bad, Madrigal is the enormous German conglomerate that owns Los Pollos Hermanos. The company also provides Gus funding to begin his methamphetamine enterprise, which eventually grows to be the largest known drug production ring in the Southwest United States.
When visiting Madrigal in “JMM” it’s then that Gus introduces them to his new menu item: the signature spice curls. So when Gus tells the customer about the spice curls in this season 6 episode, he is reminded of the existence of his German parent company. Then, being the brilliant man that he is, he also realizes what fellow brilliant man Lalo Salamanca’s next move will be: to pay someone in Germany a visit.
