Top 10 Best Breaking Bad Revenge Kills

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

Gustavo Fring has a lot of enemies, many of whom he’s forced to work with. One such man is Juan Bolsa, his main go-between with the Salamanca family. Gus approves a hit on Hank, Walter White’s DEA agent brother-in-law, which raises Bolsa’s suspicions, and gets the U.S. government looking south of the border. Bolsa connects the dots eventually, but by then, his house is surrounded by Mexican federales. Despite Bolsa’s confidence that he can use his connections to escape unscathed, the federales gun him down in his house, while Gus listens. And judging by the rare smile on Gus’s face - it’s music to his ears.

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

Speaking of Bolsa, while he may not be able to avenge Gus for his betrayal, he did manage to punish another one of his men. At a bar in Mexico, Bolsa meets with Tortuga, a longstanding cartel member who has been talking to the DEA. Bolsa puts Tortuga at ease, complimenting his way with words and giving him a supposed gift in the form of a tortoise, his namesake. However, by “signing” his present, he reveals that he knows of Tortuga’s betrayal. Just then, Marco and Leonel Salamanca, the cartel’s terrifying enforcers, burst in and ensure that Tortuga’s big mouth is forever shut. It may be a flashback scene, but it’s still a terrifying and effective death.

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

Lydia, oh Lydia. One-time business partner of Gus and Walter White, Lydia Rodarte-Quayle helped with supply and distribution. However, after she threatens Walt’s family and collaborates with the same white supremacist gang that betrayed him, Heisenberg adds her to his revenge list. When he returns to Albuquerque, Walt pretends to seek Lydia’s help at her favorite coffee shop. However, he secretly replaces her favorite sugar substitute with ricin, a deadly poison he had earlier prepared. When Lydia calls Todd, hoping that Walt has been killed, Walt himself picks up the phone and reveals that not only are her new associates dead, but so is she. Lydia may have debuted late, but her demise is still a satisfying conclusion.

“Better Call Saul” (2015-22)

Nacho Varga is forced into working as a mole for Gus in the cartel. After narrowly surviving a staged attack, Nacho describes the silver car that attacked him to the Salamanca twins. Gus is able to place this car at the compound of the Espinosa gang, one of his competitors, pinning the blame on them. Together with the twins, Nacho heads to the Espinosas’ headquarters. Despite his suggestion to assemble a team, Marco and Leonel decide to do it themselves. From a distance, Nacho watches as the duo storm the building and wreak complete havoc. He eventually joins the fray, killing a few stragglers himself. While we don’t see much of it, the assault is still an incredible display of violence.

“Better Call Saul” (2015-22)

Of Gus’s many enemies in the cartel, Lalo Salamanca stands out as perhaps the most formidable. The crafty psychopath carefully observes that Gus is hiding something at his laundry. After luring most of his men away, Lalo gets Gus at gunpoint and videotapes a tour of his lab under construction. However, Gus is one step ahead - having planted a gun and loosened a power cable. Distracting Lalo by railing against the cartel and the Salamancas, Gus trips the lights and manages to get the gun - killing his hated rival. Gus may have come out on top in this moment, but the contest between these two could easily have gone the other way.

“Better Call Saul” (2015-22)

Gus’s right-hand man, Mike Ehrmentraut had already broken bad before arriving in New Mexico. Once a crooked cop in Philadelphia, Mike retired under a cloud of suspicion. His son Matt, a fellow cop, had died after being offered dirty money by two corrupt officers, Jack Fensky and Troy Hoffman. Aware of their involvement in his son’s death, Mike encounters the two at a cop bar where he accuses them under the guise of drunkenness. Fenksy and Hoffman plan to silence Mike, unaware that he had planted a gun in their squad car. Mike successfully retrieves this weapon and turns the tables on them. He may be a criminal, but Mike has his own code of honor, and must avenge his son’s death.

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

Todd Alquist seems like an unassuming good ol’ boy, but he’s among the franchise’s most despicable characters. Perhaps no other character harbors a deeper hatred for Todd than Jesse Pinkman, and it’s easy to see why. Todd commits several murders that hit too close to home for the drug dealer. This includes the killing of a child who witnesses their train robbery and Jesse’s ex-girlfriend Andrea. Then, there’s the whole “enslaving Jesse to cook narcotics for a year” thing! That’s why, in the finale, when Jesse sees an opportunity, he immediately uses the chains that Todd kept him in to snuff the life out of his tormentor out for good!

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

Gus has long despised the cartel he works under, and for good reason - they killed his business and romantic partner, Max. After seemingly smoothing things over with the cartel’s leader, Don Eladio, Gus offers him expensive tequila and proposes a toast. Although Eladio is smart enough to make sure Gus drinks too, he and his men still fall for it. Gus goes to the bathroom and throws it up immediately. Meanwhile, Eladio and his top men all soon fall ill and die, while Mike takes care of their head enforcer. He may be a villain, but it is still satisfying to watch Gus’s long-awaited vengeance play out.

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

For as much as Jesse despises Jack’s white supremacist gang, Walt shares the same sentiment. Jack’s ruthless actions - murdering Walt’s brother-in-law Hank and seizing most of Walt’s accumulated fortune - contribute to that. But Walt’s feelings intensify upon discovering that Jesse had been imprisoned and tortured by the gang. During their final meeting, Walt is very particular about where he parks his car. After tackling Jesse to the ground, he activates a machine gun he jury-rigged inside his trunk, which wipes out nearly everyone. Walt then takes it upon himself to put a bullet in Jack’s head, finishing him the same way he did Hank. While the stunt ultimately claims Walt’s life, he makes sure his last living enemies go before he does!

“Breaking Bad” (2008-13)

Gus looms large over the “Breaking Bad” franchise. The Chicken Man proves to be Walt’s greatest adversary, putting him through plenty of misery and even endangering his family. But just when it seems like Walt is backed into a corner, he remembers someone else with a deeper animosity for Gus: Hector Salamanca. Hector feigns cooperation with the DEA to lure Gus into his nursing home. Just as Gus prepares to eliminate Hector, the old man rings his famous bell - detonating the bomb Walt attached to it. It’s arguably one of the most shocking and memorable moments not just from “Breaking Bad,” but in TV history! It’s also one of the best revenge kills ever - even though it's a pyrrhic victory for Hector.