10 Great TV Shows With One Major Flaw
5. It Peaked With Gus Fring - Breaking Bad
The only problem with Breaking Bad's legendary drug kingpin villain Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito)? He's too damn good.
Gus was first introduced at the end of the second season and quickly established himself as the series' most unique and complex antagonist - tenaciously smart and quietly terrifying, played terrifically by Giancarlo Esposito.
Yet when Gus was finally killed at the end of season four, the final season struggled to rustle up a new villain that could get anywhere close to him.
Jack Welker (Michael Bowen), the Neo-Nazis, and even Todd (Jesse Plemons) felt like a considerable comedown from Gus.
While you can absolutely argue that the final season was more concerned with concluding Walter White's (Bryan Cranston) arc than letting a new villain steal the spotlight, the gaping hole left by Gus' explosive exit was gigantic.
Granted, Jack, Todd, and company didn't benefit from a multi-season arc like Gus did, but all the same, Gus felt so much like a Final Boss for the series that what followed couldn't help but seem totally inferior.