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Title Drop: When Don Eladio has fun at the beginning of the episode by referring to the bobblehead by its name, "Sabrosito". The Reveal: Why did Gus stop Mike from killing Hector? "A bullet to the head would've been too humane." Crowd Panic: A bit downplayed, but every customer in Los Pollos Hermanos becomes terrified and desperate to leave when they notice Hector bullying Lyle, and Nacho and Arturo stationed at the doors to the restaurant.Hidden Depths: While it's not impossible for an ex-cop to know how to hang a door on a doorframe as well as repair said doorframe, it's still a surprise Mike can do it well enough to pass as a repair company employee. Netflix— Los Pollos Hermanos". Behance.net. February 2018. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020 . Retrieved April 18, 2020. The Villain Knows Where You Live: A deleted scene in the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant shows a customer pleading with the staff to call the police. Hector walks up to him and reads the name, "Nolan Miller", from the staff card he's wearing from his own job. Hector promptly tells the customer to end his lunch break and leave, with the implication that he can find the customer if he decides he wants to. A Day in the Limelight: This episode is more heavily focused on Gus and Mike, with Jimmy being completely absent in the first half of the episode. In Don Eladio's hacienda sometime in 1998, Hector presents his profits from his drug running, introducing his mule and gifting the Don a bobblehead of his Eladio-inspired ice cream shop's mascot, "Sabrosito." Juan Bolsa arrives with a Los Pollos Hermanos shirt – and far, far more money than Hector, neatly wrapped in plastic sheeting. Eladio jests over his newcomer's success: Gus clearly has more favor than an envious Hector.

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Hell, Yes!" Moment: Gus cleans up after Hector has left the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant. He crumples up a food wrapping and places it in a distant garbage bin with an overhand throw similar to a basketball player scoring a field goal. His face takes on a smug smirk in the knowledge that Hector has taken his bait and fallen in with his plans without even realizing it. Faux Affably Evil: A deleted scene in the Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant has Hector interacting with the customers in a seemingly friendly fashion, but it amounts to Hector bullying them and enjoying it underneath a very transparent veneer.

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Hector takes Los Pollos Hermanos hostage, and intimidates Gus into taking on Hector's drugs now that Hector's business has been compromised, not realizing that Gus had intentionally had Mike sabotage his operation with this goal in mind. Trespassing to Talk: Suspecting Gus to be behind the recent hit on his business, Hector and his goons Nacho and Arturo go into Los Pollos Hermanos and intimidate the customers into leaving, then hold the employees hostage until Gus arrives.