'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,/9j/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGBQYHBwYIChAKCgkJChQODwwQFxQYGBcUFhYaHSUfGhsjHBYWICwgIyYnKSopGR8tMC0oMCUoKSj/2wBDAQcHBwoIChMKChMoGhYaKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCgoKCj/wAARCAAGAAoDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAFgABAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUH/8QAIhAAAQMDAwUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgEDBAAFEQYTURIUISJx/8QAFAEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA//EABoRAAICAwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAxECIjH/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/AMt01ryZaI8YosZhXBJDj7gIaNllPK81EftFz3nM9hnqXPsfPylKGVLGqHi26f/Z'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Tyrus Kitt doesn’t say much, but when he shows up in Better Call Saul, things get serious.
He is Gus Fring’s (Giancarlo Esposito) right-hand muscle in both Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad: ultra-loyal, totally intimidating, and not the kind of guy you want to mess with.
Ray Campbell nails the silent-but-deadly personality. Tyrus is always lurking, keeping an eye on everyone, and following Gus’s orders to the letter, no matter how brutal. He doesn’t get a happy ending, but while he is around, he is the last person you want to see standing in your doorway.
Tyrus in Better Call Saul
Tyrus first shows up in Better Call Saul Season 3, tagging along with Gus out in the desert while they keep tabs on Mike Ehrmantraut. Right from the start, you can tell the guy is tight with Gus: super chill, barely says a word, but always watching everything like a hawk.
Over at the Los Pollos Hermanos Factory Farm, he handles supply runs, keeping the drug shipments moving, and making sure guys like Nacho Varga and Arturo Colon don’t step out of line. If Gus needs something done, Tyrus is right there, no questions asked.
In Better Call Saul Season 4, Gus is gearing up to level up his drug game, and guess who is right in the middle of it? Tyrus. He is everywhere: dropping in with the latest on Hector Salamanca’s health, making sure the drugs keep flowing, and even getting his hands dirty faking Arturo’s murder to look like the cartel did it. Tyrus even suggests that they have to rough up Nacho just enough to keep him clinging to life, all for show.
He has also got Mike on his radar, keeps tabs on everything, and helps out with that future superlab, the one that becomes a legend later on.
In Better Call Saul Season 5, Tyrus’s menace reaches its peak. He straight-up kidnaps Nacho from his own house. Then he turns around and threatens Nacho’s dad. At one point, he is all gung-ho about shutting down the cartel’s dead drops, way ahead of schedule, but Gus and Nacho have to drag him back because Lalo Salamanca would sniff that out in a second.
In Better Call Saul Season 6, Tyrus totally loses his cool when Gus tells Mike to pressure Manuel Varga, Nacho’s father. Mike pushes back, and Tyrus actually shoves a gun in his face. Then, Nacho calls, and the whole thing gets derailed.
Tyrus sticks around for all the messy cartel business: interrogations, chasing after Lalo, and more. And he is the one shoveling dirt over Lalo and Howard’s bodies under the superlab.
Tyrus in Breaking Bad
Tyrus strolls into Breaking Bad after Victor dies, sliding into the role of Gus’s new muscle in the lab. The guy is basically Walt and Jesse’s parole officer, lurking around, and enforcing Gus’s rules with zero patience for anyone stepping out of line.
He has got Jesse’s place wired up and watched 24/7, like Big Brother. At one point, three Honduran laundry workers had a quick chat with Walt, and Tyrus got them deported.
He also watches Hank Schrader’s house, just waiting for trouble. And when Gus gives the word, Tyrus tases Walt and kidnaps him.
Then there’s that classic moment, with Walt lurking around, plotting to off Gus, and Tyrus anonymously calls him up, saying: “Go home.”
Tyrus Kitt is loyal, but he is also a sadistic creep. He seems to get a kick out of making Walt’s life miserable. Smirks every time Walt is in pain, acts like Jesse is not even worth handing a phone to directly.
Tyrus meets his end in the Breaking Bad Season 4 finale, Face Off. Hector Salamanca rolls up to the DEA, and Tyrus gets all paranoid, thinking he is about to pull something shady with Gus.
Naturally, Tyrus tails him back to the nursing home and goes full security guard, poking around Hector’s room for anything fishy. However, he fails to notice the bomb Walt has planted on Hector’s wheelchair.
Fast forward: Gus shows up with a syringe, all ready to finish Hector off. But then Hector goes ham on his bell, and goes off, and just like that, Tyrus, Gus, and Hector are all dead. That’s Breaking Bad for you.
Tyrus is just built to piss people off. The guy is all about being nasty, since he will do something cruel just because he can. He is the one who helps set up Arturo’s murder, then decides Nacho needs a couple of bullets for “realism.” Threatens Nacho’s dad, almost pops Mike just for daring to talk back to Gus.
He mistreats Walt and Jesse, often enjoying their suffering. And when it comes to Gus’s little surveillance game, Tyrus is all business, with zero sympathy, just cold as ice.
Tyrus Kitt is basically Gus’s attack dog. And it’s not even the loud kind of villainy. He is quietly terrifying. When he finally dies in Breaking Bad, you almost want to cheer. If you are looking for a poster child for “ruthless henchman,” you found your guy.
Trending
Also Read: Better Call Saul cast and characters: Here's who brought the Vince Gilligan crime drama to life
Reply
