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The #BBS4Finale brought an explosive end to what was to date the show's main conflict: Walter and Jesse versus their boss, Gus. Upon finding out that Gus visits Hector "Tio" Salamanca in his rest home and that the two are enemies, Walter found the opportunity he was looking for. Walter had Tio meet with the DEA to put him back on Gus' radar, and Tyrus notices. Gus and Tyrus confronted Tio and prepared to lethally inject him, but it was revealed Walter rigged Tio's wheelchair with the pipe bomb he made last episode. Tio detonated the bomb by ringing his bell, killing Gus. Jesse and Walter then destroyed their old lab, finally free of the meth kingpin's clutches. The pair then checked on Brock, who Jesse revealed would be okay. The doctors told him that Brock had not ingested ricin, but "lily of the valley". Meanwhile, Walter's family was crouched around the TV, watching news of the explosion. Skyler called Walter, who told her they were

The final episode of Breaking Bad 's fourth season may become a climax point for the series. The season's 13th episode, "Face Off", seems primed to bring one of the series' signature conflicts to an end: will Walter and Jesse be able to escape Gus' grip? In the previous episode, " End Times ", viewers saw Jesse pitted against Walt once again as Gus pulled the strings behind them. A child Jesse is close to, Brock, was poisoned using Jesse's ricin-filled cigarette intended for Gus. Jesse initially believes this to be Walter and comes to kill him, but is then convinced by Walt that Gus had known about the cigarette and had someone lift it and give it to Brock. Furious, Jesse teamed up with Walt once again, the pair conspiring to plant a bomb on Gus' car. The plot fails, however, as Gus stops and walks away from his car before getting close enough for Walter to detonate it, seemingly aware while never actually noticing Walter. It is unknown