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Mike Ehrmantraut is the overall tritagonist of the Breaking Bad franchise. He is the central antagonist of Breaking Bad, the deuteragonist of Better Call Saul, and a posthumous character in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

He was a former corrupt cop Who got into crime to atone for his son's death by providing for his beloved granddaughter Kaylee as Mike blamed himself after he had convinced his son Matt to go along with corruption in the force and his hesitancy resulted in him being murdered by Troy Hoffman and Jack Fesnky. Mike tracked down his son's killers and murdered them.

Mike Initally did not Want to be associated With any violent work but agreed When Nacho Varga offered him Money to help murder his boss Tuco Salamanca  but Mike decided to find an alternative solution ostensibly to avoid bringing in the wrath of the Mexican drug cartel. Mike deliberately Swiped his Car into Tuco,s and provoked Tuco into attacking him. When Questioned by Nacho about why he put himself through all of it Mike refused to answer.

Mike found himself approached by Tuco's Uncle Hector Salamanca Who attempted to bribe Mike into Saying the gun found on Tuco belonged to him. after this failed Hector sent his other nephews Marco and Leonel to threaten Kaylee. Mike then paid Nacho compensation for his failure to Kill Tuco and planned revenge on Hector by highjacking one of his trucks though he spared the driver,(which tipped Nacho off to his identity) .

Hurting Hecotor,s business Made Mike Very Joyvial but after learning from  Nacho  that Hector had shot an innocent civilian Who had tried to help the driver he became full of regret. This only furthered Mike's animosity between Hector as he attempted to sabotage his business even more and attract police attention Which brought Mike into Contact With Hector's rival Gus Fring Who welcomed Mike into his organization.

Using information he got from Nacho Mike anonymously reported the body of the man Hector had killed in the hopes of giving his family some closure.

Through Mike's job with Gus he bonded With Werner Zeigler. When Werner tried abandoning work to see his wife it was decided he could not be trusted. Mike tried convincing Gus to spare him but Gus Was adamant that he die. Mike allowed Werner to contact his his wife and tell her to return to Germany so she would remain safe from Gus then shot Werner dead.

Mike Assisted Criminal lawyer Saul Goodman in arranging a  meeting between Gus and Saul's clients Jesse Pinkman and Walter White. after Jesse's girlfriend Jane died of a heroin overdose Mike Was sent by Saul  to remove anything incriminating that could lead to drugs. during this Mike remained unsympathetic to Jesse's grief over his girlfriend's death  and sternly coached him on what to say to the paramedics.

Saul Paid Mike to Spy on Walt's wife Skyler as he feared she might incriminate him. on the tape Mike and Saul heard that Walt planned to take revenge on Ted Beneke for sleeping With Skyler. As Walt tried attacking Ted Mike arrived and dragged him away  and took him back to Saul' office. Walt Was enraged When Saul made a comment about his wife and had to be restrained by Mike.

Walt faced a difficult dilemma as Jesse planned to Murder the drug dealers Who had used a kid to Murder his friend Combo but Walt felt it was a bad idea and could tell Jesse wasn't going to take his advice. he considered having Jesse placed in a county jail to keep him going through With the plan and thus protect him from Gus's wrath. though he felt it was a bad idea Saul asked Mike for help.

Mike arrived at Walt's home to tell him he wasn,t going through With the plan and told  a story about how his warning of an abusive husband instead of outright eliminating him led to the wife,s death describing this as "half measure" and advised Walt not to take any "half measures "With Jesse.

Despite the advise Walt later killed the dealers to  safe Jesse's life as he had  went after them after they murdured their child accomplice  With Walt then instructing Jesse to go into hiding. acting on Gus's orders Mike intimidated Saul into giving him Jesse's location but Saul cleverly fed him false information.

Mike and Gus's other henchman Victor Were then instructed to Kill Walt but he prevented this by having Jesse Kill Gale Boetticer (the only meth cook besides Walt and Jesse Gus had) forcing Gus to spare both men as neither would work if the other man was killed.

Though Mike had been shocked by Gus's callous murder of Victor  he rejected Walt's attempt to recruit him into the plan to Kill Gus and ruthlessly assaulted him showing that he had maintained his loyalty. Gus and Mike planned to turn Jesse against Walt in order to be able to Kill him  With Gus even arranging for Jesse to "save" Mike from one of Gus,s own Men. Mike Would later return the favor by Saving Jesse from a cartel member.When Mike Was shot by Joquain Salamanca Jesse Was concerned and drove him to the hospital where he became frustrated with doctor Barry Goodman's prioritization of Gus who had also been wounded.

Mike Was forced to stay in the hospital for a while but after recovering and learning that Walt has organized Gus's death He angrily confronted him and aimed his gun at  Walt but When Jesse put himself in the way Mike couldn,t go through With it as he had grown  fond of Jesse. the three men then all worked together to dispose of Gus,s laptop and get rid of all incriminating evidence against themselves.

Walt and Jese later approached Mike to help them with their business but Mike refused due to his dislike of Walt. Mike Met With Lydia Rodarte Quayle Who wanted to murder their associates in prison to keep them from testifying but Mike Was more hesitant about doing so.

After deducing that Lydia Would hire Chris Mara to Kill the witnesses and take him out Mike arranged a meeting where he killed Chris. angered by the death of two of his Men Mike confronted Lydia and ambushed her at her home. After realizing that Lydia,s daughter was nearby Mike refrained from shooting her and reluctantly called Walt to accept his prior offer.

Walt was enraged that so much money was being used for Mike's guys in Prison. after all working together to  Comit a heist the men's associate Todd Alquist Murder a young boy Called Drew Sharp Who had witnessed this.

Though Mike did get angry and threaten Todd he ultimately agreed With Walt that it would be best to keep Todd around. Mike and Jesse then planned to get out of the business by selling out to Drug Dealer Declan but things went wrong when Mike's lawyer Dan Whacshberger wWas arrested causing Mike to lose his money.

Mike then asked for Saul to retrieve money he had stored in an airport but Saul refused and Mike refused to have Jesse involved. because of this Walt came to give Mike his money to  get out of town. Walt tried to use the money as leverage on Mike by demanding to Know the names of Mike,s guys in Prison but Mike refused and ripped the bag from Walt's hand

When Walt sarcastically told Mike he was welcomed Mike responded angrily by telling him that he put them in the situation by Killing Gus.

As he went to leave an enraged Walt shot him. realising he could have got the names from Lydia Walt tried to apologize but Mike told him to shut up me before passing away. Mike's death was one of the many contributing factors to the increasingly strained relationship between Walt and Jesse.

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