Cheers & Jeers: Steven Bauer Breaking Bad's Wiseguy

Steven Bauer Cheers to Steven Bauer for getting his professional existence of crime to Breaking Bad.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!SPOILER ALERT! Please stop reading through should you haven't viewed last night's episode!The Cuban-born tough guy, whose primetime rap sheet stretches to The Rockford Files and Hill Street Blues (when he was charged under his original surname Esteban "Rocky" Echevarria) introduced a higher-quality verisimilitude to negligence cartel kingpin Don Eladio in "Salud," this week's episode of AMC's superbly brutal drama. The drug the almighty am intoxicatingly evil it was almost sad - hey, I stated almost - when he gave in towards the poison given by Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito - somebody give this guy an Emmy!) to avenge his partner's lengthy-ago murder in Mexico.Bauer is possibly most widely known for his role as Al Pacino's condemned henchman Manny Ribera in Scarface, therefore it was nice to determine him ascend towards the throne, although briefly. Younger crowd reunited with Jonathan Banks - his ex-OCB handler around the great crime drama Wiseguy - who required a bullet as Gus' right-hands guy Mike. Happily, it appears like he'll survive: Nothing can stop Iron Mike.Can you give "Salud" a Cheer?Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!