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Steven Gomez Played by Steven Michael Quezada

Steven Gomez
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Gomez is Hank's partner at the DEA's Albuquerque office. A mellow foil to Hank's boisterous team leader, "Gomie" assists Hank in the investigation into Heisenberg's notorious blue meth.

The relationship between the two partners is based on mutual respect, but also plenty of ribbing about everything from bad breath to their suspects' ethnicity. Despite their camaraderie, Hank doesn't reveal his anxiety attacks to his partner, and Gomez winds up covering for Hank's erratic behavior.

Tension arises when Hank wants to pursue a Heisenberg lead that Gomez dismisses as inconsequential. Hank should just report to El Paso as ordered, Gomez claims. "I'm gettin' tired of all the second guessing," Hank replies tersely.

After Hank turns down the El Paso position, Gomez accepts it. At his partner's farewell party, Hank offers Gomez a statuette of Jesus Malverde, the patron saint of drug dealers. "Know your enemy and all," says Hank. "Fight the good fight, brother," he adds.

Marie is less forgiving after the Cousins attack Hank. "What kind of partner are you?" she asks Gomez. "You were supposed to back him up, and where were you? Texas."

Banished from the hospital waiting room by Marie, Gomez receives updates about Hank's condition from Walt. "You oughta see what Hank did to that bastard," Gomez says about the Cousin who survived the ambush on Hank.

"Burn in hell, you piece of sh—," gloats Gomez when the Cousin later flatlines.

Marie finally allows Gomez to visit Hank in the hospital. He brings with him a map detailing the blue meth's resurgence throughout the Southwest. "You're the only one who saw this coming," Gomez tells Hank. His partner finds cold comfort in the news.

 

Steven Gomez Quotes

“I’m gonna be thinking ‘Operation Breathmint.’”
Season 1, Episode 4: “Cancer Man”
[To Hank] “Tuco wasn’t my homey — any more than Charlie Manson was yours.”
Season 2, Episode 3: “Bit by a Dead Bee”
[Interrogating Tio] “Senor, are we on the Planet Mars?”
Season 2, Episode 3: “Bit by a Dead Bee”
[Referring to Hank's El Paso promotion] “Celebrate. I won’t have to look at your ugly mug six days a week.”
Season 2, Episode 5: “Breakage”
Hank: “Honey, I’m home!”
Gomez: “Got more lives than a damn cat.”
Season 2, Episode 8: “Better Call Saul”
“Wanna know how to say ‘get bent’ in Spanish?”
Season 3, Episode 5: “Mas”
“You comfortable, you piece of s—?”
Season 3, Episode 8: “I See You”
“Jesus I’d love to walk in there and shoot that bastard right in the head.”
Season 3, Episode 8: “I See You”
[To Hank] “Yeah, yeah. Glad to see you still have your twisted sense of humor.”
Season 3, Episode 9: “Kafkaesque”
[To Hank] “You’re the only one who saw this coming.”
Season 3, Episode 9: “Kafkaesque”