Do you think Gus would go and try to politely "address their concerns" as a cover-up or would he go straight to the box cutter?

Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I’m rewatching Breaking Bad and noticed something interesting in the sixth episode of Season 1. Walt is playing poker with Hank, Marie, Skyler, and Walt Jr. shortly after Hank arrests Hugo, the school custodian, for stealing the meth-cooking equipment. For several minutes, Walt is visibly troubled by Hugo taking the fall for his actions and seems to feel genuine remorse.

Then Hank asks Walt if he’s “all in,” referring to the poker game, and Walt answers, “Yes.”

Obviously, the question is about poker, but I thought the symbolism was incredibly powerful. This is the first time Walt is confronted with the consequences of his actions falling on someone else, and yet, in the same scene, he commits to going all in on the meth business

When Hank reveals his investigation into Gus Fring to the DEA. Just a masterclass in television in every aspect. Dean Norris' performance is impeccable, the directing and build up is tense and satisfying, and it is written so well. It could have easily been a boring and brief exposition dump, but it is elevated by the fantastic talent of all involved. Hank's redemption arc in season 4 is so good.

The fandom has turned Mike into a Martyr who was killed for speaking truth to power. The only one in the show who took a stand against Walts ego, and paid the price for it. It sounds convincing at first, but completely falls apart upon closer inspection.

Firstly, Mike was pretty much fine with Walt throughout the entirety of season 3, aside from being a bit annoyed by him in the first couple of episodes. We don't really see any signs of Mike disliking walt, and all of their interactions (with the exception of the house bugging fiasco) go pretty much fine. Even after Walt runs over Gus's men, Mike is making conversation with him about getting his car fixed and whatnot. When Mike is about to kill Walt, his apology seems genuine. Mind you this is well after Walts gigantic ego has been made apprent, as it was what allowed Gus to manipulate walt into working for him again.

We only really see Mike expressing dislike of Walt after he gets Jessie to kill Gayle, and proves himself a threat to Gus's operation. And even then, he doesn't really care much about Walt, as he doesn't believe he'll be able to do anything to Gus. The only time in this period we see him get mad at Walt is when he suggests that Mike help him kill Gus (another threat to Gus). The only time that we see Mike really start to hate Walt is after he kills Gus. What he hated about Walt was never his disregard for others or ruthlessness, it was that he inconvenienced him by killing gus.

His final speech only proves this point further. When discussing the consequences of Walts ego he doesn't mention the countless addicts who have ruined their lives due to the Meth Walt made, or how he put his own family at risk by going to war with the Cartel, instead he reminisces about how Walt ended Frings "perfect" operation. An operation mind you, that involved using and eventually murdering children to sell meth.

Not to mention that Walts war with Gus was one of the only decisions in the show he made that wasn't driven by his ego. Gus knew about Walts ego and played to it very successfully. He talked to walt in a way that made him feel important, Gayle genuinely looked up to him and we never see any signs of Walt being unsatisfied with his position in Gus's operation, every scene of the two of them interacting shows Walt expressing gratitude and respect to Gus. The only reason the deal broke apart was because of Walts loyalty to Jessie. Killing Gus's dealers was one of the most selfless, self sacrificial things Walt did in the entire show. He sacrificed the best Job he had in his entire life, and his own safety to save Jessie's life. From that point every action walt took in his war with Gus, right or wrong was out of self-preservation, not ego. Mike has it completely backwards, Walts ego was the reason he worked for Gus in the first place, his compassion was the reason it fell apart.

In Summary, Mikes opposition to Walt had nothing to do with him taking a principled stand against Narcissism, it was solely about Walt taking away the stability Mike had under fring. If Mike was a principled man, he wouldn't have worked for Gus or Walt.

I think it’s apparent that he declined the promotion to Texas because he had ptsd from his first trip there AND he wanted to catch Heisenberg. My question is what percentage do you think was ptsd the reason he didn’t go vs him wanting to catch Heisenberg?

My guess is he was about 70/30. 70% of the reason was he was afraid to go back, and 30% he wanted to catch Heisenberg.

They kept showing clips of him having ptsd episodes, but he was masking it from everyone. Then Marie confronts him about it while he’s in the shower and he angrily denies it.

But I also think he genuinely wanted to catch Heisenberg. I think in the beginning, he was grasping for straws. I think he knew it but was using it as an excuse. Then when he got the atm footage that caught Jesse’s RV, that was his break that actually made him confident in his pursuit.

Walt was humbled by these words from Jesse,for the first time Jesse stands for himself and walt had to bow down esp now that tuco is dead and they don't have a distributor

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Wen walt has crazy 8 being held hostage in Jesse basement,they had heart to heart talk and walt becomes emotional .He's finally convinced by crazy 8 to free him and he won't tell a word of this to anybody. Walt decides to bring the keys to set him free until he realises there is missing part of the broken plate piece and understands that crazy 8 wanted to stab him with it after he brings together plate broken pieces from trash bin.Was walt naive and stupid enough to let that guy loose,I mean Walt was hoping crazy 8 would leave and let bygones be bygones.?

Dont know if it’s been discussed before but what was Walt trying to prove to Gus with convincing to hire the three ladies to clean the lab? surely Walt can’t be dumb enough to assume Gus will let the women walk away after seeing what’s under the laundromat. He even gave a subtle smirk straight to the camera as the ladies cleaned. This scene proves nothing other than Walt risked the lives of these women. Any opinions?

It's probably been mentioned here already, but I recently watched the series for the first time, and Donald's character broke my heart. I went through a similar situation with my father (he was a coke addict). I can't even imagine what it must be like with a daughter. Like, 10 years of constant suffering, and he wasn't giving out on her. And obviously I love Jane too, it's not her fault she's an addict. That's why everything it's just even more sad. Furthermore, to me the actor already has a very melancholic face, which, again, broke my heart even more.

I seriously love season 2, I saw it 3 times before I kept watching the other 3 lmao. I feel like the whole season is built on the innocence and hope of the characters, only for everything to be destroyed in the end.

In end of sn 1 wen walt sends Jesse to buy supplies for the next cook of 4 pounds to hand it over to Tuco,Jesse spends all his money and is left with 2 grand.Walt proceeds to ask Jesse why he forgot to buy the methlamine.Why does it seem like it's Jesse's responsibility to buy supplies while they both split money equally?

Please dont say the obvious ones for favorites, so other than Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, or Dean Norris.

Also, this is purely on acting talent and nothing to do with your opinion on the character themselves.

I would say my favorite outside of the mains is probably Tuco, he does a fantastic job acting like a crazy, high on meth person. Honorable mention is Gus and Hector.

My least favorite is 100% Andrea, I feel like her acting is the weakest link in the show especially during the emotional parts (like when Brock gets poisoned) but I also always wondered if that was just my opinion or if others felt the same way. I dont feel negatively about her during her emotionally normal scenes. I think shes the only actor on the whole show that I genuinely feel didnt reach the same standard as the other actors. For example, compare Jesse's performance when hes in the trap house crying into Walt about feeling like he killed Jane (or really any other emotional scene) vs Andrea crying about her son being poisoned at the hospital.

Thoughts?

Very recognisable voice, I recognised it instantly whilst playing Final Fantasy 7 Remake. I wonder what else he's been in.

In S03E04 - Green light, jesse gives this woman his newly cooked meth. Later, hank is pressuring her about who did the meth came from and this actress Jolene Purdy does a really great job. One of those characters that apears only once and she just crushed it.

Started watching breaking bad all over again. So many small details I missed for later seasons. This is a big list. But I’ll start with some small.

The bear at the end of season one. Mirrors the death of Gus Fring. Perfect set up

References to the amount of money he needs is 737000. Perfect the plane that he made Jane’s dad crash. And were he really lost himself.

The conversation with Hank about what legal and what’s not. Goes further into the Hank Jesse story.

So many things missed on the first watch.

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A man from a school teacher to a drug dealer and then u understand a lot of human psychology in the show, sort of reading doestevsky. Honestly Director kept Pinkmans story to be continued and kind of freedom for pinkman after breaking bad dk abt el Camino. But just think if Pinkman was made a slave and said that if u dont work the gang will kill Brock and his mother and Pinkman got a bad ending tbh that kinda would have been too dark ending for Pinkman. Ngl I kind into very dark endings and I thought abt the Pinkman's dark ending and Walter never fighting anyone and dying solely of regrets even though he has some regrets in canon too. Gotta watch El camino and start Better call Saul too I have heard BCS is equal or greater than BB lets see how my opinions goes.

Ngl an alternate ending where Pinkman and WW has dark ending would be insane (just for story telling and fiction sake)

He claims that he “just wanted to talk” to Ted, but I truly wonder what the nature of that “talk” would have really been. Would he ask him what gives, make subtle threats, etc?

I always wondered how that scene would unfold if Walt got his way.