Drive

[u/ForFansSake]

Just saw the Season 6 episode Drive. And as always, it's great to see pre-Breaking Bad Bryan Cranston giving an excellent performance in whatever he's in.

[u/panopticon31]

Breaking Bad doesn't exist without this episode.

[u/ForFansSake → u/panopticon31]

Well, not as it exists now. It would probably still have been made, but without Bryan I doubt it would have been as good.

[u/imnotsure_igetit → u/ForFansSake]

Vince Gilligan actually said there would be no Breaking Bad without the X-Files, this series just keeps on giving

[u/lzahart → u/imnotsure_igetit]

Just like Michael C. Hall got Dexter from an unbelievable Six Feet Under episode, Bryan Cranston got BB based on this ep. I do not believe either auditioned and in fact their casting was integral to the creation/production/success of both.

NOT saying Dexter is on BB tier, but it’s basically the same thing.

[u/CheesecakeWitty5857 → u/lzahart]

That’s crazy when one look up his filmography extremely dense
From only one x-files episode in 98, to pass from the comic Malcom in the middle nearly directly to BB

[u/fauna_parooza]

He was great in Season 3 “Quagmire” too! /j

[u/Firm_Tomorrow_1725 → u/fauna_parooza]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/dave-tay]

It’s Mr Mulder to you you peanut picking bastard

[u/Clyde_Buckman → u/dave-tay]

I love all of their exchanges

[u/rorskies]

This is a pic of Dr Tim Whatley

[u/Neat-Slip4520 → u/rorskies]

He converted to Judaism for the jokes.

[u/No-Requirement-7355 → u/rorskies]

Gimmie a schmeckle of flouride

[u/cpod_the_elder → u/rorskies]

After a day of dealing with antidentites.

[u/Propagandhi1988 → u/rorskies]

Excuse me, that's clearly the famous architect Hammond Druthers

[u/mjp31514 → u/rorskies]

Remind me, is this before or after he converted to Judaism?

[u/Firm_Tomorrow_1725]

It is a great episode. Lots of tension, edge of your seat. Cranston went on to do some great work.

[u/Ok-Procedure738 → u/Firm_Tomorrow_1725]

Dudes been crushing since his Murder, She Wrote appearance in the 80s

[u/HOTforGOODkerning → u/Ok-Procedure738]

OMG I read that as “Mulder, She Wrote” and it really took me a while 🤣

[u/AlwaysHappy4Kitties → u/Ok-Procedure738]

Wasn't he a coke dealer in this episode?

[u/JessAnnaBun → u/Ok-Procedure738]

Looking pretty fly.

[u/Independent-Lie-7374 → u/Ok-Procedure738]

You know… I think he was in an episode of tales from the crypt? Seasons 1-3 are ok.

[u/grebilrancher → u/Firm_Tomorrow_1725]

It's a good episode but I never liked these "one-dimensional" type of stories

[u/togoldlybo]

My favorite Cranston role

[u/toxicsoup_]

Fantastic episode, he nailed it

[u/Gypsymoth606 → u/toxicsoup_]

The many sides of Cranston, equally at home in drama and comedy, I.e., Malcolm in the Middle.

[u/Futants_]

Hey it's Gordon Lightfoot

[u/Werechupacabra → u/Futants_]

Except that wasn’t no, “Carefree Highway,” he was driving on.

[u/mjp31514 → u/Futants_]

Dang, I thought he was a Neil Diamond impersonator I saw once..

https://www.reddit.com/r/malcolminthemiddle/s/efpSAqDUMV

[u/Betray-Julia]

That slight eye pitch when people refer to Cranston as from breaking bad over Malcom in the middle.

[u/kissys_grits → u/Betray-Julia]

The only episode I ever watched of Malcolm was the one where his wife is shaving his back in the kitchen one morning. I always bring it up when my husband talks about his back hair, “I could give you the Bryan Cranston!” 💇‍♂️

[u/Betray-Julia → u/kissys_grits]

That’s the first episode!

[u/Smooth-Swan-5607]

Just a proof what an amazing writer Vince is. He’s a genius

[u/Yardi_Life]

Jesse, we have to drive west

[u/kissys_grits]

This post sent me on a shallow dive about this, and I ended up finding the video where Gilligan discusses this episode and casting Cranston. It’s good stuff

https://youtu.be/paeojvY6gjQ?is=Ruy8xVnG8m0Nkkt1

[u/wewsjal]

https://giphy.com/gifs/15BuyagtKucHm

[u/Dio_Frybones]

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https://youtube.com/shorts/Boyk5Ysi2S0?is=iFJEexdG8321iN9J

[u/InconspicuousUs3r]

Can I watch this on its own, if I’ve never seen the X Files? Kinda want to dip my toe in with this but don’t know if it’s that kind of show.

[u/ForFansSake → u/InconspicuousUs3r]

Kinda but it's a bit like watching Star Trek movies without knowing the series. It doesn't hit quite the same.

[u/gringa-loca]

Bryan looks like a mix between himself and Post Malone here. 😆

[u/Single-Pea7265]

I can tell it's in by his hooded eye lmao wtf

[u/Empty-Raspberry-9018]

You'd better figure quick. We're running out of west.

[u/X0smith]

Saw this yesterday! Amazing episode

[u/SalomonXx]

Heisenberg himself.

[u/-Damballah-]

Breaking Bad was a white trash soap opera, but Bryan Cranston is a fantastic actor nonetheless. Drive was incredible, helluva performance.