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Yeah but he'll never be free truely. The physical, emotional, and psychological scars run too deep. He's been through so much. He'll have ptsd and paranoia, no doubt. Hopefully his character is done justice in el camino.
@@horrorhistory7342 depends on the person, some people can go through hell and not have a touch of PTSD or really any long-lasting effects, others hear a car exhaust go off too loud (exaggerating ofc) and have trauma, and the interesting thing is research shows it can vary over an individuals life which side they fall on, and usually has very little to do with other characteristics/traits, the Israeli army studied has studied this for decades and found really interesting results. Not really disagreeing with what you said just find it super interesting myself!
@@DragonsFrogs Yeah and since Ive seen el camino came out, I believe I was right with Jesse having PTSD if those flashbacks in response to certain stimuli were that.
@@horrorhistory7342 while he obviously does have PTSD, by the end of El Camino it feels like he forgets/leaves walter behind while he's driving in Alaska and walter is the root of a lot of his problems. It feels like jesse has made peace with his inner demons and is moving on with his life.
Yeah and then when Skylar tells him to pay the IRS he's like "well if I do, my life is still screwed up" like bud you're gonna get screwed a lot worse in prison with a face like that
Jesse was amazing- the most relatable character. I think the video slightly missed the mark, with Jesse though- He DID regret his actions, but that's not the "type of evil" he represented- it's just how he RESPONDED to his "evil" acts. But Jesse's "evil" was the most common kind, IRL; "the evil of weakness"- All Jesse's "evil" acts, are because he (in that moment, at least) lacks the strength to resist his drug addiction, he lacks the strength to stand up to Walt and say "no", and early in the series, his (fairly normal , very human) weakness makes him want to be the "cool drug kingpin", which leads to all the rest of his "evil" acts, in the series. And in the real world, this is how most "evil" happens- People who WANT to do harm and be "evil" are extremely rare. But often the worst, most "evil" acts are from people caving in to their own weakness- Addicts and alcoholics who cave in to the addiction, and do something terrible, harmiing others, while messed up on drugs/booze. Or weakness causing people to cave in to momentary anger or sexual weakness, to commit horrific acts of violence, terrible sex-crimes, etc. Or even the weakness and insecurity that causes people to blame all their problems on a certain race or religion, that can result in terrorism or even genocide. In the real world, the majority of what we call "evil" ultimately comes down to weakness, in one form or another.
Especially in the Peekaboo episode I felt like I was actually feeling the same shock and panic he was going through in the ATM scene. The overall scenario combined with his acting was heartbreaking
@@drpufosoide5422 if I remember right it might’ve been Emilio but a killing like that probably wasn’t that emotional to Walt. He actually believed he and Krazy 8 were getting to equal grounding only to find out that he was gonna stab him after freeing him.
Ted is written to be hated much more than Walt, ironically, even the deeds of what he did doesn't even come close to Walt. Ted is a coward that has no backbones, he's a cheater, a fraud and also stupid.
I just rewatched the show. You're beating up on Walt Jr. too much. There is a difference between not knowing something and willful ignorance. As soon as Walt Jr. figured out what was up, he turned his back on Walt. Now SKYLER knew some shit was up.
I think that the first time watching it, you're on Walt's side. You think he's a bad-ass and Skylar is annoying. The second time around, I saw Walt as almost abusive with his lies, and how he treated her.
It’s my first time watching it and yes, I feel bad for Skyler but I feel like she could’ve at least understood what Walt was trying to do. Instead, she distanced herself from Walt. In the end I feel really bad for Walt. Everything he did was for his family but it just turned into something more morbid. He just wanted to provide for something that he loved and even though he did, he ended up losing everything he cared about (family) without anyone trying to understand him and his motives.
@@freeasf7355 I disagree, Walter may have done it for the family in the beginning of the show, but the further he got along he did it more and more for himself. His motives became selfish. Saying "I'm doing it for my family" became a lie that he told himself and everyone else.
Watching the series for the second time, I’ve come to realize how Skyler truly was looking out for her family. Fans of the series should back her up more.
I felt completely differently watching it a second time. Where you might initially see her as a good hearted antagonist for Walt, she really is a criminal mastermind of her own when you consider that she was the final step in Walt turning his business into something big. She also hurts her family but unlike Walt, she actually wants to do something positive.
So many guys I've known talk just like Hank does. As a Latina, there were so many times I wanted to see Hank's character get humbled in the toughest way. But his character made me feel empathetic when he was being made to feel like an outcast by the team in Texas and again when Walt confronts him in his garage and he says, "You don't give a shit about family!" In that moment, I could see and feel the pain in his eyes. It wasn't just about catching a bad guy to boost his ego and career (which is what I thought at first). In that moment, I saw that Walt truly hurt him because they were supposed to be family, not enemies.
I started Breaking Bad a month ago and I bingewatched it in a few weeks, genuinely thinking I have missed the times when the fandom would pour down content. Instead, I see the fandom still goes strong 5 years after the end.
She definitely got better, more controlled and edited herself way more in later seasons. But the first couple seasons with her refusal to acknowledge her shoplifting, stealing Skyler's thunder, attention seeking, all that - I think was just too cringe to forget. One of her best lines was "I know you think I have a big mouth. But I dont know what I'd do if you felt like you couldn't talk to me." (Not verbatim)
I believe Marie's evil is somehow the most harmless after all. Though she is a women with some ego, that definitely would not grow to something like Walt's.
"Socially accepted unkindness", that's a great term. Though these days we're testing the limits of the socially accepted part... and redefining unkindess
They did an excellent one on Chuck already. I think they are waiting until the show is over or if the characters die so they can do a complete analysis.
THANK YOU for pointing out that Walt was basically forcing Skyler to stay married even when she asked him multiple times for a divorce. It upsets me that people always refer to her as a whore and an unfaithful wife but the cheating part happened after Walt refused to get divorced. Also don't forget that she stood by his side helping him and also putting herself at risk because of this sociopathic man.
@@thetruthlies7yeah I’m sure she wasn’t motivated by Walt’s riches and the thought of an easy life whatsoever. Stop defending Skylar. What’s her justification for helping Ted with tax evasion then? Exactly none. Skylar is just as much of a criminal as the rest. Not to mention she’s just an unpleasant, controlling and manipulative person for the entire series too, even before Walt breaks bad.
@@cynicaltheastrocreep4504 "How might I be an infant? Because of misandry?" Where in the video were the screenprism people demonstrating "misandry". _Sigh_ Just dbling down on the inanity, huh? You poor kid.
1:34 I like how it shows Hector Salamanca on the deeply evil part because that guy really was a monster and part of the reason his nephews became monsters too.
One thing you've never really gone into that's interesting about Hank is his complete disregard for criminals, the fact that they literally stop being human to him the minute they commit a crime. That's would be kinda interesting to talk about in comparison to characters like Jessie or Mike.
Yeah!! Hank manipulating Jesse and trying to send him to his death just in order to get Walt. Also, wants to play it dirty so he never calls on actual backup and puts Gomey and himself in a deadly situation. A hero????? With hubris that size????
By extension Walter’s side is taken and he manipulates the audience. You see the sadness and anguish on his face when Sky tells him she cheated on him. You see her give Beneke that tax money, which had Walt and the audience thinking she had led them all to be murdered by Fring, etc
I never really looked at Walt Jr's ignorance as being "bad", you're right - not trying to understand the way the world is working around you, especially when you can see that something huge is happening, is a major fault. Insidious is the right word to use for Hank's nature. Ted was an idiotic a-hole; a gnat that Skyler had to swat away. I actually felt bad for Gale the first time I watched this series. The next time I felt bad for Jesse. Jesse almost always took the brunt of the punishments - the repercussions - of Walt's actions. Can't wait for the next video. 😊❤️
I feel like terming JR's ignorance "bad" is a stretch...he is ignorant because of his father's deception; surely there are different types of ignorance, like you can ignorant of other people's cultures where maybe you should be more educated and that's different to being ignorant of someone's actions because they are deceiving you.
yeah I came to say what Sarah L said. Ignorance causes a lot of problems in the world and in general, people should take responsibility for informing themselves, but in Walter Jr.'s case, I really can't see how he could even have known there was anything to know. Even if he did get an idea that there were things his parents weren't telling him, he had no realistic way of finding out what those things might be.
@@a_cep Actually...realistically...if he wanted to know, he could have known. He's not stupid. He's like his uncle (who he's pretty close to, btw), the DEA agent, being ignorant - on purpose. They didn't want to know. They closed their eyes to the possibility that their loved ones (who they thought they knew) were doing something illegal, right under their eyes. Yes. Ignorance. Or we can call it obtuse; stupid. But, nah, I prefer ignorant. 😊
@@angie-tq4ew "if he wanted to know, he could have known" How exactly do you figure that? He's not exactly a detective, as soon as he realised there was something going on he demanded to be told the truth, i think that would remove him from being wilfully ignorant. If there is no difference between being deceived and being wilfully ignorant in your sense of morality, i won't ever agree.
@@theraven268 Let's not make this personal, okay. It's not *my* sense of morality. Let's try to remember that we are talking about fictional characters that have their own f'd up sense of morality. And, yes, we do know how being "a detective" helped Hank, right? The biggest clue for Jr. would be the fact that he's pulled out of his home, hidden in his uncle's home, who's a DEA agent, and surrounded in that home by DEA agents, and your father refuses to be with them. What exactly does Hank do for a living? What does DEA stand for? DRUG Enforcement Agency. BIG clue. So yes, deceived - but also willfully ignorant, because he should at least realized that whatever was happening was because of drugs in his family. He could have at least have thought that one of his parents was doing drugs. But he never even goes *there,* because he doesn't want to.
I suspect that Hank was the way that he was because he dealt with EVIL EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS POLICE CAREER... streets smarts... a substantial measure of toughness and thick skin... and knowing when to strategically 'explode/erupt' to get information or get something done is part of any larger city cop's essential survival skills... very solid video overall... congrats on all the hard work that went into it!
Anyone else who didn’t really buy the whole Ted Benneke storyline? I mean, come on. Anyone who has ever been haunted by the IRS would confirm, that you would jump a mile high at the chance of getting out of a situation like that...especially if it doesn’t cost you anything. Him not paying his damn backtaxes with that money is completely unbelievable.
Rara Avis --I thought Beneke was another ego driven not so bright guy. He was self indulgent and seemed to totally believe that if your MOTIVE was innocent then it couldn’t be seen as bad. The same flip that Skylar would declare about Marie’s shoplifting that she tells Walt she should’ve turned her sister in, but Walt questioned that-wisely, since the two sisters are both very secretive and almost blindly loyal.
MOST people would jump at that chance, yes.....but I have known a few people like Ted....can't keep 2 nickels in one place for long, and seem to think they are bulletproof.....do whatever pleases them & consequences be damned.
If I remember correctly, Jesse only took issue when DIRECTLY confronted with the effects of the meth industry. For example, he was very upset about the negligence of the child of two meth addicts, but was plenty happy to keep producing and peddling highly addictive meth, which is what fueled such negligence. In that regard, he's like Gale, representing the evil of avoiding responsibility. Jesse could cry about the damage alright, but he took a long time to come forward and go to the police. In that way, he's also like Ted Beneke- evil by taking the easy way out. The difference between him and those two is that Jesse has more self-awareness. He analyzed his actions in a way that the shallow-thinking Ted didn't. Jesse's naturally more sensitive and emotional mind may have been what tortured him into such repentance, rather than necessarily being more innocent. I don't consider Jesse to be a saint or a victim, and I don't compare him with Skyler.
“No one cares about the war unless it’s in your backyard” just like how Jessie didn’t think twice about selling the very damaging crystal meth until he saw how bad those 2 meth head neglecting parents were.
I don't think it's a matter of "putting him in a box", that seems a very simplistic way of looking at it. Even here in this video they're not trying to suggest THIS is the entirety of what Hank Schroeder amounts to in his existence as a human being. Rather there are many psychological attributes that you can hang on a person given their behavior, their decision making, and this is some of what is appropriate to Hank in particular.
Oh my gosh. Please start watching it. My only warning is that it makes most other shows (and movies) pale by comparison in terms of quality. The entire narrative is a labor of love on the part of the writers. Vince Gilligan and all the writers, cinematographers, etc created something really special.
Highly recommended. I found it a little slow to get into, but it ratchets up bit by bit each season and really pulls you in and leaves a lasting impression. There's so much amazing content out there that one can never get to it all, but if you ever get the chance, give it a go.
Kathryn Vincent I’ve seen all the “all-time greats” between The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, etc.....finished Breaking Bad over winter break last year and it legitimately may be the best out of the series I just mentioned. Do yourself a favor, stop spoiling yourself of the show by watching it on YT, and go watch it on Netflix. Trust me.
Sarah L I have no idea? Maybe wherever you are in the world but there's a 100% chance that cream took it's name from the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro aka Vergil or Virgil. He lived under the reign of Augustus and wrote The Aeneid (his most famous work), The Georgics and some other stuff. The Dante that Screen Prism mentions is Dante Allighieri, a 15th century poet from Florence, Italy. He wrote a poem called Dante's Inferno, which describes him going through all the rings of hell with the Roman poet Vergil/Virgil As his guide. Because he loved Vergil's work, and because Vergil taught him so much about writing, Dante wrote Vergil in his own as a character.
The one thing I haven't seen anyone point out is the way Hank's homemade beer "cooks" sort of parallel Walt's meth cooking... both are weirdly proud of their intoxicating products and both are running a sort of homemade operation (well Walt progresses out of it, but that's where he begins)
I only have 1 major disagreement with this video, and that is Gayle’s section. Contrary to societal beliefs, I believe Gayle was truly the most wholesome and innocent person caught up in Walters Life (Aside from the children and plane victims) He isn’t ignoring his responsibilities, He clearly believes he is helping by putting out a pure product that maintains a chemical consistency which is the closest practice of “regulation” the drug world never usually has. If he wasn’t making the drugs then someone else, possibly less qualified, would be doing it instead. So we could argue in favour of his moral/societal responsibility to manufacture a “safer” product then any who would take his place. Secondly, unless you are a designated caretaker, it isn’t anyones responsibility what anyone else chooses to do with their own body. This is ideal is especially so among libertarians and alike. Psychoactive Substances aka “Drugs” are not inherently good or bad, and although the subjectivity behind the idea of what constitutes as Good/Bad can spiral into another major topic in and of itself, Drugs are inanimate objects don’t take responsibility over anyones choice. Just like a Hammer cant be blamed for a murder, Drugs shouldn’t be blamed for destroying peoples lives. People let drugs into their lives through choice, and they continue to give drugs power over themselves through habit. If there was anything that was responsible for the drug epidemic. I truly believe it is our archaic drug laws and enforcement, along with societal expectations which is to blame for the ruining of peoples lives. If drugs and/or people using drugs wasn’t illegal and people werent looked down upon or shamed for their use, then there wouldn’t be an epidemic. More conservative thinking people like to refute this claim, but the mounting evidence towards societal benefits of legalization is growing stronger every day. Eventually we are going to have to face the big questions like “Why are we punishing people for wanting to escape reality?” or “Is Punishment more Important than Health?”
You should make this kind of video for all the minor characters of Madmen. The ones who aren't important enough for an whole video but are key to understanding the themes of the show. But don't forget to make an entire video about Sally Draper first.
Skyler, like all characters in BB, is highly complex. She was not a "good" character to begin with whose "bad" characteristics were only triggered by Walt. Her flaw from the beginning was her self-righteousness and sense of moral superiority. She is a strong, calculating figure who does all the "right" things- not just out of the goodness of her heart... but to ALSO use them as bargaining chips for when she needs something in return. This is shown in the scene where she is giving Walt a weak, emasculating hand job while browsing the internet- she does this just to "check" it off the list, like its a wifely chore as opposed to anything with care or love. And further, she relishes when someone 'wrongs' her because it gives her even more bargaining power to play with. This is how she yielded power in her relationships- and particularly over her sister and Walt. Its why she uses the 'silent treatment' over people who have wronged her- to make them squirm with guilt while she relishes in her resentment. This is also why she doesn't separate herself from Walt as soon as she finds out his secret- she stays in the relationship to a) see what she can get out of the situation (financial perks etc.) while b) using his "wrong" to yield further power over him via guilt-tripping etc. Her affair with Ted was part of the power-play with Walt; she engages in her own 'secret' to intensify Walt's guilt + she knows Walt can't do anything about it because of his own secrets. This is also shown when her sister gives her the stolen item as a gift. She is a supporting, loyal person but all her good deeds have conditions- they make her feel superior to everyone, and that the world owes her something. She's like a mafioso- will do something for you, but they'll come back to you for payment. She is happy so long as she has the one-up over everyone, and that her power isn't challenged.
I don't think Hank was really sexist or racist. His demeanor mostly came from being a DEA agent. A line of work where you're mostly around former jocks where locker room talk and crude jokes based on stereotypes are commonplace. In that line of work you also get to see some of the lowest of humanity so it's quite understandable why he'd resent junkies and the sort so much. I think his main fault relating to that is that he didn't really know when to turn it down a notch.
I also think that no matter how evil Walther got, you could still somewhat understand why he does it. He has been a loser for most of his adult life, never lived up to his full potential and made the kind of money he thought he deserved. Instead settling for a job as a highschool teacher. And even when he tried to enjoy that by sharing his genuine passion for chemistry his students were, as far as we can see, idiots that at their best didn't care and at their worst outright ridiculed the man. And alongside all of that he also couldn't assert himself in his marriage or any kind of interpersonal relationship, emasculating him greatly. And once he had a taste of what he never had for 50 long years he just couldn't stop, like a starving man gorging himself on food until his stomach bursts.
fibrewire08 you can understand why he does it, that's the point/ trick of the show. It got us to side with the felon, over the non criminals in his family. Doesn't make his actions right though.
The correlations between Ted and Walt are big - Ted says he’s committing those crimes for his ‘family’ (employees) - Skyler helps cover it up - Skyler furthers helping him through plans devised with saul - In the end Ted shows his doing it for the money - Ted gets a new lavish car, which is a rental - Ted literally injured himself and agrees to protect Skyler from authorities
It’s amazing because half of these characters weren’t even planned from the start, mike, Gus, gale... amazing how the show just sorta happened, they never even planned for Jesse so be a bigger character that isn’t killed halfway through.
@Teodor Gumovsky Considering the voice in the video is female, I would say he is right. Though I have a feeling the writing of the content comes from elsewhere.
I just started watching the show for the first time this week, and am currently in the middle of Season Two. If anything, I think that Walt J.R. Is really the innocent one in all of this. He’s a 15-year-old boy, and like any child he didn’t ask to be in the middle of a situation like that. Like when people try to moralize about where accountability lies with a child regarding their behavior when kids are in a dysfunctional situation, beating up on Walt J.R. I think should push us to ask what it says about us as a society where we constantly allow for kids to be in situations of knowing about something problematic happening in their family, then having the nerve to be indignant at them for being a kid and not having the ability to deal or cope with a situation that not only did they not ask for, but one that the adults never should have ensnared them in in the first damn place.
I don't agree about Gale. Countless deaths would be prevented if drugs like meth were not illegal but regulated. When Gale said "at least with me they get exactly what they pay for" I thought about all those people who die everyday because they believe they're taking some drug and instead they've been sold who knows what. Those deaths would be easily prevented if drugs were legal. Then who's responsible of those deaths? I think the governments with their war on the poor are, long before the drug makers and dealers.
But the facts that Gale is well aware of are that Meth is illegal and it isn't regulated, so he is still responsible for the consequences of his actions. Plus it's meth! Of course there would still be deaths from meth if it were legal and regulated...there are many things that are legal that you may feel guilty about working with.
9:15 ‘Right now, what I need, is for you to climb down out of my ass’ I howled with laughter the first time I heard him say this when watching the show and just did again watching it now. Such a great line and Brian Cranston’s delivery is just perfect 😭
You guys are reaching on Hank. Anyone that has worked in law enforcement or the military can attest to being subjected to dark and "controversial" humor (by our hypersensitive PC society's standards anyway), due to the stressful work environment of the job. I don't think the writers were trying to portray Hank as evil but rather just a loving, but at the same time, a loud mouthed jock type that many of us have as a relative.
@@bguzewi0 Hank was his own kind of evil. He broke bad when he went to Jesse's house and beat him near to death. In comparison to the greater evils on the show, Hank does seem to be a heroic antagonist, but he went outside the law to bring Walter to justice, and was perfectly willing to let Jesse get killed in order to get evidence on Walt.
Yeah, that’s what’s bugging me most about this video. Funny guy makes politically incorrect jokes often and therefor he’s considered “everyday evil”. This section of the video was desperately reaching and needlessly pearl clutching.
Thank you so much for making these videos! I love to see all the critical thnking and moral reflection in the comments. You provoke people to break down why things are the way they are and to find a connection to the content in a way that makes them better humans. Phenomenal job!
The trademark aqua green border is genius, don't know why other channels haven't caught on, i pretty much recognize a video from your channel a split second before I've even read anything lol
Man's Ego is what makes great discoveries and innovations possible. Walt's ego was superficial, because end product was harmful, even though process was flawless. But this cannot be applied to Newton or Adam Smith or Alan Turing or Steve Jobs.
So to avoid the ongoing Skyler vs. Walter battle there are some flags that raised in this video. Walter, while not defined in this video, in some ways mirror Skyler's temporary moments of representing necessary evil. Of course, we can't personally say what's morally right or wrong considering there are plenty of subjective lines that would be crossed.. But what we can say is that the character believed in morally right and literally necessary to protect what's dear to them. Walter's pride and ego as Heisenberg was undoubtedly the pent-up emotion that came from seeing a business that was half his own rise without him. In the meth business, His work was being appreciated just as much as his work was appreciated under the blanket of "Gray Matter", except here.. It was actually pertaining to him. However, he did start this for his family.. And out of the many bad decisions he's made, many of them felt somewhat necessary if you put yourself into his shoes. I watched a video called The Dichotomy of Walter White and Gus Fring. It was a great analysis but it missed one key factor.. Gus' achievements were mentioned multiple times to have grown over the span of 20 years. Walter established these things in merely one. Gus is the epitome of what Walter White envisions Heisenberg to be, but Heisenberg doesn't fully take over until post-Full Measures. Anyways, back to the initial point. Skyler's philosophy of necessary evil takes a temporary break in action when she deals with Ted. Her infidelity wasn't the main point of focus when I first watched the show. The main point to me was that she was virtually helping the same thing she decided to condemn Walt for. Being a criminal. Can we say robbing a business where he had multiple responsibilities including seeing after his employees is just as morally corrupt as cooking meth? Sure the murder of Krazy-8 played a part, but that incident was completely necessary. That being said, I believe both Skyler and Walt follow that Necessary Evil, but Walter is more self-justified. Not to Gale's level of denying all responsibility, but not as accepting as Jesse or Mike. Maybe Season 5 Walter, but before that.. He felt his family was the only motive he needed to keep going, so it was a win-win for him.
The only reason I disliked Skyler is because of her hypocrisy. She presents herself as a paragon but when she becomes an accomplice, we see her actually enjoy it, but still tries to have the moral high ground. You could even argue if she turned Walt in to the DEA in season 3, then Hank probably would still be alive or the bloodshed would’ve stopped there. Hypocrisy is the best way to make people hate you
Yo forreal tho, if I could chose to be on Skylar's side or Walt's, I am definitely standing behind Skylar. She is flawed as fuck, but she is not 'evil', Walt on the other hand
Meredith Williams Oh my god that would be phenomenal. Carmela vs Skyler. Christopher vs Jessie. Tony vs Walt. Anthony Jr. vs Walter Jr. All would make fascinating videos. I would also say Furio vs Mike but there’s not quite as many parallels there as there are with others mentioned above
I love your videos and I love that these are still being produced in 2018! I only watched Breaking Bad last year, 9 years after it began, and luckily for me the rich discussion of it continues strong as if it were still current. I don't think analysis of these characters and themes could ever get old for me. I mean they took the most two dimensional main character of the series and gave so much depth to him as a person that his relationship with his brother is as compelling a subject as anything Walter White related. I can't get enough of this universe or these thought provoking videos.
Another evil you can compare with Ted and Walt is that they don’t take the easy way when they actually should. Skyler gives Ted the money, and he spends it on himself. Gretchen and Elliot propose paying all of Walt’s cancer bills, and he refuses because of his ego
I think one of the problems Walt had with Gale was that Gale essentially was what Walt pictured himself to be first when he decided to start cooking. He didn't picture himself in any of the violence and business schemes. Just cooking in the lab, making money. Of course as it always was about ego, power and dominance for him, that really wasn't what he wanted, but his denial sure as hell told him that was what he wanted.
How do we know Gale wasn’t involved in violence? To work for the most ruthless kingpin in the country can’t come without risk. Gales innocence is presumed due to his culturally refined nature. I think it’s impossible to have any relationship with meth and not encounter violence. He did have a mugshot.
Kinda love that this is actually a competent interpretation. So many of the breaking bad interpretation videos on TH-cam are just kinda saying random stuff, but this one makes consistent, solid points.
I never blamed Skylar for cheating on Walt,that was understandable. I blame her for being a hypocrite! She doesn't want Walt to soend the money he earned. But it was completely fine for her to use it to pay for Hank's medical bills! She had plenty of oppurtunity to leave the monster that Walter became.
BB is a narrative without traditional dynamics. Everyone argues "who is good, evil, this or that". They all are who and what they are; having their character experiences whilst tethered together into the same overarching criminal underworld. They all take a piece from the ties that bind them all to the same story. It's a web of storytelling; dynamic of character engagement and involvement not "good guy fights bad guy because bad guy does bad guy things" with a contrived ending based on one dynamic's end goal surpassing the others' hence concluding the entire story. There's no heroes, just a bunch of interconnected souls whose lives are changed by the criminal drug empire. TL;DR: Think of 'hero' and 'villian' would sorta 'take and give' from one another rather than opposing as polarizing forces with one fated to defeat the other. That's BB's storytelling.
I'm actually dying for your thoughts on the characters in House of Cards. Every time I watch I feel like I get a deeper take on a few of the key characters like Doug Stamper, Catherine Durant and Claire Underwood. I feel like the chararcters each represent some piece of the US government *structure* itself, relayed to us as people. And I really don't have the words or even the vocabulary to describe this like you do here. Love your insights and would love to hear more about these characters!
Can't wait for part 2! I'm especially interested in your take on Saul. I hope it's informed by his character development on Better Call Saul. We see Slippin' Jimmy, James McGill, Saul, and Gene. I hope the next video comes soon!
When I first watched the show I made the connection between Skyler's choices in the relationship up to the point that we meet the characters, (that she has participated in a dynamic where she rides over Walt routinely) as being a contributing factor in his need to 'break bad'. So she was performing some type of evil prior to the events in the show...?
Yeah,this narrator just comes off as someone who doesn't have very thick skin. Dudes love screwing around and honestly everyone loves shit talking. My friends and I constantly shit talk each other and others.
I think you are mistaken about Walter Jr. There are three conditions that would need to be met for his actions to be evil: full knowledge of the act, meaning he had to know what he was doing; full knowledge of the nature of the act, meaning he had to know what he was doing was wrong; and full intention of the will, meaning he had to freely choose of his own free will to commit the act. In all cases Walter jr. is acting based on false information and the false belief that Walt is someone who he is not, thus he fails to meet at least two of these three requirements and arguably all three, given that as soon as he found out about Walt's true nature, he wanted nothing to do with Walt. This is why lying(Walt's most frequent and egregious evil act, including to himself) is so viscerally hated by virtually everyone who has been lied to, but still done by most people. Lying robs people of free will by violating and encroaching upon a person's mind, but it also gives you power over those you lie to, because of those very things.
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can’t wait for part 2
Where is our sunday video at?????
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This channel is so nauseating self righteous and preachy
Walt Jr’s sin is actually gluttony. All he thinks about is breakfast.
thats not evil. its the most important meal of the day.
Gluttony for fast cars aswell
Breaking Eggs
Sudo Woodo 1. It actually is evil, it’s a sin. 2. That’s a myth. Breakfast isn’t the most important meal.
@@SpinningTurtle66 How is liking breakfast an evil act.
All these years later and I still feel that emotional impact of Jessie crying and driving into his new freedom
Yeah but he'll never be free truely. The physical, emotional, and psychological scars run too deep. He's been through so much. He'll have ptsd and paranoia, no doubt. Hopefully his character is done justice in el camino.
@@horrorhistory7342 depends on the person, some people can go through hell and not have a touch of PTSD or really any long-lasting effects, others hear a car exhaust go off too loud (exaggerating ofc) and have trauma, and the interesting thing is research shows it can vary over an individuals life which side they fall on, and usually has very little to do with other characteristics/traits, the Israeli army studied has studied this for decades and found really interesting results. Not really disagreeing with what you said just find it super interesting myself!
@@DragonsFrogs Yeah and since Ive seen el camino came out, I believe I was right with Jesse having PTSD if those flashbacks in response to certain stimuli were that.
@@horrorhistory7342 while he obviously does have PTSD, by the end of El Camino it feels like he forgets/leaves walter behind while he's driving in Alaska and walter is the root of a lot of his problems. It feels like jesse has made peace with his inner demons and is moving on with his life.
Snitches get stitches. What kind of man talks to the DEA ?
I hated how Ted got the exact amount of money he needed and the man bought a car
"Gee that's a coincidence! Welp, gonna get myself a Mercedes!"
God thing he ends up paraplegic
Yeah and then when Skylar tells him to pay the IRS he's like "well if I do, my life is still screwed up" like bud you're gonna get screwed a lot worse in prison with a face like that
Same man
Aaron Smith I hated him since he knowingly slept with the wife of a man with cancer
Aaron Paul is an amazing actor. I could actually feel Jesse’s pain and empathize with him
Fun fact: He never took 1 acting class.
@@xreznr163 fun fact, life is an acting class
Jesse was amazing- the most relatable character.
I think the video slightly missed the mark, with Jesse though- He DID regret his actions, but that's not the "type of evil" he represented- it's just how he RESPONDED to his "evil" acts. But Jesse's "evil" was the most common kind, IRL; "the evil of weakness"- All Jesse's "evil" acts, are because he (in that moment, at least) lacks the strength to resist his drug addiction, he lacks the strength to stand up to Walt and say "no", and early in the series, his (fairly normal , very human) weakness makes him want to be the "cool drug kingpin", which leads to all the rest of his "evil" acts, in the series.
And in the real world, this is how most "evil" happens- People who WANT to do harm and be "evil" are extremely rare. But often the worst, most "evil" acts are from people caving in to their own weakness- Addicts and alcoholics who cave in to the addiction, and do something terrible, harmiing others, while messed up on drugs/booze. Or weakness causing people to cave in to momentary anger or sexual weakness, to commit horrific acts of violence, terrible sex-crimes, etc. Or even the weakness and insecurity that causes people to blame all their problems on a certain race or religion, that can result in terrorism or even genocide.
In the real world, the majority of what we call "evil" ultimately comes down to weakness, in one form or another.
He shouldn't have made the "I'm responsible" video
Especially in the Peekaboo episode I felt like I was actually feeling the same shock and panic he was going through in the ATM scene. The overall scenario combined with his acting was heartbreaking
It breaks me up that Walt can never remember Badgers or Combos names. Just makes him more detached and believable.
The sad part is he only remembers the ones he kills, krazy-8 and who else
@@dracenas6625 no he barely met badger and combo ,but krazy 8 was important , like 3 episodes dedicated to him and Walt . duh
john doing things of course Walt would remember Krazy 8 the man was Walt’s first kill in the show
@@yourenotthatguypal3483 wasn't that Emilio? Poor guy got out of jail just to be killed by a poisonous fart
@@drpufosoide5422 if I remember right it might’ve been Emilio but a killing like that probably wasn’t that emotional to Walt. He actually believed he and Krazy 8 were getting to equal grounding only to find out that he was gonna stab him after freeing him.
To me Ted is one of the most objectionable characters. Self righteous... Can’t take “Gambling Money” but tax evasion is AOK.
I honestly think on some level Ted knew that the money was drug money. At least that is my headcanon
Ted is written to be hated much more than Walt, ironically, even the deeds of what he did doesn't even come close to Walt. Ted is a coward that has no backbones, he's a cheater, a fraud and also stupid.
Or he didnt wanna take money from Skylar . in the end he had to anyways
Wow
@@Aliens1337 his real crime, like skyler, is not being interesting or funny
Huel: Reasonable evil
Huel looking like a thumb
Destroing Walts toilet upstairs
/-_-\ Reasonably.
@@fupert Come on man it was a stomach problem
@@luisn642 Thats no excuse to what he did to that poor toilet. Because of Huel that toilet needs witness protection.
I just rewatched the show. You're beating up on Walt Jr. too much. There is a difference between not knowing something and willful ignorance. As soon as Walt Jr. figured out what was up, he turned his back on Walt. Now SKYLER knew some shit was up.
Walter Jr. was Cap'n Cook
@@btonyh5878 ?
@@btonyh5878 i mean, you never seen those two in the same room
@@tweektweak2145 I hear Walt Jr has been smoking weed :0
@@unfortunatecircumstances8870 not sure if you are referring to the weed thing in season one or an unrelated joke
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I think that the first time watching it, you're on Walt's side. You think he's a bad-ass and Skylar is annoying. The second time around, I saw Walt as almost abusive with his lies, and how he treated her.
Agreed. 100%!!
I'm just on the first watch and I feel so bad for Skyler, she's doing her best and Walt just lies to her face
It’s my first time watching it and yes, I feel bad for Skyler but I feel like she could’ve at least understood what Walt was trying to do. Instead, she distanced herself from Walt. In the end I feel really bad for Walt. Everything he did was for his family but it just turned into something more morbid. He just wanted to provide for something that he loved and even though he did, he ended up losing everything he cared about (family) without anyone trying to understand him and his motives.
@@freeasf7355 I disagree, Walter may have done it for the family in the beginning of the show, but the further he got along he did it more and more for himself. His motives became selfish. Saying "I'm doing it for my family" became a lie that he told himself and everyone else.
Tallis Davis I’ve only watched it once so maybe I’m wrong with who’s side I’ve picked will rewatch one day maybe even this summer.
I hated Skylar until the "Someone's got to protect this family from the man who protects this family." Such a badass moment.
It's a pretty gay line, actually.
@@SilvioManfredDante85 ok boomer
Still hate her
Shes one of the best characters
I mostly got her but hated her since she really should've just helped Hank, it would be so much smoother and he could've survived.
Timestamps:
1. Walter Jr. - The Evil of Ignorance
2:52
2. Skyler - Necessary Evil 4:31
3. Hank - Everyday Evil 7:13
4. Ted - Easy-Way-Out Evil 9:23
5. Marie - The Evil of Ego 11:29
6. Gale - The Evil of Denying Responsibility 12:48
7. Jesse - Repentant Evil 15:00
You're welcome!
Underrated comment
Thank you!
Fun game: watch breaking bad and do a shot every time Walt says ‘everything I do, I do for this family.’
Take a shot every time Walt Jr eats breakfast
If you want to get really drunk, every time Jesse says “b***h”
Alcohol poisoning
Watching the series for the second time, I’ve come to realize how Skyler truly was looking out for her family. Fans of the series should back her up more.
I felt completely differently watching it a second time. Where you might initially see her as a good hearted antagonist for Walt, she really is a criminal mastermind of her own when you consider that she was the final step in Walt turning his business into something big. She also hurts her family but unlike Walt, she actually wants to do something positive.
On my second time watching. When you watch it again...you see just how smart Skylar was. She really held her own with all of Walt's BS.
They won’t see it that way because half of the audience is prepubescent boys
@@gretchengeorge5302 and
WOMEN BAD
FAMILY BAD
METH COOK THAT IS NOW HAPPY GOOD
My first time watching I kept switching sides. While fans either sided with Skyler or Walter, I felt like I was with both depending on the episode
Jesse is the most relatable, lovable main character in the entire series.
NO NO NOT AT ALL
@@ЕбанутоеСущество-о9с yes yes completely correct
Druggy, murderer, meth selling betrayer. What’s there not to love?
@@650ic6 His heart is in the right place unlike most in this series.
@@palmtrees2420 I see you're a Deontologist. I'm a Utilitarian. I don't see his "heart" as mattering. He still killed people. He's a bad person.
Also Ted: Moronic Evil
is that a real thing ?
@@dondocjohn no but Ted just sucks
AKA when you think about the most regrettable thing you've ever done, just remind yourself of Ted
It’s not Walt Jr.’s fault, Walt and Skyler were doing everything they could to keep him in the dark about what was going on.
Also teenager. Thinking you are adult and understand when you really don't
Oh for sure
@@Sewingbee23 Also slow teenager, he has some kind of disability.
@@skyba9374 cerebral palsy
@@skyba9374 he is not slow he’s got cerebral palsy
So many guys I've known talk just like Hank does. As a Latina, there were so many times I wanted to see Hank's character get humbled in the toughest way. But his character made me feel empathetic when he was being made to feel like an outcast by the team in Texas and again when Walt confronts him in his garage and he says, "You don't give a shit about family!" In that moment, I could see and feel the pain in his eyes. It wasn't just about catching a bad guy to boost his ego and career (which is what I thought at first). In that moment, I saw that Walt truly hurt him because they were supposed to be family, not enemies.
Another great example of how well rounded these characters are, they have flaws and we still can relate with them
I started Breaking Bad a month ago and I bingewatched it in a few weeks, genuinely thinking I have missed the times when the fandom would pour down content. Instead, I see the fandom still goes strong 5 years after the end.
Even during the show 10th anniversary
Tuco and his cousins "broke bad" in the womb.
I feel like The Take lowkey hates Marie in the later seasons she’s literally the most selfless and kind hearted character she deserves more credit
Yeah, Marie was one of the only neutral person towards the end, and was definitely harmless overall. Enjoyed her character development.
She definitely got better, more controlled and edited herself way more in later seasons. But the first couple seasons with her refusal to acknowledge her shoplifting, stealing Skyler's thunder, attention seeking, all that - I think was just too cringe to forget.
One of her best lines was "I know you think I have a big mouth. But I dont know what I'd do if you felt like you couldn't talk to me." (Not verbatim)
I believe Marie's evil is somehow the most harmless after all. Though she is a women with some ego, that definitely would not grow to something like Walt's.
I agree like marie would never become wat Walt did
This video helped me understand why I hated hank in the beginning and loved him at the end
For me it's just the opposite :).. i kind of like hank at the beginning and i "hate" him at the end, same with skyler....
@@MrOmareffendy then you should think of yourself 😉
For me... I actually never liked him. His personality sucks from beginning till the end.
So true
I liked him through the whole show
How Jesse keeps calling Walter “Mr. White.” Is so cute.
Jesse Pinkman/Aaron Paul has an incredibly child-like persona. Aaron Paul is currently 43, but still looks like a child.
"Socially accepted unkindness", that's a great term.
Though these days we're testing the limits of the socially accepted part... and redefining unkindess
What do you mean "these days"? What has been socially acceptable has ALWAYS been evolving throughout time.
They're also called microaggressions.
@@zucchinigreen
Stop.
@@Aivottaja No.
@@zucchinigreen
If you unironically use the word "microaggression", you're embarrassing yourself.
Please do essay on Better Call Saul or the characters from that show.
They have!
They did an excellent one on Chuck already. I think they are waiting until the show is over or if the characters die so they can do a complete analysis.
Better call saul isn't that good of a show
Marouan Said sideways
Like to see a spin off of Badger and Skinny Pete.
THANK YOU for pointing out that Walt was basically forcing Skyler to stay married even when she asked him multiple times for a divorce. It upsets me that people always refer to her as a whore and an unfaithful wife but the cheating part happened after Walt refused to get divorced. Also don't forget that she stood by his side helping him and also putting herself at risk because of this sociopathic man.
EXACTLY.
Honestly she had fucking Hank to go to since she knows a cop.
@@ZX-Gear she was scared of destroying her family. Which, yeah that's reasonable but still not justified.
@@thetruthlies7yeah I’m sure she wasn’t motivated by Walt’s riches and the thought of an easy life whatsoever. Stop defending Skylar. What’s her justification for helping Ted with tax evasion then? Exactly none. Skylar is just as much of a criminal as the rest. Not to mention she’s just an unpleasant, controlling and manipulative person for the entire series too, even before Walt breaks bad.
Great video, but what kind of evil is Holly though?
"The evil of being born at the wrong time"
The evil of not recognizing minerals but as rocks
@@itssonotover961 Absolutely!... 'Holly' really needs to grow up.
@@chinatype2bassrocker809 I was thinking of Marie when I posted that comment haha
@@itssonotover961 I figuered so... I just couldn't stop myself. peace.
Your content is incredible.
I like their content, but it gets to SJW at times.
@@cynicaltheastrocreep4504 Ugh. Grow up, you infant.
@@learntospellpeople How might I be an infant? Because of misandry?
@@learntospellpeople Or rather, reaction to misandry?
@@cynicaltheastrocreep4504 "How might I be an infant? Because of misandry?"
Where in the video were the screenprism people demonstrating "misandry".
_Sigh_ Just dbling down on the inanity, huh? You poor kid.
1:34 I like how it shows Hector Salamanca on the deeply evil part because that guy really was a monster and part of the reason his nephews became monsters too.
I think hector is the real main villain of the show.
One thing you've never really gone into that's interesting about Hank is his complete disregard for criminals, the fact that they literally stop being human to him the minute they commit a crime. That's would be kinda interesting to talk about in comparison to characters like Jessie or Mike.
Yeah!! Hank manipulating Jesse and trying to send him to his death just in order to get Walt.
Also, wants to play it dirty so he never calls on actual backup and puts Gomey and himself in a deadly situation.
A hero????? With hubris that size????
@@MyOrangeString They ain't the greatest heroes but they're all we've got.
Surprisingly poignant words from Dave the Barberian of all places.
Ted, "major pain in the neck"... I see what you did there
I never understood why there was so much animosity against skyler. If anything i hated walt sooooo much more, and just kinda pitted her
By extension Walter’s side is taken and he manipulates the audience. You see the sadness and anguish on his face when Sky tells him she cheated on him. You see her give Beneke that tax money, which had Walt and the audience thinking she had led them all to be murdered by Fring, etc
I absolutely love your BrBa analyses.
No one calls it that
Bro 35 56 is my favorite show.
Man, I sure do love eaking d
@@AvatarRoku999 Most people did back then.
@@yeebler No. no one did at all. Only dude I’ve seen
I never really looked at Walt Jr's ignorance as being "bad", you're right - not trying to understand the way the world is working around you, especially when you can see that something huge is happening, is a major fault. Insidious is the right word to use for Hank's nature. Ted was an idiotic a-hole; a gnat that Skyler had to swat away. I actually felt bad for Gale the first time I watched this series. The next time I felt bad for Jesse. Jesse almost always took the brunt of the punishments - the repercussions - of Walt's actions. Can't wait for the next video. 😊❤️
I feel like terming JR's ignorance "bad" is a stretch...he is ignorant because of his father's deception; surely there are different types of ignorance, like you can ignorant of other people's cultures where maybe you should be more educated and that's different to being ignorant of someone's actions because they are deceiving you.
yeah I came to say what Sarah L said. Ignorance causes a lot of problems in the world and in general, people should take responsibility for informing themselves, but in Walter Jr.'s case, I really can't see how he could even have known there was anything to know. Even if he did get an idea that there were things his parents weren't telling him, he had no realistic way of finding out what those things might be.
@@a_cep Actually...realistically...if he wanted to know, he could have known. He's not stupid. He's like his uncle (who he's pretty close to, btw), the DEA agent, being ignorant - on purpose. They didn't want to know. They closed their eyes to the possibility that their loved ones (who they thought they knew) were doing something illegal, right under their eyes. Yes. Ignorance. Or we can call it obtuse; stupid. But, nah, I prefer ignorant. 😊
@@angie-tq4ew "if he wanted to know, he could have known" How exactly do you figure that? He's not exactly a detective, as soon as he realised there was something going on he demanded to be told the truth, i think that would remove him from being wilfully ignorant. If there is no difference between being deceived and being wilfully ignorant in your sense of morality, i won't ever agree.
@@theraven268 Let's not make this personal, okay. It's not *my* sense of morality. Let's try to remember that we are talking about fictional characters that have their own f'd up sense of morality. And, yes, we do know how being "a detective" helped Hank, right? The biggest clue for Jr. would be the fact that he's pulled out of his home, hidden in his uncle's home, who's a DEA agent, and surrounded in that home by DEA agents, and your father refuses to be with them. What exactly does Hank do for a living? What does DEA stand for? DRUG Enforcement Agency. BIG clue. So yes, deceived - but also willfully ignorant, because he should at least realized that whatever was happening was because of drugs in his family. He could have at least have thought that one of his parents was doing drugs. But he never even goes *there,* because he doesn't want to.
I suspect that Hank was the way that he was because he dealt with EVIL EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS POLICE CAREER...
streets smarts... a substantial measure of toughness and thick skin... and knowing when to strategically 'explode/erupt' to get information or get something done is part of any larger city cop's essential survival skills...
very solid video overall... congrats on all the hard work that went into it!
I wouldn't say Hank is "strategically exploding/erupting". Before his character development, he just explodes, and most of the time it's uncalled for.
Anyone else who didn’t really buy the whole Ted Benneke storyline? I mean, come on. Anyone who has ever been haunted by the IRS would confirm, that you would jump a mile high at the chance of getting out of a situation like that...especially if it doesn’t cost you anything. Him not paying his damn backtaxes with that money is completely unbelievable.
Rara Avis --I thought Beneke was another ego driven not so bright guy. He was self indulgent and seemed to totally believe that if your MOTIVE was innocent then it couldn’t be seen as bad. The same flip that Skylar would declare about Marie’s shoplifting that she tells Walt she should’ve turned her sister in, but Walt questioned that-wisely, since the two sisters are both very secretive and almost blindly loyal.
MOST people would jump at that chance, yes.....but I have known a few people like Ted....can't keep 2 nickels in one place for long, and seem to think they are bulletproof.....do whatever pleases them & consequences be damned.
I couldn’t believe he was placed at a higher level of evil than hank, mostly i just think ted was plain stupid. Just not necessarily evil
You'd be amazed how stupid people can be.
It's because Ted was an idiot
I like how the cast personifies the certain actions of Walter, and the villains personifies the actions of Heisenberg
If I remember correctly, Jesse only took issue when DIRECTLY confronted with the effects of the meth industry.
For example, he was very upset about the negligence of the child of two meth addicts, but was plenty happy to keep producing and peddling highly addictive meth, which is what fueled such negligence.
In that regard, he's like Gale, representing the evil of avoiding responsibility.
Jesse could cry about the damage alright, but he took a long time to come forward and go to the police. In that way, he's also like Ted Beneke- evil by taking the easy way out.
The difference between him and those two is that Jesse has more self-awareness.
He analyzed his actions in a way that the shallow-thinking Ted didn't. Jesse's naturally more sensitive and emotional mind may have been what tortured him into such repentance, rather than necessarily being more innocent.
I don't consider Jesse to be a saint or a victim, and I don't compare him with Skyler.
“No one cares about the war unless it’s in your backyard” just like how Jessie didn’t think twice about selling the very damaging crystal meth until he saw how bad those 2 meth head neglecting parents were.
Message when portraying Hank: Don't put people in boxes!
What they do when portraying Hank: Put him in a box.
There's a word for people who say one thing and do the opposite: hypocrite.
I don't think it's a matter of "putting him in a box", that seems a very simplistic way of looking at it. Even here in this video they're not trying to suggest THIS is the entirety of what Hank Schroeder amounts to in his existence as a human being. Rather there are many psychological attributes that you can hang on a person given their behavior, their decision making, and this is some of what is appropriate to Hank in particular.
This is your best Breaking Bad video. It's fascinating.
Joshua Fagan yeah it gives you a whole new perspective on the entire show
I have never seen an episode of Breaking Bad, but I love your breakdowns so much! Makes me appreciate the genius behind famous shows like this.
You never seen a single BREAKING BAD episode dude you truly need to binge watch BREAKING BAD it so good in so many bad way your in for a violent ride.
@@abramsullivan7764 YES
Oh my gosh. Please start watching it. My only warning is that it makes most other shows (and movies) pale by comparison in terms of quality. The entire narrative is a labor of love on the part of the writers. Vince Gilligan and all the writers, cinematographers, etc created something really special.
Highly recommended. I found it a little slow to get into, but it ratchets up bit by bit each season and really pulls you in and leaves a lasting impression. There's so much amazing content out there that one can never get to it all, but if you ever get the chance, give it a go.
Kathryn Vincent I’ve seen all the “all-time greats” between The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, etc.....finished Breaking Bad over winter break last year and it legitimately may be the best out of the series I just mentioned. Do yourself a favor, stop spoiling yourself of the show by watching it on YT, and go watch it on Netflix. Trust me.
"A little but like Dante descending through the circles of hell."
So Screen Prism is my knowledgeable poet guide Vergil? :D
Isn't Vergil a topical cream?
Sarah L I have no idea? Maybe wherever you are in the world but there's a 100% chance that cream took it's name from the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro aka Vergil or Virgil. He lived under the reign of Augustus and wrote The Aeneid (his most famous work), The Georgics and some other stuff.
The Dante that Screen Prism mentions is Dante Allighieri, a 15th century poet from Florence, Italy.
He wrote a poem called Dante's Inferno, which describes him going through all the rings of hell with the Roman poet Vergil/Virgil
As his guide. Because he loved Vergil's work, and because Vergil taught him so much about writing, Dante wrote Vergil in his own as a character.
No they're not at all
The one thing I haven't seen anyone point out is the way Hank's homemade beer "cooks" sort of parallel Walt's meth cooking... both are weirdly proud of their intoxicating products and both are running a sort of homemade operation (well Walt progresses out of it, but that's where he begins)
I only have 1 major disagreement with this video, and that is Gayle’s section. Contrary to societal beliefs, I believe Gayle was truly the most wholesome and innocent person caught up in Walters Life (Aside from the children and plane victims)
He isn’t ignoring his responsibilities, He clearly believes he is helping by putting out a pure product that maintains a chemical consistency which is the closest practice of “regulation” the drug world never usually has. If he wasn’t making the drugs then someone else, possibly less qualified, would be doing it instead. So we could argue in favour of his moral/societal responsibility to manufacture a “safer” product then any who would take his place.
Secondly, unless you are a designated caretaker, it isn’t anyones responsibility what anyone else chooses to do with their own body. This is ideal is especially so among libertarians and alike. Psychoactive Substances aka “Drugs” are not inherently good or bad, and although the subjectivity behind the idea of what constitutes as Good/Bad can spiral into another major topic in and of itself, Drugs are inanimate objects don’t take responsibility over anyones choice.
Just like a Hammer cant be blamed for a murder, Drugs shouldn’t be blamed for destroying peoples lives. People let drugs into their lives through choice, and they continue to give drugs power over themselves through habit.
If there was anything that was responsible for the drug epidemic. I truly believe it is our archaic drug laws and enforcement, along with societal expectations which is to blame for the ruining of peoples lives. If drugs and/or people using drugs wasn’t illegal and people werent looked down upon or shamed for their use, then there wouldn’t be an epidemic.
More conservative thinking people like to refute this claim, but the mounting evidence towards societal benefits of legalization is growing stronger every day. Eventually we are going to have to face the big questions like “Why are we punishing people for wanting to escape reality?”
or “Is Punishment more Important than Health?”
Wow. So y'all say a teenager who's venting out is a sinner?
How about little Holly's sins be "repeated sobbing"
He wasn’t just venting he was rude and he used a derogatory word
You should make this kind of video for all the minor characters of Madmen. The ones who aren't important enough for an whole video but are key to understanding the themes of the show. But don't forget to make an entire video about Sally Draper first.
estopasowner I second this!!
Still waiting for one on _Friends;_ Gunther, Janice, Mike, Richard, Mona, David, etc....
LANE 💖😭
Exactly!!! A video like this one about Ken, Bert, Lane, Harry, Stan and Ginsberg.
Hanks comments are racist. Him and Gomey are best friends, they enjoy each other's culture but through bro nagging.
Skyler, like all characters in BB, is highly complex. She was not a "good" character to begin with whose "bad" characteristics were only triggered by Walt. Her flaw from the beginning was her self-righteousness and sense of moral superiority. She is a strong, calculating figure who does all the "right" things- not just out of the goodness of her heart... but to ALSO use them as bargaining chips for when she needs something in return. This is shown in the scene where she is giving Walt a weak, emasculating hand job while browsing the internet- she does this just to "check" it off the list, like its a wifely chore as opposed to anything with care or love. And further, she relishes when someone 'wrongs' her because it gives her even more bargaining power to play with. This is how she yielded power in her relationships- and particularly over her sister and Walt. Its why she uses the 'silent treatment' over people who have wronged her- to make them squirm with guilt while she relishes in her resentment. This is also why she doesn't separate herself from Walt as soon as she finds out his secret- she stays in the relationship to a) see what she can get out of the situation (financial perks etc.) while b) using his "wrong" to yield further power over him via guilt-tripping etc. Her affair with Ted was part of the power-play with Walt; she engages in her own 'secret' to intensify Walt's guilt + she knows Walt can't do anything about it because of his own secrets. This is also shown when her sister gives her the stolen item as a gift. She is a supporting, loyal person but all her good deeds have conditions- they make her feel superior to everyone, and that the world owes her something. She's like a mafioso- will do something for you, but they'll come back to you for payment. She is happy so long as she has the one-up over everyone, and that her power isn't challenged.
Wow, that was very good. Do one for Huel please.
Yeah Hank Schraeder started out as the kind of guy who would use someone else's birthday party to put the focus on himself.
I love your breaking bad videos
I don't think Hank was really sexist or racist. His demeanor mostly came from being a DEA agent. A line of work where you're mostly around former jocks where locker room talk and crude jokes based on stereotypes are commonplace. In that line of work you also get to see some of the lowest of humanity so it's quite understandable why he'd resent junkies and the sort so much. I think his main fault relating to that is that he didn't really know when to turn it down a notch.
I also think that no matter how evil Walther got, you could still somewhat understand why he does it. He has been a loser for most of his adult life, never lived up to his full potential and made the kind of money he thought he deserved. Instead settling for a job as a highschool teacher. And even when he tried to enjoy that by sharing his genuine passion for chemistry his students were, as far as we can see, idiots that at their best didn't care and at their worst outright ridiculed the man. And alongside all of that he also couldn't assert himself in his marriage or any kind of interpersonal relationship, emasculating him greatly. And once he had a taste of what he never had for 50 long years he just couldn't stop, like a starving man gorging himself on food until his stomach bursts.
fibrewire08 you can understand why he does it, that's the point/ trick of the show. It got us to side with the felon, over the non criminals in his family. Doesn't make his actions right though.
Hank's examples of evil: all of his funniest lines
I’m sorry you think humour is more important than avoiding racism
This channel is getting better and better. Congrats!
Just like Breaking Bad
I swear if I get one more Fair ad..
Please do Peaky Blinders!
oh yes
please dont
Just Ice why not?
The correlations between Ted and Walt are big
- Ted says he’s committing those crimes for his ‘family’ (employees)
- Skyler helps cover it up
- Skyler furthers helping him through plans devised with saul
- In the end Ted shows his doing it for the money
- Ted gets a new lavish car, which is a rental
- Ted literally injured himself and agrees to protect Skyler from authorities
“Gomme, go beat your piniata” LOL
Bill Burr lived up to his name cause that was cold!
It’s amazing because half of these characters weren’t even planned from the start, mike, Gus, gale... amazing how the show just sorta happened, they never even planned for Jesse so be a bigger character that isn’t killed halfway through.
Can't wait for Saul's entry
i feel so bad for junior. he is in such distress and is never comforted or knows what is going on.
You girls always know how to educate and entertain. Keep it up, can't wait for part 2.
@Teodor Gumovsky Considering the voice in the video is female, I would say he is right. Though I have a feeling the writing of the content comes from elsewhere.
Women*
The evil of denying responsibility is probably the one that we all are guilty of IMO,
I just started watching the show for the first time this week, and am currently in the middle of Season Two. If anything, I think that Walt J.R. Is really the innocent one in all of this. He’s a 15-year-old boy, and like any child he didn’t ask to be in the middle of a situation like that. Like when people try to moralize about where accountability lies with a child regarding their behavior when kids are in a dysfunctional situation, beating up on Walt J.R. I think should push us to ask what it says about us as a society where we constantly allow for kids to be in situations of knowing about something problematic happening in their family, then having the nerve to be indignant at them for being a kid and not having the ability to deal or cope with a situation that not only did they not ask for, but one that the adults never should have ensnared them in in the first damn place.
I just love how everyone is somehow imperfect in this series
I don't agree about Gale. Countless deaths would be prevented if drugs like meth were not illegal but regulated. When Gale said "at least with me they get exactly what they pay for" I thought about all those people who die everyday because they believe they're taking some drug and instead they've been sold who knows what. Those deaths would be easily prevented if drugs were legal. Then who's responsible of those deaths? I think the governments with their war on the poor are, long before the drug makers and dealers.
Someone with an avatar like you advocating for drugs? Mmmmhhhhmmmm
Morty Sanchez probably high when he commented
Tsk tsk...
But the facts that Gale is well aware of are that Meth is illegal and it isn't regulated, so he is still responsible for the consequences of his actions. Plus it's meth! Of course there would still be deaths from meth if it were legal and regulated...there are many things that are legal that you may feel guilty about working with.
Yes, Gale was right here. War on drugs does not work, it only damages the society.
i feel so bad for walt jr.
Is being naive the same and being ignorant? I feel like Walt Jr...I mean Flynn...I mean Walt Jr. was just naive.
You rock
9:15 ‘Right now, what I need, is for you to climb down out of my ass’ I howled with laughter the first time I heard him say this when watching the show and just did again watching it now. Such a great line and Brian Cranston’s delivery is just perfect 😭
You guys are reaching on Hank. Anyone that has worked in law enforcement or the military can attest to being subjected to dark and "controversial" humor (by our hypersensitive PC society's standards anyway), due to the stressful work environment of the job. I don't think the writers were trying to portray Hank as evil but rather just a loving, but at the same time, a loud mouthed jock type that many of us have as a relative.
Agreed. Hank and Flynn are the only two major characters on the show that DON’T break bad
@@JaykTheJackal Hank's not evil
@@bguzewi0 Hank was his own kind of evil. He broke bad when he went to Jesse's house and beat him near to death.
In comparison to the greater evils on the show, Hank does seem to be a heroic antagonist, but he went outside the law to bring Walter to justice, and was perfectly willing to let Jesse get killed in order to get evidence on Walt.
@SpankMeSanta yea but it's definitely not worse that what Skyler did, Hank should have gone before her
Yeah, that’s what’s bugging me most about this video. Funny guy makes politically incorrect jokes often and therefor he’s considered “everyday evil”. This section of the video was desperately reaching and needlessly pearl clutching.
I like how Vince represents the evil in its different faces. Not the typical bad guy for no reason, every character has their own reason, motivation.
Thank you so much for making these videos! I love to see all the critical thnking and moral reflection in the comments. You provoke people to break down why things are the way they are and to find a connection to the content in a way that makes them better humans. Phenomenal job!
That “major-pain-in-the-neck” edit was out of pocket and I loved it.
The trademark aqua green border is genius, don't know why other channels haven't caught on, i pretty much recognize a video from your channel a split second before I've even read anything lol
Man's Ego is what makes great discoveries and innovations possible. Walt's ego was superficial, because end product was harmful, even though process was flawless. But this cannot be applied to Newton or Adam Smith or Alan Turing or Steve Jobs.
So to avoid the ongoing Skyler vs. Walter battle there are some flags that raised in this video.
Walter, while not defined in this video, in some ways mirror Skyler's temporary moments of representing necessary evil.
Of course, we can't personally say what's morally right or wrong considering there are plenty of subjective lines that would be crossed.. But what we can say is that the character believed in morally right and literally necessary to protect what's dear to them. Walter's pride and ego as Heisenberg was undoubtedly the pent-up emotion that came from seeing a business that was half his own rise without him. In the meth business, His work was being appreciated just as much as his work was appreciated under the blanket of "Gray Matter", except here.. It was actually pertaining to him. However, he did start this for his family.. And out of the many bad decisions he's made, many of them felt somewhat necessary if you put yourself into his shoes.
I watched a video called The Dichotomy of Walter White and Gus Fring. It was a great analysis but it missed one key factor.. Gus' achievements were mentioned multiple times to have grown over the span of 20 years. Walter established these things in merely one. Gus is the epitome of what Walter White envisions Heisenberg to be, but Heisenberg doesn't fully take over until post-Full Measures.
Anyways, back to the initial point. Skyler's philosophy of necessary evil takes a temporary break in action when she deals with Ted. Her infidelity wasn't the main point of focus when I first watched the show. The main point to me was that she was virtually helping the same thing she decided to condemn Walt for. Being a criminal. Can we say robbing a business where he had multiple responsibilities including seeing after his employees is just as morally corrupt as cooking meth? Sure the murder of Krazy-8 played a part, but that incident was completely necessary. That being said, I believe both Skyler and Walt follow that Necessary Evil, but Walter is more self-justified. Not to Gale's level of denying all responsibility, but not as accepting as Jesse or Mike. Maybe Season 5 Walter, but before that.. He felt his family was the only motive he needed to keep going, so it was a win-win for him.
The only reason I disliked Skyler is because of her hypocrisy. She presents herself as a paragon but when she becomes an accomplice, we see her actually enjoy it, but still tries to have the moral high ground. You could even argue if she turned Walt in to the DEA in season 3, then Hank probably would still be alive or the bloodshed would’ve stopped there. Hypocrisy is the best way to make people hate you
Yo forreal tho, if I could chose to be on Skylar's side or Walt's, I am definitely standing behind Skylar. She is flawed as fuck, but she is not 'evil', Walt on the other hand
Ah, I wish we had more of late-series Hank... What an awesome guy he was...
PLEASE
more Sopranos
more Mad Men
more Better Call Saul
and (even) more Breaking Bad
Do a character analysis on Carmela Soprano or Christopher Moltisanti from “The Sopranos”
I'd love to see the comparisons between Carmela and Skyler.
Meredith Williams Oh my god that would be phenomenal.
Carmela vs Skyler.
Christopher vs Jessie.
Tony vs Walt.
Anthony Jr. vs Walter Jr.
All would make fascinating videos. I would also say Furio vs Mike but there’s not quite as many parallels there as there are with others mentioned above
@@lucacosta3366 Now I feel like watching the Sopranos all over again and it's been years. 😅😅😅
I didn't even know I needed this video until right the eff now.
I love your videos and I love that these are still being produced in 2018! I only watched Breaking Bad last year, 9 years after it began, and luckily for me the rich discussion of it continues strong as if it were still current.
I don't think analysis of these characters and themes could ever get old for me. I mean they took the most two dimensional main character of the series and gave so much depth to him as a person that his relationship with his brother is as compelling a subject as anything Walter White related.
I can't get enough of this universe or these thought provoking videos.
“And I want Shania Twain to give me a tuggie.” 😂
Another evil you can compare with Ted and Walt is that they don’t take the easy way when they actually should. Skyler gives Ted the money, and he spends it on himself. Gretchen and Elliot propose paying all of Walt’s cancer bills, and he refuses because of his ego
I think one of the problems Walt had with Gale was that Gale essentially was what Walt pictured himself to be first when he decided to start cooking. He didn't picture himself in any of the violence and business schemes. Just cooking in the lab, making money. Of course as it always was about ego, power and dominance for him, that really wasn't what he wanted, but his denial sure as hell told him that was what he wanted.
How do we know Gale wasn’t involved in violence? To work for the most ruthless kingpin in the country can’t come without risk. Gales innocence is presumed due to his culturally refined nature. I think it’s impossible to have any relationship with meth and not encounter violence. He did have a mugshot.
Heisenberg uncertainty principle is about duality. Breaking bad is about the duality of everyone. The mind/body problem.
11.3.2018 and still getting BB videos..LOVE IT!!!!!
Kinda love that this is actually a competent interpretation. So many of the breaking bad interpretation videos on TH-cam are just kinda saying random stuff, but this one makes consistent, solid points.
I never blamed Skylar for cheating on Walt,that was understandable. I blame her for being a hypocrite! She doesn't want Walt to soend the money he earned. But it was completely fine for her to use it to pay for Hank's medical bills! She had plenty of oppurtunity to leave the monster that Walter became.
And to give money to Ted😩
BB is a narrative without traditional dynamics. Everyone argues "who is good, evil, this or that". They all are who and what they are; having their character experiences whilst tethered together into the same overarching criminal underworld. They all take a piece from the ties that bind them all to the same story. It's a web of storytelling; dynamic of character engagement and involvement not "good guy fights bad guy because bad guy does bad guy things" with a contrived ending based on one dynamic's end goal surpassing the others' hence concluding the entire story. There's no heroes, just a bunch of interconnected souls whose lives are changed by the criminal drug empire.
TL;DR: Think of 'hero' and 'villian' would sorta 'take and give' from one another rather than opposing as polarizing forces with one fated to defeat the other. That's BB's storytelling.
I'm actually dying for your thoughts on the characters in House of Cards. Every time I watch I feel like I get a deeper take on a few of the key characters like Doug Stamper, Catherine Durant and Claire Underwood. I feel like the chararcters each represent some piece of the US government *structure* itself, relayed to us as people. And I really don't have the words or even the vocabulary to describe this like you do here. Love your insights and would love to hear more about these characters!
Can't wait for part 2! I'm especially interested in your take on Saul. I hope it's informed by his character development on Better Call Saul. We see Slippin' Jimmy, James McGill, Saul, and Gene. I hope the next video comes soon!
The Skyler bit is spot on! But the whole video is great 👍
When I first watched the show I made the connection between Skyler's choices in the relationship up to the point that we meet the characters, (that she has participated in a dynamic where she rides over Walt routinely) as being a contributing factor in his need to 'break bad'. So she was performing some type of evil prior to the events in the show...?
MORE BREAKING BAD AND BETTER CALL SAUL. This is why I subscribed!
This video is one of the best essays I've ever seen. Some of the best content in youtube.
As a guy who has a Mexican background I actually found hanks jokes funny
Yeah,this narrator just comes off as someone who doesn't have very thick skin. Dudes love screwing around and honestly everyone loves shit talking. My friends and I constantly shit talk each other and others.
You’re one guy
I think you are mistaken about Walter Jr. There are three conditions that would need to be met for his actions to be evil: full knowledge of the act, meaning he had to know what he was doing; full knowledge of the nature of the act, meaning he had to know what he was doing was wrong; and full intention of the will, meaning he had to freely choose of his own free will to commit the act. In all cases Walter jr. is acting based on false information and the false belief that Walt is someone who he is not, thus he fails to meet at least two of these three requirements and arguably all three, given that as soon as he found out about Walt's true nature, he wanted nothing to do with Walt. This is why lying(Walt's most frequent and egregious evil act, including to himself) is so viscerally hated by virtually everyone who has been lied to, but still done by most people. Lying robs people of free will by violating and encroaching upon a person's mind, but it also gives you power over those you lie to, because of those very things.