Bryan Cranston really nailed Walters body language throughout the whole show. He shakes his head, looks away, and tries to come off as really sincere when he lies but as soon as he’s telling the truth he stares you down and the real Walter comes out
Reminds me of the scene in season 5 where he lies about there being a gas pump malfunction to cover up Jesse dumping gas in their house. His tone of voice and gestures show that he is so desperately trying come across as real, but by that point it is so obviously bullshit.
One thing I really like about this scene is Walts body language. When he was making up a story about walking and hitchhiking away, he was standing up and looking out the window and not looking at the guy. But when he started talking about how his life sucks, he was facing the guy and looking at him in the eye, because at that point he was telling the truth.
@@TWOFACETORCH over intense eye contact is usually a sign of lying. So is avoiding eye contact. People also show strong eye contact when they want you to believe them, lying or not. They also avoid eye contact when they’re embarrassed about what they’re saying, or if they’re omitting certain details but what they’re saying is true. Basically - eye contact is an unreliable indicator of honesty:
@@jordan3400 You're points are along the right track for sure. The thing is there's so many variables at play. It takes a professional to test and learn a person's temdacies before making conclusions, and even then it it's quite difficult.
The therapist said he’d have to tell someone if Walt threatened to kill somebody, so telling the truth would’ve been very bad for him at this point lol
@@Corn0nTheCobb If he said anything about Tuco to the therapist and he knew what happened to him, Hank would’ve been forced to Sweat Walt and Jesse down, tracing them back to the meth, and the snitches they killed at the start
@@ronbuil6923 I think there would've been a way for Walt to tell the truth without jeopardizing anything, not the whole truth of course, but at this point I think Walt enjoys the power that comes with lying, he's the master of his little world
Great writing. He's sitting down and talking directly to the therapist when he says there was no fugue state, and immediately gets up and looks out the window as he starts lying
Really good idea when you're not good at lying if you think about it. Pretty much everyone knows that people tend to break eye contact or look away when lying, and we always do that accidentally or without realizing it. If he has no eye contact from the start, he doesn't have to worry about that.
@@Literally-God old comment but that isn't really a tell tale way to see if someone's lying. Heck you'll often here the opposite that when someone's lying they'll look directly at the person's eyes their lying to, even then this isn't a sure fire way to tell if someone's lying. If you're looking for a tell tale way that someone is lying you're never going to find it because that doesn't exist. The most you could is look for signs of stress within a person, which there are lots of ways signs for. Whether or not someone is stressed because they know they're lying is something that could only be figured out over time with more questioning, this is exactly how officers are instructed.
Do you think that in five years, that doctor (or whatever his actual job title is) will piece together that Walt was actually tied into the drug business and not just running away?
@@seztogaming4186 that would be s great tie in for El Camino or BCS; all the people who've crossed his path piecing it together after he becomes famous. Bogdon, gas station dude, this guy here, the scaredy boi at the uncologist, the bartender in New Hampshire or the waitress at the Dennys... who else
I do love this scene. While Walt is trying to get out of the situation. He is completely honest. His life sucked. He could've done so much with his life but took one wrong turn. His pride is way too much. His Chemo and son's medical issues. So much stuff. He was being completely honest here. Just hid what he does. I do wonder if Walt's life could've been different if he went to a shrink. Alternatively, I'd love to see an April Fools episode where Walt's first day of cooking makes him rethink everything and he just goes to a Shrink and everything else goes back to normal.
I think the writer's intention was to feed us that perception - that Walt may have toyed with a Seprano's style exposition dump where Walt could at last speak the actual truth to someone including us, then Walt thought the better of it.
Patient doctor confidentiality can be broken when the patient is a threat to themselves or others. That is usually how it is written. Therefore, an argument can be made that if Walt told the truth of cooking meth etc, the doctor could tell others since making and distributing methamphetamines is harmful to others. So Walt had to lie in the beginning of "WHY" he left, but didn't lie when it came to how bleak his life seemed. Good lies always have a part of the truth. Easier to remember.
It can only be broken with specific threats of physical violence. Making a judgment call about someone's profession that might end up through multiple people harming someone is not such a reason. Or else the medical records of every lobbyist in DC would be open for all the harm they cause ;)
@@badwulff debatable. a decade ago selling weed was seen the same as selling meth in most state courts but now it is legal in lots of states. assuming that dangerous stuff is going on in a "profession" that is technically illegal doesn't mean it imposes harm to others, it just means the government doesn't want you doing it.
@@zacharyjackson1829 I mean, weed is absolutely not as harmful as meth though. There are degrees. And a "profession" necessarily carries legal recognition to me. Otherwise I'd call it something else, like an "activity". Also, selling weed in a regulated manner is very different to selling meth in an unregulated manner. The argument to legalize drugs like meth is to better be able to help users and abusers, not recognize that they're harmless.
@@badwulff my point is regulation isn't a "be all and end all" and doesn't set the absolute idea that anything involving something illegal means it must be dangerous or harmful. back then and today im sure people have died over the distribution of weed, same as meth Im sure there's also people there that deal meth and use meth without harming others, whether they are harming themselves comes down to multiple factors that are too many to list off without going into super detail everything carries risk and while that risk can absolutely be quantified by an average, it is not definite value and thus doesn't set an absolute term that can be legally defined this point isn't super important but the definition of "profession" is; a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification. so dealing in illegal substances could be considered a profession, as long as you pay your taxes like a good citizen :)
Walt is being totally honest, but it's in the context of a cathartic relief, and in a situation in which he is guaranteed that no one will know his true thoughts and feelings. How many years must he have kept this to himself, until this scene.
That's Walt's biggest problem, its his pride and ego. He has a wife who loved him and he couldn't even tell her how he felt. Its such a good scene where we learn he dumped Gretchen because he felt insecure, like if he just dealt with it he could be running grey matter!
@@dericmederos1514 You're missing the point of why he dumped her. They were already serious and planned to get married and Gretchen never mentioned she was from the 1% to Walt. Walt was not from a wealthy family so not only could he not fit in, it also came as a shock to realize Gretchen kept such a secret, to the point of not even knowing who she really is. And Walt hated her for it.
@@BeardsBladesandHair Family and money were the trigger. I don't think he would have been Heisenberg if he had the money obviously. However, Everything aside from that was his choice, and the said things were just secondary later on.
@@BeardsBladesandHair I agree I think the main trigger was Walt never feeling manly enough remember when hank handed him the gun at the party and made fun of Walt
I think this scene is brilliant because it subtly sums up and sets up Walt's pattern of behaviors for the rest of the show. He feels trapped, undermined, and helpless and the drug trade is the only solace he found where he can escape and finally be himself, or the self of "value" he thought he should be.
"Why did I follow him? I don't know, why do things happen as they do in dreams? All I know is that, when he beckoned... I had to follow him" -Marius / Diablo 2
He didn't actually lie, if you think about it. He didn't clarify or elaborate his criminal activity involving drugs, however it was indeed a way of running away from his old life, the life of seeing people surpass him, feeling inferior, and needing to somehow change his way of living in a way that he could.
He literally lied about hitchhiking and also clearly lied by omission. Yes he was clever and mixed the truth in with the lies, but he clearly lied and was manipulative
I must disagree with you, because film is a visual medium. And we as an audience are familiar with Walt's real doings. So the only reason that could be appealing is seeing therapist reaction. Boring if you ask me. Moreover such confession would release a lot of tension from the viewer's point and you don't want to lose the build up suspense. Walt lying in this scene only contributes to giving audience more anxiety and that's important for a movie like breaking bad
@@strixzahven2742 not just the therapist’s reaction, but you’d see Walt’s palpable relief when telling someone, anyone the truth since he’s been keeping a colossal web of lies.
The psychologists objective was to determine whether Walter was fully conscious and reasonably sane. Since he knows his fugue state was a lie, there is no reason to doubt his awareness.
I thought the title of this video was telling me this scene didn't happen, and that it was I who had the fugue state. It was the moment I became Walter White
i don’t think so, considering these two shows have extremely different objectives as far as stories go , sopranos isn’t even about the crime aspect, it’s just a byproduct
I love this lie because from an outside perspective, it's a lot more believable than what actually happened. "Oh yeah, I got into the meth game like, a few weeks ago and got kidnapped by a mexican drug lord because I made the best meth in Albuquerque."
I think the reason Walter asked about confidentiality is because he already knew that if he'd confessed to anything illegal I'd have to be reported to law enforcement. He was judging his response on what the psychiatrist had to say, namely, he'd only be able to talk to others about death threats (which is BS). Walter is a genius, he came out of this scratch-free while forcing the psychiatrist to keep his word.
Everyone saying they wanted more of this therapist stuff in the show. Watch the sopranos, folks. They did it and they did it well. Breaking Bad had its own identity.
Walt's half lies are better than his full lies. This is somehow more believable than the nonsense he cooked up after Jesse flooded his house with gasoline.
Well it is mostly the truth, the only lie is the running away part, if the therapist question was "why start cooking meth?" the answer would remain mostly the same
People joke about “This is the moment when…” but for me, *this* is the moment Walter became Heisenberg. Not when he blew up the room with ersatz crystal; that was planned, a calculated risk. Here, he finds himself trapped by his own deceit, but suddenly and confidently realizes there’s a way out, no one will be the wiser.
@@davidchen8709 he could but if he were ever found out he would lose his medical license. also the police couldn't use anything the doctor says as evidence against walt in a court of law.
@@JG_1998 The police could use it, sure. They could open an investigation and depending on what they find they could arrest you. The district attorney might even indict you. It would be up to your attorney to file a motion to have the statements thrown out. If the court finds that those statements are protected by the doctor-patient privilege AND directly led to the discovery of certain evidence then that evidence would be inadmissible. The moral is that admissions of criminal activity to ANYONE could land you in jail. Depending on what state you live in, and more importantly what circuit you're in, those statements could lead to convictions.
It completely depends on state laws. I think in some states a doctor is bound like this one and in others they can break confidentiality to prevent someone from being hurt.
The worst lying I've ever witnessed in real life or cinema was Walter making up the story about spilling gas on himself at the pump. Even within this show and Walter's intellect, it doesn't make sense. His "performance" in that lie is so over the top and bad, nobody would ever fall for it.
i live in sweden, having 43k per year is alot of money. granted, all life nessessities are basicly handed to you on a silver platter, such as heathcare, dental up till your 23, free education. plenty of safetynets to make sure one dont go homeless and so on. i earn about just below average wage in sweden, currently about 3k per month, and i feel like am not struggeling at all. in fact i feel like am thriving more than any american that earns dubble of what i do per year
0:13 Glad that's not what it's like here. patience confidentiality here can be broken, if it has to do with the safety of the country, or your own or others.
Everyone in the comments is talking about how manipulative Walter is in this scene without choosing to acknowledge how insanely manipulative this doctor is. Doctors are often times more manipulative than any other industry
Bryan Cranston really nailed Walters body language throughout the whole show. He shakes his head, looks away, and tries to come off as really sincere when he lies but as soon as he’s telling the truth he stares you down and the real Walter comes out
That's Heisenberg
@@MingusDynastyy There is no Heisenberg, only Walt.
Reminds me of the scene in season 5 where he lies about there being a gas pump malfunction to cover up Jesse dumping gas in their house. His tone of voice and gestures show that he is so desperately trying come across as real, but by that point it is so obviously bullshit.
This is the man behind the Mouse
walter white really nailed bryan cranston’s body language throughout
One thing I really like about this scene is Walts body language. When he was making up a story about walking and hitchhiking away, he was standing up and looking out the window and not looking at the guy. But when he started talking about how his life sucks, he was facing the guy and looking at him in the eye, because at that point he was telling the truth.
"I did it for me. I liked it."
Eye contact between truth and a lie isn't what you think it is lol.
@@BearMetro Would you say the more likely distinguishing indicator is the reverse?
@@TWOFACETORCH over intense eye contact is usually a sign of lying. So is avoiding eye contact.
People also show strong eye contact when they want you to believe them, lying or not. They also avoid eye contact when they’re embarrassed about what they’re saying, or if they’re omitting certain details but what they’re saying is true.
Basically - eye contact is an unreliable indicator of honesty:
@@jordan3400 You're points are along the right track for sure. The thing is there's so many variables at play. It takes a professional to test and learn a person's temdacies before making conclusions, and even then it it's quite difficult.
I swear to god, This guy looks just like the Michaels therapist from GTAV
Good thing he didn't charge him 5k for the meeting
Same actor iirc
@@floydhebert3684 not the same actor. I looked at the whole cast as Dr. Friedlanders actor doesn't show up.
He looks just like Tim Whatley from Seinfeld too...
@@yettai1995 You’re right. This guy is played by Harry Greoning, Dr. Friedlander is played by Bryan Scott Johnson
I love how Walt still lies even when he knows telling the truth will have no consequences
The therapist said he’d have to tell someone if Walt threatened to kill somebody, so telling the truth would’ve been very bad for him at this point lol
@@SkatingPizza he was out in the desert cooking meth, not planning murders
@@Corn0nTheCobb If he said anything about Tuco to the therapist and he knew what happened to him, Hank would’ve been forced to Sweat Walt and Jesse down, tracing them back to the meth, and the snitches they killed at the start
@@Corn0nTheCobb why would he risk telling him about his extensive meth operation? use your brain.
@@ronbuil6923 I think there would've been a way for Walt to tell the truth without jeopardizing anything, not the whole truth of course, but at this point I think Walt enjoys the power that comes with lying, he's the master of his little world
Great writing. He's sitting down and talking directly to the therapist when he says there was no fugue state, and immediately gets up and looks out the window as he starts lying
Really good idea when you're not good at lying if you think about it. Pretty much everyone knows that people tend to break eye contact or look away when lying, and we always do that accidentally or without realizing it. If he has no eye contact from the start, he doesn't have to worry about that.
@@Literally-God except Walt is actually pretty good at lying.
@@Literally-God old comment but that isn't really a tell tale way to see if someone's lying. Heck you'll often here the opposite that when someone's lying they'll look directly at the person's eyes their lying to, even then this isn't a sure fire way to tell if someone's lying. If you're looking for a tell tale way that someone is lying you're never going to find it because that doesn't exist.
The most you could is look for signs of stress within a person, which there are lots of ways signs for. Whether or not someone is stressed because they know they're lying is something that could only be figured out over time with more questioning, this is exactly how officers are instructed.
This is the exact moment that the moment momentarily became the moment
Very momentous
Yes, but only for a moment.
You made me laugh for a moment
This is the exact moment if you think about it
this do be the moment walt been waitin for
This is the bit where Walt explains to the psychologist that there was no fugue state
This is the scene where the fugue state truly became the exposed lie.
Of course. It was right there in front us the entire time, I just didn't realise till now.
yes you can tell by the way that he tells the psychologist that there was no fugue state
This is the part where the psychiatrist asks Walt why he was naked in a store
Walt started the conversation. But Heisenberg ended it
Do you think that in five years, that doctor (or whatever his actual job title is) will piece together that Walt was actually tied into the drug business and not just running away?
Yes the whole world knew that Walter was a drug lord by the end of the series
@@seztogaming4186 that would be s great tie in for El Camino or BCS; all the people who've crossed his path piecing it together after he becomes famous. Bogdon, gas station dude, this guy here, the scaredy boi at the uncologist, the bartender in New Hampshire or the waitress at the Dennys... who else
@Nick really because we all thought it was
@@AJ0223 that would be really cool actually
It would be cool to do some 2020 mockumentary with all the characters talking about Walt.
I do love this scene. While Walt is trying to get out of the situation. He is completely honest. His life sucked. He could've done so much with his life but took one wrong turn. His pride is way too much. His Chemo and son's medical issues. So much stuff. He was being completely honest here. Just hid what he does.
I do wonder if Walt's life could've been different if he went to a shrink. Alternatively, I'd love to see an April Fools episode where Walt's first day of cooking makes him rethink everything and he just goes to a Shrink and everything else goes back to normal.
Sopranos cross over lmao
Then, there would be no BB. Can't go there.
>Go to a shrink
With what money?
@@Funnel2TV His friend offered to pay for his whole procedure, I'm sure he could help with that too
Thats why he is the hero of the show. There never was wrong turn.
He told him that he would tell someone if he threatened to kill someone. He actually gave up a heads up.
Walt:Thanks man
A lie to win trust
@@mgtowveteran3234You'd know.
i feel like they could have done a lot more with this whole situation throughout the show
may you elaborate?
Sort of like a dr. Melfi and tony soprano dynamic?
That'd be too close to the Sopranos shtick that I feel like it would come across as contrived or almost corny.
I think the writer's intention was to feed us that perception - that Walt may have toyed with a Seprano's style exposition dump where Walt could at last speak the actual truth to someone including us, then Walt thought the better of it.
Walt is only talking to the therapist because he has to. He was never going to confess. Like a western outlaw
Patient doctor confidentiality can be broken when the patient is a threat to themselves or others. That is usually how it is written. Therefore, an argument can be made that if Walt told the truth of cooking meth etc, the doctor could tell others since making and distributing methamphetamines is harmful to others. So Walt had to lie in the beginning of "WHY" he left, but didn't lie when it came to how bleak his life seemed. Good lies always have a part of the truth. Easier to remember.
It can only be broken with specific threats of physical violence. Making a judgment call about someone's profession that might end up through multiple people harming someone is not such a reason. Or else the medical records of every lobbyist in DC would be open for all the harm they cause ;)
Lmao selling meth ain't a "profession", and it's no "judgement call" to say it poses a threat to others' lives
@@badwulff debatable. a decade ago selling weed was seen the same as selling meth in most state courts but now it is legal in lots of states. assuming that dangerous stuff is going on in a "profession" that is technically illegal doesn't mean it imposes harm to others, it just means the government doesn't want you doing it.
@@zacharyjackson1829 I mean, weed is absolutely not as harmful as meth though. There are degrees. And a "profession" necessarily carries legal recognition to me. Otherwise I'd call it something else, like an "activity".
Also, selling weed in a regulated manner is very different to selling meth in an unregulated manner. The argument to legalize drugs like meth is to better be able to help users and abusers, not recognize that they're harmless.
@@badwulff my point is regulation isn't a "be all and end all" and doesn't set the absolute idea that anything involving something illegal means it must be dangerous or harmful.
back then and today im sure people have died over the distribution of weed, same as meth
Im sure there's also people there that deal meth and use meth without harming others, whether they are harming themselves comes down to multiple factors that are too many to list off without going into super detail
everything carries risk and while that risk can absolutely be quantified by an average, it is not definite value and thus doesn't set an absolute term that can be legally defined
this point isn't super important but the definition of "profession" is; a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification. so dealing in illegal substances could be considered a profession, as long as you pay your taxes like a good citizen :)
Walt is being totally honest, but it's in the context of a cathartic relief, and in a situation in which he is guaranteed that no one will know his true thoughts and feelings. How many years must he have kept this to himself, until this scene.
It was literally like two weeks lol
@@ronanokane4068 lol
@@ronanokane4068 Lol I get what you meant but I think Walt hated his life even before he got cancer
That's Walt's biggest problem, its his pride and ego. He has a wife who loved him and he couldn't even tell her how he felt. Its such a good scene where we learn he dumped Gretchen because he felt insecure, like if he just dealt with it he could be running grey matter!
@@dericmederos1514 You're missing the point of why he dumped her. They were already serious and planned to get married and Gretchen never mentioned she was from the 1% to Walt. Walt was not from a wealthy family so not only could he not fit in, it also came as a shock to realize Gretchen kept such a secret, to the point of not even knowing who she really is. And Walt hated her for it.
moral: pay teachers well! especially those who teach chemistry lol
If you watched the show, the money was always just an excuse. He wanted to build an empire.
@@BeardsBladesandHair Family and money were the trigger. I don't think he would have been Heisenberg if he had the money obviously. However, Everything aside from that was his choice, and the said things were just secondary later on.
They couldn't have made it more explicit on the show that money was always an excuse. He even literally says it to Skylar in the last episode.
@@BeardsBladesandHair I agree I think the main trigger was Walt never feeling manly enough remember when hank handed him the gun at the party and made fun of Walt
$47,000 per year is a lot of money.
Did you know? This is the *EXACT* moment that Walter White.
This is the moment walter became white
@@LeumazDnazor he was black???
@@nolifestudios4328 yes, his name used to be walter hartwell black
@@LeumazDnazor ah, so he pulled a Micheal Jackson.
(nods) yes
That little squint at 0:29. Great subtleties when acting the role. In a way that was Heisenberg kicking in.
Good point I never noticed that before
He seems like a good guy that is just stressed out.. I hope he can find a hobby that can make himself and everyone else happy..
I think this scene is brilliant because it subtly sums up and sets up Walt's pattern of behaviors for the rest of the show. He feels trapped, undermined, and helpless and the drug trade is the only solace he found where he can escape and finally be himself, or the self of "value" he thought he should be.
Probably the truest thing Walter said in the entire show, next to "I did it for me."
I like how he manages to be honest without telling the truth
"There was no fugue state."
"Nothing. We had coffee."
"Why did I follow him? I don't know, why do things happen as they do in dreams? All I know is that, when he beckoned... I had to follow him"
-Marius / Diablo 2
He didn't actually lie, if you think about it. He didn't clarify or elaborate his criminal activity involving drugs, however it was indeed a way of running away from his old life, the life of seeing people surpass him, feeling inferior, and needing to somehow change his way of living in a way that he could.
thank you, someone who is not an idiot
He did quite literally make up a story about what he did when he ran away but alright.
He literally lied about hitchhiking and also clearly lied by omission. Yes he was clever and mixed the truth in with the lies, but he clearly lied and was manipulative
@@flytrapYTP He made up a story about what he did, but he told the truth about why he did it
This is the moment when walter explains the no fugue state
Anyone notice the therapist in GTA5 is modeled after this guy?
This came out as the same time as GTA5, I doubt that they remodeled the whole character for an homage
@@rileys.9901 they can just model it after the actor
Riley S. It most definitely did not come out at the same time as GTAV
@@rileys.9901 season 1 came out in 2008, same year as gta 4. Gta 5 was released in 2013
@@riqardo1893 The show ended in 2013 so no it couldn't have
It would have been cool if he told him everything. Like if they made this a complete episode
When i first watched this, that's what I thought would happen
wouldn't that be a rehash of the Sopranos?
Kinda like that Dexter episode where he admitted everything about being a serial killer to the psychiatrist before murdering him lol
I must disagree with you, because film is a visual medium. And we as an audience are familiar with Walt's real doings. So the only reason that could be appealing is seeing therapist reaction. Boring if you ask me. Moreover such confession would release a lot of tension from the viewer's point and you don't want to lose the build up suspense. Walt lying in this scene only contributes to giving audience more anxiety and that's important for a movie like breaking bad
@@strixzahven2742 not just the therapist’s reaction, but you’d see Walt’s palpable relief when telling someone, anyone the truth since he’s been keeping a colossal web of lies.
This is the exact moment that Skyler was 7 months pregantn
Pregantn
The word is "pragenrandendt", get it right.
This is the exact moment that Skyler was 7 months pregnant with a baby they didn't intend.
pregananant
This is the moment when Walt became Hank.
The thumbnail looks like Walt trying to use the Jedi mind trick to convince the Dr that there was no fugue state
He lied but there was so many truths in it
The best lie is sprinkled with some truths
That last statement was the sad truth of his life. He finally openly admitted what’s been tearing him apart for decades.
And the doctor clears him after he gives this statement. This show never fails to impress.
The psychologists objective was to determine whether Walter was fully conscious and reasonably sane. Since he knows his fugue state was a lie, there is no reason to doubt his awareness.
I thought the title of this video was telling me this scene didn't happen, and that it was I who had the fugue state.
It was the moment I became Walter White
I live that it’s a lie in a truth bundled up in another lie and it gets him out Scott free
That dude was the mayor/snake in buffy the vampire slayer!!!
I wish they did more with the therapist. He was my favorite character.
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@@bazinga743 it's a meme. watch some Sporano youtube clips and see the comments.
The honesty about what an underachiever Walt is brutal.
If There Was No Fugue State Scene, then what am I watching right now?
Wait... are we just gon ignore the fact that Mayor Wilkins isn't a snake anymore and is practicing psychiatry in New Mexico?
Lmfao was looking for this comment
Oh I KNEW I recognized him from somewhere!
This is the moment Gallup became far enough.
I rarely laugh out loud at TH-cam comments, but this one really hit the spot for some reason
Kinda looks liek the therapist in GTA 5
I remember when I first saw this I thought Walter would admit to being a drug dealer.
Maybe the creators didn’t want another comparison to the sopranos. So they minimized the therapist story line
i don’t think so, considering these two shows have extremely different objectives as far as stories go , sopranos isn’t even about the crime aspect, it’s just a byproduct
BRO HE WALKED FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO GALLUP!? I could barely drive that ish.
Literally the plot of WAKEFIELD (except a shorter walk).
I love this lie because from an outside perspective, it's a lot more believable than what actually happened. "Oh yeah, I got into the meth game like, a few weeks ago and got kidnapped by a mexican drug lord because I made the best meth in Albuquerque."
I couldn't imagine being in Walt's position. It's just really bad luck, and then he's finally told he's going to die for no reason.
This is the moment Walter White said some words.
Walter’s “and you ask why I ran” is soo full of venom that he almost sounded offended by the therapist question
Because it should be obvious
The first time I saw this scene I was immediately reminded of Dr Friedlander
Yes! Finally someone else notices it
Ahh, classic Walt. Lying by using the truth.
This is truly when Saul became better caul Saul
This is the exact moment the Fugue State became the Fugue Moment.
Feel like you could peg that last explanation with "and you as why I started cooking meth?"
0:21 la mirada que da es la misma que le da Tuco para ver si está diciendo la verdad, o capaz estoy imaginando
Walter siempre actúa como los jefes que mataba ,con lidia se comportaba como gus en el autolavado.
Orale, simon carnalitos
This is the moment when Walt became Brock
I think the reason Walter asked about confidentiality is because he already knew that if he'd confessed to anything illegal I'd have to be reported to law enforcement. He was judging his response on what the psychiatrist had to say, namely, he'd only be able to talk to others about death threats (which is BS). Walter is a genius, he came out of this scratch-free while forcing the psychiatrist to keep his word.
He won't tell verbally but he can give clues or left Walt's file at the police station.
And you ask why I ran?...yeah you have a point.
There Was No Fugue State.
I just hung out in the neighbors attic...
This is the Heisenberg Walter White became moment
Everyone saying they wanted more of this therapist stuff in the show. Watch the sopranos, folks. They did it and they did it well.
Breaking Bad had its own identity.
Come on, he makes a good salary honestly
Walt's half lies are better than his full lies. This is somehow more believable than the nonsense he cooked up after Jesse flooded his house with gasoline.
Walt: I'm the owner of a drug empire.
Therapist: surprised pikachu face
dude looks like Michaels therapist from GTAV
"AND THE DRAAGOOOOOON!!!!"
If you know, you know.
Such a convincing, compelling and empathy inducing answer. Yet it isn't even true
Well it is mostly the truth, the only lie is the running away part, if the therapist question was "why start cooking meth?" the answer would remain mostly the same
People joke about “This is the moment when…” but for me, *this* is the moment Walter became Heisenberg.
Not when he blew up the room with ersatz crystal; that was planned, a calculated risk.
Here, he finds himself trapped by his own deceit, but suddenly and confidently realizes there’s a way out, no one will be the wiser.
And the dragon… - Clint
They cut out the part where Walt ranted about Gary Cooper for 10 minutes.
Isnt that the therapist from gta v?? hahaha
I was thinking the exact same thing!! That’d be funny
This is the mayor from Buffy that tutored faith
The short answer in the end. "Skylar"
my man
That's not how it works. A psychiatrist must report criminal behavior if it's likely to result in a crime.
The one where Heisenberg is Walt
Despite the story being a lie, this was the most honest Walt was in a long time…
$43,000 a year sounds like so much money when you're broke.
What happens if he says he is a drug dealer? Is he still not allowed to tell police?
nope
I mean he could quietly tip off the police and pretend he didnt tell them...
@@davidchen8709 he could but if he were ever found out he would lose his medical license. also the police couldn't use anything the doctor says as evidence against walt in a court of law.
@@JG_1998 The police could use it, sure. They could open an investigation and depending on what they find they could arrest you. The district attorney might even indict you. It would be up to your attorney to file a motion to have the statements thrown out. If the court finds that those statements are protected by the doctor-patient privilege AND directly led to the discovery of certain evidence then that evidence would be inadmissible.
The moral is that admissions of criminal activity to ANYONE could land you in jail. Depending on what state you live in, and more importantly what circuit you're in, those statements could lead to convictions.
It completely depends on state laws. I think in some states a doctor is bound like this one and in others they can break confidentiality to prevent someone from being hurt.
I had many fugue states in my life too.
Yay Clint from HIMYM finally got his own practice
IIFAWPJCSOTEW?
Lmaoo
I always wondered, if walt's wife was cheating and he found out it wasn't his. How this would have went?
Probably the same. Walt loved that kid.
She didn't cheat till way later though so it's kinda moot.
Honestly, his troubles were just the BEGINNING! Can you imagine being Walt's therapist, though? Now that's a dirty job!
There is only granite state
The worst lying I've ever witnessed in real life or cinema was Walter making up the story about spilling gas on himself at the pump. Even within this show and Walter's intellect, it doesn't make sense. His "performance" in that lie is so over the top and bad, nobody would ever fall for it.
If I hear one more "this is the exact moment" meme I'm going to kermit frog
There is no such thing as over-qualification!
Is that dr. friedlander?
There Was No Fugue.. I am Heisenberg
Gta V + Gta SA shares a lot with BB and BCS , the therapist is one of bunch
i live in sweden, having 43k per year is alot of money. granted, all life nessessities are basicly handed to you on a silver platter, such as heathcare, dental up till your 23, free education. plenty of safetynets to make sure one dont go homeless and so on.
i earn about just below average wage in sweden, currently about 3k per month, and i feel like am not struggeling at all. in fact i feel like am thriving more than any american that earns dubble of what i do per year
Tends to happen when you live in a tiny country that couldn't support even a tenth of the American population.
This is a moment
0:13 Glad that's not what it's like here. patience confidentiality here can be broken, if it has to do with the safety of the country, or your own or others.
Like saying he's going to kill someone, you'd tell the cops.
i know Dr. Chavez was a pawn in this scene, but they missed out by not showing his reaction! (imo)
This might be some of the best 2 minutes of film in history.
You should check out some of mr. Robot
Therapist are so wonderul.
I'm honestly speechless
Everyone in the comments is talking about how manipulative Walter is in this scene without choosing to acknowledge how insanely manipulative this doctor is. Doctors are often times more manipulative than any other industry
Good god, is that the mayor of sunnydale?
This is his confession as to why he decided to start making meth
Okay, but where is breakfast?