Mike Becomes A Security Consultant | Smoke | Better Call Saul
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- Mike makes himself some work by pointing out the flaws in a business.
#MikeEhrmantrout #Security #BetterCallSaul
From Season 4, Episode 1 'Smoke' - Jimmy struggles to cope with Chuck's tragic death. Mike ponders his role at Madrigal, and Howard makes a startling confession.
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Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."
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This is a side mission for Mike.
I think he was just happy to build something for once.
Dude was just getting some light xp grinding done on the side. That's how he was so overleveled during the main storyline.
@@PlugSocketStudios lmaooo og 🤣👌
Mike was going for the Platinum, too bad his no death run was cut short by Heisenberg the Danger, Mike's parry timings weren't perfect and he missed the riposte. Maybe next run though
That's what I kept thinking to myself. Mike has completed the main questline by avenging his son and is just doing side quests now.
I could watch an entire movie of Mike doing nothing but talking shit about security flaws and not complain
YESSSSSSSSSSS
Same!!
It could be called Mike of all Trades. He can even walk around dams and say "walls structural integrity is compromised, workers coming in late and skipping safety protocol"
Same
Literally
Let's all be honest....Mike was having the time of his goddamn life with that industrial golf cart
Anybody wants to take a golf cart just ask Modercai and rigby
Remember when they shredded through highway 13 (most dangerous highway in America) to get the cart to the dealers and save Benson's job? Most badass cart drivers in history.@@vwin9112
Man just wanted a decent paying job and not have to work with scumbags.
@@Chillypuwn I feel like Mike could have been an FBI agent if he really wanted. Makes me wonder why he didn't in the first place instead of being a Philly beat cop.
@@nahor88 To be an FBI agent you have a bachelor's degree. Not sure when that requirement started but I doubt Mike went to college.
Imagine if Mike did such a good job that they started catching the methylamine shipments going missing
exactly what I thought
"uhh we like it lax around here for a reason, please shut up"
Lydia was in on it, if I remember right. She scrubbed the records so nothing showed up as missing.
@@Corgblam yeah it wasnt simple theft. nevermind lydia, the CEO was in on it.
@@SorchaSublime But the point still stands. The sloppier the company is, the better. hahaha
@@toptenguy1they were making the company's security better so there wouldn't be a slip up that would cause unwanted attention to the warehouse.
As a security consultant I can attest that this is accurate. However most of the time my work consists of catching security guards sleeping on the job.
Was it hard to get a security consultant job and is it worth it? Just asking cause of curiosity
@@joestein6603 if you want to be a consultant make sure you have some experience in the field first
@@freezy2755 so get the guards licenses and work as a low level guard until I make 7 years then will I be able to be a security consultant? Honestly I hope it's worth it considering I went to school for electrical but can't be hired because of work experience. Job searching is tough these days
As a former security officer this guy nails it. I could never get the client to use the radios or to do the proper check ins ied always catch them 🤣
@@joestein6603 The age-old catch-22 of 'we won't hire you because you lack experience'.
This is probably the greatest scene because it had nothing to do with the usual story and we learned how Mike wants the money for his family and won’t take any risks. Favorite character in a supporting role.
fully agree. it has nothing to do with normal story but adds so much depth to the character when he explains to lydia that he better be known by employees and seen in the buildings
Yeah. That’s why he hates Walt. He likes him at first cause he seems hin as dependable chemistry nerd who follows “the rules”
Mike likes the rules, because he is a king when the rules are in play. In a medieval comparison he is the kings right hand man. He isn’t an overall better fighter than others, all his tactical wins are because he can predict what his opponent will do.
That’s what Walt plays into with him and Viktor. He knows they expect him to plead for his life. When he “offers” to sell out Jesse, it doesn’t raise any alarms, as they expect that.
That’s what sets Mike against Walt on a personal level. Mike controls his environment. Procedure is meant to make up for the fact that most people aren’t geniuses.security and controls give less wriggle room for mischief.
But Walt played him and their expectations like a fiddle. This is when he hates Walt. Walt can mess up his plans. Flout his protocols.
Even Gus isn’t a genius. Gus is gifted and understands people. But his plans are the build up of years. He isn’t even creative in his approach. Even the head of the cartel suspected poison.
In a perfect world Walt would be working for the CIA planning assassinations of foreign targets. That’s the level that Walt can operate on.
@@elyastoohey6621 It's why Gus and Mike were such an incredible team. While their areas of expertise differed, both of them are patient, detail-oriented men who specialize in the long game.
@@RaptorJesus Walt is interested long gane too, only his games time is shorter.
Still he shows what a chaotic genius can achieve when all morals disappear in the face of survival.
The story is incredibly Nietzschean. A man casting off shackles that have bonded his potential. Finding happiness in his own power.
In fact, it’s only because societal values that his family still adhere to make him choose between his family and himself that Walt breaks down.
Which is crazy. Walt junior. Just don’t call the cops. You’re now worth heaps.
Even better. Hank. Stop letting your ego take over and make you vindictive to Walt, he’ll take care of his children, one of whom could really use that money to improve his life.
@@elyastoohey6621 I think Mike also initially liked Walt because of the fact he thought they were similar in that on paper they were in the game to provide for their families.
I would watch a 42min episode on this.
That's the thing with better call saul. Some episodes nothing happens, but its the best nothing thats been written. Love it. : )
@@Gundog12 Parece que no pasan cosas. Pero están pasando cosas todo el tiempo.
Absolutely 💯
YES. And those montages. When Jimmy is piecing shredded documents together, etc. It's just awesome.
@engineer Para mí, está dentro de el Top 5 de las mejores series de todos los tiempos.
I like how he can say "security consultant" and make it sound like the most badass job in the world.
Mike pulled over so many people as a cop, yet this is the first time he'd done so with a 10 hp electric pickup truck with no roof.
It’s called a golf buggy?
americans will do just about anything to call things that aren't trucks, trucks
@@Aven-Sharma1991 That's the joke you absolute smooth brain
Make another Breaking Bad spin off about Mike. "Never Doubt Ehrmantraut"
Definitely. Little 15 min episodes would be perfect lmao
Genius title.
Hmmm... Ehrmantraut. Kinda on the nose there.
Genius indeed. I love the mixed language wordplay with his name.
Never doubt = zweifle nie an
Ehrmantraut = honorable man trust
As a german its probably funnier for me than for americans, but then again. Maybe not
As a non native speaker I find the fact that this rhymes perfectly a little bit upsetting
"Maybe you'd best call corporate. Try Lydia Rodarte-Quayle."
"Who?"
"The stevia lady"
"Oh god no, ill take your word for it"
lol
I honestly would appreciate having Mike as my Boss. He gives a shit and that helps you in the long run in other jobs. Having a good boss and sometimes more valuable than the work/job itself.
Similar to Captain Holt (Brooklyn 99)
He probably would have made a huge impact on the safety standards of that company.
Castle crashers?
honestly wouldn't have been able to sludge trough 12 hour shifts at the factory at my first job without our team leader. He was such a great boss, he was strict but fair and upheld breaktime and worktime down to the second. Not a single second stolen from the workers and not a single second stolen from the company.
@@floobiegoobie7931 god i love that game lol
"I liked it. I was good at it. And, I was really... I was alive."
- Mike on being a security official
We need a spin of series of just mike as the security consultant
Better call mike
@@Ftrs2586 Better like Mike
Don't Doubt Ehrmantraut
@@samuelberz1476 Never Doubt Ehrmantraut.
Finger
Haul of Duty: Modern Warefare: "Ramirez! Get your squad lift belts and gloves!"
Underrated comment.
And then head to Burger town.
Warefare 😂
Huell of Duty
I cried when Mike said “I’m the guy your boss brought to show you how it’s done.” Bravo Vince.
Mike was all too happy to have that manager make a call to Lydia.
That manager looks like one of Mike Judge's caricatures...props to the casting agent...made the whole scene so much more satisfying, watching the aloof, arrogant manager get absolutely owned by Ehrmantrout.
He doesn't come across as aloof or arrogant. You're projecting that because you're on Mike's side, as you should be, but the manager doesn't know Mike from shit and is entitled to interrupt and ask what the fuck's going on.
Dude was cast well. Looks like the end boss of a Nintendo 64 game or something. Perfect.
Ehrmanntraut
@@AR-GuidesAndMore security consultant
This is the exact moment Ehrman became trout
Mike's the kinda guy everyone wants to be. Makes a mundane job like this interesting and nail biting 😂😂
@Zek Kiel How by placing what you could do on there?
Lol the way he rolls up on the cart, perfect
Erm no I don’t think most people want to be Mike. A crooked bagman for a drug lord who fails and dies leaving nothing behind for his family.
Oh and a former corrupt cop 😂
op has never worked a real job for sure. what Mike does in this scene is so prevalent but grossly discounted in today's job market and public perception. it's mind numbing work that takes discipline, something our society severely lacks, case in point by op's admiration for a middle management profession
It's the guy most people AVOID at work.
There's not gonna be another round of this. To stay in character Mike never visits again but still collects his paycheck just like most (insert noun) consultants.
Almost like a no show job that Paulie walnut got.
@@geessaess1707 He got 3 no shows
He really is the best. The exact combination of serious and laid back.
The man knows the quality of each of his fcuks and gives them when and only when they are needed. Now go get your lift belt and gloves before you do one more thing. On the double.
I heard that Chuck Norris checks under his bed for Mike before going to sleep... and leaves the light on.
🤣👌
Jesus I see you everywhere
Funny joke btw, I laughed
The boogeyman hired him as a consultant
And yet he gets killed by a nerdy chemistry teacher.
@@unclelarry8842 I was about to say, he got fucking owned by Walt. Lmao.
I find it amusing that Mike decides to work with criminals when he could easily make good money for his family doing stuff like this legitimately.
Criminals tend to pay exponentially more and don't generally don't ask a lot of personal questions
@@thomastruant8837 and Tax free
Is that why he was a toll booth operator.
Questions like “hey btw what ever happened to those two cops from Philly that ended up dead after being seen having drinks with you”
@@lkcdarzadix6216 Criminals pay their taxes if they don't want to get caught.
Real life, they'll only spend just enough money on the appearance of security so they pay less insurance.
I fully believe Mike would be personally fulfilled if doing security consultations like this paid as much as crime does. He'd just do this ad infinitum with a grin on his face
I agree. We saw in a later scene he's at another warehouse and finds issues with how they load the trucks. He tells Lydia many legitimate concerns that have nothing to do with why he's even there, it's just stuff that would make the legit business better.
Mike needs his own show!
BCS pretty much is his show. His and Saul's anyways.
A Mike and Gus show would be amazing, but that's pretty much what BCS is. I only wish it was more episodes per season and longer episodes etc. I'm already sad over the fact that season 6's 13 episodes is all we ever gonna get from the breaking bad universe. Although I guess we'll see, El Camino wasn't on the map when breaking bad finished so let's hope.
Yeah. Too bad he was a cop before and dead after. So its pretty much done for.
I need someone like Mike in my company's warehouses.
why people break rules there?
@@arsamr.4646 who said anything about rules
@@crAzyfists23 you said you need someone like Mike (A person who straightens out people who don't follow the guidelines and security measures), which implies that people in your warehouse break these mundane workplace rules.
@@arsamr.4646 I need someone like Mike to show how to run warehouse operations safely
This is one of my favorite scenes with Mike. I totally relate to him on a work-ethic level
That was a nice idea to put this scene
It was refreshing the show and add a little funny time for Mike too
What a great guy
Gets hired as a security consultant
Doubles as a compliance officer
He didn't even get hired, he just showed up and started doing stuff. He did a few jobs for Gus and then just appeared at the office and started security consulting. There's a scene after this where gus goes ???
@@Sursion Well, he _was_ hired, but it was (supposed to be) a fake job to keep him around since he does jobs for the illegal side of their operation. Mike's just not the kind of guy to get a job and not do the work.
@@Sursion he was hired. It was supposed to be a fake job to keep him on the books.
In the end he wanted to make sure his cover held up, so he terrified the bajeebus out of middle management so they'd remember him.
Mike’s adventure here is the perfect comic relief in an overall sad episode….
Only Mike could do this so easily
Actually, there's a whole small industry of penetration testers. And from the stories they tell, it really is as easy as it looks.
Mike really take his job seriously with full integrity
I want a whole series on him being a security consultant for different work places
Mike takes any of his jobs very seriously. a true pro
You see this with Gus, too. He seemed extremely motivated for Los Pollos Hermanos to be a legitimately successful business entirely on its own merits, and not just a front for money laundering. Probably why they ended up working together.
I have loved this one, it looked perfectly like Mike being bored with his lfie so he went to poke shit into some people
The moment that made Gus realize just how good/professional Mike ism
source?
There needs to be a spinoff series for Mike when he was a cop
Hell yeah
nah. the actor already looks old as shit in bcs, and it took place before breaking bad. the show wouldnt work well bc of the actor’s age.
Better call Mike, it should be called.
On that note please upload every time Mike makes everyone's life a living hell. I thoroughly enjoy when he annoys other people.
I love this scene lol.
"Well you wouldn't would you?" Has been adopted into my regular vocabulary of phrases. Its just so perfect.
Also
1:55 is perfect because Mike is... Mad and the wall says MAD... bravo Peter and Minkie.
He is a mad lad in retirement. He’s still mad but not quite young enough to be a lad anymore
Bravo, Vince.
Perfect Peter!
I love the way he says equipment room. There's such clarity in his voice.
He’s just magnetic in the roll. So intense, still loveable.
*I hope Vince writes a story on Mike's background as a cop, I Don't care how dark it is, we'll WATCH IT....*
He already did for this show. I mean, we kinda know most of what there is to know
Isnt there a whole episode about that I BCS or is that his son? Anyway its unessecary
@@flimpeenflarmpoon1353 lol yeah they explain everything
Agreed. There Should be a whole movie on Mike's character. Loved the way he acts so confidently without any fear.
"I don't care how dark it is"
What do you mean by that BB and BCS are already extremely dark.
Chuck looks different
Life changed since he sold the business to Sneed
Yo it's the sabaton guy
Chicanery
He accepted Jimmy's problem
Hey its my favorite lyric guy
As someone who works in a warehouse identical to this, I really liked this part
Its great that Mike gave them a chance at catching him. He read Ramirez's tag and he did not read his in return. He returned the tag to the original owner, but was not called out for having neither an employee or temp access card. So by the time he sees their boss, the only person perceptive enough to ask for his credentials, he does not say the employees were alert.
Reminds of something I heard, doesn’t matter what you do in life if you’re a janitor you be the best janitor in the businesses proper work ethic is a rare trait and sadly when it shows they best worker isn’t nearly valued enough by the company to fulfill his or her true potential a lot of untapped potential goes unused due to negligent and incompetent managers I don’t dare call them leaders because a leader is someone who can see these things and does their job with the crew not work the crew
A short term strategy from the top trickles down, along with the responsibility.
I would love to see a spinoff series of Mike being an OSHA safety officer and giving everyone hell 🤣
This is an unforgettable TV character. I can watch him just doing his work for many, many hours.
When "I gotta talk to your manager" means
"I'm gonna get your manager fired"
Mike is the only person who can ask for the manager and not sound cringe like at all
2:14 This is the moment when Mike becomes a security consultant...
This is not funny. This has never been funny. It’s never gonna be funny.
@@AlvinFlang69420 this is the moment when Loremaster put a stick up their ass
Bravo @@kandyburra
@@AlvinFlang69420
This is the moment AlvinFlang becomes AlvinFlang69420, bravo Vince.
Mike is so badass holy fuck
Is it Jesse Pinkman's mother in the background? 0:11
The entire undertone of this is his willingness to take this to the manager, first. All of his findings, and he tells them all to the manager just so he can patch them up himself and righten ship (he still gets paid, as a consultant, if he comes back to corporate and says "yeah, checked all this, you should be good, found a few things but nothing the manager wasn't enthusiastic about fixing").
No, the manager tries to swing big with his authority on Mike, this relative nobody, and the nobody sends him to corporate....and I _love_ it.
Him and James may are the only people to make ordinary things interesting to watch
0:50 “Shut what down??? We’re just lifting boxes dude.”
It’s more or less terminology.
@@vorsyeIt’s more or less bad terminology
@@BigDaddyTony24I second that
Most people have real responsibilities at their jobs and do NOTHING.
Ehrmantraut is SUPPOSED to do nothing, but gives the job 100% commitment.
This was like a vacation for him.
One thing Mike forgot they also should all be wearing high vis vests aswell.
The worst part about that warehouse from Mike’s POV is that no one had enough stickers.
That moment when you realise that being in a drug cartel gives you legit transferable skills that you can put on your LinkedIn profile.
+
well work is work , drugs is just a product so all skills is totally transferable to som real life work, id many downplay where you learnt the skills tho
1:25 This is the exact moment Mike became a karen!
Loading equipment driven at unsafe speeds @1:11
Whats really funny is he is cracking down on them for not following rules when he's driving around the warehouse in a golf cart not following forklift procedures like honking his horn before making a blind turn
I love how Gus just puts him on the books so he can get paid a clean salary (a no-show job) but Mike actually takes it seriously and does the job (and goes above and beyond too!)
I'd definitely watch a show of mike just showing up to peoples jobs and doing this. They'll let him 10/10 times.
Criminals are always the best security consultants. I deeply believe it.
Use a crook to defeat the crooks.
@@victorochoa3662 It's why FDR made Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. the first head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Who better to stop Wall Street scams like insider trading, than a guy who made a fortune at that exact thing?
I love that they’re like “Mike it’s not necessary you do this job we just needed you on the books so it looks less suspicious when we pay you” and he’s like “no no I’m gonna do the job and damn it I’m gonna do it well”
This is the moment Mike became a security consultant
Not really
Bravo Vince
No, this is the moment you stfu with that overused joke
This is the moment an overused joke becomes funny again and forever and evermore.
@@jfz468 chill, man.
Mike one of the best character of both shows breaking bad and better call Saul. Really enjoyed his scenes. 👍❤️ Love from Pakistan ❤️
It all makes sense. You want the least amount of potential that someone will investigate into the company if you KNOW you do something illegal, so you want to make it look like it is top notch in order and has no security flaws at all, while you keep the flaws hidden. If too much goes wrong, that will just attract unwanted attention and someone will start to investigate and blow you up.
The other thing Lydia was misunderstanding was that even small amounts of like $10k are still ultimately written down in some fashion, and they can and do get audited as a result. Even large companies will reduce costs as much as possible, sooner or later someone is going to notice that $10k seems to have been spent for no real reason. Then as Mike predicted, people start asking who so-and-so is, why they haven't been seen, etc.
Bald man vs. Bald man. The essence of the BrBa Universe.
1:36 me after I hide my password post-it on my cubical for afternoon tea
This is the exact moment when Mike becomes a security consultant
This comment is awesome. How long have you been original for?
They could make 5 Seasons of this and they still would make money
When I first described this episode I think the best way I heard it, which I use, is "Mike makes a pimento sandwich and works a day job. It's the best episode so far."
Mike's not actually just mucking around here. He's seeding witnesses. If Madrigal ever does get audited, or he gets investigated, there will be witnesses to say "Hey, yeah, I remember that guys, he's that really scaring security consultant." Gives him plausible deniability if he's suspected for money laundering.
i love how Mike is naturally so observant, he does this job so god damn well.
bro was passin skill checks left right and center
Mike goes to the manager: ‘Yeah your security is terrible.’
I was a security consultant for a while. Every single plant i went was like this.
He never mentioned that none of them were wearing high visibility vests
I work in retail an this is freakishly accurate and it hurts to watch haha
If you look up the word proficiency there's a picture of Mike standing there in a reflective vest with a judging look on his face.
mike stealing a id to make a point is such a mike thing to do
The saftey gloves arent actually required by the company. Thats just symbolism to show us that Finger looks out for his own. Bravo Vince
Someone's bought me the entire set. I have only seen clips on TH-cam, and can't wait to get my hands on the lot.
mike do job as cover but he still do it with integrity
That manager's eyebrow action is epic acting. Bravo!
Mike actually earned his paycheck. It's not just his good heart. He doesn't want to leave any ambiguity if anyone recognizes him.
mike does his legal job
I would hire Mike as a security consultant any day.
He can also add "local manager not reading his e-mails so he didn't know that the security consultant was visiting today".
Him actually caring about their safety and being the best security consultant.
Hi-vis vest and confidence really are the plot armor.
Manager: “Who are you exactly?”
Mike: “I’m the guy your boss brought here to show you how it’s done.”
Michael the oold stickler on his little cart lmao so perfect
Life in a warehouse is so depressing
Very, getting ptsd just watching these clips
My old jobs warehouse looked almost exactly like this. How do people work in such a shitty environment for so long
This was Mike's "Say my name" at the end.
Mike gets hired to do a job he does that job plain and simple