Or, get an electric kettle like we have in the UK so you aren't fucking distracted by that stupid fucking whistling noise. Also, it's safer to use an electric kettle compared to the ones people put on a stove.
@@Genesis1music gale was willing to kill Walt to get the lab. Gale was not innocent. He was "in the game". He was fair game. Gale has multiple chances to warn Walt and switch sides and didn't. Gale knew Gus was going to kill them both, he even debated telling Walt a couple times. Why should Walt or Jessie spare Gale, when he didn't try to spare them? Just because Gale is a dork, does not make him innocent.
I mean, Mike really thought his “performance” at the beginning was convincing enough for someone as smart as Walt. When Walt calls him out on it, Mike didn’t even bother denying his true intentions and had that “yeah, I can’t believe I thought that bs would actually work” look Lol
Their underestimate against Walt lead them to their demise that not even Gus can beat it, the man who take down an entire cartel by himself got killed by a high school teacher and a paralyzed old man
It took me to a while to realize that both Gale and Walter say the same exact sentence, “you don’t have to do this” when they are fearing that they will be killed.
If you follow Sammy Gravano's channel and listen to his stories, it's the same way in his life. He's a verified stone killer, but when he doesn't have the upper hand, he becomes a sniveling bitch until he does, then you're dead.
The look on Mikes face when he realizes what Walt is doing, and he just stands there in utter disbelief, all the while Walt has the look of smugness on his face… this show was so brilliant
“The sooner you figure out what this is the sooner we all go home.” The double-meaning behind that line always gave me chills. Incredible writing/acting.
This is has reached to absolute precipice of breaking bad comedy. You have to have to be super into the breaking bad meme culture to find this funny. It can only go downhill from here
@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wryour idea of manning up is being stupid then? my idea of being a real man is knowing how to live life smarter not harder walt in this particular instance showed peak human intelligence, if you cant appreciate that then your idea of what a man is, is screwed
Mike's sympathy also got the better of him in both cases (though it didn't matter in Werner’s). Unfortunately he took a half measure…though not sure why at this point they actually needed Walt to go downstairs when he realized what was happening
@@liamgasser8062 Downstairs = nobody hears the gunshots + the forensic mess is far easier to scrub. The opposite of how Gale being shot at home caused a crime scene to coalesce immediately, of which Victor then became a loose end by being seen at said scene. (Bonus trivia: the IRL Heisenberg, who defined the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, was named Werner. Also, the core of said quantum-physics principle is "You cannot know simultaneously where something is AND where it is going." The parallels just keep being layered on top of each other.)
@@liamgasser8062 In this mike didn't have sympathy. He just tried to get pinkman too using walt and then pew pew both. He underestimated walt and it was his downfall in the end
Re-watching this scene makes me think of a Mike scene from Better Call Saul when he's talking to Pierce. "I didn't say you were a bad guy, I said you were a criminal". Gale never accepted his role as a criminal. He thought he was just a chemist, that he wouldn't get involved with the grittier aspects of the business, that he could live a normal life outside of the lab. But he ignored his phone, he just carelessly opened his door, and didn't immediately have suspicions of this complete stranger who shows up at his door.
I know I’m just a fanboy but damn this show is almost perfection. The tension is so thick. When they’re up face to face with the phone it’s just awesome.
My favorite scene of breaking bad or at least one of them. I think Walt was genuienly scared and had no option until he came up with the idea that he could call Jesse. Once he sees that Mike turns his head when he mentions Jesse Pinkman, Walt confidently gets closer and says"like you said he's always been the problem" and feels comfortable enough to try to weasle his way out of this, and his following stutter shows how scared he is, fantastic acting and scene.
@@DeadX2it’s unrealistic that the entire thing was an act. Anybody would genuinely fear for their life in that situation. Walt more than likely thought of telling jessie to kill gale on the spot.
@@nepntzerZeri think the edgy teenagers thinking walter white is some unfeeling psychopath incapable of fearing for his life are missing the characterization
At 3:40, Gale points the laser thermometer at the kettle symbolizing the laser of a sniper and how he is being targeted. This might seem like a MASSIVE stretch. Except in the next scene right after you see that Jesse's bullet passes through Gale and lands right on the kettle where the laser was being pointed.
Chemists use those laser thermometers all the time to measure reaction temperatures when chemicals are boiling, he's just a nerd who does it so often during his reactions that he also does it when just boiling water. Imho
What I dont understand about that tho, is that the trajectory between Jesses gun and the kettle doesnt intersect with Gale's head. It looked like Jesse would've had to shoot Gale through his gut or something to hit the kettle
3:39: You can't use the laser bolometer (thermometer) that way, shooting directly on the stainless steel of the kettle, because stainless' emissivity is way lower than the 0.95 or so the device is calibrated to. You could paint a black spot on the kettle and shoot at that. Plus, why would he need to measure the temp, when he knows that the water is boiling (from the whistle), and that boiling point is pretty near 100C for the altitude of that location. If the character is a chemist, he'd probably know that.
@@jontoven2467 gale was on “the wire” where he played an upper management employee at a local newspaper who rewarded a journalist even tho it was clear he was fabricating stories. And punished the editor trying to expose him . Who was named Gus.
Especially after seeing Better Call Saul, and seeing how smart and nearly unbeatable Mike is, this scene hits so much harder. He's outsmarted everyone so to see him just stood there, unsteady and with his eyes wide open, not knowing what to do. Truly phenomenal
Walt was like a force of nature, unstoppable, when he had a plan in his mind he executed it perfectly, always one step ahead of everyone and relentless
3:29 Why was Walter so relaxed and acting badass? He was in fact lucky Gale didn’t pick up the phone, if he did he would have been pretty far by when Jesse arrived. And higher chances are that one does indeed answer a call, and also doesn’t have a weird music playing in the background that doesn’t let you hear it. If I was Walter, I would have being praying for Gale not answering Mike’s call while sh*tting my pants in the process.
Walt was sure Gale was at home in that moment, he had a plan already with Jesse since beginning. But yeah he also been lucky Gale had loud music on and he didn't hear the phone. 90% genius 10% luck
@@Luca-dk9we I’d say 20% genius, 80% luck. Granted, he had a plan, and a good one. But the facts are: when someone calls you, most of the times you answer immediately or return the call in a couple of minutes. Having the music loud, having the cellphone in silence, while he knew that Jesse was going to Gale’s house but he wasn’t gonna make it there in a minute or two, chances are that Gale would have answered the call, get out of there, Jesse would have arrived to an empty house or being ambushed, and Walt would have been killed. Good plan, but relying on luck a little too much considering his life was at stake (and he behaved like a badass). I’m not complaining, the scene is very good. It’s just that I always found Walt’s attitude to be too calm and confident when there were more chances that his plan would fail than succeed. And he should have been nervous also because he knew Jesse wasn’t a killer, there was a chance that Jesse wouldn’t have been able to do it, or hesitate until Victor arrived. He saw Mike immediately picking up the cellphone and calling Gale, and he was all gangsta right there when he should have been sh*tting his pants (BTW, I would have loved too see his face if Gale would have answered). But like someone else said here, plot armor is serious business.
He was acting like that because Jesse could get to Gale quickly as proven by the insane lead he had on Victor. He basically won when he was able to sic Jesse on Gale, even if Gale got the call and retreated, Jesse likely could have ambushed him before he got in the car.
Seems to me that the plan could have failed at so many points: - If Jesse didn't pick up the phone - If Jesse didn't have available transportation to get to Gale's apartment quickly - If Gale wasn't home - If Gale heard his phone ring - If Gale didn't answer his door So I agree - Walt was acting pretty smug when there were so many ways that the plan could have gone wrong lol
Fun editing fact - when Victor grabs Walt at 2:49 it messes up Walt’s jacket. He fixes it multiple times. At 2:59 when the camera is behind him, then again at 3:01, then he intentionally shrugs it back down at 3:23 to then fix it again at 3:29
He’s poor Walter white begging for his life but as soon as his plans goes exactly how he wants he turns into Gus just like when they first met at los pollos after Walter suggested him as Gus were the same his whole expression changes .
He’s Bryan Cranston pretending to be Walter White who is fully in his Heisenberg persona who is pretending to be a panicking Walter White so Mike will just think he’s desperately panicking rather than out-scheming him
what ppl watching this nowadays wont realize is this was really before the iphone went totally mainstream. It was popular but apps were still in its infancy. Ive had ppl i recommended this show to say "oh thats not believable, everybody keeps their phone on them" but they have no idea prob like 60% of ppl had flip phones still back then lol there wasnt wifi or browsers on the phones yet..not on many of them at least... i used to leave my regular phone lying around all the time. So while yes there are deff some plot armor things with this scene, it does check out and is proper
yup 100% i cant even tell u how many times I didnt even know where my phone was in like 2009 let alone like 2004/05 (which is the year I think its in atp in the show)@@damonedrington3453
My favorite scene from my favorite episode. A nice detail I like is that Walter refers to Gus as "your boss", calling back to how Mike referred to him in the previous episode, which was how he revealed to Walt that he also works for Gus.
@@sacredcow61 In my experience, you needed earphones. I guess some models might have had loudspeaker. I can't say that none did, only that none of the ones I owned ever did. I do remember the first time I had speakerphone and it was on a smart phone. I was quite impressed :)
Imagine if Gale simply wasn't home, lol. Victor shows up and clips Jesse trying to kick in the door, calls Mike who executes Walter, everyone else lives happily ever after.
After watching Better Call Saul I never would have imagined that someone could trick Mike, Mike was always one step ahead of everyone in BCS and in Breaking Bad but Walter was smarter than him , smarter than everybody
Being the smartest man in the room eventually catches up with you when you start to get complacent. Mike learned that the hard way because he never dealt with anyone as slippery as Walt, maybe Lalo.
"If you'd of just done your job, known your place, we'd all be fine right now." There was never any chance Walter would have been able to cook and cash out. He had no choice but to kill Gus
gale and jesse both staring at each other teary-eyed and shaking on either end of a gun, both with no choice in the matter, is one of the most disturbing scenes in the shows honestly
I think the most brutal thing is that realisation Gabe has after he figures out that Jesse didn’t come to rob him or threaten him but to kill him directly
Mike have always underestimated Walt…even going back to Better Call Saul. And when Walt outplayed Mike and then beat Gus, Mike got really butt hurt because he could never accept that he was wrong about Walt’s potential. He really went on to blamed Walt for “messing a good thing” up on S5 when it was really Pinkman’s doing.
That comment was a pretty refreshing opinion. Walts an evil manipulative bastard and a monster but Gus and Mike are no way better, just more "professional", and what did it bring em in the end? Hate Walt all you want guys but Gus and Mike are scumbags too, Gus definetly even much worse
Because he's a monster, he murdered many not to mention protecting a drug trade which hurt and killed countless, pretending it's to take care of his family when he could easily have leveraged his experience and skills legitimately. The most amazing thing BB and BCS do is make you root for this degenerate
@@mrbouncelol I'm glad I found someone else who gets that. There are way too many Mike defenders; like in the clip where Walt kills him, too many people agreed that there was nothing more to the scene than Mike calling out Walt's ego. Walt did have an ego, but Mike was blind to the fact that HE was in a perfect situation with Gus, not Walt, as if he literally forgot about this moment where he was about to kill Walt in the lab, just like Werner.
Gale was always the kind of cook Walt wanted to be, a simple cook with no complications, but there were no such things. The only difference between Gale and Walt was when someone pointed the gun at Walt's face, Walt always had to plan to survive.
There really was a leak down there in the lab. This misunderstanding between Walt and Mike caused the death of Gale and the traumatic experience for Jesse.
I don't know why, but the little physical interaction at 1:31 is one of my favorite parts of this scene. It just feels so authentic to me the way Victor reaches for his gun instantly and effortlessly.
God, this was almost the most blue-ball causing season finale until Hank read the book. At the time, I had no idea season 5 was being split in two, so I thought I'd only be waiting a week for it to continue. I went through all five stages of grief when I learned season 5B wouldn't be airing until the next year.
SPOILERS: I don’t know if many people make the correlation but in Better Call Saul Mike has to kill Werner Ziegler and Werner takes it like a man. Mike also finds it difficult to do it. Months go by and Walt is trying to scheme his way out and Mike is used to the situation
He was under extreme pressure to get it done and done as fast as possible, seeing that Walt literally told him that he was about to get killed. He had no time. We don't even know if he knew where his ski mask was.
In hindsight it was stupid of Gus to try to kill Walter. Jesse was the one who started this whole thing and Walter was just protecting him. Gus had the option to kill those dealers but he couldn’t have anything interfere with his business and revenge plan so he figured he just go with original plan and use Gale. People hated Walter for doing getting Gale killed, but it was the thing they could do. They couldn’t go to the cops; they couldn’t run away, they had to do this just to buy some time to defend themselves against these people.
Gus had started to build the lab far before Walter was even an asset to him; he wasn’t needed, and unlike others, he was a liability. Gus had a suitable replacement, Gale, and had this not happened, Gus would be able to build up his empire with someone far more reliable. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
@@laurent4533 I know that, I saw better call saul and understand full well Gus must be extremely careful not to draw attention of the cartel. However that being said Gus still needed someone to run the lab efficiently enough to make the cartel want Gus, so Gale is the one who insisted they hire Walt and he did so regardless of the Risks involved.
Very true. It was even more stupider of Mike, "the head of security" for Gus to not keep watch over Gale, especially when they were planning to replace Walt with Gale. Gus should not have forced Gale to figure out Walt's formula in such an obvious way, and Gus has no right to try to kill Jesse and call Walt for being irrational and unprofessional when he was using Tomas as a child drug dealer and the drug dealers killed him. Gus's shortsightedness and his anger became his own undoing when in fact, if he had let bygones be bygones, he could have had a good business deal with Walt.
@@lqlaliut897 true and again it’s all because Jesse was stealing meth from Gus to sell at a meth clinic where he would discover Combo’s killers. He didn’t even need the money, he just wanted to feel big and thus almost got himself and Walter killed.
It's amazing how Mike has seemingly gotten younger here, and how in BCS he looked considerably older. Must be one of those "Benjamin Button" situations. 😂😂
imagine if mike was never supposed to kill walt here, and he thought he just REALLY didnt want to clean that chemical spill
Watching with this perspective is hilarious 😂
Then he would’ve said “chill out bro it really is just a chemical leak.” Not “yeah unfortunately I do Walter”
Bro I’m dying 😂😂😂
@benmorgan8890 "Yeah unfortunately, I do have to make you clean the chemical leak, Walter."
Unfortunately waltuh, I gotta make you stay til it's clean...and it's a big mess so it'll be an all nighter. I brought 🍩
Jesse picked up, Gale didn’t. That’s why it’s always safer to prepare a meth pipe than a tea kettle.
Bravo vince!
I always boil my tea without the whistle 😂
Or, get an electric kettle like we have in the UK so you aren't fucking distracted by that stupid fucking whistling noise. Also, it's safer to use an electric kettle compared to the ones people put on a stove.
The folk music didn’t help
What?
That self satisfied smug "Yeah." Walter gives looking him dead in the eye. After telling him the address was priceless.
Lol so true. Mike wanted an address where Jesse would be. Well, Heisenberg got him one.
He’s looney, how you say yeah like that after ordering a body? 😂
@@Genesis1music gale was willing to kill Walt to get the lab. Gale was not innocent. He was "in the game". He was fair game. Gale has multiple chances to warn Walt and switch sides and didn't. Gale knew Gus was going to kill them both, he even debated telling Walt a couple times.
Why should Walt or Jessie spare Gale, when he didn't try to spare them? Just because Gale is a dork, does not make him innocent.
@@bobdylan1968People never seem to remember this detail. He wasn’t innocent at all. And no one goes into this business innocent. You’re making meth.
That acting was so good. Cranston really killed this scene, from the calm, to the confusion, to the sadness, back to Heisenberg coldness.
Mike underestimated Walter. The look on his face when Walter said the address of Gale.
And Walters change in tone was badass. Played them so well. That self satisfied, "yeah" is so clean.
I mean, Mike really thought his “performance” at the beginning was convincing enough for someone as smart as Walt. When Walt calls him out on it, Mike didn’t even bother denying his true intentions and had that “yeah, I can’t believe I thought that bs would actually work” look Lol
@@pullupsandboba8937 i don't think he did. Walter had no options at that point so Walter believing the act wasn't really that important
Their underestimate against Walt lead them to their demise that not even Gus can beat it, the man who take down an entire cartel by himself got killed by a high school teacher and a paralyzed old man
Walter was a devious bastard.
After BCS it’s clear Mike thought this was just going to be another Ziegler: He wasn’t prepared for how far Walt would be willing to go.
he wasn't prepared for HEISENBERG
There are wolves and sheeps in this world.
Choose wisely which one you want to be.
@@NoobMaster-ub5ls bs
@@rizzo9748 *bcs
@@rizzo9748definetly not bs, but I don’t see how this is relevant here. Oh wait, he’s saying that you should be a Lion/Wolf like Walt.
I feel so bad for Gale. The second he realizes it’s not just a normal robbery but the criminal life he joined playing it’s part on him
Fuck around and find out, they say.
Then he shouldn’t have been a criminal.
@@williammoore1980 You seem like a really cool guy.
@@daverz15 Eh?
@@concept5631 Eh, B'y -- Wut cha wanna sey?
It took me to a while to realize that both Gale and Walter say the same exact sentence, “you don’t have to do this” when they are fearing that they will be killed.
That's usually what everyone says
@@KameariKillScreen bravo vince
@@KameariKillScreenpeople who aren’t in the game say it.
First reply. 😅
@@goofy4018youre not in the game.
0:49 when you’re at the mall with your mom and pass santa
Underrated comment.
😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao
Stg 😂😂😂
I love how Walt goes from a crying weakling to stone cold killer in an instant.
Walter was the best - loved every second
If you follow Sammy Gravano's channel and listen to his stories, it's the same way in his life. He's a verified stone killer, but when he doesn't have the upper hand, he becomes a sniveling bitch until he does, then you're dead.
The literal moment he realized he had the upper hand he switched gears
Power dynamics 101
That's like some schizophrenia or personality disorder
The look on Mikes face when he realizes what Walt is doing, and he just stands there in utter disbelief, all the while Walt has the look of smugness on his face… this show was so brilliant
Walt was truly something else...
Like when mike know Lalo is doing
“The sooner you figure out what this is the sooner we all go home.” The double-meaning behind that line always gave me chills. Incredible writing/acting.
explain
Dude there is no double meaning to this.
@@JadeiteMcSwagi think he means that Walter's going to hell
@@jessepinkman3245 for what at this point?
@@jessepinkman3245 Look, real Jesse pinkman!
Na that ain’t a barrel leak, that’s the rotten remains of Lalo and Howard
Ectoplasm
no way blud spoiled me like this 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
your fault entirely, breaking bad has been out for over a decade and the final episode of BCS was over 2 years ago.@@downfallian1710
@@downfallian1710finger420
It's a joke. Not a spoiler it is a joke going around.@@downfallian1710
I remember how we had to wait, like, 2 years for the next episode.
Writer's Strike?
it actually was 399 days, Full Measure realeased on June 13, 2010, Box Cutter released on July 17, 2011
🤓@@fromaguez
good times. it builds up in your mind and it makes for great conversation at the office for months.
Lmao u guys should’ve just watched it on Netflix then instead of waiting two years 😂
Gale: Y-you dont have to do this...
Jesse: Yeah? (clicks gun) Why?
Gale: 308 Negra Arroyo Lane
Jesse: *shocked*
Gale: Yeah
@@zachwerner7157
Skyler: You-you don't have to do this!!
Victor: Yeah? [Gun clicking] Why?
Skylar: 9800 Montgomery Boulevard NE
Victor: 😳
Skylar: Yeahh!
This is has reached to absolute precipice of breaking bad comedy. You have to have to be super into the breaking bad meme culture to find this funny. It can only go downhill from here
@@Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.LMAO
Keep it going guys. 😂😂😂
4:31 Gale had a "The sooner you figure out what this is, the sooner we all go home" moment
Spot on, “you don’t have to do this” both said by Walter and gale haha
At least gale manned up and got it over with. Walt should of did the same.
@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wryour idea of manning up is being stupid then?
my idea of being a real man is knowing how to live life smarter not harder
walt in this particular instance showed peak human intelligence, if you cant appreciate that then your idea of what a man is, is screwed
@@mranderson8835bravo Vince! Genius writing 🔥🔥
@@JessicaGarcia-xf9wrreal men allow themselves to get shot in the face💪🔥
Crazy how Walt found himself in the exact situation Werner did. Just lucky for him he had leverage to survive when he did not
Mike's sympathy also got the better of him in both cases (though it didn't matter in Werner’s). Unfortunately he took a half measure…though not sure why at this point they actually needed Walt to go downstairs when he realized what was happening
@@liamgasser8062 Downstairs = nobody hears the gunshots + the forensic mess is far easier to scrub. The opposite of how Gale being shot at home caused a crime scene to coalesce immediately, of which Victor then became a loose end by being seen at said scene.
(Bonus trivia: the IRL Heisenberg, who defined the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, was named Werner. Also, the core of said quantum-physics principle is "You cannot know simultaneously where something is AND where it is going." The parallels just keep being layered on top of each other.)
@@NickNiccelson doh! jesus is knew that
@@liamgasser8062 In this mike didn't have sympathy. He just tried to get pinkman too using walt and then pew pew both.
He underestimated walt and it was his downfall in the end
He had Jesse. They had each other, that's how they survived so long
Re-watching this scene makes me think of a Mike scene from Better Call Saul when he's talking to Pierce. "I didn't say you were a bad guy, I said you were a criminal".
Gale never accepted his role as a criminal. He thought he was just a chemist, that he wouldn't get involved with the grittier aspects of the business, that he could live a normal life outside of the lab. But he ignored his phone, he just carelessly opened his door, and didn't immediately have suspicions of this complete stranger who shows up at his door.
@@williamshelton4318 its still a good point though. Gale was oblivious, walking on sunshine for far too long.
As did Walter in the first two seasons.
He always swore to some sort of separation between him just cooking and the rest of the industry.
Or another one, Walter of Gale, using a Mike line to Saul:
“It was either him or us, cut and dried. He was in the game.”
Pryce not Pierce
Well, Jesse wasn't a stranger to Gale. He knew he was the replacement cook for him.
WW: You might wanna hold off!
Mike: Yeah? (clicks gun) Why?
WW: Because your boss is gonna need me.
Mike: Yeah? (clicks gun) Why?
(clicks gun) or as youtube closed captions calls it: [Applause]
WW: 6353 Juan Taboe, Apartment 6
Mike: Yeah?
WW: Yeah.
Mike: (clicks gun) Why?
Um yeah...we heard..duh
So you listened what they said and then wrote it down.😮
Got any other talents?
@@smokey424 Yeah? (clicks gun) Why?
this was the moment the lab became mighty stinky
I know I’m just a fanboy but damn this show is almost perfection. The tension is so thick. When they’re up face to face with the phone it’s just awesome.
Source?
Almost?
@@theforce5191 I believe that perfection is an impossibility. Although some things might be an exception. There will be a mistake. The odd one.
@@lilstrats944 I was more curious about why you thought it was almost perfect rather than perfect.
@@theforce5191 It’s the closest you can get. I just wouldn’t call anything perfect. It’s a very strong word to me, idk why
Walt: You might wanna hold off
Mike: Yeah? (shoots)
Created by Vince Gilligan
😂😂😂😂@@Luca-dk9we
My favorite scene of breaking bad or at least one of them.
I think Walt was genuienly scared and had no option until he came up with the idea that he could call Jesse. Once he sees that Mike turns his head when he mentions Jesse Pinkman, Walt confidently gets closer and says"like you said he's always been the problem" and feels comfortable enough to try to weasle his way out of this, and his following stutter shows how scared he is, fantastic acting and scene.
Nah it was an act lol he was manipulating them
how could you completely miss WW whole characterisation? maybe lay off the transfats and sugar
@@DeadX2it’s unrealistic that the entire thing was an act. Anybody would genuinely fear for their life in that situation. Walt more than likely thought of telling jessie to kill gale on the spot.
@@nepntzerZeri think the edgy teenagers thinking walter white is some unfeeling psychopath incapable of fearing for his life are missing the characterization
@@powpowouchy5 dongjalo eleicongbol
At first Walt was legitimately begging for his life.1:28 is where he pretends to be skittish and flustered, he knows he has Mike hooked
this was one of the saddest cliffhangers ever. the acting. the direction. i watched for the first time last year there will never be a show this good
Source?
The sopranos ?
@@the66books No it’s not, not even close
@@the66books Breaking Bad is much more entertaining. Better Call Saul is extremely well-written but kinda boring in my opinion
This show is amazing but my God there’s plenty just as good and some better. I’ve never seen an A+ show somehow become overrated.
At 3:40, Gale points the laser thermometer at the kettle symbolizing the laser of a sniper and how he is being targeted. This might seem like a MASSIVE stretch. Except in the next scene right after you see that Jesse's bullet passes through Gale and lands right on the kettle where the laser was being pointed.
Woah
That's pretty cool but he could also just be a dork who is very particular about tea temperature and uses a laser thermometer
Chemists use those laser thermometers all the time to measure reaction temperatures when chemicals are boiling, he's just a nerd who does it so often during his reactions that he also does it when just boiling water. Imho
@@stefannita3439 it's likely both answers simultaneously, my guy. Good writers rarely do something for a singular reason.
What I dont understand about that tho, is that the trajectory between Jesses gun and the kettle doesnt intersect with Gale's head. It looked like Jesse would've had to shoot Gale through his gut or something to hit the kettle
3:39: You can't use the laser bolometer (thermometer) that way, shooting directly on the stainless steel of the kettle, because stainless' emissivity is way lower than the 0.95 or so the device is calibrated to. You could paint a black spot on the kettle and shoot at that. Plus, why would he need to measure the temp, when he knows that the water is boiling (from the whistle), and that boiling point is pretty near 100C for the altitude of that location. If the character is a chemist, he'd probably know that.
yap
@@tigrispanthera5496 YUP
its just vince foreshadowing, in the aftermath scene you can see that the bullet penetrated that same part lol
He knows it's boiling, but he's a perfectionist and wants the temperature to be something precise.
Gale: You don’t have to do this
Jesse: Gus from the Baltimore sun sends his regards
Wish Gale's actor was that prick Templeton instead
Explain reference please
@@jontoven2467 gale was on “the wire” where he played an upper management employee at a local newspaper who rewarded a journalist even tho it was clear he was fabricating stories. And punished the editor trying to expose him . Who was named Gus.
@@_D_E_N_N_I_S_ that’s awesome I heard good things about that tv show
@@jontoven2467 one of the few that are better than bb and bcs
0:03 Mike disrespecting Lalo and Howard.
Nahhhh wild bro
Fuck yes
Especially after seeing Better Call Saul, and seeing how smart and nearly unbeatable Mike is, this scene hits so much harder. He's outsmarted everyone so to see him just stood there, unsteady and with his eyes wide open, not knowing what to do. Truly phenomenal
Walt was like a force of nature, unstoppable, when he had a plan in his mind he executed it perfectly, always one step ahead of everyone and relentless
Jesse was the real MVP. He held up when it counted a few times.
Facts, but he also got Walt killed.
@@Brian-qh6ztto be fair, Walt almost got Jesse killed plenty of times lol
3:29 Why was Walter so relaxed and acting badass? He was in fact lucky Gale didn’t pick up the phone, if he did he would have been pretty far by when Jesse arrived. And higher chances are that one does indeed answer a call, and also doesn’t have a weird music playing in the background that doesn’t let you hear it.
If I was Walter, I would have being praying for Gale not answering Mike’s call while sh*tting my pants in the process.
Walt was sure Gale was at home in that moment, he had a plan already with Jesse since beginning. But yeah he also been lucky Gale had loud music on and he didn't hear the phone.
90% genius
10% luck
@@Luca-dk9weplot armor
@@Luca-dk9we I’d say 20% genius, 80% luck. Granted, he had a plan, and a good one. But the facts are: when someone calls you, most of the times you answer immediately or return the call in a couple of minutes. Having the music loud, having the cellphone in silence, while he knew that Jesse was going to Gale’s house but he wasn’t gonna make it there in a minute or two, chances are that Gale would have answered the call, get out of there, Jesse would have arrived to an empty house or being ambushed, and Walt would have been killed. Good plan, but relying on luck a little too much considering his life was at stake (and he behaved like a badass).
I’m not complaining, the scene is very good. It’s just that I always found Walt’s attitude to be too calm and confident when there were more chances that his plan would fail than succeed. And he should have been nervous also because he knew Jesse wasn’t a killer, there was a chance that Jesse wouldn’t have been able to do it, or hesitate until Victor arrived. He saw Mike immediately picking up the cellphone and calling Gale, and he was all gangsta right there when he should have been sh*tting his pants (BTW, I would have loved too see his face if Gale would have answered).
But like someone else said here, plot armor is serious business.
He was acting like that because Jesse could get to Gale quickly as proven by the insane lead he had on Victor. He basically won when he was able to sic Jesse on Gale, even if Gale got the call and retreated, Jesse likely could have ambushed him before he got in the car.
Seems to me that the plan could have failed at so many points:
- If Jesse didn't pick up the phone
- If Jesse didn't have available transportation to get to Gale's apartment quickly
- If Gale wasn't home
- If Gale heard his phone ring
- If Gale didn't answer his door
So I agree - Walt was acting pretty smug when there were so many ways that the plan could have gone wrong lol
3:00 Bryan Cranston turned from Walter White to Heisenberg real quick
Fun editing fact - when Victor grabs Walt at 2:49 it messes up Walt’s jacket. He fixes it multiple times. At 2:59 when the camera is behind him, then again at 3:01, then he intentionally shrugs it back down at 3:23 to then fix it again at 3:29
He really wants to make sure his jacket is clean 😂
3:29 was Walt realizing Mike could warn Gale. Something that must have passed his mind before
He’s poor Walter white begging for his life but as soon as his plans goes exactly how he wants he turns into Gus just like when they first met at los pollos after Walter suggested him as Gus were the same his whole expression changes .
Walter is manipulative, he isnt afraid to play the pity begging card.
He is just manipulating them. He had the plan the SECOND he mentions Jessie. He was just playing them.
He’s Bryan Cranston pretending to be Walter White who is fully in his Heisenberg persona who is pretending to be a panicking Walter White so Mike will just think he’s desperately panicking rather than out-scheming him
@@adamseidel9780 RDJ would be proud.
what ppl watching this nowadays wont realize is this was really before the iphone went totally mainstream. It was popular but apps were still in its infancy. Ive had ppl i recommended this show to say "oh thats not believable, everybody keeps their phone on them" but they have no idea prob like 60% of ppl had flip phones still back then lol there wasnt wifi or browsers on the phones yet..not on many of them at least... i used to leave my regular phone lying around all the time. So while yes there are deff some plot armor things with this scene, it does check out and is proper
If I'm home I leave my phone laying around to this day.
Especially for someone like Gale, he most definitely doesn’t strike me a super tech savvy guy. He probably uses that cell phone solely for business.
yup 100% i cant even tell u how many times I didnt even know where my phone was in like 2009 let alone like 2004/05 (which is the year I think its in atp in the show)@@damonedrington3453
@@damonedrington3453
He kind of reminds me of some very smart ppl who also have problems doing basic stuff on a pc.
Another half measure by Mike.
My favorite scene from my favorite episode.
A nice detail I like is that Walter refers to Gus as "your boss", calling back to how Mike referred to him in the previous episode, which was how he revealed to Walt that he also works for Gus.
It is also words of rebellion. "Your" boss. So, Gus is not "my" boss
@@miguelporras8366 huh, I supposed that's also true, sort of a "Gus may have power over you, but not over me" message
Hmmm
Its crazy that Mike after all the experience didn't tell Walter to put the phone on speaker, instead leans in to listen.
He knew what Jesse and Walt were saying, he could hear it. He just didn’t understand what “Did you do it?” Meant until it was too late
Those old flip-phones don't have a speaker mode.
@@Tormented22 yeah they did
@@sacredcow61 In my experience, you needed earphones. I guess some models might have had loudspeaker. I can't say that none did, only that none of the ones I owned ever did. I do remember the first time I had speakerphone and it was on a smart phone. I was quite impressed :)
Maybe to not arouse suspicion. When you put a phone on speaker another person can tell that it's on speaker just by how it sounds.
0:49 TALK TUAH MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥
If Gale wasn't Gale he would've survived. That's pretty deep, yo
How can we be real if our eyes aren't real? Or the opposite, whatever
Bravo Vince!
haha nice comment! hey wait a minute
@@Lozoots church
Then it hits you like a ton of bricks, Gale is Gale...
Imagine if Gale simply wasn't home, lol. Victor shows up and clips Jesse trying to kick in the door, calls Mike who executes Walter, everyone else lives happily ever after.
Add the writers all get fired.
*Baby Blue starts playing*
The good ending
Lol I enjoyed that
that would be funny, but walt also had jesse check that gale was at home earlier that day
After watching Better Call Saul I never would have imagined that someone could trick Mike, Mike was always one step ahead of everyone in BCS and in Breaking Bad but Walter was smarter than him , smarter than everybody
Being the smartest man in the room eventually catches up with you when you start to get complacent. Mike learned that the hard way because he never dealt with anyone as slippery as Walt, maybe Lalo.
Mike didn't know that Walt had Gale's address and that he an Jesse already planned to kill him. Without that there was no trick to pull.
I just realized they show walter and gale beg for their lives and the difference between them, gale being ineffective
The change in Walt from scared victim to a cold mf is astonishing, one of the best bits of acting I’ve seen
4:32 When you watched The Dark Knight and realized it's not about the money.
Walt’s change in demeanor after he makes the call is amazing
they were lucky due the noise covering the ringtone, that gale was at his place and that there wasn't any guards/mike men closer to gale's home
"If you'd of just done your job, known your place, we'd all be fine right now." There was never any chance Walter would have been able to cook and cash out. He had no choice but to kill Gus
4:54 people during the cold war looking at their fridge
>walter the sooner you figure it out the sooner we go home
Mike needs his sleep after all
Jesse has almost no lines, but that scene of him & Gale is _burned_ into my brain.
gale and jesse both staring at each other teary-eyed and shaking on either end of a gun, both with no choice in the matter, is one of the most disturbing scenes in the shows honestly
Stone cold murder.
@@kengaroo5170Yep, teary-eyed, red-faced, real stone cold murderer
I think the most brutal thing is that realisation Gabe has after he figures out that Jesse didn’t come to rob him or threaten him but to kill him directly
Mike have always underestimated Walt…even going back to Better Call Saul. And when Walt outplayed Mike and then beat Gus, Mike got really butt hurt because he could never accept that he was wrong about Walt’s potential. He really went on to blamed Walt for “messing a good thing” up on S5 when it was really Pinkman’s doing.
Honestly it was Gus' fault. Who tf cares about some dealers who killed a kid, just find some new ones.
@@MrFusionTbh he was probably gonna get rid of those guys but he still viewed Walt as way too unstable due to his relationship with Jesse
That comment was a pretty refreshing opinion. Walts an evil manipulative bastard and a monster but Gus and Mike are no way better, just more "professional", and what did it bring em in the end? Hate Walt all you want guys but Gus and Mike are scumbags too, Gus definetly even much worse
This was the moment walt proved that he was much smarter than Mike and anyone mike had ever met
Mike can be terrifyingly uncompromising
To a fatal degree. He should've compromised on the 10.
Because he's a monster, he murdered many not to mention protecting a drug trade which hurt and killed countless, pretending it's to take care of his family when he could easily have leveraged his experience and skills legitimately. The most amazing thing BB and BCS do is make you root for this degenerate
@@mrbouncelol I'm glad I found someone else who gets that. There are way too many Mike defenders; like in the clip where Walt kills him, too many people agreed that there was nothing more to the scene than Mike calling out Walt's ego. Walt did have an ego, but Mike was blind to the fact that HE was in a perfect situation with Gus, not Walt, as if he literally forgot about this moment where he was about to kill Walt in the lab, just like Werner.
@@mrbouncelol Mike had at least two chances to walk away from it all and he didn't.
You Want Compromise? 20 FUCKING YEARS IN THE CAN!!!
1:33 they reacted like he had a weapon. They were right though, he had THE WEAPON
The “Please PLEASE” was acted so well, sounded just like me when my mom wouldn’t let me go out with friends
All this was dependent upon gale not hearing his phone
Gale was always the kind of cook Walt wanted to be, a simple cook with no complications, but there were no such things. The only difference between Gale and Walt was when someone pointed the gun at Walt's face, Walt always had to plan to survive.
3:11 me when I’m losing an argument online
If gale answer the phone walter is dead... Walter act like dumb, but, if he doenst talk, mike will kill him and later will figure out jesse kill gale.
For a man with so much money and in his business, he should have looked through the peephole before opening the door.
2:45 Mike"s Suspicion starts...
Walt going from sniveling wuss begging for his life to smug as hell is always so good, Bryan Cranston deserved every award he got for Breaking Bad.
People constantly underestimating Walt is a clear thread throughout the whole series.
Walt and Gale both pleaded for their life in the exact same fashion.
Mike should go back to Mikey in Detroit and see axel foley. That was his first mistake. A half measure. Poor victor maitland
herpes simplex 12
Lol random Beverly Hills cop ref. I love it
Walter's sudden transition was just🔥
4:30.... Pinkman wasnt there for money.... He was there for the Gale's Karaoke video.....
There really was a leak down there in the lab. This misunderstanding between Walt and Mike caused the death of Gale and the traumatic experience for Jesse.
Vravo bince !!
The transition from Walter White to Heisenberg here is nuts.
So wait, Walt's entire plan hinged on the chance that Gale wouldn't pick up his phone..
No. He just made the only play available to him and hoped it would work.
I don't know why, but the little physical interaction at 1:31 is one of my favorite parts of this scene. It just feels so authentic to me the way Victor reaches for his gun instantly and effortlessly.
Notice how Gale and Waltuh say exact same things.
What you mean?
@@kb4903 "please, you don't have to do this"
Same thing Anton Chigurr notes everybody says in No Country for old men.
Because they have the same writers 😂
God, this was almost the most blue-ball causing season finale until Hank read the book. At the time, I had no idea season 5 was being split in two, so I thought I'd only be waiting a week for it to continue. I went through all five stages of grief when I learned season 5B wouldn't be airing until the next year.
Four hours later. Victor's dead and his body's been disposed of.
Mike: Okay, so about that leak...
SPOILERS: I don’t know if many people make the correlation but in Better Call Saul Mike has to kill Werner Ziegler and Werner takes it like a man. Mike also finds it difficult to do it. Months go by and Walt is trying to scheme his way out and Mike is used to the situation
Better call Saul explains why Mike let him do the call.
He thought they could bring him in like Nacho.
Not canon
@@alvaroprieto2092what do you mean not cannon BCS is cannon.
no : )@@alexgaspar2525
@@alvaroprieto2092it most certainly is canon. did you even watch it?
@@nextlvlroy yes I know it's "canon" however it was mid so it's not canon anymore
0:51 Talk Tuah
Shut up! Shut up.
It’s funny that Gale didn’t recognize Jessie from when they met when Jessie replaced him.
Honestly surprised they even tried to trick Walt considering his position you would think they would have been more direct.
He was just an insecure chemistry teacher way over his head in "the game" at that point. They likely though very little of him
After watching better call Saul Mike's not the nicest dude either he's a pretty cold-blooded killer as well
"Waltuh outplays Finger"
Damn, the face Mike make when Walter started saying address
Not wise from Jesse to use a gun without silencer, likewise coming in a residential area without a disguise.
He was under extreme pressure to get it done and done as fast as possible, seeing that Walt literally told him that he was about to get killed. He had no time. We don't even know if he knew where his ski mask was.
Gale: "You don't have to do this 😢"
Jesse: Yeah unfortunately I do Walter
Bryan cranston is a outstanding actor
What if gale picked up the phone? Him listening to the music was his assurance ?
Walt is a super genius. Would have loved Sopranos with Walt as an antagonist or breaking bad with tony in it lmao
Mike's actor really ages and looks older in Call Saul. This scene here, he looks younger than he ever does.
In hindsight it was stupid of Gus to try to kill Walter. Jesse was the one who started this whole thing and Walter was just protecting him.
Gus had the option to kill those dealers but he couldn’t have anything interfere with his business and revenge plan so he figured he just go with original plan and use Gale.
People hated Walter for doing getting Gale killed, but it was the thing they could do. They couldn’t go to the cops; they couldn’t run away, they had to do this just to buy some time to defend themselves against these people.
Gus had started to build the lab far before Walter was even an asset to him; he wasn’t needed, and unlike others, he was a liability. Gus had a suitable replacement, Gale, and had this not happened, Gus would be able to build up his empire with someone far more reliable. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
@@laurent4533 I know that, I saw better call saul and understand full well Gus must be extremely careful not to draw attention of the cartel. However that being said Gus still needed someone to run the lab efficiently enough to make the cartel want Gus, so Gale is the one who insisted they hire Walt and he did so regardless of the Risks involved.
Very true. It was even more stupider of Mike, "the head of security" for Gus to not keep watch over Gale, especially when they were planning to replace Walt with Gale.
Gus should not have forced Gale to figure out Walt's formula in such an obvious way, and Gus has no right to try to kill Jesse and call Walt for being irrational and unprofessional when he was using Tomas as a child drug dealer and the drug dealers killed him. Gus's shortsightedness and his anger became his own undoing when in fact, if he had let bygones be bygones, he could have had a good business deal with Walt.
Gus was stupid because he wanted to revenge the two dealers. He should had put Gale with Walt without Victor watching and listening everything.
@@lqlaliut897 true and again it’s all because Jesse was stealing meth from Gus to sell at a meth clinic where he would discover Combo’s killers. He didn’t even need the money, he just wanted to feel big and thus almost got himself and Walter killed.
Gale: I wonder what temperature the boiling water in this kettle is, better check it with my infrared thermometer.
The way walter changes his tone after that phone call is so iconic to watch loved the series❤
Honestly feel bad for Jesse, all he was was a kid with some addiction issues, and then Walter came into his life and it all went down the sh*tter...
Walt shouldn't have told Mike the plan in case Gale picked up. Better this way though.
Jesse was at his door around the time Gale's phone started vibrating, he was dead the moment Jesse started driving towards him.
It's amazing how Mike has seemingly gotten younger here, and how in BCS he looked considerably older. Must be one of those "Benjamin Button" situations. 😂😂
There needs to be an edit where walt instead drops Mike’s IP address
This is the moment where Walter "Rocked" , Mike "Shocked"
Bro the ways he changes personalities.
Man thats too good👌