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It's sick how Hank was producing meth all this time and using Walter as his hostage/ in-house chemist. Good thing Walter managed to confess everything.
Walter felt scared..... He wanted out MANY TIMES but he was just too weak to walk away. He feared for his children.........
@@coreyhall1150 Hank even threatened to kill Walter's family and even gave him a black eye.
@@MarvinT0606 mm tragic... (Smh) Tragic.
best ever
I wonder how many scenes would have to be removed for it to make sense that that really was happening the whole time. Presumably, most of the scenes that would conflict with that are the ones when Walt and Hank are alone together; the rest of the time, Hank (and Walt) could just be lying to people.
Hank never seems to care about making the streets safer, it always seems to only care about winning over the other guy.
The streets will never be safer..and the only way to make it safer would be to win over criminals.
You come up with that all by yourself? Did you also know water is wet?
@@Jay-Jonesdon’t be obnoxious
@@kimjong504how tf is he obnoxious
@@BrownSillyCat i mean he literally just decided to randomly hate on this comment, how tf is he not obnoxious
My read on Hank is that he sees people as very black and white. As good people and bad people. This is why he never considers Walt as a suspect, because he already put him in the good person category. This is why he loses his crap when he finds out it Walt. It’s also why he dosent car about Jesse, beats him and is okay with letting him die. Because he judge Jesse as a bad guy from the minute he had the fake phone call about Marie.
@@NunoFilipe99no he’s just too focused on surface level traits of a person
Bro doesn’t car
@@NunoFilipe99 he's casually racist but i think he doesn't realize how bad the stuff he says is bc Gomez gives him a pass and nobody says anything, yknow?
Which they phone call was ironically not even him so he beat up Jessie for no reason
Similar to Chuck McGill, if you think about it.
Hank is like if the war on drugs was a person.
That's a good analogy.
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Holy shit you're so right. Right down to the overt racism.
@@chuni2753 I don't think hank is racist, I think its just because the show was made in 2008 and didn't recognize the things he said as racism
@Carnomus I think using slurs counted as racism 14 years ago. Also he's generally an asshole to people who don't know him, so you can't even say it's because he's playing into the atmosphere at the office.
Of course Hank was upset, he loved Walt like a brother in law
Just to be shot by that piece of shit Todd's Uncle, I can't even say his name.
Agent Gomie, whatever happened there
@@ubelmensch whatever happened there?!?! WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE?!?!? I'll tell you what happened! This piece of shit's uncle and his gang shot Gomie with no provocation whatsoever!
@@ubelmensch WHATEVER HAPPENED THERE MARIE?!?
How much betrayal can Hank take? He probably felt like he was stabbed in the heart.
One theme that makes Breaking bad so amazing is that the characters aren’t good or bad… just different shades of grey
I mean I think the wire is really good at that. I don't think that's really true for breaking bad. Walter is unambiguously bad by the end. Tuko is almost cartoonishly bad. There are some shades of gray but there are definitely archetype villains on this series. Maybe not archetype heroes of course but archetype villains.
This.
That's actually the worst part. I wish Breaking Bad had strictly morally good and evil characters like some sort of Catholic Sunday School lesson
@@2can2dothen go to a Catholic Sunday school lesson instead
I mean…
The ending of Breaking Bad universe literally told us that “Every single bad thing that happened is all Jimmy’s fault” though. They made it clear that Jimmy McGill is the ultimate bad guy of the story.
It made sense that Hank would have a huge blind spot to Walter after 20ish years of knowing him.
Correct. People loves lies. Even lying to our selves. That's what makes the world go around so nicely. 😅
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It makes even more sense from a simple story-telling point of view tbh 😅
I mean, parodies of the show where Hank finds out immediately are hilarious ("Walt... you sussy baka!"), but it doesnt make for several seasons of long episodes full of twists 😄
The whole breaking bad series is about how ego gets everyone killed. Even the main character
and the dumbest/purest guy (Jesse) stays alive.
Well the cancer was killing him very soon regardless, he went on a suicide mission and died at peace
ego and greed!
I wouldnt say he was at peace, he died alone and hated.
@@xoMrsWentzxo dying at peace goes beyond being with people and beyond what they think of you. He did right by him so to speak, and so was at peace with himself at the time of death
Hank sending Jesse to his possible death so he can catch Walt and justifying it by saying Jesse's death would just be more evidence to incriminate Walt is all you need. He's no hero.
Edit: Almost everyone missed the point. It's not about who is right or who is wrong. The point is that hank isn't a hero, his actions towards the end proved that he isn't the hero. I'm not going to sit and argue with anyone about it, it's a fact.
Well yeah not just sending him to it but being completely indifferent about it emotionally. Just couldn't give a f*** if he lived or died and actually saw benefits to him dying. I mean even Walter wrestled with killing Jesse more than that. He had to mull the ethics of it all. Obviously he chose to try and kill him because that's why the show is called breaking bad.... But that was an example of Hank's moral failings.
He's also casually racist, which it seems to be forgiven by most because he's so close with his buddy but just something to point out.
who gives a fuck about that junkie
@@michaelcorcoran8768He wasn't indifferent. Rewatch the scene where him and Gomez discuss this, he says something like "the druggy who's dribbling piss on my bathroom floor? If Walt does all the better".
Maybe I just interpreted it differently but that doesn't sound indifferent, he even had like a kinda happy tone when saying it. I mean it kinda makes sense for me too, Jesse was an accomplice to Walt who he viewed as an absolute monster and was a major obsession for him.
@@theeast7005 that is a good point, he was very much obsessed at that point with getting walt, even if it could end his career with the dea to continue or cause problems later on, and I imagine that definitely includes Jesse dying or not.
Hank is low-key kinda scary, since he doesn't care about life of people involved, like gomie and himself, by not immediately calling for backup from every branch of law enforcement they can, instead of just a "clean up crew" or whatever he called the dea for when he caught walt.
@@notjimpickens7928 Oh yea that's another good point. Honestly feel bad for gomez, mfer didn't get no big speech like Hank did, just killed off screen lol.
Lyle was really the only good guy in the BB universe. He just had to clean that fryer and make it spotless!!!
He was a good lad to be fair
@@gibgibbo5738 kinda like No Country for Old Men message I would offer..., 👍
And he lived to tell the tale of dealing with not only Hector but also Lalo 👊🏾💯🤣
@@smellsuperb1 IDK he did have to show Hector his BAWLS ⚽⚽
@@binarystar300 🤣🤣
One of my favorite scenes with Hank is when he brags about the Cuban Cigar to Walt, right after making fun of people who were arrested for Marijuana, it shows you right there, Hank is willing to break laws to bring himself satisfaction, even if it contradicts everything he says and stands for. Seems like a small moment when it happens, but it really does give you a lot of insight into Hank as a person.
typical cop shit tbh
Don’t forget wanting to hire a prostitute for Walt Jr. That stuff happens a lot throughout the show
One is a good law the other isn’t. Being a cop doesn’t mean they agree or disagree with all laws.
@@RustieFawnAccording to who?
To be fair Cuban cigars aren’t illegal because they are illicit drugs, they are illegal because the US banned all imports from Cuba. So in the mind of a DEA agent it’s not the same as marijuana
Hank is in the end a complex human being. You could say he's a bit of an anti-hero. He's a very flawed person. His motivations aren't always pure, and his actions sometimes even hurt him and the people he cares about. His redeeming qualities ultimately do make him a good guy in the context of the story, mostly the fact that he genuinely cares for his family and never consciously acts against their best interest. That's the difference between him and Walt. Walt claims he's only acting to serve and protect his family, but he actively chooses to ultimately hurt them.
You said it quite well. I agree
Kind of agree/disagree, they both do genuinely care for their family, and make great sacrifices for them and in addition also both get blinded by their own obsessions and end up harming themselves and their families.
Walt flew too close to the sun but still in the end tried to end it and ride off the meth money before Hank figured out he was Heisenburg.
Hank also had an unhealthy obsession as well, he never got backup or told anyone before going to Walt after his confession where he admitted to killing Krazy 8 because he wanted to be the person to cuff him. If he had then he would’ve caught him and lived to tell the tale and maybe he and gomie would have been able to see their wives again.
If Walt ended it sooner, or Hank got reinforcements than neither would have to die with dysfunctional families left in their passing.
Walt and Hank I would say are like Yin and Yang lol.
Walt is bad (making a meth empire, killing people for said empire) with some good (willing to give it all up for his family if the situation called for it such as with him pleading for Hank’s life), Hank does Good (catching drug dealers and making the world better) but with some bad (his toxic obsession with heisenburg, his hypocritical stance on law with the cuban cigar scene, him giving preferential treatment to his wife who steals valuable items, etc).
Hank was a great character. In the end, just like Walt, he was willing to circumvent rules both written and unwritten, just to get exacly what HE wanted. He showed that when he tried to lure Skyler into incriminating herself, to get some dirt on Walt that he could present to his superiors. After that, he was willing to let Jesse get killed in order to get to Walt. After all, Jesse was just a "junkie murderer" in his eyes. Hank ended up having no morality beyond what was best for himself... once again, just like Walt.
Nicely put! Thanks!
feels a little unjust... True, on some very basic level they are alike, but I doubt Hank would go as far as ordering the killing of a dozen people just to get what he want.
@@giacomolandi9277What feels unjust is trying to draw an equivalence between the measures taken by someone who was facing prison versus the guy trying to put people there.
I don’t think Hank was “as bad as Walt,” but I’m also aware that Hank is the only one of the two who chose to work for a government agency which arbitrarily decided to imprison or kill people over their choice in recreational habits.
I’m sure that being burned to death is pretty awful. But if you’ve ever been to jail/prison, you probably also get how morally fucked it is to want to put people there for doing something - drugs - that is no one else’s business.
Skyler was complicit with Walters criminal empire. It’s only natural that he would try to get her to confess to her involvement in this and testify against him. Getting lawyers involved would naturally create barriers to bringing Walter to justice.
All the characters break bad in their own way, they all have their own deadly sins they commit all the time
A lot of people fail to realize Hank’s own obsession with Heisenberg has led to his demise
He passed up the promotion in Texas to pursue a lead on Blue Sky, he was directed by his own superior to drop the Fring case yet he chose to follow up on it
Just as Walt had his own ego issues, Hank equally had his own obsession issues
Sounds like you didn't watched the series. Hank dropped the promotion in Texas because of the incident with the tortoise blowing up
he passed up on the promotion because he was traumatized lol
the heisenberg case is a part of it tho for sure but that isn't really the main reason
But those are different scenarios. One is paid to do a cop job. Hank perceives being a cop as more than sitting behind a desk. He was not doing anything wrong, only chasing a drug kingpin. Was he obsessed? I dunno, i don't think so. He was just being a great cop, as he had been for his entire life.
Walt is on the other hand a drug kingpin, not a tireless cop. While Hank was only doing his job as best as he could, Walt was going out of his way to feed his ego
When he refuses to go back to El Paso in S3 it’s because of his trauma…the blue sky is just a convenient excuse which is shown to us in the showe scene when marie tells him he doesn’t have to hise his feelings around her & he acts defensively but when he becomes ASAC & only focuses on the heisenberg case then it’s cause of his ego cause by S5 after Gail. & Gus died while hank was this close to closing the case he’s become obsessed to not let Heisenberg slip through his fingertips
@@doozsromhacksthe Heisenberg case was his excuse. That's partly why he became so motivated to get him. It was his own way of reconciling the fact to himself that he was to scared/traumatized to take the promotion in texas and saving face with his peers. That's why it meant so much to him, he needed to prove to himself he wasn't broken. That's why he obsessed over it. "I'm not scared of Texas, I'm just close to getting this bastard Heisenberg". That's what makes it perfect. When he finally solved it (what should have been his proof he still had it and justification for not going to Texas)it broke him even more, shattered his world because it was Walt, his friend and brother in law. It made him second guess himself and his world on every level, even more then el Passo did
Homie outed his father 🤣🤣🤣
Hank never seemed to care much about the lives of Albequerque's residents or the harms caused by the drug trade. He just liked being a winner and 'busting' the crooks. I always got the impression that if his early life shaked out differently, he would have easily fought on the other side of the drug wars.
Yep.
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The best cops think like criminals.
Hank also took pictures of Tuco's dead friends. It was disgusting behavior from the perceived good guy.
Not really
Pretty sure a DEA agent wouldn't even be allowed to do that in real life
yeah for "evidence" and a lot of gore footage gets "leaked" or released to the public bc it isn't illegal@@Kaledrone
Fuck tuco..who cares about this monster?
nah he just had a sense of humor
I found out about this ironic parallel between BB and BCS
In Breaking Bad, the biggest foe Walt faced was a former employer, Gus Fring, while the death that led to his downfall was his brother-in-law, Hank.
In Better Call Saul, the biggest foe Saul ever faced was his brother, Chuck Mcgill, and the death that led to his moral downfall was his former employer, Howard Hamlin.
Saul never worked for Howard at any point in the series. Or are you talking about Chuck's moral downfall 🤨
Jimmy worked at HHm
that's a really cool detail!
@@binarystar300bro jimmy worked in the mail room for like 5 years
Vrovo Bince
It seemed immediately obvious to me from the pilot episode that Hank's arrogant belittling of Walt as a man who was incapable of taking care of his own family is what triggered everything that transpired in the rest of the series.
Everything? A bit of an overstatement. Everything implies Walt is not responsible for his actions.
@@jimmym3352 You must know that's not what I meant. I meant everything that Walt, the protagonist, did throughout the remainder of his story arc. Of course, misinterpretations and petty, pedantic nitpicking are the lifeblood of social media comment sections. Good times.
Walt's last conversation with Gretchen before he went all in on the Meth game, were it turns out that he dumped Gretchen and the soon-to-be billion-dollar company Gray-Matter, due to the inherited wealth of her family, shows that he was always a man of pride. It sometime toned down prior to his initial life from the first episode, but that pride was redeveloping after his cancer diagnosis and he used being a drug kingpin to make up for it.
@@JeffBedrick Of course they are, that's why you decided to engage in one. He wasn't accussing you of anything, just questioning your word choices, you doofus.
@@biggsleezy-- totally agree, while we don’t meet Walt’s mother, he was certainly denigrating of her. The insight we get after Walt gets beat up by Mike and Walt Jr finds him broken and vulnerable which shamed Walt, even as he describes his last memory of his own father, weak, dependent and his abhorrence of that state. Yet Walt Jr professes THAT being preferable to how fake his father has been all year. You could see the message didn’t sink in.
We get that kind of vulnerability with Hank after he starts getting panic attacks after Tuco’s death. It brought he and Marie closer…at least until he gets shot, he then is dismissive and mean.
Apart from everything everyone else said, Hank brought along Walt, a civilian, while on a Dea operation, he took photos of himself making fun of the corpse of a criminal and had the trashiest paperweight ever. worse than everything else, he shared reserved information with his family, just for the fun of it (Gale's video and lab notes). He brought Junior, a disabled teenager, to see meth addicts and bullied a prostitute in front of him because he wanted to be the cool uncle. This doesn't make him a monster, but it makes him deeply flawed in my book.
It's true the thing that mattered the most to him was his ego.
Tbf on one of your points, I'm assuming the paperweight you're referring to is Tuco's grill. That was a gift from the other agents and Hank got rid of it pretty quickly. Everything else is fair
Most reasonable take; Hank is one of the LEAST flawed characters in the show, but nonetheless still flawed
By the end Hank was defending his pride, because he couldn't stomach the fact that Walt did all of this under his nose. An amateur that he ultimately was the reason he even considered selling meth. Walt heard the amount of money an average bust was, and he was all in
Hank couldn’t stand it that Walt was a tougher guy than he was. He was so sad and bitter that he was willing to victimize his own niece and nephew. It’s a good thing Uncle Jack made him his bitch and killed him in the most humiliating way imaginable.
@@spaceace4387agree. Pseudo-masculine "tough" guys like Hank are very feminine and petty. He went from "bullying" White to trying to bring him down a notch.
@@paddypibblet846I wouldn't say he's "pseudo" masculine... he's one of the biggest badasses on the show.
@@Boredasfuck29 With a badge (near impunity from the law), gun, other officers, and 100lbs on everyone else... it's easy to be a "tough" guy. Being a physically weak, frail, and dying school teacher who climbs to the top in one of the most brutal business out there requires real courage.
I think that started when he coward after his first taste of DEA work. He realized he was out of his depth and ran back into the safety of his obscure office, busting dime bag dealers and feeling like he was making a difference when he knew he wasn’t.
We see Hank’s pride and destruction but we never see how depraved he truly is. I think he choose that career as a way to keep his demon locked away.
His demon was his love for minerals
That's a take for sure. 🤔 What exactly is his demon?
@@laurelannmoss5859in his pants also known as "marie crusher"
You may have a good point in that. My only counterpoint is that we all have our demons, as we're only human with an animal nature we keep in check. We all find ways to keep our underlying base levels in check, to the point that some of those demons can be virtually dead.
@@laurelannmoss5859 His desire to hurt the people he demonises regardless of whether it is the right thing to do. He genuinely gets his rocks off by pushing Kaylee closer to the possibility of becoming a crack whore. Just look at how he talked to Mike when stealing Mike's Keep Kaylee Off The Streets Fund for the nth time. Hank is like Tony Soprano with a badge and a gun.
Vince Gilligan had originally planned to kill both Jesse and Hank by the end of Season 1. Season 1 was originally approved for 9 episodes, but was cut down to 7 due to the WGA strike. Hank was meant to meet his end in Episode 9. Jesse was also meant to die in Season 1 as a way of showing that even the main characters in the series were not safe, but once Gilligan saw Jesse's performance, he knew that killing off his character would be a mistake. Good thing for that strike.
"Causal racism is how you show you care about each other." -this channel
- also most people who have close friends of different races
I mean it’s true to an extent. Me and my close friends say some horrendous shit to each other. Just how you show love sometimes
We know you have no friends. Log off
Virtue signal
Based
For mine Hank is Walt’s true nemesis. Right from the start Hank is the centre of attention at Walt’s 50th, he’s everything Walt isn’t because he’s satisfied with his career, content with himself as a man and is happily married to a woman who doesn’t run his life. Walt entertains this idea of Hank as his rival when he confronts him by the pool but isn’t really honest with himself about this. When the two face off outside Hanks garage it’s then that Walt realises his mask has slipped and Hank sees him for who he truly is. All this time though Walt didn’t want Hanks downfall, he just wanted to feel like he was better than Hank and when the latter dies, it sinks in with Walt that his criminal life is irreversible. He deluded himself all this time by thinking he could make meth and never deal with any bloodshed, now that he’s suffering consequences it’s sunk in that his choices have affected his family that cannot be undone.
Hank and Steve going alone to arrest Walt is something that they do in all movies/tv. The heroes always go alone to take out the bad guys. However, I didn't get to hear Steve Gomez do the Wilhelm scream. I feel jipped.
😂
But also remember,Walt basically blackmailed Hank with that video and money trail
*gyped
11 minutes of Clif Notes recap of series. 1 minute of original thought.
hate to say this, but i absolutely agree
unfortunately most video essays. Title says analysis, turns out to be the summary.
Just becausse hank has a mexican friend doesnt mean he isnt racist, he clearly holds racist beliefs throughout the whole show
Right? I was mega confused when he said that, only for him to explain that he has a family member who is a cop, and suddenly it all made sense lol. Gotta justify to himself that his family definitely isn't racist, even when they very clearly are.
I haven't watched the show in a long time but hank doesn't seem racist in the scenes he showed in the video
@juliagoetia Hank is not racist. You are to sensitive
Agreed. Yes, Hank isn't inhumanely racist but he still holds racist beliefs. At least admit he IS racist while acknowledging that alone doesn't make someone a bad person
Whole heartedly agree…do people think they put those jokes in for no reason. Hank is not a bad guy but it’s the fact that he holds those beliefs and it IS for a reason
Finally someone talked about it. Hank had indeed good traits on him, but being on the right side of the law kinda covered who he really was. He's pictured as an aggressive man, who never showed empathy or even respect toward people he considered "lower" than him. He didn't really cared about the consequences his hunt to Walt could lead to Skyler, Walter JR, Marie and especially himself as we see in the end.
In the end, hank’s gloating over arresting Walt got him and gomie killed. If he hadn’t taken so long to get Walt in the car mocking Walter or calling Marie he would’ve gotten out before jack’s gang arrived
Yes!
Unlikely tbh. They were in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with one road leading back to town. Jack was already on the way.
I have news for u, If in law enforcement “casual racism is how you show you care for each other” then it’s an inherently racist institution. So basically u are saying, hank isn’t really a racist, but he has to act like he is, and enforce racist laws, to be a cop…
Exactly! Thank you! That line drove me nuts lmao
Thank u for being the only other comment about this. My head spun so damn fast to change the vid cause i cannot take this seriously after that.
Phew, luckily no other countries in the world have cops, than the USA or there would be racists everywhere!! :O
“My father is in law enforcement. Casual racism is how they get thru the day” 💀💀💀💀💀
I agree with this and I always hated how he never grew from his early interactions with Jesse and still viewed him as expendable
Yeah a drug dealer like jesse is definitively the type of guy you become close with right? Lol
@@afrosamourai400 Who said anything about "becoming close" with him?
@@joelglanton6531 "still viewed him as expendable" jessie was a drug dealing murderer..why should a cop not see him as expendable?
@@afrosamourai400 I don't think you have the right attitude to understand the things this show is trying to say. Maybe move on, this isn't a conversation you're going to understand.
@@afrosamourai400no cop should view anyone as "expendable". You dummy.
I think Hank's disrespectful attitude toward Walt was a major factor that pushed Walt toward crime. He didn't only want money, but also the respect of those around him.
Oh poor walt..he sold poison because hank was teasing him..please!!
I'm not saying that Walt is a victim or that his actions are justified, the desire to be respected, however, was a motivating factor. @@afrosamourai400
Probably right.
Seems like Walt was just mad that he fumbled the bag and took a buyout that amounted to “a couple months rent” before the company took off. He blamed the Schwartz’s when literally all of his shortcomings were of his own doing. Getting rich off drugs was his way of not feeling like a failure.
What a retarded take.
Great video and really sound analysis here! However, I think that it’s important to understand that just because Hank doesn’t attend Klan rallies doesn’t make his behavior not racist. I think it supports your conclusion to understand his casual racism as an extension of his machismo and arrogance. As you say, casual racism is often accepted within law enforcement communities, and I think that contributes to Hank’s characterization as someone who seeks to gain social status without really considering the harm he might be doing to others. Rather than dismissing his behavior as “just part of being a cop”, I think you could strengthen your analysis by understanding it as a different kind of racism.
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I think one of the most important things abt the whole series is that NO ONE is a hero per se. Everyone has self-destructive flaws, so that to the extent some play the role of the "good guy", they're far from being a hero - as is the case with most of us in real life. A person can perform a heroic act without otherwise being a heroic person. Just as sometimes bad people do something decent.
Yeah everyone breaks bad. Hence breaking bad.
Heroes can still be flawed characters tho. I think what you're saying is more like, "no one can be a certain kind of person, they can only commit certain kinds of acts" which I agree with in a way
Hank is a typical bully. He treats you like shit and jokes about you while hiding it behind "Oh, I'm just kidding, lighten up!" and gaslighting you.
You’re mentally weak
Exactly! He's the peak example of toxic masculinity lmao.
@@juliagoetia you’re dumb.
Just breaking balls
I get so sick of people using the term 'gaslighting' when all they mean is lying. Watch the movie "Gaslight' so you understand the meaning.
Also all those clues were spread across like 2 years and seen by the audience as obvious because we were in on it. We see the whole thing, and we see it as obvious in hindsight too. He was aware of the Salamancas and the cartels, discovered Gus Fring's thing entirely on his own, and eventually did figure out the wild card that had been playing him the entire time, Walter White. He's a very good detective.
Entirely agree. It is, for a serial format, very convincingly depicted how police work realisticially functions. I never had the impression of inkompetence, since when the dots had been presented, they connected them properly.
And I honestly do not think Hank lacks empathy. Certainly not for his family, since he explicitely brought his nephew in contact with the meth-addicted ppl in order to show him the consequences of its consumption. Maybe he is not an expert since drug addictions are heavily induced by psychological issues the user had beforehand, however his intentions and care with the kid had been honest. His humour is also most likely his way of shielding himself in order to keep focusing on his job. That's no excuse for his behaviour towards the woman, however maybe an explanation. Emotional distance, so he doesnot want to get overwhelmed by the dread and horrible fates of addicted ppl. Although, he doesnot want to get involved with the mess produced by drug addictions, the fact, that he is (willingly) involved in the (neverending) war on drugs shows his unwavering conviction and sense of justice.
To me, his apparant lack of empathy and jokes at sb. else' expense have always seemed to be some kind of facade to keep everyone and everything at a certain distance.
It cracked when he realized that his brother-in-law had been the drug kingpin all along.
The only thing that would make him a "bad" detective is the highschool chemistry equipment scene.
That metal door was locked tight and iirc there was only 2 keys to get in; Walter's and the Principal's.
Doesn't take a genius to figure out the underpaid overqualified high school chemistry teacher stole that equipment to sell meth.
@@Peter-vf3dl Agreed, I liked Hank as a character the entire time because I recognized he emotionally distanced himself from certain things to cope with the horrible things he has to deal with. I practice emotional distancing a lot so I recognized it instantly, I never got the vibe he was a wannabe tough guy, you could always tell it was his way of softening the blow from traumas so that he can keep functioning normally in his line of work. Especially after the bomb attack you can see that he is very much vulnerable to trauma like anyone else, and without his familiar friends to support him he couldn't emotionally distance himself from it.
As for how he treated Jesse, you can say every character in the show is a product of their circumstances and occupations. After dealing with potentially thousands of drug addicts it's not surprising in the least he had no empathy for those sorts of people. It doesn't excuse what he did but it's an understandable reaction from him considering Hank has probably seen a lot of suffering that results from the drug trade, causing him to have no empathy for anyone involved in it.
If he didn't know Walter personally, he would've been the prime suspect at the school
"Hank isn't a racist. I know this because my own dad is a cop, and constant racist remarks are just how cops show they care so much about you!" Listen to yourself, my dude.
Hank and gomey were just joking around
@@chadsrobber Hank uses racist slurs frequently, and not just toward Gomez. When interrogating Jesse, Hank asks if he got food at "that Chink place around the corner."
@@chadsrobberthat doesn't mean he's not racist tho
@@Rosa5311 Live in your own delusional world then
@@chadsrobber No u
"Hank isnt racist."
No he defiently is 😭
If it was just banter with his friend steve then yea, id agree. But hes shown to use slurs outside of his kinship with his friend, often dosent really treat mexicans like people, or well, any criminal by that matter.
And yknow were supposed to think that. In one of the scenes in his new job, he does some racist shit. And everyone looks at him weird for it. Racism dosent have to be an evil thing, its just a behavior people slip into. Everyone has that part of them to some degree, and id say hank has it more than the avarage person. I dont think hank like, hates Mexicans, but its extremely clear that he tends to veiw them as criminals and doesnt have much respect for their culture.
Man he racially profiled Hugo, dude is racist, and noting the casual racism in law enforcement (institutions that have a known problem with racism) doesn’t make him not racist ?!
His dad is a cop it's cool. Cops are definitely not known for racism.
Kino confirming casual racism is common in the police force 😅
„Hank isn’t a racist, my dad showed me all cops are like that“ is an extremely funny way to gloss over how Hank is in fact a racist but grows at a person over the course of the show
You should watch Gran Torino.
@@KingWarlock007Clint Eastwood is also a racist lol
@jay2thaudy why would he make a movie like Gran Torino then? Why do so many people think everybody is a racist. Turn off CNN and go live in the world. It's not filled to the brim with hate. Most people are just doing there thing.
@@KingWarlock007 what the fuck are you talking about?? Hank Schrader is a character, not the actor you dimwit. He literally has to leave the DEA office in Mexico because he can’t overcome his racism towards Mexicans and obsession with the Heisenberg case
@@Olyvia..That wasn’t the reason but okay
“Hank isn’t racist, he just uses slurs and says racist jokes” bro do you hear yourself
He was far from perfect, but when you’re surrounded by the rest of those main characters you tend to look like a full-blown saint 😂
I agree that “pride goeth before destruction” was definitely a theme for many characters though, and hank was one of them.
Idk, Skylar seems like a much less destructive person. She does get in on Walt's business though. But that's complicated. And you can't get mad at her for cheating because Walt was no husband.
Similarly Marie has her selfishness but she is much less destructive than a Hank or a Walt
Says the fascist
@@inafridge8573Skyler was still married and should have taken him to court but the situation she was in makes it a bit understandable but just comes across as petty and unlikeable especially at that point in the series. I love her character though.
“Hank is not a racist” has gotta be the funniest shit I’ve ever heard.
Do you consider Gomez racist as well?
@@prlysis "pick me guys! I'm not like them! I have a badge! I'll beat them even harder than you see!"
He's alot like the gay black dude from the shield
@@prlysisyes
i was on Hank's side until i discovered he was racist. now i am on Todd's side
@@notanonymous3976 Todd is literally a Nazi
3:04 this is where i tapped out 💀 no way bro said this unironically
SAME
Fragile
Casual Racism is how you show you care about each other??? Lmfao that has to be the funniest wildest thing ive heard in 2023 lol 😂😂😂 i literally almost choked on my food
Thank you for making this video! I have felt crazy like I was the only one seeing how Hank was willing to do whatever to catch Walter at the end. So many people were rooting for him at the end but I just got irritated how Hank was cutting corners to get his conviction. While he was right about Mike, he really abused his powers of law enforcement to harass the guy with no evidence. Hank’s gut was not wrong but you can see how that started making him dangerous.
A member of the most evil and powerful gang accusing his power to do evil.
I was rooting for Walt LOL. No really, I never thought he (Hank) was a hero. He obviously had his pride issues too. It's what made the series such a great series. That said, the character of Hank did get marginally better throughout the series. He was horrible the pilot episode. I would have been happy to see him shot in the face after the pilot episode.
I wish Marie would've died instead of Hank
Only the poorly educated and highly propagandized to consider Hank a hero.
Absolutely great video. It's been a while since I finished Breaking Bad, and sometimes it's hard to remember how nuanced the whole thing is. Specially because the majority of Breaking Bad video essays on youtube tend to lean on the morality of Walt's actions and often forget about the other characters, although they are just as complicated.
“My family member was in law enforcement, and racism is good ackchually”
a big character flaw within Walt is his pride and his ego, as so eloquently put by Mike. But that's also very much true of Hank, too. Pride cometh before the fall, after all.
Hanks deadly sin is wrath
@@flyingsky1559 now you got me trying to correlate the main cast of the show with the seven deadly sins
Great analysis! I have always felt the same way about Hank. Honestly, the only redeeming characters in the series are Walt Jr and Holly...IMO. When actors, writers and directors can blur all lines between redeeming qualities and abhorrent behaviors you know you have something special.
And Lyle... Dude just wanted the fryer to be clean.
jr betrays his dad and chooses his uncle over him. does not stick by walt at all once the shit hits the fan.
Hank showed who he was by how he treated the prostitute in the first season. He never really changed. The difference between him and Walt is the law is (sort of) backing him up. Hes not as corrupt as Walt but he's definitely willing to put other's lives in danger to reach his goals.
I began watching this series in 2008. I loved Walt from the very beginning WW is still my favorite character. Cranston did a phenomenal job with the role of a lifetime. This series would not be as fantastic as it is without the character of Walter White. Absolutely pure perfection! My favorite series.
Hawk is the perfect representation of an America cop. Unhinged and wreak less with disregard for living beings
What are they wreaking less of?
He qualified for immunity
I mean i'm still confused how in the very first episode, they say they are looking for someone who calls themselves Captain Cook. Then when walt goes missing, he tracks down Jessie's car and he would HAVE had of noticed the plates saying.....THE CPTN Right? Why does he NEVER EVER think of that later in the show and keep closer eyes on Jessie?
The first episode they were looking for some random drug manufacturer not a drug kingpin making the purest meth in America (which at that point didn't even exist since walt hasn't even started cooking yet) so it makes sense not to connect those two cases together
And he does go after Jesse later in the show and even catches him in the RV, but then the phone call and the unauthorized use of force happened that forced him to drop the investigation
I think the literal point that Breaking Bad is making is that nobody is all good or all bad we all have the potential to be both in us and how the events and decisions surrounding our lives can push us 1 way or the other and even people who have never put a foot wrong like Walt under the right circumstances can be pushed all the way to being evil
which is why exercising willpower is so important in order to remain steadfast
"Hank's not a racist because he only uses casual slurs in a social setting" is not the defense of his character I was expecting.
I love the fact the Hank was kind of what Walt shouldve been. He had all the macho alpha man bravado only to deal with PTSD when I saw action while WW being meek and mild manner ended up becoming a savage.
He was like that before PTSD too, he was like that his whole life
great point
correct me if i am wrong, but "being macho" is something anyone can do, whilst PTSD is involuntary and people get it worse than others
Hank is like.. if Tony Soprano was a DEA Agent. Kinda. Hank is kinda similar in many ways emotionally especially toward the end. Yelling, ego, Fatness. I'm gonna keep an eye on that next watch of Breaking Bad and see if it holds up.
Hank never did anything half as heinous as the shit Tony Soprano did in Season 1 alone. Might as well compare Molly to Tekashi 69 😭
"casual racism is how cops show they care about each other" dear God were just in complete denial 💀💀💀
"My daddy's a cop and he aint racist" lmaooo
Says the sperg with a Pokémon as a pfp
@@tim4330you want to try another insult? Because ouch, that first one was pretty cringe
Seriously, I almost spit out my drink at this line. Just another bootlicker. ACAB
Lmao I literally smh when he said that shit.
Hank was an awesome character, He was actually my favorite character and I felt it when he and Steve where ended. He was a tough SOB.
I haven't thought about hank's acting showing regret for himself laying bloody in the sand but now that I think about his expressions the scene is even more heartbreaking
Great video as always!
Vince does say that every character breaks bad at some point so I guess I need to rewatch. After I watch the Sopranos again! Maybe watch both 1 episode each and compare
THANK YOU! Despite being on the "right" side of the law, Hank was an obsessed glory-seeker just like Walt. His short-sightedness led in a very direct way to leaving his family without a father, Jessie's period of unjust imprisonment and eventual escape, and Walt having the opportunity to die on his own terms.
Decent shout yes. 👍
and the law isnt really on the right side in the drug war anyway. Everything Walt did was enabled by that drug war
@@KaelWrit of course yes, excellent point
@@KaelWrit You're correct, but even in the shaky moral framework of the drug war Hank fell short by going rogue. And you can apply that to many other people in this universe - Walt's moral failings ran deeper than merely being a meth cook, and Saul's problem wasn't _just_ that he was legal counsel for a drug kingpin.
If there's one criticism I have of Vince Gilligan, is that he sometimes OVER-GLORIFIES law enforcement. I mean, it's a common TV trope with all these shows like CSI Cops etc. but it takes away from the otherwise perfect writing. Being a cop doesn't automatically make you a good person!!
Hank wasn’t upset because he loved Walter, Hank was upset because the entire situation made him look and be the biggest idiot in the room.
I think thats partly true, because Hank did love Walt, he was family.
If you watched literally any other season of the show, you'd know that isn't true. Nearly every scene with the family together showed that Hank really did love and care about Walter as a brother-in-law
@@linchet I’ve watched the entire show 5 times. I never said he didn’t love Walter. He did. But what burned him up was that he got bested and made a fool of, and by someone so close to him. It was RIGHT under his nose and the signs were all there basically spelled out to him. His ego was extremely bruised and that’s what upset him the most.
@@21redsox21 I don't disagree that Hank had an ego and hated the idea of being proven wrong and humiliated at his job. I just don't see it as a significant mark on his character because those are reasonable traits to have in Hank's position (everyone has an ego of some kind and no one wants to look like an idiot who was confidently wrong). Kinda a stretch to say that's what upset him the MOST too
I’m so lucky I grew up in abq and live here I’m 24 and happy I’m reminded of this show every time I drive around town
Seriously, the mental gymnastics people go through to defend Hank are astounding. It was pretty clear he was on a power trip throughout the show. And no, I don't care if he was doing it to mask his trauma from the job, that didn't give him a right to be a bully.
Yeah, he was a punk. But I think that was the whole point, he fit in doing busy work in a small office but was a joke to actual DEA agents who took their job seriously. When shit got real, he tucked tail and rain at the first chance.
@alexander1902 I disagree with him tucking his tail. When that bomb went off, hank sucked up his anxiety and went to put a Tourniquet on his fellow agent.
@@alexander1902nigga those agents got blown the fuck up and hank had to try and save as many of them as possible. what are u on about, and I think seeing a dozen of ur peers get blown up gives most people a desire to get out
I don't understand the idea that he was a bully, he was just a normal person lol. I dislike how he acted towards criminals but he treated Walter normally for a brother in law. The worst thing he did was how he acted towards Marie but unless u live in some fantasy land sometimes u have to endure people treating u unfairly when there going through shit and help them through it. I dislike a little how he acted towards Jesse but if I didn't watch Jesse for 5 seasons I would think very poorly of him too, from an outsider perspective he's just a junkie drug dealing murderer, doesn't excuse him but I don't think it's realistically that bad to not value the life of someone like that
exactly@@chips7083
I relate to hank. Ptsd and panic attacks are horrifying and I always try to be there for people suffering from any mental illness. It's hard.
Do you have ptsd?
Hank didn't have "ptsd". He was struggling with the truth, knowing he was not a hero and didn't deserve the praise he so desired.
I've had a couple panic attacks and they truly suck so I definitely empathize.
Best Hank video so far. Great job!
Bro said he’s not a racist, he just uses racists remarks.
You can't be racist against a culture.
My favorite part is how his evidence for it not being racist is just “my dad is a cop and he says things like that all the time”
@@clayw8884"all cops do it, must be okay!"
@@JimMilton-ej6zi according to oxfords English dictionary racism is; “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized”
First off; Mexicans are a community due to their shared identity…
Second; Americans often get race and ethnicity confused. Although race is an aspect of ethnicity, ethnicity also covers a group’s culture and customs…. Therefore discrimination on the basis of culture is inherently discrimination on the basis of ethnicity. “Latino” is an ethnicity… discrimination on the basis of ethnicity falls under the dictionary definition of racism, therefore prejudice against Latinos is (by definition) racist.
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Thoughtful essay, mostly. I want to empathize that it’s hard to default to the opinion of an internet stranger above your own father. But…. I would consider that maybe it’s not that every single law enforcement member is constantly saying racist things but they’re not actually racist, and consider if the institute of law enforcement may encourage racism. And maybe it leaks out of casual banter and is reflective of a system designed to keep some people on top. This extends to Hank too. I do think your experiences maybe blind you to how Hank’s racism is a huge part of his character and an indicator of the same dangerous tendencies that brought down Walt. I think you got so close to fully understanding his character, and expanded my perception of him, but couldn’t see that detail.
The entire BB universe is designed to make you question morality and truth. It doesn't tie up loose ends, characters in this series lie and their lies are never exposed, it's often up to the audience to interpret where someone is being delusional, lying, being honest, where they stand morally. Hank isn't a hero because he does so many things that are sketchy for his own glory and self promotion. He doesn't give a fuck about Jesse, but he makes Jesse think he does so that he can use him to get Walt. He doesn't care about the rules at all, ironically since it's the one thing he should definitely stand for as a law enforcement officer. He's a pretty bad guy, he's not like Walt, but he's more sadistic than Walt is, he laughs at people's misery, including Walt's as he's arrogantly taking him in.
All of it is his undoing. He's not an evil man though, Walter has become a truly evil person with some of the things he's done, and that's why Hank's death is still tragic. Hank has never taken someone's life for personal gain for example, he's defended himself, he's beaten people up for selfish reasons, but never murdered someone.
You can't forget to see the gray area when you're watching these shows, that's what makes them so great is that in most shows everything is to be taken at face value, but in BB/BCS it's not, and there really aren't any heroes. Everyone's done something pretty fucking awful except for the children like Walter Jr for example.
Gray areas are for the "moral relativists", there is an objective Good and bad and I am so tired of this market being oversatured with "Morally gray" characters which kids later go on to be inspired by them.
@@Leonard_Wolf_2056there is no objective good or bad. even if it does exist out there everyone's interpretation of it will be different making it effectively subjective anyway.
Loved it! Thank you, I never saw it in exactly the way you described her.. and I agree completely with your points.. right on, sir
I love how both him and Walt start in completely different places and end in same different places all the while remaining so close to the other
A character can still be a hero of a story without being a perfect person or a "good guy"
Hell yeah and him wanting to get walt himself doesn't make him bad either
Yes they can have character flaws but they also must be capable of doing heroic things, which Hank never did
@@kloukk Wow, saying hank never did anything heroic is crazy
The problem is there is only so many flaws you can have before being seen as a bad person.
A story doesn’t need a hero, breaking bad is supposed to be realistic, not Star Wars
Casual racism is still racism, needing to put on a front of toughness fpr your racist cop brothers doesnt make a bit ot dofference.
It’s telling that Hank’s first action when he catches Walt is to call his wife to gloat, rather than reacting professionally and following proper procedures. Hank’s ego not only cost him his life, but that of Gomez as well. For that reason alone, Hank is no hero.
When you can’t admit Hank is racist because it means admitting your dad is racist
Most hilarious part of the video.
Truth is not racist
@@BookersbonesRacist self report.
Yeah I was onboard with the video until that part. Fucking what? lmao
You're all white, aren't you?
i guess real racism must be how law enforcement shows they care about the public. they keep it casual with each other though.
Glad to see some more Breaking Bad videos
Bro just admitted institutionalized racism is real 😂
Such a great analysis! Made me consider and look at So many new but apparent things. Thank you!
You know such a good point with hank not seeing Walt was the bad guy. It’s like in the departed when Martin sheen heard Matt Damon say “my friends are still coming” but not wanting to think Matt Damon was the rat
“Cops that use racist banter are not racist because my dad’s a cop”.
Normally i’d agree with that sentiment in any other career, but american law enforcement isn’t exactly known for their progressive and colorblind tactics. So i think your process that brought you to the conclusion that Hank is not a racist id flawed. Hank can very well be racist (i don’t think he is), there really isn’t enough context in the show to decide for the viewer to make a conclusion on that notion.
L take plus mask pfp.
Insensitive, maybe. But racist? Come on.
@@enclaveherewhyisntyourvide3089 it isn’t
@@enclaveherewhyisntyourvide3089 lol you got a robot as yours, stop regurgitating the same shit your dad says. Your pops a bum too.
@@enclaveherewhyisntyourvide3089 "nuh uh!" good argument sport
Breaking Bad is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, drama series of all time. These interesting, complex and nuanced characters are no small part of that. I’ve watched the series so many times and I always get more out of it. Not going to argue with those who disagree, but that’s my opinion. I don’t think they could have chosen a more perfect cast. Such a phenomenal series.
Go watch the sopranos
"Casual racism is how you show you care about each other?"
*sigh*
That aside, great analysis into a very flawed character.
A true hero , goes home , & gets his fuckin Shinebox - Tywin Lannister
Now then Kino, how's life treating you over the Atlantic ocean this 2nd day of October, I see you are taking the piss with the dinner break as you couldn't create this one in a single hour! 😂 Seriously though this is another well produced and professionally put together piece but it's your thinking that's the draw and I often think what I would have made of Breaking Bad if you were around back when we 1st ploughed through the entire series. Great stuff once again and many thanks 👍 ☘️
To put simply
Hank is the Anti-Hero to Walt's Anti-Villain
Anyone here see all the dark comedy throughout breaking bad?
The characters dynamics, walt with hank and jesse are genius at this!
It get very dark toward the end though.
Ahh yes , law enforcement workplace racist banter , checks out for the police in America, but out of respect for YOU ! & your fawtha for bringing pure kino into this world thank you Mr kino
Hank loved Walter as a brother in law
This was very insightful. Thank you.
We can all stand to be less prideful.
3:03 is wild out of context
It's wild even with context
Theres no context where that isn't an insane thing to say.
Its wild in context
Yeah Hank often rubbed me the wrong way
"My dad and Hank can't be racist. They have brown friends! Casual racism never hurt anyone"
Very weird on your part
Yeah you see that a lot where people say Hank can't possibly be racist because of Gomez. And that's just not true. I don't doubt that he has a sincere friendship and I don't think he's blinded by hatred of Latinos or anything but he is casually racist around everyone basically. Including defendants that he is arresting. That's really not forgivable. Whether he's motivated by hate or he's just indifferent to using racist language... It's not a good trait
Yeah... that was awkward af
Exactly my thoughts sounds like he’s trying to convince himself
@@michaelcorcoran8768you just sound like you're on a constant search for things to be unforgivable. Some people just enjoy crude humor. Remember also that the show is set in a time period when people cared about intent, and we chose not to be offended when no offense was intended. 20 years ago people did things like that, instead of virtue signaling by being constantly offended as a way of showing superiority.
I know it's popular to be a victim and feel offended, but I encourage you to look into how some friendships work. When people are close, their little remarks can be subtle signs of affection, be it jabs on their habits, race, past experiences etc, and that friend can do the same back with no offense taken. It's a sign of trust (and even respect) when you can break that barrier of artificial manners where we need to tippy toe around unknown reactions of strangers and colleagues.
I'm from Australia, where sarcasm and teasing is pretty common among friends, so it may be a cultural thing as well.
Granted, Hank isn't perfect and I do believe he holds very poor mannerisms with his over confidence. I wouldn't say racism is the core of his issues, it's more about him as a person being cocky and seeing suspects as less than human.
It's easy to point out all the clues Hank didn't pick up on until the end, but you've got to remember, you already know the solution, and he didn't.
When you know the solution it's easy to point to something and say that it's obvious, but when you don't know the solution it's not that easy.
Casual racism has the word racism in it but i guess somehow isnt racist. Bro definitely also outed the entire police force as casually racist too. Just because people participate in it doesnt make it okay. Especially with cops too, wtf
I was like 🤔hearing that justification. Hank is racist asf 💀
competitive racism is where it's at
Facts, what's your rank
@@aGame284 i say the n word if a black gives me permission