15:51. Here's the information on Mike's 10 men killed during this scene: 01. Dan Wachsberger; the lawyer hired by Mike to defend the other 9 men & was making drops of hazard pay money to keep their silence. Also, if you watch the behind the scenes for this episode it's revealed that Dan is talking to his own lawyer about his wife & kids before he gets stabbed. 02. Ron Forenall; Madrigal warehouse foreman who supplied chemicals to Gus' meth empire & Lydia turned over to police in Fifty-One. 03. Andrew Holt; enforcer for Gus that appeared in Problem Dog & was mentioned by Dennis in Hazard Pay. 04. Jack McGann; enforcer for Gus. 05. Isaac Conley; enforcer for Gus. 06. Harris Boivin; enforcer for Gus that was sent to kill Walt & his family in Face Off. 07. Raymond Martinez; enforcer for Gus that was sent to kill Walt & his family in Face Off. 08. Anthony Perez; enforcer for Gus that was mentioned by Dennis in Hazard Pay. 09. William Moniz; enforcer for Gus. Also, if you watch the behind the scenes for this episode it's revealed that his actor did the stunt of being thrown off the balcony & landed on a pile of cardboard boxes. 10. Dennis Markowski; manager of Gus' laundromat where the lab was in the basement that let Gomez investigate in End Times & was told by Mike his wife would get his hazard pay money. The prison killings are inspired by the baptism scene in The Godfather where the 5 rival gang leaders are killed on orders by Michael while here the 10 witnesses are killed by Jack's men on orders by Walt.
Re: liking Walt ... many -- probably most -- well-written fictional protagonists are compelling because the audience can see themselves in the character and/or fantasize about _becoming_ the character. But fantasies can be f'ed up. Walt is a great example. When I'm having a really bad month, I can privately think, "Nah man, if I REALLY wanted to, I could become a terrifying criminal mastermind and f*** you ALL up!" Shows like BrBa are great escapism that way. But it's just escapism, not a real desire to wreak havoc.
This is pretty much my take. The show is using the typical power fantasy format and subverting it by showing us how decisions have unintended consequences. Many people are only interacting with the entertainment/power fantasy element. Many people simply don't want to analyze fiction, they want to be entertained. One of the easiest way to make bad guys likeable is to make them hyper-competent. No matter how disgusting a character is, if they're the best at something, you have to at least respect their ability, even if you hate them. This is what they did with Walt. No matter how bad he gets, no one can deny his brilliance, and this is enough for anyone engaging in the power fantasy to simply ignore or excuse the bad.
I love how in this episode, there is a fly again (7:00 or so) and it doesn't affect Walter at all. He has no more conscience, which is what the fly was in 3x10. Edit: Also worth noting... when Hank relates the story of marking trees in the forest and how dealing with monsters is soul shattering.... Walt comes back with "I used to love to go camping"... again, Walt's conscience is gone
The cancer went into remission shortly after he started cooking and it came back after he stopped. While he was Heisenberg he was alive, while be was Walter White he was slowly dying.
It's almost like if the universe or the devil was telling him, if you continue with this life, your cancer will be cured but you will have to live with the consequences and your conscious will eat you alive. On the other hand, if you decide to stop your meth empire, then your cancer will come back, but you will be able to live a honest guilt free rest of your life. The thing is, he chose to quit way too late. He chose the "honest life" too late. If it wasn't Hank finding the book, im sure it would've been something else. It was just too late to change his mind I think.
I have to admit I was rooting for Walt until he poisoned Brock the first time I watched the show. And even now I sympathise with him in the first 3 episodes. But when Elliot just straight up solved his whole problem for him by offering to pay for his treatment and he STILL decided to go and make meth just cuz of his ego... even after everything that happened... I mean that is just insane.
Finally, yall've seen what I see every time I watch this show. Another thing about Walter White is even before he met Jesse and decided to cook the blue stuff, he was always an asshole even during the gray matter days. What really made him quit was when he was on that 4th of July weekend with Gretchen at the time they were supposed to get married, he felt inferior to be around them, so he packed up his things and chose to leave gray matter and chose to keep struggling till he turned 50. If he had stayed with gray matter, he would have acted exactly how he did with the blue stuff, trying to whine that gray matter was all him instead of a team effort, file a lawsuit and pushed Gretchen Elliot out of the picture. It was confirmed by the creator Vince Gilligan.
100%. I would also say he contributed in Jesse losing faith in himself and going down the drugs path with those passive-aggressive red notes “Ridiculous! Apply yourself!". It's like students who are not interested in his subject (probably won't need it in their lifes) don't deserve basic respect and are dumb in his eyes. He seemed to enjoy writing "Not even close" while grading tests later season too. He always had this arrogance in him.
Queen for a Day means a proffer agreement. It's not an immunity deal, it's a lesser type of one, but it essentially means one in the thick of it sits down with law enforcement to spill literally everything and anything they were involved in to do with any criminal activity in a more or less private session. It's used to close cases, utilize as private testimony of sorts to go after other people involved in crimes, but the person who proffers cannot ever speak on those criminal activities outside of the sessions. Again, it's not blanket immunity like you get on the stand, snitch on everyone, and you walk away free and easy with no jail time. Hank was offering a proffer agreement to Dennis, Dennis is compelled to sit with the DEA and other law enforcement for these sessions to spill and snitch on everyone and everything he knows, and those law enforcement entities will use his information to give him a reduced sentence while they go after the other fish in the pond. Dennis' lawyer wanted immunity, Hank offered a proffer at best, and that's where he stood on that while shaking his tree by reminding them that they have a bunch of guys to make deals. That's why Dennis got the worst of it when he got hit in jail. If you sign up for that life, take the money, and swear to keep it solid no matter what, then you try to hurt other guys and their families to claw out of the worst case scenario (even after his family was being paid) by flipping to be a rat?....... Hey, it is what it is, and he burned for it. Literally. That's a street code for people living that different type of life but it's a lesson in life in general that if you sign up for this and that, legal or illegal, you have to hold it solid for the people you expect to hold it solid for you than sell you out. Otherwise, you're fair game if you fold on them and vice versa.
Walt lost me when he turned down the job with Gray Matter. A sane and ethical person wouldn't 1) blame a couple for his jealousy and his decision to cash out over it and 2) turn down big money and a health plan doing exactly what he's good at when he's got cancer in America. He had a perfectly good option in front of him and he chose to do crime instead.
Yea I thought that was dumb of him not to take that he probably would have had he not known that they only asked him out of pity to help save him they never offered him a job before he got sick so he takes it as a pity job but he should appreciate that they care but his ego doesn't let him think that way
@@TheRepublican777 Well, being "pity" is only to Walter's eyes. Someone who has cancer will get help from those who are close to him. Elliot was not in bad terms with Walt, Gretchen was. Elliot had good stories about Walt, and gave him the opportunity to take the job he gave up long ago because he knew he needed it. If Walt didn't took the job, was because his own insecurity and fragile beeing
Walter 100% was going to take the job with Elliot, he was thrilled with the offer... until Elliot mentioned the health coverage. Which made it clear Skyler opened her big mouth, and the job offer was 100% a pity offer, Not based on his ability, which we eventually see is unsurpassed in Anything he focuses on.
@@meanstreetmook yes kinda, I mean he seemed like he was happy about it but he had cancer and was trying to tell him that he didn't want to let them down because he would not live long and before he got it out what his health issue was Elliot mentioned that they have great health coverage and that's when he knew Skyler said something and they thought of him only out of pity not because they actually needed his expertise if only Elliot had played it a little cooler and let Walt talk before he told him about the health coverage it could have worked.
@@meanstreetmook And it was stupid of him to turn it down. That's a great example of bad pride. Like when he says to Skyler "That would be charity" and she's like "So?" She was right. So? Indeed. A man who can't afford his cancer treatment needs charity. A fool and a jerk who doesn't care about his family turns it down and does crime instead.
Walt was literally offered a way out by Gretchen and Elliot in the fifth episode of the series. It could've ended right then and there. From that point on, there was zero justification.
It was his pride that got in the way but he had already killed two people at that point but in self defense of course even the one kelp in the basement can't be let free because he was going to kill him after being free
These are elite people of society bro. Shes scientist. These people live in perfect fantasy world of upper middle class that's why they start hating walt since the beginning. Us average joe would definitely root for walt because life has been unfair to him since the beginning.
@@CzarsSalad Funny how different people see it. The Jane incident was something I never blamed Walter really for. At least not as much as for many other things he did. But I respect your opinion, don't get me wrong. Just that was not even remotely a point of hate-starting to me.
@@soundofnellody262think about it that just proves how walter is such a master manipulator and is so good at what he does, we were rooting for a man that has destroyed countless lives and didn’t even bat an eye
On my first watch, I liked Walt all the way up until he killed Mike. Don’t get me wrong, I know he had done many heinous things already but I never truly began to hate him until he killed Mike. Thats when I wanted to see his downfall 😂
Skyler is hated by those who fully share Walter's greed. These people value only money and they don't care how many families and lives Walter destroys. Walter is their ideal, and they hate that Skyler is interfering with Walter instead of worshipping him!
Don't take it too seriously, its a show, the interesting part is the action and crazy shit that you get to experience in the safety of your own home where everyone is acting and no one actually gets hurt. She played the role well, its accurate to what a woman in her position would do. Its just less interesting content than the rest of the show.
@@ablasttv I think it's a little silly that you think the action and craziness of the show is all the primary interest it has. The personality and characterisation in this show is written so well and is so intricate, accurate like you said, that it can be taken seriously; and fan commentary, especially the weirdly aggressive opinion against Skyler White from male viewers, reflects in reality and is incredibly interesting to dive into. If you're not just too obsessed with childish things like the action, of course.
@@ablasttvyea no, I'll definitely take it seriously. As people takes on movies and shows definitely shine their real takes in real life I would never even say hello to someone I know is a Walter sympathizer
Walt is a bad guy, but ... I like watching his character do the things he does. It's like watching an "In the Mind of a Criminal" episode, in which you get a unique perspective. So I like seeing that perspective in the setting of a fictional story, while at the same time not liking the actions of his character ... while at the same time, sometimes finding myself rooting for him to get away with something that's clearly bad.
I remember being shocked by this episode ending. Feeling so proud (and yet also horrified) for my Hank! A complete Conundrum. So begins the final descent.
I think everything Walt does is excusable or at least understandable before he gets the offer for Gretchen and Elliot to pay for his treatment. After he rejects that and blows up Tuco's crib the next episode he's in it for him from that point on
There were so many callbacks to earlier episodes. The fly, the painting, the beetle, the paper towel dispenser that Walt punched. Walt asking Jesse who's we similar to what Jane said. Lydia said we're going to make a lot of money together, which is what Tuco said to Walt at one point. Walt tells Lydia learn to take yes for an answer which is something Mike says to Walt in season 4. So good! Enjoying the reactions.
So was the area of from Texas to Phoenix, Arizona. Texas is much larger than the Czech Republic, with a surface area of 268,597 square miles compared to the Czech Republic's 30,451 square miles
Bro it's a fictional show stop being so nationalistic. Small countries always get butthurt over nothing. Fact is though CZ has the biggest meth problem in Europe, something like 95% of EU meth lab busts are in the Czech republic, that's why the show writers picked your country.
@@JackCraft-tm9hj How is describing state of being of people in my country nationalistic? Are you some progressive leftist? How did figure I'm butthurt? I'm glad we are part of Breaking Bad universe. I know the facts, don't need you to explain them to me.
If Walter turned himself in after the first cook went bad with Emilio and Krazy 8, he and his family would be at risk of their friends and/or family taking revenge on him. Krazy 8 didn't seem the type to let things go, and if this show has taught us anything - the law doesn't protect you. Walter turning himself in wouldn't solve his problem. The only way to ensure he and his family were safe would have been to take out Krazy 8. To think that the justice system would have resolved everything then and there is naive af.
I'll go further and say that this show has NO ONE who is particularly admirable. The show even seems to dislike almost everything, locations, behaviors, ages, genders, you name it
As usual, great reaction, guys. Told you it was going to get wild. But you ain't seen nothing yet. The last half of the season airs some of the wildest and best TV ever broadacst, and that is no exaggeration. Remain strapped in!
Not 100% sure, got this info off the net, but it sort of makes sense. "Queen" is a reference to the person flipping or being the rat. "For a day", my understanding is any testimony they give that day, cannot be held against them in court. It basically grants them immunity for a specified time, "a day". Anything they say before are after that "day" may be used against them.
About people defending Walt: a) It's a TV show, he's the main character, there's lots of main characters on TV shows that are criminals/outlaws of some sort, and it's perfectly normal to root for them (and usually they get a redeeming arc by the end of the show, so it's perfectly fine to root and defend the main guy). b) he's presented more like a tragic character than a villain, he's someone who's circumstances of life has set him up to make hard decisions and he made the wrong ones, but it's more tragic than evil. And you root for that kind of characters. c) the show is call "Braking Bad", it's not "Bad" from the start. It's a slow but steady progress to become a villain. d) it's really interesting to see where's the point when anybody says "ok, I'm out, this is the villain of the show", which is different for everybody. Like the "frog in hot water" it may take some time to realize that he's evil and you're not supposed to be rooting for him, and that there's no hope for him or a chance for a redeeming arc for this character. But then again, like in that experiment, some people never find out and stay in there until the end. e) A big part of the show's appeal consist on how it takes you for this character arc, when you root for him, then you defend him, then you grow disappointed over and over until you finally give up and wish him to fail. That ride is amazing, the whole ride, beginning to end, from high to low. And if someone immediately starts tagging Walt as a villain, then the show loses that factor. The show is still great, but is like figuring out a spoiler at the beginning of a film. I'd say that people defending Walter in the first half of the show, are just people trying to get you into the full ride, like "yes he's a villain, but not just yet, wait, you're supposed to defend him first, then you'll hate him, and it'll be even better, but you have to wait!" Love your reactions and your perspective on life!
Cool breakdown, but you got something wrong about Walt's character. Sure, at the begining we only know the good side of Walt, and see him slowly convert to an evil and selfish person, but as the seasons go on we learn more about his life previous to the good family man. Walt didn't grow up with a father which probably shaped his world into a more "do it yourself" pov, and we know he didn't really cared for his mom in his older years, he also bandoned Gretchen because she inherited the family fortune which made him feel like he wasn't providing as a man should. Also, after leaving gray matter(by his own choice) he became resentful to both Elliot and Gretchen(we can see that when Walt talks to her and tries to flip the guilt saying they pushed him aside, when talking with Jesse he reveals it was his doing). Walter is someone who needs to be in control, but after becoming a 50yo average family man he realizes he has nothing to control. The cancer is his wake up call to just do something. It started "innocent", and someone watching BB for the first time would totally feel empathy to him, but as seasons go on and we learn more about him, in retrospective, evrryrhing Walt does comes from his insecurities, most of which come directly from his own choices
@@jagwolf8079 oh yeah, I didn't express myself very well. What I was going for was that people kind of ignore all the deep parts of Walt's ego that we see in season 5, and still think of him as the man that he *appears* to be in season 1
@@sadgreent5138 So true and I am sure Gretchen getting with Elliot didn't help his insecurities but not only that but he is also never respected or recognized for anything he does if you notice everyone cuts him down he worked two jobs that he is not happy with the students down care the eyebrows guy puts him outside every time he is short handed when he is supposed to be a register guy Hank teases him all the time called him not a real man when he said the gun was heavy all that was built up inside him and Jesse was more real with him they both could tell each other off but still stay loyal to each other until shit hit the fan later of course, but Walt never felt appropriated yea he had an ego when he felt powerful being a drug lord but even then he didn't get a lot of respect from those he personally knew no one gave him credit for anything and that's all he wanted it's like with Jesse he just wanted someone to be proud of him and know he was a good person even though he kept choosing to do the wrong things he wanted someone to see that he wasn't dumb.
I'll never get over Kaylee not knowing what happened to Mike, just knowing he abandoned her in that park and never came back. He didn't get to leave her any of his money, which was always his primary goal. No spoilers at all, but I think Breaking Bad would have been an entirely different masterpiece if Better Call Saul had been first.
Walt also uses 2 of Mike's lines--he just used one to lydia by saying "you need to learn to take yes for an answer" and the 2nd line is in the finale. No one has ever caught either of them--not a reactor and not anyone who comments in any reaction video I've seen.
3:00 I see both of your sides here but have to side with Eric. Besides, if Walt was going to die soon, the cost of turning himself in in order to do the right thing would have been small. He also could have faked an accident that killed himself to get them the life insurance. "Appears decedent fell into a vat of hydrofluoric acid in the classroom" lol
Nah I don’t get the mentality of “how can you like this character” or “want them to win” just because they are a bad person or they make bad decisions. The idea that the story has to follow a quote on quote good guy and that you can’t seem to agree with a bad guy in a piece of fiction, otherwise you should “reconsider your life choices” is so limiting and close minded. Who cares if Walt’s actions are evil or illegal and won’t hold up in a court of law. It’s all a show, you can like a bad guy and root for them without actually supporting or agreeing with their choices in real life.
I've been holding back recommending some of the excellent meme videos that were made about breaking bad, because nothing should be spoiled. But now that you've past this scene you can watch, without any chance of spoiling, one of the favorites: "W.W - But Hank keeps guessing wrong names" by Alternative Cuts. Not sure if you want to watch the whole thing, but recommended to give it a brief look!
I agree that anyone who thinks that Walt is good or at all right by this point is delusional. But it's also quite harsh to say he was undefendable from the start. Not to say he was ever really a good guy, but I don't feel he was evil at first. When exactly he became evil is up for debate. Some would even defend him until the end. Walt slowly became more compromised, embracing the dark sides of the drug world, until he no longer even hesitates or regrets any of the things he does. The show does a great job of making viewers sympathize with objectively bad people. Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Gus all do evil things, but people can't help but root for one or all of them at points. The way the show deals with morally grey characters and situations is why I consider it one of the best.
Also I feel like not many people “defend” Walt at this point in the show but they still root for him because other than the DEA there are no other alternatives. Especially later in the season, you’ll be rooting for Walt I think. But that doesn’t mean he’s needs to liked or defended.
I must have watched your reaction to that last scene a hundred times, lol. "NOOOOOOOO!" Gale's Revenge! 😆 Seriously, though......thanks for the headphone warning! Very helpful!!!! Loved this video, from the epic intro rant to you guys celebrating in the outro. Been waiting for this moment since your reaction to Season 1, Episode 1! PS: Batman Vs. Walter White 🤣 Brilliant!
@@dahveed72 I don't approve Walt's behaviour. But he is fictionnal. US healthcare system is real. Breaking Bad's story is only beliveable because it's set in the US. In Canada, France, UK...basically anywhere else in a "first world" country, most of his cancer treatment would have been paid for, or at least very affordable for any middle class person. Anyways, everything is explained better in this : th-cam.com/video/aNghg1Y-WIc/w-d-xo.html
The show is about selling meth… everyone sucks. No one likes these people in real life. I like Walt as a villain. He’s horrible but smart. You guys or one of you just sees the horrible and can’t see the smart nuance side. The hypocrisy is annoying when ALL the blame is put on Walter. All these other people made their own choices. Walt uses manipulation 1st. The people in this business usually just kill you. There’s nuance and when people can’t see that it’s frustrating. But yeah Walt is the bad guy…
That moment Hank realizes…. And you can just imagine how much his cheeks shook after that. So much…. Can you imagine the pain of waiting SO long before seeing what happened next?
Yes when you go back you see that he had it in him even though he doesn't think he did at the time. Now the first two was in self defense even after he was held in the basement because he was going to kill or go after his family if he let him go, and if he called the cops him and Jesse would go to jail too with crazy 8 and remember Jail is not an option for him. And the gang guys were killed to save Jesse and they were bad guys anyways so was the first two guys
Walt isn't a good person? He's giving the people what they want! And now he's going international to help out the underserved people of the Czech Republic. He should be getting like a Nobel Peace Prize or something. Maybe some recognition by the UN. (oh damn...spoiler alert on the awards) Oh..and sarcasm aside.....while you're rightly angry about calling Walt a villain, you shouldn't be so angry about Mike dying. He's probably my favorite character, but with what we already know about him, he's done a lot more evil than Walt.
I wrote this as a comment in the previous video too, but since you still seem hung up on it: Just like every other normie set of reactors, they're soooo hung up on poor wee little Mikey, despite the fact that he was a murderous hypocrite and and dirty cop himself, willing to look the other way on child murder when it suited him just fine. But no, Walter is the worst. So damn lame. When Walt shot Mike, I was exhilarated. The only thing I didn't like was Walt feeling the need to apologise. Nah, I'd have danced on the old man's bones.
Breaking Bad is a contemplation of the strange world of Antisocial Personality Disorder in the character Walt. After rewatching the entire series recently (and being a decade or so older), that's my un-expert analysis. heh
Yes!!! They made us wait at the end of Season 4 (we thought it was finished...then they decided to continue)....and....Yes!!! We had to wait after watching THIS!!!! Thanks for your reactions....I loooove seing your faces after everything it's been going on ...specially since seaon 4....Keep enjoying (¿¿??) and sharing your reactions. I think you'll LOVE Better call Saul!! Greetings from Argentina 💙🤍💙
32:00 This whole outburst is Just like a football player showboating and celebrating a TD before reaching the endzone, then fumbles on the 1 yard line. This is a show called Breaking Bad, not the good guy show. Scarface (1983) is a compelling movie because we follow Tony Montana's rise and fall. Not following a few weeks of another dishwasher from the place Tony and Manny worked at. A 'good guy' dishwasher who obeyed the law and Nothing interesting happens to him.
You mention that Walt Whitman book popping up throughout this half season in what turns out to have been some sneaky foreshadowing, far & away my favorite example of this is the ep where Walt shows Skyler the watch Jesse gave him, then we see him put the watch on the bedside endtable as he gets into bed, and then a series of increasingly tight close-ups of the watch face & hands as it tic-tic-ticks down the seconds to midnight, which is in itself a none too subtle hint that Walt’s time is running out & his hour of reckoning is at hand, but if you look real close and are quick enough you just might catch that the watch prophesying Walt’s doom is resting directly on the Leaves of Grass book.
This episode has a lot of callbacks while advancing the story significantly. It's titled Gliding Over All for a few reasons, the episode glides over a good amount of time- 3 months I believe. Hank gliding over Walter being his Heisenberg up until now and "gliding" is mentioned in the Walt Whitman poem. Hank's summer job of marking specific trees in a certain grid, crews coming later and finding the trees and cutting them down is a simile for Walt using Jack's crew to take out those 10 guys in jail. I love Walt's realization in this episode of enough is enough. Walt looking at the mangled towel dispenser thinking how far he's come since 4 Days Out specifically, to bringing up the RV at Jesse's- reminiscing on the "good old days". You can see Walt still looks at him as a son... Jr. playing peekaboo with Holly at Hank and Marie's is a callback to the Peekaboo episode 0206. Holly even has orange on for the red head kid from the episode. There's a black beetle (another symbol of innocence) in Walt's backyard in that final scene, also a callback to the opening scene of Peekaboo. Holly is wearing pink in that scene, also symbolism for innocence from the teddy bear in season 2. So many callbacks leading up to one of the biggest moments the audience has been waiting for for almost the entire show- Hank finding out about Walt. The painting from the hospital in 0203 is in this episode but this particular one looks a lot more weathered. A clever way of saying even though Walt is out of the game, he's already departed- tainted and there's no going back to a "normal life" with his family. The man in the painting is departing from his family while gliding over the blue water. "Learn to take 'yes' for an answer" is what Mike told Walt in the past as well as Walt starting to have his drinks on the rocks as a nod to Mike after he killed him. Walt mimicked Gus and Mike after each their death. Lydia's line: "We're going to make a lot of money together" is Tuco's line to Walt from season 1.
I love how Kailyn responds to every bit plot twist by laughing hysterically 😆 I wonder, did you realize that Jessie was actually scared sh**less of Walt? He was thinking that Walt may have come to the house to kill him. That's why he didn't answer the door until he'd gone to grab his gun.
"My beef" is not you hating Walter is you and many other people pretending that he is among saints and if only he wasn’t so evil everything would have been great. He is an anti hero with a motive that is as understandable as it is human. Everything stems from him thinking that he has wasted his life and speedrunning his untapped potential as he further reinforces his own ego by continuing to succeed. Watching people pearl clutch over his desperate gambles and then get sad over Mike or Jesse despite them making their own decisions that lead to horrible things is just bizarre.
It's as simple as because this is Walts show. You probably cannot grasp why someone would genuinely like him, but I could see a main reason being for 1. IT's HIS show, the show was literally made to be Walts show, that is why despite Skylar being morally correct, she often is called bitchy by fans. And it's not the fans fault, it's just that you haven't fallen under the kind of spell Walt tends to give, which gives you a different perspective. And for most people, it is his journy from weak willed and law abiding to pure villain psychopath through hardship that people like to see, maybe they fantasize about power themselves, but i'm reaching here. Really it's just because it's Walts show, so while not everyone might LIKE him as a person, they find him interesting and want to look at him on the screen the most.
I think you're reading way too much into Lydia and Walt. I think if anything, they both get turned on by the power and money, not each other. The thing with his school boss was just from desperation to save his ego after Skylar F'in Ted. Bangin Lydia would serve no purpose to him.
I absolutely love Kailyn's amazing expressions. 31:04 is phenomenal. And she predicts things weeks, sometimes seasons ahead of time. She knew this book would get him in Season 4. Beauty AND Brilliance.
Since you guys must be getting close to watching the finale, can I put in a request? Before you start Better Call Saul, you should dedicate a video to a marathon of BrBa memes! (I've had the placeboing remix stuck in my head all week, and feel compelled to spread the mind-virus.)
1:30 Maybe this is a bit snobby, but my personal opinion from reading comments in reactions is that the people who defend Walt are mostly experiencing the show as a power fantasy. Whipped, middle-aged man working a dead-end job becomes badass criminal mastermind. He's doing the types of things that men have daydreams about doing. They usually give the exact justifications that Walt gives - It's for his family, he got trapped into it, etc. - And don't think too much more deeply about it. You're obviously intelligent people. If you think back to the first two seasons in particular, you can probably remember two different parts of your brain reacting to Skyler. One part hates her, because she's antithetical to the progression of the narrative. The part of your brain that wants to see the next crazy thing thinks "shut her up, she's ruining the show." Then there's a more rational part of your brain that thinks that she's a pregnant woman whose dying husband is randomly disappearing and lying to her, it's pretty reasonable that she would be trying to figure out what's happening. Many people do not seem to have that second part of their brain running. It's just the first part.
Guys, Walt has been shaving his head ever since his hair started falling out due to chemo. He hasn't had chemo in over a year. All Walt has to do to "get hair" is stop shaving his head lol.
Interesting that you are so defensive of Mike and critical of Walt’s actions even though Mike has murdered many, many more people than Walt has. Just because he is likable doesn’t mean he’s not also a bad guy.
It's a common trait among "Waltuh haters" they worship the ground Jesse and Mike walk on and retroactively believe that everything bad that happens to them is a result of Walter, not the consequences of thier own choices. Jesse didn't choose to go back to cooking, what is it, in total 3 times over the series? Mike didn’t choose to partner up with them again. It's all omnipotent Waltuh doing. There is going to be a choice in the future episode that Jesse makes. We all know what it is and how it backfires. But i guarantee you, these two will be clapping like seals when he makes that choice and then blame Waltuh for when it goes wrong. Jesse is going to be percived as a poor little baby, who is not actually suffering consequences of his choices, no no no, it's somehow Walter's fault.
@@Frugustin Well both of Walter and Jesse's choices have consequences it is Walt's fault later and Jesse's and neither one of them could have seen what was to happen and neither meant for it to happen either Walt blames Jesse for what happens Jesse didn't blame Walt for what happened to the that person but Walt is directly to blame for what happened to Jesse later but a lot of their decisions have consequences that they are not even aware of. And the reason people take Jesse's side is because number one he is young and not expected to be mature about all these decisions number two he is the only one that grows a conscience and empathy for other people it takes him a long time but he finally stopped even caring about the money he finally realizes that none of this was worth it and he wants Walt to come around to that but instead he became a bigger drug lord and had less problems with killing people who were a threat to him in anyways Jesse stopped caring about that and got scared of Walt that he might even kill him because he wanted out and Walt was mad at him for leaving even though he saved Jesse so many times Walt changed got more cold hearted
Ohh,, you're a Batman guy. That's why you're so squeaky about seeing people breaking the law with no consequences and doing the "right" legal thing. Gotta get those bad guys into Arkham
A “Queen for a day” is an agreement by the prosecution to meet with a criminal defendant or suspect and allow them to provide potentially self-incriminating information without using it against them. The purpose is to give an opportunity for a defendant to show what they know without hurting their own case: the defendant spills the beans, the prosecution hears it, and if they believe it is useful, can proceed to a further immunity agreement; if the information is not valuable, the defendant proceeds with their case as usual, and the prosecution can’t use any of the info provided against them. The agreement is contingent on the defendant being open and honest in the interview. Neither Queen for a Day agreements nor immunity agreements must be conditioned on the defendant being truthful.
Personally, I have no problem in anyone calling out Walt for what he's done. My issue is that Walt tends to get all the blame while other's get a free pass because they supposedly have a conscience. Yes, Walt chose to cook meth and had opportunities to stop, for example by taking Gretchen and Elliot's offer. Jesse was cooking meth before the show even started and it wasn't even with the excuse of 'for his family', it was just 'a thing to do'. But because he wrestles with his conscience, he gets a free pass. He realises what his product is doing, he even sees the consequences in society much closer than Walt does, for example in spooge's house, yet he keeps going. Mike kills for money, and pulls the trigger on who knows how many people, but hee get's a free pass because it's 'all on bad people'. Well it isn't. He's just as much a part of the meth plague as Walt and Jesse are. Skyler chose to insert herself into both Ted's fraud and Walt's meth business at moments when it felt relatively risk-free. She just panicked when she saw the real risks, but she has no conscience either. Don't even get me started on Gus. Arguably they are worse than Walt because they see what they are doing is wrong and yet choose to do it anyway. So by all means, complain about how bad of a person Walt is, but giving others a free pass or making excuses for them and not allowing any for Walt is just an internal bias.
People cream over that transition but to Walt's left the top of the couch spaces out and realigns. Used to feel the same way until someone pointed out the mistake, now I can't unsee it and it's a bad transition in my mind now
1:40 Walt hasn't been Walt since Crawl Space, but for me it is annoying when people bash Walt (which is justified) but also love other characters like Jesse when they are ALL terrible people and that includes Hank & Marie. Remember when Jesse tried to sell meth to people in recovery? Or shot Gale in the face? Or the time he got Jane back into using which led to her death? None are blameless.
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15:51. Here's the information on Mike's 10 men killed during this scene:
01. Dan Wachsberger; the lawyer hired by Mike to defend the other 9 men & was making drops of hazard pay money to keep their silence. Also, if you watch the behind the scenes for this episode it's revealed that Dan is talking to his own lawyer about his wife & kids before he gets stabbed.
02. Ron Forenall; Madrigal warehouse foreman who supplied chemicals to Gus' meth empire & Lydia turned over to police in Fifty-One.
03. Andrew Holt; enforcer for Gus that appeared in Problem Dog & was mentioned by Dennis in Hazard Pay.
04. Jack McGann; enforcer for Gus.
05. Isaac Conley; enforcer for Gus.
06. Harris Boivin; enforcer for Gus that was sent to kill Walt & his family in Face Off.
07. Raymond Martinez; enforcer for Gus that was sent to kill Walt & his family in Face Off.
08. Anthony Perez; enforcer for Gus that was mentioned by Dennis in Hazard Pay.
09. William Moniz; enforcer for Gus. Also, if you watch the behind the scenes for this episode it's revealed that his actor did the stunt of being thrown off the balcony & landed on a pile of cardboard boxes.
10. Dennis Markowski; manager of Gus' laundromat where the lab was in the basement that let Gomez investigate in End Times & was told by Mike his wife would get his hazard pay money.
The prison killings are inspired by the baptism scene in The Godfather where the 5 rival gang leaders are killed on orders by Michael while here the 10 witnesses are killed by Jack's men on orders by Walt.
Michael killed the leadership of the other *4* mafia families. There are a grand total of 5 including the Corleone family.
Sooooooo yeah this was one of the biggest cliffhangers ever. When this aired, people had to wait almost a YEAR to see what happened next.
so painful!!!
But when it finally came back it was worth it. I screamed at the tv in joy and frustration,best cliffhanger ever
It was 14 months after Jesse killed gale, I would argue that was worse, 14 months to confirm the kill
Wasn't it a little over a year?
@@HeisenStark13 this episode premiered September 2, 2012. The next episode was released August 11th, 2013. So just under a year 👍
Re: liking Walt ... many -- probably most -- well-written fictional protagonists are compelling because the audience can see themselves in the character and/or fantasize about _becoming_ the character. But fantasies can be f'ed up. Walt is a great example. When I'm having a really bad month, I can privately think, "Nah man, if I REALLY wanted to, I could become a terrifying criminal mastermind and f*** you ALL up!" Shows like BrBa are great escapism that way. But it's just escapism, not a real desire to wreak havoc.
This is pretty much my take. The show is using the typical power fantasy format and subverting it by showing us how decisions have unintended consequences. Many people are only interacting with the entertainment/power fantasy element. Many people simply don't want to analyze fiction, they want to be entertained.
One of the easiest way to make bad guys likeable is to make them hyper-competent. No matter how disgusting a character is, if they're the best at something, you have to at least respect their ability, even if you hate them. This is what they did with Walt. No matter how bad he gets, no one can deny his brilliance, and this is enough for anyone engaging in the power fantasy to simply ignore or excuse the bad.
I love how in this episode, there is a fly again (7:00 or so) and it doesn't affect Walter at all. He has no more conscience, which is what the fly was in 3x10. Edit: Also worth noting... when Hank relates the story of marking trees in the forest and how dealing with monsters is soul shattering.... Walt comes back with "I used to love to go camping"... again, Walt's conscience is gone
The cancer went into remission shortly after he started cooking and it came back after he stopped. While he was Heisenberg he was alive, while be was Walter White he was slowly dying.
Perfect summary I have to say!
It's almost like if the universe or the devil was telling him, if you continue with this life, your cancer will be cured but you will have to live with the consequences and your conscious will eat you alive.
On the other hand, if you decide to stop your meth empire, then your cancer will come back, but you will be able to live a honest guilt free rest of your life.
The thing is, he chose to quit way too late. He chose the "honest life" too late. If it wasn't Hank finding the book, im sure it would've been something else. It was just too late to change his mind I think.
I have to admit I was rooting for Walt until he poisoned Brock the first time I watched the show. And even now I sympathise with him in the first 3 episodes. But when Elliot just straight up solved his whole problem for him by offering to pay for his treatment and he STILL decided to go and make meth just cuz of his ego... even after everything that happened... I mean that is just insane.
I rooted for him until he let Jane die.
Finally, yall've seen what I see every time I watch this show. Another thing about Walter White is even before he met Jesse and decided to cook the blue stuff, he was always an asshole even during the gray matter days. What really made him quit was when he was on that 4th of July weekend with Gretchen at the time they were supposed to get married, he felt inferior to be around them, so he packed up his things and chose to leave gray matter and chose to keep struggling till he turned 50. If he had stayed with gray matter, he would have acted exactly how he did with the blue stuff, trying to whine that gray matter was all him instead of a team effort, file a lawsuit and pushed Gretchen Elliot out of the picture. It was confirmed by the creator Vince Gilligan.
100%. I would also say he contributed in Jesse losing faith in himself and going down the drugs path with those passive-aggressive red notes “Ridiculous! Apply yourself!". It's like students who are not interested in his subject (probably won't need it in their lifes) don't deserve basic respect and are dumb in his eyes. He seemed to enjoy writing "Not even close" while grading tests later season too. He always had this arrogance in him.
“Drug dealers have a way of getting themselves caught” - Skylar’s divorce lawyer in season 3
Queen for a Day means a proffer agreement. It's not an immunity deal, it's a lesser type of one, but it essentially means one in the thick of it sits down with law enforcement to spill literally everything and anything they were involved in to do with any criminal activity in a more or less private session. It's used to close cases, utilize as private testimony of sorts to go after other people involved in crimes, but the person who proffers cannot ever speak on those criminal activities outside of the sessions.
Again, it's not blanket immunity like you get on the stand, snitch on everyone, and you walk away free and easy with no jail time. Hank was offering a proffer agreement to Dennis, Dennis is compelled to sit with the DEA and other law enforcement for these sessions to spill and snitch on everyone and everything he knows, and those law enforcement entities will use his information to give him a reduced sentence while they go after the other fish in the pond. Dennis' lawyer wanted immunity, Hank offered a proffer at best, and that's where he stood on that while shaking his tree by reminding them that they have a bunch of guys to make deals.
That's why Dennis got the worst of it when he got hit in jail. If you sign up for that life, take the money, and swear to keep it solid no matter what, then you try to hurt other guys and their families to claw out of the worst case scenario (even after his family was being paid) by flipping to be a rat?....... Hey, it is what it is, and he burned for it. Literally. That's a street code for people living that different type of life but it's a lesson in life in general that if you sign up for this and that, legal or illegal, you have to hold it solid for the people you expect to hold it solid for you than sell you out. Otherwise, you're fair game if you fold on them and vice versa.
Walt lost me when he turned down the job with Gray Matter. A sane and ethical person wouldn't 1) blame a couple for his jealousy and his decision to cash out over it and 2) turn down big money and a health plan doing exactly what he's good at when he's got cancer in America. He had a perfectly good option in front of him and he chose to do crime instead.
Yea I thought that was dumb of him not to take that he probably would have had he not known that they only asked him out of pity to help save him they never offered him a job before he got sick so he takes it as a pity job but he should appreciate that they care but his ego doesn't let him think that way
@@TheRepublican777 Well, being "pity" is only to Walter's eyes. Someone who has cancer will get help from those who are close to him. Elliot was not in bad terms with Walt, Gretchen was. Elliot had good stories about Walt, and gave him the opportunity to take the job he gave up long ago because he knew he needed it.
If Walt didn't took the job, was because his own insecurity and fragile beeing
Walter 100% was going to take the job with Elliot, he was thrilled with the offer... until Elliot mentioned the health coverage. Which made it clear Skyler opened her big mouth, and the job offer was 100% a pity offer, Not based on his ability, which we eventually see is unsurpassed in Anything he focuses on.
@@meanstreetmook yes kinda, I mean he seemed like he was happy about it but he had cancer and was trying to tell him that he didn't want to let them down because he would not live long and before he got it out what his health issue was Elliot mentioned that they have great health coverage and that's when he knew Skyler said something and they thought of him only out of pity not because they actually needed his expertise if only Elliot had played it a little cooler and let Walt talk before he told him about the health coverage it could have worked.
@@meanstreetmook And it was stupid of him to turn it down. That's a great example of bad pride. Like when he says to Skyler "That would be charity" and she's like "So?" She was right. So? Indeed. A man who can't afford his cancer treatment needs charity. A fool and a jerk who doesn't care about his family turns it down and does crime instead.
This episode reminds me why I have one of my house rules: Don't let guests 💩 in your master bathroom.
Or just don't leave a book signed by an unsolved murder victim in your bathroom
I mean believe it or not the bathroom in Walt and Skylar's master bedroom is actually the only bathroom in the entire house
Walt was literally offered a way out by Gretchen and Elliot in the fifth episode of the series. It could've ended right then and there. From that point on, there was zero justification.
It was his pride that got in the way but he had already killed two people at that point but in self defense of course even the one kelp in the basement can't be let free because he was going to kill him after being free
I was ALWAYS rooting for Walt in my first watch. And I was surprised to find that a lot of viewers loved to hate him or straight up didn't like him.
Me too... At first. The Jane incident made me start hating him
These are elite people of society bro. Shes scientist. These people live in perfect fantasy world of upper middle class that's why they start hating walt since the beginning. Us average joe would definitely root for walt because life has been unfair to him since the beginning.
@@CzarsSalad Funny how different people see it. The Jane incident was something I never blamed Walter really for. At least not as much as for many other things he did. But I respect your opinion, don't get me wrong. Just that was not even remotely a point of hate-starting to me.
@@soundofnellody262think about it that just proves how walter is such a master manipulator and is so good at what he does, we were rooting for a man that has destroyed countless lives and didn’t even bat an eye
On my first watch, I liked Walt all the way up until he killed Mike. Don’t get me wrong, I know he had done many heinous things already but I never truly began to hate him until he killed Mike. Thats when I wanted to see his downfall 😂
You haven’t felt true pain till you gotta wait a whole ass year to see what happens
Skyler is hated by those who fully share Walter's greed. These people value only money and they don't care how many families and lives Walter destroys. Walter is their ideal, and they hate that Skyler is interfering with Walter instead of worshipping him!
Don't take it too seriously, its a show, the interesting part is the action and crazy shit that you get to experience in the safety of your own home where everyone is acting and no one actually gets hurt. She played the role well, its accurate to what a woman in her position would do. Its just less interesting content than the rest of the show.
@@ablasttv I think it's a little silly that you think the action and craziness of the show is all the primary interest it has. The personality and characterisation in this show is written so well and is so intricate, accurate like you said, that it can be taken seriously; and fan commentary, especially the weirdly aggressive opinion against Skyler White from male viewers, reflects in reality and is incredibly interesting to dive into. If you're not just too obsessed with childish things like the action, of course.
Well said
@@ablasttvyea no, I'll definitely take it seriously. As people takes on movies and shows definitely shine their real takes in real life
I would never even say hello to someone I know is a Walter sympathizer
yo chill
Walt is a bad guy, but ... I like watching his character do the things he does. It's like watching an "In the Mind of a Criminal" episode, in which you get a unique perspective. So I like seeing that perspective in the setting of a fictional story, while at the same time not liking the actions of his character ... while at the same time, sometimes finding myself rooting for him to get away with something that's clearly bad.
I think the fly represents more, the contamination in Walts soul, rather than death
I remember being shocked by this episode ending. Feeling so proud (and yet also horrified) for my Hank! A complete Conundrum. So begins the final descent.
I think everything Walt does is excusable or at least understandable before he gets the offer for Gretchen and Elliot to pay for his treatment. After he rejects that and blows up Tuco's crib the next episode he's in it for him from that point on
I don’t think people defend his action I think people like him because it’s a TV show
There were so many callbacks to earlier episodes. The fly, the painting, the beetle, the paper towel dispenser that Walt punched. Walt asking Jesse who's we similar to what Jane said. Lydia said we're going to make a lot of money together, which is what Tuco said to Walt at one point. Walt tells Lydia learn to take yes for an answer which is something Mike says to Walt in season 4. So good! Enjoying the reactions.
I assure you we are just fine in the Czech Republic and that 5 % was exaggerated at least 10 times. 😄
So was the area of from Texas to Phoenix, Arizona. Texas is much larger than the Czech Republic, with a surface area of 268,597 square miles compared to the Czech Republic's 30,451 square miles
@@RullVox She probably meant the same demand in those two areas, idk.
Bro it's a fictional show stop being so nationalistic. Small countries always get butthurt over nothing.
Fact is though CZ has the biggest meth problem in Europe, something like 95% of EU meth lab busts are in the Czech republic, that's why the show writers picked your country.
@@JackCraft-tm9hj How is describing state of being of people in my country nationalistic? Are you some progressive leftist? How did figure I'm butthurt? I'm glad we are part of Breaking Bad universe.
I know the facts, don't need you to explain them to me.
My pizza was finished at the time I saw this. Perfect!
amazing timing!
Poor Hank....numb legs from that nearly year-long toilet session...
quality comment
As if his legs weren’t already numb enough from his shootout with the twins 😢
If Walter turned himself in after the first cook went bad with Emilio and Krazy 8, he and his family would be at risk of their friends and/or family taking revenge on him. Krazy 8 didn't seem the type to let things go, and if this show has taught us anything - the law doesn't protect you. Walter turning himself in wouldn't solve his problem. The only way to ensure he and his family were safe would have been to take out Krazy 8. To think that the justice system would have resolved everything then and there is naive af.
I'll go further and say that this show has NO ONE who is particularly admirable. The show even seems to dislike almost everything, locations, behaviors, ages, genders, you name it
Gayle came back from the dead to get his revenge.
As usual, great reaction, guys.
Told you it was going to get wild. But you ain't seen nothing yet. The last half of the season airs some of the wildest and best TV ever broadacst, and that is no exaggeration.
Remain strapped in!
And with that episode, in its original run, we had to wait for over a year for the next one. That's what makes this the best show ever on TV.
One of my fave episodes
Not 100% sure, got this info off the net, but it sort of makes sense. "Queen" is a reference to the person flipping or being the rat. "For a day", my understanding is any testimony they give that day, cannot be held against them in court. It basically grants them immunity for a specified time, "a day". Anything they say before are after that "day" may be used against them.
I can’t believe we waited august 2012-august 2013 for this….cruel but rewarding
waiting for it builds up suspense and thus makes it more special
Just recently found your channel and really like your vids! Great points and reactions!
About people defending Walt:
a) It's a TV show, he's the main character, there's lots of main characters on TV shows that are criminals/outlaws of some sort, and it's perfectly normal to root for them (and usually they get a redeeming arc by the end of the show, so it's perfectly fine to root and defend the main guy).
b) he's presented more like a tragic character than a villain, he's someone who's circumstances of life has set him up to make hard decisions and he made the wrong ones, but it's more tragic than evil. And you root for that kind of characters.
c) the show is call "Braking Bad", it's not "Bad" from the start. It's a slow but steady progress to become a villain.
d) it's really interesting to see where's the point when anybody says "ok, I'm out, this is the villain of the show", which is different for everybody. Like the "frog in hot water" it may take some time to realize that he's evil and you're not supposed to be rooting for him, and that there's no hope for him or a chance for a redeeming arc for this character. But then again, like in that experiment, some people never find out and stay in there until the end.
e) A big part of the show's appeal consist on how it takes you for this character arc, when you root for him, then you defend him, then you grow disappointed over and over until you finally give up and wish him to fail. That ride is amazing, the whole ride, beginning to end, from high to low. And if someone immediately starts tagging Walt as a villain, then the show loses that factor. The show is still great, but is like figuring out a spoiler at the beginning of a film.
I'd say that people defending Walter in the first half of the show, are just people trying to get you into the full ride, like "yes he's a villain, but not just yet, wait, you're supposed to defend him first, then you'll hate him, and it'll be even better, but you have to wait!"
Love your reactions and your perspective on life!
Good break down
Cool breakdown, but you got something wrong about Walt's character. Sure, at the begining we only know the good side of Walt, and see him slowly convert to an evil and selfish person, but as the seasons go on we learn more about his life previous to the good family man.
Walt didn't grow up with a father which probably shaped his world into a more "do it yourself" pov, and we know he didn't really cared for his mom in his older years, he also bandoned Gretchen because she inherited the family fortune which made him feel like he wasn't providing as a man should. Also, after leaving gray matter(by his own choice) he became resentful to both Elliot and Gretchen(we can see that when Walt talks to her and tries to flip the guilt saying they pushed him aside, when talking with Jesse he reveals it was his doing).
Walter is someone who needs to be in control, but after becoming a 50yo average family man he realizes he has nothing to control. The cancer is his wake up call to just do something. It started "innocent", and someone watching BB for the first time would totally feel empathy to him, but as seasons go on and we learn more about him, in retrospective, evrryrhing Walt does comes from his insecurities, most of which come directly from his own choices
@@sadgreent5138 That's a great analysis, I just don't think my comment contradicts any of that...
cheers!
@@jagwolf8079 oh yeah, I didn't express myself very well. What I was going for was that people kind of ignore all the deep parts of Walt's ego that we see in season 5, and still think of him as the man that he *appears* to be in season 1
@@sadgreent5138 So true and I am sure Gretchen getting with Elliot didn't help his insecurities but not only that but he is also never respected or recognized for anything he does if you notice everyone cuts him down he worked two jobs that he is not happy with the students down care the eyebrows guy puts him outside every time he is short handed when he is supposed to be a register guy Hank teases him all the time called him not a real man when he said the gun was heavy all that was built up inside him and Jesse was more real with him they both could tell each other off but still stay loyal to each other until shit hit the fan later of course, but Walt never felt appropriated yea he had an ego when he felt powerful being a drug lord but even then he didn't get a lot of respect from those he personally knew no one gave him credit for anything and that's all he wanted it's like with Jesse he just wanted someone to be proud of him and know he was a good person even though he kept choosing to do the wrong things he wanted someone to see that he wasn't dumb.
I'll never get over Kaylee not knowing what happened to Mike, just knowing he abandoned her in that park and never came back. He didn't get to leave her any of his money, which was always his primary goal.
No spoilers at all, but I think Breaking Bad would have been an entirely different masterpiece if Better Call Saul had been first.
1:58 '" ESPECIALLY IN A COURT OF LAW----" exactly he would have been sentenced 2000 years in prison by now
Walt saying Jane’s line from season 2 and Lydia saying Tuco’s “we’re gonna make a lot of money together” line as well
Walt also uses 2 of Mike's lines--he just used one to lydia by saying "you need to learn to take yes for an answer" and the 2nd line is in the finale. No one has ever caught either of them--not a reactor and not anyone who comments in any reaction video I've seen.
18:38 Anthony Soprano has entered the chat.
K & E, gotta say, been loving your reactions, and I like the fact you do 2 per week! the next eight are going to break you, prepare yourself!!!!
WE'RE SCARED
3:00 I see both of your sides here but have to side with Eric. Besides, if Walt was going to die soon, the cost of turning himself in in order to do the right thing would have been small. He also could have faked an accident that killed himself to get them the life insurance. "Appears decedent fell into a vat of hydrofluoric acid in the classroom" lol
Nah I don’t get the mentality of “how can you like this character” or “want them to win” just because they are a bad person or they make bad decisions. The idea that the story has to follow a quote on quote good guy and that you can’t seem to agree with a bad guy in a piece of fiction, otherwise you should “reconsider your life choices” is so limiting and close minded. Who cares if Walt’s actions are evil or illegal and won’t hold up in a court of law. It’s all a show, you can like a bad guy and root for them without actually supporting or agreeing with their choices in real life.
I've been holding back recommending some of the excellent meme videos that were made about breaking bad, because nothing should be spoiled. But now that you've past this scene you can watch, without any chance of spoiling, one of the favorites: "W.W - But Hank keeps guessing wrong names" by Alternative Cuts. Not sure if you want to watch the whole thing, but recommended to give it a brief look!
we actually mentioned that in the video! saw a clip on instagram - but did not catch any spoilers. so funny
@@nerdymarriedcouple ahhh I didn't watch the full post video commentary, lol, my bad
I agree that anyone who thinks that Walt is good or at all right by this point is delusional. But it's also quite harsh to say he was undefendable from the start. Not to say he was ever really a good guy, but I don't feel he was evil at first. When exactly he became evil is up for debate. Some would even defend him until the end. Walt slowly became more compromised, embracing the dark sides of the drug world, until he no longer even hesitates or regrets any of the things he does. The show does a great job of making viewers sympathize with objectively bad people. Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Gus all do evil things, but people can't help but root for one or all of them at points. The way the show deals with morally grey characters and situations is why I consider it one of the best.
Also I feel like not many people “defend” Walt at this point in the show but they still root for him because other than the DEA there are no other alternatives. Especially later in the season, you’ll be rooting for Walt I think. But that doesn’t mean he’s needs to liked or defended.
I must have watched your reaction to that last scene a hundred times, lol. "NOOOOOOOO!" Gale's Revenge! 😆 Seriously, though......thanks for the headphone warning! Very helpful!!!! Loved this video, from the epic intro rant to you guys celebrating in the outro. Been waiting for this moment since your reaction to Season 1, Episode 1! PS: Batman Vs. Walter White 🤣 Brilliant!
Walt is a lot less evil than the American Healthcare system.
That's your rationalization? Jesus
@@dahveed72 I don't approve Walt's behaviour. But he is fictionnal. US healthcare system is real. Breaking Bad's story is only beliveable because it's set in the US. In Canada, France, UK...basically anywhere else in a "first world" country, most of his cancer treatment would have been paid for, or at least very affordable for any middle class person.
Anyways, everything is explained better in this : th-cam.com/video/aNghg1Y-WIc/w-d-xo.html
I was watching this show when it was new... I waited a YEAR after this episode haha
WOW! Your take on the shot of Lydia's hands will sooooo pay off 😎
The show is about selling meth… everyone sucks. No one likes these people in real life. I like Walt as a villain. He’s horrible but smart. You guys or one of you just sees the horrible and can’t see the smart nuance side. The hypocrisy is annoying when ALL the blame is put on Walter. All these other people made their own choices. Walt uses manipulation 1st. The people in this business usually just kill you. There’s nuance and when people can’t see that it’s frustrating. But yeah Walt is the bad guy…
That moment Hank realizes…. And you can just imagine how much his cheeks shook after that. So much…. Can you imagine the pain of waiting SO long before seeing what happened next?
INSANE moment... 🤯
Which cheeks are we talking about here 🤔
Yes when you go back you see that he had it in him even though he doesn't think he did at the time. Now the first two was in self defense even after he was held in the basement because he was going to kill or go after his family if he let him go, and if he called the cops him and Jesse would go to jail too with crazy 8 and remember Jail is not an option for him. And the gang guys were killed to save Jesse and they were bad guys anyways so was the first two guys
The people who defend walt are the same who identify with Tyler Durden and Arthur Fleck ... and who feel Homelander is actually the good guy.
Prayers for those of us who watched as this show was airing, and had to wait a full year before the next episode.
That was a long wait from 2012 to august 2013
Lets gooo i just made food and see this
great moment
Walt isn't a good person? He's giving the people what they want! And now he's going international to help out the underserved people of the Czech Republic. He should be getting like a Nobel Peace Prize or something. Maybe some recognition by the UN. (oh damn...spoiler alert on the awards)
Oh..and sarcasm aside.....while you're rightly angry about calling Walt a villain, you shouldn't be so angry about Mike dying. He's probably my favorite character, but with what we already know about him, he's done a lot more evil than Walt.
I have so much fun watching you guys have so much fun watching these episodes. Living vicariously through someone is so cathartic.
I wrote this as a comment in the previous video too, but since you still seem hung up on it:
Just like every other normie set of reactors, they're soooo hung up on poor wee little Mikey, despite the fact that he was a murderous hypocrite and and dirty cop himself, willing to look the other way on child murder when it suited him just fine.
But no, Walter is the worst. So damn lame.
When Walt shot Mike, I was exhilarated. The only thing I didn't like was Walt feeling the need to apologise. Nah, I'd have danced on the old man's bones.
Breaking Bad is a contemplation of the strange world of Antisocial Personality Disorder in the character Walt. After rewatching the entire series recently (and being a decade or so older), that's my un-expert analysis. heh
I hope some writer at DC hears this and brings back Elseworlds just for that
Walter white said that he’s in the empire business. Not the money or meth business.
32:26 lol
We're in the end game now
Yes!!! They made us wait at the end of Season 4 (we thought it was finished...then they decided to continue)....and....Yes!!! We had to wait after watching THIS!!!!
Thanks for your reactions....I loooove seing your faces after everything it's been going on ...specially since seaon 4....Keep enjoying (¿¿??) and sharing your reactions. I think you'll LOVE Better call Saul!! Greetings from Argentina 💙🤍💙
i think that when they wear blue it represents both the color of the meth, and it represents loyalty
Hank next ep: - Walt, I think Flynn is Heisenberg.
What I especially dislike are people who don't like Walter but like Jessie. That makes zero sense.
Or people who don't like Jack but like Marie
well then you dislike me :(
Right. Everyone in BB is a terrible person including Jesse, he just happens to have a soft spot for kids is all.
For real. Or when people are devastated and sad that Mike died as if he was a good person
@@DesertDwight He had a heart
32:00 This whole outburst is Just like a football player showboating and celebrating a TD before reaching the endzone, then fumbles on the 1 yard line. This is a show called Breaking Bad, not the good guy show. Scarface (1983) is a compelling movie because we follow Tony Montana's rise and fall. Not following a few weeks of another dishwasher from the place Tony and Manny worked at. A 'good guy' dishwasher who obeyed the law and Nothing interesting happens to him.
You mention that Walt Whitman book popping up throughout this half season in what turns out to have been some sneaky foreshadowing, far & away my favorite example of this is the ep where Walt shows Skyler the watch Jesse gave him, then we see him put the watch on the bedside endtable as he gets into bed, and then a series of increasingly tight close-ups of the watch face & hands as it tic-tic-ticks down the seconds to midnight, which is in itself a none too subtle hint that Walt’s time is running out & his hour of reckoning is at hand, but if you look real close and are quick enough you just might catch that the watch prophesying Walt’s doom is resting directly on the Leaves of Grass book.
Now season 5 really begins! 🫢
Respect Walt and his Pride he deserves that
This episode has a lot of callbacks while advancing the story significantly. It's titled Gliding Over All for a few reasons, the episode glides over a good amount of time- 3 months I believe. Hank gliding over Walter being his Heisenberg up until now and "gliding" is mentioned in the Walt Whitman poem. Hank's summer job of marking specific trees in a certain grid, crews coming later and finding the trees and cutting them down is a simile for Walt using Jack's crew to take out those 10 guys in jail. I love Walt's realization in this episode of enough is enough. Walt looking at the mangled towel dispenser thinking how far he's come since 4 Days Out specifically, to bringing up the RV at Jesse's- reminiscing on the "good old days". You can see Walt still looks at him as a son... Jr. playing peekaboo with Holly at Hank and Marie's is a callback to the Peekaboo episode 0206. Holly even has orange on for the red head kid from the episode. There's a black beetle (another symbol of innocence) in Walt's backyard in that final scene, also a callback to the opening scene of Peekaboo. Holly is wearing pink in that scene, also symbolism for innocence from the teddy bear in season 2. So many callbacks leading up to one of the biggest moments the audience has been waiting for for almost the entire show- Hank finding out about Walt. The painting from the hospital in 0203 is in this episode but this particular one looks a lot more weathered. A clever way of saying even though Walt is out of the game, he's already departed- tainted and there's no going back to a "normal life" with his family. The man in the painting is departing from his family while gliding over the blue water. "Learn to take 'yes' for an answer" is what Mike told Walt in the past as well as Walt starting to have his drinks on the rocks as a nod to Mike after he killed him. Walt mimicked Gus and Mike after each their death. Lydia's line: "We're going to make a lot of money together" is Tuco's line to Walt from season 1.
I love how Kailyn responds to every bit plot twist by laughing hysterically 😆 I wonder, did you realize that Jessie was actually scared sh**less of Walt? He was thinking that Walt may have come to the house to kill him. That's why he didn't answer the door until he'd gone to grab his gun.
I felt the same way about Mike and still do all these years later. At least….never mind I don’t wanna say too much😉
"My beef" is not you hating Walter is you and many other people pretending that he is among saints and if only he wasn’t so evil everything would have been great. He is an anti hero with a motive that is as understandable as it is human. Everything stems from him thinking that he has wasted his life and speedrunning his untapped potential as he further reinforces his own ego by continuing to succeed. Watching people pearl clutch over his desperate gambles and then get sad over Mike or Jesse despite them making their own decisions that lead to horrible things is just bizarre.
"Queen for a Day" is a very complicated legal loophole. That's all you need to know. Do not look any further into it.
It's as simple as because this is Walts show. You probably cannot grasp why someone would genuinely like him, but I could see a main reason being for 1. IT's HIS show, the show was literally made to be Walts show, that is why despite Skylar being morally correct, she often is called bitchy by fans. And it's not the fans fault, it's just that you haven't fallen under the kind of spell Walt tends to give, which gives you a different perspective. And for most people, it is his journy from weak willed and law abiding to pure villain psychopath through hardship that people like to see, maybe they fantasize about power themselves, but i'm reaching here. Really it's just because it's Walts show, so while not everyone might LIKE him as a person, they find him interesting and want to look at him on the screen the most.
I think you're reading way too much into Lydia and Walt. I think if anything, they both get turned on by the power and money, not each other. The thing with his school boss was just from desperation to save his ego after Skylar F'in Ted. Bangin Lydia would serve no purpose to him.
I absolutely love Kailyn's amazing expressions. 31:04 is phenomenal. And she predicts things weeks, sometimes seasons ahead of time. She knew this book would get him in Season 4. Beauty AND Brilliance.
Since you guys must be getting close to watching the finale, can I put in a request? Before you start Better Call Saul, you should dedicate a video to a marathon of BrBa memes! (I've had the placeboing remix stuck in my head all week, and feel compelled to spread the mind-virus.)
Dudeee I’ve never thought about that. Batman V Heisenberg would be cool 😂
1:30 Maybe this is a bit snobby, but my personal opinion from reading comments in reactions is that the people who defend Walt are mostly experiencing the show as a power fantasy. Whipped, middle-aged man working a dead-end job becomes badass criminal mastermind. He's doing the types of things that men have daydreams about doing. They usually give the exact justifications that Walt gives - It's for his family, he got trapped into it, etc. - And don't think too much more deeply about it.
You're obviously intelligent people. If you think back to the first two seasons in particular, you can probably remember two different parts of your brain reacting to Skyler. One part hates her, because she's antithetical to the progression of the narrative. The part of your brain that wants to see the next crazy thing thinks "shut her up, she's ruining the show." Then there's a more rational part of your brain that thinks that she's a pregnant woman whose dying husband is randomly disappearing and lying to her, it's pretty reasonable that she would be trying to figure out what's happening. Many people do not seem to have that second part of their brain running. It's just the first part.
Jesse is scared of him he thinks he is willing to kill even him
Guys, Walt has been shaving his head ever since his hair started falling out due to chemo. He hasn't had chemo in over a year. All Walt has to do to "get hair" is stop shaving his head lol.
awww.... they're so excited.
😬 eek.
Interesting that you are so defensive of Mike and critical of Walt’s actions even though Mike has murdered many, many more people than Walt has. Just because he is likable doesn’t mean he’s not also a bad guy.
It's a common trait among "Waltuh haters" they worship the ground Jesse and Mike walk on and retroactively believe that everything bad that happens to them is a result of Walter, not the consequences of thier own choices. Jesse didn't choose to go back to cooking, what is it, in total 3 times over the series? Mike didn’t choose to partner up with them again. It's all omnipotent Waltuh doing.
There is going to be a choice in the future episode that Jesse makes. We all know what it is and how it backfires. But i guarantee you, these two will be clapping like seals when he makes that choice and then blame Waltuh for when it goes wrong. Jesse is going to be percived as a poor little baby, who is not actually suffering consequences of his choices, no no no, it's somehow Walter's fault.
@@Frugustin Well both of Walter and Jesse's choices have consequences it is Walt's fault later and Jesse's and neither one of them could have seen what was to happen and neither meant for it to happen either Walt blames Jesse for what happens Jesse didn't blame Walt for what happened to the that person but Walt is directly to blame for what happened to Jesse later but a lot of their decisions have consequences that they are not even aware of. And the reason people take Jesse's side is because number one he is young and not expected to be mature about all these decisions number two he is the only one that grows a conscience and empathy for other people it takes him a long time but he finally stopped even caring about the money he finally realizes that none of this was worth it and he wants Walt to come around to that but instead he became a bigger drug lord and had less problems with killing people who were a threat to him in anyways Jesse stopped caring about that and got scared of Walt that he might even kill him because he wanted out and Walt was mad at him for leaving even though he saved Jesse so many times Walt changed got more cold hearted
The only thing I like at this point about Walt is how persistant he is
Said montage really quick😮
I watched this when it was new...had to wait a sodding YEAR for the next episode! :o
Man, now I know how you guys felt after having to deal with the invincible season 2 mid season break…
Guys Please vote for better call Saul after this. Its needed. Its even better than BB. Channels who don't continue with BCS after BB get on my nerves.
You guys are gonna watch/react to Better Call Saul after this, right?
That was Gale's way of saying 🖕 from the grave
Yes they made us wait for almost a year to let Hank finish his huge toilet dump
I love your reactions! This episode is awesome! People had to wait like a year after this episode for the next half of the season!!
Ohh,, you're a Batman guy.
That's why you're so squeaky about seeing people breaking the law with no consequences and doing the "right" legal thing.
Gotta get those bad guys into Arkham
A “Queen for a day” is an agreement by the prosecution to meet with a criminal defendant or suspect and allow them to provide potentially self-incriminating information without using it against them. The purpose is to give an opportunity for a defendant to show what they know without hurting their own case: the defendant spills the beans, the prosecution hears it, and if they believe it is useful, can proceed to a further immunity agreement; if the information is not valuable, the defendant proceeds with their case as usual, and the prosecution can’t use any of the info provided against them. The agreement is contingent on the defendant being open and honest in the interview. Neither Queen for a Day agreements nor immunity agreements must be conditioned on the defendant being truthful.
Personally, I have no problem in anyone calling out Walt for what he's done. My issue is that Walt tends to get all the blame while other's get a free pass because they supposedly have a conscience. Yes, Walt chose to cook meth and had opportunities to stop, for example by taking Gretchen and Elliot's offer. Jesse was cooking meth before the show even started and it wasn't even with the excuse of 'for his family', it was just 'a thing to do'. But because he wrestles with his conscience, he gets a free pass. He realises what his product is doing, he even sees the consequences in society much closer than Walt does, for example in spooge's house, yet he keeps going. Mike kills for money, and pulls the trigger on who knows how many people, but hee get's a free pass because it's 'all on bad people'. Well it isn't. He's just as much a part of the meth plague as Walt and Jesse are. Skyler chose to insert herself into both Ted's fraud and Walt's meth business at moments when it felt relatively risk-free. She just panicked when she saw the real risks, but she has no conscience either. Don't even get me started on Gus.
Arguably they are worse than Walt because they see what they are doing is wrong and yet choose to do it anyway.
So by all means, complain about how bad of a person Walt is, but giving others a free pass or making excuses for them and not allowing any for Walt is just an internal bias.
The couch to meth lab/house transition was smooth. My favorite montage in the show.
People cream over that transition but to Walt's left the top of the couch spaces out and realigns. Used to feel the same way until someone pointed out the mistake, now I can't unsee it and it's a bad transition in my mind now
Thanks for the headphone warning. I truly appreciate it :)
1:40 Walt hasn't been Walt since Crawl Space, but for me it is annoying when people bash Walt (which is justified) but also love other characters like Jesse when they are ALL terrible people and that includes Hank & Marie. Remember when Jesse tried to sell meth to people in recovery? Or shot Gale in the face? Or the time he got Jane back into using which led to her death? None are blameless.