Analyzing Evil: Todd Alquist From Breaking Bad
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- Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred sixty-seventh episode of Analyzing Evil! Our feature character for this video is Todd Alquist, from Breaking Bad. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!
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Todd is such a terrifying kind of evil. The evil of apathy. He feels no pleasure, anger, annoyance, or hesitance when committing his atrocities.
Honestly, I think someone who feels absolutely nothing while doing it is even scarier than someone who enjoys it.
@@thewandererslibrary9928business as usual
I am around addicts a lot. Addicts are often sociopaths. All addicts are sociopaths to some degree to be honest. Some of them are like Todd. He's realistic as Hell.
Like Roose Bolton
@@Skoopyghostwtf?
Todd is the sort of dude who you could go bowling with. He'd buy a pizza for the group, tell you about a funny T.V. show he'd been watching, shoot a child in the face, finish the pizza, and go right back to telling about the T.V. show.
He needs to do Kratos
How annoying was the kid?
Definitely shouldn’t go bowling with him he’ll make you the pins
@@sebastianriemer1777his dirtbike was loud
@@sebastianriemer1777He trapped a tarantula. Unforgivable
Him luring Andrea outside to murder her in front of Jesse was one of the most vile scenes in TV/film that I’ve ever witnessed
I have to skip through that part when rewatching. The sound Jesse makes when he sees Andrea shot just fractures my soul. Even knowing that Aaron was only an actor acting in a scene doesn’t make it easier to watch.
I'm glad it wasn't just me who feels that way. Honestly, that particular scene bothered me so much I pretty much stopped watching television entirely after that. I haven't owned a TV in probably 12 yrs.
@@HandsomeHank5150 you’re soft😂
There's so many emotional motiffs in that scene. The unfairness of an innocent being killed, the arrogance of Walter for having unwittingly sold him to slavery and guiding these scum to her house, the helplessness of having to watch such an atrocity, and the unquenchable wrath you now have for her killer, which you used to just hate.
I can understand the people who can't watch that scene. It's a hard clip.
Aaron Paul's acting definitely helped in that scene
I love how the show lures you into a false sense of security with Todd, by presenting him as a polite young man who never even gets mad.
To be fair I don't think there is a single moment where Todd gets mad
Exactly bro.
he just feels like a generic background character who might receive some slight development and then.....THAT scene happened
The most vicious evil always comes unexpectedly. They come to you with smiles
When he first showed up, my immediate gut reaction was 'oh no, this guy seems nice. Walt's gonna kill him, isn't he?'.
I wish Walt had.
I rapidly went from hoping Todd would survive, to wanting him dead with a passion
Todd is the embodiment of the term “Affably Evil”. Unlike Gus, who politeness and kindness are a facade, Todd’s niceness is entirely genuine despite the fact that he’s tortured and murdered innocent people.
I struggled for a bit to understand the difference between faux affably evil and affably evil, but I think I've got it now.Feel free to correct me if and where I'm wrong. It's the difference between people like Gus and people like Lalo. A Gus will drop the affable part when torturing or killing someone, while a Lalo would still be smiling, chatting joking...just still having a good time while committing these horrific acts
@@an-animal-loverwow I think ur spot on
@@tdog1143 yay
When Todd says "I'm sorry for your loss" to Walt right after Jack murders Hank, Todd doesn't seem to be purposefully rubbing salt in the wound, he's just genuinely telling Walt that he's sorry things turned out the way they did.
YES!!
You got it!!
Todd's personality is like a robot for me . He has no emotion or conflict within him , he just does the task he is told to do without any hesitation or question.
He is your average Todd. Todd gonna do what Todd gonna do.
No, he does have certain motivations, such as approval of the "adults," and his childish desire for Lydia.
Then you didn't pay attention.
Todd is kinda like an AI programmed to be friendly and affable yet will also do whatever is necessary above all other tasks or protocols to ensure success. Todd is the poster child for a task orientated psychopath with a high functioning social personality. Whereas someone like Alex DeLarge from Clockwork Orange genuinely enjoys hurting, raping, killing etc, Todd is absolutely emotionless and uncaring one way or the other.
Todd’s are the kind of people who allow for things like genocide to occur, someone who will just carry out a task no hesitation and feels absolutely nothing about it since it’s simply part of their job.
16:12 I've always took Todd's reaction to the machine gun as it not even occurring to him that Walt is the one responsible for it. Maybe had he lived a minute longer he would have figured it out, because he wasn't completely stupid, but I think his first instinct was that an enemy third party had attacked them, because his respect for Walt couldn't reconcile with the reality of Walt's hateful vengeance against him and his group.
Well reasoned and I tend to agree
I think you're right. He has genuine respect and reverence for Walt, so it likely never occurred to him that Walt would be capable of planning a revenge plot over months and carrying it out.
This is actually consistent with Todd's lack of insight into others' minds. He totally misunderstands Walts' motivations. Walt is a vulnerable narcissist, not a psychopath. He wanted to look into Jack's eyes as he destroyed everything Jack loves and takes back "ownership" of Sky Blue.
Todd treats sudden, brutal violence as just part of the business. If you need to do it, that's ok and to be expected. But if you don't need to kill someone, then that's ok, too.
When Todd's role models are gone, he's adrift, unsure of what to do. That's when Jesse gets the drop on him because it simply never occurs to Todd that Jesse wouldn't want to be friends after all that he has done to Jesse.
@@mrkeoghhad someone like Jack survived, I have no doubt that he would've tried killing Walt.
Excellent point. 👍
Actually that's not the case.. Todd simply doesn't care and definitely can't love .. Unlike the Salamancas, who are sociopaths have some family or colleagues they care about... However Todd is a psychopath.. incapable of love... Even when his whole family is dead, it doesn't matter.. what matters is he's not dead..
The craziest part about Todd is that after Walt uses the gun to kill the neo nazis, he doesn’t even fear being killed by Jesse or Walt. He probably doesn’t even understand why it was done in the first place.
it shows his social absence
The only thing scarier than a monster who knows why they’re a monster is a monster who DOESN’T know why they’re a monster.
“Mr. White?”
He didn't even care about his Uncle and friends being gunned down
He was stupid. Not completely unintelligent, but stupid nonetheless.
The most terrifying thing about Todd is that theres truly people like him out there. They are pefectly polite yet they see murder and torture as. Chores no different than buying milk
That kid had nothing to lose.
its all just is part of the job for him
I felt the same about Anders Breivik. The photo that circulated about him at the time showed a normal looking guy. You wouldn't have thought of anything bad if you had seen him walking down the street.
A huge chuck of some of the most charismatic people are either sociopaths or psychopaths.
@@manwiththeredface7821 It is this societal flaw that allows the real mosters walk among us. Personally, anyone that's very charismatic and socially aware I am skeptical of.
There are then tests you can use to further determine, like any blank hawkish staring they might do, or catching them slip up while masking an emotion ore over doing the emotion.
I knew someone like this in high school. Idk where they are now or if they ever did anything malicious, but they did used to get in trouble sometimes. He deoesn't come off like a kid that does tho, which is an little unnerving.
The character of Todd really sneaks up on you, you think 'he's gonna die in two episodes' but then he literally enslaves Jesse and becomes one of the main antagonists of the later part of the series
Thanks for the spoilers
@@guiyome325why would you watch this video then bro 😭
@@guiyome325why are you complaining 💀
@@guiyome325 walter white dies btw
@@NonConsensual nice bait
The scariest part of Todd is that he straight up doesn't know what he's doing is evil.
Not an "I don't care" sort of evil. Just..."I do"
it’s just a “what? what’s wrong? why are you so scared?” after he just murdered someone’s whole family
I felt really bad for him when he died I really wanted him to be able to find some better people to be with he always felt like a little kid that accidentally hung with the wrong people
His death didn't bother me but there is a tragic angle with him. Whether be was born with psychopathic traits or acquired them from being around Jack, there's a really good chance he would be a mostly normal (if a bit weird) kid if he hadn't grown up under people like Jack.
I remember that the actor compared Todd to the child of the meth addicts trying to break into the ATM. He thought Todd would've grown up and experienced a vast amount of trauma.
todd also looks very physically similar to that child
"just so you know this isnt personal" Chilling
Scene was hilarious
IT IS! IT IS PERSONAL....
@@_MaZTeR_😂😂
"I'm sorry for your loss."
He sent Andrea on a trip to Belize. Truly an American hero.
I found Todd so disturbing I avoided anything Jesse Plemons was in for too long. He is a wonderful actor, very underrated. Thank you for covering this one.
He was very good in _Killers of the Flower Moon._
He was good in Black Mass. I agree, he is a good actor.
He also appeared in Fargo Season 2. He has a good range of acting.
Besides Killers of the Flower Moon he's fantastic in Game Night.
He played another creepy character in the episode USS Callister of Black Mirror...not too dissimilar from Todd in fact lol!
The seemingly nice displays of Todd were mere echoes of what Todd's humanity would have been had he been raised properly in his formative years. Truly a tragic figure.
Best comment about Todd I so far read about. Congrats. Everyone weirdly thinks he is the “perfect psycho” or something. Todd is a victim of his environment he takes no pleasure from killing
I think I know a few people that are "weird" in this way....but they have stable and decent lives, they don't lust for violence or blood
He's just doing his base "programming" in a way, he's strange and lacking in humanity but he's not a monster
He really did ask if they could take Jessie in as a slave in the manner that a child might ask his parents if they could keep a stray dog they happened upon.
The scariest thing about Todd is that he started out as a background character that seemed totally harmless, and then he’s revealed to be an absolute monster.
The best TV villain ever, in my opinion.
Imo the greatest television villains are Walter White and Tony Soprano
Smoking crack
Todd is great but I’d argue Gus is the best and most iconic, along with the Governor from Walking Dead
@@PolishGod1234I agree. There are contenders for this position.
It's a big reason they picked Landry from Friday Night Lights. To add to that shock value.
Todd is without a doubt the most realistic portrayal of a psychopath ever put on television.
I’d say Anton Chigurh and Jack are more realistic as psychopathic characters, but he’s a fantastic one.
Marlo and Snoop from the Wire are realistic psychos as well. And Agent Knox from Boardwalk Empire
@heisenberg no
@@MinnowTF Which Jack? Also Anton isnt really a probable representation of a psychopath as much Todd was. However, he is still realistic in the sense that people like him do exist.
He’s up there but some characters from The Sopranos are pretty realistic too. Tony Soprano included.
Whats most interesting about Todd is that he's not written like an antagonist like the rest of the villains from the BB/BCS universe. He isn't always a step ahead of the main characters and never acts as a large, looming threat over them. In fact, he's the reason Jesse even survives to see the end. I think Todd is a rare case of a villain not being an antagonist.
Meth Damon
Todd is (in my opinion) the scariest kind of evil. The man who sees no difference from Murder and filling your car with gas. I’d love to see you cover Mike in the next episode that covers Breaking Bad
Are you from New Jersey? Everybody else fills their own gas. Random comment lol I know
God yes I want a Mike episode. Easily one of my favorite characters in the show
The best part is his antithesis in Jesse as a character, they couldn't be more oppositie. And it makes Jesse that much more heroic in how he escaped being a bad person compared to everyone else in the series
Seriously though, it’s thematically undeniable how much they actively oppose each other. While Todd appears to be a seemingly normal, if not upstanding and trustworthy man, Jesse at face value is a worthless thug pissing his life away. Todd carries himself with soft spoken politeness, while Jesse is oftentimes abrasive and crude. Todd does what he’s told with minimal fuss, while Jesse rejects authority and comes to resent his actions of “loyalty”. Most importantly, Jesse wept for the man he shot in cold blood. He wept for both of the women in his life who died for being close to him. He wept for the children he found along the way of the sick and twisted road he walked. Meanwhile Todd killed a child, an innocent woman, enslaved a man, and who knows what other heinous shit he could’ve done in his life, without even batting an eye.
Oh wow I didn't even think of that but you're both absolutely right! That's really cool!
Didnt jesse shot the other very nice cook in the face? No good guys in this show.
@@wittyjoker4631 because of psychological pressure from Walt, remember?
@@keithfilibeck2390 ah so someone told him to do it... then that makes it all ok?
Vile Eye looks like that one really chill nightclub bouncer who'll have a friendly chat with you and looks out for everyone, but won't hesitate to absolutely annihilate someone who starts a fight or gets caught with drugs.
😭😭😭
Bro is in the meth lab 😂
Sid Haig.
He looks and sounds ai generated which makes it even more terrifying to know that he's A Real Person who actually looks moves and sounds like that
I was wondering... @@Mae_Dastardly
Hes so naive yet kills without remorse, its so terrifyingly dark and twisted that he doesnt understand the evil that he commits and acts as if hes an unaware child performing a task his elders gave him.
The scariest thing about Todd Alquist is that despite his monstrous behavior, one can still recognize him as a tragic figure. It is apparent that he was once a boy who could have grown up into a normal human being, but that chance was squeezed out of him by circumstance.
That said, Todd's death is one of the most justified, satisfying deaths in all of television. It was the real catharsis of Felina, not the gunning down that happened seconds prior.
Todd is the most accurate portrayal of a psychopath I’ve ever seen, he’s not unpleasant, he doesn’t enjoy killing he just doesn’t see a problem with it because he has no concept of empathy
I wish we had more info on the circumstances that led to Todd being raised by Jack. We assume his parents died, but have no idea how. It'd be super twisted if Jack saw potential in Todd, but thought it was being wasted by his parents, and arranged a way to kill them. Todd of course would have no idea.
His parents were possibly hard core left-wingers that believed in equality.
To him it's like swatting a mosquito or cleaning up a spillage.
No big deal 🤷🏻♂️
THE MOST EVIL 😈 TODD TWISTED CHARACTER.
Todd would’ve made a great secret service agent. Bro could’ve had a career in killing/dealing in heinous acts that would never see the light of day.
Very true.
First off, i think you mean secret agent, not secret service. The secret service protects the president and other high ranking public servants, what you are talking about is espionage, sabotage etc.
Secondly, Todd would not be fit for such a role. He is not intelligent enough and lacks the ability to read situations or people. He only works within this framework, because his obedience and unassuming demeanor makes him useful and reliable for ordinary tasks, and get along with brutes without causing a stir. A good foot soldier, nothing more. He could never maneuver the mine field of high espionage.
"Here i go killing again"
Just like Archer
He already looks like Jason Bourne from Wish.
The one thing that always stood out to me is how he decided to go against Lydia’s demand to kill Walt’s family. He was obsessed with Lydia and would do anything for her yet defied her in this instance and took mercy on the family. That’s what made my think that he is not completely evil. Also we know nothing about his upbringing but my guess is that it was mostly with Uncle Jack, so that made him into a bad person in most ways because it’s all he has ever known.
I'm obsessed with Lydia, She's hot.
I also suspect, from what we know in the Breaking Bad universe, his lack of empathy is not a predisposition, but must be learned, probably due to growing up around brutes and goons, and the things he witnessed and heard. It is useful for him and his mind to be this way, as a self protection measure, and despite trying to be obedient and useful (also a learnt self protection mechanism) he looks for small openings to let out what little humanity he has left in him. A nuanced character, where one person is not reduced to a single trait. Many characters on Breaking Bad are complex, even a somewhat stunted simpleton like Todd.
That one may have also been motivated by him having respect for Walt.
Based Todd I‘m also obsessed with Lydia
Pragmatism. It would’ve been a stupid move to kill Skyler while the cops were surveying the house. I’m willing to bet Todd brought Lydia’s request to Nazi Jack himself and Jack forbid them from actually killing Skyler because it would draw heat to them.
Plemons was perfectly casted here. That everyman vibe of his appearance gets more and more sinister as the story progresses. Pretty good analysis of that character's evil.
He's a special kind of evil amongst those in Breaking Bad. Out of every evil character in the show, he's the one who's most detached with his actions. He simply doesn't feel pleasure doing evil things, he just simply thinks it's right.
Not even really that it's right, but rather, that it's a task, an errand, a chore.
@@TrouvatkiDePercusionit is doing the dishes, it's dirty, he doesn't want to do it, but its a begrudging task that no one else will do (or so he's told)
@@darrenthetuber743 Exactly. It's just a thing to be done. That makes him especially terrifying.
Tuco loves hurting others,
Gus hurts others as long as it's to benefit himself,
But Todd doesn't want to hurt others, but doesn't care if he does.
@@TrouvatkiDePercusionnah he isnt particularly evil i would prefer teaming with him rather than someone like tuco
Even though it wasn't Todd that did it, when I and my mother first watched the episode where Hank was murdered, when Jack lets Walter keep one barrel of money over the objections of his fellow gang members, my mother said out loud: _"He's a more decent person than Walt. Walt wouldn't even let his old boss at the car wash keep the first dollar he earned."_ Your mention of Todd having a small amount of empathy brought that observation to mind, and I wonder if it's related.
That because Todd respects Walt. Walt never treated Todd bad. Walt didn't respect his old boss. Maybe you forgot but Walt's car wash boss was an @sshole. There a big difference there you are missing
Yeah forget child murder and human enslavement. Taking a dollar from a guy is just too far man…
Tbf Todd liked Walt. Walt rightfully so hated Bogdan and used that dollar to exert power over Bogdan
@@anxiety1018 I think it’s also because Todd has a weird way of fairness for lack of a better word. He thought that Walt should be rewarded for helping them out just like how he was going to give Jesse a pizza in El Camino for helping him dig a hole even asking him what kind of pizza he likes. He genuinely believed that Jesse earned that pizza for his work
Typical, how women see the money aspect over morality.
As a behavioral psychologist I can say that Todd is a very unique but not completely unrealistic portrait of anti social personality disorder. He was an incredibly stark and chilling infusion of horror into the otherwise thrill and drama orientation of BB characters
Its so funny when they say Todd is a ‘perfect psycho’ when truly he isnt evil and takes no pleasure. He definitely victim of the lifestyle of his uncle who is the true psycho
@@AY-qy4jn psychopaths aren't evil or malicious, they are just amoral which fits Todd perfectly
@@PolishGod1234 yeah im pretty sure psychopaths are evil. Theres a whole lot of amoral people so there must be millions of psychopaths around us. In fact my neighbors love calling me Clarice
@@AY-qy4jnno, psychopath are not evil. You can read many psychologic book who explain that with many scientific detaiks. Its deeper that " they are evil guys ".
@@KS-sy9cc yeah its deeper than that but it all ultimately boils down to that my friend
I think Jesse would lowkey make for a good episode since no one considers him a bad/evil guy but he has done bad/evil things.
Jesse is an interesting case of Protagonist Syndrome (where the audience is more forgiving of main characters because they witness more of their struggle - not to be mistaken for Main Character Syndrome where someone thinks they're the 'protagonist' of life). If you look at him purely from a detached, character sense, Jesse is, ultimately, no better than at least half the characters on Breaking Bad. But people will root for him even when he fucks people over because they see so much of him.
@@trianglemoebiusit's true that Jesse's done things as bad as the others, but the reason why fans don't put him in the same box is because he's the only one who feels remorse for it. Remorse doesn't excuse anything, obviously, but the fact that he feels it does say something compared to the rest of the bad guys
@@goolgepl2112 Sure, but a few characters could feel the same way that were already covered....when the channel is low on options he'll come back probably...and maybe with Badger and Skinny Pete! (mostly joking)
Ill never forget how quickly my stomach dropped after they finished robbing the train and Todd just so casually murdered that kid. Probably the most shocking moment in fictional television history.
And he keeps the kids spider in his room
That was a serious "WTF" moment. 😮😮😮😮
So used to carrying out atrocities that when he saw the boy he pulled out his gun and fired.
I didn't expect to see Todd so soon. He's definetly one of the most underrated villians.
The two scenes that had me shocked was
1. Him putting on the suit immediately after torturing Jesse like he was his best bud/coworker.
2. Him being so casual about Walter gunning down his family and friends, being more impressed about the mechanics than scared or vengeful.
I like how the honking gesture in El Camino was improv, fits his character perfectly
I think Hector Salamanca also deserves a video on his own. He was one of the founding leaders of the Cartel, the main antagonistic force across the Breaking Bad Universe, trained all of his nephews including Lalo Salamanca into becoming the monsters they have become and was also the cause of Gustavo Fring dedicating the last 20 years of his life to avenging the death of his boyfriend.
The man is almost literally the root of all evil in the franchise.
Hell do one on the entire Salamanca family
@@calvinhuff7873
He already did a video on Lalo tho. As much as I hate to say this, Tuco and the Twins don't really have that much going for them like Hector or Lalo had if you understand what I'm saying.
But Hector is literally the worst of the worst in a universe already filled with drug lords, a corrupt lawyer, shady companies and even being worse than a gang of Nazis.
Boyfriend?
@@rajghosh217
Yeah, Gus is gay and Max was his boyfriend. Have you even watched the shows?
@@WhyTho525they never fully stated he was his boyfriend
The actors for Todd and Jack actually invented a backstory for the two of them while reading their scenes with each other. It never made it into the series lore officially but what they decided was that Jack's sister was Todd's mother and Jack would murder her lovers when they would become abusive. Todd was aware of this and would assist in disposal.
With people you meet who are like Todd, it's scary to think whether or not they would have turned out differently if their experiences didn't leave them with the conclusion that "murder is ok"
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have some of the most complex portrayals of evil in entertainment
I recall that the actor who plays Todd stated he thinks Todd grew up in an environment similar to the kid who loved with Spooge and his girlfriend/wife.
I’ve also heard that Jack’s actor has his own theory that Todd was rescued from said environment by his uncle, with Todd’s mother possibly being a drug addict.
@@capncake8837 It's refreshing that the actors playing such characters have that awareness of such situations....and sad that those said situations are very real and present that this show is based on a lot of the reality of those
The REAL difference with Anton and Todd is Anton is philopshical and self aware of his evil. Todd thinks he's an alright guy, at least Uncle Jack says so!
That long pause intro made me LOL
Jesse Plemmons is a phenomenal actor and does not get enough credit. This char gave me chills!
The actor who plays Todd does an incredibly accurate portrayal of a psychopath. He is simply empty inside.
Meth Damon
Yeah he is hilarious in game night. Plays a similar guy but who is like an autistic lonely cop.
@@nak3dxsnake might have to check it out. Known of him since his small role in “observe and report.”
@@edwardwebb5636 🤣🤣🤣 yes
Todd is a robot. Follows his leader, doesn’t question anything, just goes along with indifference and zero care. Chilling
It's not a predisposition, its a mechanism to protect himself, learnt in early childhood. Thats what growing up around brutes and goons can do for you, and what you yourself must become to minimize risk and pain to yourself. He is not inherently bad or sadist, he just learnt to not make a fuss about such things and to view them as normal part of life.
Also he is really bad at reading people, and a bit dense.
I knew Todd was never taught the value of life when I saw that scene with the kid.
Mike and Todd’s dynamic is the most underrated one in the whole bb universe
Just the way he killed all those innocent people while being kind really tells you the mind of this dude.
polite. not kind
So Todd is my favorite character in this series. I'm so happy they gave him as much depth as they did
This has been one of your best videos by far. You don't come at a purely evil person with distain, but one from empathy, understanding why he is the way he is. Is Todd evil? Maybe. But he is a victim of circumstances
There is no way he can be a favourite character for me. He is another great villain in the series, but he is no Gus Fring or even Walter White.
@@captainmarvelwilson508 he's not a villain, not is he supposed to be. He's a complicated simple person that was born from evil. But in almost every scene you can see the empathetic guy he could have been.
@@CharlieKellyEsq Sure, but he became a remorseless psychopath that I felt nothing for and wanted nothing for him but an agonising death, which he got.
There is an idea of Todd Alquist; some kind of abstraction. But there is no real Todd, only an entity, something illusory. And though he can hide his cold gaze, and you can shake his hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can sense your lifestyles are probably comparable-Todd is simply not there.
I love that you don’t make these videos to just talk about how evil some characters are. You actually dive into what’s behind the evil, but you do it without ever excusing the evil.
Incredibly scary character, you’re always on edge in his scenes. Sometimes he comes off as a kid wanting to help out best he can but sometimes we see the monster he is.
Jesse Plemons has such a boyish charm, but when he clipped that kid who waved at him I never realised he be playing some of the most evil characters going forward(can't wait to see him in Civil War)
Todd is one of my favourite characters in the entire series. He is frighteningly loyal, yet remorseless and with seemingly no morality whatsoever. Todd is an extremely dangerous man because he would do literally anything he's told without questioning it.
If you like characters like that, get into Chris Partlow from The Wire. The OG weirdo murderer
@@MultiMasterfelixChris Partlow was the truth. He still had his own sense of morals tho. He was elite soldier like Wee-bey, except deadlier…much deadlier.
The actor's performance is just phenomenal. I really am focused on him whenever I see him, especially his parts in Fargo S2 and that really weird Star Trek homage on Black Mirror.
I love that we've been getting to see Viles face more, it makes the video feel more personable to me, also your a handsome bro man, rock it!
He definitely is a good-looking guy.
It’s always been a very underrated performance from Jesse Plemons. This character could have been a very stereotypical henchman-like villain but the subtle nuisances in his demeanor that Plemons integrated into the role made Todd more lifelike and consequentially, more terrifying.
Todd is definitely an unsettling character, but only after you see enough of him. If you only saw him for the Train heist and after killing the kid, he'd come off as just another person that Gus Fring can hire to do cruel acts for him. But it's his actions with Jesse that really show you how messed up he is. That and he was able to talk Jesse out of killing him when Todd let his own gun out of sight. And he did so without directly begging for his life either, just talking Jesse down.
One of the things mentioned about psychopaths is that there had to be some external factors as to why they are psychopaths. When in reality there could just be that they were simply born that way. No rhyme nor reason, just what you are at the exit of the womb.
Yup. Had a family member like this. Mother described him as 12 going on 35…. There was an awful lot of stuff that went clean over my head. I now know I was going as hard as I could to simply stay out of trouble, and much of what was happening was beyond my limited capacity to perceive. It was many years afterward when I learned in (small) part what had been happening.
This guy embodies what it means to be truly evil. I was waiting for this
He isn't evil as he doesn't understand the weight of his actions
@@PolishGod1234 That's the question, isn't it? Does evil require knowledge and intent, or is it simply the net result of one's actions?
@@PolishGod1234 he knows of the results of his acts he just doesn’t care
@guiden1954 did you not watch the video
@@guiden1954 It's not just that he doesn't care - he doesn't even understand that he *should*.
Thanks for another video so soon vile! You're the best! Todd is truly one of the darkest villains of the show i always thought that if Jesse is Walter White's "son", then Todd is the direct offspring of Heisenberg. I'd also say that Todd is Jesse with no loyalty, Gale with no aesthetics, Mike with no code. He’s a tool who’s perfectly content with having no other identity than how others might want to use him.
He was a perfect sociopath/psychopath in a show where they didn’t even have to tell the audience he was. You just knew by the way he talked and the things he did. Perfectly written character. .
Todd is one of my favorite characters ever, and definitely my favorite in breaking bad
I love his character, best portrayal of a Psychopath ive seen in media
Nah, definitely Anton Chigurh
@@SnootyAndTheRatfinks Todd is way more realistic
Both are great, but Todd is how we all can experience people with psychopathy in real life. Of course they rarely kill, but ruin other people in other ways, like abusing the law.
You also need to a video on Chuck “not my precious jimmy” McGill too
Jesse’s description of Todd as an “Opie dead-eyed POS” is probably his most astute observation.
Haven't watched you for a while, mainly because I wasn't familiar with the characters you've been showing, so was pleasantly surprised to actually SEE YOU, not just hear your voice! Nice! Todd terrifies me, possibly because he seemed so normal and a bit green when he first came onto Breaking Bad. The reveal that Todd isn't a newbie to crime is a shock when watching the show. Your analysis, as always, is on point.
as with all of breaking bad, it's really sad how emotionally stunted he was due to his family and upbringing. despite his inability to really feel empathy for others, he definitely somewhat longed for relationships even if he didn't understand how to. i hope others who feel low empathy know that they aren't like todd, they're human and deserve love and aren't any less of those just because of their low empathy
From what we saw in the show, the low amount of empathy might have been learned, not a genetic predisposition. A necessity to protect oneselfs mental state when growing up around brutes and goons.
@@Jonathanizer en realidad hay varias escenas en donde muestra sentirla, cuando muere hank se le ve mostrando respeto a walter porque era su familia, cuando mato a su nana la llevo a un lugar que considero lindo, se le veia poco predispuesto a matar a andrea porque sabia que jessi sufria, incluso es probable que trate como mascota a jessi porque ve que es la manera correcta en como tratarlo ya que es un esclavo, no un compañero
@@juanpablogarcia6293 From what i gather from google translate, i think we mostly agree. Todd has the capacity, but is emotionally stunted and doesn't let it show. As i said, the most plausible explanation to me is, it's a survival reflex.
the actor that played todd played his character perfectly, in such a short run of the characters life, he did a great job expressing the character in a way that makes you empathize with him for being misunderstood, but also remember he was raised by psychopathic guardian.
A few possible suggestions for future videos:
* Gul Dukat from _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_
* Borg Queen from _Star Trek: First Contact_ & _Star Trek: Voyager_
* The Shadows from _Babylon 5_
* Hector Salamanca from _Breaking Bad_ and _Better Call Saul_
* Francis Underwood, Claire Underwood, or Doug Stamper from _House of Cards_
Edited to add Gul Dukat - probably the best antagonist / villain in all of _Star Trek._
Imagine if Todd and Lydia had kids.
I think that Mike Ehrmantraut deserves an episode if we're reviving the BB universe
Mike isn’t evil. This channel is about evil characters.
@@glibglob8755 He definitely is in many ways. Maybe working as a hitman for a cartel as a start?
@@gurrierpl that doesn’t make him evil. He’s hustling for his grandchild. It would absolutely be laughable to see Mike discussed on this channel. That’s like wanting to see a random GI from WW2 on the channel because he killed for his country. You have no idea what you’re talking about so I’m not going to continue this conversation, especially with a person of short intelligence who is quite obviously uneducated in the world of psychology. Ta ta.
@@glibglob8755 Mike has evil inside him. He's done evil things. He, like many of the characters, are complex.
People have a very skewed perception of how antisocial personality disorder manifests in people both outwardly and iwardly. This is a fantastic explanation of what a common psychopath/sociopath would be like as opposed to a more severe example. Imo its a spectrum like many other mental disorders/afflictions
Which is still truly terrifying because it shows you that monsters are truly all around us.
@@mcfrisko834 exactly
Great analysis I like how you took literally every take out there on the character and combined them into one character study
It's been minute since I've watched your content apparently because you're showing yourself now.
And I must say, I don't know a person's looks has ever matched their voice like yours does.
Great content as always.
I like how you always start talking when the character opens his mouth.
For real. It drives me nuts but it's hilarious at the same time 🤣
I think Todd, more than any other person, is the most terrifying part of season 5. I remember my first watch of the show and i was surprised by him when he first showed up. Hes polite, almost nice, and shows a lot of respect for Walt and Jesse.
And then the end of dead freight happens.
Really like the new video style where you cut between the visual examples and you speaking from the chair. I think it really adds to the presence you create with your narration
Todd is the average CS:GO player.
What an insane return to the breaking bad universe. I've been wanting Todd coverage for a while, happy to see this in my notifications!
I love Jesse Plemons’ performance in this show especially in El Camino, cuz I love that Dark Buddy between him and Aaron Paul
Todd is the most underrated character in Breaking Bad. My favorite villain, honestly. I wish he got more screentime during the show, but thankfully, El Camino greatly made up for it.
When Jessie said Todd has dead fish eyes I died laughing.
What a great video, it shows how different and well written most if not all Breaking Bad characters are if you can do a whole episode on a side character
You made a lot of valid points about Todd that I always noticed but couldn’t quite put together about how and why just how he comes across as eerie, uncanny, strange, yet cold blooded. Even the kid like responses he often relayed so casually for so many episodes….. made him even more disturbing of a killer tbh. Well done
Todd and Jack are astonishingly well written characters and the acting is impressive. It’s the intelligence mixed with sociopathy that really chilled me. No remorse, no guilt but both following their own internal logic.
Some of the best villains I’ve seen in any show.
Intelligence?. Todd is polite, but hardly intelligent after months of practice he couldn’t even get waltz blue meth recipe, correctLol
@@TashaRial he is quite intelligent as he always thinks based on logic, like when he refused to kill Skyler when cops were guarding her home as It would draw attention
I’m so happy you made this. Great episode
In the vein of villainous henchmen with an almost innocent charm, I might want to suggest Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd from "Diamonds are Forever." Provided that there's enough to work with, given how little we actually know about them in both the book and the movie.
He could do 2 big video on Bond henchmen and Bond villains respectively since they individually don't have but so much depth but all interesting.
@@edgewiseCL
Christopher Lee's Scaramanga {?} - Louis Jourdan (Khan) - Robert Davi (Sanchez) - Benicio Del Toro (Dario) - Sophie Marceau (Electra King) - Robert Carlisle (Renard) - Robbie Coltrane (Valentin Zukovsky) - Sean Bean (Alec Trevelyan)- my favourite Bond villains/ henchmen would take up a large part of one of them...
When I see a new upload & it's a character I recognize (~70% of the time) I always think "Damn that's a gooood one." His scene in El Camino driving down the highway singing with Jesse and the housekeeper in the trunk summarizes his whole character IMO. People like this actually exist in our world. Thank you Vile for the excellent content!
Another great tv villain that should get a video is Hannibal!
YESSSSSSS and the show's protagonist please!!
He’s essentially the perfect partner/minion for Walter white
He’s devoid of emotions but can blend in just well enough
And, mostly importantly, he does what he’s told
Todd's presence is unsettling as you get to know him throughout the seasons. HOWEVER, EVERYONE around his uncle is off-putting IMMEDIATELY in some way.
A great choice. Todd is one of the most interesting characters in this show.
I'd love to see some of the villains from Sons of Anarchy like Clay and Pope.
Please do at least one of these villains I’d be on cloud 9 if u did
- Darksied (dc comics)
- Phil leotardo (sopranos)
- Pablo Escobar (narcos) #1 contender
- Avon Barksdale (the wire)
- Homelander (the boys)
A subtle detail from the episode where Todd kills the young boy: At the start of the episode, it shows the kid on his dirt bike finding a spider, and curiously observing it, before putting it in a jar and moving off before the opening sequence starts. In the next. episode, Todd is shown looking at this same spider, with the same mannerisms and wonder as the young boy he murdered in the episode prior. This gives further characterization of Todd effectively having the mindset of a child, and not really having a keen understanding of the world around him. I always found that parallel fascinating when I first watched breaking bad years ago.
I was shattered watching it for the first time. Totally changed the show for me. Thanks for making this!!
Clicked on this faster than Todd detaching himself from a crime he’s committing.
More Breaking Bad character Analyzing! 🙌🏽
Fantastic video! Im really happy to see you've added yourself into the video as well. This has made watching much more enjoyable and adds to the pace of the subject. My top pick would be for a in depth look into Shane Walsh from The Walking Dead. While I haven't watched the last 2-3 seasons. His touch on the Atlanta Survivors cannot be overstated. Rick, Carl and Lori. Man what could've been had he been able to survive longer.
Been enjoying your videos for a very long time now and as a long time viewer I really feel the scenes with you on screen take away from the video essay.
Two suggestions:
Analyzing Evil: Park Yeon-jin from The Glory
Analyzing Evil: Mahito from Jujutsu Kaisen