@@davidfelter417 one time I was training in the Bujinkan dojo and was practicing a punch which was supposed to go straight ahead. Sensei was working with me and dodged, and out of habit I tracked and hit him in the face. I was mortified, apologized, etc. "No worries", he said, "mistakes happen." then punched me full force. POW! Right in the kisser! I was better at punching straight after that.
I like how Mr. Glasses unabashedly chased after the dropped $20. The goal of such disrespect is to damage the other guy's ego...but, what if he doesn't have one? It's like having the ability to not feel pain.😄
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wished resign'd. Ignorance is bliss.
@@secondhandsmoke10 to be laughed at and disrespected, while being completely oblivious? living your entire life as a sub-human in the eyes of everyone else and them using you in such a way? There's a huge difference in being impervious to mockery and being the guy portrayed in this character.
Nacho did about 3 tests here. Shorting $20 was to see whether they run tight business or let things slide. Then acting offended when acused of shorting was to see how they diffuse a dispute. Finally, letting the $20 fall on the ground was to see how Pryce reacts to being disrespected. All that being said, you can tell what kind of person Pryce is within 10 seconds of meeting him.
Cancel the deal. Pryce should not have picked up the money. He should have given the money back to Nacho and walked away. Nacho ended up disrespecting pryce later on, so that little sign of disrespect goes a long way. @Reshme77
@@mermer2811 Walter was always the exception, everyone who knew they should avoid him, didn’t. Mike, Saul, Gus, Jessie, everyone he worked with didn’t trust their gut and were persuaded only to pay the price.
Pryce is based on Lester from the video game Grand Theft Auto 5. Same with Sobchak or "Mr. X" (the guy with all the guns, that Mike disarmed and made a fool of). He's based on Trevor from Grand Theft Auto 5. Also, Nacho is man behind Vaas from Far Cry 3.
It’s smart that Mike stood his ground over 20 dollars because he knows that if they let it slide it than they are going to just keep shorting money so Mike making a fuss about it was a smart move
Yeah there's a lot of people saying that it wasn't a big deal and they would've went with it, but I'm assuming when you're dealing with people like that you can't show any weakness. Even forgetting 20 dollars can show weakness
Everything Nacho did here was to see how much he can take advantage of Wormald, and Mike knows it. I almost guarantee he did short him on purpose just to see if he'd stand his ground or let it slide. Nacho has said he likes scamming criminals, so he's feeling out what he can pull and how good of a target he is. Mike's making it clear that that won't fly while he's there. Ultimately a big blunder by Mike allowing Wormald to go by himself.
Michael Marron Exactly. Why start problems over something so small, even in the criminal world. Its 20$, so chances are it was unintentional. Even if it were intentional, would they really think you actually noticed and were too afraid to mention it? No, because chances are you probably wouldnt fucking notice it when counting over it that quick. They wont respect you less because you let them short you 20$, because they dont even know for sure you noticed such a tiny amount missing. nor is 20$ worth mentioning and potentially dying or ruining a deal over
@@jakejack9758 exactly, the problem with people reading into these characters and scenes so much, is that you have to accept its happening in a parallel world where EVERYTHING happens for a reason. It's a beautiful tapestry where you can see every individual thread that holds it together. Meanwhile the real world is just a jumble of loose strings roughly hewn together by random chance.
There was a great comment in an older upload of this clip explaining that the short was actually a test. Had he accepted the short (as he would have without mike) they would continue to short him to the point where they can pretty much name the price without any retaliation or something of the sort. Mike calling out the 20 was basically him saying "you can't mess around with me, we aren't becoming your dogs"
Yeah but then he dropped that money and he picked it up.. nullifying the point... Only maybe saying mike is tough other is not. But he could have determined the same by looking at their body language.. one is standing tough looking straight one is a nerd...
Can we also take a sec to appreciate the ASMR? The paper bag with the money crinkling, the pills rattling in the bottle, the sound of the seat belt clicking...
The short 20 was definitely a test to see if he was dealing with pushovers. He protests the absurdity of the missing 20, but has it readily available upon request just in case he's pressed for it. He even takes out a handful of bills to get the 20 as a means to suggest he had no reason to short them, but Mike already pulled his card 😂😂😂
@@iwannaseenow1 Then he would've just given it up. The play for emotion by the buyer is a test. They passed. If they failed, what else could he push for?
I love how down-to-earth and honest Mike was being towards Pryce, giving him advice on how to be a good criminal and that he is both good and bad by telling him that while he isn’t a bad person he is a criminal it shows you how experienced and what an excellent judge of character Mike is
The thing about Mike is he has integrity. That's what no one can deny. Whether he's wrong or right, good or bad, kind or mean, brutal or forgiving; it's all up to personal beliefs. But he has integrity, no one can deny it.
That speech of Mike's is what I try to explain to friends that have never done anything wrong why I dont really mind criminals and drug dealers. Or why I'll let someone with a record move in with me.
The amount being short was clearly a test to see if he was a pushover or not. If he accepts the lesser amount then you could have guaranteed that that amount would be even less the next time. If it wasn't for Mike's involvement that is exactly the way it would have went down. $1500 for a guy like Mike was extremely cheap.
That's what I was thinking. Nacho needed it to go smoothly but he also maybe got a sense that this guy can be taken advantage of so the missing $20 was definitely a test- not just to see if he was a pushover, also to see how cautious he is. Would he even bother counting or would he see the huge bag of cash, trust that he had been paid in full and happily move on? Would he make the deal now, count the money at home and then next time insist that he get that missing 20? And yes, how would he deal with it if he found out immediately. It's a test to see how thorough, cautious and how firm he is.
@@ironwolfgaming9632 Agreed. You make a deal, respect it, from the beginning to the end the fully 100%, if the disrepect it, no matter how little, it says a lot about you if you let it, mainly how weak you can be
@@G0DofRock have you ever watched the show? Mike ALWAYS did exactly what he was paid to do for the amount agreed on. He said it repeatedly - amount agreed on.
@@Joemamanme I could have been more obscure and said "Pryce is a yo-yo." only Im guessing less than 1% of the people reading it would get the reference.
Mike is supposed to be a more morally righteous character, as shown by his speech near the end of this video. Selling drugs to Tuco isn't too bad, pretty sure he's just using them to kill Hector, which if that's the case is a pretty good thing to do, Hector is the worst. Selling guns though, who knows what that could result it, it has a high chance of leading to deaths, and might even lead to school shootings. Killing Hector is worth $1500 np, Killing a bunch of students isn't worth 2-15 thousand dollars.
@@ThePurpleKnightmare these weren’t pills to Kill hector these are pain pills that nacho wants to sell, only later on does he use pryce to get the capsules and other medicine to switch out hectors meds
I love how Mike was so confident that he would get the protection job that he didn't even bother to reveal the amount of legwork he put in until after the deal was finished. If Pryce hadn't asked, Mike probably would never have revealed it. Goes to show how knowledgeable Mike is about what info needs to be said and what doesn't.
As he said, he did leg work and realize that Nacho cannot afford to let Tuco know about the side hustle and it's in his interest to be as low profile as possible. It was only much later when he needs to get rid of Hector that he involved Wormwood again to get the empty nitrogel pills.
Yep. Fundamental Art-of-War principles: only spend what needs to be spent, nothing more, nothing less, just the exact amount necessary to reach the tactical end. That also translates into oratory. Only say what needs to be said, nothing more, nothing less, just the exact amount of oration necessary to reach the tactical end. Military-silence is such an underrated artform, yet it is absolutely indispensable for one who wishes to survive life's veritable dynamic battlefield.
@@SoulforSale 1500 payday actually isn't bad for Mike at this time, this was pre Gus-employment when he was still a freelance "professional criminal" so this sort of job is exactly what he'd be doing
The fact that this scenario is reused later on for Nacho getting ahold of the pill capsules is masterful. Everything works towards the greater plot and not a single character or resource goes to waste.
@@mrsweetkandy7673 cuz it-s when vince told mike to not say no half measures and was being more of a nice old man instead of the ytpe of crinimal that is on the street
That last bit of the speech by Mike is actually kind of heartbreaking. The idea that you can be an "honest criminal" but "you took something that wasn't yours, and you made a profit. You are now a criminal.". I think it's that last part that means most people stay legit. There is something fundamentally wrong with that, even if you're honest about it.
I'd say they both got their hands equally dirty, what separates them is more a matter of intention. Walt had bad intentions and bad motives, Mike had good ones.
@@Hankblue I disagree. I think both Mike and Walt had good intensions. They both wanted to make sure their families never had to worry about money again.
@@gabrielvicente8406 but Walter continued to cook and put his family at harm even when he had all the money in the world. He admitted himself at the end that he did it for the thrill.
@@tonyisnotdead not sure how old Mike is but let’s just say 60. To have killed 100,000 people by that age he would have to of smoked 4.56 people a day from the day he plopped out of the womb. He “might” have killed 100 total. I’d be willing to bet he didn’t kill more than 100 though.
Pryces criminal skills are way under appreciated. He never seems threatening or seems like he has info. He is clearly smart cause he could count 20 missing out of 1000 in seconds and never once does he look scared. Just bumbling and clusmy and nerdy. Never scared.
Just because he's good at counting doesn't mean he's good at being a criminal. How does acting non threatening help in this situation in anyway? In fact, it puts him at a disadvantage like how Nacho tried to short him 20 to test him.
@yahoo9028 yeah he shorted him 20 to test him to see if he would count, and he barely did he just knew rainman style. That means he can let his enemy always think he's out of the loop even when he knows what's going on
@@averagejobogio Wait so let me get your logic straight on this one- you're saying he pretends to be out of the loop on purpose so Nacho would test him if he counts the money, and then he counts the money to show him that he isn't? But he still somehow wants Nacho to think he is out of the loop. So you're saying he wants everyone to think he's out of the loop and also that he isn't out of the loop at the same time. And no one would anyway suspect him if Nacho went missing. He has nothing to gain by that. Tuco could kill him if he found out about this side hustle. And even if, let's say some rival gang took him out, no one's going to look at him in that case either because no one other than Nacho and Pryce know about this deal. Did you even watch this show? Or are you just pretending to be smart and insightful about a random clip on the internet to troll real fans of the show? Because Pryce is indeed, in fact, a clueless bumbling idiot. It's not some clever persona that's he's putting on now and in a later scene you see that he's s really smart guy. You'd know that if you watched the show.
That Honda Odyssey never came with an exterior wood panel trim LOL but the extra effort to make Pryce more of a nerd than he already was fantastic and a nice touch 🤣
This show incredible. The tension was growing and growing to a perfect point, and the fact the no explosion of violence of any kind issued at the end is telling us this very tension was the point. This show is brilliant
I learned a long time ago to beware of the calm, soft-spoken guy in the room. The loud mouths and people causing a scene and freaking out and yelling and screaming are usually not the toughest guys. The quiet guy who stays calm and has nothing to prove is the dangerous one because he knows he can kick everybody else's ass. Mike is that guy. The old Japanese saying is: "The empty drum clangs the loudest."
@@Phintium tuco is crazy and acts if provoked, but once someone stands up to him, he changes his act. Saul got him to just break 2 legs, and Walt got him to pay what he owes.
@@Frog-2001As you mentioned yes, but Nacho doesn't know that. This is my take, I think he's just making sure everything is smooth till the end so that his job is done.
He already had become one when he stole the drugs from the company he works in. Now that he is selling it, he becomes another kind of criminal by breaking another legality
Fun fact (I think? I recall reading about this somewhere): in the scene before this one, Jonathan Banks told Vince Gilligan that Mike would never say "Easy-peasy" but Vince insisted on it.
You mean back when Nacho was in a much smaller pond, The same thing happened with Walt and Jesse, some fish are able to grow with the pond, the other fish get knocked down the food chain.
The "criminal" speech is really interesting to watch. Both actors were great; you can see Mike and Pryce both take into account the true meaning of Mike's words. Mike knows it's no small thing, and is trying to make Pryce very aware of that. Pryce is grappling with his conscience in that one shot, and realizing he doesn't really mind. Great show, can't wait to see the end. Hope Bob is doing ok
I forgot how Nacho was originally written as being shady and a bit of a bully lol. Such a tremendous ride we went through with such a great character🙏🏿❤️😢 🌹
It's the one to one conversations like this that makes this character valuable for the show ... Even in Breaking Bad, with Walt, Jesse, ... All the same ! ..
Love how mike chooses his words very carefully as to keep control but also give nacho the ability to save face and not appear weak. Like with the shorted 20. They did that on purpose to test pryce. Mike called them out and nacho, seeing how tuco is, probably thought trying to be confrontational would help ateer the situation in his favor, but mike knows this trick and is like nope just was an accident moat likely so nobody can claim they were insulted
Frightening how many people can be genuinely sympathetic to the excuses for evil. Mike has redefined 'good' so that his own life won't generally fall outside of it, despite all the abhorrent things he's done. For him, he thinks that can be ignored, as long as what proceeds from it is 'honest', despite that 'honesty' being fraudulent and its meaning elusive (Ultimately illusory), and the whole concept of 'good' he espouses being contradictory.
Jonathan Banks' performance here as Mike is great. I love that he isn't being accusatory, acknowledging that the missing $20 is probably just a mistake, but on principle he just can't let that slide. He has absolute command of every scene he's in.
There's something inherently terrifying about an old experienced man who has absolutely nothing to lose. Mike's actor does a brilliant job of portraying that.
Mike is definitely one of my favorite “Wise Elderly Man” characters. He may not be a model citizen, but he knows his stuff and is willing to share his wisdom. That’s respectable in my book.
Mike himself would tell you not to try and be like him. He's pretty miserable doing what he does. The only reason he even became a criminal was to support his granddaughter financially.
I like how they gave him the money off the bat, even though he didn't have the product on him, simply because they knew he wouldn't run away. Just based off of how he looked and his mannerisms. Genius.
Mike told him earlier that he should take the money first, count it, and only THEN give him the product. The other guy was thinking of making the switch at the same time.
I love how, despite Mike and Nacho being on opposing sides for most of the series, their relationship was always one of respect and courtesy. They had great chemistry together, and their dynamic really sets the stage for what Mike and Jessie would become in the original series.
@@digitalempirellc6118 the geek ran to pick it up and wouldn't of thought to drop the pills. Nacho knew that he was dealing with Mike at that point and basically dropped the money to let Mike know he wasn't a pushover either. It was a wash and they both knew it was better to leave it that way.
Mike is just too real bro. Ive met some older folks that were very similar to Mike. Lesson of the day is: NEVER underestimate someone, either for them being young, fat, short, old or whatever. You never know who youre dealing with. Just try to be decent, honest and respectful and the chances of something bad happening when youre dealing with dangerous people will lower a lot
@@redrick8900 is getting pulled over with a bag of cash that much better though? You need to hide whatever might give leos a reasonable cause, and that moneybag might be enough already for some overzealous cop to dig deep enough to find something. I understand that adding a gun charge on top of whatever drug charge you might catch from any illegal residue found in your vehicle might be a *substantial increase* but it depends on the individual's mentality- risking jail time for possible moneybag-related drug charge or just straight up deciding not to go to jail in any case and be willing to exchange your freedom for someone's else's life (aka pulling on cops). It's all about what you're prepared to do to avoid _any_ risk...
Mike is such an underrated character. And I say that in full awareness that he's a fan favourite, he's still UNDERrated. We don't deserve a character like him
The way Mike says 'mistakes happen' is so calming.
He may be a cold blooded killer but he is reasonable.
Agreed. For contrast just imagine Tuco saying 'mistakes happen' 🤣🤣
@@invisiblewitness2505 Are you trying to tell tuco what to do? Big mistake buddy.
@@invisiblewitness2505 if Tuco ever said “mistakes happen” it’d be followed by him beating the crap out of the person he said it to
@@davidfelter417
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im relaxed
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@@davidfelter417 one time I was training in the Bujinkan dojo and was practicing a punch which was supposed to go straight ahead. Sensei was working with me and dodged, and out of habit I tracked and hit him in the face. I was mortified, apologized, etc. "No worries", he said, "mistakes happen." then punched me full force. POW! Right in the kisser!
I was better at punching straight after that.
I like how Mr. Glasses unabashedly chased after the dropped $20. The goal of such disrespect is to damage the other guy's ego...but, what if he doesn't have one? It's like having the ability to not feel pain.😄
Well said
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wished resign'd. Ignorance is bliss.
Pryce
I am deeply envious of that ability
@@secondhandsmoke10 to be laughed at and disrespected, while being completely oblivious? living your entire life as a sub-human in the eyes of everyone else and them using you in such a way? There's a huge difference in being impervious to mockery and being the guy portrayed in this character.
I do love that line.
"I didn't say you're a bad person, but you are a criminal."
It's in the same tone as 'Everyone makes mistakes'. It's de-escalating the whole situation.
its "I didn't say you were a bad guy, I said you're a criminal"
Loved it so much you got it completely wrong
- Every person in a Bureaucratic-position
Because it's true
Every scene with Mike is a gem of intelligence & integrity.
Fr he’s my favorite an jessi
except his last
Mike's storyline carried this show for at least the 1st season
Someone should make a clip with just his storyline. Would watch
Sadly nobody understands the scenes like I do
_"Agreed amount or no deal."_
You can tell Mike's been in the sticker business for quite a while.
He’s a pro with scratch n sniff
He literally made Saul get the stickers
Jojo and brba💪
Like a troll under a bridge "You must have the stickers!"
@@ale-lx9gp I love that line
Nacho did about 3 tests here.
Shorting $20 was to see whether they run tight business or let things slide. Then acting offended when acused of shorting was to see how they diffuse a dispute. Finally, letting the $20 fall on the ground was to see how Pryce reacts to being disrespected.
All that being said, you can tell what kind of person Pryce is within 10 seconds of meeting him.
Correction, especially as per Mike's response: offended as if they were accused of intentionally shorting 20
But what could have price done? When he was disrespected by Nacho, it's not like he could punch him?
Cancel the deal. Pryce should not have picked up the money. He should have given the money back to Nacho and walked away. Nacho ended up disrespecting pryce later on, so that little sign of disrespect goes a long way. @Reshme77
Him dropping that 20 did seem disrespectful, you layed that info out pretty good chief
I would have dropped box with pills too... Yeah I would probably not survive long in that business
Mike's best skills were doing his homework and reading people.
Except Walter
@@mermer2811 Walter was always the exception, everyone who knew they should avoid him, didn’t. Mike, Saul, Gus, Jessie, everyone he worked with didn’t trust their gut and were persuaded only to pay the price.
Mike was a cop...which is where he learned how to be a criminal
If you know yourself and know your enemy you need not fear the outcome of a hundred battles ~ Sun Tzu
That's what she said.
Whoever wrote Pryce's character is a television hero. What a nerdy, hilarious disaster.
Pryce is based on Lester from the video game Grand Theft Auto 5. Same with Sobchak or "Mr. X" (the guy with all the guns, that Mike disarmed and made a fool of). He's based on Trevor from Grand Theft Auto 5.
Also, Nacho is man behind Vaas from Far Cry 3.
@@dollahbill510 Lol no.
Not "based on", just same actors.
double checked, Jay Klaitz voiced Lester from GTA V
Well, it's a more grounded and realistic version of Mark Proksch's character in The Office. Maybe the writers took some inspiration from that.
"You took something that wasn't yours and you sold it for a profit. You are now a criminal." Awesome line!
average capitalist
@@YellowSnow you earned five (5) social credit points for that comment!
Good job, comrade!
@@frankenschande Wasn't worth it. I lost 2,000 FICO score points.
If you don't like capitalism so much why don't you renounce the US citizenship and go elsewhere?
@@gregoryaustinjr9664 bc i live here
Mike was the voice of reason throughout this entire saga.
Then he was gunned down by a chemistry teacher.
@@thomasmitchell4128 that was his biggest mistake.
@@TheDizzleHawke Mistakes Happen
@@thomasmitchell4128 He chose a half-measure when he should have gone all the way.
@@thomasmitchell4128 too bad he stuck around for the boom
Mike always needs the least amount of words to be the most powerful: "are you?"
There's a word for that. "Laconic".
Check the wiki for that word, it will explain it better than I can.
@@nutbastard but you just gave a perfect example
@@nutbastard thanks for spreading knowledge
Yeah? Why.
*Stannis mode activated:* "Fewest words."
It’s smart that Mike stood his ground over 20 dollars because he knows that if they let it slide it than they are going to just keep shorting money so Mike making a fuss about it was a smart move
But very stupid of him to talk too much, especially of other people's death sentence level secrets
Exactly
Yeah there's a lot of people saying that it wasn't a big deal and they would've went with it, but I'm assuming when you're dealing with people like that you can't show any weakness. Even forgetting 20 dollars can show weakness
If you want to survive in that kind of world, you don't want others to see you as easy prey or become the center of attention.
Everything Nacho did here was to see how much he can take advantage of Wormald, and Mike knows it. I almost guarantee he did short him on purpose just to see if he'd stand his ground or let it slide. Nacho has said he likes scamming criminals, so he's feeling out what he can pull and how good of a target he is. Mike's making it clear that that won't fly while he's there. Ultimately a big blunder by Mike allowing Wormald to go by himself.
how on earth he counted and found $20 missing from thousands in space of 5 seconds is the most impressive thing here.
Considering the guys he was dealing with, you'd also want to count it again to make sure you hadn't made a mistake before mentioning it.
Michael Marron
Exactly. Why start problems over something so small, even in the criminal world.
Its 20$, so chances are it was unintentional. Even if it were intentional, would they really think you actually noticed and were too afraid to mention it? No, because chances are you probably wouldnt fucking notice it when counting over it that quick. They wont respect you less because you let them short you 20$, because they dont even know for sure you noticed such a tiny amount missing. nor is 20$ worth mentioning and potentially dying or ruining a deal over
@@jakejack9758 exactly, the problem with people reading into these characters and scenes so much, is that you have to accept its happening in a parallel world where EVERYTHING happens for a reason.
It's a beautiful tapestry where you can see every individual thread that holds it together.
Meanwhile the real world is just a jumble of loose strings roughly hewn together by random chance.
He might be a savant and it fits his demeanor. There are people with autism who have superhuman memory, pattern recognition or eidetic skills
@@jakejack9758 you think these people think that logically? They don’t?
There was a great comment in an older upload of this clip explaining that the short was actually a test. Had he accepted the short (as he would have without mike) they would continue to short him to the point where they can pretty much name the price without any retaliation or something of the sort. Mike calling out the 20 was basically him saying "you can't mess around with me, we aren't becoming your dogs"
Yeah that's pretty accurate, it may seem minor to an outside viewer, but it's a test to see if you're a push over or not.
That was actually a great example of how to do business, on Mike's part.
Yeah but then he dropped that money and he picked it up.. nullifying the point...
Only maybe saying mike is tough other is not. But he could have determined the same by looking at their body language.. one is standing tough looking straight one is a nerd...
I mean it's pretty obvious.
No shit?
"You are now a criminal. Good one, bad one...that's up to you"
Probably one of Mike's best quotes
Interestingly enough, Papa Varga, later on, puts all criminals on equal grounds. Just reminds me of that connection.
Pryce's response to it is fascinating to me. A mix of guilt, panic, and opportunity.
Mike is like the lvl 100 character tagging along with a low lvl friend while he makes a deal with low lvl thugs
@@BravoDox bro the “don’t” note was gus lmao
High lvl friends are awesome when they help boost. So much less grinding.
If Mike was a GTA player, he would be the only legit rank 8000
He tried power leveling him but the EQ devs had already figured that out and made the experience split 99.99% to 0.01%
Mike is like the ex-cop tagging along with an amateur dealer while he makes a deal with low lvl thugs
Mike always has great speeches.
that end speech on criminals, good guys, bad guys, and honor among thieves left me with some thoughts.
@@ibrahimkayikci2146 no half measures
Mike is like Uncle Iroh, if Iroh was morally bankrupt
Also best last words
Can we also take a sec to appreciate the ASMR? The paper bag with the money crinkling, the pills rattling in the bottle, the sound of the seat belt clicking...
The short 20 was definitely a test to see if he was dealing with pushovers. He protests the absurdity of the missing 20, but has it readily available upon request just in case he's pressed for it. He even takes out a handful of bills to get the 20 as a means to suggest he had no reason to short them, but Mike already pulled his card 😂😂😂
Guy is doing drug deals all day every day, I doubt he ever walks around with zero cash in his pocket
Not sure the total $, but 20 is most likely so insignificant that it was an honest mistake.
@@iwannaseenow1 Then he would've just given it up. The play for emotion by the buyer is a test. They passed. If they failed, what else could he push for?
Maybe he was testing Pryce's unbelievably fast money-counting technique.
Yeah, also Mike didn't count his part paid by Pryce. That emphasizes that $20 wasn't an issue for him, but the test from Ignacio really was.
I love how down-to-earth and honest Mike was being towards Pryce, giving him advice on how to be a good criminal and that he is both good and bad by telling him that while he isn’t a bad person he is a criminal it shows you how experienced and what an excellent judge of character Mike is
And Walt killed him for it.
The thing about Mike is he has integrity. That's what no one can deny. Whether he's wrong or right, good or bad, kind or mean, brutal or forgiving; it's all up to personal beliefs. But he has integrity, no one can deny it.
That speech of Mike's is what I try to explain to friends that have never done anything wrong why I dont really mind criminals and drug dealers. Or why I'll let someone with a record move in with me.
People who have made mistakes in their life need redemption and restoration.
then nacho's dad rips him a new one and exposes him as a disingenuous hypocrite like all the others lol
"But if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word."
That's wisdom right there.
Not just wisdom. It's the right thing to do. Problem with a lot of people today is that they have no scruples. No honour. For themselves or others.
Too bad he broke a deal with his employer by stealing those pills in the first place...
Elementary wisdom, but wisdom, nevertheless.
That's called integrity
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The amount being short was clearly a test to see if he was a pushover or not. If he accepts the lesser amount then you could have guaranteed that that amount would be even less the next time.
If it wasn't for Mike's involvement that is exactly the way it would have went down.
$1500 for a guy like Mike was extremely cheap.
Mike is a real g
Which is exactly what Hector starts doing later when dividing up the drugs between him and Gus.
Man It would be cool as hell to have Steven Ogg as a full on character not just a cameo(((
That's what I was thinking. Nacho needed it to go smoothly but he also maybe got a sense that this guy can be taken advantage of so the missing $20 was definitely a test- not just to see if he was a pushover, also to see how cautious he is. Would he even bother counting or would he see the huge bag of cash, trust that he had been paid in full and happily move on? Would he make the deal now, count the money at home and then next time insist that he get that missing 20? And yes, how would he deal with it if he found out immediately. It's a test to see how thorough, cautious and how firm he is.
Not just him, the intel and legwork he did.
First is 20$ then is 1000$ mike really knows what was gonna happen if they didnt get paid the right amount!
I honestly think the money wasn't the point. What Mike tells the guy after the deal is the key - you make a deal; you keep the deal.
@@ironwolfgaming9632 Agreed. You make a deal, respect it, from the beginning to the end the fully 100%, if the disrepect it, no matter how little, it says a lot about you if you let it, mainly how weak you can be
The price is fifty.
@@ironwolfgaming9632 No, money is the point of any deal. Deals are altered, abandoned, broken all the time.
@@G0DofRock have you ever watched the show? Mike ALWAYS did exactly what he was paid to do for the amount agreed on. He said it repeatedly - amount agreed on.
The final conversation in the car raised my intelligence 46 points
You may go bald like mike, so be careful.
you should rest and meditate on what you've learned
No. It raised your wisdom.
$1500 with a lesson from Mike is really a bargain
And no limbs/lives lost
Pryce just sucks the energy out of everybody around him. He looks harmless but he's really a monster.
He is an energy vampire after all
Because he cries and sits in pie?
@@josemexicanmexican7602 theyre referring to another show he is in, "what we do in the shadows" on fx, pretty funny
@@Joemamanme Thank you for explaining that! I was trying to figure out what he did on BCS to deserve that label lol
@@Joemamanme I could have been more obscure and said "Pryce is a yo-yo." only Im guessing less than 1% of the people reading it would get the reference.
The guns he throws in the garbage can were worth far, far more than $1500 he asks for payment.
Why steal someone's guns and deal with more drama than is necessary if you can earn $1500 for standing there and saying a few words?
Yeah, I don't how legal that is, maybe he didn't want any traceable heat.
Selling stolen guns that can have been used in crimes is not his thing. Cash from a known source that certainly have been cleaned is far more secure.
Mike is supposed to be a more morally righteous character, as shown by his speech near the end of this video. Selling drugs to Tuco isn't too bad, pretty sure he's just using them to kill Hector, which if that's the case is a pretty good thing to do, Hector is the worst. Selling guns though, who knows what that could result it, it has a high chance of leading to deaths, and might even lead to school shootings. Killing Hector is worth $1500 np, Killing a bunch of students isn't worth 2-15 thousand dollars.
@@ThePurpleKnightmare these weren’t pills to
Kill hector these are pain pills that nacho wants to sell, only later on does he use pryce to get the capsules and other medicine to switch out hectors meds
I love how Mike was so confident that he would get the protection job that he didn't even bother to reveal the amount of legwork he put in until after the deal was finished. If Pryce hadn't asked, Mike probably would never have revealed it. Goes to show how knowledgeable Mike is about what info needs to be said and what doesn't.
it's like that saying "a barking dog doesn't bite". He knows his stuff and his confidence and actions speak for themselves
As he said, he did leg work and realize that Nacho cannot afford to let Tuco know about the side hustle and it's in his interest to be as low profile as possible. It was only much later when he needs to get rid of Hector that he involved Wormwood again to get the empty nitrogel pills.
Yep. Fundamental Art-of-War principles: only spend what needs to be spent, nothing more, nothing less, just the exact amount necessary to reach the tactical end. That also translates into oratory. Only say what needs to be said, nothing more, nothing less, just the exact amount of oration necessary to reach the tactical end. Military-silence is such an underrated artform, yet it is absolutely indispensable for one who wishes to survive life's veritable dynamic battlefield.
Why did Mike take such a menial job for $1500
@@SoulforSale 1500 payday actually isn't bad for Mike at this time, this was pre Gus-employment when he was still a freelance "professional criminal" so this sort of job is exactly what he'd be doing
Mike is the embodiment of the saying “Beware of an old man in a profession where men die young"
Havent seen this comment before... lol
Please don't this again 😂
Mike is the embodiment of the saying “Beware of an old man in a profession where men die young”
we get it...
the good old copy and paste to look cool with likes
Watching this after S6E3 reminds me of how much and how far the relationship between Mike and Nacho evolved since this deal.
Mike is literally the definition of “beware of old men in a profession where walt you’ve been seeming sus lately…you sussy baka” incredible writing
bro went chicanerous mid text
You can tell Nacho knew that.
Walt! Don’t lie to me Walt!
LMAO
lol
great job to the writers for tying Mike with Nacho, and even Mike with Saul!
I definitely need a guy like Mike to watch my back
You need to make a lot of money then, his service are expensive
GAY
@@welowee7610 Well Mike is dead, I’m thinking it’d be very expensive to bring him back. Ask the devil, he’d know for sure.
@@thenoneckpeoplerepresentat8074 Thats why he said expensive..duh
Hahah joking obviously lol
@Vini Chenzo There’s no guy like Mike.
The fact that this scenario is reused later on for Nacho getting ahold of the pill capsules is masterful. Everything works towards the greater plot and not a single character or resource goes to waste.
One of my favourite Mike scenes, along with "no more half measures" from Breaking Bad.
.... thats a trash scene, one of the worst
Ahbraham The iii
There's something terribly wrong with you son
@@ahbrahamtheiii781 can you please tell us why you hate that scene, and why it is the worst possible?
@@mrsweetkandy7673 cuz it-s when vince told mike to not say no half measures and was being more of a nice old man instead of the ytpe of crinimal that is on the street
@@ahbrahamtheiii781 what?
That last bit of the speech by Mike is actually kind of heartbreaking. The idea that you can be an "honest criminal" but "you took something that wasn't yours, and you made a profit. You are now a criminal.". I think it's that last part that means most people stay legit. There is something fundamentally wrong with that, even if you're honest about it.
@@2nostromo Rorschach, is that you?
@@2nostromo what a way to not understand (or simply intentionally ignore) the points of the scene or the show lol
@@2nostromo what makes you any different?
@@2nostromo Travis Bickle. Good reference.
@@2nostromo "Some day a big rain is gonna come and wash all this shit off the streets."
is a direct quote from Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver.
"Hellooooo - hi!" Worst part is Pryce would definitely be me doing a shady deal
Same, I'm the nerdy guy who wants to get along with everyone, even the folks I'm committing felonious transactions with, lol.
@@marcussabom2696 That’s me as well, but partially lol
😂😂
thankfully not me
Mike remains a good guy, who occasionally gets his hands dirty. Walter becomes a bad guy, but occasionally washes his hands.
I'd say they both got their hands equally dirty, what separates them is more a matter of intention. Walt had bad intentions and bad motives, Mike had good ones.
Walter instead washes his hands with blood.
@@Hankblue I disagree. I think both Mike and Walt had good intensions. They both wanted to make sure their families never had to worry about money again.
@@gabrielvicente8406 but Walter continued to cook and put his family at harm even when he had all the money in the world. He admitted himself at the end that he did it for the thrill.
@@gabrielvicente8406 It's well established that that was not Walt's underlying motivation.
Just pointing it out, he never charged extra he kept the 1500 amount. Stays true to his word
He didnt even took that million dollar from kettlemen job, he is not gonna rip off that guy. Mike is a crimminal, but still has principle.
And not to mention he didn't even count the 1500 he knows thats it's all there
"Agreed amount or no deal."
@@anthonywilliams1270 Mike wasn't worried. If Pryce short changed him, it wouldn't end well for him.
"You give your word, you keep it."
Mike is imo the best written 'lawful evil' character in fiction
@@p1erce2rough hes evil
@@p1erce2rough i don't care how he felt. actions are the basis of ones character, and he killed hundreds of thousands of people throughout his life
@@tonyisnotdead not sure how old Mike is but let’s just say 60. To have killed 100,000 people by that age he would have to of smoked 4.56 people a day from the day he plopped out of the womb. He “might” have killed 100 total. I’d be willing to bet he didn’t kill more than 100 though.
@@tonyisnotdead I wouldn't say HUNDREDS of thousands. He's just one man
@@tonyisnotdeadYou obviously don't play D&D. Lawful evil is still evil. It's just different than chaotic evil.
Life lessons from a master. I wish more people would listen to what Mike has to say.
Mike wished that, too.
I wish there were more Mikes.
I wish Mike correctly guessed what day it was, that one time
It was hump day
Mike is not a master of life by any measure.
Great writing, great characters, fantastic and "gives me chills' execution and acting. Thanks to all involved.
Pryces criminal skills are way under appreciated. He never seems threatening or seems like he has info. He is clearly smart cause he could count 20 missing out of 1000 in seconds and never once does he look scared. Just bumbling and clusmy and nerdy. Never scared.
That's probably how he changed his name and later got a job working in a warehouse for a paper company.
Just because he's good at counting doesn't mean he's good at being a criminal. How does acting non threatening help in this situation in anyway? In fact, it puts him at a disadvantage like how Nacho tried to short him 20 to test him.
@yahoo9028 yeah he shorted him 20 to test him to see if he would count, and he barely did he just knew rainman style. That means he can let his enemy always think he's out of the loop even when he knows what's going on
@yahoo9028 if nacho whent missing nobody would look at pryce
@@averagejobogio Wait so let me get your logic straight on this one- you're saying he pretends to be out of the loop on purpose so Nacho would test him if he counts the money, and then he counts the money to show him that he isn't? But he still somehow wants Nacho to think he is out of the loop. So you're saying he wants everyone to think he's out of the loop and also that he isn't out of the loop at the same time.
And no one would anyway suspect him if Nacho went missing. He has nothing to gain by that. Tuco could kill him if he found out about this side hustle. And even if, let's say some rival gang took him out, no one's going to look at him in that case either because no one other than Nacho and Pryce know about this deal.
Did you even watch this show? Or are you just pretending to be smart and insightful about a random clip on the internet to troll real fans of the show? Because Pryce is indeed, in fact, a clueless bumbling idiot. It's not some clever persona that's he's putting on now and in a later scene you see that he's s really smart guy. You'd know that if you watched the show.
Imagine if the deals in GTA Online were like this but instead your stuck in dumb slow vans waiting to be blown up by a moron on a flying motorcycle.
Hey professional, didn't expect to see you here
love ur vids dude suprised to see u here
The game is the game
That flying motorcycle is the best grinding tool, bruh.
It’s not their fault.
Pretty sure the day they turn GTA into this you will be the first one to uninstall the game and demand flying exploding motorcycles
Michael Mando is genuinely amazing at playing himself, from Vaas to every other role.
I’ve started playing Far Cry 3 again due to BCS
That Honda Odyssey never came with an exterior wood panel trim LOL but the extra effort to make Pryce more of a nerd than he already was fantastic and a nice touch 🤣
This show incredible. The tension was growing and growing to a perfect point, and the fact the no explosion of violence of any kind issued at the end is telling us this very tension was the point. This show is brilliant
Agreed amount of pimento cheese or no sandwich
4:25 mikes 2 sentence lecture makes me want to behave for the rest of my life no matter what
I learned a long time ago to beware of the calm, soft-spoken guy in the room. The loud mouths and people causing a scene and freaking out and yelling and screaming are usually not the toughest guys. The quiet guy who stays calm and has nothing to prove is the dangerous one because he knows he can kick everybody else's ass. Mike is that guy. The old Japanese saying is: "The empty drum clangs the loudest."
Dang! That's a good quote.
What about tuco
@@Phintium tuco is crazy and acts if provoked, but once someone stands up to him, he changes his act. Saul got him to just break 2 legs, and Walt got him to pay what he owes.
AMEN!!!
@@7gdnz Yeah, but he's not not-tough. He just respects strength.
''I didn't say you're bad guy, I said you're a criminal''
Mike is awesome
the worst criminals are the ones with badges anyway
2:47 Note that Mike stands guard until Nacho’s crew have all entered the car so there are no potential for surprises. What a great detail!
5 months late but what Mike gonna do? He doesn't have a gun. But he already knows Nacho won't do anything as he explained why
@@Frog-2001As you mentioned yes, but Nacho doesn't know that. This is my take, I think he's just making sure everything is smooth till the end so that his job is done.
he just didnt want to spend more time with an energy vampire
This is the exact moment Pryce became a criminal
lol
This was the moment he became Prycenberg
He already had become one when he stole the drugs from the company he works in. Now that he is selling it, he becomes another kind of criminal by breaking another legality
No. When he stole it.
Fun fact (I think? I recall reading about this somewhere): in the scene before this one, Jonathan Banks told Vince Gilligan that Mike would never say "Easy-peasy" but Vince insisted on it.
What the fck r u talking about
@@KP-fy5bf Jonathan Banks told Vince Gilligan that Mike would never say “Easy-peasy” but Vince insisted on it.
@@KP-fy5bf Jonathan Banks told Vince Gilligan that Mike would never say "Easy-peasy" but Vince insisted on it.
@@KP-fy5bf Jonathan Banks told Vince Gilligan that Mike would never say "Easy-peasy" but Vince insisted on it.
When did he say easy peasy?
What always got me about this was Mike goes on a whole talk about ethics and all glasses hears is "I can keep committing crime"
One of the earlier scenes where Nacho is running things like a boss before he got turned into Gus' personal dog.
You mean back when Nacho was in a much smaller pond, The same thing happened with Walt and Jesse, some fish are able to grow with the pond, the other fish get knocked down the food chain.
The "criminal" speech is really interesting to watch. Both actors were great; you can see Mike and Pryce both take into account the true meaning of Mike's words. Mike knows it's no small thing, and is trying to make Pryce very aware of that. Pryce is grappling with his conscience in that one shot, and realizing he doesn't really mind. Great show, can't wait to see the end. Hope Bob is doing ok
Mike owning Trevor and Vaas in the same episode is a thing of exquisite beauty.
Mike is the shining light of this show, I love the breaking bad world but I couldn’t get through this show without these storylines
I forgot how Nacho was originally written as being shady and a bit of a bully lol. Such a tremendous ride we went through with such a great character🙏🏿❤️😢 🌹
Bro, he was still shady...
@@souptikchakraborty.yt.2024 Yeah he just loves his dad, which is a lot of bad people
Complaining over being shorted 20 dollars, definitely an energy vampire.
50 dollars next time
4:07 mike explains chaotic good versus lawful evil
1:52 now that's a power move!
First and last eye contact between mike and nacho. Both moments were gem❤️💔
The locations in this show are spectacular
That sage advice is true in real life. That's what makes this show so good. There is so much that could have been reality it's scary.
One thing I’ve never understood here is how Pryce riffled through an envelope full of cash for a few seconds and determined they were $20 short
He may have some kind of savant ability to count stuff fast. He certainly seems like he could.
The amount was like 19,020 so if there isn't a twenty in there you are missing 20
@@sadfrog15 that’s possible, when was the price mentioned?
@@sadfrog15 It doesn't have to be all in 50 or 100 dollar bills though. There can be a lot of 20s there.
Because it’s a TV show…
what an amazing character mike is , absolutely love him whenever his scene comes
It's the one to one conversations like this that makes this character valuable for the show ... Even in Breaking Bad, with Walt, Jesse, ... All the same ! ..
The "I've known good criminals and bad cops, bad priests and honorable thieves" line rlly hits home
Love how mike chooses his words very carefully as to keep control but also give nacho the ability to save face and not appear weak.
Like with the shorted 20. They did that on purpose to test pryce. Mike called them out and nacho, seeing how tuco is, probably thought trying to be confrontational would help ateer the situation in his favor, but mike knows this trick and is like nope just was an accident moat likely so nobody can claim they were insulted
Frightening how many people can be genuinely sympathetic to the excuses for evil. Mike has redefined 'good' so that his own life won't generally fall outside of it, despite all the abhorrent things he's done. For him, he thinks that can be ignored, as long as what proceeds from it is 'honest', despite that 'honesty' being fraudulent and its meaning elusive (Ultimately illusory), and the whole concept of 'good' he espouses being contradictory.
Jonathan Banks' performance here as Mike is great. I love that he isn't being accusatory, acknowledging that the missing $20 is probably just a mistake, but on principle he just can't let that slide. He has absolute command of every scene he's in.
Mike is the best character in any television show ever made
When Newton discovered gravity it was Mike who dropped the apple
I never get tired of this show or BB. Can't wait for the final season!
Aged well
"You're telling me I intentionally shorted you"
"No, Mistakes happen, Now either you pay the 20 dollars or go get yourself another sticker"
Mike is my favorite character in the show, I just feel like he has so much history he carry’s with him
Colin Robinson is just sucking the energy out of this scene
I love how he just gets to the core of the matter, he would tell you exactly what you need to know
who brought an energy vampire to the deal 🤣
At least they weren't riding the energy bus 😅
It would actually make a lot of sense if Pryce was really Colin Robinson just trying to drain every crook and cop he could come across.
There's something inherently terrifying about an old experienced man who has absolutely nothing to lose. Mike's actor does a brilliant job of portraying that.
Mike is definitely one of my favorite “Wise Elderly Man” characters. He may not be a model citizen, but he knows his stuff and is willing to share his wisdom. That’s respectable in my book.
If they made a spin off of mikes younger days I’d watch it!
Words to live by. I wanna be like Mike
Naa...don't do it. Although admirable, he really shouldn't be treated as a role model.
So dying at the hands of an evil bald ex chemistry teacher with lung cancer?
So you can die in pain by a river? Mike’s smart but he would’ve made different life choices if given the chance.
You can learn something useful by anyone, but that doesn't mean they should be role models.
Mike himself would tell you not to try and be like him. He's pretty miserable doing what he does. The only reason he even became a criminal was to support his granddaughter financially.
Hire Mike for protection, and get a free life lesson with each job.
I could use Mike when buying a new car. He would make sure that you would get a good deal.
Nobody gets a good deal buying a car. A new car especially is the fastest way to financially kneecap yourself.
I like how they gave him the money off the bat, even though he didn't have the product on him, simply because they knew he wouldn't run away. Just based off of how he looked and his mannerisms. Genius.
it's the simple things in life, isn't it?
Yeah I was wondering about that. Like when does that ever happen in a drug deal? Makes more sense now
There was no where to run to
You think they won't find him if he runs?
Mike told him earlier that he should take the money first, count it, and only THEN give him the product. The other guy was thinking of making the switch at the same time.
I love how, despite Mike and Nacho being on opposing sides for most of the series, their relationship was always one of respect and courtesy. They had great chemistry together, and their dynamic really sets the stage for what Mike and Jessie would become in the original series.
If Nacho had thrown twenty dollars bill at Mike then the deal will be off.
@Pixel Punisher do you drop one of the pill bottles to regain frame. Any experts on psychology here?
@@digitalempirellc6118 the geek ran to pick it up and wouldn't of thought to drop the pills. Nacho knew that he was dealing with Mike at that point and basically dropped the money to let Mike know he wasn't a pushover either. It was a wash and they both knew it was better to leave it that way.
Absolute treasure Jonathan Banks is. Much respect for hid work. Perfectly cast.
"You are now a criminal"
"Damn, I need to get the right vehicle then"
Mike is just too real bro. Ive met some older folks that were very similar to Mike. Lesson of the day is: NEVER underestimate someone, either for them being young, fat, short, old or whatever. You never know who youre dealing with. Just try to be decent, honest and respectful and the chances of something bad happening when youre dealing with dangerous people will lower a lot
I wonder if nacho really did short him to see if the guys he was dealing with were serious or not.
Are you saying he intentionally shorted you?
@@hasan_z your pops a nice guy.
@@hasan_z no, mistakes happen
This is a great scene and I love it, but knowing Mike, I feel like he would always have a gun on him incase of any situation.
During this time in the show, he's trying to be a pacifist. He doesn't want to hurt anybody
He would never tell or let on to anyone that he had a gun even if he did.
@@claymac7895 that's right, even the people on set don't know when and if Jonathan is carrying. the man is unreadable
Guns are asking for trouble. What if they get pulled over on the way out there? A bunch of guns in the car will blow up their field trip real quick.
@@redrick8900 is getting pulled over with a bag of cash that much better though? You need to hide whatever might give leos a reasonable cause, and that moneybag might be enough already for some overzealous cop to dig deep enough to find something. I understand that adding a gun charge on top of whatever drug charge you might catch from any illegal residue found in your vehicle might be a *substantial increase* but it depends on the individual's mentality- risking jail time for possible moneybag-related drug charge or just straight up deciding not to go to jail in any case and be willing to exchange your freedom for someone's else's life (aka pulling on cops). It's all about what you're prepared to do to avoid _any_ risk...
Mike is such an underrated character. And I say that in full awareness that he's a fan favourite, he's still UNDERrated. We don't deserve a character like him
Hes not underrated. Hes one of the main characters. An underrated character would be hector or Jimmy
Mike did the classic "answer a question with a question." Works most of the time.
Someone for the love of God give Michael Mando his own show. Guy is so good in everything he's in.
I would easily watch a series of just Mike's life... Maybe when he was a cop or something.... Awesome actor and awesome character.... 👍
This scene never gets old. Or the one in the parking garage before it. Love this. I could watch it all day.
As the deal concluded I thought the guy with the glasses was going to wish those guys a nice day.
Pryce should've put the merchandise on the ground and told the young man "Here you go, these are for you."