One of my all time favorite scenes is when Walt calls Walt Jr. "Jesse" by accident. Really showed how often he thinks of Jesse even though he doesn't show him affection.
@j. not only that, but in the flashback scene where Walt and Skyler are buying their home he mentions that he wants THREE kids, not two. Then there's the time in season 5 when Jesse comes over for dinner and sits in the empty spot at their table. Their entire relationship consists of Walt manipulating Jesse into doing what he believes is the best for him (and Walt, of course). You can see how deeply he is wounded near the end of the show when he realises Jesse has betrayed him. He really did grow to think of him as a son and love him in his own way. Toxic shit, yo
I’m actually kind of annoyed that never brought up again. With how this show loves to brought up small slips up in the past like a domino effect, I’m surprised that wasn’t mentioned ever again. No way you can just forget your own father called you by someone else’s name
Imagine being in highschool, doing a chemistry class with a boring chemistry teacher. He gets fired. And months later on the news that guy that taught you chemistry is revealed to be a drug lord.
There was an unfilmed scene from the script of Felina where after Walt pretends to be a Times reporter at the gas station to get the Schwartz's address, a former student of his recognizes him. Walt pays him off and threatens him to make sure he doesn't rat him out. But before leaving, Walt asks, "What kind of teacher was I?" The former student replies, "You were good" and then says he remembered the time Walt sprayed different chemicals at a flame and it made different colors.
The ironic thing about Walter is by the end of the show, despite ending with nothing, he's arguably more famous (or infamous) and well known worldwide than Gretchen and her husband, who appear on television, not because of their own accomplishments, but because of their connection with Walter.
Ohhh it's like that conversation about Pablo Escobar, I forgot who exactly said it but I think it was Walt or Hank who said something like "we remember Pablo Escobar but not the men who caught him"
@@Looneyboy no he wasn't. He kept saying he did it for his family as an excuse for his actions; if he was solely concerned with providing for them, he would have taken Elliot's offer. Realizing he was about to die caused him to snap out of his aversion to risk, view himself as pathetic and allow his alter ego to slowly take over. The power he amassed over five seasons simply allowed him to become who he truly was all along, and only when he knows for sure he's going to die later that day can he finally come to terms and admit it.
@Yirlani ca·thar·sis "The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions." In this context I believe that the moment Walt finally let it out and admitted he did it all for himself was so powerful that they felt it while watching the episode.
I like how the comments are a mix of genuine analysis of Walter White's character, and people saying "my favorite part was when Walt told Hank it's 'breaking bad time' and everyone exploded"
That scene where Jesse gives Walt the watch for his birthday always gets me. It shows just how much of a pure soul Jesse still is and how much he looks up to Mr White. Knowing what happens after and what the watch comes to represent in the later episodes makes this scene ultra painful to revisit
I wholeheartedly believe Walt truly cared for Jesse and loved him like a son. Yes, he took advantage of him and put a hit out on him but only because he couldn't trust Jesse after he ratted. It was just the rules of the game. He didn't want Jesse to suffer, though, and requested that this inevitable hit would be quick and painless. Ultimately, after tying up all loose ends, Walt sacrificed himself to save Jesse and provide financially for his biological children, like a good father. Walt's primary agenda was to die with dignity, unlike his own father...and he accomplished that goal. I think that went over most people's heads. Breaking Bad was a beautiful masterpiece!
@@elleblur5 Do you not remember any of the circumstances surrounding that, the guilt he felt, or the fact he started a relationship with said girl away from Meth? Jesse was trying to convince himself to play a part he didn't want to be a part of anymore because he felt trapped. He went to sell the girl meth, and ends up dating her and taking care of her kid, lol.
Anna Gunn was so good at Skyler, every time I watch the show again I completely forget she’s even acting. This whole cast is outstanding. Truly a legendary show.
She perfectly represents the pain and hopelessness Skyler feels. In season 3 where Walt takes a courtesy call from Jesse at the hospital and he probes Skyler to guess who it was, she just smiled so emptily and walked away. Its like the lies have broken down her emotional range into feeling nothing.
@@Charlie-Charlot I actually thought todd was interesting. like he was such a psychopath but he spoke gently, genuine and with no sarcasm he simply just followed orders
In Season 1, Walt looks for any reason not to kill Krazy-8 even though he had literally tried to murder him. He saw Krazy-8 as an actual person with a family and friends. In season 5, Walt shoots Mike in cold blood. Simply because Mike has hurt his ego. Showing just how evil Walt has become.
Then without hesitation orders Neo-Nazi's to murder 10 prisoners in a 2 minute window and coldly tells the Neo-Nazi's that it can and will be done his way
Almost as evil as the man not doing a video about Franklin Saint. The man who's more dangerous than even a rational psychopath. The man who is an irrational psychopath.
Nah. I don't think he killed Mike purely out of ego. Mike noticed that Walter had already taken his gun prior. Walter had always planned on killing him
One of my favourite quotes in breaking bad is when Hank is being held at gun point. As Walt begs for them not to shoot him, Hank states “Walt, you are the smartest man I know, yet, you can’t seem to see that he made up his mind 10 minutes ago” before being shot.
Lmao you guys somehow both got it wrong. It’s closer to: “Walt, you’re the smartest guy I know, yet you’re too stupid to see. He made his mind up 10 minutes ago”
I thought more would come of that. He was an asshole to her for a while in the show. I know he was depressed and crippled but I thought there would be some repercussions.
For me, the scene where I realised that Walt's standards of morality completely had changed, was his speech at his high school, when the plain was crashed. He showed us that he saw those dead people as statistics, instead of human lives.
That was a coping mechanism on Walt's part. Knowing his actions helped create the disaster, he was trying to find ways to mitigate his feelings of guilt by telling himself and others that more people could've died, in a "Yeah, I fucked up, but it could've been a lot worse, right?"-kind of way.
But in the end, he did have a point. Although many people died that day, the talk about the plane crash stopped as fast as it came and soon after nobody talked about it.
I think you missed the part where he tells Hank that Gale wasn’t the true mastermind. Again about his pride he doesn’t want Gale taking credit for his work
Exactly, it says to me something as obvious as that suggests to me this analysis was a bit of cherry picking, that is just searching for point to prove his own theory and not what was on the screen
@@zoyazoya3926 the alternative being him selling out jesse to potentially stay alive. between jesse and gale he picked jesse and jesse knew that as much too.
One thing I never thought much about until now: Walts overbearing pride was never affected by his son’s developmental issues. That seems like something a major narcissist would never let himself live down, but he genuinely loves Jr til the end.
That's because he isn't a narcissist. At least not by "diagnosis". He's a resentful prick with an ego bigger than new mexico, but he isn't a psychopath of any kind.
I do believe it has been alluded to in some form within the series at some point or another. Especially given how throughout the show he was shown to give way more attention to Jesse than to Jr. Regardless I also believe Walt Jr’s character was written that way to add on to the sadness of how Walt’s life ended up in the beginning of the series.
what about that scene in class where he was talking about that drug that they gave pregnant women that made the child develop cerebral palsy and other disabilities its obvious he held some resentment
@@ahmedkhan1272 you could read it like that. But he uses Thalidomide in class to explain how a small change in chemical structure can have huge consequences, foreshadowing him turning meth into a bomb. And Walt Jr very likely isn't a Thalidomide child, since he's too young. And even if Walt secretly holds a resentment, it's not with Walt Jr himself. He loves his son unconditionally to the end. One of his very few redeeming qualities.
That part about him having "nothing to lose", I disagree right there. Walter lost his family, his home and almost everything he cherished towards the end of the show.
@@InfernoBlade64 Well that was one of the problems with Walt. For all his brilliance, he never really thought things through when it came to dealing in drugs and how it could affect his family.
The moment Walt lost me was when he refused the financial support from his rich former friends: that's when I realised that the idea of him being a provider to his family was more important than his family itself.
How would that have provided for his family after he died? Uh...I think you're off base here. He was trying to provide for them forever not just while he was alive.
@@looweegee252 He would have been making decent money working for Gray Matter. (Way more than he would be as a school teacher) Plus he could have still done the treatment with the health insurance through the company. I believe that was the main reason why he was offered the job early on in the series. Granted, it likely wouldn't have been close to the money he made from meth throughout the series, but the whole crux and weakness of Walt was that he was unable to put his pride down. It's not like Walt didn't receive offers from Hank, Gretchen, and others to take care of his family if he had passed.
@@AsThePokeballTurns Treatment? Take it from a cancer survivor, we make decisions based on our absence. We don't make decisions based on borrowed time.
To me it was with how he acted towards Gretchen after the refusal. And I think it’s a bit more than the idea of him providing. He doesn’t wanna burden his family. From his speech about refusing chemo, he didn’t wanna slowly die out as a husk of a man while putting his family in severe debt, concurrently forcing Skyler to watch her husband wither away and lose everything to a giant bill put on her tab after he passes. He doesn’t just wanna provide. He wants to provide in a way that he isn’t dragging everyone down with him. Cancer basically made him a liability in his eyes
8:51 I wish the series showed the reactions of those students who made fun of him. Imagine them seeing in the news that their teacher had millions in the 10-figures, and was the biggest druglord of the southwest, and murdered a lot of people. Not to mention dissolving bodies in acid and sending them to Belize.
Yes. I always wanted throughout the show Walt’s ramifications and actions to be shown to the world and public at large and when it finally did I would’ve loved to see how his students would’ve reacted. In the show’s universe, Walter White would go down in history as a major crime figure where documentaries, books, maybe even its own show or movie(s) would be made about him. I’ve always had that same thought, I completely agree with you.
The fallout of all that happened throughout the two shows and the movie is best shown when the cameras pans throughout the ABQ, some of the old locations are now in ruins, closed or replaced like Pollos Hermanos. Jimmy is wanted simply because everyone else is dead or in prison, mostly due to Walt’s actions. It’s similar to the Sopranos, as the story comes to a close we see that everyone moves on. It’s depressing but that’s life. That’s what these stories are trying to teach, that our bad deeds don’t usually have as much of an impact as we think. Tony Soprano dies a mob boss of a ruined gang that was never as great as they thought they were. Walt dies with a bang but even on the radio in El Camino, people just learned to keep living their lives.
Mike said it best (paraphrasing here): We had a good thing, and it ran like clockwork. All you had to do was cook, known your place, and you would've been rich. But you had to ruin it, you and your ego.
The irony of Walt dumping Gretchen because he felt inferior to her wealthy family...had he not left her and Grey Matter, he would've been just as, if not even wealthier.
Thats not the problem. His issue is that he wants to be a self made man through any means possible. He really doesn’t care abt being more rich than them, he would rather be same wealth as Gretchen and Elliott through his own means than being wealthier wit their help. Walt’s issue is that he values money and appearance more than his or his family’s well being at least by the end of the show.
@@jai7451 He definitely cares about being as -- if not more -- financially successful than Elliott. Either Skylar or Jesse confronts him about his refusal to stop, and he doesn't give a direct answer, but the clues, the way he talks to and about Elliott and Gretchen, the way their offers to help absolutely infuriate him, are there.
I find it fascinating how damn near every bad thing that happens in the show can be traced back to Walter. I think he for the majority of the show saw himself as a good man thrown into a world of bad people, but whenever someone died, or whenever something got objectively worse, the one thing that started it was Walter.
Dating back to the first few episodes. If walt doesn't try to cook drugs he never murders crazy eight. If he just accepted financial support from Gretchen and Elliot the show never starts
@@davidgodfrey9780 a lot of what he destroy or kills is also fellow criminals and drug lords, he still got a lot of innocent’s killed but I don’t think he is inherently bad for taking out or killing people like fring, context is key
@Kevin Nigins "He got a lot of innocent people killed but I don't think he's inherently bad" Do you seriously not see the contradiction in your own words? If a decent person wanted to kill evil people he would make double, triple sure that no innocents came to harm, killing innocents, even if it wasn't the primary intention, is always evil. Not that he killed those evil people out of altruism either. He didn't kill them because they were evil, he killed them for revenge or money, no different from a regular gangster killing a thug from a rival gang. Would you say an IRL drug dealer who gunned down several bystanders while trying to kill a rival dealer wasn't evil, because he didn't strictly want to kill them but just didn't care if they died? Then why are you defending Walter White?
Self confidence is enormously important to the human psyche, the lack of this particular trait can really drive you into the depths of madness. Walter had no self confidence whatsoever until he started his nefarious journey to become a criminal. Prior to that he was constantly henpecked by his wife, herded like a damn steer by his brother and sister in law, slave driven by his boss at the car wash and looked upon by others as an underachiever as hank put it. Then when his cancer was revealed he became the epitome of a pity party. Everyone felt sorry for him and in so doing it became a constant reminder to him that he’s done nothing with his life and will leave no lasting impact on anyone or anything in the world. In contrast, the second his meth business started, 2 evil scumbags were killed by him in self defense. For the first time in his 50 years on earth he had control of his life. This gave his ego the boost of self confidence it so desperately needed, even though outwardly he appeared to suffer over these 2 killings. He got a taste of power and relished it. The rest of the story is him chasing the dragon. Everything he did after that wasn’t for his family or to save his and Jessie’s life, it was simply done to remain in control so that his self confidence could stay boosted to the heights that he had brought it to. This is when self confidence turned into hubris overweening pride. This is when Walter white became truly evil.
Very wrong. What exactly was Walt chasing for himself when he killed Gus' henchmen to save Jesse? He made himself and his family a massive target, ruined his relationship with Gus beyond repair and potentially flushed all his income down the toilet so he could keep Jesse's dumbass from getting himself killed.
@meme-potentialsearch8010 It's a factual look that you can't argue with. You can call it names but you can't really explain anything because it's a desert inside your head.
In the end, Walt put his pride of being the “provider” for his family behind him. Walt Jr will receive 9 million dollars from “Gretchen and Elliot” and he will never know that his father did that for him. He finally put aside his ego. I don’t think many people talk about that part.
I think that may be the intended take-away, but i think it's relevant to note here that Walt never really planned to present himself as a provider to his family, his pride in that regard seemed more internal. I think if S1E1 Walt was able to give his family $9mil or even just the $700,000 without them knowing it was him, he would have done it.
I actually disagree here. Walt doesn't ever lose his pride and whilst yes he allows them to take the credit for it, he still dies knowing it was really his money and somehow that's enough for him. He specifically states they cannot put any of their own money in and it has to be all of his money only, not a single dollar or their money. That shows us that he still dies with his pride intact, that Walter White is still Walter White.
I remember in an interview with the producer. He said that they want to take this nice teacher and transform him into Tony Montana from Scarface. Well, they did a pretty job with that
The scene that always has stood out the most, above all, is the ending to "Crawlspace" everything about that, from the music, to the horrified look on Skyler's face, to the amazing acting of Bryan Cranston... For me, it's the best TV scene ever. Spine-chilling and intense.
The final scene in the whole series. There's just something about it. The isolation that Walt is in, yet the satisfaction that he did what he set out to do Him laying his hand and scanning the equipment around him, with almost a proud look on his face. No dialogue and yet you know what he's thinking. And the camera going ascending above his satisfied face while Baby Blue plays. The only time when watching a show I cried. It was the best ending to any story I've ever read or watched.
I watched that at 4 am alone in my house with a friend on a voice call. That’s all we talked about for the next few days, and it really was a great experience.
Another thing to note is that the book Walter stole from Hanks evidence that inevitably is then found by hank again, is a symbol of Walters ego. As the only reason Walter kept the book was because Gale wrote a poem about him in it. If Walter had simply been rational and burned or disposed of said book, Hank probably would not have come to the realization that Walter is Heisenberg. Walters ego truly was his downfall.
Hank’s ego and need to be the one that solely busted Heisenberg caused him to die also. No DEA agent would set up a sting and meet in the middle of the desert with a man that had 11 prisoners in different prisons killed within a 2 minute span unless they were fully invested in making the case even if it affects his personal and work life.. solely because of his pride, he was pissed Walt fooled him for so long.
@@JacobC479 it was actually an already established threat that he was going off a hunch. He didn’t die because of his ego, he died because he took a leap of faith with jesses plan, he ended up dying because his character symbolizes the good that dies because of evil. I don’t think there was an established ego that the writers emphasized but I could be wrong.
Nah he was still an egoistic man. He didn't told the DEA that Walt was Heisenberg only because he wanted to save his ass. Had he told this to the dea much earlier Walt wouldn't had the opportunity to flee and Hank would still living @@vincentking4618
Bryan Cranston was asked in an interview which scene he felt Walt’s transformation was complete, and he said it was the “I am the danger” speech. That was when old Walt officially died and was replaced by a monster.
You can see it in his face then. Walt isn't just saying something he's known for a while. It's more like he's realizing something as he says it. You know when you realize something is true as you are saying it out loud? Kudos to Bryan for how good he was in that scene.
There's another interview where Jonathan Banks is getting emotional about how much playing Mike meant to him, and then Cranston immediately follows up by saying his favorite scene was killing Mike
One of the things that's most tragic to me is that walt mentions in the show that he didn't remember his father very well cause he was so young when his father died and then realising that he inadvertently ended up creating the same circumstances for his daughter Holly except for the fact that she's going to have to grapple with all the stories of the horrible things he did. its like he experienced what its like having a difficult family situation and ended up passing an even worse one to his own children.
“Did you bring a bomb into a hospital” is a line that is funny when you first hear it. But when you realize that Walt willing brought a pipe bomb into a hospital without a second thought it’s pretty scary. The only time he cared was when the magnet stuck to the door and it was hard to get the bag off
The writing team pulled the greatest trick by making the audience cheer on Walt and hate Skyler. The total opposite of how any right minded person should be thinking.
That's interesting, because I never felt that way about Skylar. I completely empathized with her. I guess it comes down to whoever you can relate to the most
Well i love that scene when he is talking to a therapist and describes his son as a bumbling idiot basically really shows his nature but i mean thinking about it right now I would also on the inside hate him if he was a bumbling idiot
The sad thing is Walt’s ruination of himself, his family and so many lives could have been entirely avoided from the very beginning had he just accepted the high paying job graciously offered to him by his former compatriots in recognition of his critical contributions to their Nobel Prize research and simply because they were trying to be good friends. But Walt’s greatest flaw threw that golden opportunity away out of childish jealousy and petulance: his ego.
There were many moments where we could see that Walter was long gone, but to me this is the one. Even when he claims that to be Heisenberg, that is not really that moment to me... The difference between Heisenberg and Walter is that Walter would have accepted that offer, because even though he may have felt betrayed by his former colleagues, initially he was in it only for the money so his family could live well and he would do anything for it, but he declined it to keep making meth, because money was no longer the only thing he wanted.
That whole arc with Gretchen & David(?) Is a red herring. The true villian is the American Empire. Go rewatch the entire show. Even Hank runs up against this villian & faces it down by Walt&Skylar "sharing" their "gambling" money...
@@KaikiIsTaken Pretty much. If he really cared about taking care of his family financially in the face of his diagnosis, he would have swallowed his pride and accepted the job offer. An offer that would also very generously cover his treatments. It just boiled down to him being too proud to ask for help from the many people who legitimately cared about him like the OP so eloquently stated.
I always kinda felt like Walt would've absolutely taken that offer if it had happened anytime before the meth. I always felt like how deep in he was by that point had at least as much to do with that choice, as ego. As well, he simply didn't want treatment.
I’m so sorry but I need to point out a blatant mistake you made in this video. At 39:51 you state how Walt is utterly alone with nothing in a frozen hut - but in reality Walt had TWO copies of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.
Even if he got to leave, Walter would be broken, thinking he'd die a boring man who never took the risks that would lead him to his own success. In the end, he has regrets, but probably wouldn't make that many different choices
“We had Fring we had a lab you stupid son of a bitch and it all ran like clockwork but you just had to blow it all up. You and your pride and your ego, you just had to be the man! if you had done your job known your place we’d all be fine!”
bro frrr ESP AFTER S4 like gus was gone, no one was gonna kill him, he had the carwash and his family and Skylar wanted him to stop, things would've been fine if he just did but not he had to go in again and take Jesse with him
@@HOTD108_ Ever since the beginning of the show, there's been a clear distinction between Walt and Heisenberg's universes. One being the family man persona, and the other being the ruthless kingpin drug empire. When Skyler found out about Walt, a bridge between these two worlds formed. Once Hank inevitabily found out about Walt, the two words collided. Walt and Heisenberg finally became one.
I found it so cool in the later seasons to be able to look back and realize how much of the bad shit that happened throughout the show was due largely to just Walt having a massive ego and not being able to not be “the guy”
The only thing the show lacks is on-screen CGI diarrhea coming from all angles and a big purple alien hell bent on destroying half the universe, so unfortunately, Im going to have to give this show a 10/10.
@@TheNinthGeneration1 It certainly looked like him, and it would make sense that he had to find a new job. But I have not heard anybody from the writing staff to confirm that.
I mean hey. Say what you want about Badger and Skinny Pete, it fair. But they're friends that back up their buddy up 100%. That's a rare thing to have these days.
You’ve missed one thing. In the final episode when Walter meets his wife last time, he does not say her that Walter jr. is going to receive money on his birthday and it is his money, his pride should have made sure that at least Skyler knows that it is him who is giving them this 10 millions, but I think at this point, as he confessed that all of what he has done, was for himself, he actually defeated his ego and actually did a selfless act for his family. A small detail but I think an important one.
He lies and makes it sound like skyler didn’t know and was in an abusive spot instead of a collaborator, that way it absolves her and Walt jr of guilt, and therefore of suspicion when they receive money
I also think he did it because the money is supposed to come from Elliot and Gretchen, and it's important for all the legal reasons that it come from them. If Skyler knew for sure it came from Walt, it would be one more thing she'd have to lie to the police about, one more thing to keep from Walt Jr, it would just complicate the situation more. It's better if she think it's a gift from Walt's former business partner. She can suspect it's from Walt, but without confirmation she can enjoy plausible deniability.
His ego was satiated knowing he knows Elliot and Gretchen knows he was able to provide for his family and he again wont take even a dime from them even legal fees or lawyer fees he knows what he was able to do and proved he didnt need their charity. His family also wouldnt take his money even if he begged so it would be counter productive to tell them
Walt ended up getting everything he wanted from the beginning... he went out in a blaze of glory in a shootout and not in a hospital bed from cancer and he was able to provide for his family... as a bonus, he had two new children, his baby daughter and his baby blue, he was able forgive and save his only real friend, Jessie, he was able to finally admit the truth to himself and Skyler and say goodbye and he destroyed all his enemies, real and perceived whether physically or metaphorically.
He’s also a legendary figure like Al Capone or Pablo Escobar. Nobody will ever say that Walter White wasn’t a brilliant and capable man. But he’ll never be spoken of fondly by anyone he ever actuslly knew. He got his egomaniac dream at the cost of his life, family and reputation as a good person
@@dustyboi8975 99% true... there are a couple of people who would still speak fondly of Walter White, the same way people spoke fondly of Billy The Kid or other outlaws and those would be Skinny Pete and Badger who love and admire Walter White - he is their hero. Gale Boetticher would too (if he was still alive). He doesn't know that Walt ordered his death. Skyler probably has forgiven Walt over time once he admitted the truth to her, she still loves him - even after everything that's happened. I think from what we have seen with Jesse 'El Camino' and the post 'Breaking Bad' Cinnabon scenes with Saul Goodman / James McGill in 'Better Call Saul' that the two of them have come to a new place with respect to Walter White / Heisenberg. Saul is in purgatory, tormented by his past sins and mistakes and Jesse has found acceptance after been literally broken free from his bondage and addictions and is now in heaven, ready to begin a new life with purpose. Everyone else though, who is still alive, hates Walter's guts. None more-so than Walt Jr. who is the only true innocent "adult" character of the series who never compromised himself for greed or glory like so many others did. Everyone else had their own sins and hypocrisy. Walter White's greatest casualty of his criminal empire was the loss of his son's unconditional and endearing love.
I agree. Walt got everything HE wanted. And he destroyed so many lives in the process. And the price to pay, was his family. He ruined all of their lives for his own happiness.
Also notice how Walt wears a lot of green in the posters, green being representative of greed and money. Vince is even telling the story through each characters color palette.
the color messaging of the show is genius and i will never not be obsessed with it the way the colors all mean something and are relevant to what is happening is insane, and i love how subtle it is
@@crowcrashedRomans 10:9-11 says, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved".Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
breaking bad really made me question my own moral compass. I was rooting for the most sadistic characters and my most hated character was a pregnant woman dealing with family issues
Walt is a very easy character to empathize with. He's also the main character, so you see the story from his perspective and from his perspective, Skyler is an antagonist. However I've noticed that on a second watch people tend to like Skyler a lot more. I think that's because after you see every evil thing Walt does, it finally crosses into being unforgivable at the end of the show. And when you rewatch it with the knowledge that Walt is the villian, Skyler becomes a lot more understandable and Walt's actions seem way less forgivable.
@@tf3217 She cheated on him so she deserves to have her children's lives threatened, her brother in law killed, have to raise a baby and a son with cerebral palsey all by herself, and be known as the wife of one of the most evil men in America, all without getting any of the money Walt intended to leave for her? That's fucking harsh dude
@@cousinmajin I agree wholeheartedly with the fact that Skyler was rightfully angry and opposed with Walt because of what he does. I just didn't like her because she acts like such a Karen throughout the show and reminds me of the principal I had back in middle school lol.
I think the part that made Jane's death more evil was that she knew to sleep on her stomach, and Walt accidently rolled her onto her back, causing her to begin choking.
@@darthbigred22 She wasn't a good person but she also wasn't a murderer. She was just misguided. She was also young and naive, while Walt was older and should have known better.
@KitchensAreHot I'm not sure he choosed at that moment. He was undecided and the action ran too quick to achieve either choice. I think he made up his mind in afterthough, and -wanting to make Jesse suffer- lied to him at the end.
The scene where he's laying under the house looking up at his wife through the hatch, screaming and laughing is the only scene where I've had to pause a show and literally take a moment in my life. Absolutely horrifying-overload drama.
Actually in the movie A Bronx Tale its was Robert De Niro who said “It don't take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who the real tough guy is, the working man is the tough guy.”
"It doesn't take much strength to pull the trigger, but try getting up every morning and working for a living, and see who the tough guy is then." Stellar quote!
I was so disappointed to see that Netflix cut scenes out of 'A Bronx Tale.' Like when the black kid on the bus gives the white kids the finger, so all you see is the black kid looking all sad. I can't believe that Netflix would edit stuff out of such a classic. Typical 'woke' stupidity.
@@speedracer1945 Was also a drug addict, actor Chazz Palminteri, Sonny in the Bronx tale, ended up cutting all ties with him over it. As for the murder thing, I dont think he was the killer but the guy he was with.
It is possible to cock the hammer for single action, so the trigger pull is lighter. Is the same possible for waking up every morning, so the going to work is easier?
You glossed over Hank's death. I feel like that moment was a huge turning point. The whole scene where he begged for his life was huge. Was that Walt or Heisenberg begging for Hank? I think that whole scene could be analyzed. I think at that point, Walt finally saw himself as the enemy and knew he needed to be put down.
I think another interesting thing to point out that this proved that Hank was more of a man than Walt would ever be. Walt was pleading to Jack to not take Hank’s life, as he didn’t want to face the consequences of his actions and tried to seek a way out. Hank took his death in strides, as he knows the only thing to do now is to accept his fate. It really helps to show how trivial Walt’s plight was.
True. That was the moment Walt realised he was finished. His life was done for and he decided to give up on everything and just accept his wrong doings. He even offered all his money to Jack, the same money that created this whole series and he was ready to give all of that to save Hank. That was one of the most important scene of the entire series.
Also, the TH-camr mentions how Walt is becoming like Gus. But he forgot to mention how when Gus saw the one person that was a brother to him die, how all he did was sob in despair at the look of the dead man’s face. Walt ended up the same too.
12:25 The episode where he forces Walt Jr to drink alcohol until he vomits in the pool because Walt was jealous that Jr looked up to Hank and not him was one of his more spiteful moments.
@@heheh6727 Yeah but he’s a teenager. He’s trying to prove that he’s an adult and equal to the two men and worthy of respect, not a little child. Walter as a father - and a man craving respect - should understand that
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained.” Alexnsandr Solzhenitsyn
I'd hesitate to say there is some universal common man who feels like this - angry, emasculated, sociopathic. An aside- only in American media are older white men lionized for being reckless sociopaths because they have something of a mid-life crisis going on. Walter is quintessentially this old white dude trope, super well-written, a horrible person because of it. But that's just me.
Walter needed serious therapy. But honestly, that first episode had me thinking no one respected him for a long time for whatever reason. Given the circumstances I can fully sympathize and empathize how it got started.
Because no one respects men who are "harmless". They're weak and ineffectual and generally are far more dangerous than people realize. It's cowardice, not morality that keeps them in check. If they can get over their cowardice, they can become highly immoral and dangerous, like Walt. Far more than a traditional masculine man like Hank.
I've always thought Gus and Mike served perfect parallels to Walter's character. Gus is the man Walter wants to be, the mastermind pulling the strings, but Gus is lacking Walter's pride. On the other hand, Mike is the person Walter pretends to be to his wife and how he lies to himself about it, someone who specializes in carrying out tasks for Gus and Saul who really does do it for his family, still plays a very active role in Kaylee's life, also lacking in pride. As Mike said, they had a good thing going but Walter had to be the man, he had to let his pride get in the way, and he killed Gus only to find the structure of the entire operation come down with him, and killed Mike because he was upset at something he said. I think that was why Mike hated Walter so much, because he could see right through his lie that he did it for his family. He knew if he really did it for them he wouldn't be scheming against Gus, he was literally making millions
Gus wanted to kill him, he would. And I did it for myself was a lie. He did take care of his family through his money which he gave to Gretchen and Elliot.
He wanted to take care of his family obviously. But how can you say he didn't do it all for himself? He had so many opportunities to take millions and stop cooking, but he chooses to give up the millions in order to keep cooking. So no he didn't do it for his family, if that was the case he would have stopped much sooner. Also there's no way to say the money made it to his family, Elliott and Gretchen were scared for their lives but anything could have happened, Flynn could have turned down the money, ect
@@mrblue703 He did at the very end where he had nothing to lose and this was his final play, lost everything and finally saw the consequences destroy his family. But he had made enough money to secure his family’s futures long ago in season 1 or 2 and didn’t stop. Skyler had her own business and could easily take care of the family long but he didn’t stop, even when she asked him to. Even when he saw his actions were psychologically destroying his wife he was allegedly trying to protect, he kept going. Even when criminals came to his house he didn’t stop. Even when Fring gave him a safe(r) option of making millions and taking the risk of cartel violence out of the equation he wanted more. He couldn’t even forgo flashing his money on a fancy car when it could risk exposing his actions to the DEA (and cause his family great harm) because of his ego. At every step he put his own ego ahead of his family.
Uh, fine except he literally did not bring it all down over his pride. This is one of the strange moments in which EVEN THE WRITERS seem to forget the actual events of the show. The conflict between Walt and Gus began and was already terminal the moment Walt killed his dealers and hid Jesse. It was over. At that moment it became Gus or Walt.. and, you know, Mike made a mighty attempt to murder Walt. People tend to gloss over that when they get weepy over Walt killing Mike.
I just always come back to the fact that Walter Jr said his dad was his hero. Walt’s family genuinely loved him, but that just wasn’t good enough in his eyes.
The one word I think of Walter at the beginning of the series is: Emasculated. Hank seems to be more of what Walter wants to be: more assertive, more secure, more masculine. It’s this that makes him want to go on that ride along, and everything goes from there.
Exactly. It was always his huge ego and perceived emasculation. He could have taken Elliott's offer to work at Grey Matter and his family would have had a great life, but the second he said "we have great health benefits" he felt he became a pity case and couldn't swallow his pride for the sake of his family and his health.
Walt is a case study on how feeling emasculated made him an insecure bully who needed everyone else to know how tough he is. I think a lot of schools and workplaces have people like that. I got the impression that Bryan Cranston acted like every insecure bully he ever worked with to become Walt. I am guessing a lot of the audience also felt emasculated judging from the extreme and disproportionate reaction to Skyler.
@@josefk7437 This is something that I agree with . Skyler did not deserve all that hate . She was a good woman who was cheated and manipulated by Walt .
@@tatthagatha2657 I think Hank, Walt, Marie, Skyler, and Jesse are all examples of how repressing individuality defiles one's humanity. Hank, like Walt, wants to do some good, but we see him arrest, verbally abuse, and beat people who he considers inferior due to their drug problems. With his sneaky attempt to get a confession from Skyler, and the way he uses his family to carry on his investigations outside of work even if it puts them at risk, Hank is no better than Walt in my eyes. Marie shoplifts and can be nosy and judgmental. Skyler is guilty of constant malicious compliance even when it puts her whole family in danger. Jesse is the only one who consistently has a good heart and tries to do the right thing, but no one has ever valued him simply for who he is. He realized that being decent and kind never got him the love and life he deserved, not even from his parents, and that has driven him to a life of substance abuse. Walt and his whole family are examples of how the toxicity of repressed individuality in middle America destroys lives. Jesse and the other addicts in the show are victims of these sad middle aged people like Gus, Walt, and the DEA who play with lives in a twisted search for deeper meaning.
I wish there was further exploration of how he mistreated Skyler. He was angry that as smart as he was, she could see through his bs. And he tortured her for it, repeatedly.
ikr, I always found it hilarious that people are mad at her character because she never ever believed that shit Walt told her and exposed him quite easily. So strong, smart and ambiguous (like everyone else in the show) character, it’s a pity people usually hate her.
THIS needs to be brought up so much more often. He gaslighted Skyler so many times and constantly made her feel stupid and inferior, all without using physical or verbal violence so that she couldn't tell anyone he was mistreating her. The scene where he's pushing her to come up with a way out from Walt after the pool scene, he makes her admit she can't outsmart him. And when she shows genuine concern for the family's safety because of his actions, he gets angry that she questions him. When she comes up with a detailed plan & script on how to explain their sudden wealth as a result of gambling, Walt mocks her. Skyler understood his ego was bruised so then she tried to convince him he could be a gambling genius. She was terrified of him, yet so often she had to treat him like a child because of his ego. I'm pretty sure he sexually assaulted her a few times while she was still pregnant, Skyler was okay with it at first but she got angry after he forced himself on her in the kitchen. She doesn't get enough credit for being the most mature and realistic person in the show.
@Камиля Гильфанова she was annoying but she was definitely caught in the middle of bs but she also made the choice to comeback to him instead of kicking him out of the house he was jackass and such a liar but she also tried to seem like she was innocent but she also made the choice to go back to him she told him to move back in she had sex with him again she helped launder his money she never tried to hear him out
Until Jon Hamm... Mad men ran parallel to BB Jon fell to his feet in front of BC JH when having won at last... Walter White...uber gangster Don Draper...the coolest man no man would want to be
@@imcallingjapan2178 character study usually implies looking at other people's lives to see how someone in their shoes would realistically act. I'm sure the actor who played Jesse Pinkman has never done Heroin, so it would take some character studying to understand how it feels
@@TheRealBrandonMcDuff instead of wasting his time going to places to observe ppl doing heroin he could have just used it, it would save some time and he gets the real experience to portray on screen. Jk. Good explanation.
This kind of made me think of Harvey Dent’s line in The Dark Night: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”. In early seasons when Walter had made enough money while still being relatively ‘innocent’, he could have died from his cancer, left his family the money they needed, and be deemed a hero for all intents and purposes. With time, his own ego and greed (and loyalty to Jesse) got in the way and caused him to do horrific atrocities thereby leading him to become the villain by the end of the series.
Walt's pride was his ultimate downfall. He couldn't accept help from his friend, and he couldn't _stand_ his friend getting wealthy off the venture the two of them started -- and Walt abandoned.
So true. Practically everything Walt did, at the beginning you could empathize with him, but by the end, his ego and inability to be content and to just break even will take him down a dark path. And then it cycles back and the paths just got darker and darker till that was what he became. One of my favorite lines is Mike telling Walt that he's got to learn to accept yes as an answer.
I dont think his loyalty to Jesse is something caused him to do wrong. As a matter of fact during the later seasons its Jesse who tries to leave the life and talk Walt out of it, but its Walt who always reels him back. If anything it was the other way around. Jesse was the one who did unspeakable crimes because of his own misplaced loyalty
I cannot get behind WW as an anti hero, any kind of hero. The man was brilliant at chemistry, he could have walked onto any number of better paying careers than teacher/cashier and at least made some decent money to provide for his family. He had an opportunity to rejoin Grey Matter and reconcile his friendships in his last years. But his first thought was 'bippity bop, I'm gonna mass produce a highly addictive substance that destroys the lives of countless others so my skilled accountant wife and my kids don't have to work or be on social programs or do anything normal people do". That man destroyed everything he touched after that choice. His wife and kids would have been fine. Jesse would have eventually gotten arrested, but regular prison for minor drug charges is much better than becoming a murderer, having people die because of you, constantly being at risk of being murdered, and eventually becoming a slave. His family reputation was destroyed, his family hated him, he lost his strongest supporters even getting his brother in law murdered. And he just kept going, because he liked feeling like someday he would be the kingpin when he had no idea what he was doing besides the chemistry. He burned everything around him for ego and not a single person was better off for it, that is no anti hero. Even if it was a facade, Gus Fring actually did donate some of his profits to charity and people- he did help people and people were only worse off if they tried to interfere with his business- he could much more easily claim to be the hero of his own story. Walter was just an egomaniac who made every wrong decision at every possible juncture and lied to himself and everyone around him why he was doing it. That isn't to say it isn't good writing of the complete spiral people can get into, but he is no kind of hero.
@@whoareyoutoaccuseme6588 But accomplishments don't make a hero. Hitler accomplished an awful lot, but anyone who calls him a hero doesn't belong in a society.
People who do meth view it as the only thing in the world for without it they would perish. There is nothing but meth, it fills every second of every minute of every hour of their every day and if it doesn't they suffer immensely. Once you're there, there is nothing else.
@j. talent only goes to waste when you die. But for the time that your heart is beating, the world is yours. Make the most out of it. No one can bring you down. You’re your own worst enemy in the grand scheme of things
One thing I liked about Walt's character development is that he often brought out the worst in others as well as himself. Doing that to others wasn't really his goal, but it did raise the stakes in an exciting way. Like, we finally see how ruthless Gus Fring actually is when Walt pisses him off, and we see Jesse go to some very dark places he never thought he would go in life.
I feel more sympathy for Jesse though. Even though he did do his fair share of horrible. He was too naive, underestimated Walt, never thought he would go so far and Walt put him through absolute hell.
@@muramasa870 he did but he’s gonna be left with emotional trauma and scars from what Walt put him through for the rest of his life. Even if he did get a fresh start technically
Just finished Breaking Bad. I gotta say I was so relieved to see Jesse live through the end. The ending well... I could say it was "bittersweet" but it's not that sweet. It was hard watching the last season because I hated seeing Walter turn into the villain, become the monster. Every death felt almost real, and when you hear the gunshots that lead to a character's death... It felt real. Overall I can't say I enjoyed the end but it's a great show nonetheless.
I'm on the opposite side, I love the final season because there's no more excuses on Walt's evilness, he can be completely unhinged now that he eliminated the competition. And then the last 3 episodes just hit the nail in the head with the obvious consequences his actions were going to bring to his loved ones. It was a tragic, and deserved, ending.
@@HugoSoup57 I refused to watch BB for years but three months ago I made a deal with someone and had to watch it. NGL I did like it from the very beginning and enjoyed it for sure but it wasn't until I hit season5 that I really got into it and binge watched. Before I was watching an episode every other day or so,
That “no half measures “ speech that mike gave him towards the end if season 3 is very important. and its the reason why he’s was able to kill off gus’ dealers and gale without hesitation. that’s what made him 80% ruthless. the last straw was the crawl space whenever shit completely hit the fan in his personal and professional life. after that walter white was essentially dead and he became 100% heisenberg.
@@postsniper-7532 Kind of like harmful symbiosis, because of Walt's wrongdoing Skyler cheated, that harmed him emotionally, then it was the last straw when she gave him their money
I can’t believe you forgot to mention Walt’s most evil crime of all: refusing to go go-karting with Jesse. That was truly the point of no return for Walter White. Unforgivable!
Walt had always been an egomaniac, he just didn't have the power and resources to enact his wildest desires. Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals character.
or power just gave his ego the freedom to fully emerge and start to dominate his life and those around him. it was the worst parts of his character that were enhanced and exaggerated. power definitely corrupts in my opinion
@@reybladen3068 i think his true self shows when what he has done truly sinks in and he is remorseful and broken for the pain he has caused. that's what makes him a tragic character
Wish you would have touched on him absorbing character traits after killing them for instance Krazy 8 likes his crust cut off after he kills him he cuts his crust off gus puts a towel down when vomiting after poisoning the cartel then walter does the same vomiting from his chemo also with his drink he would drink it neat then after killing mike he gets drinks with ice like mike
exactly. the “into the wild” guy isn’t really the same situation but people give him so much shit, and all he really wanted to do was live and die on his own terms
@@goblingoochgobbler5759 well if by that you mean, starve to death slowly and painfully, cold and alone in the middle of nowhere because you thought you knew what you were doing after making no preparations or training whatsoever, then sure. That's living I guess. It's certainly dying though, he for sure got the second part down.
Romans 10:9-11 says, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved".Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Rather his last bits of sanity, he lost his last bits of morality after he was pushed off the rails by everything happening in his life which honestly came to a pinnacle when he ordered gale to be killed and was almost executed under Gus’s orders
The show made it obvious where his pride came from. As a chemistry student, he was constantly getting awards and being convinced he was smarter than the other students. Being a chemistry student and convinced he was a genius was likely to be ego food for him. That makes it likely that even before college, his teachers would have told him he was gifted and smarter than the other kids.
@@m.p.6947 Probably from his mother hence why he’s distancing from her and dislikes her, but not a narcissist. Just power hungry after he gets powerful then realizes that all of that meant nothing after the Neo Nazis stole his money, killed Hank, and he gets rediagnosed as well, he doesn’t care about any of that. He just wanted to tie loose ends before he died.
Which is why being stuck as a high school chemistry teacher, with students who didn't care about and weren't interested in his lessons was such a blow to his ego. He probably thought "I'm better than this" many times in his life.
Before he killed Mike, I rode with Walter because most of the actions he committed looked like he was saving his family and Jesse. When and after he killed Mike, I slowly realized this guys not just a man with cancer who’s trying to make millions to provide for his family for life, he’s really just a cruel, hellish man that refuses to get one upped by someone who he sees as below him
Something I never see mentioned is Hank's pride, which I think is most well-shown in the last season. At the end of the line, its over. Walt is out, everyone is happy, things are ok, their families are successful and have a bright future... and yet Hank cannot let Heisenburg go. He can't just leave well enough alone. Even when he has Jessie, and therefore a confession, he doesn't go through the due process. On the contrary, he convinces Gomez to run with the idea to put Jessie is direct danger just to get something incriminating out of Walt. He basically destroys both families after Walt had successfully disentangled himself from the business. Now, could Walt have gotten pulled back into it later and ruined things for himself anyhow? Sure. But I think it bears mentioning that Hank and his obsession with catching Heisenburg is ultimately what got him killed in the end. An obsession so all-encompassing, that it caused him to try to throw everyone under the bus in order to get that sweet, sweet conviction to put on his mantle.
There's shades of Vito corlione. Hes more sympathetic it's true. It's as much about guts as morality. Once you go up the Maslow hierarchy of needs ladder, ambition still remains. Walter is a man of self described destiny. Balls and Brains too.
@@chriswest8389 well yea but my point is that eventually he made the right choice, he moved on from his pride and managed to have enough for his family to live in reasonable comfort forever. They could have funneled that money through the car wash until Walter Jr. Graduated college. Invest in safe stocks on the stock market and make the money work for them, and the White family could live as well as the shareholders of Grey Matter forever. Then Hank finds out the truth, and he has a crossroads. Let it go, live happily, pretend he never saw anything, and put their family above his career and reputation. The harm had ceased, the struggle was over. There was no more Hiesenburg. But he chose the other path. Never let it go. Bring Walter's actions to full exposure, at the cost of their family, his life, and the life of his best friend.
I mean, he was good to let it go when they found Gale, it was Walt who convinced him that Gale couldn’t have been Heisenberg that made him go over the edge.
@@TheNinthGeneration1 Yea, Walt did start him back on it, but at the end of the day that didn't end up mattering because he kinda gave up anyway until he just so happened to pick up the book.
@@dungfungus56 He was always selfish. He just thought that since he was gonna die of old age as a middle class man he did not need to achieve greatness, which he already tried to achieve with grey matter. However the cancer came, and he wanted to make money. At first he says "Everything I did, I did it for this family." but in the end he becomes honest and says "Everything I did, I did it for me." "I'm in the empire business." This just proves Walter wanted to be some sort of god who could control his life, and therefore death, but in the end he brought death and shame on his family all because of his selfishness. Two men, Jesse Pinkman and Saul Goodman, were attracted by the money walter made, but they only made the situation worse. Had both of them not helped him, Walter would have been very quickly caught, perhaps a few days, but instead they were just as greedy as him.
His most underrated scene is the one where he stands behind Gretchen and Eliot and delivers that Gold monologue speech about hearing footsteps behind them and then proceeds to jump scare them both, he wasn't even Heisenberg at that point he felt more like Gus calm collective silent almost like an Assassin not loud and brash like Heisenberg but a more mellowed out Melancholy version.
That actually makes a lot of sense if you look at the other people Walt killed, and how he acts after killing them. It’s almost like he takes parts of people he kills. I think it’s mentioned at some point in this video. The killing of those biker drug makers is almost Gus like. Normally Walt would use something like poison, like the ricin. He ends up using a big gun. He kind of kills them in a way that’s a mix of how Walter and Gus handled things.
@@BenjamminFranklin. Ye true that he seemed to have 3 stages not two as well first was Walt 2nd was Heisenberg and the 3rd was his final form which was as you mentioned more like Gus he was calm collective and cool also his ego cooled down in season 5 towards the4 end of it anyway.
i don’t understand why we are calling walter evil when it was hank who ran a meth empire and used walt to cook meth for him
Dude the video played in my head 🤣
My name is Walter Hartwell White.
@@korda2135 I live at 308 negra array lane
@@HitomiShizukiFan6669 Albuquerque,New Mexico.
@@poobfartman 87104,This is my confession. If you are watching this tape, then I’m probably dead.
One of my all time favorite scenes is when Walt calls Walt Jr. "Jesse" by accident. Really showed how often he thinks of Jesse even though he doesn't show him affection.
@j. i can't believe im saying this but...to be fair to walt...yes i know to be fair to walt of all people.... He didn't want to kill jesse.
@j. not only that, but in the flashback scene where Walt and Skyler are buying their home he mentions that he wants THREE kids, not two. Then there's the time in season 5 when Jesse comes over for dinner and sits in the empty spot at their table. Their entire relationship consists of Walt manipulating Jesse into doing what he believes is the best for him (and Walt, of course). You can see how deeply he is wounded near the end of the show when he realises Jesse has betrayed him. He really did grow to think of him as a son and love him in his own way. Toxic shit, yo
I’m actually kind of annoyed that never brought up again. With how this show loves to brought up small slips up in the past like a domino effect, I’m surprised that wasn’t mentioned ever again. No way you can just forget your own father called you by someone else’s name
Do you recall which episode this was? Where Walt called Jr. Jesse?
@@GuTsMattt Season 4, Episode 10 "Salud". And it happens around the 16 minute mark, in case you're interested.
Imagine being in highschool, doing a chemistry class with a boring chemistry teacher. He gets fired. And months later on the news that guy that taught you chemistry is revealed to be a drug lord.
"Damn, I should have pay more attention to what he said in the class..."
I feel like Walters class would be pretty fun
I wouldn’t be surprised to be honest. My chemistry teacher was boring as hell and he had no personality.
There was an unfilmed scene from the script of Felina where after Walt pretends to be a Times reporter at the gas station to get the Schwartz's address, a former student of his recognizes him. Walt pays him off and threatens him to make sure he doesn't rat him out. But before leaving, Walt asks, "What kind of teacher was I?" The former student replies, "You were good" and then says he remembered the time Walt sprayed different chemicals at a flame and it made different colors.
@@BillyButcher90 unfilmed ?
The ironic thing about Walter is by the end of the show, despite ending with nothing, he's arguably more famous (or infamous) and well known worldwide than Gretchen and her husband, who appear on television, not because of their own accomplishments, but because of their connection with Walter.
Walt got exactly what he wanted
Ohhh it's like that conversation about Pablo Escobar, I forgot who exactly said it but I think it was Walt or Hank who said something like "we remember Pablo Escobar but not the men who caught him"
@maxlhetvxhywxvxbm7645 "Good guys never get ink like the bad guys do"- Walt Jr., as told to by Hank Schrader.
Waltenberg: You're g*dda*mn right!
WAITER WHITE FROM BREAKING BAD.
The first episode did everything it could to get you on Walt’s side. Then the rest of the show is a test of how far you’ll go with him.
That's deep
That's a very good way to put it..
more like the 1st and half of the 2nd season
The whole way baby, Walt ain’t do shit wrong
This is the exact purpose of the show.
Walt's "I did it for me" moment in the finale had my jaw dropped. I've never felt like I was achieving catharsis for a fictional character before.
He was lying.
@@Looneyboy no he wasn't. He kept saying he did it for his family as an excuse for his actions; if he was solely concerned with providing for them, he would have taken Elliot's offer. Realizing he was about to die caused him to snap out of his aversion to risk, view himself as pathetic and allow his alter ego to slowly take over. The power he amassed over five seasons simply allowed him to become who he truly was all along, and only when he knows for sure he's going to die later that day can he finally come to terms and admit it.
@Yirlani ca·thar·sis "The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions." In this context I believe that the moment Walt finally let it out and admitted he did it all for himself was so powerful that they felt it while watching the episode.
@@Looneyboy I agree, he was, at least partially, lying.
@@blaisetelfer8499 he did it because he wanted to feel like scar face
I like how the comments are a mix of genuine analysis of Walter White's character, and people saying "my favorite part was when Walt told Hank it's 'breaking bad time' and everyone exploded"
Waltuh
Thank you for saying this
put the bad breaking away, waltuh
Average BrBa comment section
Walter: I am the breaking bad Hank
That scene where Jesse gives Walt the watch for his birthday always gets me. It shows just how much of a pure soul Jesse still is and how much he looks up to Mr White. Knowing what happens after and what the watch comes to represent in the later episodes makes this scene ultra painful to revisit
Monaco. Sweet watch.
Pure soul? Nah I disagree. Do you not remember he tried getting some innocent girl hooked on meth
I wholeheartedly believe Walt truly cared for Jesse and loved him like a son. Yes, he took advantage of him and put a hit out on him but only because he couldn't trust Jesse after he ratted. It was just the rules of the game. He didn't want Jesse to suffer, though, and requested that this inevitable hit would be quick and painless. Ultimately, after tying up all loose ends, Walt sacrificed himself to save Jesse and provide financially for his biological children, like a good father. Walt's primary agenda was to die with dignity, unlike his own father...and he accomplished that goal. I think that went over most people's heads. Breaking Bad was a beautiful masterpiece!
@@elleblur5 No one is really completely good or bad just like real life
@@elleblur5 Do you not remember any of the circumstances surrounding that, the guilt he felt, or the fact he started a relationship with said girl away from Meth? Jesse was trying to convince himself to play a part he didn't want to be a part of anymore because he felt trapped. He went to sell the girl meth, and ends up dating her and taking care of her kid, lol.
Anna Gunn was so good at Skyler, every time I watch the show again I completely forget she’s even acting. This whole cast is outstanding. Truly a legendary show.
I just finished it today, and I constantly forgot I was watching a show, everyone in it was amazing.
She perfectly represents the pain and hopelessness Skyler feels. In season 3 where Walt takes a courtesy call from Jesse at the hospital and he probes Skyler to guess who it was, she just smiled so emptily and walked away. Its like the lies have broken down her emotional range into feeling nothing.
I went from hating her to loving her character, aside from Todd I really can’t think of a character that I didn’t ended up liking
@@Charlie-Charlot Except the audiences love for Walter White is almost reluctant due to his anti-hero nature.
@@Charlie-Charlot I actually thought todd was interesting. like he was such a psychopath but he spoke gently, genuine and with no sarcasm he simply just followed orders
The person who was most addicted to the blue meth never used it.
Damn
@@ollyfox9157 damn is right
@@ollyfox9157 I don’t get it😂
@@boxgoboom9924 Walter is the most addicted to the blue meth because he loves the thrill of making it however he never actually took the blue meth
"Irony of selling drugs is sort of like your using it, guess there's two sides of what substance abuse is"
Hearing “the larval stage of the Walter white we will come to know” keeps making me think of Walt as a fly, Flysenburg if you will
Nice
It's been a while since a TH-cam comment made me audibly laugh, thanks man
Hahaha
CONTAMINATION!!!!
That fly in BrBa was just Flysenberg from another Universe
In Season 1, Walt looks for any reason not to kill Krazy-8 even though he had literally tried to murder him. He saw Krazy-8 as an actual person with a family and friends.
In season 5, Walt shoots Mike in cold blood. Simply because Mike has hurt his ego. Showing just how evil Walt has become.
Then without hesitation orders Neo-Nazi's to murder 10 prisoners in a 2 minute window and coldly tells the Neo-Nazi's that it can and will be done his way
Almost as evil as the man not doing a video about Franklin Saint.
The man who's more dangerous than even a rational psychopath. The man who is an irrational psychopath.
Mike was a murderer, why are you having sympathy for him?
Nah. I don't think he killed Mike purely out of ego. Mike noticed that Walter had already taken his gun prior. Walter had always planned on killing him
Well Mike wouldn’t let him kill the guy so he had to go
One of my favourite quotes in breaking bad is when Hank is being held at gun point. As Walt begs for them not to shoot him, Hank states “Walt, you are the smartest man I know, yet, you can’t seem to see that he made up his mind 10 minutes ago” before being shot.
It’s:
Your the smartest guy I ever met, your too stupid to see, he made his mind up 10 minutes ago.
"Do wa-cha gotta d[BANG]"
@@BigWheel. :O
Lmao you guys somehow both got it wrong. It’s closer to: “Walt, you’re the smartest guy I know, yet you’re too stupid to see. He made his mind up 10 minutes ago”
@@TheDjinneZone just fact checked all of us
i liked when hank got mad at marie because she got him fritos instead of cheetos
🤣🤣🤣
That was the Moment hank became mineral
They're minerals Jesus!
To be fair I think he "got mad" to get her out of the house because he was obsessed with the case if I remember right
I thought more would come of that. He was an asshole to her for a while in the show. I know he was depressed and crippled but I thought there would be some repercussions.
@@embyveddii6521 Hank and Marie were thick as thieves (no pun intended), she understood even though she didn’t show it well.
For me, the scene where I realised that Walt's standards of morality completely had changed, was his speech at his high school, when the plain was crashed. He showed us that he saw those dead people as statistics, instead of human lives.
I cringed so hard at that scene
For real. It was almost like he was trying to talk himself out of feeling guilty for having indirectly caused it.
That was a coping mechanism on Walt's part. Knowing his actions helped create the disaster, he was trying to find ways to mitigate his feelings of guilt by telling himself and others that more people could've died, in a "Yeah, I fucked up, but it could've been a lot worse, right?"-kind of way.
But in the end, he did have a point.
Although many people died that day, the talk about the plane crash stopped as fast as it came and soon after nobody talked about it.
@@wal_rider8479 They were still people, and they still died because of his actions.
I think you missed the part where he tells Hank that Gale wasn’t the true mastermind. Again about his pride he doesn’t want Gale taking credit for his work
Exactly, it says to me something as obvious as that suggests to me this analysis was a bit of cherry picking, that is just searching for point to prove his own theory and not what was on the screen
and then he manipulates Jesse into killing him and leaves him with sm trauma
@@zoyazoya3926 the alternative being him selling out jesse to potentially stay alive. between jesse and gale he picked jesse and jesse knew that as much too.
That's what ruined him.
@@zoyazoya3926 he didn't manipulate Jesse into killing Gale. If Jesse wouldn't have killed gale, they both would have died
One thing I never thought much about until now: Walts overbearing pride was never affected by his son’s developmental issues. That seems like something a major narcissist would never let himself live down, but he genuinely loves Jr til the end.
That's because the writers made a pseudo narcissist.
That's because he isn't a narcissist. At least not by "diagnosis". He's a resentful prick with an ego bigger than new mexico, but he isn't a psychopath of any kind.
I do believe it has been alluded to in some form within the series at some point or another. Especially given how throughout the show he was shown to give way more attention to Jesse than to Jr. Regardless I also believe Walt Jr’s character was written that way to add on to the sadness of how Walt’s life ended up in the beginning of the series.
what about that scene in class where he was talking about that drug that they gave pregnant women that made the child develop cerebral palsy and other disabilities
its obvious he held some resentment
@@ahmedkhan1272 you could read it like that. But he uses Thalidomide in class to explain how a small change in chemical structure can have huge consequences, foreshadowing him turning meth into a bomb. And Walt Jr very likely isn't a Thalidomide child, since he's too young. And even if Walt secretly holds a resentment, it's not with Walt Jr himself. He loves his son unconditionally to the end. One of his very few redeeming qualities.
I think true reason why Walt became evil is because his wife gave him veggie bacon
Cringe
cant really blame him
@@nunothedude Yah veggie bacon is cringe would break anyone
@@piomal2232 cring
@@nunothedude imagine using the word "cringe"
when Walt got his diagnosis of cancer he became the definition of "nothing is more dangerous than a man who has nothing to lose"
that qoute applies more to Mr Lambert
@@opinionatednobody5631 your name fits you
That part about him having "nothing to lose", I disagree right there. Walter lost his family, his home and almost everything he cherished towards the end of the show.
@@BillyButcher90 He probably thought he had nothing to lose since he was going to die from cancer until he lost his family and caused Hank’s death
@@InfernoBlade64 Well that was one of the problems with Walt. For all his brilliance, he never really thought things through when it came to dealing in drugs and how it could affect his family.
Aaron Paul's acting was nothing short of phenomenal.
How many times did he get his ass kicked?
@@keith726able atleast 5 times
HONESTLY
Isn’t he that guy that was there during the part where they’re trying to get away from that other dude?
@@Scott-xx6ib Yeah man, I remember that from *insert show here*
The moment Walt lost me was when he refused the financial support from his rich former friends: that's when I realised that the idea of him being a provider to his family was more important than his family itself.
How would that have provided for his family after he died? Uh...I think you're off base here. He was trying to provide for them forever not just while he was alive.
@@looweegee252 He would have been making decent money working for Gray Matter. (Way more than he would be as a school teacher) Plus he could have still done the treatment with the health insurance through the company. I believe that was the main reason why he was offered the job early on in the series. Granted, it likely wouldn't have been close to the money he made from meth throughout the series, but the whole crux and weakness of Walt was that he was unable to put his pride down. It's not like Walt didn't receive offers from Hank, Gretchen, and others to take care of his family if he had passed.
@@AsThePokeballTurns Treatment? Take it from a cancer survivor, we make decisions based on our absence. We don't make decisions based on borrowed time.
To me it was with how he acted towards Gretchen after the refusal. And I think it’s a bit more than the idea of him providing. He doesn’t wanna burden his family. From his speech about refusing chemo, he didn’t wanna slowly die out as a husk of a man while putting his family in severe debt, concurrently forcing Skyler to watch her husband wither away and lose everything to a giant bill put on her tab after he passes. He doesn’t just wanna provide. He wants to provide in a way that he isn’t dragging everyone down with him. Cancer basically made him a liability in his eyes
Except it's so much more complicated than that. Have you ever been betrayed? Seems like you haven't
8:51 I wish the series showed the reactions of those students who made fun of him. Imagine them seeing in the news that their teacher had millions in the 10-figures, and was the biggest druglord of the southwest, and murdered a lot of people. Not to mention dissolving bodies in acid and sending them to Belize.
Yes. I always wanted throughout the show Walt’s ramifications and actions to be shown to the world and public at large and when it finally did I would’ve loved to see how his students would’ve reacted. In the show’s universe, Walter White would go down in history as a major crime figure where documentaries, books, maybe even its own show or movie(s) would be made about him. I’ve always had that same thought, I completely agree with you.
if i found out my lame chemistry teacher ended up being an insane drug lord i would make so many memes about it ngl
The fallout of all that happened throughout the two shows and the movie is best shown when the cameras pans throughout the ABQ, some of the old locations are now in ruins, closed or replaced like Pollos Hermanos.
Jimmy is wanted simply because everyone else is dead or in prison, mostly due to Walt’s actions.
It’s similar to the Sopranos, as the story comes to a close we see that everyone moves on. It’s depressing but that’s life.
That’s what these stories are trying to teach, that our bad deeds don’t usually have as much of an impact as we think.
Tony Soprano dies a mob boss of a ruined gang that was never as great as they thought they were.
Walt dies with a bang but even on the radio in El Camino, people just learned to keep living their lives.
Wouldn't it be 8 figures?
@@marw9541 you are correct, 8-9 😆😂
That "Hello, everyone" was pretty amazingly timed lol
They all are
Always!
He always does this shit he's a goober
That's... why I'm here.
@@imonke5303 goober = lop
lop = lame
lame = anybody who uses this moronic slang
Mike said it best (paraphrasing here): We had a good thing, and it ran like clockwork. All you had to do was cook, known your place, and you would've been rich. But you had to ruin it, you and your ego.
Mike Talks bollocks
He couldnt tho bc in the end gus was gonna kill him or jesse
Which only was the case because he wanted to run over drug dealers that would have been ok with killing children as loose ends@@yasin_ucar
@@yasin_ucar Only because of how chaotic and unstable they both were. Mike was still right.
@@thecynicaloptimist1884 well it was jesse who messed up than
The irony of Walt dumping Gretchen because he felt inferior to her wealthy family...had he not left her and Grey Matter, he would've been just as, if not even wealthier.
Never thought about that interesting 🤔
@j. tbf a murderous druglord is way more interesting than a smug scientist
Thats not the problem. His issue is that he wants to be a self made man through any means possible. He really doesn’t care abt being more rich than them, he would rather be same wealth as Gretchen and Elliott through his own means than being wealthier wit their help. Walt’s issue is that he values money and appearance more than his or his family’s well being at least by the end of the show.
@@jai7451 agree to disagree
@@jai7451 He definitely cares about being as -- if not more -- financially successful than Elliott. Either Skylar or Jesse confronts him about his refusal to stop, and he doesn't give a direct answer, but the clues, the way he talks to and about Elliott and Gretchen, the way their offers to help absolutely infuriate him, are there.
The fact that Walt's character requires such in-depth analysis and explanation is a testament to just how damn well he and this show are written.
Check out Tony Soprano, largest analysis in the channel lol
your'e godamn right
Could have been longer , but he limited the review to 4 points in time
@@Johnnysmithy24 well, the sopranos is a longer show too.
@Johnnysmithy24 The Sopranos has an extra season with much more episodes tho, Tony is incredible but Walt is slightly better imo
I find it fascinating how damn near every bad thing that happens in the show can be traced back to Walter. I think he for the majority of the show saw himself as a good man thrown into a world of bad people, but whenever someone died, or whenever something got objectively worse, the one thing that started it was Walter.
But somehow gets so much love and explaining away of his actions
Dating back to the first few episodes. If walt doesn't try to cook drugs he never murders crazy eight. If he just accepted financial support from Gretchen and Elliot the show never starts
@@davidgodfrey9780 a lot of what he destroy or kills is also fellow criminals and drug lords, he still got a lot of innocent’s killed but I don’t think he is inherently bad for taking out or killing people like fring, context is key
@Kevin Nigins "He got a lot of innocent people killed but I don't think he's inherently bad"
Do you seriously not see the contradiction in your own words? If a decent person wanted to kill evil people he would make double, triple sure that no innocents came to harm, killing innocents, even if it wasn't the primary intention, is always evil.
Not that he killed those evil people out of altruism either. He didn't kill them because they were evil, he killed them for revenge or money, no different from a regular gangster killing a thug from a rival gang. Would you say an IRL drug dealer who gunned down several bystanders while trying to kill a rival dealer wasn't evil, because he didn't strictly want to kill them but just didn't care if they died? Then why are you defending Walter White?
Nah it mainly can be traced back to saul.
Self confidence is enormously important to the human psyche, the lack of this particular trait can really drive you into the depths of madness. Walter had no self confidence whatsoever until he started his nefarious journey to become a criminal. Prior to that he was constantly henpecked by his wife, herded like a damn steer by his brother and sister in law, slave driven by his boss at the car wash and looked upon by others as an underachiever as hank put it. Then when his cancer was revealed he became the epitome of a pity party. Everyone felt sorry for him and in so doing it became a constant reminder to him that he’s done nothing with his life and will leave no lasting impact on anyone or anything in the world. In contrast, the second his meth business started, 2 evil scumbags were killed by him in self defense. For the first time in his 50 years on earth he had control of his life. This gave his ego the boost of self confidence it so desperately needed, even though outwardly he appeared to suffer over these 2 killings. He got a taste of power and relished it. The rest of the story is him chasing the dragon. Everything he did after that wasn’t for his family or to save his and Jessie’s life, it was simply done to remain in control so that his self confidence could stay boosted to the heights that he had brought it to. This is when self confidence turned into hubris overweening pride. This is when Walter white became truly evil.
Bruh I ain’t reading all that 💀
Very wrong. What exactly was Walt chasing for himself when he killed Gus' henchmen to save Jesse? He made himself and his family a massive target, ruined his relationship with Gus beyond repair and potentially flushed all his income down the toilet so he could keep Jesse's dumbass from getting himself killed.
@meme-potentialsearch8010 It's a factual look that you can't argue with. You can call it names but you can't really explain anything because it's a desert inside your head.
Very nice insight !!
@@nobodyharder6575it’s your opinion, not a factual take. Learn the difference lol
In the end, Walt put his pride of being the “provider” for his family behind him. Walt Jr will receive 9 million dollars from “Gretchen and Elliot” and he will never know that his father did that for him. He finally put aside his ego. I don’t think many people talk
about that part.
I think that may be the intended take-away, but i think it's relevant to note here that Walt never really planned to present himself as a provider to his family, his pride in that regard seemed more internal. I think if S1E1 Walt was able to give his family $9mil or even just the $700,000 without them knowing it was him, he would have done it.
@@lrba5524 That is true. He also told skyler he accepted the money from Elliot for his treatment. You are right it’s more internal pride.
I actually disagree here. Walt doesn't ever lose his pride and whilst yes he allows them to take the credit for it, he still dies knowing it was really his money and somehow that's enough for him. He specifically states they cannot put any of their own money in and it has to be all of his money only, not a single dollar or their money. That shows us that he still dies with his pride intact, that Walter White is still Walter White.
@@Bash_the_Bash that's a wonderful point. I think he chose them not just out of practicality but to get back at them
Great dissection
Walter White has one of the greatest character arc in television history. Starting as a chemistry teacher until he becomes a ruthless drug lord.
very well said
I remember in an interview with the producer. He said that they want to take this nice teacher and transform him into Tony Montana from Scarface. Well, they did a pretty job with that
Not all that realistic though but great none the less
The seeds for his worse personality were always there, as described in the video. So I don't know if you can call him nice to begin with.
He was never a ‘nice’ chemistry teacher…! He was a resentful man-baby from the beginning.
The scene that always has stood out the most, above all, is the ending to "Crawlspace" everything about that, from the music, to the horrified look on Skyler's face, to the amazing acting of Bryan Cranston... For me, it's the best TV scene ever. Spine-chilling and intense.
Crawl space is amazing!
The final scene in the whole series. There's just something about it. The isolation that Walt is in, yet the satisfaction that he did what he set out to do Him laying his hand and scanning the equipment around him, with almost a proud look on his face. No dialogue and yet you know what he's thinking. And the camera going ascending above his satisfied face while Baby Blue plays. The only time when watching a show I cried. It was the best ending to any story I've ever read or watched.
I watched that at 4 am alone in my house with a friend on a voice call. That’s all we talked about for the next few days, and it really was a great experience.
Agree, the first time i watched that episode ending everything feels so F- up, it's terrifying
Thats the day Hisenberg stayed and Walter left
Another thing to note is that the book Walter stole from Hanks evidence that inevitably is then found by hank again, is a symbol of Walters ego. As the only reason Walter kept the book was because Gale wrote a poem about him in it. If Walter had simply been rational and burned or disposed of said book, Hank probably would not have come to the realization that Walter is Heisenberg. Walters ego truly was his downfall.
Walt didnt stole that book, Gale gave him it, Hank had Gale's notebook/diary as evidence
That was a book Gale gave him. It wasn't in the evidence.
Hank’s ego and need to be the one that solely busted Heisenberg caused him to die also. No DEA agent would set up a sting and meet in the middle of the desert with a man that had 11 prisoners in different prisons killed within a 2 minute span unless they were fully invested in making the case even if it affects his personal and work life.. solely because of his pride, he was pissed Walt fooled him for so long.
@@JacobC479 it was actually an already established threat that he was going off a hunch. He didn’t die because of his ego, he died because he took a leap of faith with jesses plan, he ended up dying because his character symbolizes the good that dies because of evil. I don’t think there was an established ego that the writers emphasized but I could be wrong.
Nah he was still an egoistic man. He didn't told the DEA that Walt was Heisenberg only because he wanted to save his ass. Had he told this to the dea much earlier Walt wouldn't had the opportunity to flee and Hank would still living @@vincentking4618
Bryan Cranston was asked in an interview which scene he felt Walt’s transformation was complete, and he said it was the “I am the danger” speech. That was when old Walt officially died and was replaced by a monster.
Finally admits to his wife and himself that he's the reason they're in the situation they're in, Makes sense to me.
You can see it in his face then. Walt isn't just saying something he's known for a while. It's more like he's realizing something as he says it. You know when you realize something is true as you are saying it out loud? Kudos to Bryan for how good he was in that scene.
When Mr Chips was replaced by Scarface.
"IAM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS AT THE DOOR" IT WAS FRIGGIN GREAT AND CHILLING
There's another interview where Jonathan Banks is getting emotional about how much playing Mike meant to him, and then Cranston immediately follows up by saying his favorite scene was killing Mike
One of the things that's most tragic to me is that walt mentions in the show that he didn't remember his father very well cause he was so young when his father died and then realising that he inadvertently ended up creating the same circumstances for his daughter Holly except for the fact that she's going to have to grapple with all the stories of the horrible things he did. its like he experienced what its like having a difficult family situation and ended up passing an even worse one to his own children.
Great point!
Lets not forget that Jesse is still alive out there. He's the only living person that knows Walt's formula. A formula worth billions!
Worth billions maybe. But nothing is ever worth the trauma, and that shit is a formula for tragedy
That’s true. If he hears someone saying they got the best meth, Jesse would
just be like “hold my beer.”
To sell Meth? That crap is poison man! I rather have cure for cancer.
@@themoshpit8341 He can just sell it
Gee, i wonder why he didn't put it into auction....
“Did you bring a bomb into a hospital” is a line that is funny when you first hear it. But when you realize that Walt willing brought a pipe bomb into a hospital without a second thought it’s pretty scary. The only time he cared was when the magnet stuck to the door and it was hard to get the bag off
The writing team pulled the greatest trick by making the audience cheer on Walt and hate Skyler. The total opposite of how any right minded person should be thinking.
That's actually what confused me. "Why you guys hate Skyler? She sounded like a typical wife who was worried for EVERYONE."
Nah cos walt was in danger so he was in the right for the most part
Also cos we know what walter is going through when he is lying to skyler, so the way she reacts is irritating
@@advancedomega well because skyler does everything as annoyingly as possible.
That's interesting, because I never felt that way about Skylar. I completely empathized with her. I guess it comes down to whoever you can relate to the most
I know I'm evil for this but I laughed a little when you said Walter Jr wouldn't be able to follow in his father's footsteps
Analyzing Evil: CazzSDMF
Well i love that scene when he is talking to a therapist and describes his son as a bumbling idiot basically really shows his nature but i mean thinking about it right now I would also on the inside hate him if he was a bumbling idiot
Indeed.
Noooo hahahahahaha
@@monishrules6580 at least you expose yourself
The sad thing is Walt’s ruination of himself, his family and so many lives could have been entirely avoided from the very beginning had he just accepted the high paying job graciously offered to him by his former compatriots in recognition of his critical contributions to their Nobel Prize research and simply because they were trying to be good friends.
But Walt’s greatest flaw threw that golden opportunity away out of childish jealousy and petulance: his ego.
There were many moments where we could see that Walter was long gone, but to me this is the one. Even when he claims that to be Heisenberg, that is not really that moment to me... The difference between Heisenberg and Walter is that Walter would have accepted that offer, because even though he may have felt betrayed by his former colleagues, initially he was in it only for the money so his family could live well and he would do anything for it, but he declined it to keep making meth, because money was no longer the only thing he wanted.
That whole arc with Gretchen & David(?) Is a red herring. The true villian is the American Empire. Go rewatch the entire show. Even Hank runs up against this villian & faces it down by Walt&Skylar "sharing" their "gambling" money...
@@KaikiIsTaken Pretty much. If he really cared about taking care of his family financially in the face of his diagnosis, he would have swallowed his pride and accepted the job offer. An offer that would also very generously cover his treatments.
It just boiled down to him being too proud to ask for help from the many people who legitimately cared about him like the OP so eloquently stated.
I always kinda felt like Walt would've absolutely taken that offer if it had happened anytime before the meth. I always felt like how deep in he was by that point had at least as much to do with that choice, as ego. As well, he simply didn't want treatment.
@@veritasome5965 "Like the OP so eloquently stated"? You mean the one you wrote? Yikes.
He went from antihero to just plain villain. Started trying to help his struggling family, ended up killed by his own ego
I’m so sorry but I need to point out a blatant mistake you made in this video. At 39:51 you state how Walt is utterly alone with nothing in a frozen hut - but in reality Walt had TWO copies of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.
that's certainly more than most of us have.
If I remember correctly he also was smart in separating his family from his business with that phone call since he knew it was tapped.
😂😂😂😂
not often a youtube comment makes me literally laugh out loud, nice work
Facts the whole purpose really was to beat cancer and be alone with the two copies
His ego passes me off so much, there's so many times he could've got out but wanting to be the big man ultimately fucks him over
Even if he got to leave, Walter would be broken, thinking he'd die a boring man who never took the risks that would lead him to his own success.
In the end, he has regrets, but probably wouldn't make that many different choices
I'm an incredibly humble person. Mike is lying to you
the one that went too far was when they couldve gave the methylamine away for 5M each
“We had Fring we had a lab you stupid son of a bitch and it all ran like clockwork but you just had to blow it all up. You and your pride and your ego, you just had to be the man! if you had done your job known your place we’d all be fine!”
bro frrr ESP AFTER S4 like gus was gone, no one was gonna kill him, he had the carwash and his family and Skylar wanted him to stop, things would've been fine if he just did but not he had to go in again and take Jesse with him
The whole show wasn’t the same after Hank found out about Walt. The vibe and tension completely changed.
lol well yeah
It was like seeing two universes clash
@@stevepensando2593 How so? Hank learning the truth was an inevitability.
@@HOTD108_ Ever since the beginning of the show, there's been a clear distinction between Walt and Heisenberg's universes. One being the family man persona, and the other being the ruthless kingpin drug empire. When Skyler found out about Walt, a bridge between these two worlds formed. Once Hank inevitabily found out about Walt, the two words collided. Walt and Heisenberg finally became one.
@@stevepensando2593 Word. best comment i've heard so far.
I found it so cool in the later seasons to be able to look back and realize how much of the bad shit that happened throughout the show was due largely to just Walt having a massive ego and not being able to not be “the guy”
One of the greatest villains and really characters ever written
Absolutely the greatest character written and show writing in history. I've tried to scrutinize and find faults but it is flawless.
I agree, an absolute REALLY character
I second tgat!
Manipulative character for the not very Bright. But I guess that is the vast majority of people
@@richardnash6111 what?
Breaking Bad is a masterpiece. The best character development, cinematography, and acting I have ever seen.
Truth
Fax
The only thing the show lacks is on-screen CGI diarrhea coming from all angles and a big purple alien hell bent on destroying half the universe, so unfortunately, Im going to have to give this show a 10/10.
Completely agree. Seen the series 6 times and still brilliant.
Facts, but the best character development that i saw was the evolution and the exploration of Tony Soprano’s mind
The most touching part of the show was when walt said: "It's over gus, me and jesse are breaking bad. "
It's cookin time
"I am dangerous"
“I know Walt, that's why you Better Call Saul.”
“Not before I'll El Camino your ass, BITCH!”
The moment when the breaking became the bad.
My personal favorite was when Jesse asked Walter White "So what are we? Some kinda Breaking Bad?"
Splooge: “it’s a victimless crime!”
Also spooge: *murdered a gas station cashier to steal an ATM.*
@@thomtaylor5495 that was Hugo?
@@TheNinthGeneration1 It certainly looked like him, and it would make sense that he had to find a new job. But I have not heard anybody from the writing staff to confirm that.
Spooge's death was mindblowing
Maybe the real drug empire was the crackhead friends we made along the way.
the “friends we made along the way” meme never gets old
@@tyresr
Just like Jane…
I mean hey. Say what you want about Badger and Skinny Pete, it fair. But they're friends that back up their buddy up 100%. That's a rare thing to have these days.
@@STG44musikmeister People like their characters have been through it and know you need them just as much as they need you
methhead*
You’ve missed one thing. In the final episode when Walter meets his wife last time, he does not say her that Walter jr. is going to receive money on his birthday and it is his money, his pride should have made sure that at least Skyler knows that it is him who is giving them this 10 millions, but I think at this point, as he confessed that all of what he has done, was for himself, he actually defeated his ego and actually did a selfless act for his family. A small detail but I think an important one.
They would never accept the money if they knew it came from him, so in order for it all to be for something he had to lie.
He lies and makes it sound like skyler didn’t know and was in an abusive spot instead of a collaborator, that way it absolves her and Walt jr of guilt, and therefore of suspicion when they receive money
I also think he did it because the money is supposed to come from Elliot and Gretchen, and it's important for all the legal reasons that it come from them. If Skyler knew for sure it came from Walt, it would be one more thing she'd have to lie to the police about, one more thing to keep from Walt Jr, it would just complicate the situation more. It's better if she think it's a gift from Walt's former business partner. She can suspect it's from Walt, but without confirmation she can enjoy plausible deniability.
His ego was satiated knowing he knows Elliot and Gretchen knows he was able to provide for his family and he again wont take even a dime from them even legal fees or lawyer fees he knows what he was able to do and proved he didnt need their charity. His family also wouldnt take his money even if he begged so it would be counter productive to tell them
WAITER WHITE ANTI-HERO FROM BREAKING BAD.
Walt ended up getting everything he wanted from the beginning... he went out in a blaze of glory in a shootout and not in a hospital bed from cancer and he was able to provide for his family... as a bonus, he had two new children, his baby daughter and his baby blue, he was able forgive and save his only real friend, Jessie, he was able to finally admit the truth to himself and Skyler and say goodbye and he destroyed all his enemies, real and perceived whether physically or metaphorically.
He’s also a legendary figure like Al Capone or Pablo Escobar. Nobody will ever say that Walter White wasn’t a brilliant and capable man. But he’ll never be spoken of fondly by anyone he ever actuslly knew. He got his egomaniac dream at the cost of his life, family and reputation as a good person
@@dustyboi8975 99% true... there are a couple of people who would still speak fondly of Walter White, the same way people spoke fondly of Billy The Kid or other outlaws and those would be Skinny Pete and Badger who love and admire Walter White - he is their hero. Gale Boetticher would too (if he was still alive). He doesn't know that Walt ordered his death. Skyler probably has forgiven Walt over time once he admitted the truth to her, she still loves him - even after everything that's happened. I think from what we have seen with Jesse 'El Camino' and the post 'Breaking Bad' Cinnabon scenes with Saul Goodman / James McGill in 'Better Call Saul' that the two of them have come to a new place with respect to Walter White / Heisenberg. Saul is in purgatory, tormented by his past sins and mistakes and Jesse has found acceptance after been literally broken free from his bondage and addictions and is now in heaven, ready to begin a new life with purpose. Everyone else though, who is still alive, hates Walter's guts. None more-so than Walt Jr. who is the only true innocent "adult" character of the series who never compromised himself for greed or glory like so many others did. Everyone else had their own sins and hypocrisy. Walter White's greatest casualty of his criminal empire was the loss of his son's unconditional and endearing love.
I agree. Walt got everything HE wanted. And he destroyed so many lives in the process. And the price to pay, was his family. He ruined all of their lives for his own happiness.
@@billymuellerTikTok for real tho Billy the kid got done dirty.
still evil
Also notice how Walt wears a lot of green in the posters, green being representative of greed and money. Vince is even telling the story through each characters color palette.
the color messaging of the show is genius and i will never not be obsessed with it
the way the colors all mean something and are relevant to what is happening is insane, and i love how subtle it is
@@crowcrashedRomans 10:9-11 says, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved".Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
breaking bad really made me question my own moral compass. I was rooting for the most sadistic characters and my most hated character was a pregnant woman dealing with family issues
Im evil nigga join the dark side
She cheated on him so she deserves all she got
Walt is a very easy character to empathize with. He's also the main character, so you see the story from his perspective and from his perspective, Skyler is an antagonist. However I've noticed that on a second watch people tend to like Skyler a lot more. I think that's because after you see every evil thing Walt does, it finally crosses into being unforgivable at the end of the show. And when you rewatch it with the knowledge that Walt is the villian, Skyler becomes a lot more understandable and Walt's actions seem way less forgivable.
@@tf3217 She cheated on him so she deserves to have her children's lives threatened, her brother in law killed, have to raise a baby and a son with cerebral palsey all by herself, and be known as the wife of one of the most evil men in America, all without getting any of the money Walt intended to leave for her?
That's fucking harsh dude
@@cousinmajin I agree wholeheartedly with the fact that Skyler was rightfully angry and opposed with Walt because of what he does. I just didn't like her because she acts like such a Karen throughout the show and reminds me of the principal I had back in middle school lol.
I think the part that made Jane's death more evil was that she knew to sleep on her stomach, and Walt accidently rolled her onto her back, causing her to begin choking.
But Jane was no good gal either....what was her plan to run off with Jesse and spend the money on drugs until they burned out?
@@darthbigred22 She wasn't a good person but she also wasn't a murderer. She was just misguided. She was also young and naive, while Walt was older and should have known better.
@@SerMattzio gotta do what you gotta do whenever people get in your way.
She was evil anyway. She blackmailed Walter and had Jesse on a leash
@KitchensAreHot I'm not sure he choosed at that moment. He was undecided and the action ran too quick to achieve either choice. I think he made up his mind in afterthough, and -wanting to make Jesse suffer- lied to him at the end.
The scene where he's laying under the house looking up at his wife through the hatch, screaming and laughing is the only scene where I've had to pause a show and literally take a moment in my life. Absolutely horrifying-overload drama.
which episode?
@@lenag3329crawl space
@@lenag3329 he means the part where Walter finds out Skylar gave all the money to Ted for his failing business
@@lenag3329 Crawl Space, Season 4, episode 11
It was so creepy
Actually in the movie A Bronx Tale its was Robert De Niro who said “It don't take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who the real tough guy is, the working man is the tough guy.”
Walter was no working man.
"It doesn't take much strength to pull the trigger, but try getting up every morning and working for a living, and see who the tough guy is then." Stellar quote!
bronx tale
I was so disappointed to see that Netflix cut scenes out of 'A Bronx Tale.'
Like when the black kid on the bus gives the white kids the finger, so all you see is the black kid looking all sad.
I can't believe that Netflix would edit stuff out of such a classic.
Typical 'woke' stupidity.
@@JohnSmith-mk1rj the guy who played DeNiros son in the film ended convicted of murder .
@@speedracer1945 Was also a drug addict, actor Chazz Palminteri, Sonny in the Bronx tale, ended up cutting all ties with him over it. As for the murder thing, I dont think he was the killer but the guy he was with.
It is possible to cock the hammer for single action, so the trigger pull is lighter. Is the same possible for waking up every morning, so the going to work is easier?
You glossed over Hank's death. I feel like that moment was a huge turning point. The whole scene where he begged for his life was huge. Was that Walt or Heisenberg begging for Hank? I think that whole scene could be analyzed. I think at that point, Walt finally saw himself as the enemy and knew he needed to be put down.
I think another interesting thing to point out that this proved that Hank was more of a man than Walt would ever be. Walt was pleading to Jack to not take Hank’s life, as he didn’t want to face the consequences of his actions and tried to seek a way out. Hank took his death in strides, as he knows the only thing to do now is to accept his fate. It really helps to show how trivial Walt’s plight was.
True. That was the moment Walt realised he was finished. His life was done for and he decided to give up on everything and just accept his wrong doings. He even offered all his money to Jack, the same money that created this whole series and he was ready to give all of that to save Hank. That was one of the most important scene of the entire series.
@@ayyyndrew-u no walt was pleading because he wanted to save hank not because he was being a coward
Also, the TH-camr mentions how Walt is becoming like Gus. But he forgot to mention how when Gus saw the one person that was a brother to him die, how all he did was sob in despair at the look of the dead man’s face. Walt ended up the same too.
@@Ron_Z Yes he was full heisenburg up to this point. Walt finally had to face the monster he created
12:25 The episode where he forces Walt Jr to drink alcohol until he vomits in the pool because Walt was jealous that Jr looked up to Hank and not him was one of his more spiteful moments.
That part was pretty messed up.
@@joshshrum2764 it was, but junior drunk the second cup by choice, and he was pretty condescending ngl
@@heheh6727 Yeah, but I think that’s mainly because he got confident since Walter, let him do it.
@@joshshrum2764 that’s true
@@heheh6727 Yeah but he’s a teenager. He’s trying to prove that he’s an adult and equal to the two men and worthy of respect, not a little child. Walter as a father - and a man craving respect - should understand that
RIP to all the phones broken in this show.
Breaking Burners
As malicious as Walt acts in the whole series, it's kind of representative of the common man's silent rage bubbling inside.
Exactly.
Yeah, i think that what made the show so great
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained.” Alexnsandr Solzhenitsyn
I'd hesitate to say there is some universal common man who feels like this - angry, emasculated, sociopathic.
An aside- only in American media are older white men lionized for being reckless sociopaths because they have something of a mid-life crisis going on. Walter is quintessentially this old white dude trope, super well-written, a horrible person because of it. But that's just me.
@@voxomnes9537 So...Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Erik Bloodaxe, Henry V, Nicholae Lenin, Ghengis Khan...were all American?
Walter needed serious therapy. But honestly, that first episode had me thinking no one respected him for a long time for whatever reason. Given the circumstances I can fully sympathize and empathize how it got started.
Because no one respects men who are "harmless". They're weak and ineffectual and generally are far more dangerous than people realize. It's cowardice, not morality that keeps them in check. If they can get over their cowardice, they can become highly immoral and dangerous, like Walt. Far more than a traditional masculine man like Hank.
@@peaknonsense2041 perfect name
Therapy is nothing but a sham
@@Only.D.G. religion is a scam
@@boneappletea3858 Go to therapy, bro
I've always thought Gus and Mike served perfect parallels to Walter's character. Gus is the man Walter wants to be, the mastermind pulling the strings, but Gus is lacking Walter's pride. On the other hand, Mike is the person Walter pretends to be to his wife and how he lies to himself about it, someone who specializes in carrying out tasks for Gus and Saul who really does do it for his family, still plays a very active role in Kaylee's life, also lacking in pride. As Mike said, they had a good thing going but Walter had to be the man, he had to let his pride get in the way, and he killed Gus only to find the structure of the entire operation come down with him, and killed Mike because he was upset at something he said. I think that was why Mike hated Walter so much, because he could see right through his lie that he did it for his family. He knew if he really did it for them he wouldn't be scheming against Gus, he was literally making millions
Gus wanted to kill him, he would. And I did it for myself was a lie. He did take care of his family through his money which he gave to Gretchen and Elliot.
He wanted to take care of his family obviously. But how can you say he didn't do it all for himself? He had so many opportunities to take millions and stop cooking, but he chooses to give up the millions in order to keep cooking. So no he didn't do it for his family, if that was the case he would have stopped much sooner. Also there's no way to say the money made it to his family, Elliott and Gretchen were scared for their lives but anything could have happened, Flynn could have turned down the money, ect
@@mrblue703 He did at the very end where he had nothing to lose and this was his final play, lost everything and finally saw the consequences destroy his family. But he had made enough money to secure his family’s futures long ago in season 1 or 2 and didn’t stop. Skyler had her own business and could easily take care of the family long but he didn’t stop, even when she asked him to. Even when he saw his actions were psychologically destroying his wife he was allegedly trying to protect, he kept going. Even when criminals came to his house he didn’t stop. Even when Fring gave him a safe(r) option of making millions and taking the risk of cartel violence out of the equation he wanted more. He couldn’t even forgo flashing his money on a fancy car when it could risk exposing his actions to the DEA (and cause his family great harm) because of his ego. At every step he put his own ego ahead of his family.
Uh, fine except he literally did not bring it all down over his pride. This is one of the strange moments in which EVEN THE WRITERS seem to forget the actual events of the show.
The conflict between Walt and Gus began and was already terminal the moment Walt killed his dealers and hid Jesse. It was over. At that moment it became Gus or Walt.. and, you know, Mike made a mighty attempt to murder Walt. People tend to gloss over that when they get weepy over Walt killing Mike.
@@jcaseyjones2829 I agree with you.
I just always come back to the fact that Walter Jr said his dad was his hero. Walt’s family genuinely loved him, but that just wasn’t good enough in his eyes.
The one word I think of Walter at the beginning of the series is: Emasculated. Hank seems to be more of what Walter wants to be: more assertive, more secure, more masculine. It’s this that makes him want to go on that ride along, and everything goes from there.
Exactly. It was always his huge ego and perceived emasculation. He could have taken Elliott's offer to work at Grey Matter and his family would have had a great life, but the second he said "we have great health benefits" he felt he became a pity case and couldn't swallow his pride for the sake of his family and his health.
Walt is a case study on how feeling emasculated made him an insecure bully who needed everyone else to know how tough he is. I think a lot of schools and workplaces have people like that. I got the impression that Bryan Cranston acted like every insecure bully he ever worked with to become Walt. I am guessing a lot of the audience also felt emasculated judging from the extreme and disproportionate reaction to Skyler.
@@josefk7437 This is something that I agree with . Skyler did not deserve all that hate . She was a good woman who was cheated and manipulated by Walt .
@@tatthagatha2657 I think Hank, Walt, Marie, Skyler, and Jesse are all examples of how repressing individuality defiles one's humanity. Hank, like Walt, wants to do some good, but we see him arrest, verbally abuse, and beat people who he considers inferior due to their drug problems. With his sneaky attempt to get a confession from Skyler, and the way he uses his family to carry on his investigations outside of work even if it puts them at risk, Hank is no better than Walt in my eyes. Marie shoplifts and can be nosy and judgmental. Skyler is guilty of constant malicious compliance even when it puts her whole family in danger. Jesse is the only one who consistently has a good heart and tries to do the right thing, but no one has ever valued him simply for who he is. He realized that being decent and kind never got him the love and life he deserved, not even from his parents, and that has driven him to a life of substance abuse. Walt and his whole family are examples of how the toxicity of repressed individuality in middle America destroys lives. Jesse and the other addicts in the show are victims of these sad middle aged people like Gus, Walt, and the DEA who play with lives in a twisted search for deeper meaning.
@@tatthagatha2657 Being a victim does not absolve you of your sins.
Skylar is just as horrible a person as Walter.
I wish there was further exploration of how he mistreated Skyler. He was angry that as smart as he was, she could see through his bs. And he tortured her for it, repeatedly.
ikr, I always found it hilarious that people are mad at her character because she never ever believed that shit Walt told her and exposed him quite easily. So strong, smart and ambiguous (like everyone else in the show) character, it’s a pity people usually hate her.
THIS needs to be brought up so much more often. He gaslighted Skyler so many times and constantly made her feel stupid and inferior, all without using physical or verbal violence so that she couldn't tell anyone he was mistreating her. The scene where he's pushing her to come up with a way out from Walt after the pool scene, he makes her admit she can't outsmart him. And when she shows genuine concern for the family's safety because of his actions, he gets angry that she questions him. When she comes up with a detailed plan & script on how to explain their sudden wealth as a result of gambling, Walt mocks her. Skyler understood his ego was bruised so then she tried to convince him he could be a gambling genius. She was terrified of him, yet so often she had to treat him like a child because of his ego. I'm pretty sure he sexually assaulted her a few times while she was still pregnant, Skyler was okay with it at first but she got angry after he forced himself on her in the kitchen. She doesn't get enough credit for being the most mature and realistic person in the show.
@@Kamilla-o5k lmao what
@Камиля Гильфанова she was annoying but she was definitely caught in the middle of bs but she also made the choice to comeback to him instead of kicking him out of the house he was jackass and such a liar but she also tried to seem like she was innocent but she also made the choice to go back to him she told him to move back in she had sex with him again she helped launder his money she never tried to hear him out
“What are you going to do run off to France, close the curtains, and change the locks?”
Bryan Cranston won consecutive best actor awards for this show, and he damn well deserved them
You’re goddamn right
@@sunflowerwulf7536 beat me to it
Until Jon Hamm...
Mad men ran parallel to BB
Jon fell to his feet in front of BC
JH when having won at last...
Walter White...uber gangster
Don Draper...the coolest man no man would want to be
What always got me about Walter is how things can quickly escalate after you’ve made one morally questionable decision.
I met Bryan Cranston actually. He was at the court I was working at doing character study, so we got pictures after the proceedings
Doing character study? Please could you elaborate on that?
@@imcallingjapan2178 character study usually implies looking at other people's lives to see how someone in their shoes would realistically act. I'm sure the actor who played Jesse Pinkman has never done Heroin, so it would take some character studying to understand how it feels
@@imcallingjapan2178 Bryan was doing a character study for his role as a judge in "Your Honor" and happened to be in the city and court I worked at
@@TheRealBrandonMcDuff instead of wasting his time going to places to observe ppl doing heroin he could have just used it, it would save some time and he gets the real experience to portray on screen.
Jk.
Good explanation.
@@pagodebregaeforro2803 method acting
how about Gustavo Fring for the next episode I'm sure alot of people will like it
Andale pues
As much as I would love that, his story isn't technically over, with one more appearance in better call Saul
Yes Gus Fring plz
It will be better tbh.
Gus has to be next!
This kind of made me think of Harvey Dent’s line in The Dark Night: “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”. In early seasons when Walter had made enough money while still being relatively ‘innocent’, he could have died from his cancer, left his family the money they needed, and be deemed a hero for all intents and purposes. With time, his own ego and greed (and loyalty to Jesse) got in the way and caused him to do horrific atrocities thereby leading him to become the villain by the end of the series.
Walt's pride was his ultimate downfall. He couldn't accept help from his friend, and he couldn't _stand_ his friend getting wealthy off the venture the two of them started -- and Walt abandoned.
Really well put
So true. Practically everything Walt did, at the beginning you could empathize with him, but by the end, his ego and inability to be content and to just break even will take him down a dark path. And then it cycles back and the paths just got darker and darker till that was what he became. One of my favorite lines is Mike telling Walt that he's got to learn to accept yes as an answer.
Batman beyond. He retired and didn't become a villain.
I dont think his loyalty to Jesse is something caused him to do wrong. As a matter of fact during the later seasons its Jesse who tries to leave the life and talk Walt out of it, but its Walt who always reels him back. If anything it was the other way around. Jesse was the one who did unspeakable crimes because of his own misplaced loyalty
I cannot get behind WW as an anti hero, any kind of hero. The man was brilliant at chemistry, he could have walked onto any number of better paying careers than teacher/cashier and at least made some decent money to provide for his family. He had an opportunity to rejoin Grey Matter and reconcile his friendships in his last years. But his first thought was 'bippity bop, I'm gonna mass produce a highly addictive substance that destroys the lives of countless others so my skilled accountant wife and my kids don't have to work or be on social programs or do anything normal people do". That man destroyed everything he touched after that choice. His wife and kids would have been fine. Jesse would have eventually gotten arrested, but regular prison for minor drug charges is much better than becoming a murderer, having people die because of you, constantly being at risk of being murdered, and eventually becoming a slave. His family reputation was destroyed, his family hated him, he lost his strongest supporters even getting his brother in law murdered. And he just kept going, because he liked feeling like someday he would be the kingpin when he had no idea what he was doing besides the chemistry. He burned everything around him for ego and not a single person was better off for it, that is no anti hero. Even if it was a facade, Gus Fring actually did donate some of his profits to charity and people- he did help people and people were only worse off if they tried to interfere with his business- he could much more easily claim to be the hero of his own story. Walter was just an egomaniac who made every wrong decision at every possible juncture and lied to himself and everyone around him why he was doing it.
That isn't to say it isn't good writing of the complete spiral people can get into, but he is no kind of hero.
Still achieved more than any normal person could.
@@whoareyoutoaccuseme6588 But accomplishments don't make a hero. Hitler accomplished an awful lot, but anyone who calls him a hero doesn't belong in a society.
@@whoareyoutoaccuseme6588Doesn't make him an anti hero
You wrote all that without knowing what antihero means?
@@michaelp6427 Walter White is an anti-villain protagonist, not an anti-hero.
“I think we can all agree that meth isn’t exactly the best thing in the world”
People who do meth: meth is exactly the best thing in the world.
meth cooks, drug lords and everyone who benefits from the business probably also agree
@@chickenindabox3169 see, it’s great for the economy too
@@GrandeSalvatore96 not really if you think about it
People who do meth view it as the only thing in the world for without it they would perish. There is nothing but meth, it fills every second of every minute of every hour of their every day and if it doesn't they suffer immensely.
Once you're there, there is nothing else.
@@GrandeSalvatore96 bruh
"The most saddest thing in the world is wasted talent" -Bronx Tale
Most saddest is redundant and grammatically incorrect
@@greyLeicester soulja boy tell em
"Such wasted potential."
- Sub-Zero, Mortal Kombat 11
“You’re really lucky, you know? You didn’t have to wait your entire life to do something special”
@j. talent only goes to waste when you die. But for the time that your heart is beating, the world is yours. Make the most out of it. No one can bring you down. You’re your own worst enemy in the grand scheme of things
One thing I liked about Walt's character development is that he often brought out the worst in others as well as himself. Doing that to others wasn't really his goal, but it did raise the stakes in an exciting way. Like, we finally see how ruthless Gus Fring actually is when Walt pisses him off, and we see Jesse go to some very dark places he never thought he would go in life.
True, Jesse and Skyler are probably the two prime examples
I feel more sympathy for Jesse though. Even though he did do his fair share of horrible. He was too naive, underestimated Walt, never thought he would go so far and Walt put him through absolute hell.
@@nickasaro8789 he survived tho
@@muramasa870 he did but he’s gonna be left with emotional trauma and scars from what Walt put him through for the rest of his life. Even if he did get a fresh start technically
He pushed Skylar to have an affair and pushed Walt Jr. to attack and hate him.
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
Really fits this series perfectly
Rick grimes
“The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.” - Marcus Aurelius
Yeah idk dawg. Selling meth-- ruining other's people lives-- since the beggining doesn't make you a hero lmao. Who cares of he was doing it for family
He was never felt or seen a hero. If you live a pathetic self what is the point?
he was never a hero tho lol
Breaking Bad, can’t go wrong with this show when it comes to villainy
Literally everyone in this show is a villain lol
Bad guys and worse guys only 2 groups of people
@@dimlydumbor934 Holly was the worst. She's certain to take up her father's mantle.
@@CosmicPhilosopher indeed
" Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them. " -Thoreau
Gosh thank you for this quote
The mass of men.
“I had a dream” Gandhi
‘I am awake.’ Is an underrated haunting line from this character.
Just finished Breaking Bad. I gotta say I was so relieved to see Jesse live through the end. The ending well... I could say it was "bittersweet" but it's not that sweet. It was hard watching the last season because I hated seeing Walter turn into the villain, become the monster. Every death felt almost real, and when you hear the gunshots that lead to a character's death... It felt real. Overall I can't say I enjoyed the end but it's a great show nonetheless.
Watch el Camino,it’s a movie that shows what happens to Jesse after Walt helps him escape from Todd’s family.
I'm on the opposite side, I love the final season because there's no more excuses on Walt's evilness, he can be completely unhinged now that he eliminated the competition.
And then the last 3 episodes just hit the nail in the head with the obvious consequences his actions were going to bring to his loved ones. It was a tragic, and deserved, ending.
I disagree, Breaking Bad Season 5 is one of the greatest in television history. A near flawless masterpiece.
@@HugoSoup57 I refused to watch BB for years but three months ago I made a deal with someone and had to watch it. NGL I did like it from the very beginning and enjoyed it for sure but it wasn't until I hit season5 that I really got into it and binge watched. Before I was watching an episode every other day or so,
That “no half measures “ speech that mike gave him towards the end if season 3 is very important. and its the reason why he’s was able to kill off gus’ dealers and gale without hesitation. that’s what made him 80% ruthless. the last straw was the crawl space whenever shit completely hit the fan in his personal and professional life. after that walter white was essentially dead and he became 100% heisenberg.
Skylar cheating left a scar on Walt losing his money to the man who took something from him before was too much for Walt
@@postsniper-7532 Kind of like harmful symbiosis, because of Walt's wrongdoing Skyler cheated, that harmed him emotionally, then it was the last straw when she gave him their money
For some reason I laughed so much at the fact that the hello everyone was synced with Walter talking and it was just so goofy
LMFAO
XD I thought I was the only one who laughed that hard at that
Lol.
I can’t believe you forgot to mention Walt’s most evil crime of all: refusing to go go-karting with Jesse. That was truly the point of no return for Walter White. Unforgivable!
Walt had always been an egomaniac, he just didn't have the power and resources to enact his wildest desires. Power doesn't corrupt, it reveals character.
Spot on
or power just gave his ego the freedom to fully emerge and start to dominate his life and those around him. it was the worst parts of his character that were enhanced and exaggerated. power definitely corrupts in my opinion
@@TheWaxlemon or he was too scared and anxious to let it all out because used to be powerless and small.
@@reybladen3068 i think his true self shows when what he has done truly sinks in and he is remorseful and broken for the pain he has caused. that's what makes him a tragic character
I think everyone has the inherent potential to become an egomaniac
Wish you would have touched on him absorbing character traits after killing them for instance Krazy 8 likes his crust cut off after he kills him he cuts his crust off gus puts a towel down when vomiting after poisoning the cartel then walter does the same vomiting from his chemo also with his drink he would drink it neat then after killing mike he gets drinks with ice like mike
He pulled Tuco’s intimidation tactic on Saul too
I didn't notice those. Great spot.
@@kindadecent9754 wow thats a new one on me
Didnt even know the character was so nuanced
He never saw gus puttin the towel down tho
I've always felt that dying in one's own terms was one of the few liberating acts one could do in life.
exactly. the “into the wild” guy isn’t really the same situation but people give him so much shit, and all he really wanted to do was live and die on his own terms
@@goblingoochgobbler5759 well if by that you mean, starve to death slowly and painfully, cold and alone in the middle of nowhere because you thought you knew what you were doing after making no preparations or training whatsoever, then sure. That's living I guess. It's certainly dying though, he for sure got the second part down.
@@tylerchambers6246 on his own terms.
@wep sar lol how was it on his own terms, he didn’t even want to die
@@davidrobertson2826 yeah true, apparently he died of lathyrism. But at least he did what he always wanted to do before his death... live free.
Walt is the quintessential example of "Pride before the fall"
Romans 10:9-11 says, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved".Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
The tony soprano episode is gonna be an absolute masterpiece of an episode
Has to be at least 2 hours minimum
You read my mind here.
@@sweetpeaches6916 Fucking imagine that would be astonishing cuz that’s how In depth of a character tony soprano is
@@EmersonMM27 I got my snacks ready 😂😂😂
@@sweetpeaches6916 DEADASS 🤣
I can't believe you didn't mention the Crawl Space scene, it's where he's letting go of his last bits of morality.
He wasnt wrong tho
Loved that scene
Rather his last bits of sanity, he lost his last bits of morality after he was pushed off the rails by everything happening in his life which honestly came to a pinnacle when he ordered gale to be killed and was almost executed under Gus’s orders
It's where Walter White truly died...
I felt this was Heisenberg laughing that he was now in charge
The show made it obvious where his pride came from. As a chemistry student, he was constantly getting awards and being convinced he was smarter than the other students. Being a chemistry student and convinced he was a genius was likely to be ego food for him. That makes it likely that even before college, his teachers would have told him he was gifted and smarter than the other kids.
thats half of it, his level of narcisism stems from childhood
@@m.p.6947 Most likely, probably up for interpretation.
@@m.p.6947 Probably from his mother hence why he’s distancing from her and dislikes her, but not a narcissist. Just power hungry after he gets powerful then realizes that all of that meant nothing after the Neo Nazis stole his money, killed Hank, and he gets rediagnosed as well, he doesn’t care about any of that. He just wanted to tie loose ends before he died.
I also think it stems from his bitterness towards the world. He lived a life of quiet desperation then found an inner baddass and he let it run him.
Which is why being stuck as a high school chemistry teacher, with students who didn't care about and weren't interested in his lessons was such a blow to his ego. He probably thought "I'm better than this" many times in his life.
Before he killed Mike, I rode with Walter because most of the actions he committed looked like he was saving his family and Jesse. When and after he killed Mike, I slowly realized this guys not just a man with cancer who’s trying to make millions to provide for his family for life, he’s really just a cruel, hellish man that refuses to get one upped by someone who he sees as below him
they are both men with families who do horrible things for money. none of their lives matter, so him killing mike was a net positive for humanity
To paraphrase from RDR2: most people don't change; they become more of who they really are.
Dutch is like a western version of walter white
I thought you were quoting R2D2 from Star Wars and was a bit confused.
@@natalcavity5424 I tend to confuse the two as well
@@LeumazDnazor Arthur as well, in some way.
Thats bullshit tho
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Something I never see mentioned is Hank's pride, which I think is most well-shown in the last season. At the end of the line, its over. Walt is out, everyone is happy, things are ok, their families are successful and have a bright future...
and yet Hank cannot let Heisenburg go. He can't just leave well enough alone. Even when he has Jessie, and therefore a confession, he doesn't go through the due process. On the contrary, he convinces Gomez to run with the idea to put Jessie is direct danger just to get something incriminating out of Walt. He basically destroys both families after Walt had successfully disentangled himself from the business. Now, could Walt have gotten pulled back into it later and ruined things for himself anyhow? Sure.
But I think it bears mentioning that Hank and his obsession with catching Heisenburg is ultimately what got him killed in the end. An obsession so all-encompassing, that it caused him to try to throw everyone under the bus in order to get that sweet, sweet conviction to put on his mantle.
Given different life circumstances, Hank could have gone into the drug business, and Walt into law enforcement.vice Versa
There's shades of Vito corlione. Hes more sympathetic it's true. It's as much about guts as morality. Once you go up the Maslow hierarchy of needs ladder, ambition still remains. Walter is a man of self described destiny. Balls and Brains too.
@@chriswest8389 well yea but my point is that eventually he made the right choice, he moved on from his pride and managed to have enough for his family to live in reasonable comfort forever. They could have funneled that money through the car wash until Walter Jr. Graduated college. Invest in safe stocks on the stock market and make the money work for them, and the White family could live as well as the shareholders of Grey Matter forever. Then Hank finds out the truth, and he has a crossroads. Let it go, live happily, pretend he never saw anything, and put their family above his career and reputation. The harm had ceased, the struggle was over. There was no more Hiesenburg. But he chose the other path. Never let it go. Bring Walter's actions to full exposure, at the cost of their family, his life, and the life of his best friend.
I mean, he was good to let it go when they found Gale, it was Walt who convinced him that Gale couldn’t have been Heisenberg that made him go over the edge.
@@TheNinthGeneration1 Yea, Walt did start him back on it, but at the end of the day that didn't end up mattering because he kinda gave up anyway until he just so happened to pick up the book.
Say
His
Name:
"Vile Eye"
"You're God damn right"
I am the knock on the door.
@@BROU-bb2uc "I am the one who knocks..."
i am the table
He is the one who blinks
My favorite part is when hank finds out Walt cooks meth and says “IT WAS YOU, YOU WERE BREAKING BAD ALL ALONG” and then Walt exploded
“It’s breaking time” -Walt’s catchphrase
@@Remdogg Morbin time
[Mo]rbing
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Real
I don't know which is worse. Morbius, or the corny meme it spawned.
Mike was right, it wasn’t about money anymore, it was about his old man ego .
Mike knew Waltuh best
Well yes for the most part but he DID want to leave money for his family too
@@uno9915 only at the begging. Later seasons he starts getting selfish
@@dungfungus56 He was always selfish. He just thought that since he was gonna die of old age as a middle class man he did not need to achieve greatness, which he already tried to achieve with grey matter.
However the cancer came, and he wanted to make money. At first he says "Everything I did, I did it for this family." but in the end he becomes honest and says "Everything I did, I did it for me."
"I'm in the empire business." This just proves Walter wanted to be some sort of god who could control his life, and therefore death, but in the end he brought death and shame on his family all because of his selfishness.
Two men, Jesse Pinkman and Saul Goodman, were attracted by the money walter made, but they only made the situation worse. Had both of them not helped him, Walter would have been very quickly caught, perhaps a few days, but instead they were just as greedy as him.
Mike said walt was a ticking time bomb and he didn't want to be around when he blows.
His most underrated scene is the one where he stands behind Gretchen and Eliot and delivers that Gold monologue speech about hearing footsteps behind them and then proceeds to jump scare them both, he wasn't even Heisenberg at that point he felt more like Gus calm collective silent almost like an Assassin not loud and brash like Heisenberg but a more mellowed out Melancholy version.
That actually makes a lot of sense if you look at the other people Walt killed, and how he acts after killing them. It’s almost like he takes parts of people he kills. I think it’s mentioned at some point in this video. The killing of those biker drug makers is almost Gus like. Normally Walt would use something like poison, like the ricin. He ends up using a big gun. He kind of kills them in a way that’s a mix of how Walter and Gus handled things.
@@BenjamminFranklin. Ye true that he seemed to have 3 stages not two as well first was Walt 2nd was Heisenberg and the 3rd was his final form which was as you mentioned more like Gus he was calm collective and cool also his ego cooled down in season 5 towards the4 end of it anyway.
This got me thinking: you know who’d be interesting? Tony Montana.
@Marky MarkWow you really told me 🙃
I feel like Tony was far more evil in comparison. While Walter White is complex. I'd even say he is simply Karma to those around him.
@@gmarlon61 Tony lacked the conviction Walter had. Apparently Walter learned the lesson the hard way that you cannot play righteous in a Demon's game
@Marky Mark ur toxic af
@Marky Mark ur just a toxic troll