I love how he proves Mike’s point by killing him ... Mike once said he didn’t want to be around Walt because “he was a ticking time-bomb.” Such a shame he couldn’t escape the blast ... 😞
He probably never could because of how paranoid walt is and needs the tiniest excuse to get rid of someone. He'd probably eventually think something dumb like " hmmm mike in his old age might flip on me before he dies"
It's sad because Jesse got Mike's soft side. If he let Jesse bring the bag instead of protecting him, he would have been able to stay away from the time bomb.
@MarvinGuatemalanBoy3 years old but i dont see what pretending to be sorry would even do though since he did quite literally kill him and he knew he was about to die and mike would not just accept that at all and walt knows that too
I find it incredibly sad that Lydia's fear of leaving her child clueless to her whereabouts if she just disappeared, is exactly the fate Mike's granddaughter Kaylee ultimately goes through.
What Walt did here was horrible, but as others have pointed out, if Walt “cooked and knew his place” that meant Gus would have killed that “one junkie”, Jesse, in 3x12. Everything was fallout from the act of saving Jesse. Walt’s ego and attitude are what makes people hate him. Kudos to Bryan Cranston for being able to get people to be so invested in how they feel about Walter one way or the other. Probably the greatest performance and character ever put on TV.
There was a point after killing Gale where Walt could have just kept his head down and road things out until he died, providing millions for his family and keeping Jesse safe, preparing him to run the lab. His ego and paranoia wouldn't allow it. Gus even deferred to Jesse and gave Walt an exit point, took him out to the desert and threatened him, told him to quit and cut ties with Jesse. Walt instead provoked Gus and forced his hand, then manipulated Jesse into turning on Gus. Yeah, there was the money Skylar gave to Ted, but Walt wouldn't have needed to disappear his family if he had just let Gus win. Hell, his whole goal was supposedly just to provide money for his family and then die. At this point the carwash is turning a profit, they have financial security, and a nestegg of his remaining meth earnings. Everything he does after that point is ultimately just an ego trip that accomplishes nothing of benefit.
Red Sparrow You are right in that he made a smug comment about how Gus couldn’t kill him because Jesse wouldn’t allow it, and Gus acknowledged it with a “for now” response, but he then pivoted to saying he was going to kill Hank. He then threatened to kill Walt’s wife and kids if Walt interferes with the killing of Hank. Walt interfered to save his brother-in-law. Walt is horrible and let his ego go crazy, but his actions up to the point where he killed Mike were to defend. Even poisoning Brock was done to protect Holly, Walter Jr and Skyler. You could even argue killing Mike was done because he was going to kill the names on the list and Mike would come after Walt at that point. As a viewer we know Walt’s ego is what drives him but the actions aren’t so black and white.
Glad someone gets it. Walt would've had a great career with Gus and Gale. But his weakness was JESSE. Any other criminal would've had Jesse murdered after he threatened Walt with ratting him out to the DEA at the hospital.
@@Tusc9969 I am not a "Walt can do no wrong" type, but I find the interconnected nature of Breaking Bad amazing. A lot of people say Walt is to blame for everything that went wrong with Jessie because Walk blackmailed him. The funny part is that Jessie was a meth cook while Walt was grading tests, and Jessie was the catalyst for Walt deciding to cook meth after his diagnosis. If he never saw Jesse escaping from the sting, he probably wouldn't have pursued cooking meth.
@@ximienlundquist8487 Don't I know you from The Normies channel? The one who is a hardcore Grant Ward fanboy? A character who is 100x a worse human being than Walt? Please leave.
Jeremy, I’m not fanboy. I’m just able to understand complex characters way better than you can. That includes Agents of SHIELD AND Breaking Bad. Come back when you finish maturing.
"Shut the Fuck up and let me Die in peace" This line made me crack up so much, even in death Mike is annoyed by Walt. And this is a good representation of the genius of Breaking Bad, the line bluring between drama and humour like in real life.
@@geraldsarrells7961 The episode "Grilled" has one of the best credits in the series. The episode ending with Hector ringing the bell, and the dinging sounds mending with the credits music was brilliant.
I remember reading that Mike's actor thought it was out-of-character for Mike to leave Kaylee behind, but that he didn't object to it because he respected the writers too much.
He talks about it in AMC’s making of episode 5x07. Bryan mentions that his character did it so he’d still be able to provide for her in the future. Definitely worth a watch
Syabri I would have to agree. I understand why it had to happen the way that it did though. I’m not so sure Mike would leave her so easily in actuality.
I take Mike’s state of mind as being that she will have a better future if he escapes and is able to send her money than if he gets to say goodbye but can send her nothing
Probably the most beautiful image in the whole series for me is the shot of the creek, sun reflecting across it, the green trees, the red New Mexico soil, the tall grass. And then there's Mike and Walt behind the grass in the corner. Mike slumps over, and I cried my eyes out. Oh my god.
I always thought it was the Rio Grande I could be very wrong though EDIT: just looked it up, he does die at the Rio Grande, it runs right through Albuquerque
"Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace." is propably my favourite line in the show. It's been insanity and chaos all the time... Mike knows what's up, he has always known... Give man his peace.
Also for Steven, if you are followed by DEA, it's not that good idea to tell that immediately to others because that's what DEA wants, to see his contacts with others. Mike did right thing to meet and tell Walt later when he knew he wasn't followed by DEA rather than earlier when he didn't know how much is he followed.
Well Mike took the original half measure in his own story about taking the half measure with the abusive boyfriend who killed his girlfriend. Mike taking another half measure with Walt means he made the same mistake twice. Remember what Gus said? "Don't make the same mistake twice".
Mike's first half measure was in the Madrigal episode, when he was going to shoot Walt, but Jesse defends him every time. In fact, if it wasn't for Jesse in general, Walt would be dead much earlier in the series. Walt uses his loyalty to his advantage, but in his own twisted way, he still cares about him deeply.
@@Jeremy-jm3fe Surely his first half measure was the story he told Walt about when he was a cop. Walt was his second half measure than thus he made the same mistake twice; what Gus warned Walt not to do.
1. Say My Name cold open- classic scene with iconic writing and how about the excellent cinematography 2. Mike says I'm out and goodbye to Jesse, Walt psychopathically stares at him after mocking him 3. Lawyer deposits Kaylee's money in a cool montage with cool camera work 4. Walt and Jesse unload the meth with Skyler worried 5. Lawyer gets caught by Gomez and other DEA agents 6. Mike rids of his laptop and bag of guns in a well in the desert and plans his escape (so good) 7. Walt tries to get Jesse to cook again by offering him his own lab and telling him how good he is at it, Jesse declines, Walt start philosophizing and laying with Jesse's conscience, Jesse still says no (amazing writing and acting, what a scene) 8. Walt and Todd Cooking Montage with great background music and awesome camerawork and editing. 9. Walt rids of the bug and overhears that Gomez tells Hank the lawyer is going to flip on Mike 10. Walt phones Mike while at the park with his granddaughter to warn him they're coming for him 11. Mike needs his bag of money but can't get it so phones Saul, and Walt has to go bring it to him 12. Walt and Mike confront each other; Walt wants the list, Mike won't give it, Mike puts Walt in his place, Walt hates it, Walt shoots Mike in cold blood 13. Walt finds Mike sitting on the log next to the river and starts rambling on about getting the list from Lydia, Mike says, "Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace". The end. This episode is a masterpiece. That is all.
@Drake Lang- This "dude" misses the point which was just that every single scene is excellent. Every one of those scenes was absolutely riveting with no "fat". Was there a scene in this episode that wasn't perfect? Nope.
I do think that people forget that this is all actually Jesse's fault. Walt was fine working for Gus but this started when Jesse wanted to go after two of Gus' guys for using kids to deal and Walt stuck his neck out to save him, first by calling the meeting with Gus and then when Jesse decided to go after them again when they killed the kid Walt once again stepped in to save him, completely screwing his relationship with Gus. Then for his loyalty Walt got got all the flack and Jesse was basically taken in by Gus and given special treatment. Sure Walt is a terrible guy but its easy to forget the actual situation that pushed him into this. If it wasn't for Walts' loyalty to Jesse and constantly stepping in to save him they would have been fine!
Walt without Jesse would have died in SEASON 1. What did Walt say to Gus when they had their first meeting? That he had Jesse as a partner because he did as Walt says. He had no choice but to keep Jesse alive, and hes done everything in his power to keep Jesse as his partner. Jesse couldve exited the business entirely once him and Jane got his cut of the money, but Walter let Jane choke to death, which lead to Jesse getting right back into the business! And Walt intentionally let her die so Jesse could start back working with him... Its like, what show did you watch where youre taking the blame of Walt(when even the show EXPLICITLY is show Walt as a the villian) and place it on Jesse? Wtf? "Walt's loyalty," the guy isnt even loyal to his wife, hes taking advantage of just about everyone in the show, once they dont serve his ego or his purpose, hell ditch them. They showed that in this episode when he tried manipulating Jesse into staying with him by offering to build a new lab(pointing back to how to treats Flynn by buying him new things). Once Jesse finally put his foot down, Walt was okay with leaving the guy without nothing to show for all the work hes put into the business. I am stunned at you peoples interpretation of this show
Wow, it's almost as if they have seen this mega-hit show prior (which ended nearly 6 years ago) to their "reaction." Hint: They have all sorts of B.B. stuff in the background of their videos.
I never hated Walt. I thought a lot of the things he did and said were horrible, but I always respected and rooted for him even at the end. That doesn’t mean I support everything he did or didn’t admire how he was eventually found out. But he was too smart and cunning and complex for me to hate him. Also your ROTS comparison was spot on. Walt was like a real life version of a Sith lord.
And that's unfortunate, because people keep quoting it constantly and it gets on my fucking nerves. There are so many lines in this series that are far more meaningful and impactful.
@Berleezy's Broke Ass Swivel Chair I take no issue with people quoting their favorite lines in TV shows. I encourage it. But when it is literally just "you're goddamn right" and "I am the one who knocks" *every* fucking time I read through comments, it's annoying and worries me that people are so one-dimensional towards this series. Also, I am not the only one who is negative towards it, Drake Lang also shares my sentiments.
Jeremy I agree, it’s a great line by Walt however there are so many lines from him and other characters that are superior over the course of the show ..
If you think about about it. The whole reason it fell apart with Gus is Jesse’s fault. He just had to kill those guys and Walt just couldn’t let him die.
Exactly right. As much as I love Mike, he’s not the hero either. Almost everyone in the show has broken or is breaking bad. He’s not as bad as Gus but he’s not good just because he has a granddaughter that he loves. I’ve never seen a show that balances the fact that most men are not completely evil. I loved Mike, Gus, and even Walt. SPOILER: Especially after he offered all of his money to save Hank and try to make things right.
In my opinion I think it is all walts fault. Yes he and Gus got along, but Walter made problems where there were none. Like with Gale. He was the perfect sidekick for Walt, but imo, I think that Walt didn't like being partners with someone who was arguably more of an intellect than him. And that's why he complained to Gus that Gale wasn't working out. He wanted Jesse back because he liked feeling superior and special.
After he killed mike he tried to justify it by saying he could of got the names from lydia, but we all know the reason he killed mike is because mike told him how it is and damaged his ego
Tbh it was Mikes ego that got him killed, he should’ve just stfu and kept it moving. He’s the one who called Walt a ticking time bomb but he’s standing there yelling at it. Mike had this coming to him ever since he beat Walt up in the bar.
Walt didn't try to justify shit. He honestly did realize too late that he could've gotten the names from Lydia, he didn't kill him because he attacked his ego. You see the panic and confusion on his face after that first shot; if it was because of his ego, he would've killed him with a straight face.
Mike's critique made no sense... he was working on killing Jesse during the time he says they had it so good. That was the original situation where Mike famously said he wouldn't take half measures. I can understand Walt being pissed at being wrongly insulted like that, as well as Mike acting as if leaving town would solve the problems, when there is no way Walt can do that. Not that it's justification for murder, but it was way more than denting his ego. Mike was a self-centered jerk with basically no development over the time of the show.
@@MoonageDaydream. That's true but the beauty of the writing is that they always make it so Walt feels like he has to do the things that he does. He always has a justification for his actions (except for maybe killing Mike), regardless of whether we agree with them or not.
@@arthurmorgan5309 I mean, he really doesn't. Maybe I can see that argument for season 1, but now he's an egotistical maniac who kills because he's angry, basically sexually assaulted his wife in 502, poisoned a child and pretends to care, manipulates, all this stuff even though he realizes his family hates him but he's still transformed into a murderous maniac. I suppose that's why the show is so good though, the interpretations of characters, and Walt is a very 3-dimensional character.
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to hate, Hate...leads to suffering.....I sense much fear in you Walter" Thats what Yoda said 😄
Mike wasn't very right. Jesse ruined his relationship with gus by trying to kill gus' junkies, Walt saved him and got himself in trouble, if Jesse didn't try to kill them, walt would have worked peacefully with gus and made all the money he needed. Hell, if Jesse didn't Steal from gus's meth to sell it in the rehab, he wouldn't have met andrea, and wouldn't have discovered combo's killers.
Remember, Walter WAS following the plan until Hank beat the hell out of Jessie, and then Walt got Gayle fired to keep Jessie from ruining Hank’s career. He was also following the plan until Jessie tried to kill those other dealers. Walt stepped in and saved Jessie and ruined his relationship with Gus forever. So, it’s not as simple as Mike makes it out to be. Walt sacrificed his standing with Gus twice in order to help Hank and Jessie. It’s not all about his ego
What's even more sad about Walt killing Mike is the fact that Mike saved Walt's life back during Season 3 when the Salamanca Twins were after him. "You know, it's always good to have someone watching your back"😢😢😢, that was Mike and Walt's first true conversation. Mike was an awesome character and I'm glad we got to see more of him in Better Call Saul.
The breaking point between Walt and Gus was when Walt killed his two dealers to protect Jesse. After that point, Gus was scheming to replace and kill him. The only way to save that relationship long term would have been to just let Jesse get killed in his confrontation with those dealers. Jesse is one of the few people he actually cares about. In this episode, Walt reaches a new low by personally murdering Mike out of anger-- this time with no real pretense of danger or retaliation at all.
If Mike was right and Walt had just done his job and knew his place, it means the half measures episode would've resulted in Walt killing Jesse. That was his order from Gus.
It's curious how everyone forgets that Gus was working very hard to replace Walt as Cook, so he could have him murdered. Walt didn't kill Gus out of ego,it was self preservation!
@@kaleb7045 What spoiler? My comment was made because I think it's funny how Nikki is so mad at Walt to the point where she wants him dead, only for him to make her even madder at the end of the episode by killing Mike. So.... I'm gonna just leave it there, alright?
way to spoil it dumbass. Dont pretend you didn't give it away because you didn't explicitly say it. Don't underestimate how much people can extrapolate from comments like yours. Absolute dumbass.
@@HaYouGotRekTed doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Walt is going to die from that comment. Just because they're cheeky about it doesn't mean they didn't spoil it
25:21 Yeah he's wrong. Do you not remember why Walt had to kill Gus in the first place? Literally because he saved Jesse from dying at the end of season 3 Walt's head was on the chopping block, there was 0 chance after that for him to "shut his mouth and cook".
I love how you guys HATE Walt so much, but were sad to see Mike die. Mike was one of my favorite characters, but let's not pretend he was innocent in all of this. Mike was probably responsible for just as many deaths as Walt, if not more.
but mike never tried to justify it. he knew exactly what he was doing. it was his job, and thats that. Walt is constantly creating loopholes in his head about morality, and he won't admit he's wrong, because of his damn ego.
It might not be anything on your end. I just tried to watch Cinema Blend's latest GoT reaction upload from this morning, and it also says "video unavailable". This better not be some new insane RUclips crackdown on reaction vids. :(
ugh this happened on another channel i watch covering Breaking Bad--it's likely some shit fucker reporting people to make themselves feel important. Then again, i believe almost every conspiracy theory that exists, so there's a chance i'm completely off base.
My favorite cast and crew moment has to be when Banks opens up about loving Mike and missing the character and what his favorite scene was... and a moment later Bryan Cranston in heisenberg voice goes "My favorite scene was killing Mike." It is glorious.
It's really interesting to compare the reactions of men and women to the "Say my name" scene. All the guys usually love it, while the gals are with Nikki, rolling their eyes, thinking this just some more macho bullshit. Personally, I love it. One of the iconic moments of the whole series.
Yea I know and Nikki is extremely biased of her hate for Walter, even Steven appreciated how badass the scene was where Nikki couldn’t even do or admit that
it's not about being a woman or a man, it's about being a person who has a classic power fantasy or being someone who doesn't emphathize with that type of scenario
@@Utonian21 coward who went to a nazi crew without a gun and a plan that might not even work and possibly get him the same (or worse) torture than jesse for the last moments of his life
Mike couldn't go full measure either time, because Walt outsmarted him. First by making himself indispensible by having Gale killed, then by hiding the methylamine. Still don't understand why Mike felt it necessary to be present for Saul serving the restraining order to Hank... seems like a plot contrivance to let Walt escape.
@@derred723 a half measure for what Mike just told him exactly what he was. And arrogant dude who can't step down and control his ego. Mike was leaving and presented no threat.
The Walt vs Gus war didn't happen because Walt became proud and arrogant, it happened because he was protecting Jesse. You can argue that bringing Jesse aboard in the first place was a bad idea, but it seemed like a decent thing to do for him at the time(help him make some money and get something good out of all this). Once Jesse began pushing to kill Gus' murderous henchmen and Walt backed him up to keep him safe, Gus went on the offensive and at that point, it was just a matter of survival.
Honestly I may not agree with the actions Walt takes but I do respect his resolve. He knows what he wants and how to take it and he does it. I also respect how hes able to maneuver himself into positions where hes too valuable to be killed and always finds a way to come out on top.
Fun fact: The actor who plays Mike, Johnathan Banks, personally didn't feel that his character would leave Kaylee behind at the park. Bryan Cranston disagrees, and they had a playful back and forth about it.
There is some behind the scenes footage from AMC on RUclips about this episode, and they talk to Jonathan Banks and Bryan Cranston, and Jonathan and Bryan start to tear up. He was so grateful to have the opportunity to play such an amazing character, and so humbled by it all. He said he had to hold Bryan's hand during that last day of filming. Crew members wore little black armbands in memory of Mike the character.
Podcast Notes: Say My Name (FYI I’ve added last episode’s to that video’s comments now) Guests: Melissa Bernstein (co-exec producer); Bob Odenkirk [YAY!] (Saul); Tom Schnauz (writer/director) 1. Opening shot in the car - they needed 2 cars but couldn’t find an exact match so they spray painted the inside. It was tacky while they were filming 2. Tom hasn’t directed in over 20 years (since he & Vince we’re in film school together. Lots of talk about how you don’t need to go to film school, especially since you’ll end up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt starting out) 3. [Oh, no. I just realized which episode this is. 😭] 4. There is truth to what Mike blames on Walt, but on the other hand, Gus & Walt we’re at odds over Jesse...whom Mike was willing to kill then but now has deep fondness for. Mike & Walt are fighting over Jesse like 2 dads. Walt doesn’t like that Jesse cares for Mike 5. The room with the safety deposit boxes is built on a sound stage - they rented all the boxes and built the room around it. Only a few of the boxes opened, so the actress had to remember patterns 6. Standards & practices - they get one “fuck” a year & used it here. I don’t think the written word last episode counted towards that? 7. The crew wore black arm bands the day Mike was shot to speak to all their sadness over losing Jonathan Banks as a cast member. 8. His last day of shooting, they brought a blown up photo of mike, Walt, & Jesse. “Jonathan only cried once...from day one through day eight, the whole way through, but just once!” 9. Tom is a big Monkees fan & said he learned everything he knows about montage from the Monkees. 10. Jonathan thinks Mike would never have left Kaylee alone in the park. Hopefully he called her mom as soon as he left 11. Vince said “after people watch this episode, they’re going to be really angry” 12. Vince had dreaded telling Jonathan about the end of Mike (just as he dreaded telling Giancarlo, though he thought the Giancarlo conversation would end in a hug as he’s so sweet). He ended up telling him at a party at Aaron & his (then) fiancée’s. He wanted to do it face to face, and Jonathan asked about Mike’s future, so it felt like the right time 12. TV & movies have made people think police investigations are much more thorough than they are. We see in the meeting with Hank & the SAC that money is limited, so, like, worrying about fingerprints on small pieces of evidence is irrelevant in most cases. 13. Tom thinks it was Mike telling Walt he should’ve known his place that pushed his hubris buttons far enough that he killed him.
@@imkool51391 Wow, don't be a jerk! Jessica is awesome!! There are podcasts about each BB episode and she VERY kindly posts the main bullet points in the comments of each of N&S's BB react vids. Basically a Too Long, Didn't Listen version. I personally really appreciate that she does it. If you think it's too long, then don't bother to read it. Man.
It literally is.... he breaks bad and you watch it throughout the entire show. “break bad” means like turn into a criminal or a bad person from not being that way.
I mean, I know this isn't really defending Walt's actions, but to be fair Mike was ready to kill Walt at the end of season 3, and he didn't seem to care either.
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 I disagree. He was merely following orders from Gus and the latter wanted him dead because of the incident with the two dealers (in which imo Walt did the right thing). That was the beginning of Walts fight against Gus which was also totally acceptable because Gus would've disposed of Walt as soon as he'd gotten the chance to. Mike was always that last remnant of Gus's network and while I don't agree with killing him in that situation, I can still understand Walts decision.
@Chair of Truth Then that makes Mike 100% worse than Walt. Walt only killed people he believed he needed to, for the benefit of himself and his family (including that junkie rat Jesse). Mike just kills for cash, on another person's whim ... that's stone cold heartless. To be a straight-up assassin like Mike, you can't truly possess a soul. Remember when Mike wanted to murder Lydia right in the next room to her young daughter? Mike is more evil than Walt for certain.
The aftermath of Walter killing Gus was what Mike wanted to prevent. Walter and season 3 Jesse introduced nothing but chaos into the operation, and what has it lead to? More dead bodies than if Walter was put out of his misery sooner. Even everything with the Cartel wouldnt have happened if Walter werent involved. Also, what do you mean you can understand Walts decision? Even Walt at the end of this didnt agree with his 'decision', which was driven by his hatred and bruised ego. Wtf are you talking about?
Mike WAS wrong about what he said. They couldn't have just gone on cooking and made money. Remember how the problems started... Combo, then finding out about Gus' dealers using kids. It was a snowball effect. It had to go down this way.
Yes we can argue that lol Gus wanted to kill him! How can you overlook that 😂 Mike was going to kill Walt at one point. Walt is where he is because of those experiences. Defo not the worst
Problem with Walt working for Gus for a long time was because Walt rooted for Jesse who was still using at the time. And Walt did everything he could to save Jesse. That's what started the chain of events that eventually made things with Gus untenable.
Why do you guys have such a hate boner for Walt? Mike was absolutely wrong Walt could not have continued to work for Gus without letting Jessie die and he couldn't even just stop and walk away from it all without letting Hank die
25:06 Mike isn't right. It was Gus's plan from the start for Walt to train Gale, then kill Walt and Gale would take over the lab. Kill or be killed. Walt did the right thing killing Gus. And after the feds took mike's money he wouldn't have been able to keep paying his guys in prison so they would end up ratting. Sink or swim, Walt chose to swim.
Yeah. The first conflict started b/c Gus was using kids to distribute drugs and then ordered to kill that boy. And Walt was at odds looking over his shoulder the entire time since then, Mike was initially trying to kill Walt also, so Mike is clearly the delusional one here
I think this may be the one murder that actually shook Walt a bit. It's the first murder that was completely senseless with nothing for him to gain from having done it. Every other kill was always done out of 'kill or be killed' or self-preservation. The little nervous trot he does from the spot he shot Mike to the crashed car doesn't remind me of the Heisenberg (Say My Name) in the cold open, but the actual Walt we knew from the start of the show. For me, Walter White sort of resurfaces in this moment.
Walt decided to kill Gus because Gus threatened to kill him and his family. It was in self-defense, not because of his pride or ego or because he wanted to take Gus's place, as Mike said. Now, the whole beef with Gus started because he killed Gus's employees on the street (which he shouldn't have done), but he did it to save Jesse's life. So if anything, this was all due to Jesse and his junkie behavior back in Season 3.
He should have kept quiet like Jesse after Gus killed Victor, Walt kept on challenging Gus by calling the cops on Tyrus, trying to kill Gus and letting those ladies clean the lab. Walt's behaviour let Gus prefer Jesse (who did know his place) which put Walt and his family in danger. So his ego is the main reason why he killed Gus.
@@jessevanderveen4363 Gus was the one who tried to kill Walt first, not the other way around. In the Season 3 finale where Mike and Victor take him to the laundromat. So by then, Walt already knows Gus's intentions. What was he supposed to do, keep quiet and wait around for Gus to kill him? He knew that killing Gale just bought him some time, nothing else. That's why he continued to try to kill him. This was self-defense, not ego. And we don't know if Gus was the one who ordered his men to kill Tomas in Season 3. They met with Jesse and had a truce. His end of the deal was "no more children". If he then ordered them to kill Tomas and leave him in the street for the police to find him and put it in the news, obviously he should be expecting a reaction from Jesse. That would be his fault for not holding his end of the deal.
@@cokeysmurf2436 I agree with you on Gale, Walt had to do that and Gus was certainly responsible for all of that if he ordered Tomas his death. But I think Gus killed Victor first of all because he was recognized at the crime scene of Gale's murder, but he did it so cruelly to show Walt what happens if you don't know your place. Jesse got that, that's why Gus favored him over Walt. In the end of season 4 Walt was in danger so it could be seen as self-defense but if he kept in line like Jesse after Victor. I think it could have been avoided. But the're all bad people so it doesn't really matter whose fault it was.
"I'M THE COOK. I'M THE MAN WHO KILLED GUS FRING!" "Bullshit. Cartel got Fring." "Are you sure?".....(Mike nods)…….."Now, say MY name." "You're Heisenberg". "YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT!"
So many comments but when Mike died it was so beautiful. Not his death but the birds, the setting, the quietness and calmness I feel like it represented Mike
During this episode, Jonathan Banks, the actor who plays Mike, told the producers that he would shoot this scene as written but pointed out that there is no way that Michael Ehrmantraut would ever abandon his granddaughter in the park.
So because he got cancer and had a somehow miserable life, everything else that follows is ok? Because if you don't remember everything after his diagnosis was induced by him forcing Jessie to cook meth with him. Yeah, go Walt, that's what anyone would've done. When you want to put this show in realistical perspective (as much as that's possible), you better put realistic measures to it and think about how insane that concept and what came out of it really is.
@@Edninety YEP!!!!!! Because this is how villains are made, you don't have to like it...but you have to respect it. Or maybe you don't...and you're just a pussy. I love Walt and wished he'd killed wife before checking out. She deserved it.
Well Walt turned against Gus when he killed 2 of Gus' dealers to protect Jesse. And then killing Gale. Crossing Gus like that pretty much signed his death sentence. He never began working for Gus and plan to kill him. It all started with saving Jesse.
Nobody is defending Walt’s morality, we’re defending his intelligence and ability. He knows what he’s doing (most of the time) & isn’t the idiot you think he is.
@@rs6000_ I didn't say that being kingpin is a good thing. I said a kingpin won't have a saintly moral code, you can't expect him to be whiny bitch like that junkie pinkman, who can't even take a murder of an unknown and unrelated child... Heisenberg is the man, deal with it bitch
Walt has become evil at this point , but he’s also a very complex character. He’s definitely the smartest most cunning of them all. Don’t ever underestimate him. Trust me on that.
And I remember from the behind the scenes and interviews about this episode, that the whole film crew wore black arm bands in honor of Mike.. cuz they were all so fond of him
Mikes last speech to Walt was total BS. Walt only had problems with Gus because he protected Jesse. Jesse had the feud with Gus's street dealers and Walt ran them over to save Jesse. Gus could've just acknowledged the irreconcilable situation and let it go, but he instead decided to kill Walt as soon as he got the chance. If he let it go, everything would've been fine between him and Walt. Its his own fault that his empire crumbled down and Mike is 100% wrong in his last speech.
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Fuck off with the eyerolls during the most iconic "Say my name" scene. LOL. That's an awesome scene and Walt is a real heel. Love everything about Walt...we wouldnt have a fuckin show if he didnt do what he does.
You can mock Walt's "empire" as him being egotistical and big-headed... but in the world of Breaking Bad, you'd be totally alone in that opinion ... Certainly Hank and the rest of the DEA would classify his business as that ... Heisenberg is their kingpin public enemy #1.
@@ginalynn915 I don't know them personally, but I'm guessing they're both "feminists"....AKA weak. And believe in "toxic masculinity"...which isn't a real thing. It just isn't.
The very first time I watched the show, I was always on team Walt! I think the best way to view it is that you either love to love him, love to hate him, hate to love him or hate to hate him. Best show of all time!
I'm kinda at the "Hate to Hate Him" stage right now. I want him to become a better guy, but right from the beginning I knew he wasn't the nicest person just from seeing how he treated Jesse.
i dont know how its possible someone can watch even past season 2 and not feel iffy about Walt, but he has literal fans who have watched the entire show. Absolute insanity lol
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Mike, Gus and Saul are some of the best supporting characters in TV history... RIP Mike
Gregor Rooch mike is so good in bcs also
Rick Grimes too.
I like Jesse's friends gotta have comedy mixed in there
I totally agree with you, those 3 made show an classic tv show 👏👍😎
@@myth4318 wrong show😏
I love how he proves Mike’s point by killing him ... Mike once said he didn’t want to be around Walt because “he was a ticking time-bomb.” Such a shame he couldn’t escape the blast ... 😞
He probably never could because of how paranoid walt is and needs the tiniest excuse to get rid of someone. He'd probably eventually think something dumb like " hmmm mike in his old age might flip on me before he dies"
It's sad because Jesse got Mike's soft side. If he let Jesse bring the bag instead of protecting him, he would have been able to stay away from the time bomb.
@@dandyman2182 Actually the train heist was Jesse's plan, so Walt alone can't take credit for that.
@@Naahi95 yeah, the idea was from him but the overall plan of robbing a train came from lydia then she told walt about it.
How was that proving his point bro
Mike never got to say goodbye to his granddaughter :(
Oh boo hoo your poor Mike died 😂😂
Deal with it bitch!!
@@homelander5499 Lol what
😢😭😭
@@fadeskywards1245 Its Homelander....
@@homelander5499 You okay bud?
That look of panic on Walt's face after he takes Mike gun away is just master acting by Bryan Cranston.
Yep realizing he didn't have to kill Mike.
@MarvinGuatemalanBoy3 years old but i dont see what pretending to be sorry would even do though since he did quite literally kill him and he knew he was about to die and mike would not just accept that at all and walt knows that too
@@tweets009 we're talking about the actual actor and his acting skills buddy.
I find it incredibly sad that Lydia's fear of leaving her child clueless to her whereabouts if she just disappeared, is exactly the fate Mike's granddaughter Kaylee ultimately goes through.
Oh damn thats deep 😳 😔
Eh, I doubt Walt hid Mike's body (maybe I'm forgetting something?) so at some point people would've found him.
@@LightgreenLP Mike was shoved in the trunk of a car that Jesse drove to the junk yard. Presumably to be cubed
@@no-barkthechosenone2436 Ah sucks. Oh well, he knew this could happen to him any day.
@@no-barkthechosenone2436 how do you know
Walt: **breathes**
Nikki: 🙄
matt nossler 🤣🤣...for reals
Why do I find this comment so funny. No shade to Nikki tho
Omg gold lmfao
This is so good 😂
Nikki's is 100% Team Walt!
What Walt did here was horrible, but as others have pointed out, if Walt “cooked and knew his place” that meant Gus would have killed that “one junkie”, Jesse, in 3x12. Everything was fallout from the act of saving Jesse.
Walt’s ego and attitude are what makes people hate him. Kudos to Bryan Cranston for being able to get people to be so invested in how they feel about Walter one way or the other. Probably the greatest performance and character ever put on TV.
There was a point after killing Gale where Walt could have just kept his head down and road things out until he died, providing millions for his family and keeping Jesse safe, preparing him to run the lab. His ego and paranoia wouldn't allow it. Gus even deferred to Jesse and gave Walt an exit point, took him out to the desert and threatened him, told him to quit and cut ties with Jesse. Walt instead provoked Gus and forced his hand, then manipulated Jesse into turning on Gus. Yeah, there was the money Skylar gave to Ted, but Walt wouldn't have needed to disappear his family if he had just let Gus win. Hell, his whole goal was supposedly just to provide money for his family and then die. At this point the carwash is turning a profit, they have financial security, and a nestegg of his remaining meth earnings. Everything he does after that point is ultimately just an ego trip that accomplishes nothing of benefit.
Red Sparrow You are right in that he made a smug comment about how Gus couldn’t kill him because Jesse wouldn’t allow it, and Gus acknowledged it with a “for now” response, but he then pivoted to saying he was going to kill Hank. He then threatened to kill Walt’s wife and kids if Walt interferes with the killing of Hank. Walt interfered to save his brother-in-law.
Walt is horrible and let his ego go crazy, but his actions up to the point where he killed Mike were to defend. Even poisoning Brock was done to protect Holly, Walter Jr and Skyler. You could even argue killing Mike was done because he was going to kill the names on the list and Mike would come after Walt at that point.
As a viewer we know Walt’s ego is what drives him but the actions aren’t so black and white.
Glad someone gets it.
Walt would've had a great career with Gus and Gale.
But his weakness was JESSE.
Any other criminal would've had Jesse murdered after he threatened Walt with ratting him out to the DEA at the hospital.
@@Tusc9969 I am not a "Walt can do no wrong" type, but I find the interconnected nature of Breaking Bad amazing. A lot of people say Walt is to blame for everything that went wrong with Jessie because Walk blackmailed him. The funny part is that Jessie was a meth cook while Walt was grading tests, and Jessie was the catalyst for Walt deciding to cook meth after his diagnosis. If he never saw Jesse escaping from the sting, he probably wouldn't have pursued cooking meth.
lastool thank you!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
See, Walt has magic powers. He can even tell you're wearing a Yankees shirt for the first time in 12 years.
Ferrohazard this is the power of Heisenberg!
Bow before your scientific superior!
Breaking Bad works in mysterious ways.
Ugh, Walter fans giving all the credit to Walt like usual.
@@ximienlundquist8487 Don't I know you from The Normies channel? The one who is a hardcore Grant Ward fanboy? A character who is 100x a worse human being than Walt?
Please leave.
Jeremy, I’m not fanboy. I’m just able to understand complex characters way better than you can. That includes Agents of SHIELD AND Breaking Bad. Come back when you finish maturing.
"Shut the Fuck up and let me Die in peace"
This line made me crack up so much, even in death Mike is annoyed by Walt. And this is a good representation of the genius of Breaking Bad, the line bluring between drama and humour like in real life.
it made me cry my favorite character actually just died. i didn't expect it at all
I think the only character that Mike despised more than walt was Lydia......Mike HATED that broad
@@paulgardner5079 anyone with half a brain would hate tht coward
That sound of the swingset over the credits is so haunting.
@@geraldsarrells7961 The episode "Grilled" has one of the best credits in the series. The episode ending with Hector ringing the bell, and the dinging sounds mending with the credits music was brilliant.
“Shut the fuck up, and let me die in peace”. Such fitting final words for a badass like Mike.
I remember reading that Mike's actor thought it was out-of-character for Mike to leave Kaylee behind, but that he didn't object to it because he respected the writers too much.
The place was crawling with cops; the kid was in no danger.
He talks about it in AMC’s making of episode 5x07. Bryan mentions that his character did it so he’d still be able to provide for her in the future. Definitely worth a watch
Syabri I would have to agree. I understand why it had to happen the way that it did though. I’m not so sure Mike would leave her so easily in actuality.
I take Mike’s state of mind as being that she will have a better future if he escapes and is able to send her money than if he gets to say goodbye but can send her nothing
oh really how nice of him. he is an actor he doesn't get to object to anything in the story.
Probably the most beautiful image in the whole series for me is the shot of the creek, sun reflecting across it, the green trees, the red New Mexico soil, the tall grass. And then there's Mike and Walt behind the grass in the corner. Mike slumps over, and I cried my eyes out. Oh my god.
Agreed. Beautiful and heartbreaking scene.
I always thought it was the Rio Grande I could be very wrong though
EDIT: just looked it up, he does die at the Rio Grande, it runs right through Albuquerque
"Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace." is propably my favourite line in the show. It's been insanity and chaos all the time... Mike knows what's up, he has always known... Give man his peace.
lol
Also for Steven, if you are followed by DEA, it's not that good idea to tell that immediately to others because that's what DEA wants, to see his contacts with others. Mike did right thing to meet and tell Walt later when he knew he wasn't followed by DEA rather than earlier when he didn't know how much is he followed.
Excellent description.
Well Mike took the original half measure in his own story about taking the half measure with the abusive boyfriend who killed his girlfriend. Mike taking another half measure with Walt means he made the same mistake twice. Remember what Gus said? "Don't make the same mistake twice".
Mike's first half measure was in the Madrigal episode, when he was going to shoot Walt, but Jesse defends him every time. In fact, if it wasn't for Jesse in general, Walt would be dead much earlier in the series.
Walt uses his loyalty to his advantage, but in his own twisted way, he still cares about him deeply.
@@Jeremy-jm3fe Surely his first half measure was the story he told Walt about when he was a cop. Walt was his second half measure than thus he made the same mistake twice; what Gus warned Walt not to do.
1. Say My Name cold open- classic scene with iconic writing and how about the excellent cinematography
2. Mike says I'm out and goodbye to Jesse, Walt psychopathically stares at him after mocking him
3. Lawyer deposits Kaylee's money in a cool montage with cool camera work
4. Walt and Jesse unload the meth with Skyler worried
5. Lawyer gets caught by Gomez and other DEA agents
6. Mike rids of his laptop and bag of guns in a well in the desert and plans his escape (so good)
7. Walt tries to get Jesse to cook again by offering him his own lab and telling him how good he is at it, Jesse declines, Walt start philosophizing and laying with Jesse's conscience, Jesse still says no (amazing writing and acting, what a scene)
8. Walt and Todd Cooking Montage with great background music and awesome camerawork and editing.
9. Walt rids of the bug and overhears that Gomez tells Hank the lawyer is going to flip on Mike
10. Walt phones Mike while at the park with his granddaughter to warn him they're coming for him
11. Mike needs his bag of money but can't get it so phones Saul, and Walt has to go bring it to him
12. Walt and Mike confront each other; Walt wants the list, Mike won't give it, Mike puts Walt in his place, Walt hates it, Walt shoots Mike in cold blood
13. Walt finds Mike sitting on the log next to the river and starts rambling on about getting the list from Lydia, Mike says, "Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace". The end.
This episode is a masterpiece. That is all.
@@Fbitypeshit- About 60 seconds, maybe 90 seconds...lol.
Pretty good huh?
@Drake Lang- This "dude" misses the point which was just that every single scene is excellent. Every one of those scenes was absolutely riveting with no "fat". Was there a scene in this episode that wasn't perfect? Nope.
One of the most badass scenes. “Say my name” iconic.
I do think that people forget that this is all actually Jesse's fault. Walt was fine working for Gus but this started when Jesse wanted to go after two of Gus' guys for using kids to deal and Walt stuck his neck out to save him, first by calling the meeting with Gus and then when Jesse decided to go after them again when they killed the kid Walt once again stepped in to save him, completely screwing his relationship with Gus. Then for his loyalty Walt got got all the flack and Jesse was basically taken in by Gus and given special treatment. Sure Walt is a terrible guy but its easy to forget the actual situation that pushed him into this. If it wasn't for Walts' loyalty to Jesse and constantly stepping in to save him they would have been fine!
But that was on Jesse to deal with those consequences
@@whoaskedforthis8320 Yea but it was still primarily Walts loyalty to Jesse rather than his ego that got them into this mess.
Walt without Jesse would have died in SEASON 1. What did Walt say to Gus when they had their first meeting? That he had Jesse as a partner because he did as Walt says. He had no choice but to keep Jesse alive, and hes done everything in his power to keep Jesse as his partner. Jesse couldve exited the business entirely once him and Jane got his cut of the money, but Walter let Jane choke to death, which lead to Jesse getting right back into the business! And Walt intentionally let her die so Jesse could start back working with him... Its like, what show did you watch where youre taking the blame of Walt(when even the show EXPLICITLY is show Walt as a the villian) and place it on Jesse? Wtf? "Walt's loyalty," the guy isnt even loyal to his wife, hes taking advantage of just about everyone in the show, once they dont serve his ego or his purpose, hell ditch them. They showed that in this episode when he tried manipulating Jesse into staying with him by offering to build a new lab(pointing back to how to treats Flynn by buying him new things). Once Jesse finally put his foot down, Walt was okay with leaving the guy without nothing to show for all the work hes put into the business. I am stunned at you peoples interpretation of this show
Out of 62 eps, you wear the Yankee shirt the only time they mention the Yanks.. Wow glitch in the matrix..
Bravo Vince
Tortuga also mentioned the Yankees in the scene where he was ordering from the catalogue.
Wow, it's almost as if they have seen this mega-hit show prior (which ended nearly 6 years ago) to their "reaction." Hint: They have all sorts of B.B. stuff in the background of their videos.
They have already seen it. It's pretty obvious from how the guy talks in these videos. Fake reactions.
@@leegrevillea6700 There is a live stream where they unbox all the BrBa merchandise in the background.
I never hated Walt. I thought a lot of the things he did and said were horrible, but I always respected and rooted for him even at the end. That doesn’t mean I support everything he did or didn’t admire how he was eventually found out. But he was too smart and cunning and complex for me to hate him. Also your ROTS comparison was spot on. Walt was like a real life version of a Sith lord.
The cold open is maybe the most famous scene in the whole show
And that's unfortunate, because people keep quoting it constantly and it gets on my fucking nerves. There are so many lines in this series that are far more meaningful and impactful.
@Berleezy's Broke Ass Swivel Chair I take no issue with people quoting their favorite lines in TV shows. I encourage it. But when it is literally just "you're goddamn right" and "I am the one who knocks" *every* fucking time I read through comments, it's annoying and worries me that people are so one-dimensional towards this series.
Also, I am not the only one who is negative towards it, Drake Lang also shares my sentiments.
Jeremy I agree, it’s a great line by Walt however there are so many lines from him and other characters that are superior over the course of the show ..
If you think about about it. The whole reason it fell apart with Gus is Jesse’s fault. He just had to kill those guys and Walt just couldn’t let him die.
You know, Walter was getting alone with Gus just fine until Jesse pulled the trigger with those 2 thugs on the street.
This. It all started with this not becaue of his ego.
@@least1253 Yep people forget this for some reason, even Mike who attempted to kill both of them.
Exactly right. As much as I love Mike, he’s not the hero either. Almost everyone in the show has broken or is breaking bad. He’s not as bad as Gus but he’s not good just because he has a granddaughter that he loves. I’ve never seen a show that balances the fact that most men are not completely evil. I loved Mike, Gus, and even Walt. SPOILER: Especially after he offered all of his money to save Hank and try to make things right.
In my opinion I think it is all walts fault. Yes he and Gus got along, but Walter made problems where there were none. Like with Gale. He was the perfect sidekick for Walt, but imo, I think that Walt didn't like being partners with someone who was arguably more of an intellect than him. And that's why he complained to Gus that Gale wasn't working out. He wanted Jesse back because he liked feeling superior and special.
@@DanielRodriguez-gm1to and you are absolutely wrong🤦🏼♂️
After he killed mike he tried to justify it by saying he could of got the names from lydia, but we all know the reason he killed mike is because mike told him how it is and damaged his ego
It's kinda truth though but i dont think what Mike said is truth, he fucked up the Gus thing all because of jessie, not his fault
Tbh it was Mikes ego that got him killed, he should’ve just stfu and kept it moving. He’s the one who called Walt a ticking time bomb but he’s standing there yelling at it. Mike had this coming to him ever since he beat Walt up in the bar.
Right someone finally called him out on it and he shot him in a fit of rage.
Barry Drew I’ll it admit prolly not a wise decision to go off on a person Iike that definitely underestimated Walt.
Walt didn't try to justify shit. He honestly did realize too late that he could've gotten the names from Lydia, he didn't kill him because he attacked his ego.
You see the panic and confusion on his face after that first shot; if it was because of his ego, he would've killed him with a straight face.
Walt 100% killed Mike literally just because he dented Walt’s ego
Mike's critique made no sense... he was working on killing Jesse during the time he says they had it so good. That was the original situation where Mike famously said he wouldn't take half measures. I can understand Walt being pissed at being wrongly insulted like that, as well as Mike acting as if leaving town would solve the problems, when there is no way Walt can do that. Not that it's justification for murder, but it was way more than denting his ego. Mike was a self-centered jerk with basically no development over the time of the show.
@@aramfingal5180 We must be watching different shows.
SpeedCuber71 👋🏻
The way Mike silently said goodbye to his granddaughter as the police arrived... That wrecked me.
never seen someone hate the main character of a show as much as nikki hates walt😂😂😂
Lakedout I think I hated him (and still do) even more than Nikki when I watched it
Does what he has to do 🤷🏻♂️
Dominick Maldovan I mean, no...there’s a lot of stuff he didn’t have to do
@@MoonageDaydream. That's true but the beauty of the writing is that they always make it so Walt feels like he has to do the things that he does. He always has a justification for his actions (except for maybe killing Mike), regardless of whether we agree with them or not.
@@arthurmorgan5309 I mean, he really doesn't. Maybe I can see that argument for season 1, but now he's an egotistical maniac who kills because he's angry, basically sexually assaulted his wife in 502, poisoned a child and pretends to care, manipulates, all this stuff even though he realizes his family hates him but he's still transformed into a murderous maniac. I suppose that's why the show is so good though, the interpretations of characters, and Walt is a very 3-dimensional character.
I felt good that Jesse showed he is finally immune to all of Walt's manipulative tactics.
ya but he walt manipulation and walt influence on jesse only really ends when jesse dosent kill walt and says do it yourself
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to hate, Hate...leads to suffering.....I sense much fear in you Walter" Thats what Yoda said 😄
Except that quote isn't accurate to this series, because Heisenberg is the absence of fear.
Mike wasn't very right.
Jesse ruined his relationship with gus by trying to kill gus' junkies, Walt saved him and got himself in trouble, if Jesse didn't try to kill them, walt would have worked peacefully with gus and made all the money he needed. Hell, if Jesse didn't Steal from gus's meth to sell it in the rehab, he wouldn't have met andrea, and wouldn't have discovered combo's killers.
Remember, Walter WAS following the plan until Hank beat the hell out of Jessie, and then Walt got Gayle fired to keep Jessie from ruining Hank’s career. He was also following the plan until Jessie tried to kill those other dealers. Walt stepped in and saved Jessie and ruined his relationship with Gus forever. So, it’s not as simple as Mike makes it out to be. Walt sacrificed his standing with Gus twice in order to help Hank and Jessie. It’s not all about his ego
What's even more sad about Walt killing Mike is the fact that Mike saved Walt's life back during Season 3 when the Salamanca Twins were after him. "You know, it's always good to have someone watching your back"😢😢😢, that was Mike and Walt's first true conversation. Mike was an awesome character and I'm glad we got to see more of him in Better Call Saul.
The breaking point between Walt and Gus was when Walt killed his two dealers to protect Jesse. After that point, Gus was scheming to replace and kill him. The only way to save that relationship long term would have been to just let Jesse get killed in his confrontation with those dealers. Jesse is one of the few people he actually cares about. In this episode, Walt reaches a new low by personally murdering Mike out of anger-- this time with no real pretense of danger or retaliation at all.
If Mike was right and Walt had just done his job and knew his place, it means the half measures episode would've resulted in Walt killing Jesse. That was his order from Gus.
Both times Mike has been shot on the show it's through a car window.
He also got shot on the ear in the back of that truck.
@@munirshah7879 oh I forgot about that. But it was a very minor wound. Was still threw a vehicle too. LOL
It's curious how everyone forgets that Gus was working very hard to replace Walt as Cook, so he could have him murdered. Walt didn't kill Gus out of ego,it was self preservation!
1:05 Nikki: "Someone needs to kill (Walt) I'm really pissed."
Me: Oh....this is gonna be fun.
@@kaleb7045 What spoiler? My comment was made because I think it's funny how Nikki is so mad at Walt to the point where she wants him dead, only for him to make her even madder at the end of the episode by killing Mike. So.... I'm gonna just leave it there, alright?
way to spoil it dumbass. Dont pretend you didn't give it away because you didn't explicitly say it. Don't underestimate how much people can extrapolate from comments like yours. Absolute dumbass.
@@Nimbus3690 there wasn't a spoiler
@@HaYouGotRekTed doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Walt is going to die from that comment. Just because they're cheeky about it doesn't mean they didn't spoil it
@@Nimbus3690 I don't think you understand the comment 😂😂
25:21 Yeah he's wrong. Do you not remember why Walt had to kill Gus in the first place? Literally because he saved Jesse from dying at the end of season 3 Walt's head was on the chopping block, there was 0 chance after that for him to "shut his mouth and cook".
I love how you guys HATE Walt so much, but were sad to see Mike die. Mike was one of my favorite characters, but let's not pretend he was innocent in all of this. Mike was probably responsible for just as many deaths as Walt, if not more.
Tony Ragsdale exactly, far more deaths
Wayyy more. The dude was killing people for a living.
Difference is Mike showed a sense of honor and knew right from wrong
@@ST19859 was still a killer
Like ignacios dad said, hes just like the rest
but mike never tried to justify it. he knew exactly what he was doing. it was his job, and thats that. Walt is constantly creating loopholes in his head about morality, and he won't admit he's wrong, because of his damn ego.
Walt's gone full Heisenberg now.
Rull Mourn never go full Heisenberg
Hey everyone!!! We are aware that this video will not play for everyone,. We are looking into this now.
Im in Texas. All your vids have played fine until this one.
It might not be anything on your end. I just tried to watch Cinema Blend's latest GoT reaction upload from this morning, and it also says "video unavailable". This better not be some new insane RUclips crackdown on reaction vids. :(
Could just be an error as they copy videos to their various regional servers
it played for me, just finished watching the entire video.
ugh this happened on another channel i watch covering Breaking Bad--it's likely some shit fucker reporting people to make themselves feel important. Then again, i believe almost every conspiracy theory that exists, so there's a chance i'm completely off base.
My favorite cast and crew moment has to be when Banks opens up about loving Mike and missing the character and what his favorite scene was... and a moment later Bryan Cranston in heisenberg voice goes "My favorite scene was killing Mike."
It is glorious.
It's really interesting to compare the reactions of men and women to the "Say my name" scene. All the guys usually love it, while the gals are with Nikki, rolling their eyes, thinking this just some more macho bullshit. Personally, I love it. One of the iconic moments of the whole series.
Yea I know and Nikki is extremely biased of her hate for Walter, even Steven appreciated how badass the scene was where Nikki couldn’t even do or admit that
@@UprightCaucasoid What a garbage take
it's not about being a woman or a man, it's about being a person who has a classic power fantasy or being someone who doesn't emphathize with that type of scenario
I'm a guy and I think it's cringe. Walt out here acting like he's all that when in reality he's a scared coward putting up a front, lmao
@@Utonian21 coward who went to a nazi crew without a gun and a plan that might not even work and possibly get him the same (or worse) torture than jesse for the last moments of his life
Say my name so my powers may flow through you.
Matt ... SHIT
Meth Damon SHAZAM!
Todd Alquist.
Murderer
@@Y.d.o.b.o.n 😏
If you go back and watch the whole series from the beginning you see the different traits that Walt picks up from each of his friends turned enemies.
No half measures Mike. You forgot it :´(
EXACTLY! Thank you
But Walt didn't :D
Walt didn’t take half measures.
Mike couldn't go full measure either time, because Walt outsmarted him. First by making himself indispensible by having Gale killed, then by hiding the methylamine. Still don't understand why Mike felt it necessary to be present for Saul serving the restraining order to Hank... seems like a plot contrivance to let Walt escape.
@@derred723 a half measure for what Mike just told him exactly what he was. And arrogant dude who can't step down and control his ego. Mike was leaving and presented no threat.
The Walt vs Gus war didn't happen because Walt became proud and arrogant, it happened because he was protecting Jesse. You can argue that bringing Jesse aboard in the first place was a bad idea, but it seemed like a decent thing to do for him at the time(help him make some money and get something good out of all this).
Once Jesse began pushing to kill Gus' murderous henchmen and Walt backed him up to keep him safe, Gus went on the offensive and at that point, it was just a matter of survival.
Honestly I may not agree with the actions Walt takes but I do respect his resolve.
He knows what he wants and how to take it and he does it. I also respect how hes able to maneuver himself into positions where hes too valuable to be killed and always finds a way to come out on top.
“Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace”
That touched my soul.
Walt's story arc throughout the series is probably the greatest in TV history.
Fun fact: The actor who plays Mike, Johnathan Banks, personally didn't feel that his character would leave Kaylee behind at the park. Bryan Cranston disagrees, and they had a playful back and forth about it.
I felt the same way. Especially after watching BCS and seeing how attached he is to her granddaughter.
13:22 “You’re goddamn right.”
Probably my favorite 3 word or less quote in tv history.
Really? Not "You're the father?"
Mine would be coming up in two episodes with the initial t and l..but this is close behind.
"that's rough buddy" >>>>
I'll be back.
There is some behind the scenes footage from AMC on RUclips about this episode, and they talk to Jonathan Banks and Bryan Cranston, and Jonathan and Bryan start to tear up. He was so grateful to have the opportunity to play such an amazing character, and so humbled by it all. He said he had to hold Bryan's hand during that last day of filming. Crew members wore little black armbands in memory of Mike the character.
Fring was planning to kill walt once his cook learned the recipe
@Life Stuff and it was all over Jessie.. Walt didn't want to lose him,and by lose I mean give up to get killed
Mike isn't any better of a person
Podcast Notes: Say My Name (FYI I’ve added last episode’s to that video’s comments now)
Guests: Melissa Bernstein (co-exec producer); Bob Odenkirk [YAY!] (Saul); Tom Schnauz (writer/director)
1. Opening shot in the car - they needed 2 cars but couldn’t find an exact match so they spray painted the inside. It was tacky while they were filming
2. Tom hasn’t directed in over 20 years (since he & Vince we’re in film school together. Lots of talk about how you don’t need to go to film school, especially since you’ll end up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt starting out)
3. [Oh, no. I just realized which episode this is. 😭]
4. There is truth to what Mike blames on Walt, but on the other hand, Gus & Walt we’re at odds over Jesse...whom Mike was willing to kill then but now has deep fondness for. Mike & Walt are fighting over Jesse like 2 dads. Walt doesn’t like that Jesse cares for Mike
5. The room with the safety deposit boxes is built on a sound stage - they rented all the boxes and built the room around it. Only a few of the boxes opened, so the actress had to remember patterns
6. Standards & practices - they get one “fuck” a year & used it here. I don’t think the written word last episode counted towards that?
7. The crew wore black arm bands the day Mike was shot to speak to all their sadness over losing Jonathan Banks as a cast member.
8. His last day of shooting, they brought a blown up photo of mike, Walt, & Jesse. “Jonathan only cried once...from day one through day eight, the whole way through, but just once!”
9. Tom is a big Monkees fan & said he learned everything he knows about montage from the Monkees.
10. Jonathan thinks Mike would never have left Kaylee alone in the park. Hopefully he called her mom as soon as he left
11. Vince said “after people watch this episode, they’re going to be really angry”
12. Vince had dreaded telling Jonathan about the end of Mike (just as he dreaded telling Giancarlo, though he thought the Giancarlo conversation would end in a hug as he’s so sweet). He ended up telling him at a party at Aaron & his (then) fiancée’s. He wanted to do it face to face, and Jonathan asked about Mike’s future, so it felt like the right time
12. TV & movies have made people think police investigations are much more thorough than they are. We see in the meeting with Hank & the SAC that money is limited, so, like, worrying about fingerprints on small pieces of evidence is irrelevant in most cases.
13. Tom thinks it was Mike telling Walt he should’ve known his place that pushed his hubris buttons far enough that he killed him.
Bless you
Wait, how did Giancarlo react about Gus's death?
Noone will read this fucking novel you posted
@@imkool51391 Wow, don't be a jerk! Jessica is awesome!! There are podcasts about each BB episode and she VERY kindly posts the main bullet points in the comments of each of N&S's BB react vids. Basically a Too Long, Didn't Listen version. I personally really appreciate that she does it. If you think it's too long, then don't bother to read it. Man.
King in the North why don’t you not be a dick? I read it all the way through. Don’t comment if you’re going to be an ass.
I thought this show was about someone "breaking bad" :D
It literally is.... he breaks bad and you watch it throughout the entire show. “break bad” means like turn into a criminal or a bad person from not being that way.
@@joeydrummer7929 Sweety, look up sarcasm please :)
The fact that Walt is irredeemable at this point is the genius of this show, remember episode 1?
I hate how much Nikki hates Walt. Just be excited to see if his damn plan works instead of wishing him dead!
Wow… root for the evil man what an idiot you are
everyone talks about the "say my name" line. But I will never forget "do you really want to live in a world without coca cola?"
And what I notice is nikki doesn't feel Walt's ways or understands them which makes sense but I feel like Steven is definitely a heisenberg fan
emmy torres right. I wasn’t expecting him to be as relaxed about some of the things Walt has done.
BB : *ends in 2013*
2019: *Breaking Bad season 5 episode 7 'Say my name' reaction!!*
I mean, I know this isn't really defending Walt's actions, but to be fair Mike was ready to kill Walt at the end of season 3, and he didn't seem to care either.
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 I disagree. He was merely following orders from Gus and the latter wanted him dead because of the incident with the two dealers (in which imo Walt did the right thing). That was the beginning of Walts fight against Gus which was also totally acceptable because Gus would've disposed of Walt as soon as he'd gotten the chance to. Mike was always that last remnant of Gus's network and while I don't agree with killing him in that situation, I can still understand Walts decision.
@Chair of Truth Then that makes Mike 100% worse than Walt. Walt only killed people he believed he needed to, for the benefit of himself and his family (including that junkie rat Jesse). Mike just kills for cash, on another person's whim ... that's stone cold heartless. To be a straight-up assassin like Mike, you can't truly possess a soul. Remember when Mike wanted to murder Lydia right in the next room to her young daughter? Mike is more evil than Walt for certain.
The aftermath of Walter killing Gus was what Mike wanted to prevent. Walter and season 3 Jesse introduced nothing but chaos into the operation, and what has it lead to? More dead bodies than if Walter was put out of his misery sooner. Even everything with the Cartel wouldnt have happened if Walter werent involved. Also, what do you mean you can understand Walts decision? Even Walt at the end of this didnt agree with his 'decision', which was driven by his hatred and bruised ego. Wtf are you talking about?
Mike WAS wrong about what he said. They couldn't have just gone on cooking and made money. Remember how the problems started... Combo, then finding out about Gus' dealers using kids. It was a snowball effect. It had to go down this way.
Yes we can argue that lol Gus wanted to kill him! How can you overlook that 😂 Mike was going to kill Walt at one point. Walt is where he is because of those experiences. Defo not the worst
Problem with Walt working for Gus for a long time was because Walt rooted for Jesse who was still using at the time. And Walt did everything he could to save Jesse. That's what started the chain of events that eventually made things with Gus untenable.
He didn't shout our Jessie, he made him a target by saying that.
Why do you guys have such a hate boner for Walt? Mike was absolutely wrong Walt could not have continued to work for Gus without letting Jessie die and he couldn't even just stop and walk away from it all without letting Hank die
25:06 Mike isn't right. It was Gus's plan from the start for Walt to train Gale, then kill Walt and Gale would take over the lab. Kill or be killed. Walt did the right thing killing Gus. And after the feds took mike's money he wouldn't have been able to keep paying his guys in prison so they would end up ratting. Sink or swim, Walt chose to swim.
Yeah. The first conflict started b/c Gus was using kids to distribute drugs and then ordered to kill that boy. And Walt was at odds looking over his shoulder the entire time since then, Mike was initially trying to kill Walt also, so Mike is clearly the delusional one here
Oh man, I got so pumped when I saw this video was up, however it says it's unavailable! Hope all is well, you two!
Do I love Walt? "YOU GODDAMN RIGHT"!!!
I think this may be the one murder that actually shook Walt a bit. It's the first murder that was completely senseless with nothing for him to gain from having done it. Every other kill was always done out of 'kill or be killed' or self-preservation. The little nervous trot he does from the spot he shot Mike to the crashed car doesn't remind me of the Heisenberg (Say My Name) in the cold open, but the actual Walt we knew from the start of the show. For me, Walter White sort of resurfaces in this moment.
The fact that I silently said "yes!" To myself when the video started working😂
I love that! 😁
Walt decided to kill Gus because Gus threatened to kill him and his family. It was in self-defense, not because of his pride or ego or because he wanted to take Gus's place, as Mike said.
Now, the whole beef with Gus started because he killed Gus's employees on the street (which he shouldn't have done), but he did it to save Jesse's life. So if anything, this was all due to Jesse and his junkie behavior back in Season 3.
He should have kept quiet like Jesse after Gus killed Victor, Walt kept on challenging Gus by calling the cops on Tyrus, trying to kill Gus and letting those ladies clean the lab. Walt's behaviour let Gus prefer Jesse (who did know his place) which put Walt and his family in danger. So his ego is the main reason why he killed Gus.
@@jessevanderveen4363 Walt's only fault was caring too much for Jesse . He was a rabid dog .
Indeed. People are making up excuses to like one scumbag over another. pretty weird actually
@@jessevanderveen4363 Gus was the one who tried to kill Walt first, not the other way around. In the Season 3 finale where Mike and Victor take him to the laundromat. So by then, Walt already knows Gus's intentions. What was he supposed to do, keep quiet and wait around for Gus to kill him? He knew that killing Gale just bought him some time, nothing else. That's why he continued to try to kill him. This was self-defense, not ego.
And we don't know if Gus was the one who ordered his men to kill Tomas in Season 3. They met with Jesse and had a truce. His end of the deal was "no more children". If he then ordered them to kill Tomas and leave him in the street for the police to find him and put it in the news, obviously he should be expecting a reaction from Jesse. That would be his fault for not holding his end of the deal.
@@cokeysmurf2436 I agree with you on Gale, Walt had to do that and Gus was certainly responsible for all of that if he ordered Tomas his death. But I think Gus killed Victor first of all because he was recognized at the crime scene of Gale's murder, but he did it so cruelly to show Walt what happens if you don't know your place. Jesse got that, that's why Gus favored him over Walt. In the end of season 4 Walt was in danger so it could be seen as self-defense but if he kept in line like Jesse after Victor. I think it could have been avoided. But the're all bad people so it doesn't really matter whose fault it was.
"I'M THE COOK. I'M THE MAN WHO KILLED GUS FRING!"
"Bullshit. Cartel got Fring."
"Are you sure?".....(Mike nods)…….."Now, say MY name."
"You're Heisenberg".
"YOU'RE GODDAMN RIGHT!"
So many comments but when Mike died it was so beautiful. Not his death but the birds, the setting, the quietness and calmness I feel like it represented Mike
Everybody mad Walt killed mike but mike has killed way more than Walt
During this episode, Jonathan Banks, the actor who plays Mike, told the producers that he would shoot this scene as written but pointed out that there is no way that Michael Ehrmantraut would ever abandon his granddaughter in the park.
We actually just watched that behind the scenes video the other day.
i never stopped rooting for walt even at this moment. after all hes been through he made himeself into this powerful person 👍
So because he got cancer and had a somehow miserable life, everything else that follows is ok? Because if you don't remember everything after his diagnosis was induced by him forcing Jessie to cook meth with him. Yeah, go Walt, that's what anyone would've done. When you want to put this show in realistical perspective (as much as that's possible), you better put realistic measures to it and think about how insane that concept and what came out of it really is.
@@Edninety YEP!!!!!! Because this is how villains are made, you don't have to like it...but you have to respect it.
Or maybe you don't...and you're just a pussy. I love Walt and wished he'd killed wife before checking out. She deserved it.
“This is such a fucked up show.”
Fucked up shows are the best kind of shows!
Well Walt turned against Gus when he killed 2 of Gus' dealers to protect Jesse. And then killing Gale. Crossing Gus like that pretty much signed his death sentence. He never began working for Gus and plan to kill him. It all started with saving Jesse.
Gus was readily trying to get the green light to kill Walt from Jesse. Gus was 100% going to kill Jesse.
Nobody is defending Walt’s morality, we’re defending his intelligence and ability. He knows what he’s doing (most of the time) & isn’t the idiot you think he is.
What's wrong with his morality? He's a kingpin, not gandhi...
Grow up
@@homelander5499 shut up moron
@@homelander5499 Being a kingpin isn't a good thing, you spastic.
@@rs6000_ I didn't say that being kingpin is a good thing. I said a kingpin won't have a saintly moral code, you can't expect him to be whiny bitch like that junkie pinkman, who can't even take a murder of an unknown and unrelated child...
Heisenberg is the man, deal with it bitch
@@homelander5499 You are quite literally idolizing Heisenberg as we speak. I suggest you get help.
RIP Mike Ehrmantraut. One of the calmest and coolest badass senior citizen ever.
The love for Walt changed from hot to cold. Kudos to Bryan Cranston. . I love it.
"Perhaps the most frightening thought of all is that Walter White isn't Breaking Bad. But is slowly becoming the man he was born to be"
"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." - Yoda
for some reason mikes death made me SOOOOOOOO SAD BRUH. like oh my gosh. this episode devastated me.
Walt has become evil at this point , but he’s also a very complex character. He’s definitely the smartest most cunning of them all. Don’t ever underestimate him. Trust me on that.
If you guys remember the Fly episode...Walt said it's all contaminated...everything, morals, relationships, since of right and wrong.⚾️🏛💵🌅
He tries so hard not to irritate his girlfriend.
And I remember from the behind the scenes and interviews about this episode, that the whole film crew wore black arm bands in honor of Mike.. cuz they were all so fond of him
I love Walt but the truth is that i've never forgiven him about killing Mike
Mikes last speech to Walt was total BS. Walt only had problems with Gus because he protected Jesse. Jesse had the feud with Gus's street dealers and Walt ran them over to save Jesse. Gus could've just acknowledged the irreconcilable situation and let it go, but he instead decided to kill Walt as soon as he got the chance. If he let it go, everything would've been fine between him and Walt. Its his own fault that his empire crumbled down and Mike is 100% wrong in his last speech.
When Steven pulls out the Star Wars quotes you know he’s invested
Its so funny looking back and hearing you guys say stuff along the lines of "This show is really good at getting us to root for Walt." And now this.
When I first watched this show when I was 12, I never saw Walt as a bad guy. But now that I’m 19 and more mature... I definitely feel differently.
I've had the same experience, feels kinda sad for Skyler and Jesse :(
Henrique Rothbard I hated Skyler so much each time I watched it until I revisited the show last year, now it’s the complete opposite
yep, youd hope that most the people who see Walt as a hero were children also... Nope, grown ass weirdos
Seems to have a Regional block. Can't get it to work. Used TOR and works fine...
Edit: High Level - TOR is a free browser that promotes keeping users anonymous online. It connects you through different servers in different countries. Thus you access this video from "Germany" or "France" etc where it may not be region-blocked. Looks like block removed and all can view now.
jgarcia9899 how did you do it
I wanna watch it but I can’t
@@brianmontano3449 google youtube region unlocker
I really, don't think anybody defends Walt by this point. He is just a character that is so good that you are driven to see what he does next.
Fuck off with the eyerolls during the most iconic "Say my name" scene. LOL. That's an awesome scene and Walt is a real heel. Love everything about Walt...we wouldnt have a fuckin show if he didnt do what he does.
Wow. Telling someone to fuck off because of a reaction. You’re fun!!
You can mock Walt's "empire" as him being egotistical and big-headed... but in the world of Breaking Bad, you'd be totally alone in that opinion ... Certainly Hank and the rest of the DEA would classify his business as that ... Heisenberg is their kingpin public enemy #1.
Yeah, their reaction to Walt is puzzling....he's AMAZING
@Ragnarok chill mate
but, but...he is egotistical and big-headed. the episode is called "say my name".
also, we are not in the world of breaking bad thank god. it does resemble it with Heisenberg in the White House though.
@@ginalynn915 I don't know them personally, but I'm guessing they're both "feminists"....AKA weak.
And believe in "toxic masculinity"...which isn't a real thing. It just isn't.
The very first time I watched the show, I was always on team Walt! I think the best way to view it is that you either love to love him, love to hate him, hate to love him or hate to hate him. Best show of all time!
I'm kinda at the "Hate to Hate Him" stage right now. I want him to become a better guy, but right from the beginning I knew he wasn't the nicest person just from seeing how he treated Jesse.
i dont know how its possible someone can watch even past season 2 and not feel iffy about Walt, but he has literal fans who have watched the entire show. Absolute insanity lol