yeah that was the point in which we first saw that he's enjoying it , the feeling of power he suddenly has . it was this scene that made me realize this is going to be a great show
Just finished season 2 for the first time yesterday and this was my favorite scene besides Walt exploding a car in season 1 and the four days out episode was my favorite out of season 2. Look forward to watching season 3
So many awesome scenes but that 1 was confidence and intimidation married into a force to be reckoned with, Walter white would have been destroyed by that man, but Walter white destroyed that man with his mind and his posturing
I am watching breaking bad for the 2nd time with my girlfriend who has not seen it. I forgot about this scene and was effing yelling when he delivered this line
He was always evil since season 1. Just never had the opportunities to show it. He didn't care about people dying or thinking about killing people since season 1
I'm so glad I started watching this show. This scene (among countless others) reminds me what great casting/acting/directing/ and story can do. Thank you Breaking Bad.
0:55 Beautiful scene. One of the very bests, in my opinion. All thanks to one little detail: camera angles. When they point the camera to take his whole picture, next to the other drug dealer, Walter seems only a kinda small, un - offensive, cranky old man. But then his face takes up the whole scene, and he make that slight tilt of his head, and his eyes are partially in the shadow, a little reddish... suddenly, he strikes fear into your soul, and you completely forget about that first unimpressive impression. I think they nailed specifically how to make a man like him appear freakishly scary. They nailed the eyes of a sociopath, filled with silent fury. I'd run in the other direction too If I'd ever saw eyes like that. Those are the eyes of someone with unpredictable intentions, none of which are friendly - for sure! - and you don't want to discover what's capable of. A stare that makes your guts beg: "You need to run right now". I think that in real life It would cause you the same uneasiness as when encountering a rabid animal: at first the poor animal would seem weird and goofy, but once you take a further look and realize what's going on that same weird animal suddenly becomes nightmarish. I really love this scene for all of this reasons, and I profoundly admire Cranston for being able to make It so real. It's incredibly ironic how he can be such a sweet and friendly man irl, and still play this kind of part better than anyone else in his place.
Another way to look at it is this, go look at the eys of a Lion caged up in the zoo, then look into the eyes of a wild Lion who roams the plains. Everyone can dress up and look the part, however when it comes time to look into peoples eyes and shit starts actually going down, thats where you seperate the men from the boys, the socipathic killers playing for keeps from the clowns trying to act the big man infront of their pals.
I really like the subtle smirk he makes at the end. He enjoyed doing that. He never saw any kind of threat from them, just a disrespect. Him at the register is not being like "oh shit, competition". Rather Heisenberg deciding he's not letting anyone do what people do to Walter White
speaking of camera angles, when walt first steps out of the store, the camera shot includes the 'building supply' sign at the top-left. when walt starts walking towards their van his head overlaps with the 'building' part which can mean this is 'walt's supply' as in walt's 'territory' and/or quite literally meaning walt building the supply.
I thought Hank lying wounded after a gunfight and then looking Uncle Jack straight in the eye when Walt tries to give him an out with uncle jack and more or less saying go ahead and shoot me because I'm not going to beg for mercy from you because you're pondlife basically.
@@itssonotover961 lol. The MCU? I'm not saying that is the Godfather but it is without a doubt one of the best blockbuster action franchises ever. Critics and audience alike love it. And it has some merit to organize so much plot lines all together in a shared movie Universe. I do agree however that Hollywood is being pretty crappy lately.
@@asturianix9820 I mean, these movies are nice, I kinda like them. Most of them at least. But I agree with Scorsese, it's not cinema. It's a huge rollercoaster, lots of action, lots of fun stuff. But in terms of directing and stuff, it's just a recipe of action movie pre-digested and directed by Yes Men who basically do what producers tell them to do. The actors are good, but they were recruited to make sure they wouldn't have to go far from their comfort zone, easier to direct (like Robert Downey Jr plays Robert Downey Jr, Christ Pratt plays Chris Pratt), etc... It's entertaining I give you that, but it's basically a product, made for money and entertainment. You consume it, maybe a few times, then you move on. Not my definition of cinema.
I first watched Breaking Bad after watching this clip. Then a year later I linked it to my friends and they all started watching too. Thanks. Best TV show in YEARS
This scene gave me chills. This was definitely the turning point for Walt this shows that he’s not only doing this for his family but he now enjoys this shit.
Who's here in 2018? This is so good! It signifies the very instant that he could have continued on as WW, just worrying about home repairs- but he CHOSE to walk and confront them, proving that the old WW is gone, and Heisenberg was here to stay. So very good!
You could argue that the cash register beeps signify walter white's life support fading and Heisenberg taking over. Certainly Walter White could never have gotten in the big dude's grill and utter the phrase, "Stay out of my territory" as coldly as he did here.
I just realised... Somewhere down the line when Walt gets caught and the world finds out he's Heisenberg, those two will probably also hear about it and recognize him from this encounter, realising just how close they came to dying and how good of a call it was to get out of there that day.
The fact that right after he tells him to stay out of his territory, the guy looks down and thats when Walt, sorry, Heisenberg blinks so he can still be staring to him.....ufff brilliant scene (one of the bests of the show, if not the best)
Up to this point, every situation has been "out of the frying pan and into the fire" for Walt and every success he has had has been so short lived because some calamity followed it to rob him of feeling of achieving something, replacing it with worry how to get out of this trouble or whatever comes after. Now that his cancer went to remission and he feels like he isn't living in borrowed time, he can properly savor for what he has achieved. And boy does he enjoy it.
It has a kind of relaxed yet motivated "Well let's see what we've got here..." feel to it. Cranston really thought about every movement and expression he performed and it shows in how convincing the character is.
Plot twist: those guys are carpenters just picking up some stuff they need for work but now they’re scared to come back to the same hardware store because its some bald guys territory
This is my favorite scene in the show, and I’m glad such a pivotal moment was capped with such a sick song and fanfare. If ever there was a future where Walter doesn’t burn up like Icarus and take his entire family with him, it’s past salvaging now. He’s beyond justifications or remorse. He loves this, and he’ll be doing it until it kills him.
Viewer is both thrilled and frightened to the maximum here. The moment, method and music. So much can be said but nothing can be added. The #1, effing-A, scene in Bad history begins with a thud from two cans of primer and a walk-out from a hardware store. Crank it loud.
Fun fact: if you listen VERY closely you can actually hear Bryan Cranston’s voice singing along in the La La’s @ 0:47 Placed in an underlayer in the DVD version
This scene is not about an act of revengeful violence for his friend or family, not about an act of blindfolded rage for his miserable life, not about a chemist showing his competitiveness towards other successors. This a scene where the future biggest drug lord Heisenberg first shows his dominance as Walter White. His ambition became his identity and no more Mr nice guy. Suspenseful story build up, amazing soundtrack, brilliant composition and uses of light, this scene is pure art in cinematography.
Probably my favorite scene of the show. It’s powerful, and visceral, with one hell of a great song backing it, and it marks a true turning point kind of scene. In that it was a true fork in the road for the character. Many forget, but at this point, Walt was out. All that was left to do was sell. He had enough supply to get the amount of money he needed because this was right after the four days out in the RV where Jesse and he had cooked like 19 pounds or something; at this point he had intended to just let it sell, and he was out, done, over. If you remember he was puttering around the house fixing the water heater etc. (“WE HAVE ROT” 😂) which is why he was at the Home Depot. He wasn’t cooking anymore. At first, he just tries to help the guy out in the store, then kind of shakes his head and smiles as he walks away from him. But, standing in line, he starts to simmer, he starts to WANT IT AGAIN, but this time, it’s not about his family, or even completely about the money…it’s about the power. And this is a moment of no return, a real moment of truth kind of scene that I think a lot of people miss the larger implications of. Yes it’s a bad ass scene, and Cranston here, well it’s brilliance. His eyes and face just staring that guy down? GENUIS ACTING. But It’s in this moment that the character again turns his whole life in another direction. His whole destiny. As he dumps the home improvement stuff (the family) and walks away into the parking lot to stake his claim again (the power), we see the very last bits of Walter disappear. But, more importantly, it’s a choice that marks a change in his core motivation to pursue criminality. When the show started out, his motivation was about 80% his family, 20% his ego. But in that moment, the two switched, and he made a conscious decision to pursue it again, only this time it was Heisenberg and that ego, not Walter, who made that decision. In that one moment, when his core motivation changed, he was truly lost forever, as power and greed took over completely. And some roads once you go down them, you can never turn back.
Totally agree. I also remembered that his concern about the house fixing has no sense, more like a obsessive thing, that annoyed the family, almost like a psychotic breakdown. I think that is important to point out that he was still a cancer patient and to be done with the metamphetamine business cause he "already made enough" was to return to his mundane self... which wasn't normal anyways because of cancer. To be a cancer patient was to be reminded of his mortality while not being able to change o choose different. One of the first things that implied the diagnose was that he wasn't able to decide anything, he disliked the idea of dying in an hospital, and his family were just too much concerned about his health but not his agency over the situation. The house fixing stuff was a reminder to us, the watchers, that he was a worker type, but also that he could not longer fix things. He can't fix neither the cancer nor being subject to medical prognosis. What choice was left for him is just to await passively. His mundane worker self no longer has sense in that situation, and maybe thats why his endeavor fixing the house seems more like a sudden obsession, which can't be much of use as cope.
@293874 He's not worried that others are encroaching on his territory, he just misses making meth. That's why he tries to keep himself busy around his house. He is addicted to meth, but not in the same way as a user. That's what this scene is about. It is at this point that he realizes he doesnt want to stop making meth because he likes cooking and the danger involved with the meth business.
Admittedly, if you're a guy used to staredown, competition matches, etc, I did 6 years kickboxing and now 11 years jiu-jitsu... Whoever directed this scene, knew what they were doing... The other guy's younger and bigger... But I totally understand why he backed down... Heisenberg has that expression and those eyes that spell it out : "I'll chew you and spit you out" 🤣👍🏾
It’s been on my Spotify On Repeat playlist for the past 4-5 months just because of the memories tied to this show and specifically this scene it’s so perfect for it
this scene was a huge turnpoint in the series. i really believed that walt did that all for his family, at this point he just enjoys it too much
yeah that was the point in which we first saw that he's enjoying it , the feeling of power he suddenly has .
it was this scene that made me realize this is going to be a great show
All his 50 years of ego built Heisenberg in one scene
Why not both?
If you love your work, you’ll excel at it.
I think this was also trying to show how there are now 2 sides to Walt, and he might not be as in control as he likes to think he is.
the dying thing forced him to face things... it gave him the fuel to do his thing
This scene is better than say my name scene
Way better
Goddamn right
Not really but they’re both great
I would say this scene is pretty cool and epic, but say my name is more iconic.
far better!
GoT: I am the best
BB: Stay out of my territory
GoT: I am the best
Walt: You’ve got rot!
Bro Both are in different territory😂 I don't know why they are comparing these both
@@PremKumar-ky7gl Agreed
Prem Kumar GoT could’ve been better if they had the books but d and d are just bad whilst vince gilligan is a genius
I feel Got ending wasn't that great compared to br ba
I just realized that those dudes were the only ones who didn’t die in the series because they didn’t dare to underestimate Heisenberg
They saved themselves from damnation
every character who did underestimate him died at the hands of walt. lydia, jacks crew, mike, gus, etc
@@redfirebonus9408 Jesse did not die but Heisenberg made him wish he did!
@@codercrisYT Jesse didn’t underestimate him
Skyler underestimated Heisenberg yet no die
heisenberg mode activated
@HEISENBERG good one
You goddamn right!
Indeed
probably the greatest tv series i've ever seen
999burge close between this and sopranos
It’s between Breaking Bad and the Sopranos
Some ppl say game of thrones but it isn’t even close to breaking bar
*bad
Downton 654 Breaking Bad + Better Call Saul, The Sopranos, and The Wire are the three best dramas of this type for sure.
My favorite Breaking Bad scene of all time. Nothing comes close. The intensity, the music everything. Fucking 10/10.
😏badass
Just finished season 2 for the first time yesterday and this was my favorite scene besides Walt exploding a car in season 1 and the four days out episode was my favorite out of season 2. Look forward to watching season 3
@@cadengericke5652 You’re in for a treat. Whole show is fantastic.
@@cadengericke5652 how was it?
So many awesome scenes but that 1 was confidence and intimidation married into a force to be reckoned with, Walter white would have been destroyed by that man, but Walter white destroyed that man with his mind and his posturing
When you work for Wal Mart and you see a Target Employee....
when you work for Home Depot and see a Lowe employee
"Territory" is an awfully big word for most people who work at Wal Mart.
When you work for Sony and see a Microsoft Employee.
When you work at McDonald's and you see a burger king employee
When you work for Ubisoft and come across an Epic employee
Say My Name Scene: I am the best scene in the franchise
Stay Out Of My Territory Scene: Stay out of my territory.
I Am The Danger Scene: Fuck you and your eyebrows
I won scene: Sure?
Crawl Space Scene: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Crawls Space ending: I fucked Ted
I am the one who knocks: I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS
CHILLS EVERY F*ckin TIME.
I am watching breaking bad for the 2nd time with my girlfriend who has not seen it. I forgot about this scene and was effing yelling when he delivered this line
So F*cking True
It's not just the general intensity of the scene that makes it so great. It's the knowledge of who Walter used to be and who he has become.
He was always evil since season 1. Just never had the opportunities to show it. He didn't care about people dying or thinking about killing people since season 1
Man those kids in Malcom in the middle really broke this man
LOL! Good one.
I'm so glad I started watching this show. This scene (among countless others) reminds me what great casting/acting/directing/ and story can do. Thank you Breaking Bad.
0:55 Beautiful scene. One of the very bests, in my opinion. All thanks to one little detail: camera angles. When they point the camera to take his whole picture, next to the other drug dealer, Walter seems only a kinda small, un - offensive, cranky old man. But then his face takes up the whole scene, and he make that slight tilt of his head, and his eyes are partially in the shadow, a little reddish... suddenly, he strikes fear into your soul, and you completely forget about that first unimpressive impression.
I think they nailed specifically how to make a man like him appear freakishly scary. They nailed the eyes of a sociopath, filled with silent fury. I'd run in the other direction too If I'd ever saw eyes like that. Those are the eyes of someone with unpredictable intentions, none of which are friendly - for sure! - and you don't want to discover what's capable of. A stare that makes your guts beg: "You need to run right now". I think that in real life It would cause you the same uneasiness as when encountering a rabid animal: at first the poor animal would seem weird and goofy, but once you take a further look and realize what's going on that same weird animal suddenly becomes nightmarish.
I really love this scene for all of this reasons, and I profoundly admire Cranston for being able to make It so real. It's incredibly ironic how he can be such a sweet and friendly man irl, and still play this kind of part better than anyone else in his place.
Another way to look at it is this, go look at the eys of a Lion caged up in the zoo, then look into the eyes of a wild Lion who roams the plains.
Everyone can dress up and look the part, however when it comes time to look into peoples eyes and shit starts actually going down, thats where you seperate the men from the boys, the socipathic killers playing for keeps from the clowns trying to act the big man infront of their pals.
I really like the subtle smirk he makes at the end.
He enjoyed doing that. He never saw any kind of threat from them, just a disrespect. Him at the register is not being like "oh shit, competition". Rather Heisenberg deciding he's not letting anyone do what people do to Walter White
Shadows. Look at Walt's face in the close up.
speaking of camera angles, when walt first steps out of the store, the camera shot includes the 'building supply' sign at the top-left. when walt starts walking towards their van his head overlaps with the 'building' part which can mean this is 'walt's supply' as in walt's 'territory' and/or quite literally meaning walt building the supply.
Fantastic comment
easily the most badass scene in the entire show
There a number and this applies, but also give credit to Gus when he knew he was being aimed at and raised his hands as if to say "if you dare"
I thought Hank lying wounded after a gunfight and then looking Uncle Jack straight in the eye when Walt tries to give him an out with uncle jack and more or less saying go ahead and shoot me because I'm not going to beg for mercy from you because you're pondlife basically.
Anyone else think of this scene every time you hear a cash register beep?
This show kinda shows that tv is now better than movies.
Hollywood has no fucking ideas, just remaking shit and putting out garbage.
Comment more relevant than ever
@@51UM He predicted mcu and other shit perfectly
And then we get the ending to GoT :((
@@itssonotover961 lol. The MCU?
I'm not saying that is the Godfather but it is without a doubt one of the best blockbuster action franchises ever.
Critics and audience alike love it.
And it has some merit to organize so much plot lines all together in a shared movie Universe.
I do agree however that Hollywood is being pretty crappy lately.
@@asturianix9820 I mean, these movies are nice, I kinda like them. Most of them at least.
But I agree with Scorsese, it's not cinema. It's a huge rollercoaster, lots of action, lots of fun stuff. But in terms of directing and stuff, it's just a recipe of action movie pre-digested and directed by Yes Men who basically do what producers tell them to do. The actors are good, but they were recruited to make sure they wouldn't have to go far from their comfort zone, easier to direct (like Robert Downey Jr plays Robert Downey Jr, Christ Pratt plays Chris Pratt), etc...
It's entertaining I give you that, but it's basically a product, made for money and entertainment. You consume it, maybe a few times, then you move on. Not my definition of cinema.
one of the most badass scenes in TV history.
10 years
@@VC-yc5pg omg has it been that long? I'm still alive bro!
@@branscombe_ wow you're still alive... time flies by..
@@branscombe_how you doing
@@The_realJesus good , Jesus has been good to me
That face he made at the end!!! Priceless.
TV on the Radio made this scene, so intense. Bryan Cranston is brilliant.
This was a moment of style. A moment of total cohesive identity for the show. This is what we watched Breaking Bad for.
I first watched Breaking Bad after watching this clip. Then a year later I linked it to my friends and they all started watching too. Thanks. Best TV show in YEARS
Love this scene. It's just so intense. The music is perfect as well.
Thanks for putting it up in HD!
Walt transformation into Heisenberg complete
omg omg this is the exact moment walt becomes heisenberg 😲😆🤪😁🤣😂😤😤🤯😱😨😶😯🤭😵
@@joe_ru planes crashes?
Crawlspace is when it happened according to Vince. He crawls in with whatever of walter white he has left and comes out as full heisenberg.
@@larsonracies8636 This is when Heisenberg starts to emerge
@@e4d5exd5Qxd5 get help
Amazing when the right song, with the right dialogue is executed with the right delivery.
This was like the most epic scene ever....
The beginning of the end
DLZ became one of my favorite songs just because of this scene
Shoutout to Shannon McCormick too
This scene gave me chills. This was definitely the turning point for Walt this shows that he’s not only doing this for his family but he now enjoys this shit.
Real drug lord
For me, this is the best scene in the show
Who's here in 2018? This is so good! It signifies the very instant that he could have continued on as WW, just worrying about home repairs- but he CHOSE to walk and confront them, proving that the old WW is gone, and Heisenberg was here to stay. So very good!
You could argue that the cash register beeps signify walter white's life support fading and Heisenberg taking over. Certainly Walter White could never have gotten in the big dude's grill and utter the phrase, "Stay out of my territory" as coldly as he did here.
I just realised... Somewhere down the line when Walt gets caught and the world finds out he's Heisenberg, those two will probably also hear about it and recognize him from this encounter, realising just how close they came to dying and how good of a call it was to get out of there that day.
I can’t get over this scene. Also perfect song choice
He's such a good actor, he owned this
"Stay out of my territory"
meanwhile thinking: I should try his goatee
Legend...
My favorite scene from all of season 2. Best show on TV, hands down.
Possibly the most badass scene in the show
Everyone talks about the moment Walt becomes heisenberg, but this scene is the moment heisenberg becomes a separate entity and not just a pseudonym
This is the best scene in the entire series, my favorite, idk it just gives me chills everytime
The fact that right after he tells him to stay out of his territory, the guy looks down and thats when Walt, sorry, Heisenberg blinks so he can still be staring to him.....ufff brilliant scene (one of the bests of the show, if not the best)
This is the moment where Walter White became aware that he did indeed need that paint
Up to this point, every situation has been "out of the frying pan and into the fire" for Walt and every success he has had has been so short lived because some calamity followed it to rob him of feeling of achieving something, replacing it with worry how to get out of this trouble or whatever comes after.
Now that his cancer went to remission and he feels like he isn't living in borrowed time, he can properly savor for what he has achieved. And boy does he enjoy it.
0:31 when you’re in the 5th grade and you find out a 3rd grader is dealing Pokémon cards to everyone in your class
0:31 That's a badass walk
It has a kind of relaxed yet motivated "Well let's see what we've got here..." feel to it. Cranston really thought about every movement and expression he performed and it shows in how convincing the character is.
Heisenberg mode activated.
1:30 this smile🔥🔥🔥
Plot twist: those guys are carpenters just picking up some stuff they need for work but now they’re scared to come back to the same hardware store because its some bald guys territory
Lmao
It's the music that is playing behind that makes this scene even more powerful!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Gave me chills fr
This is my favorite scene in the show, and I’m glad such a pivotal moment was capped with such a sick song and fanfare.
If ever there was a future where Walter doesn’t burn up like Icarus and take his entire family with him, it’s past salvaging now. He’s beyond justifications or remorse. He loves this, and he’ll be doing it until it kills him.
What an amazing actor this guy is!
Fucking quality!.....
FBI when someone else tries to spy on people:
best scene and song in the entire show can’t change my mind
Same here. When I think Breaking Bad this is what I see
Viewer is both thrilled and frightened to the maximum here. The moment, method and music. So much can be said but nothing can be added. The #1, effing-A, scene in Bad history begins with a thud from two cans of primer and a walk-out from a hardware store. Crank it loud.
Watching the series you realize that Walt has a great brain and something like eight balls.
Stay out of my territory > say my name
One of the best scenes ever
1:01 What I like about this scene is that it shows that intimidation isn't just a matter of staring at someone and trying not to blink.
One of the best scenes in BB
A wild Heisenberg appeared!
Fight-🚫
Item-🚫
Escape-✅
This scene lives rent free in my head. My favorite scene in the whole show
This scene is better than say my name and I am the danger. Without a doubt.
could an episode end any better?
felina maybe? but it's so hard
Granite state
Ozzymandias, Crawl Space
Could there be any better scene
Face-Off
I shit myself every time I watch this scene... now consider that I watch this scene at least once a day...
Most badass scene in all of media for me. Idk man the combo of the song and Walt’s delivery gives me goosebumps
Fun fact: if you listen VERY closely you can actually hear Bryan Cranston’s voice singing along in the La La’s @ 0:47
Placed in an underlayer in the DVD version
Oh shit, I heard it. Thank you for sharing that piece of information.
It's not Bryan, you can hear that voice in the original album version of the song.
@@thatdognotthepuppy5809the song was made for the show
Walt: Stay out of my territory.
Discount Walt: (shoots Walt)
(Baby Blue starts playing)
*Directed by Vince Gilligan*
The music really adds that feeling of adrenaline Walt is feeling
This scene is not about an act of revengeful violence for his friend or family, not about an act of blindfolded rage for his miserable life, not about a chemist showing his competitiveness towards other successors. This a scene where the future biggest drug lord Heisenberg first shows his dominance as Walter White. His ambition became his identity and no more Mr nice guy. Suspenseful story build up, amazing soundtrack, brilliant composition and uses of light, this scene is pure art in cinematography.
True.
The taste of power.
This is my favourite scene of the whole series. Pure perfection.
Turning point of the series. Up until this, Walt was doing things for his family. After this it all changed. He felt the power and loved it.
Breaking Badass.
Nice one
This scene is what made me say that it is the best series ever
This scene is kind of proof that Walt was only saying he was doing it for his family when in reality he was only doing it because he liked it.
yes
It was at this moment that Walter White became a new person named Breaking Bad.
Would have been awkward, if he had to reverse out of the parking space.
The best song in the entire series
Probably my favorite scene of the show. It’s powerful, and visceral, with one hell of a great song backing it, and it marks a true turning point kind of scene. In that it was a true fork in the road for the character. Many forget, but at this point, Walt was out. All that was left to do was sell. He had enough supply to get the amount of money he needed because this was right after the four days out in the RV where Jesse and he had cooked like 19 pounds or something; at this point he had intended to just let it sell, and he was out, done, over. If you remember he was puttering around the house fixing the water heater etc. (“WE HAVE ROT” 😂) which is why he was at the Home Depot. He wasn’t cooking anymore. At first, he just tries to help the guy out in the store, then kind of shakes his head and smiles as he walks away from him. But, standing in line, he starts to simmer, he starts to WANT IT AGAIN, but this time, it’s not about his family, or even completely about the money…it’s about the power. And this is a moment of no return, a real moment of truth kind of scene that I think a lot of people miss the larger implications of. Yes it’s a bad ass scene, and Cranston here, well it’s brilliance. His eyes and face just staring that guy down? GENUIS ACTING. But It’s in this moment that the character again turns his whole life in another direction. His whole destiny. As he dumps the home improvement stuff (the family) and walks away into the parking lot to stake his claim again (the power), we see the very last bits of Walter disappear. But, more importantly, it’s a choice that marks a change in his core motivation to pursue criminality. When the show started out, his motivation was about 80% his family, 20% his ego. But in that moment, the two switched, and he made a conscious decision to pursue it again, only this time it was Heisenberg and that ego, not Walter, who made that decision. In that one moment, when his core motivation changed, he was truly lost forever, as power and greed took over completely. And some roads once you go down them, you can never turn back.
10/10 comment
Totally agree. I also remembered that his concern about the house fixing has no sense, more like a obsessive thing, that annoyed the family, almost like a psychotic breakdown.
I think that is important to point out that he was still a cancer patient and to be done with the metamphetamine business cause he "already made enough" was to return to his mundane self... which wasn't normal anyways because of cancer. To be a cancer patient was to be reminded of his mortality while not being able to change o choose different. One of the first things that implied the diagnose was that he wasn't able to decide anything, he disliked the idea of dying in an hospital, and his family were just too much concerned about his health but not his agency over the situation.
The house fixing stuff was a reminder to us, the watchers, that he was a worker type, but also that he could not longer fix things. He can't fix neither the cancer nor being subject to medical prognosis. What choice was left for him is just to await passively. His mundane worker self no longer has sense in that situation, and maybe thats why his endeavor fixing the house seems more like a sudden obsession, which can't be much of use as cope.
That head tilt
heisenberg: stay out of my territory
drug maker: understandable have a great day!
This Gives me chills every time
It was right after this scene when Combo was gunned down.
Best song played in the entire series!
That two guys eventually star their own spin off series Breaking Slightly Worst
When you see your competition flirting with your crush.
@293874 He's not worried that others are encroaching on his territory, he just misses making meth. That's why he tries to keep himself busy around his house. He is addicted to meth, but not in the same way as a user. That's what this scene is about. It is at this point that he realizes he doesnt want to stop making meth because he likes cooking and the danger involved with the meth business.
My favorite episode from season 2. Best show on TV, hands down.
10 years. it was fucking awesome.
Stay out of my swamp...
Admittedly, if you're a guy used to staredown, competition matches, etc, I did 6 years kickboxing and now 11 years jiu-jitsu...
Whoever directed this scene, knew what they were doing... The other guy's younger and bigger... But I totally understand why he backed down... Heisenberg has that expression and those eyes that spell it out : "I'll chew you and spit you out" 🤣👍🏾
Music is perfect for this scene
It’s been on my Spotify On Repeat playlist for the past 4-5 months just because of the memories tied to this show and specifically this scene it’s so perfect for it
They probably think he is a top tier drug dealer with multiple assassines.
The big guy he's talking to is my uncle. It's pretty badass to see him in this!
wow nice
It's brilliant like the "beep-beep" at the beginning kinda represents Walt going to sleep and Heisenberg waking up.
Just phenomenal.
Notice how they look like dollar store Walt and Jesse
CHILLS EVERY FUCKING TIME I SEE IT
So much weight and power in this scene
I hope they get their own show called Badly Broken
The moment i fell for the show! Best TV show ever made, feels nostalgic.
This music, these vibes... Walter that turns into Heisenberg... Perfection.