hurrdurr25 Hank was fucking natural. He didn't have to think for hours, freaked out of his mind, it just came to him. Only thing Walter had going for him was his desperation and paranoia. He could've sat on his ass for years if things didn't get serious but Hank was bound to move up and he could just be happy at the same time.
Yes, I wouldn't consider Walt weak or asocial before he became Heisenberg. To me, he had a great life, but disapointing to himself compared to his potentiaI. Most of his science colleagues were in research or the upper levels of academia but Walt was teaching high school. I think Walt himself may have felt "weak" but as he slowly became Heisenberg, he felt stronger more respected, and powerful. That feeling was exhilirating to him..Heisenberg!! God, BB was sooooo good!!!
I love how Hank is meant to be a foil of Walter. Hank puts on the persona of a masculine tough badass, while in truth he is a good hearted family man that gets over stressed from the harsh realities of his job. Walter on the other hand put on a facade of a meek and weak man, nobody knowing that underneath is a cold calculating self interested individual. The way these two baldies are contrasted is writing genius
+Guillermo Carandini I love it, he does it a few times throughout the series. This, the interview with Gus, Mike's questioning. The "But wait, there's more!" routine.
The Program so freaking glad you said this. Gomie 100% knows he’s just winding up to drop more of the story on them. I always thought that was so well done.
He's using the all time best sales tactic. You get the most obvious and damning "No" out of the way, agree that it's ludicrous to accept the offer, then you hit them with the real sales pitch. Nobody would believe Fring was involved, even Hank, but you now that you all agree Fring can't be your guy, here's why he is.
@@samuellalla91 no but it makes sense since Walt is his family. No one ever suspects their family members to be in foul businesses. So I don't think it's plot armour
That was one of the great things about the show, how the characters and our understanding of them evolved. On first impressions Hank seemed to be just a stereotypical macho loudmouth, but then we learned that he had a very sharp mind and in the end that he had more courage and integrity than just about any character in the show. I completely agree it was a fantastic performance from Dean Norris and great writing from the BB team.
I love how Hank evolved during the show, at the beginning I thought he was just a goofy cop but he ended up as one of the smartest character in the show
It was dumb for Walt to tell Hank that Gale wasn’t heisenberg but even if Walt kept his mouth shut it wouldn’t have taken Hank long to figure it out because Walt’s blue meth would still be in production after Gale’s death.
Watch Gomey when Hank starts to agree with them about how his theory must be crazy. He's not laughing or concurring with Hank, because he knows his partner too well. He knows Hank wouldn't go to all that trouble if he didn't have something up his sleeve and he was winding up for his big reveal. He's basically bracing himself for it. Just a little something I enjoy in this scene.
Nope. The look is more like, oh well, no one is perfect, good try, it's OK buddy, but you're off. That is validated by the next scene with Gomez looking at the supervisor, like, WTFuck! That was all bout Hank figuring it out, no one else. Gomez was not meant to have a clue in that scene. Even Gomez's previous line/question and stern look before Hank 'talking silly' validates that.
I know man, people say to wait a while and watch it again. But that's no where near the same! One of the things which made this show so great was how unpredictable it was.
xEazy420 Just finished watching the series for the 3rd time; I watch it once per year. Nothing like popping the Breaking Bad theory for the first time! Such an incrediblw show and nothing else will ever be like it. i am still depressed.
Then I have to count myself lucky, in europe only recently I took Netflix and started watching Better get Saul. That I loved more and more. End of this week all series of Saul seen, and I begin on Braking Bad. So, in the correct chronologic order...but it looks kinda strange the Bald Mike character in Saul looking like a worn out Granpa and then seeing breaking Bad "a year later" and he is fresh like a ...40 year old ....hahahaha.
_"If your guy had his meeting at KFC, you wouldn't immediately assume that he's sitting down with Colonel Sanders..."_ Hank's eyes widen as the scene cuts to the Colonel being taken away in handcuffs. That finger lickin' bastard had to be stopped.
I think he just did that so his partners wouldn’t think he was going off the rails. He was trying to save his ass in case word got out he was losing it so he’d keep his job. When Hank suspects somebody, he’s on their ass, he doesn’t back off.
Hank was the real hero of this story. When Walter was a coward, he was brave. When Walter was manipulative, he was straight and honest. When Walter only showed selfishness, he was loving and caring. He put his life, his integrity, his well-being and his profession on the line all the time trying to do his job, while Walter was hiding and scheming. He was exceptionally written and acted, I really enjoyed his arch.
Not to throw a wrench in your bad Walt good Hank but it was Walt who convinced Hank to get over his fears and self pity and keep fighting. I've said it before and it's true Vince made sure that every character was human (good and bad). Strong and weak. Giving but selfish. This show also made the point that death doesn't care who you are or what you have or haven't done. When it's your time it's your time. Be it a young boy or a old man. Death comes to us all. As Morgan said in Shawshank. Get busy living or get busy dying. Darn straight.
@@richardpowell4643 Actually my interpretation of the show is much more complex than a thousand year old saying, "when your time has come, nothing can stop it" Yes there is moral conflict in all characters, but saying that what Walt did was remotely comparable to Hank in terms of morality is classic case of false equivalencies
Hank was ALWAYS there to help Marie or her sister and her sister's children. Walter Jr. loved him. He was truly a family man, something Walter claimed to be. He left everything to go see his wife, thinking she was in a hospital while Walt missed the birth of his daughter. Respect for Hank for that.
I think that's harsh on Walt, he was a family man, looking after his family, dealing with the frustration of being a genius at chemistry and working a mundane job, and working a part time job at a car wash, taking flack from his own students. The break was the death sentence (lung cancer), that made him take the path of darkness, and start the slide into his own destruction. Remember it was Hank who took Walt on a drug bust, which showed him the piles of money, just sitting there, the money he needed to possibly cure himself, unwittingly Hank set the wheels of fate in motion. To paraphrase the bard, "In order to bring us to greater harms, the devil often tempts us with small trifles.", he was Breaking Bad, not bad; power corrupts, don't you know?
@@onastick2411 Walt had a way out early on when Gretchen and Elliot were willing to hand him a well-paying job with full health insurance, but Walt declined. It was never about his family and finances, it was always about protecting his pride.
Nah, Hank was rather cold to Marie and was a pretty big dick to Jesse and often looked down on poor and misshapen folks like Wendy. If ANYONE was the opposite of Walt, it was Mike. He did everything he did for the sake of his granddaughter after having to kill his own son and did everything he could to keep her well.
Hank was a hero in a world where heroes don’t exist. Great at his job but completely in over his head. His own tenacity and unwillingness to leave well enough alone led to his death. Still one of my favorite characters on the show.
@@PrimetimeX not even in the same dimensionality of the definition wally west superman and nightwing are ppl who would be the definition of a hero hank looks good in comparison to drug Kings and killers in actual standards he's a terrible person
@@PrimetimeX he is a bad person in our standards in the show he is by far the morally the best but that's not really an achievement it's full of drug Kings and murderers so I hope most ppl would
Breaking Bad was and still is one of the most incredible shows ever in the history of television. The writing, the acting, I've seen it 3 times and I still want to watch it again.
The writing. My god, the writing. How does someone write something this sprawling...over half a decade...and have every last little detail click into place PERFECTLY? It boggles my mind..
Early on in the series, the character of Hank was used mostly for comic relief, even though he was more of a blowhard than actually funny. But when he was relieved of that role by Saul Goodman, who really was funny, there was a sudden opportunity to develop Hank as a more 3-dimensional character, which I thought worked a lot better. Anyone agree?
hank feels like a sopranos character in season 1, his wisecracks especially feel like they’re from that show, or in that style. he came across as funny but in an ironic way. if they kept that up for 6 seasons it would get old fast. glad they went the direction they did w/ the ptsd and mirroring walter’s arc. but i do love the tone of BB season 1, great comedy in that one
your analysis is a bit mechanical - really takes you away from the fictional world you're supposed to be invested in - but I think, on the whole, you are right. From the writers' pragmatic point of view, definitely.
@KingCai72 well he got around 50mil. And with inflation that's probably like half a billion he got. Sure he didn't blow it but deffo got an easy leg up. He's out of touch with reality. Just lives in his cloud cuckoo guns and wall malarkey
Walt is the entire reason why hank continued the search, hank was done with the case and Walt had to shoot his drunk mouth off and encouraged hank into thinking that the meth chef was still out there all bc Walt couldn’t stand the idea that gale was being given the credit for the whole meth cooking operation that Walt was truly behind..his pride and ego ruined him
This sit-down between Hank, Gomey, and Merkert is one of my favorite scenes of Breaking Bad. The way he lays out the evidence and builds it up is extremely captivating.
0:34 This comment is really annoying to me. I have been working the Sanders case for years. I must have busted a narcotics dealer in every one of his kitchens and parking lots, and the son of a bitch is still squeaky clean.
Aleksandar Lukic I’m a big breaking bad fan , but the Ozarks is better in my opinion . It went where breaking bad couldn’t on cable tv , it’s dark twisted 100% full throttle on the first episode. It’s that good , give it a try
Yea watch Ozarks it’s pretty damn good. It’s definitely a slightly more real depiction but I wouldn’t say it’s better than Breaking Bad. Only 2 seasons so far.
literally best ending of breaking bad ever. its so scary a guy this half paraplegic can still hunt the most underhanded villain that people overlooked right by their nose. and the eerie confidence of his suspicions just got you edge of your seats. everytime i rewatch Br Ba i always turned my volume up for this scene, its so goddamned epic.
he's not ethical. he just wants to do his job well. he had zero empathy for pinkman when it was brought up that walt might kill jesse at the meeting. in fact, hank wanted it to happen. that's not a hero.
Hank could have opened his arguments with "Hey I found Gus Fring's fingerprints at a murder scene," but instead he went out of his way to make his colleagues look like assholes first
gus really ruined everything for himself. he had a good thing going with walt and jesse and couldve kept it that way. But he underestimated Walter, and got Gale killed. Which caused Gus to get caught.
Watching the facial expressions of Gomey and Hank and Hanks delivery you realize how much attention to detail was paid in this series and how Damn good each of the actors in this whole series really were.
A lot of Hank's story unfolds as though he's the main character in his own show. If we hadn't already known that Gus is living a double-life, this moment would've been an incredible twist on its own merit.
What I love so much about this show is its portrayal of the each character's strengths and weaknesses. You can see from this shithole of a comment section that many people are arguing whether or not certain characters are good or bad which I find rather pointless. The characters are imperfect and that's what make this a perfect show.
Just finished the show. Wild to look back at how fun it was. Hank's chase. Walt dueling with Gus. So much excitement and so many "Haha WOW!" moments. And then comes the final 3 episodes. Terribly sad, horribly dark, and ultimately defeating. Walt gets as much "redemption" as he can, but nothing is fun or okay.
Hank was an incredible in breaking bad, I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it again, breaking bad is the best show ever. In terms of writing, acting, dialogue etc. A complete masterpiece from Vince but also the actors played a huge part as well.
Hank was a damn good cop, no two ways about it, but it was his relentless determination to find out who the leaders of the drug cartel were that eventually got him killed.
@@arndnaj that's exactly what I mean. As a person he had his own faults and problems (including panic attacks) but had a skill of catching the bad guys and providing results. That's why he was promoted.
I love how Hank pitches this KNOWING how it sounds and decides to make a joke out of it, saving the hard evidence until after they show skepticism, as a punch line.
Gomez knew when Hank agreed with them that it was all nuts, that he had a critical piece of evidence. Watch how Gomez' eyes shift. Very subtle, very good acting.
Hank is such a good character, he's set up in the pilot for you to think he's just this stereotype meathead character, but he's such a great, complex character and Dean Norris does such a great job with him.
Nah, he sucked as a cop and a human being. In the end, he caused himself and his best friend to be killed because he cared more about bringing in Walt himself than doing things the right way.
This is one of the best scenes in the entire series that I never hear anyone else speak of. When I first saw this, I was on the edge wondering what was going to happen afterwards.
Good guy because of his profession, not necessarily because of his personality. What I love about BB is that both Walt and Hank are almost equally obsessed and self-centered, but they happen to be on the opposite sides of the law.
Good? He treated everyone like shit, was self-righteous, racist, ego driven, broke the law multiple times despite pretending to follow it, etc. He was an awful person.
Aeolyus Jesse made him believe that his wife was between life and death and somehow got his personal phone number (both were actually because of Walter but Hank doesn't know that). I would completely lose it out too. What makes Hank a good guy is that instead of covering it up he admitted it and was ready to face punishment for it despite the fact that it would have been so easy for him to cover it up. If Walter had been in Hank's situation, he'd have beat up Jesse, killed him and then dissolved him in acid.
Even though we only got to see Hank once (as far as I recall) in Better Call Saul, I'm still very thankful for that small cameo. He was one of the greatest characters of Breaking Bad, and I really enjoyed his arch.
The thing that was great about hank and walt was that they were both genius in their fields and both of them destroyed themselves by becoming obsessed
hurrdurr25 Hank was fucking natural. He didn't have to think for hours, freaked out of his mind, it just came to him. Only thing Walter had going for him was his desperation and paranoia. He could've sat on his ass for years if things didn't get serious but Hank was bound to move up and he could just be happy at the same time.
NightWatch707 didn't think and because of that it took him 5 seasons to find out walts Heisenberg lol
i mean, nobody expects his brother in-law to be a criminal boss. Especially when u know he's been a asocial weak man all his life.
Yes, I wouldn't consider Walt weak or asocial before he became Heisenberg. To me, he had a great life, but disapointing to himself compared to his potentiaI. Most of his science colleagues were in research or the upper levels of academia but Walt was teaching high school. I think Walt himself may have felt "weak" but as he slowly became Heisenberg, he felt stronger more respected, and powerful. That feeling was exhilirating to him..Heisenberg!! God, BB was sooooo good!!!
Walt's pride *always* ultimately got in the way lol
I love how Hank is meant to be a foil of Walter. Hank puts on the persona of a masculine tough badass, while in truth he is a good hearted family man that gets over stressed from the harsh realities of his job. Walter on the other hand put on a facade of a meek and weak man, nobody knowing that underneath is a cold calculating self interested individual. The way these two baldies are contrasted is writing genius
Uh dude? His name is Hank, not Frank.
are you wearing tin foil glasses rip?
suomynona He must have edited the comment, when I looked at it, he called him "frank".
Sohrob Ganjbaksh well put my friend
They're MINERALS!
Cool thing about Hank, he is a showman. He knows well it´s all about presentation.
+Guillermo Carandini I love it, he does it a few times throughout the series. This, the interview with Gus, Mike's questioning. The "But wait, there's more!" routine.
G. Carandini yes, agree completely. I love that.
The Program so freaking glad you said this. Gomie 100% knows he’s just winding up to drop more of the story on them. I always thought that was so well done.
He's using the all time best sales tactic. You get the most obvious and damning "No" out of the way, agree that it's ludicrous to accept the offer, then you hit them with the real sales pitch.
Nobody would believe Fring was involved, even Hank, but you now that you all agree Fring can't be your guy, here's why he is.
@@riffbw what sales tactic is that? trying to get a no from the customer when trying to close?
And I would’ve gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for that meddling DEA Agent and his brother-in-law!
Hate to break the news to ya but your dead buddy
At least Walt and him are dead
Chicken man
get me some los pollos hermanos
@@Gdawg0331 he sent this comment out right after the explosion, before remembering the explosion killed him.
Fringer prints
Holy shit
xD
Fingertits
Genius
Bitch!
Interesting that Hank suspected Gus before he suspected Walt, even though Gus was way more cautious and experienced than Walt.
For reaaaaal
Because of sentiment, he knew Walt for years. He knows his character how he is and its his family member, thats why he never even dreamed of it...
that’s the plot armor working
@@samuellalla91 no but it makes sense since Walt is his family. No one ever suspects their family members to be in foul businesses. So I don't think it's plot armour
Cause he’s his brother in law and he’s all about family.
I was not a Hank fan at the beginning of Breaking Bad, but this scene among others completely won me over. Dean Norris is an incredible actor.
Yea, it was a good idea to have Saul Goodman take over the comic relief role, allowing Hank to be more of a badass.
Jesse, Walt, Hank and Mike are the best performances, Gus and Sky are the next in line
That was one of the great things about the show, how the characters and our understanding of them evolved.
On first impressions Hank seemed to be just a stereotypical macho loudmouth, but then we learned that he had a very sharp mind and in the end that he had more courage and integrity than just about any character in the show.
I completely agree it was a fantastic performance from Dean Norris and great writing from the BB team.
JfnDWatchesVids I always saw him as a chubby Bruce Willis .
+GrassValleyGreg And then the comic relief got his own amazing show
Always loved Steve Gomez as a character
Damn underrated
Gomey was a beast.
Bennison I call him gomey
Always loved that scary grin as he caught the lawyer in the bank
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"Hey. :D"
I love how Hank evolved during the show, at the beginning I thought he was just a goofy cop but he ended up as one of the smartest character in the show
51dodoc He's an example of how much we grow when we've lost
That's what you call character development
@@memto2376 wow that's a great way to think about the character nice one
he was dumb af. there were so manyy insstances where he could have just caught walt but he couldnt
You can tell he went to the writers and asked not to be a caricature any more.
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Jesus Marie!
Hank never would have found out if Walt had not encouraged him.
Well, he would of eventually needed to take a shit in Walt's bathroom.
@@ryanbrets3762WOULD HAVE GOD DAMN IT WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE WOULD HAVE
RestrictMania relax. this isn’t reddit.
It was dumb for Walt to tell Hank that Gale wasn’t heisenberg but even if Walt kept his mouth shut it wouldn’t have taken Hank long to figure it out because Walt’s blue meth would still be in production after Gale’s death.
@@danzam40 never thought about that - you're right
This is the moment Hank becomes Heisenberg
Your God damn right
Hankenberg
Watch Gomey when Hank starts to agree with them about how his theory must be crazy. He's not laughing or concurring with Hank, because he knows his partner too well. He knows Hank wouldn't go to all that trouble if he didn't have something up his sleeve and he was winding up for his big reveal. He's basically bracing himself for it. Just a little something I enjoy in this scene.
Funny you mentioned that because I noticed his face.
Great observation, I'm sure that you're right.
Nope. The look is more like, oh well, no one is perfect, good try, it's OK buddy, but you're off. That is validated by the next scene with Gomez looking at the supervisor, like, WTFuck! That was all bout Hank figuring it out, no one else. Gomez was not meant to have a clue in that scene. Even Gomez's previous line/question and stern look before Hank 'talking silly' validates that.
Yea that’s kinda the same with Jesse face when he realizes Walt has an incredible idea or a plan of some sort.
Good catch
Has anyone else recently finished Breaking Bad and is genuinely depressed about it?
watch better caul saul. Its a similar atmosphere but a bit lighter. It helped me xd
We need to make a support group. I wish I never watched and just watch it again. I LOVED THIS SHOW MAN.
I know man, people say to wait a while and watch it again. But that's no where near the same! One of the things which made this show so great was how unpredictable it was.
xEazy420 Just finished watching the series for the 3rd time; I watch it once per year. Nothing like popping the Breaking Bad theory for the first time! Such an incrediblw show and nothing else will ever be like it. i am still depressed.
Then I have to count myself lucky, in europe only recently I took Netflix and started watching Better get Saul.
That I loved more and more.
End of this week all series of Saul seen, and I begin on Braking Bad.
So, in the correct chronologic order...but it looks kinda strange the Bald Mike character in Saul looking like a worn out Granpa and then seeing breaking Bad "a year later" and he is fresh like a ...40 year old ....hahahaha.
_"If your guy had his meeting at KFC, you wouldn't immediately assume that he's sitting down with Colonel Sanders..."_
Hank's eyes widen as the scene cuts to the Colonel being taken away in handcuffs. That finger lickin' bastard had to be stopped.
😂😂
That is fucking funny😂😂😂😂
Not even remotely funny. That racist jerk literally scarred me for life when I was 8 years old. Why do idiots like him exist?
@@naught_. que? How is he racist
@@naught_. what are you talking about?
I love how Hank leads us to believe his theory is dead,then revives it back to life again,very clever writing this
Revive by shtting in the toilet
Vrovo bince
It's a nod to Columbo.
I think he just did that so his partners wouldn’t think he was going off the rails. He was trying to save his ass in case word got out he was losing it so he’d keep his job. When Hank suspects somebody, he’s on their ass, he doesn’t back off.
it was all because walter told him to keep going after him
1:23 that expression was so perfect
Practicing his best Hector Salamanca impression
Its 1:26 that does it for me
@@DynamicDurge The black screen does it for me too, incredible writing.
@@H.K.5. Lack screen is 1 second later
Gomey has the best fucking lines
rideordie I couldn't agree moar..
Absolutely
his best line is the one where he takes a bullet
tuco snorts the best fucking lines
TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT!
My right ear is lonely.
I love the internet for comments like this
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None of my ears are lonely? Maybe your sound setup is fucked
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Kyle Thomas *my earphones :p
Hank was the real hero of this story. When Walter was a coward, he was brave. When Walter was manipulative, he was straight and honest. When Walter only showed selfishness, he was loving and caring. He put his life, his integrity, his well-being and his profession on the line all the time trying to do his job, while Walter was hiding and scheming. He was exceptionally written and acted, I really enjoyed his arch.
Yeah interesting how a show sponsored by the DEA would portray Hank in such a way.
@@MarcoBoneMan Interesting. Do you have a source? I can't find anything saying the DEA paid for this show.
As much as I like Hank. I’m depressed as hell when he met his demise. But Hank wasn’t all that honest and straight, he has his share sometimes.
Not to throw a wrench in your bad Walt good Hank but it was Walt who convinced Hank to get over his fears and self pity and keep fighting. I've said it before and it's true Vince made sure that every character was human (good and bad). Strong and weak. Giving but selfish. This show also made the point that death doesn't care who you are or what you have or haven't done. When it's your time it's your time. Be it a young boy or a old man. Death comes to us all. As Morgan said in Shawshank. Get busy living or get busy dying. Darn straight.
@@richardpowell4643 Actually my interpretation of the show is much more complex than a thousand year old saying, "when your time has come, nothing can stop it" Yes there is moral conflict in all characters, but saying that what Walt did was remotely comparable to Hank in terms of morality is classic case of false equivalencies
Hank was ALWAYS there to help Marie or her sister and her sister's children. Walter Jr. loved him. He was truly a family man, something Walter claimed to be. He left everything to go see his wife, thinking she was in a hospital while Walt missed the birth of his daughter. Respect for Hank for that.
I think that's harsh on Walt, he was a family man, looking after his family, dealing with the frustration of being a genius at chemistry and working a mundane job, and working a part time job at a car wash, taking flack from his own students. The break was the death sentence (lung cancer), that made him take the path of darkness, and start the slide into his own destruction.
Remember it was Hank who took Walt on a drug bust, which showed him the piles of money, just sitting there, the money he needed to possibly cure himself, unwittingly Hank set the wheels of fate in motion.
To paraphrase the bard, "In order to bring us to greater harms, the devil often tempts us with small trifles.", he was Breaking Bad, not bad; power corrupts, don't you know?
Except when he was being a pain in the A to his wife while staying at home rehabilitating
@@onastick2411 Walt had a way out early on when Gretchen and Elliot were willing to hand him a well-paying job with full health insurance, but Walt declined. It was never about his family and finances, it was always about protecting his pride.
@@dugramon Yes, but what was that but galling bitter pride, he couldn't let it go, not for a kingdom. Sometimes you can't.
Nah, Hank was rather cold to Marie and was a pretty big dick to Jesse and often looked down on poor and misshapen folks like Wendy.
If ANYONE was the opposite of Walt, it was Mike. He did everything he did for the sake of his granddaughter after having to kill his own son and did everything he could to keep her well.
love how hank pulled the classic Columbo. " just one more thing"
I'm Mexican and I loved Hank. Drugs have caused a lot of damage in my country I felt sad when he was murdered.
Hank was very believable ...as an actor he had perfect emotional pitch ...driven and angered in all the right places ...a pleasure to watch !
Hank was a hero in a world where heroes don’t exist. Great at his job but completely in over his head. His own tenacity and unwillingness to leave well enough alone led to his death. Still one of my favorite characters on the show.
He's not a hero
@@killcount4750 He is the literal definition of a hero
@@PrimetimeX not even in the same dimensionality of the definition wally west superman and nightwing are ppl who would be the definition of a hero hank looks good in comparison to drug Kings and killers in actual standards he's a terrible person
@@killcount4750 He is the only good person in the entire show. There literally isnt any good person in the entire show EXCEPT for Hank
@@PrimetimeX he is a bad person in our standards in the show he is by far the morally the best but that's not really an achievement it's full of drug Kings and murderers so I hope most ppl would
Breaking Bad was and still is one of the most incredible shows ever in the history of television. The writing, the acting, I've seen it 3 times and I still want to watch it again.
..and what show can be put right along side BB? How about "Better Call Saul"?
The writing. My god, the writing. How does someone write something this sprawling...over half a decade...and have every last little detail click into place PERFECTLY? It boggles my mind..
Planning on watching it with my old man, soon.
@@botwitaprice BB is better
Only 3 ?
Early on in the series, the character of Hank was used mostly for comic relief, even though he was more of a blowhard than actually funny. But when he was relieved of that role by Saul Goodman, who really was funny, there was a sudden opportunity to develop Hank as a more 3-dimensional character, which I thought worked a lot better. Anyone agree?
hank feels like a sopranos character in season 1, his wisecracks especially feel like they’re from that show, or in that style. he came across as funny but in an ironic way.
if they kept that up for 6 seasons it would get old fast. glad they went the direction they did w/ the ptsd and mirroring walter’s arc. but i do love the tone of BB season 1, great comedy in that one
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your analysis is a bit mechanical - really takes you away from the fictional world you're supposed to be invested in - but I think, on the whole, you are right. From the writers' pragmatic point of view, definitely.
@@Eradicus ha! I AM a writer!!
This monologue is about 4 1/2 minutes and I was TOTALLY invested the entire time. Dean Norris ROCKS.
Jesus Christ, Derrick. He minerals.
Jesus Christ Derrick!
Dean Norris MINERALS
Wow. Thank you America for such a great show that I will never ever forget in my life.
Greatest show ever by far. Thanks again America. If perfection does exist, it is Breaking Bad. Cut and dried, that is it.
@KingCai72don't be silly. trump is a clown. How's the wall building going?
@KingCai72lol the guy was already born into a millionaire family. baby killing. What you on about bro?
@KingCai72 well he got around 50mil. And with inflation that's probably like half a billion he got. Sure he didn't blow it but deffo got an easy leg up. He's out of touch with reality. Just lives in his cloud cuckoo guns and wall malarkey
@@logitech2010100 msm npc
Breaking bad is the only show that when you're watching it you love and support both sides,cops and criminals at the same time.
You must not have seen 'the wire'.
It's crazy how throughout the entire show every single character is justified, or at least their logic could be followed from their point of view
@@stephengrigg5988 damned good comment right there.
@@stephengrigg5988 "Aaaaaaaa wire"
@@shu520 "... copper..."
Walt is the entire reason why hank continued the search, hank was done with the case and Walt had to shoot his drunk mouth off and encouraged hank into thinking that the meth chef was still out there all bc Walt couldn’t stand the idea that gale was being given the credit for the whole meth cooking operation that Walt was truly behind..his pride and ego ruined him
Hank could have nailed Walt in season 1 if he wasn't so blinded by family loyalty.
How?
@@Kornhulio18 Chemistry genius who suddenly gets hit with lung cancer. Missing supplies from the school HE works at
@@Dantheman-bw8hv & is also one of the only people in the entire school with keys to the storage room
This sit-down between Hank, Gomey, and Merkert is one of my favorite scenes of Breaking Bad. The way he lays out the evidence and builds it up is extremely captivating.
Even better scene is when he's sitting on the can and discovers the real truth...
Yeah that’s what I thought this was
This was the first time in a show where a character put together the clues and addressed the issue, Its probably my favorite moment
One of the best scene in Breaking Bad. This is just perfect even after 10 years.
This series was perfectly cast, perfectly written. I rewatch episodes from time to time, always amazed.
0:34 This comment is really annoying to me. I have been working the Sanders case for years. I must have busted a narcotics dealer in every one of his kitchens and parking lots, and the son of a bitch is still squeaky clean.
when netflix produces a show half as good as this, I'll get it back again
Aleksandar Lukic I’m a big breaking bad fan , but the Ozarks is better in my opinion . It went where breaking bad couldn’t on cable tv , it’s dark twisted 100% full throttle on the first episode. It’s that good , give it a try
Yea watch Ozarks it’s pretty damn good. It’s definitely a slightly more real depiction but I wouldn’t say it’s better than Breaking Bad. Only 2 seasons so far.
Amc made this
First time I watched this, I thought Merkert and Gomez were in cahoots with Gus Fring due to their reaction at 0:04. Boy was I wrong.
I thought the same..
that would be fucking awesome
That would have been a really cool twist I must admit.
you were absolutely right on that bro
MIKE HAZEL how?
literally best ending of breaking bad ever. its so scary a guy this half paraplegic can still hunt the most underhanded villain that people overlooked right by their nose. and the eerie confidence of his suspicions just got you edge of your seats. everytime i rewatch Br Ba i always turned my volume up for this scene, its so goddamned epic.
Both Hank and Hector remained very dangerous despite their physical disabilities.
0:55
Chuck: 👁👄👁
I love Hank. He’s the real hero of the show. He’s smart, ethical, justified, and analytical.
Reasonably
There is no hero in the drug war. In the future, people like Hank will be looked upon as the opressor.
Dont forget he had worked in a cabaret on Mars
He is not really ethical.
he's not ethical. he just wants to do his job well. he had zero empathy for pinkman when it was brought up that walt might kill jesse at the meeting. in fact, hank wanted it to happen. that's not a hero.
Hank could have opened his arguments with "Hey I found Gus Fring's fingerprints at a murder scene," but instead he went out of his way to make his colleagues look like assholes first
Yeah but this is tv not real life. Who wants to watch that? stop complaining.
“A guy this clean got to be dirty”
gus really ruined everything for himself. he had a good thing going with walt and jesse and couldve kept it that way. But he underestimated Walter, and got Gale killed. Which caused Gus to get caught.
Watching the facial expressions of Gomey and Hank and Hanks delivery you realize how much attention to detail was paid in this series and how Damn good each of the actors in this whole series really were.
Hank had his flaws but what instincts
"Keep your friends close but your enemies closer."
Hold up for a se.....
A lot of Hank's story unfolds as though he's the main character in his own show. If we hadn't already known that Gus is living a double-life, this moment would've been an incredible twist on its own merit.
The actor who played Hank made a large part of the series success.
"I oughtta be wearing a tinfoil hat, you know?"
LMFAO
+CIarKent fuck chuck
What I love so much about this show is its portrayal of the each character's strengths and weaknesses. You can see from this shithole of a comment section that many people are arguing whether or not certain characters are good or bad which I find rather pointless. The characters are imperfect and that's what make this a perfect show.
Just finished the show. Wild to look back at how fun it was. Hank's chase. Walt dueling with Gus. So much excitement and so many "Haha WOW!" moments. And then comes the final 3 episodes. Terribly sad, horribly dark, and ultimately defeating. Walt gets as much "redemption" as he can, but nothing is fun or okay.
Hank been watching Columbo for years and just waiting to do the "One more thing" trick
"Couldn't agree more guys"
"Alright then see you tomorrow"
"Wait..."
Hank was an incredible in breaking bad, I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it again, breaking bad is the best show ever. In terms of writing, acting, dialogue etc. A complete masterpiece from Vince but also the actors played a huge part as well.
i wish someone would upload the scene where gus gets questioned. it's really great.
Hank was relentless. He was either going to catch Walt or die trying, there was no other way.
My favorite show of all time. Literally perfect in every way to me
Hank was a damn good cop, no two ways about it, but it was his relentless determination to find out who the leaders of the drug cartel were that eventually got him killed.
He wasn't a good person as a cop, but he was a good investigator, good at putting together the pieces.
@@arndnaj that's exactly what I mean. As a person he had his own faults and problems (including panic attacks) but had a skill of catching the bad guys and providing results. That's why he was promoted.
@Mister Guy read my response to Nathan.
"Keep your friends close, but enemies closer." That is very Godfather Part II, Michael Corleone and Gus' procedure, which made them ahead of the law.
The acting on this show was flawless, especially Hanks characters. Best show of all time hands down.
Hank is a bad ass , he fought alone with the twins Salamanca and he found the truth!! He was amazing
I love how Hank pitches this KNOWING how it sounds and decides to make a joke out of it, saving the hard evidence until after they show skepticism, as a punch line.
Jury from the Sons Of Anarchy!!!
This was Hank's - Columbo ''Just one more thing'' moment.
Hank and Gomez, the True Heroes of the Breaking Bad Verse.
@Pat McCann Walter White is the villain of the story, not an anti-hero. An example of a anti-hero would be the Punisher.
Hank had impeccable instincts...matched by Walt's cunning. His video implicating Hank was genius.
Gomez knew when Hank agreed with them that it was all nuts, that he had a critical piece of evidence. Watch how Gomez' eyes shift. Very subtle, very good acting.
Gomey even looking at the boss like "you're seeing this shit?"
Hank pulls exactly the same face at the end that Bryan Cranston did that made Jerry crack up so much in Seinfeld
I fucking hate that Hank and Gomie died.
James Fielding i hated Hank - Fuck him and his annoying wife.
I hated when mike and hank died.
I didn't care whoever died. That's what made the show awesome. I just wished Jesse died too.
I fucking loved that Hank died i hated that loser
Hank is such a good character, he's set up in the pilot for you to think he's just this stereotype meathead character, but he's such a great, complex character and Dean Norris does such a great job with him.
I always got worried when Hank got charming. When he started acting dumb, was when he knew exactly what was going on.
The only hero in Breaking Bad is Hank.
Nah, he sucked as a cop and a human being. In the end, he caused himself and his best friend to be killed because he cared more about bringing in Walt himself than doing things the right way.
god i love when he reaches under the table...'except'.........
very well put together show, loved every minute of it!
God I miss this show
Ughh what?
How is hank so smart to figure out shit like this, but couldn’t figure out that Walt was Heisenberg until way later Lmao all because of plot of course
Because it was hard for him to believe someone he knew for many years was capable of such a thing . Hank had a heart, he was a good guy.
I always thought this was one of the best scenes in the show. Great acting.
Hank: "Crazy" theory.
Co-workers: That's crazy.
Hank: Yes but actually no.
Mike became my favorite character out of all of them. Doesn't get any better.
That smirk at the end.
It ruined me. 🤣
Makes me want to go back & binge the whole series.
Got a little enjoyment in my life, buddy
The original interor Los Hermanos was shot at a KFC near Black Rock Park on Montano in Abq. Before the outside was twisters tho near Indian School St.
That little "eh" Hank throws in there is beautiful
Damn!! This one clip wants me to watch it all over again!!
0:25 the way his lips stick together
This is one of the best scenes in the entire series that I never hear anyone else speak of. When I first saw this, I was on the edge wondering what was going to happen afterwards.
Fringerprints
0:55: I ought to be wearing a tin foil hat.
Chuck McGill has entered the chat
Hank is the only "good" guy in the series, well apart from Walter White Jr.
Good guy because of his profession, not necessarily because of his personality. What I love about BB is that both Walt and Hank are almost equally obsessed and self-centered, but they happen to be on the opposite sides of the law.
Good? He treated everyone like shit, was self-righteous, racist, ego driven, broke the law multiple times despite pretending to follow it, etc. He was an awful person.
When he beat the hell out of Jesse face he was a good guy too ?
walter white jr wasn't put in difficult situations to be tested what kind of person he is
Aeolyus Jesse made him believe that his wife was between life and death and somehow got his personal phone number (both were actually because of Walter but Hank doesn't know that). I would completely lose it out too. What makes Hank a good guy is that instead of covering it up he admitted it and was ready to face punishment for it despite the fact that it would have been so easy for him to cover it up. If Walter had been in Hank's situation, he'd have beat up Jesse, killed him and then dissolved him in acid.
This show is the holy grail of video entertainment
I absolutely love and miss this show I remembered the first time I watched it and couldn’t get enough
Hank is extremely smart and never gives up. He one of my favorite characters
Even though we only got to see Hank once (as far as I recall) in Better Call Saul, I'm still very thankful for that small cameo.
He was one of the greatest characters of Breaking Bad, and I really enjoyed his arch.
Man hank was so good and believable as a cop. I guess thats what being typecasted for years in hollywood will do to an actor. He perfected the role.
*Hank was like Walter's Chuck it's just that this Chuck shoots back...*
Thumbnail makes him look like a baby man with a huge head and tiny t-rex arms