Yeah. Getting through the glass pane, walking out the elevator when the magnet grabs the bombs, etc. Reminders that the man spent ages as a comedic actor haha
I think this also explains how Gus knew there was a bomb on his car. When Jesse told Gus that Brock was poisoned he is legitimately shocked. This probably got him thinking about who would be willing to do that. And it probably led to Gua realizing that it led him to the hospital where he is vulnerable.
Took me a while to realize this on my 3rd watch. The first time its bc u think hes spiderman with some god like intuition but after finding out the boy was poisoned he knew someone was making a play.
Wow I'm dumb. Yeah that never occurred to me, I guess I'll blame the show for having me on the protagonists' side and looking at it from their perspective. From Gus's perspective he KNOWS he didn't do it, so of course he'd go to hypersensitive alert level. Whereas from Jesse's/viewers/Walt's-as-far-as-we-knew-at-the-time* it just seemed like Evil Gus was coming to pressure Jesse and of course would be unphased by the poison if he did it himself.
Fun fact, by the time this episode was being made, AMC was also a few season into The Walking Dead, so they borrowed their makeup/special-effects crew to do Gus up like that.
Bryan Cranston did an interview on Marc Maron's WTF podcast the week before this episode aired (the podcast was released on October 11, 2011). It was a great episode in which he talked about growing up around Hollywood, his personal history, and his successful career as a character actor before Breaking Bad. Great stories and well worth listening to. Toward the end of the episode, Maron asked him jokingly if he could spoil the episode. Cranston then said he could describe the final scene, going on to say that there were no people in the scene, just a location that the audience would immediately recognize. The camera would pan the scene then begin to pull in on an object. As it gets closer we see that it is an object we've seen before in the background. When we get close enough our minds are blown at the implications, then the scene fades and the season ends... What a great description of the final scene without giving anything away. What a great finale! Walt, who was responsible for Jane's death and Brock's poisoning, played Jesse like a fiddle and once again manipulated him to his side, and beat Gus in the end by accusing Gus, credibly in Jesse's eyes, of stooping to lows that Walt is clearly capable of himself. "ding-BOOM!" Genius!
@@PresUlyssesSGrant Yeah, I feel like if you watch BCS first, Walter in BB feels like a natural disaster rolling in on everybody, some biblical divine punishment type shit, cause people like Saul and Gus had it made, who would think that the mess of a human being that is Walter White would be the one to fuck everything they did over.
Not really a thirst for vengeance. He already got vengeance part. Killing Hector was tying up loose ends. Wanting to do it personally was more, pride. Same thing that gets Walt in so much trouble. That's good writing.
@@thedarkemissary Nah, him killing Hector was the vengeance... but only after he killed everything and everyone that Hector cared about. It's made very clear through both BB and BCS that Gus has to get Hector personally. Everything else he's ever done was just part of that.
Hector had that look of resignation on his face. He knew he had nothing left to stick around for. That’s why he ultimately gave Gus the satisfaction of victory by looking at him, but it was only for a brief moment. His face quickly changed as if he were saying that he’s taking both Gus and Tyrus with him.
He didn't look at Gus to give him satisfaction. He looked at him so he would know that he had lost. It was a ruse otherwise Gus would have caught on and could have gotten away
You're both wrong. He just wanted to look in those big, dreamy, Chilean eyes once more before descending into the great, infinite void. That's why they killed Gus' lover; he couldn't bare to see him with anyone else. Check out my Rule Thirty-Four for more content related to this, uwu
It's funny how hard they try to argue against him having truly outplayed Gus in the end. He wasn't nearly as "manic" like you say he was. Not saying he isn't a super bad guy, but it is fun how hard they try to not give him any credit for his plan, even when it fooled them as well.
Ikr, walt outplayed gus with barely 1 year in the business with an unstable partner, a lawyer thats scared shitless and a disabled guy who can’t even talk, whos nephew he killed VS a very well established criminal enterprise with near unlimited resources 😂
Yeah it was kind of funny how all the props they gave to Gus (for poisoning Brock, making Jessie think it was Walt, and using Jessie to take out Walt) they just refuse to give to Walt (for poisoning Brock with a similar poison, making Jessie think it was Walt, so that he could then make Jessie think Gus was framing him, so he could use the info Jessie had on Gus to kill Gus).
In hindsight, Walts relief when he is told Brock is going to survive makes more sense. And even more relief when he sees Jesse believes that Brock accidentally ate some berries.
@@joetamburello6292 I think he does give a shit that he didnt end up killing him since therefore obviously the ends justified the means and all is good in his mind.
@joetamburello6292 you think that walt is some kind of sociopath ? why he wouldn't be happy that the boy is alive? if he didn't give a shit about Brock he could have easily given him just the ricin and the boy will be 100% dead
The moment they pan to the pot of lilies at the end of the episode is probably the single most soul-dropping moment that I've ever seen in all of cinema.
I'm so glad you were able to watch this without getting spoiled. And yes, Walt should've just walked away after this... but he doesn't. Season 5 is gonna be a _ride._
A couple episodes back Walt was playing spin the bottle with his gun on hid deck table, on the 3rd spin it stopped pointed at the pot of Lilly-of-the valley.
Now you can watch that scene from last episode again where Walt is desperated at the pool, quite the important scene in hindsight, because at his third rotation the gun doesn't point towards himself anymore....
I love it when reactors buy Walt's lie re: Brock, cuz when the reveal happens at the end... It feels like a personal betrayal. When I first watched the show like... 6-7yrs ago, I bought his story. And I certainly felt betrayed lol. It's a fucked up move but man... What a brilliant plan! Lol
Because they are women, every single woman I know who's watched this show roll their eyes over walt and I don't know why- they like the pitiable walt but not the transformed one. While every man I know thinks he's cool. Maybe something to do with inherent female nature.
@Etherealus may have to do with the fact that "pitiable" Walt is a responsible guy trying to take care of his family while "transformed" Walt is a violent egomaniac. The fact that you and all your friends think he's cool says more about you than the two women on your screen.
I do think Breaking Bad purposely takes liberties with storytelling in order to show something symbolic, for example the plane crash landing in Walter’s garden and Gus walking away perfectly before dying with half his face melted off, it’s just a nice touch to make the themes concrete.
The reaction to the poison reveal is exactly why I love ppl watching this show for the first time, it's like reliving how I felt seeing it all those years ago!
With hindsight the I am the danger line is poignant. In the moment, when you actually consider how much his back is against the wall and how erratic and bumbling he was at times, it is ridiculous when you look at it objectively.
Walt is indeed a chaotic planner. He could never be a long-term meticulous estrategist like Gus but that doesn't mean Walt is not a diabolical mastermind once he gets on his feet. Season 5 is the best one. Probably the best season I have ever seen in any TV show.
Just watched the scene with Hector talking to Hank and dea. Just realized he did that just to lure Gus in to visiting him. Never crossed my mind before till now
Nothing like getting stoned and watching a new BB reaction from you guys. This is my favorite episode and you guys didnt disappoint! And thats church, yo.
A lot of people (including me) thought this should be the end of the series. I was skeptical about a 5th season, but after multiple watch throughs of the whole show, I think season 5 might actually be my favourite. PS: I'm sure 100 people have already pointed this out, but Walt being responsible was already hinted at when he was spinning the gun in the previous episode.
That's how Gus knew not to get in his car in the parking garage last episode. Gus knew he didn't poison Brock. Gus figured it out last minute that Walt did it to draw him there
Thought this was the end of the series/didn't know if it would be renewed. Buckle up because up until now season 4 was my personal favorite 4D chess match between Walt and Gus, but then season 5 came out and absolutely wowed me.
I heard somewhere that the writers knew how unrealistic it was for Gus to walk out into the hall after the explosion, but it was a golden opportunity for them to make him look unstoppable just one more time. They couldn't pass it up, and I'm glad they didn't. There is also a fan theory that Gus' fate is foreshadowed all the way back in season 2 by the pink teddy bear in the swimming pool. As much thought as Vince put into this show, I'm prepared to believe it.
One of the all-time most epic villains gets blown up, as is the lab, Walt delivers that epic (and memeable!) one-liner, yet the most shocking part of this episode is zooming in on some flowers. That's how brilliant the writing is!
People think Gus abducted Jesse because he just being a bad guy, but really, Gus was trying to save Jesse because he thought Walt was going try to kill Jesse like they did Gale so Walt would have the leverage again as being the only cook left.
There’s a behind the scenes clip of the nursing home explosion and there was an insane amount of retakes. Can you imagine how many times they had to clean it up just to blow it up again and thought, naw….again 🤣
I love their moment of wonder and surprise as Gus walks into the hallway. "He's alive?" Then, the big reveal. Great ending for an awesome villain. Classy to the end.
Thats not really foreshadowing since there’s nothing that connects that teddy bear to Gus other than having a damaged face. Its more likely just a fun coincidence
Why? That's not the least bit interesting. BCS at least had some appeal because people like Saul. But I doubt people would be compelled to follow the story of some kid.
I think the important thing in the episode is that Walt finally commited to being a criminal. He actually did all these horrible things and did it knowing he was doing as part of his plan. Poisoning Brock, manipulating Jesse by putting the gun in his head and telling him to shoot. Much like Gus, he decided go full bad, but for the full criminal drug lord to work he had to manipulate and put himself in the vulnerable position, and in the end it "paid off", he killed Gus and destroyed his operation, but then creating a bigger problem and becoming trully evil.
Yup Walt needed Jesse to think Brock was poisoned by the ricine so Jesse would come to him and he could convince him that it was Gus so Jesse could be on his side and really want to help him kill Gus. He knew he gave him the right amount to make him sick enough to put him in the hospital but it won't kill him the way Ricin will, so he did have Saul's body guard pick pocket the ricin cigarette off of Jesse so he would think it was the ricin.
When this show first aired, it was uncertain that the show would be allowed to continue for a fifth season, so this episode was written to function as a series finale if it wouldn't have been renewed.
Man, that was a nice suit. I bet Gus bought that suit for one purpose. It was his, "Today I kill Salamanca, and take my revenge" suit. Could be... Could be.... It was his only weakness. If you look at Gus'es character before they killed his buddy and threw him in the pool, he was a happy go lucky kinda guy. But, the loss of his friend/partner ultimately changed him. Birthed Gus Fring, Mastermind. But, that one bit of humanity remained. Wrath. Huh...well look at that a deadly sin, just like FMAB. His need for vengeance, by his own hand was his only weakness. Walt saw the angles. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", more or less. Walt made an offer to an OG, that he couldn''t refuse. A man stuck in the prison of his own body, legacy gone, who also had a thirst for revenge. Use that finger to go out like a man, and take Gus Fring with him. Of course he did it. You could see it in his eyes... Incidentally...Gus lost an eye. Just like that bunny.... BEAR! I meant bear... The Bunny was in Donnie Darko... Though an eye was lost there as well... Damn covid, swiss-cheese brain.... Me brains is fooked.
@@AntiSolid3000 if you need someone to explain the movie "Face/Off" to you, you are learning disabled. You need to consult a physician. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you are retarded
I have stated this many times before. As ya'll have pointed out, different people are constantly parked nearby spying, but are never noticed by anyone. All through this series people park in full view and are never noticed. Watch what i'm saying. It's magic!
Nobody said it makes them "friends". It makes them partners on an endeavor to kill a common enemy. Don't have to be friends to team up against someone that is both of your enemies more so than each other.
Hey an Olipop! I love those. Only 5g of sugar. I'm replacing my Pepsi addiction with 52 grams of sugar or whatever, with these sodas. And they taste so good.
i still dont understand how Walt poisoned Brock. even Goodman and Huel wouldnt have that kind of access? Also the laundry attendants saw Walt and Jesse when the lab went up. keeping the silence of every single one without Gus around is a stretch.
Even though it's never explained, Gus' "6th sense" about there being a possible bomb planted on his car when he left it was that since he had his men waiting inside Walt's house, they were able to see all of the stuff he didn't clean up in his kitchen to make the bomb.
@@comeatmebro8120 Yea and that's what I've wondered as well. It's unlike Vince Gilligan to have a bit of an inexplicable 'plot hole' off screen and hope the audience doesn't get hung up on it, so I'm just going to go with your theory of her simply not knowing what she was looking at and left.
Going to have to disagree. The reason Gus has a 6th sense is because he knows he didnt poison Brock, so who did? We never look at it from his perspective because at this point we assume he did it. He knows he didnt do it. There are 2 players: Him and Walter. Unless the poisoning happened randomly and he didnt do it that leaves Walter. So why would he do that?
@@willesnille Perhaps both theories could be correct. He knew Walt likely made a bomb and after realizing Walt potentially was the reason why Brock was poisoned, he figured out that Walt obviously wanted to lure him to the hospital for a reason. With those 2 pieces of information, he had more than enough reason to be suspicious of getting into his car when he left it unattended. That's my theory, at least.
They made Season 4 knowing that it could've possibly been the final season.. the show was expensive to make and the ratings surprisingly weren't great despite Emmy's and critical acclaim (Netflix eventually ended up helping ratings and Vince says "Netflix saved the show").. AMC wanted Season 5 to be like 6 episodes but Vince wasn't having that, and he was even going to shop the final season to other channels like FX, but they made a deal with AMC for a 16 episode final season, which ended up being 8 episodes, a year break, and then the final 8 episodes aired..
I don't have any sources but I think what happened is AMC wanted 8, Vince wanted 13, they settled (less eps per fiscal year but still a full season) on 8x2.
Walt is so unintentionally funny. Instead of opening the door and leaving, no... He shambles his way out of the broken pane of glass in that door lol
Someone wrote that tho.. but I think i know what you mean?
@@StayFractalesque ok... written to be a part of his character.. fuck is the point of your comment? XD No offence.
@@Erebus008its an easy way for them to feel smart
Cranston was really a genius at all sides of Walt's character, dramatic and comedic. Including some solid physical comedy 😄😄
Yeah. Getting through the glass pane, walking out the elevator when the magnet grabs the bombs, etc. Reminders that the man spent ages as a comedic actor haha
I think this also explains how Gus knew there was a bomb on his car. When Jesse told Gus that Brock was poisoned he is legitimately shocked. This probably got him thinking about who would be willing to do that. And it probably led to Gua realizing that it led him to the hospital where he is vulnerable.
Thats a Bingo
Took me a while to realize this on my 3rd watch. The first time its bc u think hes spiderman with some god like intuition but after finding out the boy was poisoned he knew someone was making a play.
yea that makes sense. Its too random that this kid was poisoned.
Wow I'm dumb. Yeah that never occurred to me, I guess I'll blame the show for having me on the protagonists' side and looking at it from their perspective. From Gus's perspective he KNOWS he didn't do it, so of course he'd go to hypersensitive alert level. Whereas from Jesse's/viewers/Walt's-as-far-as-we-knew-at-the-time* it just seemed like Evil Gus was coming to pressure Jesse and of course would be unphased by the poison if he did it himself.
It could be, or it could be the fact that gus left his car in a public space and just didn't trust that ride out knowing no one was watching his car.
Fun fact, by the time this episode was being made, AMC was also a few season into The Walking Dead, so they borrowed their makeup/special-effects crew to do Gus up like that.
Fun fact: the old lady Walt puts in harms way is the show runner Vince Gilligan’s mother.
Y'all were so confident it couldn't possibly have been Walt who poisoned the child in the last episode 😂
Sadly they underestimate Walt. They constantly say how dumb he is...
@@havok6280 I think they legitimately didn't see him being capable of doing that or even what the point was.
@@adamvialpando106 I think, as much as they dislike him, they genuinely didn't think Walter will stoop that low
@@AJ-nw5suExactly.
@@havok6280I mean... He makes some questionable/irrational decisions due to his ego that some people could look at as "dumb".
Bryan Cranston did an interview on Marc Maron's WTF podcast the week before this episode aired (the podcast was released on October 11, 2011). It was a great episode in which he talked about growing up around Hollywood, his personal history, and his successful career as a character actor before Breaking Bad. Great stories and well worth listening to.
Toward the end of the episode, Maron asked him jokingly if he could spoil the episode. Cranston then said he could describe the final scene, going on to say that there were no people in the scene, just a location that the audience would immediately recognize. The camera would pan the scene then begin to pull in on an object. As it gets closer we see that it is an object we've seen before in the background. When we get close enough our minds are blown at the implications, then the scene fades and the season ends...
What a great description of the final scene without giving anything away. What a great finale! Walt, who was responsible for Jane's death and Brock's poisoning, played Jesse like a fiddle and once again manipulated him to his side, and beat Gus in the end by accusing Gus, credibly in Jesse's eyes, of stooping to lows that Walt is clearly capable of himself. "ding-BOOM!" Genius!
Walt had to switch cars to a rental after he drove Hank into traffic.
and well it is just reasonable, as hist Pontiac Aztec is a rare car, and could be spotted by Tyrrus
That was Gus' one weakness. His achilles heel. His whole empire comes crashing down because of his thirst for vengeance.
I mean technically speaking, If Walter never entered the picture he could have gotten his vengeance and everything would have worked out.
@@PresUlyssesSGrant Yeah, I feel like if you watch BCS first, Walter in BB feels like a natural disaster rolling in on everybody, some biblical divine punishment type shit, cause people like Saul and Gus had it made, who would think that the mess of a human being that is Walter White would be the one to fuck everything they did over.
Not really a thirst for vengeance. He already got vengeance part. Killing Hector was tying up loose ends. Wanting to do it personally was more, pride. Same thing that gets Walt in so much trouble.
That's good writing.
Almost like Gus couldn’t control is ego…
@@thedarkemissary
Nah, him killing Hector was the vengeance... but only after he killed everything and everyone that Hector cared about. It's made very clear through both BB and BCS that Gus has to get Hector personally. Everything else he's ever done was just part of that.
Patrick Fabian and Tony Dalton deserved Emmys for their groundbreaking/fuming performance in this episode for Breaking Bad injustice 😢
Hector
- Insults DEA
- Doesn't elaborate
- Leaves
- Blows up enemy
He is the one who truly won. He got the last laugh.
He won the battle but he'd certainly already lost the war. He just ensured there was no real victor.
@@jerodast I think Gus was the one who made sure there was no Victor
More of a tie really
He went out with a bang, literally.
@@AustinAuranymph God damn
Hector had that look of resignation on his face. He knew he had nothing left to stick around for. That’s why he ultimately gave Gus the satisfaction of victory by looking at him, but it was only for a brief moment. His face quickly changed as if he were saying that he’s taking both Gus and Tyrus with him.
He didn't look at Gus to give him satisfaction. He looked at him so he would know that he had lost. It was a ruse otherwise Gus would have caught on and could have gotten away
You're both wrong. He just wanted to look in those big, dreamy, Chilean eyes once more before descending into the great, infinite void. That's why they killed Gus' lover; he couldn't bare to see him with anyone else. Check out my Rule Thirty-Four for more content related to this, uwu
It's funny how hard they try to argue against him having truly outplayed Gus in the end.
He wasn't nearly as "manic" like you say he was. Not saying he isn't a super bad guy, but it is fun how hard they try to not give him any credit for his plan, even when it fooled them as well.
Ikr, walt outplayed gus with barely 1 year in the business with an unstable partner, a lawyer thats scared shitless and a disabled guy who can’t even talk, whos nephew he killed VS a very well established criminal enterprise with near unlimited resources 😂
Yeah it was kind of funny how all the props they gave to Gus (for poisoning Brock, making Jessie think it was Walt, and using Jessie to take out Walt) they just refuse to give to Walt (for poisoning Brock with a similar poison, making Jessie think it was Walt, so that he could then make Jessie think Gus was framing him, so he could use the info Jessie had on Gus to kill Gus).
"Talented Turkey Rapper Sounds."
Holy fuck I laughed way too hard at that.
Congrats on not having this episode spoiled, I was not as lucky when this aired lol
this is really the point of the show where it breaks even badder
In hindsight, Walts relief when he is told Brock is going to survive makes more sense. And even more relief when he sees Jesse believes that Brock accidentally ate some berries.
Obviously Walt doesn’t give a shit about Brock. He’s just happy he has Jesse under his thumb again
@@joetamburello6292 I think he does give a shit that he didnt end up killing him since therefore obviously the ends justified the means and all is good in his mind.
@@jxsh03 completely disagree
@joetamburello6292 you think that walt is some kind of sociopath ? why he wouldn't be happy that the boy is alive? if he didn't give a shit about Brock he could have easily given him just the ricin and the boy will be 100% dead
@@joetamburello6292 When Gus walks away from the car there's the same track playing as when Walt watches Jane die. The show itself disagrees with you
Walt crashed his car to prevent Hank from going to the laundry so he's got a rental.
The moment they pan to the pot of lilies at the end of the episode is probably the single most soul-dropping moment that I've ever seen in all of cinema.
That, and the kid getting shot
@@scotteustice6230 Gus: "No more children. Do you understand?"
The Two-Face we deserved
But not the one we need in season 5.
I'm so glad you were able to watch this without getting spoiled. And yes, Walt should've just walked away after this... but he doesn't. Season 5 is gonna be a _ride._
I find it hilarious that Maple constantly thinks the main character will shift from Walt to someone else. She doesn’t want Walt to win so bad lol
"How TF did he even stand up?" Well Maple, that's just how Daddies be 😆
A couple episodes back Walt was playing spin the bottle with his gun on hid deck table, on the 3rd spin it stopped pointed at the pot of Lilly-of-the valley.
Now you can watch that scene from last episode again where Walt is desperated at the pool, quite the important scene in hindsight, because at his third rotation the gun doesn't point towards himself anymore....
I love it when reactors buy Walt's lie re: Brock, cuz when the reveal happens at the end... It feels like a personal betrayal. When I first watched the show like... 6-7yrs ago, I bought his story. And I certainly felt betrayed lol. It's a fucked up move but man... What a brilliant plan! Lol
give the devil his due, Walter is a genius and he simply outsmarted them all
They can't, they tried like in 27:25, but they straight up hate him, it's funny asf 😂😂
Because they are women, every single woman I know who's watched this show roll their eyes over walt and I don't know why- they like the pitiable walt but not the transformed one. While every man I know thinks he's cool. Maybe something to do with inherent female nature.
@@Etherealus sad but true.
@Etherealus may have to do with the fact that "pitiable" Walt is a responsible guy trying to take care of his family while "transformed" Walt is a violent egomaniac. The fact that you and all your friends think he's cool says more about you than the two women on your screen.
@@Etherealus This seems to be the case tbh.
Daddy gus is gone....... say hello to Daddy heisenberg
Heisenberg.
❤@@kuhpunkt
Daddy todd
You're goddamn right.
@@LavitzNicksyou gay
I do think Breaking Bad purposely takes liberties with storytelling in order to show something symbolic, for example the plane crash landing in Walter’s garden and Gus walking away perfectly before dying with half his face melted off, it’s just a nice touch to make the themes concrete.
Agreed
now THIS is the point where the show starts to turning.
I very appreciated the girls remixing this comment themselves in the reaction haha.
The reaction to the poison reveal is exactly why I love ppl watching this show for the first time, it's like reliving how I felt seeing it all those years ago!
I just want to remind everyone that they laughed when Walt said he IS the danger. He's now one of the last men standing. Now...say his name!
With hindsight the I am the danger line is poignant. In the moment, when you actually consider how much his back is against the wall and how erratic and bumbling he was at times, it is ridiculous when you look at it objectively.
@@brownsey1 it was joke
@@archstanton664 It's genuinely hard to tell on here anymore 😅
Give Walt his flowers damn! He's the goat admit it
Walt is indeed a chaotic planner. He could never be a long-term meticulous estrategist like Gus but that doesn't mean Walt is not a diabolical mastermind once he gets on his feet. Season 5 is the best one. Probably the best season I have ever seen in any TV show.
The contrast between Walter in the first episode to this episode is crazy.
Just watched the scene with Hector talking to Hank and dea. Just realized he did that just to lure Gus in to visiting him. Never crossed my mind before till now
Nothing like getting stoned and watching a new BB reaction from you guys. This is my favorite episode and you guys didnt disappoint! And thats church, yo.
The look on Hector's face in the last sequence is just top level non verbal acting.
Give Walt his flowers he won.
Preferably Lily of the valley
The girl on the left refuses to give Walt absolutely zero credit lol I respect the hate
Ikr, wtf is this 27:25 😂😂😂
She’s isnt wrong
A lot of people (including me) thought this should be the end of the series. I was skeptical about a 5th season, but after multiple watch throughs of the whole show, I think season 5 might actually be my favourite.
PS: I'm sure 100 people have already pointed this out, but Walt being responsible was already hinted at when he was spinning the gun in the previous episode.
"Talented Turkey Rapper Sounds" - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You all are the best and especially the best at bringing joy to those sharing these moments with you. 🙂
So been waiting for the ladies to make it here to this point in the story. 😁
That's how Gus knew not to get in his car in the parking garage last episode. Gus knew he didn't poison Brock. Gus figured it out last minute that Walt did it to draw him there
This is one of the greatest season finales of any show, and this reaction to it is the best I've seen. I appreciate how attentive you two are.
Thought this was the end of the series/didn't know if it would be renewed. Buckle up because up until now season 4 was my personal favorite 4D chess match between Walt and Gus, but then season 5 came out and absolutely wowed me.
I heard somewhere that the writers knew how unrealistic it was for Gus to walk out into the hall after the explosion, but it was a golden opportunity for them to make him look unstoppable just one more time. They couldn't pass it up, and I'm glad they didn't.
There is also a fan theory that Gus' fate is foreshadowed all the way back in season 2 by the pink teddy bear in the swimming pool. As much thought as Vince put into this show, I'm prepared to believe it.
This episode never gets old.
Great reaction as always, and looking forward to S5.
Just when Walt gets you back on his side........lol
There's so many rapid fire emotional ups and downs in this episode that watching it can permanently change your brain chemistry.
“What are they going to do?”
Only give you some of the best episodes of the entire series.
its hard to imagine how this season could possibly be topped, but somehow season 5 manages to blow this season out of the water.
10:36 yooo that bingo caller needs to chill 😂
One of the all-time most epic villains gets blown up, as is the lab, Walt delivers that epic (and memeable!) one-liner, yet the most shocking part of this episode is zooming in on some flowers. That's how brilliant the writing is!
People think Gus abducted Jesse because he just being a bad guy, but really, Gus was trying to save Jesse because he thought Walt was going try to kill Jesse like they did Gale so Walt would have the leverage again as being the only cook left.
There’s a behind the scenes clip of the nursing home explosion and there was an insane amount of retakes. Can you imagine how many times they had to clean it up just to blow it up again and thought, naw….again 🤣
I love their moment of wonder and surprise as Gus walks into the hallway. "He's alive?" Then, the big reveal. Great ending for an awesome villain. Classy to the end.
Walt stole the daddy award from Gus
When I saw this was about to premiere, I was so excited I rose straight up from my chair and shouted.
Everyone thinks Walt is evil, I think he’s just ‘Awake’
Personally
The pink teddy bear with his face burned was foreshadowing.
omg i never realized this
not quite. they didn't plan gus' demise all that time ago, and certainly not the method.
OoOoOo...
@@SidPhoenix2211source?
Thats not really foreshadowing since there’s nothing that connects that teddy bear to Gus other than having a damaged face. Its more likely just a fun coincidence
the first time i saw the zoom in on the lily of the valley my jaw almost literally dropped to the floor
Notice the third eye Walt had in the last episode? While Jesse has the gun pointed at him ? Fun little easter egg they might like
What does that mean?
@@StayFractalesque look up what third eye means in Egyptian culture
Breaking bad fans when they find obscure not confirmed random loosely related references.
(Their schitzo)
@@MrFrankEast or you can listen to the commentary and hear what the writers intended and have to say about it
I just thought of what vince gilligan can do now that Better Call Saul is done. Brock grows up to be a DEA officer and it follows his war on crime
Why? That's not the least bit interesting. BCS at least had some appeal because people like Saul. But I doubt people would be compelled to follow the story of some kid.
Hahahaha all your Gus praise really ticked me off, but finally, we are here.
Well he did accomplish a lot
Gus is to this day one of the most iconic villains
@@Serryy Definitely more efficient than Walter
@@AJ-nw5suCan't wait for Better Call Saul and Lalo.
18:45 [ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding]
i always get lily of the valley in my garden now in honor of this show
Everyone guessed Hector was going to blow him up; I don't think it was a suprise for anyone.
After season 4, most people are like - Yeah that was great but where does it go from here?
It's all over surely?
Well, no! Season 5 is the best yet!
Gus was the Chicken-Man. Chickens sometimes still walk for a short time after their head was chopped off. So Gus just did what chickens do.. 🙃
This is truly one of the moments of TV
Breaking Bad reacts are oversaturated, yet ya'll are creating the best Breaking Bad react series. I've really enjoyed this.
Becky, the neighbor that Walt sends to his house, is played by Vince Gilligan's mom, Gail.
I think the important thing in the episode is that Walt finally commited to being a criminal. He actually did all these horrible things and did it knowing he was doing as part of his plan. Poisoning Brock, manipulating Jesse by putting the gun in his head and telling him to shoot. Much like Gus, he decided go full bad, but for the full criminal drug lord to work he had to manipulate and put himself in the vulnerable position, and in the end it "paid off", he killed Gus and destroyed his operation, but then creating a bigger problem and becoming trully evil.
"I won."
*mission passed!*
*respect +*
The reference to the "turning point of the show" meme at the end! I freaking love this channel 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yup Walt needed Jesse to think Brock was poisoned by the ricine so Jesse would come to him and he could convince him that it was Gus so Jesse could be on his side and really want to help him kill Gus. He knew he gave him the right amount to make him sick enough to put him in the hospital but it won't kill him the way Ricin will, so he did have Saul's body guard pick pocket the ricin cigarette off of Jesse so he would think it was the ricin.
When this show first aired, it was uncertain that the show would be allowed to continue for a fifth season, so this episode was written to function as a series finale if it wouldn't have been renewed.
Yep, you guys have been right all along. Walt is very dumb. Not a smart guy at all. There's no way he could get the best of Gus.
The song that plays while Gus is walking into the retirement home is called "Goodbye" by Aparat
Man, that was a nice suit. I bet Gus bought that suit for one purpose. It was his, "Today I kill Salamanca, and take my revenge" suit. Could be... Could be....
It was his only weakness. If you look at Gus'es character before they killed his buddy and threw him in the pool, he was a happy go lucky kinda guy. But, the loss of his friend/partner ultimately changed him. Birthed Gus Fring, Mastermind. But, that one bit of humanity remained. Wrath. Huh...well look at that a deadly sin, just like FMAB. His need for vengeance, by his own hand was his only weakness. Walt saw the angles. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend", more or less. Walt made an offer to an OG, that he couldn''t refuse. A man stuck in the prison of his own body, legacy gone, who also had a thirst for revenge. Use that finger to go out like a man, and take Gus Fring with him. Of course he did it. You could see it in his eyes...
Incidentally...Gus lost an eye. Just like that bunny.... BEAR! I meant bear... The Bunny was in Donnie Darko... Though an eye was lost there as well... Damn covid, swiss-cheese brain.... Me brains is fooked.
1:37 - Looking good, Ariana. Who'd believe...
The reaction to the reveal at the end of the episode was perfect lmao
These girls' inability to follow linear story details, like why Walt has a different car, never cease to amaze me.
Dang you so smart bro tell us more
@@AntiSolid3000 tell you more about what? I'd be happy to. What easily understandable thing don't you understand?
@@AntiSolid3000 if you need someone to explain the movie "Face/Off" to you, you are learning disabled. You need to consult a physician. I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you are retarded
I have stated this many times before. As ya'll have pointed out, different people are constantly parked nearby spying, but are never noticed by anyone. All through this series people park in full view and are never noticed. Watch what i'm saying. It's magic!
Nobody said it makes them "friends". It makes them partners on an endeavor to kill a common enemy. Don't have to be friends to team up against someone that is both of your enemies more so than each other.
Nothing can prepare you for the chaos that is Season 5
Hey an Olipop! I love those. Only 5g of sugar. I'm replacing my Pepsi addiction with 52 grams of sugar or whatever, with these sodas. And they taste so good.
Now you know how Gus knew Walt planted a bomb in his car because he figured out Walt poisoned Brock to get him there
i still dont understand how Walt poisoned Brock. even Goodman and Huel wouldnt have that kind of access? Also the laundry attendants saw Walt and Jesse when the lab went up. keeping the silence of every single one without Gus around is a stretch.
Thats why this show is GOATED. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better or wonder where this would be going...then it gets even better 🤣
Daddy? More like Deady! I will see myself out.
This is the episode where John Travolta became Nicholas Cage
@19:15 First time I have EVER seen anyone figure out the plan this early. You go Maple!
This one's gonna blow the girls away for sure.
Come on, someone was gonna do it anyway, might as well get it out of the way early.
Yes walt is manic. That's been his character throughout. He's not going to be cold ,calculating gus. Walt is emotional and reactive.
Even though it's never explained, Gus' "6th sense" about there being a possible bomb planted on his car when he left it was that since he had his men waiting inside Walt's house, they were able to see all of the stuff he didn't clean up in his kitchen to make the bomb.
Also wouldn’t his neighbor have seen his bomb stuff too when she went in his house? She probably had no idea what it was though 😂
@@comeatmebro8120 Yea and that's what I've wondered as well. It's unlike Vince Gilligan to have a bit of an inexplicable 'plot hole' off screen and hope the audience doesn't get hung up on it, so I'm just going to go with your theory of her simply not knowing what she was looking at and left.
Going to have to disagree. The reason Gus has a 6th sense is because he knows he didnt poison Brock, so who did? We never look at it from his perspective because at this point we assume he did it. He knows he didnt do it. There are 2 players: Him and Walter. Unless the poisoning happened randomly and he didnt do it that leaves Walter. So why would he do that?
@@willesnille Perhaps both theories could be correct. He knew Walt likely made a bomb and after realizing Walt potentially was the reason why Brock was poisoned, he figured out that Walt obviously wanted to lure him to the hospital for a reason.
With those 2 pieces of information, he had more than enough reason to be suspicious of getting into his car when he left it unattended. That's my theory, at least.
This was the point when Gus became Skeleton Man.
Nicolas Cage called this the turning point of the show.
I think the pilot was really the turning point. After that it was just never the same again.
Nike Cage is never wrong, but, like, you could say that for every episode..
Its like Nic Cage saw the Face/Off connection
there’s like 7 turning points in this show
50% Face..... off.
Only help walt had frl was Saul he just kinda put Jessie in a corner so it really was just Saul’s idea and the rest Walt did himself
They made Season 4 knowing that it could've possibly been the final season.. the show was expensive to make and the ratings surprisingly weren't great despite Emmy's and critical acclaim (Netflix eventually ended up helping ratings and Vince says "Netflix saved the show").. AMC wanted Season 5 to be like 6 episodes but Vince wasn't having that, and he was even going to shop the final season to other channels like FX, but they made a deal with AMC for a 16 episode final season, which ended up being 8 episodes, a year break, and then the final 8 episodes aired..
I don't have any sources but I think what happened is AMC wanted 8, Vince wanted 13, they settled (less eps per fiscal year but still a full season) on 8x2.
@@onepureturtle that would make sense..