Vince is soo good with attention to detail, he likely snuk into your house and re-arragened soemthing in a way so that it achieves the "flashback" effect into your own life. Let that sink in!
I had a security manager like this working for me at an airline... he'd been a sniper in Vietnam and I think still believed he was somewhere in the jungle. Always an unlit cigar in his mouth, driving around the ramp of the airport in a golf cart. And pointing out every little item. We had a problem with people dumping household trash in our employee secure parking lot. Apparently he hid in the bushes one night and caught the culprit.
Funny enough, it's pretty true to form. Some guys I know that do this kind of work just have generic fake employee badges, not even ones from the company, and they work almost every time.
Mike wandering around with the clipboard is brilliant because people doing what he's doing (security consultation) have proved that simply carrying something purposefully is the easiest way to go unnoticed when infiltrating a building. The most common way people get through security doors that require fobs is to approach them while carrying a heavy box with both hands as someone else is approaching; that person then politely holds the door open for them.
Yup. Looking like you belong is how you can get into almost any location. Wear a hi-vis vest and have a clipboard, and watch how almost no one will ever stop you.
This is why this show was so great. The writers knew *_EXACTLY_* what they were writing about. The whole office culture here. Grabbing a clip board and a cup of coffee and no one was going to question him - even though he had someone else's badge on. They ask him to sign Tina's Birthday Card - so he does. I'll bet they just stopped by a Drug Store or Super Market and bought a Birthday Card with a Cat on it. The whole Cubical Farm look of people's desks with their books and their binders. The whole stupid argument about a fight between Bruce Lee and Mohamed Ali. .
@@builder396 That was a dumb move. When you're trying to blend in you want to participate in as few interactions as possible. Because now that Mike chimed in the other guys got a good look at his face, they know what his voice sounds like, he made a memorable enough point in their argument and he also had to sign the bday card exposing his handwriting (Mike of course would know better than to use his real handwriting, but experts could probably still derive some information about him even through an altered script). All of this is of course, fine. This isn't an environment where workers would be suspicious of Mike or even care for that matter. But it's still an unnecessary risk.
@@MrTrollland But because he did all these things he wasnt suspicious. Sure he would be remembered, but not as the suspicious guy nobody has ever seen before, but as the new guy who asked if Muhammed Ali had a gun.
@@MrTrollland At that point, Mike was acting as a legitimate security consultant, so it's possible he was testing them to see if they would comment on the fact that they had never seen him before, or notice that he didn't match the picture on his ID badge.
This four-minute pilot was great - I'm sold! When's the 13-episode season of Mike infiltrating companies, interacting with employees, and making security upgrade suggestions going to air?
I never thought about it but that's actually a half-decent business idea. Simply offer to break into someone's site or system and then if successful point out area's of improvement or patches
Bruce Lee vs Muhammad Ali is somehow the randomest and also most cliche “Who’d win even though they never fought under the same rules” hypothetical match for them to include in this episode.
@@russellmz It depends on the exact circumstances. The less Ali knows about Bruce, the more likely Bruce is to steal a win. But if they fought 10 times in a row, I don't think Bruce could win more than 2 or 3 times tops. Ali isn't going to expect acrobatic kicks, nor is going to expect someone of Bruce's size to be as powerful as he is, but once he gets used to it, it's over.
Bruce Lee wouldn't beat Ali, but UFC showed the world decades ago that grappling and BJJ makes boxers useless in any fight with a prepared mixed martial artist.
she did have a point though, it was gonna be much harder fudging their numbers to smuggle inventory through the company if mike's suggestions were implemented
@@NorthSudanFair point, but Mike also was correct that creating a valid cover story and position will also make it less suspicious to auditors. And Lydia only was annoyed because she’s a major control freak.
@@paulgardner5079 "Mike hated Lydia more than anyone else in the entire BB/BCS universe" Oh, come on. Hector? Walt? Mike found Lydia aggravating and was ready to kill her over things she did, or he thought she did, but it was business. It wasn't like Hector or twins, where he wanted to make them suffer for threatening his family and harming civilians.
It has a lot of "Show, don't tell." - Mike understands security procedures. He knows he can get away with wearing some random bald guy's badge. - He knows how to act like a normal person when necessary (when he agrees to sign the birthday card). - He can accurately evaluate risk. He knows that weighing in on the "Lee-Ali" debate has essentially zero risk.
Well now I have to rewatch all of Better Call Saul / You know it’s the early 2000s when they have their flip phone inside their briefcase. I love movies and TV shows set in the early 2000s
the little things that add up, passing over the pot of coffee, opening the donut box and lifitng just a lil higher to sell that "oh here, so you can reach back there better" just right fuck i love it
When he walks along the cubicle and all you can see is his head that is the director telling you "this is what people see when they look at him and that's why the ID works."
It was a common "who would win" question in the 70's. You got kind of a glimpse of what it'd look like in the Inoki vs. Ali match-the big difference is that Inoki was 220 lb. and trained in amateur wrestling which has actual use in an MMA fight. Most of Bruce Lee's martial arts training wouldn't work in a real fight, which is why you don't see UFC fighters training in taekwondo or tai chi. So it'd probably be Ali since he has the size advantage. It'd be an ugly looking fight though seen through the modern MMA lens.
@@MidwestMountainMan That's just wrong lmao, jeet kune do is practically the forefather to MMA, taking what works from various martial arts and distilling it down to what was actually most effective. It also can't be ignored that it had a heavy base in wing chun which has been used in the cage but is generally avoided due to it being a martial art specialized around doing lasting damage to your opponent's body. UFC/MMA is a sport like boxing, it is not the be-all end-all of martial arts that people like to make it out to be, what UFC fighters train in is irrelevant for a real fight.
To be fair to Madrigal, I don't know if there are a lot of offices in the world where people would even give a second glance to a random guy wearing someone else's badge. Mike is literally a new guy to them and they don't even greet him or introduce themselves. It's just another faceless colleague. Probably wouldn't even notice that the badge was wrong, and if they did they don't know the guy who's badge he using to know or care. 'Keep your head down and don't ask questions, work and make the day go by and then go home. I am not getting paid to deal with whatever he is doing.' - that's everyone's mindset at these places, really.
If anyone wants to know how Mike got Barry Hedberg's badge: While Barry was in the next stall, leaning over to grab toilet paper, Mike snuck his hand up and grabbed it from his neck.
This whole infiltration business is a genuine thing. I used to work in a secure place, and yet despite that, wearing a high vis would get you access without much question if you know the access codes. Once you're into a facility, people "assume" you are supposed to be there, and don't question it. The biggest hurdle is access codes. This is why on military bases, they always check ID at outside perimeter gate.
I think my favorite part of this is that Mike was given the title as a cover for why he was getting paid but he took the job title seriously and actually did the job.
Bruce all the way as he knew how to kick and ali went against a dude that knew how to kick and was not allowed to do anything else because if he had been able to Ali would have became a cripple.
Ali has the size, but Lee was a more complete martial artist. Ali was unidimensional knowing only boxing. In an open space Lee has the advantage due to his speed and being able to kick, feint and defend more freely however in a closed space Ali is much more likely to get Lee on a corner and start teeing off
Bruce Lee wasn't actually a good fighter in real life. Only in movies. He was infamous for getting defeated by beginner martial artists who'd only been training for 18 months. Movies are not real life. Don't be gullible enough to believe the characters he played were somehow reflective of his real ability. Muhammed Ali on the other hand could actually fight for real and trained for decades to do that and was the best boxer on the planet for years and years. Lee would have lost to him 10/10 times.
Sort of felt Hedburg was a wry homage to Walter White's normal day routine. Even wiping the stainless. This was the time period of normal Walt not being the latter era desperado.
This is written for people that have clearly never worked in a office. If you lose you badge it's totally fine. Just tell them so they can turn it off and give you a new one. It's one of the main reason they switched to them
In fact Ali wouldn't stand much of a chance against quite a few of middleweight MMA fighters simply because they would take him down immediately and finish him on the ground. He was an exceptionally technically gifted boxer , but probably lacks in the other crucial skills needed to be an all around fighter. Other boxers might fair better because of their raw power.
You can tell Barry is a straight arrow because his (unlike Jimmy's) thermos can fit into his cup holder.
Bravo Vince
Vravo Bince
Small details like this are one of the many reasons I love the better call Saul and breaking bad universe
Vince is soo good with attention to detail, he likely snuk into your house and re-arragened soemthing in a way so that it achieves the "flashback" effect into your own life. Let that sink in!
time to touch grass
Just footage of Mike doing mundane things but doing them really proficiently and detailed has to be up there with my favourite things about this show.
I need a whole season of him doing this stuff
I had a security manager like this working for me at an airline... he'd been a sniper in Vietnam and I think still believed he was somewhere in the jungle. Always an unlit cigar in his mouth, driving around the ramp of the airport in a golf cart. And pointing out every little item. We had a problem with people dumping household trash in our employee secure parking lot. Apparently he hid in the bushes one night and caught the culprit.
@@pretentiousname01 Mike could have his own show. A prequel to BCS.
@@OmegaMouse i would be so here for it
This a million times haha
the way he takes some completely random bald guy's identity and it works
He knows no one looks too closely at the pictures. They're both bald--eh, close enough.
Funny enough, it's pretty true to form. Some guys I know that do this kind of work just have generic fake employee badges, not even ones from the company, and they work almost every time.
A completely random guy, good thing he happens to work at the company in question
It’s how we all do it.
What about it? Have people forgotten how to finish their sentences?
and then mike proceeded to actually take over of that persons identity in a new spinoff called "mike in the ofiice"
Erm, actually, it was the pilot that was called Mike in the Office. The show is called Gotta Like Mike
Remember that one crossover episode with The Office? When Mike met Michael? It was crazy.
... and don't you dare take his stapler.
@@benblack5126 Heh... I thought it was "Being Barry"
@@motorflasher “Take your hand off my stapler…and nobody gets hurt. Don’t? You lose your hand. Simple as that.”
Mike wandering around with the clipboard is brilliant because people doing what he's doing (security consultation) have proved that simply carrying something purposefully is the easiest way to go unnoticed when infiltrating a building. The most common way people get through security doors that require fobs is to approach them while carrying a heavy box with both hands as someone else is approaching; that person then politely holds the door open for them.
Yup. Looking like you belong is how you can get into almost any location. Wear a hi-vis vest and have a clipboard, and watch how almost no one will ever stop you.
The Bavarian Fire Drill always works
There's a line in the Dexter novels to that effect. Anyone with a clipboard poking about is instantly legitimate and extremely forgettable.
I recall reading some kind of story where a guy watched movies at the cinema for free by simply walking in with a ladder.
Carrying cleaning supplies works, too.
This is why this show was so great. The writers knew *_EXACTLY_* what they were writing about.
The whole office culture here. Grabbing a clip board and a cup of coffee and no one was going to question him - even though he had someone else's badge on. They ask him to sign Tina's Birthday Card - so he does. I'll bet they just stopped by a Drug Store or Super Market and bought a Birthday Card with a Cat on it.
The whole Cubical Farm look of people's desks with their books and their binders.
The whole stupid argument about a fight between Bruce Lee and Mohamed Ali.
.
Hell, Mike even participated in the stupid argument without anyone prompting him, that was the real pro move.
@@builder396 That was a dumb move. When you're trying to blend in you want to participate in as few interactions as possible. Because now that Mike chimed in the other guys got a good look at his face, they know what his voice sounds like, he made a memorable enough point in their argument and he also had to sign the bday card exposing his handwriting (Mike of course would know better than to use his real handwriting, but experts could probably still derive some information about him even through an altered script).
All of this is of course, fine. This isn't an environment where workers would be suspicious of Mike or even care for that matter. But it's still an unnecessary risk.
@@MrTrollland But because he did all these things he wasnt suspicious. Sure he would be remembered, but not as the suspicious guy nobody has ever seen before, but as the new guy who asked if Muhammed Ali had a gun.
@@MrTrollland At that point, Mike was acting as a legitimate security consultant, so it's possible he was testing them to see if they would comment on the fact that they had never seen him before, or notice that he didn't match the picture on his ID badge.
@@builder396 He asked if Lee had a gun.. because if he doesn't, the fight's over in 3 minutes. Pay attention.
This four-minute pilot was great - I'm sold! When's the 13-episode season of Mike infiltrating companies, interacting with employees, and making security upgrade suggestions going to air?
Don't Doubt Ehrmantraut
I never thought about it but that's actually a half-decent business idea. Simply offer to break into someone's site or system and then if successful point out area's of improvement or patches
@@rileygladue3979 isn't that just a security analyst/security consultant?
Wait, that sounds like a really great series
And we would call it "Mike's Office nightmares"
Bruce Lee vs Muhammad Ali is somehow the randomest and also most cliche “Who’d win even though they never fought under the same rules” hypothetical match for them to include in this episode.
i think bruce lee was asked that in an interview and himself said ali would win
@@russellmz Bruce would win because he'd fake high and then sweep him.
@@russellmz It depends on the exact circumstances. The less Ali knows about Bruce, the more likely Bruce is to steal a win. But if they fought 10 times in a row, I don't think Bruce could win more than 2 or 3 times tops. Ali isn't going to expect acrobatic kicks, nor is going to expect someone of Bruce's size to be as powerful as he is, but once he gets used to it, it's over.
Bruce Lee wouldn't beat Ali, but UFC showed the world decades ago that grappling and BJJ makes boxers useless in any fight with a prepared mixed martial artist.
bruce lee carried a gun for self defense tho.
Mike showed the flaws and mistakes made that needed to be corrected and improved pissing off Lydia.
she did have a point though, it was gonna be much harder fudging their numbers to smuggle inventory through the company if mike's suggestions were implemented
I think pissing off Lydia might have been the purpose rather than the bonus. Mike hated Lydia more than anyone else in the entire BB/BCS universe
@@paulgardner5079and I was satisfied Lydia got Riccin.
@@NorthSudanFair point, but Mike also was correct that creating a valid cover story and position will also make it less suspicious to auditors. And Lydia only was annoyed because she’s a major control freak.
@@paulgardner5079 "Mike hated Lydia more than anyone else in the entire BB/BCS universe"
Oh, come on. Hector? Walt? Mike found Lydia aggravating and was ready to kill her over things she did, or he thought she did, but it was business. It wasn't like Hector or twins, where he wanted to make them suffer for threatening his family and harming civilians.
Madrigal has the best break room I've ever seen.
Up to Pollos standards.
Has anyone here ever worked with a break room that had a soda fountain ?
@@jamesbell1613it is… Acceptable…
@@kevinreynaga6340I do
@@kevinreynaga6340ya, for a pharmaceutical company. That was sweet haha
Hedberg didn't take a minute to even look under the hood. All Mike probably did was disconnect the battery lmao.
If he did, the car wouldn't have cranked at all when he was trying to start it and the brake light wouldn't have lit up.
he most likely done something with the starter rather.
He put a banana in the tail pipe. 😅
Knowing Mike he probably drained the battery during the night.
The "click click click" sound when he turns the key indicates insufficient battery power to turn over the engine.
I love this scene for some reason. It's funny, interesting, and leads to a cool plot point in thr story. Love this actor.
It has a lot of "Show, don't tell."
- Mike understands security procedures. He knows he can get away with wearing some random bald guy's badge.
- He knows how to act like a normal person when necessary (when he agrees to sign the birthday card).
- He can accurately evaluate risk. He knows that weighing in on the "Lee-Ali" debate has essentially zero risk.
True, and it’s a nice break from the morbid and depressing side of Jimmy’s story at this point…
Mike just casually walking into a company building and acting like he's worked there for the last 20 years.
This isn’t even acting. This is just Jonathan Banks on his lunch break
This is the moment Mike became Hedberg
I used to like Mike. I still do, but I used to too.
@@johnnymoondog9474do you like chicken sandwiches cut into triangles?
Damn, you beat me to it! :(
He became Kid Named Finger
"Reach for the Stars - Barry H."
Such an amazing detail. Almost like Mike has past experience in "forgery espionage".
Writes something the most un-Mike.
The icing is that Mike signs the guy's name.
This is the exact moment mike signed marie‘s birthday card
HEY HEY WAIT!...
Have a purr-fect birthday
Tina's
I love how he is actually listening to their conversation and even gives his two cents on it
Even if I was working there, I would've just thought Mike took his glasses off and would have never suspected a thing
1:19 - First day on the job.
1:22 - Second month on the job.
Finger on a sneaking mission
That birthday card just became invaluable!
Should have written -
"Sock me - Hector Salamonke"
Lol
This is the moment Hector Salamonke became Debose Cansogme
You know, Mike legit didn't need to work for Gus, I'm sure his resume is great
I mean, Gus probably went to him
@TnT_F0X and Mike could have gone different ways still
I wish I was as smart and clever as Mike. Also calm and collected, calculated too
You just need better writers.
*Mr. Bald Hedberg*
Hitman: Codename Waltuh
Well now I have to rewatch all of Better Call Saul / You know it’s the early 2000s when they have their flip phone inside their briefcase. I love movies and TV shows set in the early 2000s
I'd watch seasons of this guy doing physical pentesting and other security work, even if there was no action. LOL
Reach for the stars is so classic! Like a sheriff in an old timey cowboy movie (or woody from Toy Story)
"Not at all." Hilarious delivery :)
Just be some random guy walking around with a clipboard and a cup of coffee and no one will challenge you
Just blend in 😊
This is the exact moment Mike became a birthday card...
the little things that add up, passing over the pot of coffee, opening the donut box and lifitng just a lil higher to sell that "oh here, so you can reach back there better" just right
fuck i love it
Ironically, Mike Ehrmantraut could take out Ali and Bruce Lee at the same time with how this show was written.
When he walks along the cubicle and all you can see is his head that is the director telling you "this is what people see when they look at him and that's why the ID works."
I’m just realizing the Lee/Ali fight they’re arguing about was in once upon a time in Hollywood.
It was a common "who would win" question in the 70's. You got kind of a glimpse of what it'd look like in the Inoki vs. Ali match-the big difference is that Inoki was 220 lb. and trained in amateur wrestling which has actual use in an MMA fight.
Most of Bruce Lee's martial arts training wouldn't work in a real fight, which is why you don't see UFC fighters training in taekwondo or tai chi. So it'd probably be Ali since he has the size advantage. It'd be an ugly looking fight though seen through the modern MMA lens.
@@MidwestMountainMan That's just wrong lmao, jeet kune do is practically the forefather to MMA, taking what works from various martial arts and distilling it down to what was actually most effective. It also can't be ignored that it had a heavy base in wing chun which has been used in the cage but is generally avoided due to it being a martial art specialized around doing lasting damage to your opponent's body. UFC/MMA is a sport like boxing, it is not the be-all end-all of martial arts that people like to make it out to be, what UFC fighters train in is irrelevant for a real fight.
To be fair to Madrigal, I don't know if there are a lot of offices in the world where people would even give a second glance to a random guy wearing someone else's badge. Mike is literally a new guy to them and they don't even greet him or introduce themselves. It's just another faceless colleague. Probably wouldn't even notice that the badge was wrong, and if they did they don't know the guy who's badge he using to know or care. 'Keep your head down and don't ask questions, work and make the day go by and then go home. I am not getting paid to deal with whatever he is doing.' - that's everyone's mindset at these places, really.
This was the moment Mike signed Tina's birthday card
Better hike mike
Fun fact about Office
Bob Odenkirk / Saul Goodman was actually a runner up for Michael Scott in the Office!
You could never not mistake Mike for just a miserable old man lmfao
I love that all they needed to let the viewer know why they're watching the scene is the guy saying "Oh, I know. Practically brand new."
A clip-board, a lanyard and a safety vest and you can walk almost anywhere inside a non-secured facility.
If anyone wants to know how Mike got Barry Hedberg's badge:
While Barry was in the next stall, leaning over to grab toilet paper, Mike snuck his hand up and grabbed it from his neck.
Barry’s co-workers: What is up with Barry today? He was acting like a real jerk.
Mike signs a birthday card. This foreshadows that Mike has a birthday! Bravo Vince
Mike Ehrmantraut played by Mike Ehrmantraut
Glad someone else caught that lol
This whole infiltration business is a genuine thing. I used to work in a secure place, and yet despite that, wearing a high vis would get you access without much question if you know the access codes. Once you're into a facility, people "assume" you are supposed to be there, and don't question it. The biggest hurdle is access codes. This is why on military bases, they always check ID at outside perimeter gate.
I think my favorite part of this is that Mike was given the title as a cover for why he was getting paid but he took the job title seriously and actually did the job.
I like how he even signed the birthday card as the guy he took the ID from xD
Mike's attitude in the office reminds me of my own
That's some bald... I mean, bold move Mike pulled off out there
Best episode of Undercover Boss ever and Mike didn't even work there.
I could watch a whole episode of Mike just randomly doing things and saying nothing.
I don't even sign my coworkers birthday cards lmao
Very nice, now let's see Paul Allen's ID card
I like how Barry, much like "Price", pulls his keys out of his pants pocket after gets in the car. Small details is what makes Vince so great.
anyone else look this up just to see that delightful birthday card?
*Alexander is my spirit animal.*
I want a spinoff with Mike infiltrating companies and pointing out their security flaws, and we'd call it "Mike's Office nighmares"
If that was Mike really signing the card, I'd like to see what a handwriting analysis would reveal
Reach for the stars!
I am still undecided about Muhammed Ali vs Bruce Lee in a street fight. Also, chocolate glazed or sprinkle
Mike in corporate hell has got to be one of my favourite genders
Seems like someone stole the money from the birthday card :(
"Say my name"
- you're Hedburg
"You're damn right"
I'm going to put "Reach for the stars!" in every card from now on.
Agent 47's father over here
I don't watch fights, who would win between Ali and Lee anyway?
Ali 9 out of 10
Bruce all the way as he knew how to kick and ali went against a dude that knew how to kick and was not allowed to do anything else because if he had been able to Ali would have became a cripple.
Ali has the size, but Lee was a more complete martial artist. Ali was unidimensional knowing only boxing. In an open space Lee has the advantage due to his speed and being able to kick, feint and defend more freely however in a closed space Ali is much more likely to get Lee on a corner and start teeing off
@@felipecastro908 Bruce Lee had great knock out power as well.
Bruce Lee wasn't actually a good fighter in real life. Only in movies. He was infamous for getting defeated by beginner martial artists who'd only been training for 18 months.
Movies are not real life. Don't be gullible enough to believe the characters he played were somehow reflective of his real ability.
Muhammed Ali on the other hand could actually fight for real and trained for decades to do that and was the best boxer on the planet for years and years. Lee would have lost to him 10/10 times.
The most unrealistic part of this scene, is the Employee Lounge has free coffee and free doughnuts.
Sort of felt Hedburg was a wry homage to Walter White's normal day routine. Even wiping the stainless.
This was the time period of normal Walt not being the latter era desperado.
Bruce Lee did carry a .357 everywhere he went.
My work had a soda fountain in the break room as well.
This is the moment Mike became...RON SWANSON.
Dam Mike sabotaged that guy's car.
Title is misleading, that's obviously Barry Hedberg walking around Madrigal.
I always thought Mike was the real main character
Mike has gorgeous handwriting
"Reach for the stars!"
This is written for people that have clearly never worked in a office. If you lose you badge it's totally fine. Just tell them so they can turn it off and give you a new one. It's one of the main reason they switched to them
Clearly your office was run by idiots.
That could totally happen where I work. Some random guy can walk in he wants and start working nobody is going to give him a second look.
Mainly because we don't care.
i need a mike security consultant in my workplace
He even faked the signature lol.
How did Mike get that ID batch?
Mike in a different life. 😂
I wonder if he signed his own name of the name from the badge?
In fact Ali wouldn't stand much of a chance against quite a few of middleweight MMA fighters simply because they would take him down immediately and finish him on the ground. He was an exceptionally technically gifted boxer , but probably lacks in the other crucial skills needed to be an all around fighter. Other boxers might fair better because of their raw power.
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE MIKE! MILLIONS OF FAMILIES SUFFER EVERY YEAR!
So unbelievably goofy. I can’t believe the same people that made made breaking bad.
It's not like breaking bad is the serious drama of the century
It's entertaining but more of a soap opera
Tina Tina Bo-Beena
Banana Fanna Fo Feena
Fee Fi Fo Feena.. Tina!
Makenzie would be such an office riot 😂😂😂
Search up Jonah Hill talking about Morgan Freeman. It will make sense
@@shaeburke6395 ohh yeah!!
Not a donut guy though, I prefer bagels for office breakfast.
Ali pretty easily. Even if Lee has more skill and versatility, it's not enough to make up for the size difference.
Physical pen test.
That car didn’t exist till 2005
Mike infiltrates Tina’s heart 💙
I just wanna know how Mike knew he worked for madrigal and how he got his id badge
ok but bruce lee vs muhammed ali is such a good hypothetical
That Ali and Bruce Lee argument is a No brainer 😂