That was a real explosion at the end of the episode. The explosion was much larger than the film crew anticipated, even so the twins weren't fazed and stayed in character.
Yeah I've been close to a Hollywood style explosion before and I couldn't believe how hot it was, but these guys were so much closer to it than I thought would be possible without being cooked. Those actors must've been suffering like they were inside an oven, ... and yet they didn't break character. Crazy stuff.
"This gives Fuches and Barry vibes" It's actually the opposite. Bill Hader is a massive Breaking Bad fan and the influences of the show are all over Barry, especially in the relationship between Barry and Fuches.
As I understand the crawling thing in the beginning is basically to make a prayer and ask for divine intercession. In this case the brothers are asking for help in finding Heisenberg which is why they place his police sketch on the alter. They crawl up to the altar as a form of supplication or to show reverence.
Santa Muerta, or Holy Death, started a cult/sect that is an offshoot of the Catholic Church in the Americas that goes back hundreds of years. At various times there might have been a shrine such as this one in most small villages. The official church considers it a cult. Modern worship of Santa Muerta got its start in Mexico back in the 1940’s or 50s, but it saw rapid growth starting in the mid-90s. It is considered one of the fastest growing religious sects in the world, with Churches in big cities such as LA and New York. Santa Muerta has always been popular among the poor and destitute who’ve become disillusioned with the Catholic Church. As such it became a refuge for desperate people, including people involved in underground economies such as sex work. More recently its popularity has attracted people involved in more heinous crime such as drug traffickers. Presumably like the men we are introduced to in the cold open. Also, the restaurant location is real. It’s on the south side of Albuquerque and it is called Twisters.
The most interesting thing about Santa Muerta to me is that you can ask her for ANYTHING, it's not limited to things that the Catholic Church would approve of. It's a big reason why she's so popular with misfits and outcasts.
Important side note, and I know this is old, but with Catholicism you never worship saints. You revere them. It's considered a major sin to worship anyone other than God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit. Santa Muerte is a folk saint, but she's still treated like a saint, so no one worships her, they revere her instead.
I like how you guys say it’s Walt fault all those people died. But if you were to tell all those family’s what truly happened they would still blame the dad. He went it to a job were people lives where on the line and fucked up, that isn’t fair to the family’s.
They’re praying to Saint Muerta, the patron saint of Death, a saint that is only recognized in Latin America and not the traditional Catholic Church. The crawling as seen by the other people is a pilgrimage that people take in Mexico.
Depending on the context, distributing and dealing pot was hugely lucrative. A lot of the big drug gangs in Ireland began dealing pot, which was imported from Amsterdam and other places in Europe in the early 90s. They were making millions. Heroin was coming on stream in the 80s, though, so that quickly took over.
A **little** spoiler: Saul Goodman keeps that blue ribbon hooked to his suit jackets until the very end of the series when other characters stopped after a few weeks/months. I’ll let you interpret that how you will :3
17:18 - "Is this restaurant real?" Actually, YES!!! I've visited it during my trip out west. It's part of a chain called "TWISTERS". This specific location still looks EXACTLY the same way it did in the show (257 Isleta Boulevard Southwest Albuquerque, NM 87105). The only difference is that the soda dispenser is gone. In it's place is a bunch of pictures of the actors from the show.
Its always interesting to see People react to Walt and his decision to let Jane die cause i have a very different perspective on that whole situation. First, i think it was Jessie´s fault that she died cause he brought her back into Drugs. Instead of making the decision to follow her path cause he loves her he decided to ignore it and brought her in. Second, when Walt brought the Money to Jessie´s House she threatened him that he cant be sure if she/they will never ever blackmail him again. In that Moment you have to decide if you can live with the knowledge that she can destroy you and your whole Family whenever she wants. She might even blackmail you later on for Money without Jessie´s knowledge. They might even break up and she still could blackmail Walt. Not saying Walt is a saint but letting her die was a very logical decision for him.
So, because, it was logical for Walt to intentionally let her die, that means it wasn't his fault? If he illogically let her die, then it would be? I don't understand your reasoning.
The "doing it for my family" mantra is obviously supposed to be the lie that Walt tells himself to rationalize things, but I don't think it can be argued that his family isn't deeply important to him. He's definitely reckless and oblivious when it comes to taking their happiness into consideration, as well as when it come to considering more distant, abstract threats to their safety like the fact that he's putting himself on the radar for so many dangerous people that would think nothing of harming them to get to him. But, when it comes to immediate, tangible threats to the lives of his family (and Jesse), of the sort that he can't possibly rationalize away or blind himself to, he pretty reliable will risk or sacrifice everything to save them. Pride is Walt's real vice, not greed. He doesn't really care about anything the money can buy him, he just cares about it as a symbol of his accomplishment. Spending that money on his family really is the point of it, but with the big asterisk that it has to be him providing for his family, and he can't just be happy with the fact that his family is being provided for. Without his family, the money really does mean almost nothing to him. After all, we know from season 1 that, if it weren't for Skyler and Walt Jr.'s insistence, he almost certainly would not be bothering to pursue chemo and radiation therapy.
When Walt says “Half million in cash.” It reminds me of a part of a book we read about the Holocaust. There was a very Christian lady hiding Jews, she offered the investigating SS officer tea and cookies. They chatted and he loved her pleasant demeanor, then he asked about the whereabouts of some Jewish people. She said “I’m hiding them in my basement.” and the SS guy laughed and left. The community of people who smuggled Jews in that area always tried to keep her away from investigators, because she fully refused to lie.
As I watch and fold laundry standing up, I contemplate wither to sit down and fold, which I've done several times. And out of the corner of my ear I hear that exact thing being thought about. Welp, I gotta stand back up and fold again. later
Im sorry its not his fault ITS HER FAULT. She took the drugs after her father begging her not too she knew she could die and something you guys missed is they both would have died and walt likely saved Jesse. This woman just blackmailed him into giving them 400k you think they were gonna take that money and by a house? They would be dead in 2 days because they would just keep doing coke and heroine. So Walt being a genius made a cold calculated assessment and likely saved Jesse in the process. If she didnt do those drugs and forced walt to be there to black mail him then she would not have been in that situation in the first place. Jesse also started doing drugs and let his girl that he so loved know that he was gonna do it which he knew was a temptation. It was never gonna end well for them and Walt knew that. He could have saved her but im not blaming him for letting someone he didnt know die who just threatened to destroy his life and she would have died anyway and her father knew that.
The guy realized that the hitmen, per protocol, would kill everyone, incidental be damned, who has " witnessed" their whereabouts, as a pre-planned Modus Operandi, hence; he was like 😮...
They're crawling to "lower themselves before God". Such "crawling" it's a tradition in some Christian churches and other faiths. An altar besides to honor some saint etc, is also where you ask the saint (or Madonna etc) for a favor. They asked for success in taking their revenge on Heisenberg, that's why they put there the picture of him (to "show" the saint).
Walt was responsible for Jane's death but it isn't reasonable to blame him for the crash. That would be like saying if Combo hadn't been shot then Jesse doesn't relapse and Jane doesn't relapse and Walt can't let her die. So the crash is the fault of the kid who shot Combo. We are only responsible for things for which we are the proximate cause.
@@duttyow8766 He accidentally rolled her over, and than he actively let her die. Not to say Jane didn't done a lot herself that led to that situation (talking Jesse into taking Heroin, blackmailing Walt), but in the end, in that situation, it was Walts active decision to let her die. I think that qualifies as "being responsible for it".
Walt asked how much money from Hank’s bust was, so he was clearly interested in it before he even got hit with cancer. Besides, Walt’s choices and ambitions were entirely his own. Nobody forced him or blackmailed him.
@jakandratchet9930 it's more of a its everyone's fault thing. Skyler could've confronted Walt sooner. Saul prodded Walt into doing bigger business. Jesse just by chance picked that townhouse and started a relationship with Jane, who made the decision to relapse. There are hundreds of decisions that were made by everyone that intertwines everyone together
@@Coprolite19 But Walt is the one who put all these pieces in play. This is all the result of him getting into the meth "business." There were other ways he could've sought funding for treatment. Could Skylar have confronted him sooner? Sure, but why is it her responsibility to expect her school-teacher husband of manufacturing meth? She didn't choose that life, he did, and then didn't tell her about it. Jesse wouldn't have been in that townhouse if he hadn't gotten completely disowned by his parents, and hadn't had the cash he made from selling meth with Walt, both of which were much less likely to happen if he hadn't gotten into business with Walt. Jimmy prodded Walt into doing bigger business... but isn't that exactly what Walt had been trying to do this whole time? They originally wanted to be Tuco's supplier. This is the same arrangement, just with a much more stable businessman. No, Walt is the driver here. Does everyone else share some responsibility? To varying degrees, I can agree with that, but ultimately the buck stops with Walt. He set all the pieces moving.
I live in NM. During Holy Week, the most pious adherents will walk or crawl an awfully long way to get to El Santuario de Chimayo. The most devoted crawl something like 90 miles.
@@Alex-kd5xc It's the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo. Many people walk, but extremists are known to crawl. There are many entries about it on google.
That counselor character is great,I wish there were more like him in real life. Idk the guys name but he usually does comedy and played a great dramatic role in these two seasons
16:11 Arianna's reaction is like she knows whats coming next. Is this look trying to be wise or something? So she knows that completely not temporary brake up? Anyone understands what exactly her impression?
Ah thx for respond. I know what Skylar wants. I meant that Arianna's mimics so annoying and judgy. Trying to look wise or something? I dont know. Maple's reaction much simple and can be read by her face.@@brownsey1
FYI, the guy in the truck is the best “Mexican” Spanish you’ll hear in the entire show. Every other actor sounds so weird & Mexican-Spanish speaking fans unanimously rip on how off it sounds. Even me, & I don’t even speak much Spanish, lol
Why is there no responsibility on the drug addict. She was clean and sober and doing well until Jessie moved in. He gave her the crystal meth. She then gave him the heroin. I’m not saying Walter was right, but he’s not the only one responsible.
9:52 Me when I tried to do stand up comedy XDlmao My material was too morbid & the audience wanted something “goofy.” I thought I was Bill Burr, but I was Jim Norton with an all African-American audience, rofl:P
I binged this show in a matter of days. Couldn't imagine having to wait a week or a year between episodes. Not really interested in other tv shows, but I keep looking.
It got more and more painful because the quality of this show grew exponentially. So there was never time where you felt neutral or cold after a season ended. Or even an episode.
Trust me, they had it down to a science; we were FIENDING at the end of each episode...let alone season or half season finale. I honestly miss how much satisfaction it felt to start each episode to see how things would play out
Again, I gotta point out how wildly inconsistent or double standard it is to be cheering on Skylar, "Yeah. You go girl. Tear into his ass!" as she accuses Walt of being a *weed* dealer, only to then shrug it off like, "Actually, that wouldn't be so bad." But, since it's *meth,* "Pure villain! Irredeemable! Hatred!" As if it's not the lying and selling drugs, that's the issue. Where are your principles? Air traffic collision? Jane? Jesse? Okay, if he was selling weed? Really? Nah. Still bad? Still horrible monster, right?
When they are crawling to the altar it’s a sign of summiting to the lady death in Mexico it’s called “santisima muerte “cartels use it as protection and go to her for help in getting rid of people
18:09 god damn y’all! Walter tries to get out of the game & try to salvage whatever pieces of his soul are still left and y’all just shitting on him. 😆
8:13 Yeah, the public education system teaches their students to think this exact way…boy, I’m sure glad that mentality **doesn’t** follow them into adulthood. /s
I really, really like this reaction channel. With the exception of the often time excessive, unnecessary, sidebar chatter (that oftentimes has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on)--- this is the best reaction channel on RUclips. Sorry. That needed to be said. Sorry.
This episode shows a juxtaposition between Jesse and Walt in how they evaluate their responsibility for the harms they've caused. Jesse admits fault, and takes ownership of the responsibility "I'm the bad guy." Whereas Walt tries to scapegoat, rationalize, justify, e.t.c to weasel out of the blame "I blame the government." Or his speech at the school, e.t.c. Jesse at least has a code of honor. Which in a way makes him less of a bad guy, despite his apparent flaws that he doesn't try to hide. Walt however, has no code, no honor, only selfish ambition. Which makes him the actual bad guy despite his surface level false persona as the good guy. They're polar opposites. Jesse, with nothing to hide, is outwardly a less than reputable member of society with no false display of virtue, but on the inside he's a good kid. Walter goes through the trouble to *appear* like the model citizen on the outside and will defend his reputation and virtue signal, but on the inside he's a monster.
I feel that on the peanut allergy. I developed an allergy in my 30's so I had a lifetime of peanut butter cups and butterfingers and the like and can't anymore. You can pretend with the almond butter and all that but nothing comes close to the real thing.
It really is the opposite. Jane rented the place to Jesse, knowing he was in the drug business (she said herself she knew from the beginning). She started the relationship with Jesse. She decided to not only stay with Jesse when he strongly asked her to leave before smoking meth, she had the great idea to "up the game" by actively talking Jesse into taking heroin. And she herself got greedy when she heard about the money Walt owned Jesse and thought it was a good idea to blackmail and taunt Walt. And with that amount of money at hand to spend on drugs, it would probably been weeks until they both would have killed themself. That were all her own decisions, as an adult who was clean for 18 month.
@mrtveye6682😄 ok then, Jesse chose to be a meth dealer, Jesse chose to team up with Walt, Jesse chose to bring his friends in, guess we're all responsible for our choices
@@michaelellis1819 That right. Jesse is not a "good guy", even though the are a lot of time we see he has his heart at the right place. But producing and dealing drugs is indeed pretty bad and causes a lot of harm and suffering. But when it comes to his relationship with Jane, pretty much all of it, esp. the things that led to her death, were her own choices. Jesse didn't forced or influenced her to make that choices at all. If anything, she was abad influence on him.
3:00 it’s not Walter’s fault. Jane threatened him. She would have kept threatening him. He had no choice. Logically. Plus he didn’t kill her he just didn’t save her. There’s a difference. Plus Jessie didn’t know her that long. Acouple months? Wtf
So ridiculous how Walt starts feeling the passion of teaching while he's rattling off airline statistics to the assembly. If it takes your mind off what you did for a sec bro...
Isn't rolling your car back on its axle unintentional? The car does that on its own, right? I shift out of reverse while the car is still going roll back. Is that bad?
people are responsible for themselves. Walt didn't make Jane OD, he didn't shoot Combo, etc. Walt isn't a good guy but not everything that happens to everyone in the show is his fault
Sorry. I have to disagree. The majority of what happens in this show goes back to Walt. That's what makes the show so brilliant. Everything can be traced back to his decision to cook that first batch.
He didn't make Jane OD. He did turn her onto her back so she would die when she OD'd, after the episode was very explicit in showing us that she was conscientious about putting herself and Jesse in physical positions to NOT do that. Look in the end I agree heroin addicts are at high risk of deaths of their own making, including Jane, but good lord the lengths you guys will go to deny what Walt OBVIOUSLY did right there in the scene haha.
His intention was never for so many people to die, but it is absolutely 100% his fault. He let Jane die which is a form for murder, and that led to something even worse happening. Consequences
Right. Walt is absolutely not wrong to blame the government/the authorities in charge of ATC. Walt was one piece of the puzzle, and the main reason Jane is dead, but not the main piece of the puzzle when it comes to the plane crash. Janes dad had a tragic loss in his family and should never been allowed to returned to work without a proper and thorough check if he is mentally stable enough to do such a responsible job. What would have been the difference if Jane would have overdosed a week later with all that money to spend on drugs? Would we blame Jane than postmortem for the air crash victims? I guess not. Or if she would just had an accident? Her dad would have the same trauma and wouldn't been able to work in his mental state. There is enough stuff to blame Walt for, just think about the kid from "Peekaboo", those are victims of what he willingly decided to do.
@@LeumazDnazorif he wasn't in that apartment, she would have died anyway. And Jesse would have too. I don't think saving her would have made any difference really.
@@georgebush67 @mrtveye6682 It was Walt trying to shake Jesse awake that made Jane roll on her back. In truth you could say that Walt, Jesse and Jane herself all carry some responsibility for her death. And whoever we might think is at fault doesn't matter so much as the fact that Walt obviously feels guilty about her death and the chain of events that followed.
@@lucidiously I agree it was a domino effect. Another chain in that domino event was Jane's dad convincing him to go back to the apartment, when he told Walt in the bar that family is all that matters and you can't give up on them (Jesse). Does he have any part to play? I don't know. But I think why he didn't attempt to save her afterwards was also because he felt that was the best thing for Jesse which it eventually was, because he got clean. It was also the best thing for him given the blackmail from her. It's not morally right, but it's objectively reasonable. It's still not justified, but saying he killed her, I think is a bit of a stretch. She chose to do drugs knowing the risks and consequences.
For real though, they're even blaming walt for a thing that he has no control of 😂 ya guys really annoying. The junkie girl deserved to die because they got the money, promised they wouldn't hit drugs anymore, but decided to give one last hit anyway 😂 tell me why should we sympathise with that kind of thinking. Letting her die was wrong but really it's her fault, dude i just cant .
Nope. Defintely not inevitable. Hell, I'd argue that if he had saved her it would have been a wake up call for her. I think a brush with death like that would have been enough to get both her and Jesse clean and sober for good.
He actually did. Re watch it. His initial shake of Jesse rolled her over and that's why they sleep on their side while doing heroin. He was not paying attention to her.
Walter didn't intend to kill Jane. You as the viewer saw Jane explain to Jesse to not lay on his back while using h. Walter knows how to make drugs, but nothing about using them. Walt went to the bar after Jane and Jesse blackmailed him for the money, where he spoke to Jane's dad about never giving up on loved one's and their addiction. Walt was looking for the money to keep them from further funding their addiction and ultimately overdosing when Jane rolled onto her back. Walt was scared and didn't know what to do in the situation.
Lol what, it's very clear he understood what was happening and chose not to stop it. Literally earlier in the episode they're talking about putting Holly on her side so she doesn't choke on her vomit. And you can see the whole thought process in Bryan Cranston's performance, he unambiguously goes to save her on instinct, but then stops, reconsiders, and decides not to.
Can't people, allergic to peanuts, still eat almonds? I'm sugar Maple could have an Almond Butter and Jelly sandwich? Walt pronouncing Tenerife got on my nerves, it's "Tenireef" not "Tenireefay", same as people pronouncing it "Ibitsah"
It's just really wild to me that women can watch this show, they can see Skyler help a man hide embezzling millions of dollars but then hold her HUSBAND... WHO WAS DYING OF CANCER..... to some other moral standard and rake his ass over the coals for making money in a dishonest way.....UNREAL
I’m grateful to breaking bad for hopefully opening a lot of men’s eyes to the difficult position a divorcing parent (in this case a woman) is put in when it comes to their kids. The mom has to deny themselves being understood in order to preserve their child’s relationship with their father. It’s a tough responsibility to bare and requires a very mature person.
Actually not really. In any case, the divorcing parent could just dump on the divorcee. "He cheated on me." It's really not that hard for a mom to say. You're giving too much credit.
See the thing is Jesse lost his friend because they were careless, he lost Jane because Jane was an addict, Jane's death was not one single bit on Walt, it was completely on her, maybe Jesse for making her relapse. But literally at this point the only people Walt is actually responsible for killing are crazy 8 and Emilio.
0:52 that’s actually a real religious tradition. First time I ever saw it portrayed in media was in an episode of George Lopez, that’s how you honor The Virgin of Guadalupe God Needles George Season 3 Episode 15 George makes a deal with God in an attempt to save Max's dog, Mr. Needles.
The cousins were seeking the blessing of Santa Muerte for their journey. And, yes. They are going to be a formidable problem for Walter and company going forward.
That was a real explosion at the end of the episode. The explosion was much larger than the film crew anticipated, even so the twins weren't fazed and stayed in character.
Yeah I've been close to a Hollywood style explosion before and I couldn't believe how hot it was, but these guys were so much closer to it than I thought would be possible without being cooked. Those actors must've been suffering like they were inside an oven, ... and yet they didn't break character. Crazy stuff.
That's your opinion
@@trobertwWhat are you even talking about. Everything he said was a fact.
@@Im.Smaher we can agree to disagree
@@trobertw There’s nothing to disagree with. Like I said, those were facts, not opinions. lol
The blonde girl at assembly who stood up and spoke is Bryan's real life daughter. One of the TV reporters is his real life wife.
I like how all the background characters have wild hair, and the stylist said “For the main guys, I’m thinkin’ *BALD* ”
I mean Walt has cancer and Hank & Jesse's actors went bald what can you do
They wanted to make up for the lack of hair in our main male characters.
"This gives Fuches and Barry vibes"
It's actually the opposite. Bill Hader is a massive Breaking Bad fan and the influences of the show are all over Barry, especially in the relationship between Barry and Fuches.
As I understand the crawling thing in the beginning is basically to make a prayer and ask for divine intercession. In this case the brothers are asking for help in finding Heisenberg which is why they place his police sketch on the alter.
They crawl up to the altar as a form of supplication or to show reverence.
I forgot, why were they looking for Heisenberg?
@@southeastasiandude family reasons
@@bowl7559 Tuco's cousins? They wanted to kill Heisenberg?
@@southeastasiandude yeah but gus kept them for doing so
No, it’s Santa muerte they’re praying for a successful kill
Santa Muerta, or Holy Death, started a cult/sect that is an offshoot of the Catholic Church in the Americas that goes back hundreds of years. At various times there might have been a shrine such as this one in most small villages. The official church considers it a cult. Modern worship of Santa Muerta got its start in Mexico back in the 1940’s or 50s, but it saw rapid growth starting in the mid-90s. It is considered one of the fastest growing religious sects in the world, with Churches in big cities such as LA and New York.
Santa Muerta has always been popular among the poor and destitute who’ve become disillusioned with the Catholic Church. As such it became a refuge for desperate people, including people involved in underground economies such as sex work. More recently its popularity has attracted people involved in more heinous crime such as drug traffickers. Presumably like the men we are introduced to in the cold open.
Also, the restaurant location is real. It’s on the south side of Albuquerque and it is called Twisters.
The most interesting thing about Santa Muerta to me is that you can ask her for ANYTHING, it's not limited to things that the Catholic Church would approve of. It's a big reason why she's so popular with misfits and outcasts.
Important side note, and I know this is old, but with Catholicism you never worship saints. You revere them. It's considered a major sin to worship anyone other than God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit. Santa Muerte is a folk saint, but she's still treated like a saint, so no one worships her, they revere her instead.
I like how you guys say it’s Walt fault all those people died. But if you were to tell all those family’s what truly happened they would still blame the dad. He went it to a job were people lives where on the line and fucked up, that isn’t fair to the family’s.
Notice that Walt cuts the crust off, a trait shared by Crazy 8, Walt’s first murder victim.
Wouldn’t his first be Emilio? Who died immediately after inhaling the fumes?
The rehab scenes with Jesse are always interesting, seeing him try to even comprehend him own situation
They’re praying to Saint Muerta, the patron saint of Death, a saint that is only recognized in Latin America and not the traditional Catholic Church. The crawling as seen by the other people is a pilgrimage that people take in Mexico.
Santa Muerta originally stood among the other Saints of the Church, but grew disillusioned with humanity after the destruction of the Worldstone.
Depending on the context, distributing and dealing pot was hugely lucrative. A lot of the big drug gangs in Ireland began dealing pot, which was imported from Amsterdam and other places in Europe in the early 90s. They were making millions. Heroin was coming on stream in the 80s, though, so that quickly took over.
A **little** spoiler: Saul Goodman keeps that blue ribbon hooked to his suit jackets until the very end of the series when other characters stopped after a few weeks/months.
I’ll let you interpret that how you will :3
17:18 - "Is this restaurant real?" Actually, YES!!! I've visited it during my trip out west. It's part of a chain called "TWISTERS". This specific location still looks EXACTLY the same way it did in the show (257 Isleta Boulevard Southwest Albuquerque, NM 87105). The only difference is that the soda dispenser is gone. In it's place is a bunch of pictures of the actors from the show.
They put potatoes in their burritos.
Its always interesting to see People react to Walt and his decision to let Jane die cause i have a very different perspective on that whole situation. First, i think it was Jessie´s fault that she died cause he brought her back into Drugs. Instead of making the decision to follow her path cause he loves her he decided to ignore it and brought her in. Second, when Walt brought the Money to Jessie´s House she threatened him that he cant be sure if she/they will never ever blackmail him again. In that Moment you have to decide if you can live with the knowledge that she can destroy you and your whole Family whenever she wants. She might even blackmail you later on for Money without Jessie´s knowledge. They might even break up and she still could blackmail Walt.
Not saying Walt is a saint but letting her die was a very logical decision for him.
So, because, it was logical for Walt to intentionally let her die, that means it wasn't his fault? If he illogically let her die, then it would be? I don't understand your reasoning.
The "doing it for my family" mantra is obviously supposed to be the lie that Walt tells himself to rationalize things, but I don't think it can be argued that his family isn't deeply important to him. He's definitely reckless and oblivious when it comes to taking their happiness into consideration, as well as when it come to considering more distant, abstract threats to their safety like the fact that he's putting himself on the radar for so many dangerous people that would think nothing of harming them to get to him. But, when it comes to immediate, tangible threats to the lives of his family (and Jesse), of the sort that he can't possibly rationalize away or blind himself to, he pretty reliable will risk or sacrifice everything to save them.
Pride is Walt's real vice, not greed. He doesn't really care about anything the money can buy him, he just cares about it as a symbol of his accomplishment. Spending that money on his family really is the point of it, but with the big asterisk that it has to be him providing for his family, and he can't just be happy with the fact that his family is being provided for. Without his family, the money really does mean almost nothing to him. After all, we know from season 1 that, if it weren't for Skyler and Walt Jr.'s insistence, he almost certainly would not be bothering to pursue chemo and radiation therapy.
That truck driver at the end definitely went to the Prometheus School of Running Away from Things
i understood that reference...
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@@Diegesis And I understood THAT reference!
When Walt says “Half million in cash.” It reminds me of a part of a book we read about the Holocaust. There was a very Christian lady hiding Jews, she offered the investigating SS officer tea and cookies. They chatted and he loved her pleasant demeanor, then he asked about the whereabouts of some Jewish people. She said “I’m hiding them in my basement.” and the SS guy laughed and left. The community of people who smuggled Jews in that area always tried to keep her away from investigators, because she fully refused to lie.
I highly recommend the film _Grosse Pointe Blank_ for this trope.
Maple being distracted by the most random things is such a vibe. The hair thing made me laugh lol
It's just... you've got mustard... right there....
As I watch and fold laundry standing up, I contemplate wither to sit down and fold, which I've done several times. And out of the corner of my ear I hear that exact thing being thought about. Welp, I gotta stand back up and fold again. later
Im sorry its not his fault ITS HER FAULT. She took the drugs after her father begging her not too she knew she could die and something you guys missed is they both would have died and walt likely saved Jesse. This woman just blackmailed him into giving them 400k you think they were gonna take that money and by a house? They would be dead in 2 days because they would just keep doing coke and heroine. So Walt being a genius made a cold calculated assessment and likely saved Jesse in the process. If she didnt do those drugs and forced walt to be there to black mail him then she would not have been in that situation in the first place. Jesse also started doing drugs and let his girl that he so loved know that he was gonna do it which he knew was a temptation. It was never gonna end well for them and Walt knew that. He could have saved her but im not blaming him for letting someone he didnt know die who just threatened to destroy his life and she would have died anyway and her father knew that.
The guy realized that the hitmen, per protocol, would kill everyone, incidental be damned, who has " witnessed" their whereabouts, as a pre-planned Modus Operandi, hence; he was like 😮...
100% walt’s fault a addict OD ???? mmmmmmm yes he’s at fault but 100? ya no i get it you love jane and she’s cute but it’s not like walt shot her 😂
2:39 they couldn’t find a better picture of my man? 😆
They didn’t have to do him like that.
They're crawling to "lower themselves before God". Such "crawling" it's a tradition in some Christian churches and other faiths. An altar besides to honor some saint etc, is also where you ask the saint (or Madonna etc) for a favor. They asked for success in taking their revenge on Heisenberg, that's why they put there the picture of him (to "show" the saint).
Walt was responsible for Jane's death but it isn't reasonable to blame him for the crash. That would be like saying if Combo hadn't been shot then Jesse doesn't relapse and Jane doesn't relapse and Walt can't let her die. So the crash is the fault of the kid who shot Combo. We are only responsible for things for which we are the proximate cause.
How exactly is Walt responsible for Jane's death? People need to take responsibility for their own actions, everyone.
@@duttyow8766 when he was trying to wake Jesse, he bumped Jane which caused her to roll onto her back. She doesn't die if she remains on her side.
@@duttyow8766 He accidentally rolled her over, and than he actively let her die. Not to say Jane didn't done a lot herself that led to that situation (talking Jesse into taking Heroin, blackmailing Walt), but in the end, in that situation, it was Walts active decision to let her die. I think that qualifies as "being responsible for it".
All of this can be traced back to Hank offering to take Walt on a ride along in the beginning. So blame Hank
Walt asked how much money from Hank’s bust was, so he was clearly interested in it before he even got hit with cancer.
Besides, Walt’s choices and ambitions were entirely his own. Nobody forced him or blackmailed him.
@jakandratchet9930 it's more of a its everyone's fault thing. Skyler could've confronted Walt sooner. Saul prodded Walt into doing bigger business. Jesse just by chance picked that townhouse and started a relationship with Jane, who made the decision to relapse. There are hundreds of decisions that were made by everyone that intertwines everyone together
@@jakandratchet9930 also, Jane did blackmail him, whether she meant it or not
@@Coprolite19 But Walt is the one who put all these pieces in play. This is all the result of him getting into the meth "business." There were other ways he could've sought funding for treatment. Could Skylar have confronted him sooner? Sure, but why is it her responsibility to expect her school-teacher husband of manufacturing meth? She didn't choose that life, he did, and then didn't tell her about it. Jesse wouldn't have been in that townhouse if he hadn't gotten completely disowned by his parents, and hadn't had the cash he made from selling meth with Walt, both of which were much less likely to happen if he hadn't gotten into business with Walt. Jimmy prodded Walt into doing bigger business... but isn't that exactly what Walt had been trying to do this whole time? They originally wanted to be Tuco's supplier. This is the same arrangement, just with a much more stable businessman.
No, Walt is the driver here. Does everyone else share some responsibility? To varying degrees, I can agree with that, but ultimately the buck stops with Walt. He set all the pieces moving.
3:52 how is that a bad idea?
The role Hank plays in this season is some of the best acting I've seen in ANYTHING. Enjoy.
lmao Maple got the hots for the Twins
I... "donkey"... yo, I just woke up, we're diving right in with donkey... alright, I'm gonna need some caffeine.
Walter's boredom and downright disgust at having to drudge through those auditorium speeches speaks volumes about him.
I live in NM. During Holy Week, the most pious adherents will walk or crawl an awfully long way to get to El Santuario de Chimayo. The most devoted crawl something like 90 miles.
Interesting. I’m from NM and I’ve never heard of anything like that
@@Alex-kd5xc It's the pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo. Many people walk, but extremists are known to crawl. There are many entries about it on google.
That counselor character is great,I wish there were more like him in real life. Idk the guys name but he usually does comedy and played a great dramatic role in these two seasons
"Never in my life have I sat down and folded laundry"
-Maple
16:11 Arianna's reaction is like she knows whats coming next. Is this look trying to be wise or something? So she knows that completely not temporary brake up? Anyone understands what exactly her impression?
Because Skylar wants a divorce and has now found out he's a meth dealer. At this moment in time, it's definitely not temporary!
Ah thx for respond. I know what Skylar wants. I meant that Arianna's mimics so annoying and judgy. Trying to look wise or something? I dont know. Maple's reaction much simple and can be read by her face.@@brownsey1
Well Walter is a liar, and Arianna obviously sees right through it. She's not dumb. She's right. @@captainofdunedain3993
7:53 - This young blonde girl is actually Bryan Cranston's daughter in real life. I'm glad they gave her a cameo. 🙂
FYI, the guy in the truck is the best “Mexican” Spanish you’ll hear in the entire show. Every other actor sounds so weird & Mexican-Spanish speaking fans unanimously rip on how off it sounds. Even me, & I don’t even speak much Spanish, lol
Why is there no responsibility on the drug addict. She was clean and sober and doing well until Jessie moved in. He gave her the crystal meth. She then gave him the heroin. I’m not saying Walter was right, but he’s not the only one responsible.
He's the only one not suffering any consequences.
Succession and breaking bad in one day. Oh my.
13:37 this scene is so good & accurate. Not all rehab MOD’s are this good but I’ve met a few who were eerily similar to this guy
9:52 Me when I tried to do stand up comedy XDlmao
My material was too morbid & the audience wanted something “goofy.”
I thought I was Bill Burr, but I was Jim Norton with an all African-American audience, rofl:P
Mad when he does criminal acts, mad when he tries to get out of doing criminal acts.
He wasn’t trying to get out of anything he just didn’t have sympathy
I binged this show in a matter of days. Couldn't imagine having to wait a week or a year between episodes. Not really interested in other tv shows, but I keep looking.
It got more and more painful because the quality of this show grew exponentially. So there was never time where you felt neutral or cold after a season ended. Or even an episode.
Trust me, they had it down to a science; we were FIENDING at the end of each episode...let alone season or half season finale. I honestly miss how much satisfaction it felt to start each episode to see how things would play out
Better call Saul? Excellent prequel
Try Barry. Dark, funny, complex, well written, well acted, gets surreal as hell by the end.
Attack On Titan
Again, I gotta point out how wildly inconsistent or double standard it is to be cheering on Skylar, "Yeah. You go girl. Tear into his ass!" as she accuses Walt of being a *weed* dealer, only to then shrug it off like, "Actually, that wouldn't be so bad." But, since it's *meth,* "Pure villain! Irredeemable! Hatred!"
As if it's not the lying and selling drugs, that's the issue. Where are your principles?
Air traffic collision? Jane? Jesse? Okay, if he was selling weed? Really? Nah. Still bad? Still horrible monster, right?
Maple going from liking the twins to calling them evil haha
It mostly Walters fault but lets not forget who got Jane hooked back on drugs to begin with
Breaking Bad (and Better Call Saul) was a huge influence on Barry.
oh yeah. i always say barry is better breaking bad
@@Diegesis Barry better than Breaking Bad?? You’re crazy
When they are crawling to the altar it’s a sign of summiting to the lady death in Mexico it’s called “santisima muerte “cartels use it as protection and go to her for help in getting rid of people
18:09 god damn y’all!
Walter tries to get out of the game & try to salvage whatever pieces of his soul are still left and y’all just shitting on him. 😆
He killed that girl. He's not worthy of sympathy.
@@crf7604 you live in quite a white & black world my friend.
Where did they shit on him
@@pencil6965 it was at least dismissive. I’d have to go back to the time stamp
@@bigpictureguys8415 Lol goalposts
8:13 Yeah, the public education system teaches their students to think this exact way…boy, I’m sure glad that mentality **doesn’t** follow them into adulthood. /s
The sad blond girl that spoke up in the auditorium is Bryan Cranston's real daughter.
10:37 this can’t get any more awkward.
Walt: hold my beer
At the school assembly, the girl who asks "If there is a God, how could he let this happen?" is Brian Cranston's daughter.
19:45 You can tell it's Mexico by the way the sky is green
Are y’all gonna post breaking bad more frequently soon? The show goes into high gear from season 3 onwards.
No
@@Diegesis LMAO no mercy
😂. To be fair, it's a heavy show and is a lot to process. As eager as I am to see their journey, rushing through it probably isn't a good idea.
@@Exe3D😂 I'm assuming Chad posted that reply since he's one who has to spend hours editing the videos.
@@Diegesis Giga Based
I really, really like this reaction channel. With the exception of the often time excessive, unnecessary, sidebar chatter (that oftentimes has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on)--- this is the best reaction channel on RUclips. Sorry. That needed to be said. Sorry.
This episode shows a juxtaposition between Jesse and Walt in how they evaluate their responsibility for the harms they've caused. Jesse admits fault, and takes ownership of the responsibility "I'm the bad guy." Whereas Walt tries to scapegoat, rationalize, justify, e.t.c to weasel out of the blame "I blame the government." Or his speech at the school, e.t.c.
Jesse at least has a code of honor. Which in a way makes him less of a bad guy, despite his apparent flaws that he doesn't try to hide. Walt however, has no code, no honor, only selfish ambition. Which makes him the actual bad guy despite his surface level false persona as the good guy.
They're polar opposites. Jesse, with nothing to hide, is outwardly a less than reputable member of society with no false display of virtue, but on the inside he's a good kid. Walter goes through the trouble to *appear* like the model citizen on the outside and will defend his reputation and virtue signal, but on the inside he's a monster.
I feel that on the peanut allergy. I developed an allergy in my 30's so I had a lifetime of peanut butter cups and butterfingers and the like and can't anymore. You can pretend with the almond butter and all that but nothing comes close to the real thing.
Jesse is 💯 responsible for Jane's death, he got her back on drugs and he brought Walt into her life
It really is the opposite. Jane rented the place to Jesse, knowing he was in the drug business (she said herself she knew from the beginning). She started the relationship with Jesse. She decided to not only stay with Jesse when he strongly asked her to leave before smoking meth, she had the great idea to "up the game" by actively talking Jesse into taking heroin. And she herself got greedy when she heard about the money Walt owned Jesse and thought it was a good idea to blackmail and taunt Walt. And with that amount of money at hand to spend on drugs, it would probably been weeks until they both would have killed themself.
That were all her own decisions, as an adult who was clean for 18 month.
@mrtveye6682😄 ok then, Jesse chose to be a meth dealer, Jesse chose to team up with Walt, Jesse chose to bring his friends in, guess we're all responsible for our choices
@@michaelellis1819 That right. Jesse is not a "good guy", even though the are a lot of time we see he has his heart at the right place. But producing and dealing drugs is indeed pretty bad and causes a lot of harm and suffering.
But when it comes to his relationship with Jane, pretty much all of it, esp. the things that led to her death, were her own choices. Jesse didn't forced or influenced her to make that choices at all. If anything, she was abad influence on him.
3:00 it’s not Walter’s fault. Jane threatened him. She would have kept threatening him. He had no choice. Logically. Plus he didn’t kill her he just didn’t save her. There’s a difference. Plus Jessie didn’t know her that long. Acouple months? Wtf
So ridiculous how Walt starts feeling the passion of teaching while he's rattling off airline statistics to the assembly. If it takes your mind off what you did for a sec bro...
Isn't rolling your car back on its axle unintentional? The car does that on its own, right? I shift out of reverse while the car is still going roll back. Is that bad?
Never in my life have I sat down and folded laundry… ya know what, you right 😂 never thought of that. ❤
people are responsible for themselves. Walt didn't make Jane OD, he didn't shoot Combo, etc. Walt isn't a good guy but not everything that happens to everyone in the show is his fault
Sorry. I have to disagree. The majority of what happens in this show goes back to Walt. That's what makes the show so brilliant. Everything can be traced back to his decision to cook that first batch.
He didn't make Jane OD. He did turn her onto her back so she would die when she OD'd, after the episode was very explicit in showing us that she was conscientious about putting herself and Jesse in physical positions to NOT do that.
Look in the end I agree heroin addicts are at high risk of deaths of their own making, including Jane, but good lord the lengths you guys will go to deny what Walt OBVIOUSLY did right there in the scene haha.
I'm just here for my daily dose of "Who cut your hair, man?" Also to quench my Ariana thirst 😂
3:30 There’s definitely A LOT of fault there but 100% his fault? C’mon now.
His intention was never for so many people to die, but it is absolutely 100% his fault. He let Jane die which is a form for murder, and that led to something even worse happening.
Consequences
Right. Walt is absolutely not wrong to blame the government/the authorities in charge of ATC. Walt was one piece of the puzzle, and the main reason Jane is dead, but not the main piece of the puzzle when it comes to the plane crash.
Janes dad had a tragic loss in his family and should never been allowed to returned to work without a proper and thorough check if he is mentally stable enough to do such a responsible job.
What would have been the difference if Jane would have overdosed a week later with all that money to spend on drugs? Would we blame Jane than postmortem for the air crash victims? I guess not. Or if she would just had an accident? Her dad would have the same trauma and wouldn't been able to work in his mental state.
There is enough stuff to blame Walt for, just think about the kid from "Peekaboo", those are victims of what he willingly decided to do.
@@LeumazDnazorif he wasn't in that apartment, she would have died anyway. And Jesse would have too. I don't think saving her would have made any difference really.
@@georgebush67 @mrtveye6682 It was Walt trying to shake Jesse awake that made Jane roll on her back. In truth you could say that Walt, Jesse and Jane herself all carry some responsibility for her death. And whoever we might think is at fault doesn't matter so much as the fact that Walt obviously feels guilty about her death and the chain of events that followed.
@@lucidiously I agree it was a domino effect. Another chain in that domino event was Jane's dad convincing him to go back to the apartment, when he told Walt in the bar that family is all that matters and you can't give up on them (Jesse). Does he have any part to play? I don't know. But I think why he didn't attempt to save her afterwards was also because he felt that was the best thing for Jesse which it eventually was, because he got clean. It was also the best thing for him given the blackmail from her. It's not morally right, but it's objectively reasonable. It's still not justified, but saying he killed her, I think is a bit of a stretch. She chose to do drugs knowing the risks and consequences.
I always “Like” the video before I’ve even watched, just because you two are so great. Can we be best friends?! 😂
Jere Burns is so good in this
For real though, they're even blaming walt for a thing that he has no control of 😂 ya guys really annoying. The junkie girl deserved to die because they got the money, promised they wouldn't hit drugs anymore, but decided to give one last hit anyway 😂 tell me why should we sympathise with that kind of thinking. Letting her die was wrong but really it's her fault, dude i just cant .
Walt didn't kill jane. he only moved up the schedule for what was inevitable.
Nope. Defintely not inevitable. Hell, I'd argue that if he had saved her it would have been a wake up call for her. I think a brush with death like that would have been enough to get both her and Jesse clean and sober for good.
He actually did. Re watch it. His initial shake of Jesse rolled her over and that's why they sleep on their side while doing heroin. He was not paying attention to her.
Nah, there is no telling that her death was guaranteed. That’s kind of a silly claim to make.
How come it seems like this is the only series the channel is doing that doesn’t have more than one new upload per week?
succession is also only one episode a week. the thing they have in common is they're an hour long. the double posts are half hour shows.
Really enjoying your reactions. Merry Christmas to all of you
I just realized what if Jane's dad was actually Q up to his usual shenanigans but he traveled back in time?
So Jane is Qs daughter?
This just poses too many questions.
he doesnt really do any shenanigans. i dont think q would just quietly work for air traffic control for 20 years
@@Diegesiswhy not? 20 years is nothing to him.
it is until you're doing something so menial when you're a god. 2 hours isnt much in my lifetime but i'll walk out of a bad movie.
Fair warning, there's a lot of Walt in this show
Here is when the show gets good
I like Walter's speech in school. All those pretentious fools with phony concerned faces.
My favorite thing to do on Tuesdays is watch these. Thank you guys! Merry Christmas!
Merry christmas right back at ya
Walter didn't intend to kill Jane. You as the viewer saw Jane explain to Jesse to not lay on his back while using h. Walter knows how to make drugs, but nothing about using them.
Walt went to the bar after Jane and Jesse blackmailed him for the money, where he spoke to Jane's dad about never giving up on loved one's and their addiction.
Walt was looking for the money to keep them from further funding their addiction and ultimately overdosing when Jane rolled onto her back.
Walt was scared and didn't know what to do in the situation.
Lol what, it's very clear he understood what was happening and chose not to stop it. Literally earlier in the episode they're talking about putting Holly on her side so she doesn't choke on her vomit. And you can see the whole thought process in Bryan Cranston's performance, he unambiguously goes to save her on instinct, but then stops, reconsiders, and decides not to.
@@schmuck.on.wheels It's absolutely insane how people view Walt as innocent in this situation!
Can't people, allergic to peanuts, still eat almonds? I'm sugar Maple could have an Almond Butter and Jelly sandwich?
Walt pronouncing Tenerife got on my nerves, it's "Tenireef" not "Tenireefay", same as people pronouncing it "Ibitsah"
no maple. i have a peanut allergy too and the times ive had it i absolutely hate the taste. even the smell is disgusting
Jesse will has the darkest story arc out of whole series.
It's just really wild to me that women can watch this show, they can see Skyler help a man hide embezzling millions of dollars but then hold her HUSBAND... WHO WAS DYING OF CANCER..... to some other moral standard and rake his ass over the coals for making money in a dishonest way.....UNREAL
You’ll see as the show progresses, in his own very sick way, Walt really does care for Jesse.
I’m grateful to breaking bad for hopefully opening a lot of men’s eyes to the difficult position a divorcing parent (in this case a woman) is put in when it comes to their kids.
The mom has to deny themselves being understood in order to preserve their child’s relationship with their father. It’s a tough responsibility to bare and requires a very mature person.
Actually not really. In any case, the divorcing parent could just dump on the divorcee. "He cheated on me." It's really not that hard for a mom to say. You're giving too much credit.
@@thedarkemissary selfish immature people will do that. I mentioned how it’s a tough responsibility to bare and requires maturity/character.
Maple is more of my type but Ariana is looking 😍
See the thing is Jesse lost his friend because they were careless, he lost Jane because Jane was an addict, Jane's death was not one single bit on Walt, it was completely on her, maybe Jesse for making her relapse. But literally at this point the only people Walt is actually responsible for killing are crazy 8 and Emilio.
You "make" somebody relapse?
You could say Emilio was self-defense.
@@thedarkemissary I agree with both of those, I just couldn't think of what else Walt has actually DONE so far lol
0:52 that’s actually a real religious tradition. First time I ever saw it portrayed in media was in an episode of George Lopez, that’s how you honor The Virgin of Guadalupe
God Needles George
Season 3 Episode 15
George makes a deal with God in an attempt to save Max's dog, Mr. Needles.
People still do it in my hometown in Mexico. I think it's way too much. Your knees end up all mangled. It's brutal.
The cousins were seeking the blessing of Santa Muerte for their journey. And, yes. They are going to be a formidable problem for Walter and company going forward.
No they wont. Hardly a problem. Hank takes care of them easily.
as for all the crazy hair, thats simply just a product of living in the south west
That opening Santa Muerte scene is pretty chilling
Season 2 Skyler was GORGEOUS 🔥
Honestly she became more beautiful in the later seasons imo
@@LeumazDnazor when do you think she was the hottest?
Oh yeah, yellow filter Mexico.
Please watch the Vinland Saga next it's really good just give it a try
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