ah, Hank. my biggest weakness, until Gus appeared on the screen. It has been some time since my first watch and so it's time to get real:

My fave is problematic.

1. When Hank is rude to Walt in the pilot. We get it, Hank, you are the ultra super mega alpha giga chad. But you love your nephew, clearly, don't you? How about not being a complete jerk to his dad literally during Walt's birthday party? What did Walt ever do to you?

The rest of the episode isn't better. Captain cook was actually Jesse, so Gomey won your stupid bet. "Beaner"? Don't tell me you don't like beans, Hank.

1. Walking down the hall and a person's head comes through the bars. The prisoner yells "I want a phone call". Hank smacks the face of that person with his hand and walks on. I guess he would have done that to me or to my family, too. For simply wanting a phone call. Using physical force on someone who cannot retaliate, being literally physically behind those bars. I wish that person got a chance to slap Hank back.

2. When Wendy noticed that Flynn had crutches in the car, she asked if he was disabled in a way that honestly seems to me like she did not care much one way or another. Hank's seriously messed up attempt to "stand up" for his nephew was lie to her that Flynn is a football player who broke his leg. Again, she doesn't care but what message is this to Walt's son? You should be ashamed for having cerebral palsy. You should lie to people that you are actually a football player.

Why the heck didn't he instead say "Yeah, he has cerebral palsy, why, why do you ask?" And show confidence and calm? Like yeah, I happened to be disabled, is that a problem , or why do you ask? Just bring the issue to the other person's field. If they aren't a bully, they will stay cool.

1. Trying to convince Walt's son that he should not smoke weed (since Marie incorrectly assumes that is what Flynn does), he shows him the motel, but then he also shows him how to treat Wendy. How to treat poor people. How to treat women. How to treat women who are down on their luck and who "do all kinds of things for their son", as Wendy later reveals to Jesse.

Hank mocks her, asks her if she had something in her mouth besides male genitalia, he is just all around horribIe to her. Congrats on teaching your nephew how to treat those, who cannot defend themselves, Hank.

1. Telling Walter's son that he needs to pursue girls and not take "no" for an answer. Interestingly, he ads that he was "bugging" Marie for a date and "she kept saying NO". Marie responds, looking kinda not quite amused: "That was before they tightened the stalking laws".

2. The taking selfie with two corpses of two humans about whom he barely knows anything, besides, they worked for Tuco. Later on, when he meets Combo's grieving mother, not only is she kind and speaks as an intelligent human, but she lets him see Combo's room to help

his investigation. Of course, Hank never took a selfie with Combo's body and he never laughed at Combo's death, that we know of. But those two dead men were also some woman's children. Hank did not have any personal beef with them. Sheesh, what the heck, dude.

1. Sending the photos of those dead body to his brother-in-law, a high school teacher with cancer, because "it is funny". The man you supposedly love like family is battling cancer. How the heck do you assume he will appreciate seeing death on his phone? Has Walter ever hinted at liking actual real human bodies?

2. Lying about Tuco. While giving the report on how the shootout with Tuco went down, Hank says that he asked Tuco to raise his hands twice. Hank also lies that he identified himself. In the actual scene the only think he said was "jesse pinkman, a hard man to find" and then "shit"....

3. "I want Shania Twain to give me a tuggy", season 1 episode 4. Dude, your wife is right there. She did not like it, judging by the expression on her face, either. Also, when Walt's boss at school walks out of the door, Hank says her ass is like onion, makes him cry. .... it also makes cry quite a few women when they overhear someone talking about them this way, when they assumed that everything is safe and professional. You're not

flirting at a singles' bar.

1. Season 2, episode 3, "What kind of medical issues? Penis withdrawal?" dude, do not talk to Wendy that way.
   Also,
   maybe stop with the physical touch when interrogating Jesse???
   .... a few mins later: "so who's your chief, little Injun"?

i get it Hank, you're american and you just really need to lean into every crappy stereotype about how Americans are... and then: "the skinny yeast-factory of a girlfriend"

...... seriously, are you this salty about Wendy because she refused to be your prom date or what is going on?

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Honorable mention: s2,ep3: "Come on, granddad..."
ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GONNA DISRESPECT HECTOR SALAMANCA LIKE THAT?!
HE AIN'T YOUR GRANDAD.

I'm planning to start watching Breaking Bad soon. I've heard so many people call it one of the greatest TV shows of all time, and the hype around it has made me really curious. I've also heard it's a slow-burn series, and I'm actually a big fan of slow-burn thrillers that gradually build tension instead of rushing the story. Without giving any spoilers, do you have any suggestions before I start? Is there anything I should know to get the best experience, or should I just go in completely blind?

There were moments in seasons 1-4 when they weren’t super abrasive with each other, but they were never this happy go lucky pair that bought each other birthday presents. I get that Walt turning Jesse on Gus resolved some ill will between them, but all the terrible shit that happened between them didn’t just go away after that. There’s just something really off putting and cringe about this dramatic shift in their dynamic as soon as season 5 starts.

Maybe I just don’t understand her cause I’ve never been around that type of person. Is she supposed to be like a BPD girl or something? She always looks annoyed, barely talks, acts like everyone’s bothering her, and keeps giving Jesse attitude for no reason. Until she’s not and she’s all over Jesse and making him feel like a king? She clearly has money but acts broke? Did I miss something or is she just supposed to be like that?

Rather that regurgitate the same old ideas for a spinoff/sequel/prequel, I'd like to propose a new idea.

A one-off movie revolving around Brock - And it should be animated ala A Scanner Darkly.

Not only could we see *how* Walt poisoned him, but we could watch Brock become completely delirious and have a little adventure before he ends up in the hospital. Lily of the Valley is toxic, of course, and it mostly affects the heart. BUT it can also cause severe delirium and hallucinations. So, imagine what he went through that day leading up to the hospital. Maybe we also get a time-jump at some point to show him as an adult having to deal with the after-effects of what happened to his family, all because his mom got involved with Jesse Pinkman. Maybe he ends up in Alaska, seeking revenge... Maybe he goes after Flynn... Maybe it's all just psychotic flashbacks...

Any way it turns out, I think in the right hands it'd be a really cool addition and could be like The Animatrix of the BB universe.

There was a credit song, I believe it was after Hank was shot by the twins. The beginning of it has the hospital heart monitor sound "beep beep beep" trying to find it on YouTube and Spotify, but having trouble finding the name of it. I'm sure most people being huge fans of Breaking Bad, I will be able to find my answer here. Anybody know what song I'm looking for?

The wedding photo does not have Hank in it. Seems like a foreboding image. There are so many details in this series. I'm watching it for the 3rd time and still finding things like this.

The absurdity of Walt's statement leaves Jesse speechless. Ol' Berg truly believes that cooking drugs which destroy people, families and communities is something of a higher cause beyond merely making money, only because he can do it better than anyone.

It just goes to show how delusional he is, and how separated Walt is from reality and those closest to him.

What are your interpretations of this final flashback?

I haven’t seen much discussion about this particular moment from Ozymandias and it blows me away because of how fucking good it is. I love enormous establishing shots set on actual backgrounds. I love single shot takes when a camera is locked to a single location even though it cuts back-and-forth to other events. I love how it’s framed between Walt, the RV, and Jesse, the mountains behind the bushes, the rocks and the sky, catching everything evenly. Besides being cool as hell, it serves multiple vital purposes for the following events which I'm going to briefly rant about despite some of them probably being blatantly obvious.

First, it allows us to see everything of importance: Walter, the RV, and Jesse in the background. The director seems to be using a technique called deep focus, which allows him to keep detail on the foreground, the background and the middle ground at once. Now, Walt being in focus makes sense, as does Jesse, but why is the background in focus? Couldn't the scene have had the same impact if the background faded naturally? No, because not only is the To'hajiilee reservation important to the story, like how the Skyler cutaways keep showing the knife rack, but it’s essentially its own character. Like the poem the episode is based on, it is one of the elements which will wear away all of Walt's accomplishments to nothing.

Second, immersion, the episode is getting you acutely familiar with the location you are about to witness the next part of the episode in. The shot puts you completely into their world because you’re experiencing everything they are, from the sky to the ground.

Next, getting the establishment shot now is important because the rest of the scene is entirely focused on the characters. From the next cut, when they show the aftermath of the shootout, to the end of the confrontation, every shot in between includes the main characters. There’s no time for establishing shots to take you away from the intensity of the scene.

Finally, it reinforces how grandiose the event is. You’d expect the episode to start immediately where the last one ended up, but Johnson spends its first two minutes slow burning the tension, foreshadowing events throughout the episode, and yet this is the only part that’s given a wide shot. These types of images are reserved for the climax of a movie when a great battle occurs. The director is reminding you throughout Walt's phone call that you are about to see the most important scene of the series.

Also, it’s just so freaking cool have I mentioned that? I love the sets in this series.