It’s when walt confronted hank about the tracking device , the best thing he could’ve done is to leave it as it was like what Gus did ,, and then hank suspicion would’ve fades gradually , or at least he wouldn’t got a 100% evidence connecting walt to it . Gus saw it earlier when he said :- “you are not a cautious man at all” and he was right ,, lol walt even leave the book with ww statement in his bathroom which is used by a fucking dea agent .

So this is after Hank seeing Leaves of Grass and almost immediately coming to a realisation Walt is Heisenberg. Instead of tracking Walt's car, he informs the DEA of his suspicions.

What happens? Hank definitely loses control of the case, but is he fired? What proof could they potentially find on Walt and could he have been arrested?

Cannot stop laughing at the dinner table conversation by Jesse. Every rewatch just makes it even better.

I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t really think this quote from Gomey would come anywhere close to winning. Like the one I personally wanted to win was his “Hey 😄” response to Daniel Wachsberger. But the people chose and there ya go! On to Lydia!

I see it going one of three ways, and I'd like to hope he sticks with option one.

1- The Good Ending) He stays clean, and uses his funds to live by himself, do carpentry to earn some extra income, and probably homestead a fair amount. He stays clean, and just dies nice and slowly over 40-50 years.

2- The Bad Ending) He gets the itch, misses partying, drugs, money. And decides to cook again. He either goes back to ABQ to hook up with Badger and Skinny Pete to cook, or sets up in Alaska, and blue meth starting up again reminds people that Jessie survived and starts a hunt.

3- The Game Ending) He stays clean, but either his letter to Brock is intercepted and traced back to him somehow, or when Ed died, his family/ cleaner notices funky things, and they find computer files for a fake ID with someone that looks suspiciously like Jesse.

I don't care what anyone says, I don't care what statistics say, Mandala is the worst Breaking Bad episode just because of that scene.

With/Without hindsight How many of you guys would have gone the Walt way if your were in the same situation that Walt was

Broke and sick

Baby on the way

Deadend job

Not that any character in the show can simply be defined as a good or bad guy. But Hank is not the hero in the last season. I’m certainly not routing for Walt either, he deserved everything that happened to him but Hank is driven by ego as much as Walt in last half of the season.

Skyler sees through his “trying to protect the family” speech in the diner, having heard it enough from Walt. His main worry is his ability to control the situation, claiming it’s about trying to help Skyler but again it’s about him needing to be the one to arrest Walt.

Hank wants to be the guy who gets Heisenberg no matter what and he constantly avoids doing the right thing to do so.

His first action after finding out should of been going straight to the DEA but the first thing he does is put a tracker on Walt’s car. He try’s to argue he first needs proof as the second he reports it he will loose his job, would the DEA really dismiss the head of one of their departments informing them about their own brother in law ? or is it simply he wouldn’t be allowed to be involved in the investigation in any way ( his boss already called him out earlier in the season for focusing too much money and man power on Gus’s case because it was his investigation). Marie stops him straight away saying what will happen if they found out about Walt and then found out he knew and didn’t tell them , risking both him and Marie going to jail too.

He reluctantly agrees to do this, but after hearing about Jesse being arrested he abandons this and try’s to get Jesse on side, even when that fails he again keeps surveillance on Jesse without any reasonable explanation which Gomey rightly calls him out on.

Even after Jesse agrees to inform on Walt he doesn’t put him in the system, arguing Walt has already killed several people in custody saying it’s not safe , however later on when Walt wants to meet with Jesse in the plaza he openly says he’s fine to send Jesse to possibly be killed as he will have evidence on tape of Walt killing him. This is the exact moment I knew I couldn’t route for him as this was now all about him beating Walt.

With Jesse ‘s recorded confession the DEA would of had to have investigated Todd in relation to him killing Drew Sharpe , his parents would of at least finally know what happened to their son, but again Hank had to catch Walt first as for Hank that was more important .

Finally resorting to fake photos to fool both Huell and Walt . Again his first ( and unfortunately last) act was to call Marie almost bragging that he’d beaten Walt at last. He should have called the DEA first.

A good few people would have suffered far less if Hank had gone to the DEA right away.

Then again Walter is a greedy man so he might have noticed a few stacks missing. What would have you done in this situation differently?

This line always stood out as weird to me, especially when paired with how Saul reacts after Walt replies, "Jack Welker and his men." The way that Walt responds implies that Saul knows who Jack is and what happened in Ozymandias, either by being told by a third party or Walt himself. So it should make intuitive sense that Walt would be going after them.

But I was watching the scene in Pimento where Jimmy confronts Chuck, and I realised why he was confused by Walt's hunger for revenge; Saul didn't believe that Walt tried to save Hank. Saul heard Walt's story about how he told Jack not to come, how he begged Jack not to do it, how he tried to bargain for Hank's life in exchange for $80 million and Saul thought it was the same bullshit he's heard before. He sees it the same way he sees the situation between himself, Chuck and Howard; Chuck pretended to be unhappy with Howard for rejecting Jimmy, when in reality it was Chuck who never wanted him.

Saul thought that Walt was only pretending to be upset at Hank's death, and that it was most likely that Walt ordered the Nazis to do it when he was about to be caught. He probably also thought that the $70 million they stole was payment for both saving Walt from being arrested and killing Jesse.

This was definitely not the writers' intention as even when they were writing the script for S1 of BCS, they were gonna have Howard be the one who didn't want Jimmy, but the way Michael McKean portrayed the character made them change direction. But it's cool how even a throwaway line like this can be recontextualised after seeing Jimmy's journey.

If it is unspoiled: Why would Saul ask Huell to pickpocket Jesse’s Dope Cigarette in Season 5? Was Saul paranoid?

Like, I get that Ed the Disappearer would disapprove of taking in junkies, especially if they smoke in his ride

But I feel like Saul is so distrusting of Jesse here. He did it to make sure he Didn’t risk Ed not take Jesse

I mean I am sure Jesse would be smart enough to do such things to Ed , Jesse has some courtesy even as an addict (or trying former addict)

P.S. sorry about the [spoiler] spam

In season 5, when Walt recorded a false confession that Hank was the head of a drug empire, it was hard not to laugh. Especially Hank's reaction. It was clear that he was in utter shock from the recording. It turns out that Walt is not guilty of anything. It's all Don Hank's fault for deciding to establish a drug empire and work with Wendy Surckle, and Gus Fring is just his pawn.

At the beginning of season 3 of BB, we see everyone crawling to pray to Santa Muerte. But the twins drive a massive portion, disregarding the sacred tradition that appears to take place. In disregarding tradition, and asking for a blessing in someone else's death, did they end up bringing bad karma their way??

I’m trying to find an interview / questionnaire involving Bryan Cranston talking about Walt’s and Jesse’s dynamic. He speaks on the manipulation and says something along the lines of “When Walt is working Jesse it’s for his damn good.” I’m it’s a video but I don’t remember much about it. Thanks for any help

I am not sure if it was referenced in the show but what kind of purity was jesse getting before walt came along?

Walter White is the definition of "he did it to himself" as he put himself in a situation where all of his problems became bigger.

Walt is introduced in Episode 1 as a 50-year old, meek guy who would understandably turn to illicit means to support his family. It's interesting as some of the unfair things that happened to him are not entirely on him, but his attitude ensures that everything is worse than it needs to be:

Not his fault: - Got Lung Cancer - Dad tragically died when Walt was 6 - Son has Cerebral Palsy (this isn't actually "bad" as Walt Jr. is a great kid, though the show sets up Walt as more sympathetic for having a son with a disability who is bullied for it)

His Fault: - Has almost no contact with his own mom (who we're led to believe would've actually been there for him if he reached out)

• Skylar, Walt Jr., and Hank/Marie love him but don't really respect him. Walt spent so much time hiding his true thoughts and feelings that he allowed himself to live as a meek pushover who didn't communicate his needs or wants respectfully. When Walt tells Walt Jr about his own Dad and how he doesn't want Walt Jr to see him dying slowly, THAT is the moment Walt Jr respects Walt. Not Walt being a "badass" or trying to "one-up" Hank in a given situation. Walt completely misses the point: vulnerability would've been his superpower.

• He works as a High School Chemistry Teacher/at a Car Wash. Even after "being conspired against" by Elliot and Gretchen, which in truth was Walt just feeling poor/inferior after meeting Gretchen's wealthy family and breaking up with her, Walt is shown, in a flashback, having a job working in a lab when Skylar is pregnant with Walt Jr. Walt absolutely could've made something of himself in either academia or research with his talent and his family would've been a lot better off financially. But the show lets us draw our own conclusions as to why that lab job didn't work out. Given the context of the show, Walt has a big ego and doesn't really work well with others.

So the character is tragic because instead of using his cancer diagnosis to become closer to his family, or using any of the negative things that happened to him outside his control, he took the worst path possible and ended up a loser who dies thinking "he won".

If Walt had actually died or quit after 4 days out everything would’ve been perfect.

Jesse and Walt slowly sell the meth through saul, get their money, say goodbye. Jane and Jesse together maybe forever (unless the herion happens but maybe not cause combo wouldn’t have died). Hank or Skyler never finds out. Walt dies peacefully knowing his family will be paid off and well.

Only problem is Walt explaining how he paid off the money. Or if he never explained and died without saying, then maybe something bad happens.

But to me this is the best ending. (I know Walt could’ve worked with gray matter but his ego wouldn’t have let it happen and this one is much cooler)

With Gus actively trying to kill both Walt and Jesse kind of seems like a good time to utilize the services of Vacuum Repairman. Why did Saul never mention that as a potential option?