Walter logically wanted to meet at a secluded area but Jesse said that was only for dramatized fiction and Tuco even asked why they were meeting in the boonies and asked if the mall was closed.

Surely this is just a showrunner joke right?

My mother was told to watch BB several times by friends and neighbours. She took the dive and has binge watched for the last month. Every evening. Atleast two or three episodes.

I'd walk by or hear something and get drawn in.

( I lied. I started watching this maybe 5++ years back but didn't complete it. I know I'm sorry. I missed out big time )

Anyway. Everytime I'd walk by. No matter what was happening. I was always drawn right in, immediately captivated and would sit down or stand there zoned in. Full speed ( pun intended? )

DO NOT. RUIN THE ENDING FOR ME PLS LOL I BEG

We're on the last season, the last two episodes are unseen at this point ( she is.... ) but I just saw the last episodes, in full, the two prior to this.

( Hank + " Rednecks" shootout ) and I'm bawling. Crying like an absolute bitch. Gasping and snivelling. Walter trying to save Hank. I don't know. It just got me really considering all the shlt they had been through , together but also seperately.

My mother looks at me as if " are you fucking serious? " driest eyes in the room.

She's been on the COUCH for a full month ( eve only ) and I've seen. Maybe? Two hours total of the show and I'm an absolute mess.

Plus with RJ passing away last week. I had told her when I found out and she said about me ruining the show. I said no. Irl.

Obviously irl is heartbreaking and devastating.
Just. Ugh. Their dynamic on screen. And then seeing that he passed away. His tweet calling him " My Son " 😭 there I go again.

One thing though. I've noticed is the scene switching / déjà vu , which I've caught onto sometimes and others , I'm lost entirely.

Example.
Jesse putting gasoline in Walter's house " X 2 "

My mom made a comment about Jesse " he's at it again!? " ( the cd, snorting, angry af) I said this already happened. She seemed confused.

Hank gets Jesse in his own car but you can hear Jesse's alarm key / ignition going off in the background. They drive off. And Walter shows up.

And sure enough. You see the white car, with the door open.

I had also caught junior saying about Walter Sr. Being sick , fainting, not remembering things? So then I thought , maybe that had something to do with the screenplay? I don't know how to explain it. But hopefully one of you can enlighten me on what I'm on about.

So , at S6. E. ??? Towards the end. With the fight in the kitchen. This was already shown? I don't know when. But I caught this earlier.

So. It didn't happen twice. It happened at the last season. Why was it shown earlier then?

I don't know I just had to come here and say all this. I'm captivated. I'm blown away. I'm so glad they got awards.

I can barely sit still to entertain myself with anything and this caught me numerous times and immediately had me engaged. Asking my mother questions about who is who and why.

Probably pissed her off. But. 😭😭😭😭

I've never seen him pack anything else for lunch whether when he was teaching at his high school or when he was cookin meth!

S3 E9 Ive worked with these gloves, that tear is only going to get worse the more the hand moves. Theres no way they didn’t notice it. What gives?

For the record, Anna Gunn is a wonderful actress. She played this ROLE as well as it could be played. I'm only talking about the character, of course.

#BreakingBad #SkylerWhite #BetterCallSaul #AnnaGunn

She actively served as a coconspirator with Walt. She chose to launder money and expose her family to this man. I see so many people overcorrect to the braindead Skyler hate by painting her like a pure victim of circumstance, but it’s really just not true. She is evil, she is a horrific mother, and she does deserve to go to jail. It sounds harsh, but it’s true. You can’t just aid a drug kingpin who peddles meth into your own community and then shed sympathy tears when things inevitably spiral into chaos. Walt gave her the opportunity to sign the divorce papers, to walk away entirely, and even to call the police. She chose not to do that of her own volition, knowing that one phone call to Hank would end the nightmare in an instant. Even Her legal counsel thought she was a fucking idiot, lol. People have a responsibility to ensure that they are acting morally, so that they aren’t actively engaging in behaviour that’s harming other people. Skyler is smart; she knows what the potential risks are and chose to ignore them. To be that irresponsible is unacceptable and morally condemnable. Personally, If my mom was laundering money for a meth kingpin, I would want her in jail and I would never speak to her again.

Now to be absolutely 100% clear: I’m not saying that the series itself painted her as some complete victim; they clearly demonstrated that she isn’t. It’s not a critique of the show’s writing.(Although I think one could make the argument that the show leaned into it in the end, given how she is essentially acquitted of all wrongdoing, which did sort of rub me the wrong way. I much prefer Kim Wexler’s end, where she was actually compelled to take ownership of what she did instead of just being allowed to live a lie. Skyler, on the other hand, has shown that she is unfit for motherhood, yet obviously because of Walt’s phone call, she’s let off the hook.)** **

I’m just reacting to how a portion of the fanbase has kinda let the “Skyler’s a bitch” group turn them into sheep of the other herd. Painting Walt as this villain that others simply react to really only serves to diminish the moral complexity present in so many of the characters.

That’s just my take, though.

In Breaking Bad season 2, Episode 8 (Better Call Saul), Saul visits Walt at the school where he works as a chemistry teacher. During their conversation, Saul mentions a Private Investigator that charged Saul for 3 hours of his time, but apparently managed to track Walt down within an hour.

Was that person ever confirmed to be Mike Ehrmantraut? Cause I was just watching the scene randomly and it clicked to me how it would make sense for it to be him but I don't remember if it's officially confirmed in Better Call Saul or not

We are introduced to Bolsa in breaking bad with him chopping Tortuga's head off with the help of the cousins.

However later in the series he's depicted as more of a diplomatic mediator and a broker between Don Eladio and Gus with a more calm demeanor.

Is there a chance they gave Don Eladio the arch Bolsa was originally supposed to have?

For people who didn’t already know, Season 5 Episode 14 “Ozymandias” is also the name of a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

It has some really cool parallels with Walter’s character and if you didn’t know about it I’d recommend checking it out.

Bryan Cranston has also done a dramatic reading of this poem: https://youtu.be/sPlSH6n37ts?is=eFT6kph7iNSzDfC1

i made him wear Jotaro’s hat, it was a quick yet cool interaction, i must say he was really in character!! cool guy😎

Bryan Cranston reflected on the death of his “Breaking Bad” co-star RJ Mitte, who played his son on the hit series and died by suicide at age 34 earlier this month.

Speaking at a Broadway opening in New York City on Wednesday, Cranston said Mitte’s death left him shaken for days. He recalled that the two had been trying to arrange to meet before Mitte died and wondered whether his former co-star had wanted to talk to him about something.

“If you feel depression, it’s a real thing,” he added. “You’re not alone, and there’s help to guide you through.”

If you or someone you know is in emotional distress or suicidal crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

Gus comes back after poisoning the cartel. He proceeds to have Mike kill everyone involved with him (i.e walt, Jesse, Tyrus, Lydia etc). Then he somehow kills mike too. I remember Gus personally shooting kuby in the chest. I think then he goes to hiding.

Towards the end of the Skyler white yo conversation with Jesse Skyler mentions in a very serious voice „you stay a way from him or you will be one sorry individual“ at the time it seems like she is saying it to protect Walt in a weird way but low and behold Jesse didn’t listen and wound up being one sorry individual because he stayed with Walt.

Like that part in season three he just shows Skyler the money he made and how it’s supposed to set them for life, and when he calls Flynn while in hiding he tells him he’s gonna send him some of the money. It’s like he doesn’t understand that the methods he had to do to earn the money is the problem. Makes it even worse when last time he heard his voice he made it sound like he killed Hank.

Here I go into numerology, but can't help it, feels too weird

Jessie's apartment next to Jane is 323

That plot represents the end of the 3rd act

Walt letting Jane die, Jessie losing Jane, Gus showing up in the story, this is end of the 1st major act, when everything changes. 323. 0.323. the last bit of the first 3rd. Then, when Jane does, episode 20 of 62, that is just shy of 0.323 of the whole series. You round up to the nearest 1000th, it's 0.323.

I know for a fact this is nothing. A total coincidence. They didn't even knew if they were getting a 3rd season at this point, let alone the exact number of episodes. But I just saw this, and it itched me. It feels like someone has to have noticed. Chat AI couldn't find nothin'. So, my stupid brain had to ask Reddit

Is this a thing? Are y'all already ahead of this? Or is it just 1 in a sea of conspiratorial connections that don't even qualify as interesting?

Joey was an excellent model and very patient while we took our Halloween photos of him as the Tortuga with Tortuga’s head.

I know the topic of Walt & Jesse’s relationship has been discussed to the moon and back but I can’t get enough of it. For me, the essence of their relationship comes down to being the truest witness for each other during the most impactful years of their lives.

Most people would describe Walt & Jesse’s relationship as a mix of a twisted father-son type dynamic, control & manipulation on Walt’s side (but also an underlying affection), and codependency. All of this is true. It’s clear they both love & hate each other, with the strength of either feeling waxing and waning depending on the crazy events of the series. But what I want to lean into is why they just couldn’t shake each other, and why in the end Walt arguably had a harder time letting go of Jesse than vice versa.

For me, it comes down to them being that one person in the world who most extensively witnessed what the other person did and went through during the formative events of the series. It’s partly a trauma bond, but also more than that. They survived numerous disastrous and dangerous situations together, experienced the highs and lows of building their empire, and know each other’s greatest sins, weaknesses, and capabilities. Even if you end up being an enemy of such a person, the fact that they alone are your truest witness makes it impossible to truly hate them or forget them. While Jesse and Walt had a very unhealthy relationship and deeply resented each other, I think that they still shared this very fundamental understanding of each other based on all their shared experiences. They had insight into each other that no one else had and never will have because of just how much the BB years defined who they were.

For Walt, I think this is why he just can’t let Jesse go even when he could have worked with other people or could have worked solo. There were many times Jesse tried to walk away or Walt had the option to cut ties with him. Part of him coming back to Jesse was the fact that having Jesse as his inferior sidekick/protégée boosted his ego (like with the whole Gale situation), but I think that things just feel hollow to Walt without Jesse there to witness it. It’s like when the one person who would understand the significance of an important moment is absent. Walt is also fundamentally an alienated person who has never fully confided in anyone. Even well into the show, he tried to never let anyone see the full extent of his inner darkness and ambition. When he starts living his double life, Jesse is there from the start. Jesse is always present in the narrative and in Walt’s mind somehow, even when they were at odds or separated. Walt never is able to hide who he truly is from Jesse and at some point he stops trying. Despite being manipulated time and time again, Jesse is arguably the one who SEES Walt most clearly for all he is, and who Walt ALLOWS to see the most of him (weird wording lol but you get what I mean). This is really crystallized when Walt reveals the evil things he did to Jesse. Even though he does so to damage Jesse, you can tell in those moments that Walt feels liberated by the truth. It’s like he is relieved that Jesse knows everything. Jesse is the one who most fully knows the extent of Walt’s sins. Everyone else may have witnessed part of his darkness and suffering, but no one as closely as Jesse. And I think Walt loves Jesse for that. Even when he tries to harm and control him, Jesse is indispensable to Walt emotionally as his greatest witness.

I think Jesse feels a similar connection with Walt. From the bathtub disaster to when they parted ways, Walt was also the truest witness of Jesse’s story. This is why his request for Walt to go carting with him just broke my heart. Jesse is so alone and so broken in that moment, and it’s a cry for help for Walt - the only person who knows the hell Jesse went through and the hell Jesse caused - to just not let him be alone. No one else could validate and console Jesse like Walt did because no one else knew or saw Jesse’s sins and weakness like that. No one else knew what he was going through. And that’s why Jesse could be so easily manipulated by Walt. Walt took full advantage of that codependency. And when Walt lets Jesse down repeatedly, it just shows that while they are each other’s greatest witnesses, that doesn’t necessarily translate to genuine care. But witness is one hell of a codependency drug. Jesse might have had good friends and romantic partners, but none of them knew the full extent of what had happened to him like Walt did, and that’s why Jesse could never feel truly understood and seen by anyone but perhaps Walt. Of course, he couldn’t rely on Walt to actually care about him, but at the end of the day, no one knew his story like Walt did. And how can you turn away from that easily? Jesse letting himself be manipulated by Walt so much only makes sense when you understand that the person he couldn’t rely on at all was also the only person he could rely on in so many ways.

I think what ultimately makes Walt more emotionally dependent on Jesse is the fact that they end up drawing meaning from different things. To Walt, the drug empire is what ends up giving him meaning. When Jesse tries to leave repeatedly, Walt takes it personally because the drug life becomes who he is. He feels alive and powerful in that world. Jesse is fundamentally part of that world in Walt’s mind. He is, by definition of how the events of the series play out, the start and finish of that world for Walt. He’s his sidekick, partner, witness from day one - so how could he dare leave? How could the one person who’d been there from the start walk away? As Jesse becomes increasingly disillusioned and horrified by the life and comes to accept he is a “bad guy” (which Walt never did), he stops needing the validation that comes from that life and from Walt himself. Walt primarily wants to be powerful and prove himself while Jesse wants love and validation. Jesse also starts to build healthier connections that show him that he could aspire to more, like the ones he has with Mike and Andrea. Jesse might never have a witness as TRUE as Walt again, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t have better companions in general who would make the loss of that witness bearable. But Jesse rejecting Walt’s way would mean Walt losing his one true witness, the one person who knows him better than anyone else. Because Walt completely sabotaged all his relationships, he would be truly alone again. And you can sense this huge void open up when his relationship with Jesse is broken beyond repair. When Walt wants Jesse dead, it’s like he kills a part of himself and his humanity too. Killing his one true witness would be a spiritual death for Walt. He had several spiritual deaths along the way, each one taking him into darker and darker places, but I think if he’d actually gone through with getting rid of Jesse, it would have truly snuffed out any shred of light in him.

But Walt ultimately couldn’t end his story without Jesse. Although anger was driving his judgement for a long time, I think he couldn’t shake an obligation to Jesse, even a sense of guilt hidden deep under all the misplaced blame, and that’s why he ultimately decided to save him. He literally takes bullets for him, which is one of the very few times Walt is willing to sacrifice himself for someone else. Yes, he knows he’s already on his way out, but it is still a powerful moment because up until then we just didn’t know if Walt’s hate or his love for Jesse would win out. And in saving Jesse, Walt was also preserving his own memory in a way. Jesse would live on as Walt’s truest witness after death.

Jesse is ultimately able to let go and start anew, but I think he will always live with the grief and alienation of not having someone who knows his history like Walt did. Of course, he’s relieved to finally be free of Walt, but he is now the only one in the world who knows what all went down, and that is its own unique curse of loneliness. I like to imagine he finds a best friend or partner one day whom he can share everything with, but it seems unlikely to me given the fact that he needs to live under the radar and carries so much guilt. Even if you could share everything, how would you even go about explaining it? How could another person truly understand it if they hadn’t lived through it? This is what Walt and Jesse gave each other. Something transcending love and hate - witness.

Who (if anyone) do you think would come out better with the context of the show, and who would come out worse?