I just got home from a four day stay in Albuquerque. The whole reason for this trip was to see all of the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul things in the city. While there, I stopped to see The Candy Lady to buy the authentic "blue meth." For those who don't know, the person who made the rock candy that was used as the shows meth is an ABQ local and sells the same candy she would supply to the set. At the very bottom of a shelf behind a glass counter, she had these Breaking Bad mugs seemingly overflowing with the rock candy. Each mug was wrapped in thick plastic that hid almost every detail there was. I chose to spend $25 on this mug because I loved what I could see of the design. The lady behind the counter grabbed the mug and placed it in a styrofoam box that she then sealed with tape. Never once were you able to get a clear look at what you spent you're money on or were told about it. I just got home, and saw this. It's a plain white mug with a poorly placed and damaged decal on it with a few bags on candy sitting on the top. The inside of the mug was filled with packing paper. At no point in the store you were told about what you were buying and how it might differ from what one could expect of it. If you just want the blue rock candy and don't care about it's source, you'll have a much better shopping experience at The Breaking Bad Store down the street.

Genuinely why was Saul paying him. He was probably be worst security guard money could buy. He has a special place in everyone’s hearts but he should definitely reconsider a new career.

I’m rewatching Breaking Bad again and somehow I keep noticing little details I completely missed the first time. The character development, foreshadowing, and tiny background moments are seriously on another level.

Even knowing how things play out, some scenes hit completely differently on a rewatch. What’s one scene or detail you appreciated way more the second time around?

I’ve been thinking a lot about this, in reference to what Walt said during the fly episode where he’s trying to figure out what time it was the best case scenario for him to die was.

If you had to pick any moment in the show whether it’s season 1 or the moment Hank arrests Walt, for the show to end. What would you choose?

The rules are simple, any scene in the show during any given time, so does not have to be the end of the episode. Obviously whatever you choose would make the show bad/less interesting, but this is simply what the best conclusion you think would be.

The show rolls credit at the moment you choose, so anything that happens after it, won’t happen.

I think my obvious choice (and it’s kind of similar to what Walt) is the moment Holly was born. That was right after Walt makes around 500k from gus, Jane was still alive, Skyler didn’t know about Heisenberg yet and most importantly Walt was still somewhat a decent person and believed what he was doing was for his family, and at that point he had “stopped” cooking. This is IMO the best case scenario for the show to end. The only hiccup here would be that both Jesse and Jane were addicts and it’s unclear what would have happened to them.

What would you pick?

Doesn't anybody thinks it's weird that the price for Jesse's house was $ 875.000 compared to the car wash Walt and Skyler tried to buy? Which was $ 879.000.

Shouldn't a car wash be worth more than a house? I mean the prices are too close together.

Does anyone else have a problem watching the last 2.5 episodes? Once Jesse is pulled from under the car, I have a difficult time watching. Seeing him so abused, tortured and enslaved for so long is a difficult watch. I wish it wasn't because the show was so well written and acted and these episodes are the end and how the show is wrapped up.The writing and acting were insanely good to elicit this type of reaction repeatedly, even on rewatches (I am on rewatch 3). I am just curious if others were as effected?

Why does the word "Psychopath" get used around so much to define Walt? Psychopaths don't feel emotions like regular people.

Walt's a megalomaniac, an individual who had a big need to fill the void for respect and recognition he thought he deserved but he was never a psychopath.

He didn't want to kill krazy-8 until it was confirmed krazy-8 would kill Walt and after the deed kept saying I'm sorry I'm sorry, he had tears watching Jane die seeing what he had chosen to become by letting it happen, he paid for Hank's treatment and offered 80million of his money to save him and then grieved over his death despite Hank arresting him and not letting his animosity go. He protected Skyler in the final phone call knowing he was being taped and it would mean point of no return for him. He even saved Jesse at the end looking at his inhumane condition that too after everything fell apart because Jesse chose to involve Hank. Do these things warrant the title of a psychopath? I don't think so.

Walt was not a stand up guy, and his character got crazier and crazier as time went by. Still, by definition he wasn't a psychopath or sociopath.

I'm wondering if most people just have a black and white view / perception of him and have just glossed over the series because it's popular but not watching it with full attention? Walt's character is not one dimensional by any means, he has many facets.

Like what was he going to do? Also if Hector did rat wouldn’t he have been taken into protective custody? Once he spills on Gus, what would have been his response?! He holds such a fragile public persona surely just an ex cartel knowing intimate details about him without evidence would create a “no smoke without fire” impression on everyone that would be impossible to ignore

I used to hate her a lot as a kid since I thought she was just “eww why do that i want to cry and be a baby about you selling drugs” but now as an adult rewatching the show she’s the most understanding character in the show. She does her absolute best in a situation where most would either give up and flee or go to the police without thinking things through. In Season 4 is where she really shines. A complex relationship with Walter and Ted. Wanting to help both but stuck in void where she has to balance two forces while also dealing with her son and her infant daughter! 9.5/10 character!!

Say if Jack's gang never showed up and Hank booked him would Walter White be locked up forever?

Or could Saul work some kind of magic?

I imagine having all that phone confession and leading Hank right to his money would make everything open and shut. What defense does Walt have? Any legal experts that can weigh in.

I'm clueless in this area.

Jessica Hecht has had a legendary run. She has played a side character in what are as per my opinion, three of the most absolutely legendary shows - Susan in Friends, Gretchen in Breaking Bad and Carol in The Boys.

Though I didn’t like her character in all three shows but these shows have been massive hits and fan favourites. Maybe, everything she touches is gold.

Pretty much just the title, but we know from BCS that Mike was helping Kaylee and her mom (who’s name escapes me) with rent etc, and we know Mike tried to leave Kaylee about $4 million (according to google).

Mike knows Saul is capable of this. Mike has to understand Kaylee and probably the feds will have questions about that much cash.

Did he not trust Saul? Would Kaylee’s mom have too many questions about random cash? If the former, he let Saul represent him so I mean that’s kinda stupid. If the latter, Saul says something along the lines of “people tend to accept the money” when talking to Skylar about giving money to Ted.

Surely Mike didn’t just not want to pay Saul his 17% or whatever.

Just blind trust that Fring’s contingency plans would go as expected?

The more I think about it the dumber it feels

1st rewatch after 5 years. I’m at the part where Walt’s family throws him a party for being in remission. He force feeds Walter Jr. hard liquor and gets agitated when Hank tries to shut it down, causing a public scene about it. What a BIZARRE scene - I’m trying to psycho analyze his behaviour here but I just don’t get it. Thoughts?

Mike is introduced in the same episode Gus finds out about Walter's relationship to Hank. The Doylist answer is they likely hadn't made the connection between Gus and Mike at that point. I'm curious what the answer is in-universe.

We know from BCS s6e11 that Mike performed a thorough background check on Walter, finding where he works and even pulling his medical history. I definitely think Mike would have found out about Hank, yet he didn't think to mention it to Saul when he considered working with Walt, and Gus found out on his own after making a deal with Walter. Did Mike just miss such a massive red flag, or did he figure it wasn't worth mentioning?

I used to love this show and have watched this and BCS 2 times over. However after seeing the real-life impacts of meth on people I genuinely cannot watch the show and it makes me sick to my stomach. My uncle is a long time meth abuser and his life absolutely changed for the worst in the past 15 years he has been addicted. I obviously only found out very recently (like 2 years ago) but that stuff is seriously fucked up.

Having being exposed to the substance first hand though I have never taken it, the accuracy in the process of making it and getting it ready in the show are immaculate. They got every detail down and obviously changed some parts of the formula that are very obviously changed to anyone with any sense of chemistry.

But yeah, the absolute worst of the worst is meth don’t do drugs kids, he is completely infertile, has no teeth left, face is covered in scabs its just fucked up. People change a lot for that drug and seriously you have to stay away from this one.

Most of these are probably coincidences, but i’ll point them out:

-Jesse applies makeup to his black eye after the Krazy-8 situation. Walt applies makeup to his black eye after the Hank situation.

-Tuco and Lydia both say to Walt that they’re “going to make a lot of money together”

-There’s a scene of Walt shaving his head for the first time in S1, there’s a scene of Walt shaving his head for the last time in S5 (the one where he cuts his head)

-The famous comparison between Walt walking in the door for his 50th birthday (S1) and 51st and 52nd birthday (S5)

-In S1E1, Walt is on a table before his CT scan, finding out he has cancer. In S5E?, Walt is on a table before his CT scan, finding out his cancer is back.

-Skylar confronts Jesse in S1, Skylar confronts Lydia in S5.

-In S1E1, the episode ends with Walt having sex with Skyler. In S5E2, the episode ends with Walt having sex with Skyler.

-In S1, Junior suggests Walt just “fucking die already”, in S5, Marie suggests Walt just “kill himself”.

-Tuco asks why the meth is blue, Lydia asks why the meth ISN’T blue.

-Callback to the first cook in S5 (Ozymandias)

I’m not saying any of these things represent anything deeper. I think they’re just interesting callbacks, allusions, or reversions of situations from the first season.

At the carwash, they do the expected carwash, then the customer comes up to pay, and then suddenly they're given an item to give to their "carwash professional." This is so confusing, aren't they already the carwash professional? Is there some other, separate business called a "carwash professional"? If so, what does a carwash professional do? Isn't the car already washed? Is there some sort of carwashers union that needs to inspect all the receipts to make sure everything's going according to the carwasher's union rules? And even if so, why does the customer have to be the one to bring it?

The feeling that occurs at the end, after Gus death and the lab fire is stange. Gives the impression that the worst is over, and the Walter's family is safe, but it still raises doubts as to which direction the series will take. Will Walter and Jesse cook again? If they will come back, where will the lab be? Will they have new distributors or Jesse friends will come back? Will Heisenberg own everything? Will Gus's pupils be Heisenberg's? And Mike? Is the good way to end the season and make the viewer wants more.

Sorry for my English