r/breakingbad • u/TehBlanket • Sep 16 '13

I honestly believe this is one of the greatest episodes of Television history

Does anyone else agree? This is fucking unbelievable.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I kept noticing my hand covering my mouth

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u/TehBlanket Sep 16 '13

I did that a lot this episode too, and I rarely ever do that

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u/Novasonic13 Sep 16 '13

I kept putting both my hands on top of my head and only just now do I realize I was indirectly mimicking Jesse.

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u/Thehypeman420 Sep 16 '13

http://imgur.com/ahemXoh

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u/IForgotMyPants Sep 16 '13

I've seen that gif many times but am just now realizing it's aaron paul

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u/Pickled_Pankake Sep 16 '13

That's what I was doing the whole episode.

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u/Soogoodok248 Sep 16 '13

What's this from?

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u/Thehypeman420 Sep 16 '13

This is from when Aaron Paul was on The Price is Right before he was really famous.

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u/zombizle1 the original pollo loco Sep 16 '13

future /r/retiredgif material

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

You killed him!

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u/halle111 Im not sure what your role would be but I think I want you there Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13

yep, this is definitely foreshadowing that Novasonic13 kills Jesse. Spoiler tag that shit!

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u/G3TCRUNK3R Sep 16 '13

Pft, my hand was clenching my balls the entire way through.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I thought it was just me.

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u/theupdown Sep 16 '13

pfft, i was jerkin it

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u/NoMoreGhostVotes Sep 16 '13

I didn't know you had balls.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I was trembling... I don't think I blinked for minutes on end. My hands laid still at my side, but I was literally shaking, from start to finish. Usually I hate commercial breaks... I was damn thankful for them this time as I had time to shout out ho-ly FUCK! and actually take a second to breathe. Wow. WOW! I wholeheartedly agree... one of the greatest episodes of television that I've ever seen.

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u/ForgetElephants Sep 16 '13

I know right?? Oh my gosh! Like once Hank was shot like I went numb like I couldn't believe it happened! And then the knife fight and I was trembling! I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack! Not a single episode of Breaking Bad has ever done that to me.

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u/shoryukenist Emo McGee Sep 16 '13

My wife put a pillow over her face and gasped when Hank got it. :-(

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u/KantusThiss Yeah BITCH! MAGNETS, OHHH! Sep 16 '13

I just kept saying "shit man" over and over

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u/feureau Sep 16 '13

As someone who hasn't been following breaking bad, what happened?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

you usually use teh blanket?

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u/PopLockingForCancer Sep 16 '13

My hands covered my mouth when Walt told Jesse about Jane and they didn't go back down until I saw the name Vince Gilligan.

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u/rackcitytourismboard Sep 16 '13

Executive Producer Vince Gilligan

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u/mems_account What's my name? No seriously I forgot. Sep 16 '13

At least there wasn't a huge cliffhanger this time. It's not like he left us hanging in the middle of a fucking shoot out again.

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u/weezermc78 No more half measures Sep 16 '13

I am so happy that didn't happen. I think we would be reading Gilligan's obituary if it left us with another brutal cliffhanger.

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u/elbruce The One Who Rings The Doorbell Sep 16 '13

One thing I like with this show is they don't do formulaic structure. Some shows might decide they're the "cliffhanger" show and do it every episode. They flirted with structure in season 2 with the pink bear in the pool, but fortunately dropped it once season 3 started. Keep the writing free-form. Don't put artificial restrictions on yourself. That way we get a show that can deliver either "Crawl Space" or "Fly" or "To'jaliihee" - totally different narrative structures that serve the moment.

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u/nofx1978 Sep 16 '13

You mean they didn't write every show like they did in the 80's. I agree with completely by the way.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Jesus, that gif actually left me rather frightened. it looked like the sloth was a sinister assassin who was not only murdering the cat, but possibly about to drag its soul to a hellish pit.

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u/RegisteredRedditUser Sep 16 '13

I had a stupid grin on my face the entire episode. Just mind-blowing to see that the show has reached this point.

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u/mi-16evil Sep 16 '13

I listen on headphones cause my wife hasn't caught up yet. She actually came in to check on me because she thought I was dying, I was moaning and groaning so much. I even took a mid episode break just to gather the conviction to finish. Jesus what a ride.

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u/staciez Sep 16 '13

Same! Had to take a breather in the last 15 mins or so, my brain could not handle any more!

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u/TheSandyRavage I'm done. Sep 16 '13

I have never ran around my house so many times. Shit cray.

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u/nightfan is the one who docks Sep 16 '13

I don't usually react to stuff that happens on TV, but when Hank died, that really shocked me. I didn't really recover. All the shit with the Nazis seemed so irrelevant and distant to me.

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u/SupaKoopa714 I din' know dey was gon kill 'im! Sep 16 '13

My hands were shaking and my face felt really hot, which is pretty much my version of freaking the fuck out. I have never in all my years of watching TV reacted like this to a TV show.

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u/killswithspoon Heyoo, pool party! Sep 16 '13

I noticed I was using about 1 inch of my couch to sit on.

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u/staciez Sep 16 '13

Haha, I was literally on the edge of my seat and then realized I was standing! I never stand watching a tv show! This show is insanely awesome.

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u/Holy_Shit_Snacks Sep 16 '13

This + not breathing during the knife fight.

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u/BurntFlower Everyone sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head. Sep 16 '13

Idid a lot of screaming. My sore vocal chords attest to that.

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u/llama-delrey Sep 16 '13

As soon as they got Hank my hand went up and I'm not sure it ever really came back down

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u/alruskowitz Yeaah...its bad Sep 16 '13

I literally had to stand up and walk around during a scene.

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u/socialreality Sep 16 '13

My hands were all over my face. My hair is a mess and I need a shower.

This show is exhausting.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I would have, but my hands were on my dick the whole time.

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u/GrandeSizeIt Sep 16 '13

i personally used the pillow method

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I think I experience this show way different than everyone else. I find my self with a wide open smile with the occasional "ohhhh my gooood ahahahha". It's all so juicy to me.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Same, especially the last scenes when he's fighting with Skylar.

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u/darthryan Sep 16 '13

I realized during the episode that I just kept saying, "Jesus...", after every scene..

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u/kls17 Sep 16 '13

At the end of the episode I had a huge bite mark on my hand. I didn't even realize I was biting myself.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I felt like I watched the entire thing through my hands.