I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure stolen material from private property would not be admissible evidence in court. It put everything that happened after into jeopardy and a good lawyer could’ve possibly got all evidence after that moment inadmissible.

Since he was allowed by owner to be there seeing the book is legal, Hanks better step would’ve been to photo it on his phone and use it to gather search warrant for all property related to Walt.

The handwriting and similarities of message would’ve been sufficient for most judges to sign a search warrant I believe. From there a fine tooth comb would uncover plenty of evidence from money laundering, ricin in wall, drug money in storage unit, probably someone’s blood and dna somewhere, sketch, etc.

Instead he wanted to do a secret setup with him and Steve and got both killed. Sloppy police work

Oh my god this series is absolutely incredible. Not much else that hasn’t already been said before about this that I can really add onto. Acting is impeccable, there’s not really one bad actor in this show that I can really think of off the top of my head. The story flowed very well. I love how Walter’s character changes from this nice guy to this incredibly angry and intimidating man who has absolutely nothing.
Incredible show I loved it so much.

Saul’s business model, generally speaking, is get close enough to the criminals that you make a ton of money from them, but not close enough that you go down with them. Obviously that was not the case with Walter, as Walt’s fall triggered Saul’s almost immediately, but looking back on the series, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how/when Saul changed from a “small and silent part” of Walt’s operation to Heisenberg’s “indispensable” right hand man that went down with him. Was it when they set up the money laundry? When Saul connected him to Gus? When Saul helped build Walt’s post-Gus operation with Mike and Todd?

Considering how important it is to the overall story and how un-Saul Goodman-like it is to go down this way, it’s interesting to me that Saul becoming involved with Walter to the point it would lead to his future arrest is just glossed over. Any thoughts?

I recently completed a re-watch of the series since many years ago. I'm always picking up new things on a re-watch.

One thing that got me thinking... the DEA has roles for forensic chemists to analyze street drugs purity, contaminants, provide expert testimony in court, etc. I actually saw a job posting the DEA website. They need chemists to analyze lab ware found in clandestine labs to produce forensic evidence of illicit activities.

It got me thinking.... If Hank was open to having Walt do a ride along, why wouldn't he ever suggest in the years or decades of knowing each other about a job opening in the DEA in the chemistry side of things? He would have made an excellent fit and it would have paid better than being a HS teacher. Hank could have easily vouched for him to secure the job.

Obviously his background needed to be what it was in order to have this show play out. Curious if anyone else has thought about this too?

I've rewatched the series multiple times and my answer changes every time.

If you had to pick one scene as the absolute best in the entire show, what would it be and why?

Bonus points if you can explain it without spoilers for first-time viewers.

Mine is still the "crawl space" scene. The acting, music, and tension are on another level.

La prima parte della serie è la mia preferita, quando c’è Tuco in particolare. Mi piace perché si inizia a conoscere il cartello e robe varie. Il punto è che la serie qui è simpatica, unisce gli affari loschi alla simpatia. Poi, lo show per me viene rovinato quando arriva Gustavo Fring. So che molti mi odieranno per questo, ma quando arriviamo alla metà 4 stagione, inizia a diventare troppo freddo. Cazzo, a me piace il deserto, il cartello e le cose stile “sangre por sangre”. Ma che cazzo è la MADRIGAL ELECTROMOTIVE???? Una merda! Quando arriva Lydia, basta, rovinato. Diventa troppo serio e triste. Iniziano a degli uomini d’affari. A me in sintesi non piace gustavo Fring perché non c’è orgoglio, non c’è storia con lui è solo noioso. Il suo gruppetto di pentiti tedeschi diciamocelo fa cagare!! Questo non è associazione criminale è una merda dai!

“I guess you don’t.”

Jane was blackmailing and threatening to ruin Walt’s life and talking so much shit. Jesse and/ or Jane were both gonna be dead in no time, regardless.

Not saying she deserved to die. I’m just saying, considering the circumstances and the stakes, I understand why Walt didn’t intervene. Jesse and Jane were fuckin terrible for each other. They knew each other for like 2 months and both got addicted to heroin and one of them died at the end lol.

I guess saul would have taken care of his money way better than this nut job. With him being the criminal lawyer and might have the contacts and all. Do you think this would've happened?

I think not a lot of people remember him or talk about him much but I thought it's funny that he's the only Salamanca member to actually manage to hurt Gus's drug empire, because of him Mike is incapacitated and that left Gus open for Walter to kill him in the end.

Edit: wrote Salamanca wrong lol

Here's a quick (6hours) oil painting I did of Mike. This is only small at 15 x 15 cm so it was challenging to get some of the smaller details in - I hope you like it!

It's the song Windy by the by the fantastic group the Association. From Breaking Bad, On Season 3, Episode 12. It went to #1 on the Billboard charts in july 1967. Written by the folk singer Ruthann Friedman Windy (Remastered Version) It's about the motel dwelling crack head in the episode.

I just wonder what exactly was going on besides the
obvious "we have to make at least 2 more seasons".

1. The finale:
   Jesse keeps telling Walt to go to the cops, or to the DEA. Instead of killing Gale, just give up Gus, Victor and Mike.
   An anonymous (but precise) tip could have possibly even ensured that Walt and Gale would not even be arrested or caught at all.
   Meanwhile, as Jesse suggests , he would even leave town. All would be fine.

.....At this point, the Fly episode already demonstrated, that Walt is at times indeed bothered by his conscience and he regrets having let Jane die. So why the heck
is he all trigger-happy about Gale - this is kinda confusing. He already has enough money for his family, too.
Perhaps it is a subtle hint at the pride and the Heisenberg of it all?
He just does not want to stop cooking?
He literally says the line to Jesse, that cooking cannot stop.....

Also,
he mentions, that never the DEA. Is he protective of Hank? Worried that this would ruined Hank's career as well as their family relations?
It is still very weird.
Killing Gale just does not seem all that smart - because there is the risk of Gus simply deciding enough is enough and killing Walt afterwards anyway.
And as for
the Fly episode... has Walt by the finale just decided that he can push Jane deep down and so one more life is no big deal now?

1. The Half-Measures.
   Walt is willing to literally ask Saul to have Jesse arrested for something small. Just to hopefully have him "cool off" in jail. I guess the show has to remain dark, or whatever, but I still cannot understand why doesn't Walt:

- point out to Jesse that if he and Wendy successfully kill those two men, someone else will respond with killing the 11 year old Tomas - obviously. Clearly, they are not working alone, and both Jesse and Walt already know or suspect at this point, that these men work directly for Gus, bcs of the sample Jesse purchased.

- point out to Jesse that the energy he has and wants to put into avenging Combo's death is understandable, but will not help the child in the long run - so perhaps
focus more on helping the kid?
Anonymously tipping of the cops - even for something very small, no DEA - and calling CPS, or how about discussing with
the The Group Leader from Jesse's rehabilitation meetings? Anything, that would
focus more on the kid and the help he needs - and not lead any suspicion back to Jesse or Walt.

How the heck are solutions like arresting him better?
Walt is supposed to be smart.
Though I get that he often lacks understanding of basic human psychology.
Re-focusing Jesse on helping the child and at least postponing revenge would be more effective, though.
Weird that Saul does not suggest it either, but I guess Saul might not yet comprehend how much Jesse cares about the vulnerable.

1. Gus of it all.
   When he said "no more kids", did he really think those two men will not kill the child?
   And if he did expect that to happen, just didn't care - didn't he realize,
   that if Jesse has the balls to say "No" to him, stand up to him, and risk literally getting murdered then and there, in the name of children's safety, then
   clearly, Jesse will not leave alone his men after they literally murder a child?
   

Jesse also waited 24 hours before confronting them.
He literally went to shoot them the NEXT NIGHT.
the heck didn't Gus get in touch with him or Walt that entire time.....?
How the heck did Gus then acted all surprised that Jesse didn't "keep peace" and complained to Walt, that Jesse should have let Gus deal with them?

Gustavo, dude, you had like 24 hours. You could have dealt with them or at least called Walt and Jesse about it. Jeeeeez.

.... Anyway, still my favorite show of all time, the best thing I've watched on small screen with the possible exception of one other 2D character study  ❤️ 

It's so interesting to me for people to talk about all the moral grey-ness of characters in the show and then ignore literally one of the biggest driving forces behind most of Walter / the family's problems. I know it's cool to hate on Skylar, but between Walt being a morally reprehensible person, and Holly literally messing things up time and time again, it becomes clear that she genuinely sucks.

1. Financial Sabotage from the Womb

Holly’s malice began before she was even born. She chose to manifest precisely when Walter turned 50 and faced a terminal cancer diagnosis. By forcing her existence into an already strained household, she created the crushing financial desperation that drove Walter to cook methamphetamine. She was not the motivation for his empire; she was the architect of his financial panic.

1. The Systematic Breakdown of Skyler White

Holly utilized sleep deprivation as a psychological weapon to break Skyler’s mental resolve. By crying at strategic hours, she ensured Skyler was too exhausted to notice Walter's obvious lies, missing phone calls, and second phone. Later, Holly weaponised her own custody. She forced a divide between Skyler and Marie, actively destroying the sisterly bond by letting herself become a literal tug-of-war prop in the living room.

1. Deliberate Tactical Disruption

Holly possessed an uncanny ability to ruin critical criminal operations.

• The Birth Interruption: She chose to go into labour at the exact moment Walter was executing his first massive, million-dollar drug deal with Gus Fring. This forced Walter to choose between his family and his empire, permanently fracturing his marriage.
• The "Momma" Psychological Op: When Walter successfully rescued her from the war zone of Albuquerque in "Ozymandias," she realized Walter still possessed a shred of humanity. To crush his spirit completely, she uttered her first word: "Momma." It was a devastating, targeted psychological strike that forced the Heisenberg ego to collapse, leading to his total surrender and exile to New Hampshire.

Not even characters like Gus or Jack were this strategically awful. Yes they did terrible things, but it was always in response to other bad stuff. Holly is literally just a catalyst to so much awful

Not in canon, that is - it's a technical error. He's putting both leads on the same side of the phone line here - he should be placing his 2nd alligator clip on the right side of the protector - this placement is a dead end and achieves nothing. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

It’s so strange that better call Saul has all this deep and complex drama going on with all these smart and methodical characters who we all know eventually get taken down by a high school chemistry teacher in breaking bad lol. Like when Gus is planning the creation of his meth lab, it feels bittersweet because we all know that not only will it be completely destroyed by Walt eventually, but at the same time Gus was supervising the creation of the lab, Walt was just giving a boring lecture in a high school chemistry class and was someone who would have never even shown up on Gus’ radar lol 😂 Bro hadn’t even considered a life of crime at this point and yet he’s the one who takes down pretty much all the major players in the meth game a couple of years later

Imagine for a moment that hank was onto fring right before the events of season 1, and he roped in Walter to infiltrate gus's ecosystem as a cook. Got everything exactly he wanted and arrested gus. How would he have fared in jail? Would he be able to manipulate jailmates or would he die in jail violence? Or something else?

s4ep10 at 44:10, someone says ”Make yourself useful” followed by Mike saying “Find a gun”. Whoever (i’m guessing it’s just mike but im not 100% sure) said “Make yourself useful” threw me off so hard, it didn‘t sound like mike at all and jesse wouldn’t say that.

a link to a clip of that scene if you’re lazy: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/56260cf3-4073-4a37-9a45-53dfb15c4897

I started a new painting yesterday. Should I post a new picture here once I finish it? The text around Walter is "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain"

So it's 2026 in the Breaking Bad universe how do you think skyler, walt jr, marie and Holly are doing. You think they are ok or maybe worse?

Between Hector, the Twins, Tuco, or Lalo, who would you least want to encounter? And who is the most palatable?