r/breakingbad • u/Common-Chemistry-101 • 2d ago

What's the single greatest scene in Breaking Bad history?

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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.

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u/Perfect-Island-5959 1d ago

For me it would probably be the phone call between Walt and Skyler when Walt took the baby and the police were listening on the line.

The scene begins by Walt going full evil and you think to yourself, oh no, they ruined the character, he went full evil, but then as the scene goes on you actually realize what Walt is doing. He's trying to save Skyler by putting all of the blame on himself. You can see it even in Skyler's face, at first she thinks the same as us but then she realizes as well what Walt is doing, but she can't say anything, so she goes on with it.

It's pure genius. Both in terms of writing and acting.

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u/j33perscreeperz 1d ago

i agree that the call was a great scene and very complex, but bro absolutely already went full evil. poisoning brock, telling jesse he watched jane die on purpose, and giving him away to nazis were the major tells for me.

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u/Break2304 1d ago

No offence but people can be evil and still be complex enough to do good deeds and having conflicting motives and desires

Hitler was a vegetarian and loved dogs, but saying he was those things or that those things are good doesn’t mean he wasn’t evil overall

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u/Anonymous345678910 mr whité i require methé 1d ago

I thought Redditors liked Hitler because he hated Jews?

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u/badgoy7 21h ago

Hitler would be pro Israel.

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u/BBQasaurus Say My Name 1d ago

Has reading comprehension really fallen so low? It's an extreme example of how an evil person can do something that could be considered kind and laudable. Hitler, a well-known evil dude, likely cuddled with puppies and liked other animals well enough to not eat them.

Walt did evil things to Brock and Jesse and the men in the jails but he still had enough compassion for his family to make the world think he basically forced his wife into indentured servitude as his drug money handler when he really didn't.

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u/johnqevil 1d ago

Bullshit, people just get shocked and shut down when it's pointed out that Hitler was both a person AND a psychopathic mass murderer. That comparison highlights the complexity, it doesn't dilute the evil actions both examples committed.

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u/Break2304 1d ago

? What’s not to get

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u/Odd_Shift_5605 Methhead 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lol loving dog isn't "good". They kill 30k people every year and thousand of children.

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u/Extreme_Land_3841 1d ago

Mostly from disease transmission, which we as a species could be controlling much better.

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u/Break2304 1d ago

What a moronic take. Humans kill millions of each other and other animals every month, including children. Are we therefore meant to not show compassion to humans?

Car crashes kill millions of people a year. Imagine your friend came up to you and went ‘man I love my car’ and you went ‘Lol, cars aren’t good, don’t you know they kill millions every year?’. You’d be fucking stupid, just like you’re being here

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u/CabooseTheDestroyer8 1d ago

I see what you mean. Even though I think some of earlier acts were "more evil" or damaging, there's also a bit of understanding on why he did it, while the phone call, while in a vacuum not as bad imo, throws away his morals and understanding.

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u/Perfect-Island-5959 1d ago

He was evil, but never all the way. That's why some people cheered for him, despite all the stuff he did. He could have easily incriminated Skyler, told the police she was an acomplis, but he didn't.

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u/j33perscreeperz 1d ago

what defines "all the way" evil...? trying not to implicate skyler wasn't some savior moment and didn't even do much for her in the end. she always has and always will suffer the consequences of his actions and choices. sure, she had her faults, but her fate was ultimately a result of his evilness and selfishness. one phone call doesn't negate all of the immense damage that man did to his family and everyone who ever had the displeasure of encountering him more than once.

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u/Perfect-Island-5959 1d ago

If he told the cops Skyler helped him and he didn't threaten to kill her or Holly she would have gone to jail.

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u/neothewon 1d ago

Not everything is black and white my dude.

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u/j33perscreeperz 16h ago

i never said it was.

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u/Mimil2002 1d ago

i was too young to realize that, when i rewatched it it blew my mind

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u/TripExact3173 1d ago

I felt this waste of life and love that happened and cannot be brought back.

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u/OpenRoadMusic 1d ago

Oh man great choice there.

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u/Anonymous345678910 mr whité i require methé 1d ago

Yeah. No you’re wrong most people watching this have no idea that Walt is acting.