Mike Pays Chris Mara a Visit | Madrigal | Breaking Bad

After cleaning up the final traces of evidence connecting them to the meth ring’s deadly end, Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) look to Mike (Jonathan Banks) to help rebuild the drug lab. And as the police close in on the German food company that supplied the chemicals for Gus’ lab, Mike (Jonathan Banks) takes drastic steps to keep his role in the drug business from being exposed.

Season Five - Episode Two: "Madrigal"

Episode Description:
Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.

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[spencerm]

Chow has like three minutes of screentime in the entire show and I was still really bummed when he died

[SheldonAdama]

I love the Amazon reviews for the toy pig - “Great for surprising old friends!”

[Mike]

I love how chow is sleeping in the background with his eyes open while having ketchup on his face

[yung_wise]

You can hear Mike's heart snaps when the boy says, "I'm sorry they just took everything" and Mike sighs and says, "I know..."

[rustykuntz]

Chris got a relatively quick and painless death unlike all of the other guys in prison.

[BaseDeltaZero]

I love how genuinely gutted they both are about the situation. There is no hatred or anger in this scene, just a wary recognition of the rules of the game they find themselves in.- Breaking Bad at it's absolute best.

[jordanguy]

“Are you ready?”
Something about that line really hits man

[Chiwalker]

That honestly was one of the best examples of what a suppressor does to a gun, it doesn't make it magically silent, it's still an explosion of gunpowder, but it definitely makes it less of a bang

[mdfilmguy]

Even if Chris had managed to finish the job, Lydia probably would have had him killed, too.

[sonoftheway]

When even this toy pig thing has an origin story in Better Call Saul

[hskshag]

0:51 when mike says “Chris” and his eyes just close... he knows he’s dead at that moment

[eiffel]

I feel sorry for Mike given that this was one of his budding proteges whom he probably liked as a friend, akin to his relationship with Jesse. But they both accept the reasons why he chose to take the job of killing Mike, and Mike seems to empathise with him even though he knows he must kill him. It's almost merciful when Mike pulls the trigger unexpectedly, causing Chris a swift death rather than watch him blubber and plead Mike to let him go.

[sentrazyven]

"are you ready?" Damn that hits hard

[jaredjones]

Great acting by the guy who plays Chris Mara. He sounds really depressed and defeated, and I don't think it's just because Mike got the drop on him. He must've been in a pretty bad spot to do this, given how carefully vetted he was. Hopefully Chris shows up as a supporting character in Better Call Saul's final season.

[gmfb]

0:51 "chris..." the way he says it, it really conveys that fatherly, "I'm not mad, just disappointed" emotion

[Grahf]

This was a missed opportunity to expand into Breaking Bad merchandising, and feature a Hector Salamanca doll.

You pull the string, and it shouts "THE BOSS can SOKK MEE!", and then it starts to vibrate violently to simulate a major cardiac episode.

[JD]

Chow was alright. He did his part and he kept his word.

[StiL]

Well, you know how they say, 'It’s been a pleasure’?' It hasn’t.

[Veloziraptor]

I like how the silenced pistol still sounds like a loud gun, just somewhat muffled, as it should. None of that whimsical "pew pew pew" nonsense that most movies put on it.

[facuuu]

Love how in this scene the death feels "realistic", no music, no changing on the camera angle, no way to show it as "epic", just a few shots and Chris is dead, then the whole room is just silent, i was amazed by how realistic this scene felt tbh