All the Clues Hank Missed- Breaking Bad

All the clues that Hank missed.

Throughout the show, Hank Schrader, Walter White's brother-in-law and a dedicated DEA agent, came very very close to discovering the truth about Walter's double life. The signs were there from the very beginning, hidden in plain sight, but Hank missed them. All of them, until he found the copy of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," Walt received from his late colleague, Gale. 

So, In this video, we will go back to the past and explore the key moments in Breaking Bad where Hank almost uncovered Walt's secret identity as Heisenberg but he ultimately failed.

[thecatfromgarfield]

Can't believe it took hank so long to figure out walt was heisenberg, I literally figured it out in season 2

[AMD]

I agree with others, it was not that Hank was too trusting of Walter, it was that he saw Walt as a "lesser" man that was incapable of the actions that Heisenberg did.

[celtic]

I swear Walter always had the most indisputably guilty face whenever Hank mentioned absolutely anything incriminating 😭

[gergokiss]

Imagine if Breaking bad would be from Hanks perspective.
The reveal that Walt is Heisenberg would be the biggest plot twist in TV history.

[styxscorpion]

The problem for Hank was that he was looking for Heisenberg a badass ruthless killer meth cook. His picture of Heisenberg wasn't his pathetic, poor, high school teacher brother-in-law. He thought someone more like Tuco. Even if at any point he thought Walt was Heisenberg he just didn't think someone like Walt was capable.

[crepsmal]

"Whats in the bag?"
"Half a million cash"
"*Opens the bag* Holy shit you're right *Closes the bag*"

[tcook]

“Hank I am Heisenberg and I sell meth”.
“Lol”

[bobbuilding]

Hank wasnt too trusting, he was too proud to even consider walt as a criminal kingpin. In their relationship, hank sees himself as this macho, made man, and walt is this kinda pathetic wimp, at least in hanks eyes. Hank treats him like a little brother, he cares about walt, but he sees him as an almost stunted man that hank leaves himself to take care of, while teasing and making fun of him. This view of walt is entirely counterintuitive to the real design of heisenberg in Hanks imagination.

[porpetassassina]

Hank was biased towards Walt because they were family, and he had a preconceived image of Walt being harmless.
A detective with the same skill level as Hank but neutral towards Walt would have made him the prime suspect during the investigation of the missing school equipment.

[siegodanchez]

Hank actually knew since episode 1, when Walt said “Hank, I’m breaking bad” and Hank responded “better call Saul”

[bens]

There’s also a general connection of dots that never happens - a bald chemistry teacher who used masks from JP Wynne chemistry lab suddenly generates hundreds of thousands in wealth from a “gambling addiction”, possesses a “second cell phone” as Skyler told him and disappeared for several months for cases such as fugue state and various trips out of town. This is why maybe it wasn’t just ideal entertainment but ideal plot line to have the villain be a familial relation - because his denial was so extreme when logic stared in the face, and he wouldn’t give that sort of leniency to anyone except family.

[casmusthaii]

Can't believe Hank missed all these clues. I found out Walt is heisenberg right from the episode 1

[bluevioletandlilac]

A lot of this is just convenience for the writers, but I do think Hank always viewed Walt as a weak man who had smarts but no balls. Hank's really deep in his own personal macho fantasy. And the irony is that Walter thrives on dangerous situations whereas Hank is crippled with PTSD by them.

[AlessAbreu]

It wasn't the fact that Hank thought Walter was a good guy, it was because he thought down of Walter, that he was weak and would never have the courage to pull something like that off.

[cykameister]

for the very first clue with the respirator, hank asked if walt recognized it. walt said no, but if u think about it he really should have said "yes its chemistry class equipment". too bad hank missed that too

[pierrelongshanks]

What always made me chuckle about Breaking Bad was that Gus went through all of that trouble to build this super-lab under ground at the Laundry. But he didn't bother to build a garage to where his chief chemist(s) could park in private. Seems like he would have some sort of secure parking area for management, supervisors, and meth cooks.

[biologicalsubwoofer]

Even Light Yagami's dad was suspicious of his son when L told him about it. Hank's ego thinking his nerdy brother in-law could never be involved in the drug sphere was his ultimate flaw.

[benhan]

bro def wrote the script for this video with chat gpt i hear it

[ReidTheRulesGuy]

I've always thought that if Hank could watch the show back, he would be so upset with himself for missing so many signs

[RoboticIzaac]

In the moment where Walt told hank about the cash in the bag, I feel like it was almost like a last attempt from Walt at wanting to get caught. He wanted Hank to catch him and put and end to it while simultaneously verifying his actions by not getting caught.