The Episode That Made Breaking Bad A Masterpiece

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Songs Used:
Song 1: Loner (13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim)
Song 2: Into the Frying Pan (Final Fantasy IX)
Song 3: Desert Wasteland (Final Fantasy VII)
Song 4: Between Worlds (The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence - [Artist: Smiling Cynic])
Song 5 - Hollow Skies (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
Song 6 - Lust for Power (Final Fantasy XII)

[Aleczandxr]

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[higginswalsan]

This episode contains the single most brilliant line spoken in any piece of fiction ever:
*Ah...wire*

[unclebenjamin]

This episode is “the good old days” point of the show

[marker]

The fact that people still talk about this show after 8 years just shows how memorable and deep it was.

[KidneyStealer]

The reason that tumor shrink to 80%. Is because Walter ate a Funyun when Jesse and Walt are sitting looking at the sunset.

[easschung]

The contrast and fade in those opening scenes is so sad..

"Everything you did, you did for your family!" *fades to that family scared of him and fending him off with a knife*

"....Right?"

[matilyn_rf]

The El Camino flashback being during this episode was kind of a flag to me of how much it really was a turning point episode in a lot of ways.

[norcalroamer]

Season 2 is so under appreciated. It often gets ranked pretty low but I love how simple and down to earth it’s stories are.

[TheArtofGuitar]

"A robot?" "Ah, wire!" Two best lines. Spoiler: Strangely Walt does end up building a sort-of robot at the end of the series that shoots.

[jimmyichigo]

As someone mentioned, this is Aaron Paul's favourite episode. He says it's a great representation of who Walt and Jesse deep down and how much they need each other at this moment in time. And as you aptly pointed out, that wonderfully weird and dark dispenser scene is the cherry on top.

[ernesttanare]

It is Aaron Paul's favorite episode. He really enjoyed doing the diner scene with Bryan Cranston in El Camino

[TheZerwned]

Fantastic analysis. Had forgotten how good that scene of Walt punching the towel dispenser was.

[tsakisagapaww]

i recently finished breaking bad... what a masterpiece

[oldmatejohnno]

I love walt's face when Jesse Rolls up to the airport in the meth lab 🤣 the sheer "what the fuck is he doing?" It's so relatable yet hilarious

[Delta_Aves]

The damaged dispenser comes back in a later season (forget which one) and it remains damaged, perhaps to further represent how Walt's transformation and the consequences of his actions are irreversible or just as a fun little call back. Not everything has to be symbolic, but it does makes things more interesting.

[disturbedpyro]

The fact that Jesse calls Walt Mr. White during the entire series shows, even though in the end he pretty much hated Walt, he still had respect for him! Walt saves Jesse's life from Uncle Jack and he even gets to kill Todd. I like how in the end so much is silently communicated between them. They don't have to say anything because their body language is saying for them.

[Uniquenameosaurus]

14:27 I don't know if the show intended this metaphor or if you created it but either way its a beautifully ominous observation. geeez

[franklinbadge]

Walt is such an awful human being, yet such a brilliantly written character. I was so confused by his anger at the end of the episode, but I grew to understand it more as the show went on. It deliberately hides things about Walt from the viewer and slowly unravels his motivations as time passes. It just so good

[llama]

I wish chemistry was used more to solve his problems. The way he explained the homemade battery to Jesse felt like he was his teacher again

[darren]

“ it’s either you die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”