I watched this stream before I watched the video.

Regarding Walt shaving his head and acting like nothing happened: my father had a thick mustache for my entire life, it was part of his identity. He spontaneously shaved it off during an Italian family vacation and nonchalantly walked into the room like Walt did. My sister, mother, and I all reacted like Skyler. Middle aged men are just weirdos like that

I have literally never heard another human being say "half hazard"

Fan of all your Better Call Saul and now Breaking Bad related content but I am 49 years old, lived my whole life in the U.S. and have never once heard anyone say ‘half-hazard’.

bob odenkirk’s best line is when hank is trying to get jesse to admit walt is heisenberg and he busts in with “agent schrader, beat any good suspects lately ?”

Seeing Wendigoon in this livestream is a crazy crossover I never expected lol.

"Wendigoon? Aren't you, like, a huge KZfaqr?" I love that moment

Jesse did NOT rob his parents. He was the one who looked after his aunt, and she very specifically wanted him to have it. His parents stole it from him. They had the legal right too, but clearly only because jesse's aunt was sick and didnt do a proper will. It was a bizzare and cruel thing too do.

the wendigoon interaction was hella cute wow

Walter killed Crazy-8 because he thought he would kill his family. Go back to the scene where Walter wrote the pros and cons of freeing him.

if you ever do get into the game route (or if you don't, but still for your own edification) - DISCO ELYSIUM! it is like reading the most complex choose your own adventure book ever written - literarily genius, and you will really enjoy the psychological themes (and the way the medium of the game is uniquely used to explore them!)

Re: Walt killing Jessie in S1E1 Walt killed Emilio in the moment in pure self defense, but it took him forever to stump up the courage to kill Crazy 8 and still couldn't until Crazy 8 did something hostile. He didn't YET have it in him to kill Jessie in cold blood, that probably changed during the Jane situation. Jessie would die, but not in the timeframe of season 1.

just putting another drop into the "sopranos" bucket - you would absolutely love and have a lot to say about it, and therapy itself is one of the central significant plot threads!!

On the point of Walter contemplating cooking meth before his cancer diagnosis. I would say that he reflects the audience and their relationship to watching his character in the show and the enjoyable transgressions that it provides. His curiosity of seeing the monetary thriving of the drug world clearly makes him think "huh, well, I could do that easily", but I don't think he would ever have been pushed to do it without the diagnosis. Similarly, I think he would probably think the same thing about a lot of other aspects of life, just like the audience, of things like "well, if I wanted to try, I could just assassinate the prime minister", but people won't usually act on those feelings, they just think about it. And, only once he has nothing to lose, he decides "fuck it" and makes a go of it. And, by way of that, the show allows the audience to enjoy that fantasy through this narrative and character.

Walt was worried that domingo would murder him and his entire family, not turn him in. He had no way of knowing he was a CI.

DUDE!! I have always wanted to hear someone talk about when Walt sees Skyler when Tuco opens the trunk! It’s like he is in an alternate world where everything goes his way and people celebrate his iNSANe behavior. I don’t know if it’s a huge factor but I love that scene

As far as the Walter pondering cooking meth before his diagnosis. I always seen it as him having the thought, like I believe many people have of maybe robbing a bank or something similar, you’d never do it but you have that little fantasy in you head and move on. I think that’s what cooking meth was for Walter, then he got diagnosed and suddenly that fear of consequences was gone. So I think both are true, he had thoughts of cooking meth before, but the only reason he actually took action on it was the cancer. I also very much agree with the suggestion of playing The Last of Us! It’s certainly the perfect game for your content.

As someone who has also spent their entire life in the United States, you’re the first person I’ve ever heard pronounce that word as “half-hazard”. I’ve only ever heard it pronounced the way it’s spelled “hap-hazard”

Thank you! The whole "he starts cooking meth, because he's dying" thing is completely wrong! And the show states it EXPLICITLY. He admits to Skyler that it wasn't his reason! "I did it for me! I liked it, I was good at it.“ The cancer is his justification, but not the reason. That's why he gpes apeshit when he's considered healed. His justification is gone. He has to face that he's a bad person.

I literally couldn't listen to enough of your video essays. You are so insightful, both psychologically, and with your literary analysis. I don't know how you feel about animation, but I would be over the moon happy if you did an analysis of Arcane. That show has extremely complex themes and characters, and I think you'd have a field day with it. Avoid spoilers going in though if you want the best viewing experience!

1:12:05 Domingo literally had a piece of broken plate he was gonna use to kill Walter. Walter was going to let him go until that happened. Should rewatch the scene. Killing Jessie and Killing Crazy-8, the guy who had him at gunpoint, was gonna try to kill him again, not even similar situations.

Regarding the conversation about Walt killing Krazy-8, Krazy-8 wouldn't have "turned him in" to anyone other than the cartel. Walt was dead if he let him escape again and he knew it. Jesse was never going to kill Walt or turn him in because turning him in would be incriminating himself and he's not savvy enough to navigate that situation.

Echoing the sentiment from another comment here, I also have literally never heard a human being say “half hazard” until stumbling upon this video (I’m also in the US). Anyway, thanks for the entertaining long form content! Helpful to listen to in the background while I’m editing my videos.

I found you from your videos that recently blew up obviously which are incredible but you're honestly such a good streamer it like comes naturally to you or something. It's so nice to just chill and hang out with you definitely keep streaming. ☺

I'm glad I found your channel. The way you clearly articulate your thoughts even on a live stream is so captivating, love the channel and I'm very excited for your coverage on Atlanta

I'm a little confused about something So, most interpretations of Todd's character I have seen talk about him like he is an unfeeling psycho which isn't how I saw him during the show I actually felt really bad for Todd, moreso than any of the other major villains I saw Todd express a level or regret and empathy for all of the terrible things he did, the sad part being that, because of the people who raised him, he has learned to suppress his empathy and do terrible things to support the criminal lifestyle he was essentially born into. Todd expresses this in a dejected and subdued way because he has gotten used to the idea that he just has to do it but we can still see there are ways he goes above whats necessary, likely to help ease his conscious, like getting Jesse blankets, ice cream, pizza, etc. Obviously, these don't cancel out the evil of what he does but given the people around him and the bare minimum of what he has to do, he does go out of his way to care for Jesse. Its been a few months since I finished breaking bad, the worst thing I remember him doing was killing Brock's sister for almost nothing, I don't even remember the reason and it was horrible. Aside from that, you could see his enslavement of Jesse as terrible, which it is, but the alternative that would have happened if Todd hadn't was death. You could argue that permanent enslavement is worse than death but that is an argument. His other many killings are usually a necessity to maintain his criminal lifestyle and, while that doesn't really justify his actions, is understandable given who raised him. I think if Todd were given a fresh start and develop some healthy relationships, he would probably live a moral and good life. Am I missing something about his character?

With the success of your BB video, does that mean you might consider making more? There are still some interesting topics to explore (Walt being a bad teacher, Skyler being far more capable at everything than Walt, ...). Alternatively, there are some more current shows out there depicting therapy and mental health in general (Shrinking and Ted Lasso spring to mind). They are more on the comedy side of things, but made with a lot of heart.

I was thinking about the empathy comment someone made because I too was thinking this throughout your video/this steam. You question if we’re supposed to have much empathy for Walter around 2:16:30 - Is storytelling just a vehicle for sitting in judgement? Especially from a therapist…Was looking for a more nuanced look at his character. This approach is even represented in the way you kind of patronized your own audience for not thinking Walt would kill Jessie in season 1 by asking “..so he kills crazy 8 but not Jessie..how does that work?” I don’t have a great word for this mindset other than “Twitter brain” but I know I don’t want to consume art in such a mode. Yes he’s not a “good guy” but I don’t consume art to confirm that I am better than the characters on screen and I don’t think Vince/the writers could’ve written such compelling material if they took this approach. I also can’t help but feel your take on the character is more informed by Walt’s reception among dude-bro, chud-types online, which would be a very terminally-online way to view art as well. Not to be critical, I did watch your whole essay but these are my honest thoughts.

saw urr vid in my recommended and it banged tbh, nearly a milly on the BB/BCS vid now!!

I watched all of your BCS video essays as I've been going to therapy school myself (just graduated MS in Counseling Psychology, yay!). I've really enjoyed hearing your insights and perspective and glad you finally came around to watching Breaking Bad. I'll also add a nudge to watch Sopranos next, very interesting from a therapy perspective and exploring the question of change.

I would be very excited to see you cover The Sopranos. I love BCS and Breaking Bad, but The Sopranos resonates with me on a much more personal level. The family dynamics are very real and I love the dream sequences. Great work on these videos!

3:24:11 your reaction to the ad made me laugh a lot, im the exact same when this happens to me too!!! Also i love your videos, you explain things in ways i can understand, usually i find some topics confusing in video essays but not yours so thank you for making wonderful videos!

I really enjoy your take on BB and BCS and I think you're a really comforting guy. glad I found your channel.

Not to detract from the topic but have you seen Bojack Horseman? Seeing your perspective on BB/BCS, I feel like you would get a lot out of it

You earned a new permanent follower! You're very insightful and kind, and your takes on BB and BCS were what brought me here. Hope you and all your followers are doing well!

Genuinely can't wait for your videos on Sopranos, maybe like one video essay for each season recapping and giving your thoughts thus far? Just an idea, either way looking forward to it.

You're not wrong about Walt considering meth but as noted in chat, the cancer was Walt's impetus to actually do it and to do many, many other things. He goes through the series feeling victimized, without agency and as much as any drug, Walt becomes addicted to the power and liberty of his diagnosis. It's literally license for him to do what he's always wanted to do, what he felt destined to accomplish. "I'm in it for the empire."

I will say if you as a viewer struggle to resonate with Walter white, as far as at least feeling a little bit bad for him, you might have missed some important details throughout the show and I think throughout this live stream, you’ll come to understand that you might need to watch the show again and give it another try because I think you’re missing some key stuff. In regards to whether or not Walter would kill Jesse if Jesse decided to stop working with Walter after Emilio and Krazy 8 dies, I really don’t think Walter would kill Jesse. Your argument behind why Walter would kill Jesse was because he killed Krazy 8 for nearly no reason other than he was worried about him telling the police, but I think there is a lot of proof that suggests Walter actually was going to let Krazy 8 go, but then realizes that he must kill him because Krazy 8 might kill him because of the plate shard missing. I understand that Walter is a bad person and he is a villain, but Vince Gilligan wrote the character for you to not only route for Walter, but to also view Walter as a victim. Walters story can coincide a little bit with Lou bloom (from Nightcrawler) in a way because it is a success story about a sociopathic killer who will do anything to reach his goal. I think it’s important to understand the reason why Walter does the things he does why he treats his family so poorly and why he sleeps well after killing somebody it’s because he realizes after he got his cancer diagnosis that all of those feelings kind of went away, and that he grew a sort of narcissistic view of life. He wanted to feel powerful because he’s never felt that type of power throughout his life and I think that’s what makes Walter such a a weird character because you know he’s a bad person, but for some reason like deep inside of you, do you want to root for him but you also want him to learn from his mistakes which he doesn’t until the very end. And I think it’s interesting that you mention that Jesse really didn’t have a choice in anything up until the very end of the show and I think it would’ve been very important to touch on how Jesse got the last choice in the finale. I hope you read this, because I just discovered you a couple days ago and although I think your view of breaking bad is some thing, I don’t agree with I honestly respected by. Also, do you think you need to rewatch the show? Also, apologize for bad grammar, I am using the audio option for my keyboard, because I simply don’t have the energy to type all of this down, and the audio comes out a little weird.

The Wire!!! You would love it!! It's good for many of the same reasons Better Call Saul is. Lots of questions of morality told through very real characters, but contextualised in their struggles to operate within Baltimore's failings institutions. Also all done without ever explicitly saying so, which might mean it also at times seems slow, but all the pieces matter.

Hearing you talk about Twin Peaks might be... interesting

I think if we are talking end of the tv pilot Walter specifically, he wouldn't have the stuff to outright murder jesse wirhout physical provocation. Not because he wouldnt see jesse as a threat, but because his murder of Emilio was driven primarily by a sense of visceral self preservation. He might think Jesse cant be allowed to go free but frankly I dont think he would have it in him to launch a physically unprovoked attack. Especially so considering that he needed to do drugs in order to even hype himself up enough to actively murder Domingo later that season. He would plot agsinst Jesse, sure, but kill him in cold blood right then and there? You must be thinking of season 5 Walter if you think he'd do that

There's a convention that's happening in October in Vilnius, Lithuania that I'm going to, and it's said Flynn's actor is gonna be there as a guest!!! So stoked

I rewatched the series after your last essay and I never considered he was interested in cooking before the cancer. I do think you're right.

WOW! Hilarious that one of the most genuinely decent guys on Y.T , Wendigoon stopped by to show his love to a creator w/a channel 1% of the size, because the content is good!

I think the funniest part about how angry everybody got at your toxic masculinity argument is that I -the woman who edited your script- didn't touch a single line of it. Unless I'm mistaken, I left it completely as it was, maybe commenting affirmations occasionally as I read. When you mention throughout the video (indirectly by using my pronouns) that a woman helped consult on and edit the script, I wonder if some of the viewers internalized that, because they seem pretty dang defensive. I don't think I shared my mentality behind the decision to leave the toxic masculinity segment untouched to you while we worked on this, but I'll go ahead and explain it here: This is a video created by a man, about male-centric media created by mostly men. I actually thought your opinions on toxic masculinity were more suited to the discussion at hand than my own, since you're coming from common ground with the material you're critiquing. If this were my video, I'd probably say different things about the toxic masculinity in the show, but then it wouldn't be a male voice, and thus it wouldn't be your voice, and that's the entire point of creating video essays. I've seen some video essays successfully pull this off by having the host say "This is what my minority writer/editor said" and just reading it verbatim, and that definitely works sometimes, but in this case I much preferred to just hear a man's take on the men in Breaking Bad.

New fan here, loved your Breaking Bad thoughts. Currently an hour into the livestream, hoping you get into Walt's fixation on Jesse. Anyway just wanted to say you have really good hair and eyebrows

Yo your music is sick, kinda reminds me of Boards of Canada and other hauntology music

I'm an American and in 57 years living in almost the whole country I have NEVER heard anyone say "half hazard" EVER. WTF would it even MEAN?

I always interpreted the Kim-as-a-kid-stealing scene as something she was put up to by her mom. It's super obvious! Kim is a gifted kid, her mom is the no-good-drunk-driving and shoplifting mother.

I think seeing how Walt thinks about cooking meth before his diagnosis shows somebody morbidly curious at the control/success of these underground empires; but he still needed the diagnosis to act on it, jeopardizing his family and himself in order to support (and to feed an ego that believes it’s dying)

I never thought about how much more impactful the cartel deaths would be with knowledge of better call saul

Really enjoyed the stream! 3:49:59 Ernest Shackelton and his ship Endurance, which sank in the Weddel sea in 1918. Greatest survival/adventure story I've ever heard. Knowing only that they recently found the wreck, I read Alfred Lansing's book, "Endurance". By the end my mind was blown. (I tried to use proper punctuation in this comment so you know I'm not AI.)

The spore mention flabbergasted me that game was my childhood

This may be random but this video reminds me of when my literature teacher would make us study something by putting a lot of KZfaq videos about the topic on and discussing with the class and it’s makin me a lil nostalgic :’)

1:46:00 Mr. White says he is the one who knocks but he never is, its Jesse, Hector, Saul

Mr. What's Therapy ... since you are looking for more content to review, may I suggest you review TWIN PEAKS? It was influential to various iconic series like Better Call Saul & The Sopranos. In fact, the creator of The Sopranos once said the he "bows" to Twin Peaks' greatness. And if you listen to the commentary tracks of Better Call Saul, sometimes they will say stuff along the lines of "this is our Twin Peaks moment". The series is quite deep & far-reaching!

You seem like a such down to earth person, love your vids

When you were mentioning how cool it would be to review story heavy games, I instantly thought of Red Dead Redemption 2. You don’t need a whole lot of insight on the original game because the main story of RDR2 takes place before the original and the story is heavy and the land is beautiful, the characters feel real. It’s also very gritty like BCS or BB, I think you would enjoy it!

Great video, you're really entertaining. Definitely gotta watch The Sopranos some time, it's basically Breaking Bad: New Jersey Mafia Edition

You asked what a "western" is, and of course genres are socially constructed marketing terms that are basically impossible to pin down definitively, but I think a Western, in the sense that most people think, is a story about The Frontier: the edge of society where The Law struggles to reach. Walter White is an Outlaw in the most romantic way possible, drawn to the Frontier by his desire to live completely freely and without limits, and I think Breaking Bad, like many Westerns before it, is about the implications of that decision: what it costs him and those around him, and whether it's even possible to live that way, much less whether it's ethical. I think Walter feels constrained and insecure, and wishes he could live free from the forces that he feels make him feel that way, and getting his cancer diagnosis pushes him to finally do what he's always wanted to do (be an abusive a-hole)

That video released the exact day I finally got through my 4 day binge of Better, what luck!

Since we're dropping show recommendations, hard rec to Succession, there's a lot to talk about psychologically there and as we approach the finale in a few weeks there's no better time for it.

The second wife cheating thing is addressed by Vince Gilligan as something he wished he didn’t include in BB. My bet is that Saul is making it up to empathize with Walt

As far as i understand, the kid named finger backstory is just an absurd iteration of the "ok class today we're gonna finger paint" meme, which is basically that as the caption + the reaction from a kid named 'paint'

I had the EXACT same experience as the commenter at 2:36:12, I did see the show at like age 15 to be fair. I totally saw the evil he was doing, but was mostly just on board for Walt's journey. Unlike most people though this isn't really a top 5 of all time show for me.

Really loved the entire Live. Thanks for your time. What is your name? SAY YOUR NAME :)

As a trans woman, allow me my two cents on the whole "toxic masculinity" discussion. A lot of men feel like they suffer from hyperagency. *they* have to be the ones who protect others and also fix themselves. When a man exhibits toxic behaviours taught to him by masculinity, this is called toxic masculinity, but when a woman or a trans person exhibits similar behaviours for their own class, it is referred to as "internalised misogyny" or "internalised transphobia". To a lot of men, to whom being masculine is important, saying they are exhibiting toxic masculinity feels like yet another attack from the people who will also attack them for being part of a demographic that is seen as perpetuating misogyny. This kind of hyperagency grinds you down, to the point where the mention of the words "toxic masculinity" can be triggering. I think its completely valid to be upset by that, because i think that men ought to recieve the same amount of empathy that we afford women and trans people. I would suggest instead of using the phrases "toxic masculinity", reframe this as what it is, what we would default to for any other demographic: internalised misandry. I think this simple rephrasing of the issue could go a long way in reaching men who feel scorned by society, and making them feel heard.

I thought your comments regarding guilt inducing behaviours were quite interesting. Different people feel guilty about different things and often it can be a matter of perspective (and constitution). Consider 'The Stranger' by Camus, there are plenty of events that occur in the novella where Meursault should have felt something, but didn't, it's simply not in his character. It seems to me that Jimmy's story is quite similar, he's simply behaving in ways that feel almost deterministic for his character. Does he feel guilty about any of this? I don't think so. As you mentioned, his courtroom theatrics seemed too performative. In addition, previous to his final court appearance, he was able to spin a version of events which would have made him seem like more of a victim. The only reason (as far as I can tell) that he didn’t take ‘the deal’ was because he wanted to live up to a standard which would satisfy Kim, rather than his own standards.

3:08:00 actually the kid named finger meme comes from a parody of a meme that goes something like "-hey class today were going to finger paint -kid named paint: " (their reaction is not important) the one with mike is just an anti humor edit of it (and obviously they removed the first line afterwards)

HI What's Therapy, & to the person who did Not understand the term Gaslighting: The term actually is Originally based on the 1944 thriller / noir Movie called 'Gaslight,' starring Ingrid Bergman & Charles Boyer. Please Google the movie & read it's well written summary, as it helps convey what it means and how awful & Terrifying it can be to be the victim of someone Gaslighting. In the movie Gaslight, the lead woman's new husband somehow causes the actual Gas Lights in their home to Dim w/out being seen by her, pictures on the wall to suddenly disappear, & other strange & disturbing things to happen, but He lies & tells her she's Imagining these things, trying to make her doubt what she's seen & her own sanity, which is His extreme & cruel way of gaslighting her. I've not seen the movie yet, but I've known about it for Years, just reread its summary, & as it seems it's now Free to watch on prime video, I plan to watch it soon.

To your point about the impetus of the show; a lot of Walt's behavior at the beginning of the show (before he starts cooking) doesn't imply to me that he's someone who's given any sort of serious consideration to cooking meth, but rather that he's someone who's very passionate about chemistry. Since it's part of his field, he's probably given some fleeting consideration to how it works and what it'd be like. The cancer diagnosis is his "well, it can't get any worse" moment, the thing that ultimately brings him to abandon his morals and go for it. It's like how as a computer scientist, I've given thought to the idea of how cybersecurity vulnerabilities work. The question of "if I wanted to pull off a major info heist, how would I do it?" is one I've entertained even if I've had no plans of ever going through with it. Likewise as a therapist I assume you're cognizant of the mechanics of how people work and how one might take advantage of that. Even if you've got no intent whatsoever of actually exploiting that knowledge to any kind of end, it still exists for you in a way it might not for someone not in your field, and you've thus still entertained it more than one who isn't in your field. Breaking Bad presents someone who's dealt an awful hand and throws away his morals in order to cope with it.

This is exactly what I need for while I’m playing Zelda

Your point at 15:20 about Walt considering cooking before his diagnosis is valid. I've watched the show at least a dozen times and never thought too much about him and Hank talking about the meth lab seizure on TV in the pilot -- probably a little bit of a Mandela effect going on there. Breaking Bad's entire premise is "teacher gets cancer and decides to sell drugs before he dies." You tell yourself that enough, coupled with the fact that the pilot might have some of the least replay value in the entire series, it's easy to forget that Walter silently thought to himself, "Well shit I can do something as easy as making meth with basic chemistry for $700,000." There is more than shock at how much money he's seeing on the screen in the scene. He is thinking about something. He is considering something. He has an idea. He may not have had plans or connections, but yes, in this scene, I believe he thought about it. This is revealing of Walt's character in retrospect for reasons I'll get to in a minute. Walt asks Hank how much money they seized partially because he is indeed shocked that such a simple crime can pay that much. I mean drugs are useless, pointless, and bad, right? That's what Walter White the good little boy with a cigarette for a mother and a dead father who couldn't tell him otherwise was taught. He is genuinely surprised by the value being generated by something that HE KNOWS he can quickly do well with his education right there in the town in which he resides -- and for a brief moment, his ego speaks. His voice and facial expression are similar to those that he uses when the part of his personality that thinks he is smart is speaking. The fact that Walt could even have this thought shows that he is about his own interests. This to your point happens before he is provoked to change something in his life by the cancer diagnosis. It's a nice detail that Gilligan gave us because it reinforces the overarching theme of the show. A theme I think can simply be stated as "The devil is within all of us." Walter was a prime candidate to do things as evil as he does in a short 24 months after receiving a cancer diagnosis, but Gilligan I think is really trying to tell us that evil is ordinary -- a mild-mannered middle-aged chemistry teacher considers cooking meth in his living room at his 50th birthday party well before he finds out he has a halfway decent excuse to "act out". Gilligan is very clearly also telling us not only should we watch out for those around us, but to watch oneself, one's reasoning, and argue against one's own "bullshit rationales". No one will ever care for you the way you can care for yourself, so be your own worst enemy and your own best friend at the appropriate times! I am surprised that you are surprised that the video did so well! It's the first of yours that I've seen, and your quality and delivery came across as someone with multiple million subscribers. I've just been recommended this replay and just noticed you only have 35K subscribers! I was shocked! I'm a subscriber now. Thanks for your thoughtfulness and discussion on two great shows. They are in essence the shows that ruined all other TV for me.

If you ever wanna do a followup to this specific series of videos, I highly recommend watching Twin Peaks: The Return, and then the original two seasons of Twin Peaks.

Dude the reason Walter kills krazy 8 is for two reasons: 1. He was reasonably scared that krazy 8 was going to get revenge on him for Emilo and kill his entire family in return. Just go back and look at the pros and cons list Walter made. 2. The act of taking the piece of plate means that krazy 8 was lying the whole time about not being mad and not going to do something to Walt right after releasing him. The audience can see krazy 8 reaching for the piece of plate in his pocket WHILE Walter was unlocking the bike lock, or while he thought Walt was unlocking the lock, whatever. He CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY was going to kill Walt right after being freed, like cmon bruh it's not that hard. I know you hate Walt but cmon.

I'm new to your channel and I really like your take on BB and BCS. Thank you for doing this. Wish you the best. My question is (this might be answered before) If Chuck trusted/supported Jimmy, will he be a descent lawyer or will he still be the same Slippin' Jimmy?

what do you think of walter revealing the truth about jane to jesse when he did?

Chat got censored so I don't know if anyone said it, but: Walt is not worried about Krazy-8 turning him into the DEA, because Walt doesn't know he's an informant. Walt is worried that Krazy-8 is a ruthless drug dealer and is going to kill his family as retribution for his dead cousin. Walt could have just turned himself in at that point (or any point) and his family would be kept safe, so it's still morally wrong, obviously. But if Jesse had told Walt at the end of the pilot that he was out, Walt would obviously be stressed about it, but he wouldn't see Jesse as a threat to his family's safety. I'm usually 100% on Team Anti-Walt, so finding myself in the position of defending the man is wild to me.

You mentioned the Office Hours podcast in this video so I'm curious if you're familiar with Tim Heidecker's other work, specifically the webshow "On Cinema." I think you'd have some interesting takes on the mentality of characters in that show based on your Better Call Saul videos.

Old Jeff and new Jeff are literally indistinguishable?? Seriously? Sure they look similar, but identical? That's bizarre to me. Also, the way the look has no bearing on discrepancies in their performance. Even if they were identical, which in my view they very much aren't, the nuances of their performances are still noticeably different

Walt wasn’t afraid of Domingo going to the cops, he was afraid Domingo was a violent killer and would kill Walt and his family. He creates a pros and cons list about killing Domingo and while he has a whole list of reservations, the only one that is listed in the support column is the only one matters, he thinks Domingo will murder him and his whole family. Also, Domingo’s condemnation for the plate thing is that Walt said he would let him go and he agreed they would let bygones be bygones, but he still planned to kill him the moment he was free

First comment?? Great stream by the way!!!

yooooo follow up video, sick

Was wondering what the song from the break was called? Is that your music?

I don't think Walter would have killed Jessie , unless he continued his criminal path without in which case somewhere along the line he, or even someone else like Mike/Gustavo would do it... The reason at first he wouldn't do that (in my opinion) is: 1.even though I don't think he ever avoids killing to be "morale" he simply doesn't have the stomach for it at the start 2.killing Jessie wouldn't even make sense in a completely selfish view sense he didn't really have a good reason to rat Walt out and killing Jessie would be unnecessary trouble I believe if he continued down the same path only without Jessie being involved, at some point one or both of those reasons would no longer be valid and that would be when he (or someone else) would kill Jessie This may not be 100% related but I watched a video called "the moment Walt became Heisenberg" which I loved and would recommend by Verdana Sorry for the broken English btw

Jesse strangles Todd with a chain in a fit of rage.

swords and sandals goes hard, dont let anyone dissuade you.

2:18:55 I did leave the reply here and wanted to clarify: I don't feel much empathy for Walt lmao. I dislike him in general, just felt that there were some moments I felt you were indisposed to treat the rare moments he's not acting like a total prick with not as much charity. The guy fuckin sucks but seeing some of the rare moments of humanity for me can be very intriguing/frustrating in a way.

Hank clearly says "kiss your korean wife"

I’m gonna have a field day with this later today. Guess I should sleep though first

In my opinion, Walt didn't plan on cooking meth before the diagnosis, its just that he saw how much money he could make doing something fairly simple (to him). Like look how much money these highschool drop outs made, without understanding the chemistry. It was only once he got his diagnosis that he geniunly considered it, knowing it'd be something he'd be good at.

How is this dude so charming

15:00 on Walt considering cooking meth before the series start, I'm iffy. He knows how to do it, but let's be real: it's some pretty basic chemistry and he's a smart guy. In my high school chemistry class, a foreign exchange student in high school got deported back to Sweden because she saw the chemical formula for a drug just in the curriculum and put together a process for it. Just the evidence that he knows how isn't really enough. A lot of doctors would also have the medical knowledge to be particularly lethal if they chose to murder, but that's not implying that they're just all premeditating homicide. I do think he probably fantasized about it, which is a little different. The question to me is along the lines of "if Walt hadn't been diagnosed with cancer, would he still be on the path to cooking meth?" My answer is no. He needed something to limit the amount of time he had to work with to force him out of fantasyland. Edit: on the Walt killing Jesse thing, no. You have to remember how much rationalization Walt had to go through in order to make his first premeditated murder and was just on the edge of letting him go. That decision was anguished. If Crazy 8 had chosen not to steal the shard of plate, Walt would've probably been a dead man (or thought he would). It takes him another hot minute to ramp up to premeditated murder of people who might be a threat to him. I think I just disagree with you on where Walt is morally in the beginning of the series. He's a bad person, a mediocre husband, and not a great father, but he's also really passive. He's just not the active evil that you paint him out to be. 1:51:00 You can tell that they never cheated because Walter doesn't mention it. It's just not something that he, with his massive ego, could've made up. On the other hand, if they had cheated it would've just been one more massive injustice in his life - totally out of his control and a reason to hate her that isn't just her wealth emasculating him.

3:30:30 "a·li·as adverb used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name. "Eric Blair, alias George Orwell""

Charisma on Command is such a hack channel. I mean, it considers Tywin Lannister as a great example that people need to look up to. A guy who’s known for committing genocide after genocide who ended up getting killed by his own son while taking a sh*t is such a role model, according to them.

I honestly thought Flynn was Walter jr's middle name. I didn't realize it was completely chosen. 3:31:36

I have literally never heard anyone else ever say half hazard lol

Perhaps you're being confused with "hap-hazard" the way you completely misheard Hank's quote about therapy

seeing wendigoon show up here is the coolest crossover episode

Re desire, i know you hate Freud but I'm curious what your opinion of Lacan is Edit: nevermind you addressed this more or less,lol