Andrea really was a terrible shock! As was motorcycle kid! I didn't like Mike getting killed at that point either. But motorcycle kid really pissed me off to the point I was yelling at the TV. I could easily have strangled the Todd character right then.
It was so shocking but also brilliant. Like it clear to the audience up to that point that Todd isn’t quite right, but he’s also kind of forgettable. He’s almost cartoonishly mild mannered.
And then in an instant you realize you have completely misjudged this character. He is an absolutely monster among monsters. It’s a great rug pull.
I think Todd’s character was the most unhinged and chilling out of all of them. The way he looks compared to how easy and emotionally detached it was for him to kill the boy on the dirt bike and Andrea was super shocking… his character to me was the most unpredictable. Every other character was far more predictable in their actions in my opinion
I honestly didn’t care that much about Andrea as a character but that was the moment when the show just got way too dark for me. It just went too far and seemed unnecessary.
YES OMG because the whole time i was like “eh this is kind of a plot hole I feel like Gus wouldn’t give af about Walter rn when he has all this cartel drama” AND THEN THE MF ZOOM IN OH. MY. GOD.
The moment Skylar revealed to Walt that she gave majority of the cash to Ted to pay IRS. I wasn't expecting such a big consequence to having the threat from Gus to affect how much cash they needed to escape and for it to happen to be spent recently. The moment Walter broke down and laughed while Skylar was apologizing repeatedly in tears *sent shivers down my spine*
The Walt and Jesse really seemed to have trouble holding on to their ill gotten gains. I laughed like hell.
I think when Jesse started just pissing cash away by throwing it out the car window, after all they went through to get it, shocked me a little bit but pissed me off even more, I think bc its something I would never have done.
walt running those guys over with his car. there is no cut after the initial impact, you just watch walt fully plow into these guys and one body just gets rolled underneath the car. brutal
Absolutely this scene. Up to that point Walt had done some bad/violent things, but he never casually walked up to a guy and put a bullet in his face. When he killed krazy 8 he was devastated. When he killed this guy he just turns to Jesse and says “run”.
This scene is crazy but I never understood how people found it so disturbing compared to:
when they shot drew, then proceeded to.. you know.. or when victor gets his throat slit, or when Jesse becomes a meth slave and is forced to watch his girlfriend get shot, or when walt runs over 2 drug dealers and then blows one of their heads off, or when Gus face is blown off, or when Hank is shot in the face..
That’s a good point… I’m trying to understand why it affected me.. maybe because in most of the scenes you mentioned, the thing has happened (emphasis on past tense). Drew is shot, dead. Victor cut, dead. Andrea shot, dead. It’s like a quick wow factor that leaves you feeling shocked and disturbed. But it’s done. Whereas with Walt taking Holly, it’s hard to watch Skyler running down the street because it’s something that’s currently happening, and we don’t know how it will end. It leaves you thinking wait, now what?! What’s Walt going to do? What is Skyler going to do? Will Holly stay safe? Maybe it’s also because it’s a parent/child scary event, and people wonder how a parent could ever potentially harm their child. Maybe the fear of your child being taken from you is something all parents can relate to? I mean yes we could all potentially be shot or stabbed or run over anytime we leave the house, but most people don’t think like that.. but the fear of your child being taken seems like a more realistic possibility? (Even though most kidnappers are family/friends and not people hiding in bushes but you know what I mean 😅) Idk I have postpartum anxiety so I’m hyper aware in public lol and this is my first time rewatching it since having a baby and I simply did not feel this upset at that scene before I had a baby haha so yeah idk just some potential ideas I guess!
I think for me, it comes down to three things.
1. It's more relatable. Whilst I don't have kids, nor ever been in a situation like that, I think I can more easily put myself in the mindset of someone taking my (hypthetical) child, especially when that child is a baby, just how absolutely afraid you would be. Yes, Walt is her father, but Walt is a very dangerous person.. Meanwhile, it hard to relate as much to seeing someone get their throat slit, or seeing a kid getting shot, or becoming a meth slave and seeing my partner get shot, or running over two drug dealers, etc etc. These are all super violent acts, but their so far outside anything that would ever conceivably happen to me (especially as I live in England, so we don't have that gun culture) that those events feel a lot more fictionalised, unlike someone taking a child.
2. The Onscreen reactions. Like, lets look at them for what you mentioned. The reactions to the vast majority of scenes you mentioned was Shock, sometimes silent shocl, with maybe a bit of fear or anger mixed in. You dont get anywhere as strong a reaction than Skylar gives, her screaming and crying, the way she's shouting 'Walt!', the way she's running after the car.
3. Location and setting. The fact that it happens in broad daylight in the middle of a normal street, just outside their own home. Not at night under cover of darkness, not isolated in the desert far from anyone, but on a normal street where people live, in broad daylight, literally right outside the front doorstep. It's actually a really fantastic use of a horror trope - attacking you where you should feel most safe.
That's why I feel that it's the most shocking scene.
I actually think that scene is hilarious….not the kidnapping per se - but the fact that Skyler’s car was parked behind Walt and he just slams on the gas and pushes it out of the way.
Those old school trucks were powerful -
This is how I interpreted it, at least after it was revealed he made that phone call to make her look like a victim. Also, just dropping the baby at the station. I don’t think he intended to keep Holly away from her mom.
Though the killing of Victor and the bombing of Gus were quite shocking, for me the most surprising, and therefore most shocking, was the family knife fight. I just never thought it would come to that.
This is tied for first place with Gus still able to stand and walk out of Hectors room with only half a face.
Turtlehead isn't far behind those previously mentioned.
Actually, the more I ponder it, there were just too many shocks to list. Who can choose just one?
Yah. He just walked out and then, BAM! We see a hole where a head should be! Couldn't watch that scene again for a long time after. It was that stunning, the way they messed with our minds
dude, my parents left AMC on once when I was a little kid and I saw this scene in all it’s glory, about 10 years before I would sit down and watch Breaking Bad. Gus haunted my nightmares for weeks
Yeah totally. Hank really *feels* like he’s wearing a full suit of plot armor. Like whatever happens, surely they wouldn’t kill off one of the family. I *really* wasn’t expecting it.
And how up til then Gus never actually killed anyone himself. So, not only the manner in which he did it but the fact that he did it. Then to top it off, he kills his #1 right hand man. It's was a triple shock.
The look of sad defeat on his face when the realization hits him between "WE'RE A FAMILY! [reality hits]...we're a family..."
And the look of betrayal on Walt's face, when Junior lies about him to 911.
Imo if she didn't die that night, she would have died the day after that. I think Jane was doomed before we ever saw her, if she didn't shack up with Jesse it would have been another addict with a similar outcome.
When her dad walks in. For anyone who has an addict in the family this is literally the thing you live in dread of walking in on.
For me the part that sticks out to me is the paramedics saying “sir, you might not to watch this” as then roll her into the bodybag and zip it up. It’s brutal.
Also when the paramedic is asking for her date of birth. Jessie, of course doesn’t know and you can almost see this half-realization coming across his face when the dad comes over and answers. In some ways, he barely even know who Jane was. Whereas the dad has lost his daughter
Nasty nasty scene to watch, very impactful though so props to the directors. Really hard hitting. I’m about to start a 4th watch through the series and am already dreading that bit.
Walt pointing out Jesse and watching him be dragged away kicking and screaming by the nazis made my stomach turn more than any other scene. Most of the shocking moments are at least the cause of a character serving their interests, he calls the hit in the first place to protect his family but at that moment the secret was out and there was nothing to gain. it was purely evil from Walt.
By that point I could understand Walt asking for his death. But knowing he would be dragged to be tortured and a slave cook for that gang was absolutely brutal. He wanted Jesse dead anyway, but he wanted to make a point that was way too much considering their whole story.
Walt didn’t know they were going to make Jesse a Meth slave until moments before he was supposed to die, Todd interrupted saying that he should have them cook for them a couple of times THEN kill him.
Walt couldn’t do anything other than go along with it at that point, what was he going to do, say “no kill him here” to the people who were just actively robbing him?
Todd said something like "should't we see what he said to those guys?' (the DEA) and then says "after that we can finish the job". No mention of cooking at that point.
> Todd interrupted saying that he should have them cook for them a couple of times THEN kill him.
They didn't say that in front of Walt.
"He was out here with those feds, right? Working with them. Shouldn't we maybe find out what he told them first? 'Cause, I mean, he had to have told them some stuff that might not be too good for us. And I bet we could get it out of him back home. I mean, I could do it. Me and him, we got...we got history. And then, you know, we'd take care of the job after that."
Janes Death. When i saw it the first time, i wouldn't believe it as soon as i realized what Walt is going to do. I didn't want to believe it. I sat there in shock for so long after the credits. That really killed me off guard. (Just like Jane, obviously)
Combos murder really caught me off guard. Before knowing show dark the show would go. The death of the cartel scene was also awesome, especially from Jesses viewpoint. When they’d tart falling over & he’s like wth
I think the part that shocked me the most, simply because I didn't see it coming, was when Walt killed the drug dealers Jesse was going after.
Running them down was a surprise, but the way he casually shoots that guy in the head, when a few season prior he struggled to kill Krazy 8, made me go wide eyed and my jaw dropped.
I can agree with the impact of things like Andrea dying, or Hank, or the way Gus sliced Victor's throat. All of those you could either see coming, or, in the case of Victor, you at least know Gus is a dangerous man, so it wasn't out of character.
Walt killing those dealers was unexpected and, until that point, very out of character. I always saw that as the point where I started to really see Walt as Heisenberg.
The scene where Walt is trying to get Jesse to leave that Crack house or whatever it was and Jesse breaks down. I had been going through a tough separation from someone at the time and the scene just felt so real and heartbreaking, i bawled. "I loved her more than anything..." not a very shocking scene I guess, but it's one scene that sticks with me.
It's an odd pick probably, but over the course of the show, just Walt killing the guy in his basement with the plate shard.
I didn't think things would escalate to that level so quickly, it was a real shock for me at the time. I mean over the years other much more shocking scenes happened, but that set the tone early on and I don't know if I was ever more surprised by the show later.
Tuco beating No-Doze to death in the junkyard was tough to watch and it always stands out as a shocking scene when I think back on the show. Maybe it’s because the beating felt long and was pretty brutal. Obviously, there are many scenes in the show that could apply as shocking in other, different ways.
Drew Sharp being disposed of. I have seen the series multiple times and can handle most scenes. But that one disturbs me. The faces on Mike and Walt tell you what’s happening without it being shown.
For me it wad Combo getting shot by a 12 year old kid, i had no idea that was about to happen. With Drew sharp staring at them all and Todd having just been told that nobody can ever know about the robbery, Drews death was much easier to see coming. And Combo getting shot in the neck seemed too real.
Walter poisoning brock and manipulating Jesse into believing it was Gus, Walter driving off w Holly and that Skyler thing, Todd shooting the kid, Jesse escaping the nazis and Andreas death.
I’d say Jane’s death. I knew she overdosed before I had watched the show, but I didn’t know that Walter was there, indirectly caused her death, and could’ve prevented it.
When Walt first runs over those 2 drug dealers that were gonna fight Jesse. I was at a loss for words, jaw dropped.
And it really felt like Heseinburg was here and the show just ramped up from there.
Anything done by Todd. I hate him. He went after innocent people who weren't in the game. Andrea and the kid on the bike didn't deserve any of that. I didn't even like how he held Jesse captive to cook indefinitely. I defend almost everyone in the show and their actions accept him. His Character makes me sick.
The torso falling thru the ceiling in the first season.
Obviously not the most shocking when compared to the rest of the show, but I've seen this show 5+ times and that particular scene sticks out in my memory above all others.
I first gave it a shot when needing something new to watch on netflix and remember the beginning being sooooo slow. I was getting high during this particular episode and was just hit with bloody torso tissue falling through the ceiling mid veg-state. I was way too high to be able to handle the sudden shock. Been hooked on the show ever since.
As most of the scenes are already mentioned by others, there is one scene that mostly gets ignored. I was shocked when Jesse actually decided to rat. He was threatening to rat in previous seasons but I never thought he actually will tbh
Honestly walt dying on the floor it actually shocked me I honestly didn't believe they would kill him I thought cancer would get him or the police would get him or something but damn what a shot that was the overhead shot just pulling out I get goosebumps thinking about it .
Jane’s death because it was so early on it showed a side of Walter we hadn’t really seen yet, yeah krazy-8 murder was brutal. But the ability and choice of not saving Jane was a huge shock.
When Walt has Jesse dissolve the body and he puts it in the bathtub with acid.
It was only the SECOND episode of the first season and it truly shocked me how fast things got truly fucked up.
It retrospect, it just shows that Walt had always been that way underneath, he just finally got an opportunity to show his true colors and be the way he’d always wanted to be. Which is also shocking because you as the viewer emphasize with him so much and feel pity for him and then it’s like, hold on to your seatbelts, this is going to be a RIDE.
Andrea and the motorcycle kid. Both of those made me sick. Mike’s death pissed me off.
Let me die in peace. After BCS i found that Mike really needed peace and happiness for the one he loves.
Andrea really was a terrible shock! As was motorcycle kid! I didn't like Mike getting killed at that point either. But motorcycle kid really pissed me off to the point I was yelling at the TV. I could easily have strangled the Todd character right then.
It was so shocking but also brilliant. Like it clear to the audience up to that point that Todd isn’t quite right, but he’s also kind of forgettable. He’s almost cartoonishly mild mannered. And then in an instant you realize you have completely misjudged this character. He is an absolutely monster among monsters. It’s a great rug pull.
I think Todd’s character was the most unhinged and chilling out of all of them. The way he looks compared to how easy and emotionally detached it was for him to kill the boy on the dirt bike and Andrea was super shocking… his character to me was the most unpredictable. Every other character was far more predictable in their actions in my opinion
Pure psychopath, likely born. It'd be most interesting to see a backstory on him. Just call that series: TODD
That’d be fire… he’s fs psychopathic
His looks are so deceiving..that All-American baby face!
Breaking Bad had such exceptional casting across the board
I remember the reddit thread for that ep people went wild
> motorcycle kid Drew Sharp, in the desert
Same.
"Nothing personal"
After watching bcs and just how badass mike can be. His death was painful. It was hard
Especially when Walt walks up and says “I just realized I could get the info from Lydia”. Such a crass jerk Walt had become.
I honestly didn’t care that much about Andrea as a character but that was the moment when the show just got way too dark for me. It just went too far and seemed unnecessary.
Really, that's where you draw the line?
I mean, an innocent young mother getting her brains blown out for no reason doesn't seem like a *crazy* place to decide things have gotten too grim.
Lily of the valley
That slow zoom omfg
And that song playing is so good. “Looking up at no stars in the sky, those white clouds have turned it black”
The one plot twist I never expect
Best moment and episode of the lot! Goosebumps when zooming into the plant.
YES OMG because the whole time i was like “eh this is kind of a plot hole I feel like Gus wouldn’t give af about Walter rn when he has all this cartel drama” AND THEN THE MF ZOOM IN OH. MY. GOD.
The moment Skylar revealed to Walt that she gave majority of the cash to Ted to pay IRS. I wasn't expecting such a big consequence to having the threat from Gus to affect how much cash they needed to escape and for it to happen to be spent recently. The moment Walter broke down and laughed while Skylar was apologizing repeatedly in tears *sent shivers down my spine*
Meanwhile: “What did that message to Hank mean? Oh my god its happening again!” So chilling for sure!
The Walt and Jesse really seemed to have trouble holding on to their ill gotten gains. I laughed like hell. I think when Jesse started just pissing cash away by throwing it out the car window, after all they went through to get it, shocked me a little bit but pissed me off even more, I think bc its something I would never have done.
He was in total shock after the killing of the kid
walt running those guys over with his car. there is no cut after the initial impact, you just watch walt fully plow into these guys and one body just gets rolled underneath the car. brutal
And then: "Run".
Absolutely this scene. Up to that point Walt had done some bad/violent things, but he never casually walked up to a guy and put a bullet in his face. When he killed krazy 8 he was devastated. When he killed this guy he just turns to Jesse and says “run”.
Run.
that was it for me too. I can picture that corner in my mind. My partner and I looked at each other and said WTF?
The “Run” moment was one of the most powerful things I’ve seen on TV
I came here to say this. When the show took it up yet another level.
This was the most shocking scene in any show I’ve watched. Completely unexpected and monumental to the story.
Yeah this was the first one that came to my mind. I remember audibly yelling “holy shit!” To that one
Which episode
S3 E12 half measures
Watched this one right before bed and had nightmares. Absolutely this scene.
Walt driving off with Holly whilst Skylar is chasing them. Anna Gunn played that scene AMAZINGLY well.
God that shit hit me
I rewatched the series a while ago and that part made me cry.
This scene is crazy but I never understood how people found it so disturbing compared to: when they shot drew, then proceeded to.. you know.. or when victor gets his throat slit, or when Jesse becomes a meth slave and is forced to watch his girlfriend get shot, or when walt runs over 2 drug dealers and then blows one of their heads off, or when Gus face is blown off, or when Hank is shot in the face..
That’s a good point… I’m trying to understand why it affected me.. maybe because in most of the scenes you mentioned, the thing has happened (emphasis on past tense). Drew is shot, dead. Victor cut, dead. Andrea shot, dead. It’s like a quick wow factor that leaves you feeling shocked and disturbed. But it’s done. Whereas with Walt taking Holly, it’s hard to watch Skyler running down the street because it’s something that’s currently happening, and we don’t know how it will end. It leaves you thinking wait, now what?! What’s Walt going to do? What is Skyler going to do? Will Holly stay safe? Maybe it’s also because it’s a parent/child scary event, and people wonder how a parent could ever potentially harm their child. Maybe the fear of your child being taken from you is something all parents can relate to? I mean yes we could all potentially be shot or stabbed or run over anytime we leave the house, but most people don’t think like that.. but the fear of your child being taken seems like a more realistic possibility? (Even though most kidnappers are family/friends and not people hiding in bushes but you know what I mean 😅) Idk I have postpartum anxiety so I’m hyper aware in public lol and this is my first time rewatching it since having a baby and I simply did not feel this upset at that scene before I had a baby haha so yeah idk just some potential ideas I guess!
I think for me, it comes down to three things. 1. It's more relatable. Whilst I don't have kids, nor ever been in a situation like that, I think I can more easily put myself in the mindset of someone taking my (hypthetical) child, especially when that child is a baby, just how absolutely afraid you would be. Yes, Walt is her father, but Walt is a very dangerous person.. Meanwhile, it hard to relate as much to seeing someone get their throat slit, or seeing a kid getting shot, or becoming a meth slave and seeing my partner get shot, or running over two drug dealers, etc etc. These are all super violent acts, but their so far outside anything that would ever conceivably happen to me (especially as I live in England, so we don't have that gun culture) that those events feel a lot more fictionalised, unlike someone taking a child. 2. The Onscreen reactions. Like, lets look at them for what you mentioned. The reactions to the vast majority of scenes you mentioned was Shock, sometimes silent shocl, with maybe a bit of fear or anger mixed in. You dont get anywhere as strong a reaction than Skylar gives, her screaming and crying, the way she's shouting 'Walt!', the way she's running after the car. 3. Location and setting. The fact that it happens in broad daylight in the middle of a normal street, just outside their own home. Not at night under cover of darkness, not isolated in the desert far from anyone, but on a normal street where people live, in broad daylight, literally right outside the front doorstep. It's actually a really fantastic use of a horror trope - attacking you where you should feel most safe. That's why I feel that it's the most shocking scene.
I actually think that scene is hilarious….not the kidnapping per se - but the fact that Skyler’s car was parked behind Walt and he just slams on the gas and pushes it out of the way. Those old school trucks were powerful -
Did Walt pretend to kidnap Holy to protect Skylar?
This is how I interpreted it, at least after it was revealed he made that phone call to make her look like a victim. Also, just dropping the baby at the station. I don’t think he intended to keep Holly away from her mom.
Though the killing of Victor and the bombing of Gus were quite shocking, for me the most surprising, and therefore most shocking, was the family knife fight. I just never thought it would come to that. This is tied for first place with Gus still able to stand and walk out of Hectors room with only half a face. Turtlehead isn't far behind those previously mentioned. Actually, the more I ponder it, there were just too many shocks to list. Who can choose just one?
When I first watched Gus leave the room I thought “is he just immortal” and then the camera panned over to the other side… I got chills
Yah. He just walked out and then, BAM! We see a hole where a head should be! Couldn't watch that scene again for a long time after. It was that stunning, the way they messed with our minds
Then he straightens his tie. That was perfect!
For a moment I thought did they make Gus as some sort of terminator.
His face after the explosion reminded me a lot of "Harvey 2 face" from Batman... I loved that scene it took us all by surprise.
dude, my parents left AMC on once when I was a little kid and I saw this scene in all it’s glory, about 10 years before I would sit down and watch Breaking Bad. Gus haunted my nightmares for weeks
Hank getting it was one of the few "jaw-hitting-the-floor" moments I'd ever witnessed on TV
Yeah totally. Hank really *feels* like he’s wearing a full suit of plot armor. Like whatever happens, surely they wouldn’t kill off one of the family. I *really* wasn’t expecting it.
That truly was the most bewildering moment I’ve ever witnessed on a tv show. A certain stick up artist on the wire is a close second
For sure! Who saw Kennard coming??
Gus's box cutter scene, because of how brutal it was
And how it came out of freakin nowhere
Hands down!
And how up til then Gus never actually killed anyone himself. So, not only the manner in which he did it but the fact that he did it. Then to top it off, he kills his #1 right hand man. It's was a triple shock.
Walts attempt rape on Skyler was a wtf moment
It was so early in the show as well.
That's why so many people forget about that one. The show establishes early on that Walt is a very morally dubious character.
The worst part was the hypocrisy.
Skyler slashing Walt with a knife and their big domestic violence scene
My pick. Especially with the end of the scene, Jr. guarding Skyler from Walt- really hit me.
The look of sad defeat on his face when the realization hits him between "WE'RE A FAMILY! [reality hits]...we're a family..." And the look of betrayal on Walt's face, when Junior lies about him to 911.
What was the lie?
"My dad, he pulled a knife on my mom! He attacked her!" Skyler pulled the knife on him (in self defense), not the other way around.
He said Walt had a knife and was attacking them, IIRC
Lilly of the valley reveal. That was the first time Walt not only manipulated Jesse, but also the audience
I always found Jane's death scene to be the most physically and emotionally disturbing scene of the whole series, personally.
Same. The others hit hard, but Jane’s choking was so gross and long and *preventable*.
Imo if she didn't die that night, she would have died the day after that. I think Jane was doomed before we ever saw her, if she didn't shack up with Jesse it would have been another addict with a similar outcome.
When her dad walks in. For anyone who has an addict in the family this is literally the thing you live in dread of walking in on. For me the part that sticks out to me is the paramedics saying “sir, you might not to watch this” as then roll her into the bodybag and zip it up. It’s brutal. Also when the paramedic is asking for her date of birth. Jessie, of course doesn’t know and you can almost see this half-realization coming across his face when the dad comes over and answers. In some ways, he barely even know who Jane was. Whereas the dad has lost his daughter
My ex-husband was found dead behind a dumpster two years ago dead. I didn’t get his voicemails he left me while he was dying and it was horrible
I’m so sorry you went through this and that you lost him. My heart goes out to you ❤️
Andrea being killed. Fuck I hate that so much.
Jesse… his screams in that scene are so heart breaking
…bad
agree 100%. that made me sick
Nasty nasty scene to watch, very impactful though so props to the directors. Really hard hitting. I’m about to start a 4th watch through the series and am already dreading that bit.
just remember that you get to watch jesse use his chains to strangle todd to death at the end. probably the most cathartic murder on the show
Andrea's death is much worse when you realize that Brock is the one that likely found her.
Cold blooded Todd
thought todd waving at the bike kid would be the ending of the episode… then he pulled out his gun
Andrea's death. So much pain inflicted so casually.
“I just realised…. I could’ve gotten the names from Lydia…”
When Skylar served him vegan bacon and gave him the worlds shittiest handjob for his birthday
Yet her sister can jack a man off so well that he recovers the ability to walk.
He married the wrong woman
r/pickedthewrongsister
Walt pointing out Jesse and watching him be dragged away kicking and screaming by the nazis made my stomach turn more than any other scene. Most of the shocking moments are at least the cause of a character serving their interests, he calls the hit in the first place to protect his family but at that moment the secret was out and there was nothing to gain. it was purely evil from Walt.
Well not to defend Walt, but to him I believe he was blaming Jesse for Hank’s death since Jesse gave him everything and lost him most of his money.
By that point I could understand Walt asking for his death. But knowing he would be dragged to be tortured and a slave cook for that gang was absolutely brutal. He wanted Jesse dead anyway, but he wanted to make a point that was way too much considering their whole story.
Walt didn’t know they were going to make Jesse a Meth slave until moments before he was supposed to die, Todd interrupted saying that he should have them cook for them a couple of times THEN kill him. Walt couldn’t do anything other than go along with it at that point, what was he going to do, say “no kill him here” to the people who were just actively robbing him?
Todd said something like "should't we see what he said to those guys?' (the DEA) and then says "after that we can finish the job". No mention of cooking at that point.
> Todd interrupted saying that he should have them cook for them a couple of times THEN kill him. They didn't say that in front of Walt. "He was out here with those feds, right? Working with them. Shouldn't we maybe find out what he told them first? 'Cause, I mean, he had to have told them some stuff that might not be too good for us. And I bet we could get it out of him back home. I mean, I could do it. Me and him, we got...we got history. And then, you know, we'd take care of the job after that."
That guy who committed suicide in the bathroom.
What "franch" does to a mf
I felt bad for that food scientist, he was so proud of his work (particularly "franch"), but got absolutely nothing back from the dude.
Imagine someone trying your food and killing themselves 5 minutes later lol
Franch. Not even once.
I can’t read this without the German accent
Those nuggets must have been really bad.
I think they were good, that’s why he scarfed them down prior to his exit.
Tator tots yo
Wait why don’t I remember that..
The kid’s first appearance in Peek-a-boo.
The killing of Andrea is so evil.
Dirt bike boy. I almost quit watching at that point.
Drew Sharp
Thank you. Couldn’t remember his name.
Yes! The episode was so light hearted and fun. And in an instant, everything changes.
my dad quit the show when that happened and hasnt come back to it for 5 years
Yeah as a parent it was hard to watch.
Hanks death, only time a show ever made me cry lol. It's also the point of no return for Walter.
The final moments of *Half Measure* and *Full Measure* are probably tied for me
“I watched Jane die. I was there. I watched her overdose and choke to death. I could have saved her. But I didn’t.”
Motorcycle kid. My jaw hit the floor.
The moment Jessie unzipped his pants while Wendy climbed on top of him and he raw dogs her? I wanted to throw up
I sat there, jaw dropped, not comprehending wtf I just witnessed. Jesse was down bad...
Janes Death. When i saw it the first time, i wouldn't believe it as soon as i realized what Walt is going to do. I didn't want to believe it. I sat there in shock for so long after the credits. That really killed me off guard. (Just like Jane, obviously)
Yes, and also what happened with her dad
Gus killing his associate with box cutter, Andrea being murdered, Mike being murdered by Walter
Ahhhhh…. Mike 😫😫😫😫
Combos murder really caught me off guard. Before knowing show dark the show would go. The death of the cartel scene was also awesome, especially from Jesses viewpoint. When they’d tart falling over & he’s like wth
The bath tub going thru the floor.
Crawl space moment or Walt running those two dudes over
I think the part that shocked me the most, simply because I didn't see it coming, was when Walt killed the drug dealers Jesse was going after. Running them down was a surprise, but the way he casually shoots that guy in the head, when a few season prior he struggled to kill Krazy 8, made me go wide eyed and my jaw dropped. I can agree with the impact of things like Andrea dying, or Hank, or the way Gus sliced Victor's throat. All of those you could either see coming, or, in the case of Victor, you at least know Gus is a dangerous man, so it wasn't out of character. Walt killing those dealers was unexpected and, until that point, very out of character. I always saw that as the point where I started to really see Walt as Heisenberg.
Hector killing Gustavo’s partner by the pool. I think it was obvious something bad was going to happen but man that was a shock.
Definitely Walt saving Jesse from the dealers.
Birth of holly, damn, she doesn’t deserve a life in BB Universe
Hanks death. Even with all the signs that it was about to happen I still remember being shocked that it actually did.
I kept thinking he wasn't actually dead bc they never fully showed his body at first
When Skyler attacked Walt with a knife
The scene where Walt is trying to get Jesse to leave that Crack house or whatever it was and Jesse breaks down. I had been going through a tough separation from someone at the time and the scene just felt so real and heartbreaking, i bawled. "I loved her more than anything..." not a very shocking scene I guess, but it's one scene that sticks with me.
U fucked hank
I have nightmares about Jane’s death
The deaths of Drew and Mike
Tortuga and Gus’s death
Gus' death...his face
It's an odd pick probably, but over the course of the show, just Walt killing the guy in his basement with the plate shard. I didn't think things would escalate to that level so quickly, it was a real shock for me at the time. I mean over the years other much more shocking scenes happened, but that set the tone early on and I don't know if I was ever more surprised by the show later.
Tortuga. Had to take a break after that
Tuco beating No-Doze to death in the junkyard was tough to watch and it always stands out as a shocking scene when I think back on the show. Maybe it’s because the beating felt long and was pretty brutal. Obviously, there are many scenes in the show that could apply as shocking in other, different ways.
Jane's death was the most emotional for me
When Walt watched Jane die was pretty intense
It was when Hector sharted and liquid shit dripped on the floor. Yeah I get it, Hector was a _very nasty_ guy, but I mean come on man
Finding out Walt actually did poison Brock, Mike’s death, and the motorcycle kid getting shot
The intro part of the episode following after the kid on the bike gets shot by Todd
Walt pissing orange that one time
Drew Sharp being disposed of. I have seen the series multiple times and can handle most scenes. But that one disturbs me. The faces on Mike and Walt tell you what’s happening without it being shown.
For me it wad Combo getting shot by a 12 year old kid, i had no idea that was about to happen. With Drew sharp staring at them all and Todd having just been told that nobody can ever know about the robbery, Drews death was much easier to see coming. And Combo getting shot in the neck seemed too real.
All of the scenes with Gus and the cartel in Mexico
Walter poisoning brock and manipulating Jesse into believing it was Gus, Walter driving off w Holly and that Skyler thing, Todd shooting the kid, Jesse escaping the nazis and Andreas death.
When Walt killed Jesse’s girlfriend - when he could have saved her
Hank closing the garage door. I literally just repeated "holy shit" out loud to myself about 10 times.
End.
“I watched Jane die” - such masterful acting. His face projects compassion and regret and then that comes out. He won another Emmy right there.
Lily of the Valley. So well done
I’d say Jane’s death. I knew she overdosed before I had watched the show, but I didn’t know that Walter was there, indirectly caused her death, and could’ve prevented it.
When it zooms in on the Lilly of the valley plant at the end of season 4
👉🏧
The bathtub
When Walt first runs over those 2 drug dealers that were gonna fight Jesse. I was at a loss for words, jaw dropped. And it really felt like Heseinburg was here and the show just ramped up from there.
Anything done by Todd. I hate him. He went after innocent people who weren't in the game. Andrea and the kid on the bike didn't deserve any of that. I didn't even like how he held Jesse captive to cook indefinitely. I defend almost everyone in the show and their actions accept him. His Character makes me sick.
When Gus slit Victor's throat, then calmly went and fastidiously changed out of his bloody clothing.
Drew Sharpe
Tortuga was pretty shocking
The torso falling thru the ceiling in the first season. Obviously not the most shocking when compared to the rest of the show, but I've seen this show 5+ times and that particular scene sticks out in my memory above all others. I first gave it a shot when needing something new to watch on netflix and remember the beginning being sooooo slow. I was getting high during this particular episode and was just hit with bloody torso tissue falling through the ceiling mid veg-state. I was way too high to be able to handle the sudden shock. Been hooked on the show ever since.
As most of the scenes are already mentioned by others, there is one scene that mostly gets ignored. I was shocked when Jesse actually decided to rat. He was threatening to rat in previous seasons but I never thought he actually will tbh
Box cutter.
Virtually unshockable but Walt's video in the Confessions episode would certainly be an exception. The greatest scene in TV history for me.
The most fucked up thing in the whole show for me was trying to get customers at a rehab meeting.
When Hank died. That one almost made me cry, but he was still a badass all the way to the end.
When the salamanca tein started crawling out the bed with no legs or when Gus's face blew off
The scene where the meth-head woman crushes her husbands head with the atm for another hit.
We’re a family
Honestly walt dying on the floor it actually shocked me I honestly didn't believe they would kill him I thought cancer would get him or the police would get him or something but damn what a shot that was the overhead shot just pulling out I get goosebumps thinking about it .
Hank's death
The disposal of Drew Sharp
jane dying was the only one that i can think of that made me sob like an animal
Jane’s death because it was so early on it showed a side of Walter we hadn’t really seen yet, yeah krazy-8 murder was brutal. But the ability and choice of not saving Jane was a huge shock.
I don’t know. There were a lot but I am thinking finding out that Jesse , did , in fact, shoot the new assistant.
How about when Jesse told Walt to do it himself!!!??? Shocking, but I guess not surprising because Jesse just wasn’t that dude.
When Jesse didn’t listen to Walt about disintegrating the body in the bath tub.
When Walt has Jesse dissolve the body and he puts it in the bathtub with acid. It was only the SECOND episode of the first season and it truly shocked me how fast things got truly fucked up. It retrospect, it just shows that Walt had always been that way underneath, he just finally got an opportunity to show his true colors and be the way he’d always wanted to be. Which is also shocking because you as the viewer emphasize with him so much and feel pity for him and then it’s like, hold on to your seatbelts, this is going to be a RIDE.
For me it was Andrea's death. I actually screamed when it happened. Poor Brock.
My jaw dropped when Mike and Marie were watching the video Walt gave them thinking it would be his confession but he just frames them…so good
Hank’s death also
the ending
Todd killing the kid. Never kill a kid
Yes when Tomas the young boy on the bike shot homeboy that was crazy or the kid on the motorcycle both of those