Better Call Saul | Mike Gets Revenge (Jonathan Banks)

[@Wombats-1]

Mike was the ultimate chameleon, you never knew what he was thinking, always flew under the radar. Such an awesome character

[@CB-xr1eg]

Question...how did the other gun get there? We didn't see Mike put it there when he got in the car. Had he been in their car before?

[@ukqwerty999]

He had that same mesmerising darkness, all the way back in Beverly Hills Cop

[@Wombats-1]

@@CB-xr1eg he planted it a few days earlier by unlocking their car with a string. He was so clever for the entire series

[@fujimatosa]

Yes, he put it before he enter the bar

[@TheBiggestPieceOfDogshit]

​@@CB-xr1eg you should watch that episode again, he plant it before he enter the bar to see them

[@JB-wc4pu]

I like how he got them to find him a secluded spot to finish business

[@Winterstick549]

They did that on their own. Did you think they would kill Mike in the Taco Bell parking lot?

[@jackwaters7775]

@@Winterstick549 thats what he said dumbass, he tricked them into driving into a secluded spot to kill him when in reality it was where they would die.

[@Winterstick549]

@@jackwaters7775 I see that now. I stand corrected.

[@jackwaters7775]

@@Winterstick549 Sorry for calling you a dumbass., That's not cool

[@Winterstick549]

@@jackwaters7775 No worries. I had had a few cocktails when typed my initial comment. KZbin needs a breathalyzer for comments.

[@jesse.pinehaven]

The delivery behind, "And you killed him for nothing" always gives me chills. Jonathan Banks kills in this role.

[@kurtwpg]

And once he had the drop on them he shut all the emotion off.

[@marcd73]

He's also great in Beverly Hills Cop

[@Taco_Raider]

Hee mayde aye gewd, stronge, faurt

[@HappySmilingDog-d7u]

kills he does XD

[@joynergrim4003]

And Mike ended up in the same situation where Waltuh kills him for nothing bc he was scared of him and had a big ego

[@omnipotent8773]

I like how the scene accurately uses all 6 rounds for his gun. No infinite ammo weirdness.

[@TheNinja94a]

The two shows were pretty good on that. Walt wants to bust through a house to kill a room full of people? Belt-fed 200 round 7.62x51mm light machine gun. Mike wants a precise and reliable sniping rifle that the old dude's familiar with? Remington 700, bolt-action. I'm not even into guns like that, but I can appreciate good details.

[@cjsteele9594]

I know, i hate when they shoot 10 rounds out of a six shooter, im like wtf, really? no one can count?

[@Replica_Films2000]

​@@cjsteele9594 often thats just editing lol

[@jonnyc429]

​@@cjsteele9594 sounds like something Archer would say!

[@cjsteele9594]

@@jonnyc429 🤣

[@giantWario]

What I love the most about this is that Mike waited till the two of them pretty much confessed in front of him before killing them. If he had just wanted them dead, he could have done it in a much simpler manner where he wouldn't have risked getting shot but he wanted to be absolutely sure that he was right before killing them.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

Mike's the true hero, really. He KNEW these guys were bad, but without 100% certainty there's no way his moral code would've allowed him to take them out. Good thing they made it easy for him.

[@nickkerber1145]

He also doesn't take anything as an admission of guilt until they attempt to fire on him. After the guy pulls the trigger on the (Mike's) unloaded gun, he opens fire.

[@Francklyynnnn]

It wasn't about making sure he was right. Mike knew. He just wanted to let them know that their deaths are a punishment and a consequence for what they did to his son. It's about making them regtet everything that happened as much as he does when they see his gun pointed at him. The "drunk" ramblings were his manifesto

[@giantWario]

@@Francklyynnnn Mike didn't know they did it. Mike thought they did it. He thought right of course but thinking is not proof. If all he wanted was to make sure they knew this was for Matty, he would have taken them out with a shot in the back of the head while they were still in their cruiser. After all, at that point, he had already given them his ''manifesto''. But no, he, once again, waited till they outright confessed in front of him. Which was incredibly dangerous by the way, Mike almost died because he wanted to hear them confess. And by the way, I think you really don't understand Mike's character if you think other people recognizing and/or understanding his actions is at all important to him. Even without the evidence in the show that a confession is what he was after, Mike wanting to give a ''manifesto'' and to gloat in front of his son's killer is not what Mike does at all. When Mike went after Hector, he certainly didn't care that Hector and his family would never know who took him out. Mike is not some pathetic narcissist who gives out a ''manifesto''.

[@highdownmartin]

And I’m gonna prove it. And he did

[@talkaboutwacky]

I love how they fell right into Mikes trap. Here they were thinking they’d be able to pick up the old feeble blackout drunk and quietly take care of him. I love when they realized they were about to be killed and had been had

[@tysonmiddlebrook500]

holy shit 15 years ago

[@CellHeart]

This comment has 666 likes, please nobody ruin it.

[@manicobservations9605]

@@CellHeart Hail Satan and such

[@CellHeart]

@@manicobservations9605 Mike would put a bullet in Satan, then another one in Walt as soon as he arrived. That's the sequel we should have got

[@nickkerber1145]

Worth keeping in mind, they clearly didn't intend to kill him from the start, they picked him up to see what he knew, and then decided to kill him when he said he knew they killed his son and he was going to prove it. They probably would have let him go if he hadn't added "and I'm going to prove it.". Last thing a corrupt cop wants is a dead body, cover story or not.

[@inforism.]

mike played a really convincing drunk, he should’ve got into acting!

[@SaladBoi37]

wait.

[@patricksunderland7926]

waltuh

[@aprocrastinator5422]

im a celebrity now waltuh

[@robertramsey653]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alanmclean3292]

😂😂😂

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

How do you live with destroying your son's faith in honesty and the law, and then seeing him get murdered anyway? It's like seeing your son killed twice. No wonder Mike lost all faith in life and humanity.

[@suspie3147]

My dad did this to me. Just in a different way.

[@cypher2365]

"I broke my boy"....

[@yoda5770610]

I think he was still trying to find it in his granddaughter.

[@seanmiller5460]

Try working retail for an extended period of time... life and humanity are overrated.

[@115Wilko]

@@suspie3147 He killed you twice in a different way? Get gone lol.

[@mr.bobody4486]

Its so funny how Mike's simple plan of faking being drunk threw them off to the point of death. They were so caught off guard they didn't even know how to react other than blind shooting.

[@Wastelandman7000]

Or that they thought for one second he wouldn't have a gun on him somewhere.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@Wastelandman7000 they *already* checked him. what happened before was he *knew* they'd do that, so he stashed one in their car before hand. *that* they didn't expect

[@flumse9218]

Where were you on the night they died? I was drunk af as several witnesses can tell you.

[@kire929]

@@AmirKhan-rh6jj Mike's son was offered a bribe by the cops from this scene. He asked Mike for advice about what to do about it. Shortly after, out of fear of Mike's son getting them in trouble, they killed him.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@kire929 His son talked to him about those 2 and their corruption. Mike then talked his son into participating in skimming drug money with them, because he didn't want his son to get killed by crooked cops... ...and they killed him anyway, because they thought he *might* still rat them out. With the timing, it wasn't hard to put 2 & 2 together.

[@SheldonAdama17]

Hard to believe that Mike meets his end at the hand of a guy who at this moment is driving a Pontiac Aztek scared of his own shadow.

[@ChicagoHOG27]

Underrated comment!

[@JoshFrost-c4i]

"The ones you least expect..."

[@luxuriouswatera9532]

With a big ego too

[@markdelmar-sn8wd]

never underestimate a frightened person. that is when they at their most dangerous.

[@OMSbets412]

lol that boy Walt different 😂😂😂😂😂😂 after watching better call Saul u recognize how much of a monster Walt is

[@bjonu]

Damn, even the two actors who play the policemen are flawless.

[@mistaowickkuh6249]

Seriously this show had the best actors all the way down to the most insignificant extra. Here is the mandatory Bravo Vince: B R A V O I N C E

[@JarrekAsF]

The way the on driving keeps glancing over at his partner gets me every time. Such a perfect shot. You can see him internally losing it and having to stay calm thinking they are still gonna get away with it.

[@TrollNova]

@@mistaowickkuh6249 ???? Stop being such a no life lmfao

[@user-gw4zg1qm8m]

That's the product of a good director

[@Jdb63]

Makes you wonder how the acting in some movies is so atrocious

[@SaladBoi37]

Gosh, this just makes Mike's fate so much more sad. He didn't even get to have a proper burial.

[@The-Deadite]

Mike had such a rotten ending- killed for no good reason.

[@giobeltran2]

Just like his son, murdered for no reason other than the murderer being scared

[@NeedFourSpeed]

Lol he got put in a acid barrel

[@joeminier1736]

And what’s sadder it was all for nothing. He failed everyone around him.

[@yankee9niner400]

​@@The-Deadite Like the proper burial he gave to the German engineer he murdered in the desert or to the young boy whose body he helped dispose of? A great character but let's not romanticise him.

[@lowellcalavera6045]

He left them an obvious weapon to find. He was a master of psychology.

[@jbmboy]

This is missing the scene where he planted a loaded gun in the back of their police car. He knew exactly how it was going to play out.

[@ericktobar8506]

@@jbmboy which scene was that? I believe I missed it

[@jbmboy]

@@ericktobar8506 Earlier in the same episode if I recall. He unlocks the police car whilst it's parked using Mike magic, plants a gun between the back cushions, locks it again and wanders off whilst we wait for the pay off that came soon after

[@dchil15]

@@jbmboy Most crown vics use the exact same key, there's no magic. You can buy the keys everywhere. 1284X

[@chobochobus]

@@dchil15 Yes but in the episode he uses a twine/string to unlock the car via the window locks

[@luwucian4497]

4:28 I love that shot of the policeman realizing that he has no bullets, it's a small zoom that improves the scene,great acting

[@Davidson762]

From memory I think he had made the firing pin non functional? The cop would be expected to rack the slide and notice it had no bullets, Mike wouldn't have left that to chance

[@InfernosReaper]

@@Davidson762 how many people check to make sure there are bullets with they rack the slide?

[@jllamb88]

@@InfernosReaper I do, every time. That’s gun safety 101, and becomes habit even when you want the chamber to be loaded.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@jllamb88 Yeah, but imagine for a minute you were instead like the average cop, putting in only the absolute minimum range time. Now, imagine you've picked up a gun from a retired cop. Do you assume it's loaded because of who had? Probably. It's basically a reverse Alec Baldwin situation

[@kogoromori5350]

It reminds of a scene in an old movie. I would even say borderline clichee crime scene. The whole flashback felt like that though

[@TheJim42069]

I said it back during Breaking bad and I'm still saying it now...Mike is the hardest character on any of these shows.

[@hetfieldofjames5261]

Ayo?

[@CesarGarcia-nd5xz]

And he’s just 19 yrs old

[@alfredorielmolo8659]

​@@hetfieldofjames5261 👀 📸

[@sludge8506]

Keep on talking to yourself, jimbo. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Wyndamn]

Absolute truth 💯💯💯💯

[@_6-6_]

I absolutely love how Mike tells the truth when they ask him what’s he “knew” Drunk people have very little inhibition, and let things slip even if it’s not in their best interest. It really sold them on the fact that he was intoxicated

[@stephenribchester2185]

In vino veritas

[@karhu7581]

It's why I don't drink. Living in a kind of homophobic town there are things I would let slip that I just can't.

[@Onigirli]

@@karhu7581 That's so sad...

[@jec3830]

@karhu7581 lol

[@TheCrackedBead]

Hugs from Canada. I'm so sorry you have to deal with that BS.

[@dougr5379]

Absolutely fantastic acting on everyone's part. So realistic, almost felt like it was filmed by real life HD surveillance video.

[@Nurd_Boi]

​@Tech bro that's 4th grade vocabulary at best

[@Stonecutter334]

@@Nurd_Boithanks teach. Important for a KZbin comment

[@Supperdude9]

These guys got so lucky that Mike didn't make them suffer for what they did to his boy. No wonder he's so adamant about his grandkid. That's all he has left of his own kid.

[@howard5992]

yeah, he just snuffed em out ... and gave them a chance to try to fight back too

[@InfernosReaper]

@@howard5992 giving them a chance to fight back was more incidental, but did help sell that it was probably just more gang violence

[@tysonmiddlebrook500]

He made the one dude suffer

[@joeminier1736]

That’s what Gus should have learned from.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

@@tysonmiddlebrook500 Neck wound isn't suffering, a stomach wound is. That man died quickly, instead of screaming for 6 hours first. Mike gave these pigs far more mercy than they were owed.

[@psychoaztecs]

quite smart of mike to use a revolver. he won't have to worry about picking up brass casings.

[@bionmccool]

"...and it never jams."

[@yoshijb9428]

​@@bionmccool no but squib loads are a thing.

[@benjaminperez7328]

@@yoshijb9428 A rare thing.

[@yoshijb9428]

@@benjaminperez7328 Still a thing though.🤷‍♂️

[@starks834]

It wouldn't be that smart if he needed two more shots.

[@kelleymcbride4633]

Mike is by far the best character in the entire series

[@thomasmadigan6083]

Without a doubt. Too bad he died such a shitty death.

[@BN-lm4fz]

One of the best characters of all time.

[@cheesesteakphilly]

Saul is my favourite and then it’s Mike.

[@jasonbailey1981]

Amen

[@jkeebla]

jesse is my favorite but mikes close

[@DrknssRules1]

I like the subtlety of him only firing "in defense". He doesn't immediately just open fire and kill them. He waits for them to pull the trigger first so he has "justification" to shoot them. They technically fired first.

[@jkeebla]

@@scottmatheson3346it is pretty complicated, he was technically planning to kill them first but he only pulled a gun out when they said they were going to kill him

[@nikel-]

​@@scottmatheson3346 he did that for himself, for the peace of his own mind

[@adamhaynes4208]

That’s doesn’t matter in the eyes of the law, he shot and killed two policemen, doesn’t matter if it was justified or not, a judge and a jury would definitely convict him if he was arrested

[@RomasKalash]

How is he firing in defense? He had a gun drawn on them.

[@petermgruhn]

Mike's not stupid enough to fall for that line. They turned around and he had a gun pointed at them. They could have a legit case for self defense. Now, Mike might be able to counter it with "he did have a gun in his hand and I did hear him outlining how he was going to kill me", but that's not the case you just made. Your case is solely "they shot first." You pull a gun on somebody and they shoot at you? They are the defending party, not you who initiated the aggression. Mike would know this. He would know he set the whole thing up. He would know he put them in a situation where they would have to shoot him. He is smart. He was a cop. He would not be fooled.

[@mikefriend1514]

Better call Saul is unbelievably well written. So many great characters and plot lines.

[@figaro-dg5c5]

It's kinda meh

[@osamu_90]

@@figaro-dg5c5To 14-year-old kids, that is.

[@figaro-dg5c5]

@@osamu_90 it's meh for adults too.

[@osamu_90]

@@figaro-dg5c5 Adults that think like 14-year-old kids, that is. Otherwise I can't find a better explanation than just "you have shit tastes" for someone that thinks Better Call Saul is mediocre and calls themselves an "adult".

[@Dannymart_88445]

Breaking bad better

[@michaelmcneely1377]

I seriously could have watched an entire series of Mike outsmarting people.

[@harry2928]

It'd be deliciously satisfying and meaty entertainment, addictive to watch. 👍🏻

[@surengrigorian7888]

McGyver.

[@punkrockdavid]

Fuckin one handed a snub nose and he aimed for their necks cause he know the armor would catch the bullets. The first 2 shots were just to incapacitate the first cop then all neck shots. Mike was a G

[@homoerectus744]

And he didn’t give them a full body to hit, turning to the side.

[@lorddoobsworth144]

@@homoerectus744 dude is OP lol

[@MK-tx6te]

@@lorddoobsworth144 You lot are yanks, no more questions needed. Only nation that loves guns...

[@josiahgonzalez942]

​@@homoerectus744 did you know that same detail is what gunslingers back in the wild west would do? It's a nice detail

[@aaronwylie6928]

He got the other dude in the head

[@rosePetrichor]

Note how Mike's plan also includes getting to tell them exactly why he's going to kill them before he does it without presenting a risk to himself. He wanted these guys to KNOW what they'd done and what they had coming

[@sebchowdhury8028]

Absolutely love Mikey. He really deserves his own spin-off. Mike is always unassuming, fair and very, very, smart. He’s always 10 steps ahead. He literally knows everyone’s moves before them make them. One of my favourite characters in the franchise other than Jesse and Walter. Breaking Bad did some really superb character developments. They understood people.

[@parzingtheasian]

unfortunately i think jonathan banks (the guy who plays mike) is probably too old at this point to have his own spin off

[@m00tes]

@@parzingtheasian de-aging is a thing now though.

[@parzingtheasian]

@@m00tes de aging with cgi, true, but the guy is 76 and he might not have the energy anymore to do another series

[@m00tes]

@@parzingtheasian energy wise thats true, but he was and still is very fullfilled with that role. But if we ever get spin-off i think its quite almost certainly gonna be connected to Lalo, maybe Howard partly, but definitely Lalo.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

​@@m00tesLol dear lord we don't need spin-off's about spin-off's, BCS is one of the few cases where a prequel was warranted and properly (tremendously really) executed, but even in this show there were times (mainly in the last 2-3 seasons) Gus and Mike and even Jimmy's age were pretty glaring. Vince Gilligan and Peter specifically didn't use de-aging CGI with this show too, they personally don't like it and wanted a natural feel-on top of the fact the budget simply didn't allow for it like say The Irishman; even with de-aging, a man pushing 80yrs old isn't physically pulling off what he was doing at 40-50yrs old, he isn't going to sound like he did, at a certain point de-aging isn't convincing.

[@joeminier1736]

The fact that his precinct knew what they did and feel they deserved it shows they didn’t think Matt would rat.

[@matthewriley7826]

And that they wouldn’t have lasted long anyway. No one would have trusted them after they killed one of their fellow officers.

[@joeminier1736]

@ definitely since they only killed him out of paranoia. His whole precinct knew they were wrong for that.

[@mistameff3528]

5:08 I love how long you hear the sound travel

[@jimcrawford5039]

Mike should have his own show!

[@BleezyBandit]

As much as i like mike i think his backstory was wrapped up perfectly in better call saul. Not much is left to show about him. And it ended as perfectly as it could

[@epikmadman5518]

waltuh 👴🏻

[@MichaelSmith-cj4be]

He’s in better call saul a lot

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

He did. It's called better call saul.

[@---zo8jc]

Vince can only write so much dude there’s like 10+ years worth of mike backstory we saw him grow and we saw him die. Any more of the BB universe and it’ll start to feel less like a masterpiece and more like a stretched out cash cow

[@jeremyharris5609]

I like how he gave them the low hanging fruit of his semi-auto. Feined drunkenness, confronted them on their crookedness and then served them justice; just in the moment they thought they were in control. This was all planned, he was calculated.

[@foxdancemedia]

it also would have been more obvious that the revolver was unloaded if that had been the gun they found on him, so it makes sense that he chose that as the gun he stashed instead of the semi auto

[@moneyball647]

@@foxdancemedia Why would a semiauto be different?

[@foxdancemedia]

@@moneyball647 with a revolver they might potentially see into the cylinder and notice the chambers are all empty, with a semi auto you'd have to remove the magazine and pull the slide back to see if there are any rounds in it. it's impossible to tell at a cursory glance if it's loaded or not

[@moneyball647]

@@foxdancemedia Thanks!

[@maulrat588]

One of the top three or four scenes from Better Call Saul. Magnificent performance. Awesome lighting. Great scene.

[@Chris-qn6pr]

Yes, the lighting is phenomenal.

[@dougpeters1625]

Everything is perfect, and the lighting is phenomenal, down to every last detail, such as the shadow of the wire grid in the car separating the front/back seat appearing in and out of mikes face as the streetlights go by. Every little detail is a masterpiece!

[@ZiontheHutt]

The lighting made you feel the bitter cold in the air.

[@thesweeples3266]

@@Chris-qn6pr ok boomer

[@Chris-qn6pr]

@@thesweeples3266 is that all you got?

[@BlackBarney]

this is when the show started getting great and never stopped

[@user-gw4zg1qm8m]

I am so thankful for Better call saul. Because Mike was one of my favourite characters from BB. To see more of his badass scenes was just just wonderful.

[@daviddavis1322]

Man the sound design/production is really good. Gunshots are crisp, loud, full. Reverb correctly off the road / etc above and to the sides. Wow.

[@josephdemarzo6762]

When Fensky is crawling away, note the word “integrity” on the Philly PD patch on his left shoulder…brilliant detail like this makes this episode so great!

[@DaltonDaDigga]

I just love seeing their eyes full of fear and then mikes eyes full of nothing.

[@nancyturner217]

The song playing in the bar before they leave is by a band called 38 special A .38 special is a nickname for the small holdout backup revolver mike uses to shoot the cops

[@usernamemykel]

Good catch. However, a ".38 special" is not a nickname - It is a "K frame" handgun developed by Smith & Wesson in 1898 or 1902, depending on the source, for it's Military & Police Model Revolver, used extensively from the 1920's to the 1990's. It was used by our military personnel in WW1, WW2, Korean and Vietnam wars. Very reliable, accurate, well made.

[@elvispressplay7735]

​@@usernamemykelright. .38 special is just the name of the ammo it uses. "Saturday Night Special" was a slang term for any cheap handgun a criminal might carry.

[@usernamemykel]

@@elvispressplay7735 The cheapest handguns were the ones youth gangs (at least in NYC) used to make from a stolen vehicle antenna (for .22 cartridge), wood, and rubber bands. I forget what was used as a "hammer".

[@steelblueflame]

AWESOME CATCH ! I Love stuff like that hahaha- Man, The Depth of the Writing in these Series is insane hahaha.. 10 + years later and you can still watch them for the umpteenth time and find stuff you missed- Truly Brilliant. I'm 60 and I have seen a lot of Great Shows, in their Prime, Original Run- and the Breaking Bad 'family' is easily in the Top 5 of Best Show/Series in Television history, Imnsho. Once 'Cable' figured out they could truly compete with Hollywood, and Hit their Stride, that Sweet Spot of the Late 90s/ Early 2000's up to about whenever Better Call Saul finished- is gonna be talked about Forever- I'd say starting with Oz and The Sopranos and going up to BB/Saul and Justified- And Thats just for the Dramatic Series- It was also the Sweet Spot for pretty much everything ELSE, Too- Comedy was Top Notch Too !! Chappelle's Show, East Bound and Down, it was a Great Time to Be alive !

[@dumpmuch]

Jonathan Banks was acting a person acting

[@Zodiak34]

i find that the level of acting of Mike Ehrmantraut is one of the biggest stretch in the show

[@jimhalpert0]

"Colder than my exes tit out here" Bro really killed his ex wifes pet bird smh

[@kentvesser9484]

Ah, good use of a bird reference.

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

lmao this is my kind of humor

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Mike wasn't gonna kill them but he changed his mind because of this joke

[@wawawuu1514]

Or maybe his wife, too. 40+% of cops are domestic abusers.

[@gaman4cv836]

Smart of Mike to use the semi auto as the plant and the revolver as the weapon. Revolvers don't eject casings. Nice touch.

[@evertvanderhik5774]

Mike, my favourite character in BB and BCS. Unbelievable that he started only because Bob Odenkirk was not available one day.

[@Onigirli]

Gotta feel bad for the other universes where Odenkirk was available

[@luigibrown263]

Mike is the best character ever.. Even him buying groceries would be so awesome to watch!

[@shomizu9]

That rolling, lonely echo of the final revolver shot through the cold night air. *chef's kiss

[@burnmaster2009]

I love how he steps on his shoe as he tries to crawl away. They got what they deserved.

[@TheNinja94a]

The look-up angle of someone shooting their victim one final time is a classic. Never gets old. Wish I knew enough about film to know the first piece of media to use it.

[@dxman2509]

"And im gonna prove it" How fucking smart. They were already dead when he said that. He made it seem like he wanted legal justice, he made them let their guard down, if you kill Mike's son don't expect to rot in jail, he will come for you. I would like another series, a 3rd. walt, saul and mike. I wouldn't ask for more in life. I would die happy. what an incredible character

[@alientestes8331]

I love how at 2:20 you can see the younger cop, who probably was matty’s partner, tearing up and feeling guilty for what he had been coerced into and done to his partner.

[@aluminiumknight4038]

Of he was guilty he wouldn't look at his partner. He was just scared.

[@robertramsey653]

​@@aluminiumknight4038 he looked like he felt guilty to me, but yes, he was scared too. He didnt want to end up the same way. He probably had a family at home too, which is probably why he felt guilty. He knew what he took from mattie's family.

[@PerigeeParrot]

Social-emotional agnosia, also known as emotional agnosia or expressive agnosia, is the inability to perceive facial expressions, body language, and voice intonation. A person with this disorder is unable to non-verbally perceive others' emotions in social situations, limiting normal social interactions. Social-emotional agnosia often occurs in individuals with schizophrenia and autism. It is difficult to distinguish from, and has been found to co-occur with, alexithymia.

[@joshschaeffer3300]

​@@PerigeeParrotwhat's your point?

[@PerigeeParrot]

​@@joshschaeffer3300 The cop's expressions are very clear and he is not sad for mike, or broken up, or getting ready to cry. Anyone who misinterprets his expressions that poorly might well be dealing with social-emotional agnosia. This might be the kind of thing you want to mention to your doctor, because an inability to recognize regular human facial expressions is a sign of several behavioral disorders

[@finger420]

4:26 Finger on the trigger

[@patricksarama4963]

Finger

[@johng5617]

okay class today we're gonna practice our trigger finger kid named trigger:

[@gotdank]

Duhh, where else would he have it? lol

[@finger420]

@@gotdankkid named Finger:

[@kidnamedfinger8676]

@@finger420 waltuh

[@nooneyouknow239]

This episode is probably my favourite episode out of the entire series. I like how the whole episode was building up to this moment.

[@markceaser8073]

Such great writing and acting in this series. He bided his time, confirmed his suspicions and took care of business.

[@dannycorbalo7953]

Ngl learning that Mike's son died because of trying to be an honest cop... that was hurtful

[@trevorcoyle517]

I just love the sound design in this scene, the pistols sound great

[@pun2023]

It’s scary how the police can get away with almost every crime they commit.

[@blackblurable]

The back story and his conversation with his daughter in law were tough. Mike was such a great character in both shows.

[@thomdork9423]

So powerful. Jonathan Banks is an amazing actor.

[@Heizenberg32]

Then they drive Mike home and tell him that it hurts that he feels that way about them, but they are still glad to help get him home. Mike wakes up in the morning and finally begins to process his guilt and move on in a meaningful way.

[@ancliuin2459]

'No flinching on the last shot. Respect to the actor, that's something you don't see often.

[@dm0065]

All of Bank's acting is crazy here obv, but something that really got me is that little wince when he got hit. In that second you saw pain, surprise, even a little fear, then resolve. All in like .8 seconds.

[@jordancook1668]

Mike was a murdering scumbag, but at the same time he’s the man we all wish we could have a little more of in ourselves. A cool character in both shows.

[@Freshbrood]

To be fair he only murdered other murdering scumbags who chose to be "in the game".

[@kiko1935]

@@Freshbrood I suspect by the time of Breaking Bad he isn't quite as firm with his morals. If I remember correctly he didn't have a problem with Gus's dealers killing Tomas, who while being in the game was still a child.

[@andrewmartinez7559]

​@@Freshbrood really? What about werner

[@andrewmartinez7559]

​@@Freshbrood really? What about werner

[@Freshbrood]

@@andrewmartinez7559 How many times did Mike try to warn Werner to keep his mouth shut and keep things under wraps? Mike was just the trigger man but he did not enjoy that at all and at that point he had no choice. Werner got himself killed, and if Mike didn't do it Gus would use somebody else to take them both out. Mike wasn't sadistic or cruel and even showed compassion in giving him time to take a moment and not see it coming.

[@TheBfutgreg]

That shorter cop clearly had more of a conscience but decided to be bullied by his superior, the eternal tragedy of law enforcement, military, etc. Any system with deadly force and capacity for terrible things it's gonna happen

[@coolguy05190]

5:07 this is the moment when Finger became John Marston

[@Saladass-kc1hh]

*He had Faith*

[@maybetomorrownewmaker]

Oh wow, yeah, he's doing the John Marston pose from the box art

[@thepillow13-v2c]

I got a plan Mike

[@Saladass-kc1hh]

@@thepillow13-v2c you always had a plan dutch

[@thepillow13-v2c]

@@Saladass-kc1hh This is a good one

[@motojauntx]

Mike’s transition from feeble inebriate to steely killer, standing tall with 6 shots locked cocked and ready to rock is straight outta the greatest noir comics.

[@SunriseMaster]

my favorite moment of season 1 by far

[@darkpower6131]

Episode?

[@SunriseMaster]

@@darkpower6131 Five-O. It’s episode 6 of season 1

[@jeffrowisdabest]

And these two officers had bridges named after them, the whole community hailed them as heroes. That's the really sad part of all this.

[@dbodooley]

It’s crazy how good Better Call Saul is. I’m not kidding here I think it’s one of the best shows ever made. BB my #1 by far.

[@ChicagoHOG27]

Same. By far.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

In an era of reboots and remakes, Mike is different from any other character I've ever seen.

[@DoctorNoon2717]

You walk in from 2015 pal?

[@37Dionysos]

Wish we also had here first when Mike breaks into the cruiser and stashes his own gun in back where he knows they'll put him, after he sells them the threatening drunk routine. Banks also kills the earlier scene when he tells his son's full story and how much they thought of each other---so his mind and heart here must have been like a mountain cave of ice.

[@RagnarokMic]

Banks should have gotten an Emmy for this episode.

[@weepingboy3]

Mike was always one step ahead… always

[@Syonnach]

Brilliant writing and brilliant acting from the 3 of them.

[@angelis5157]

Just amazing how this entire story and character was created just because Bob Odenkirk was playing a character in HIMYM

[@draexian530]

While Mike Ehrmantraut being able to act drunk that well is questionable given his background, the fact Jonathon Banks can act drunk that well is nothing short of extraordinary. It's very difficult to act drunk while you're sober, or vice versa. Brilliant performance.

[@Oneofakind123]

00:35 It's cold out here "El Camino,"

[@LennyCole96]

I like how he let him try fire the unloaded gun before he executed them, must've done it just to see the fear in his eyes

[@defconjack717]

one of the best scenes in the whole series

[@pji1979]

I love how people are loving parts of the scene. I mean, here we are, loving parts of this scene. I love that.

[@ChristianPaul75]

Some time ago I read in an article that every story in the BB/BCS universe had already been told. I don´t think so. I would love to see a movie/series on Mike´s background as a crooked beat cop, ultimately leading to his son´s death. They could also depict Mike´s narrative from the BB episode "Half Measures" - one of my favorite moments of the whole series.

[@ayanomoose]

Hadn't thought about it before but I just realized that the kinds of deaths that Mike hates the most but can't seem to escape are the cover up murders. Mikey was killed to cover those two, the good Samaritan was killed to cover for Salamanca, Ziegler and Nacho were killed to cover for Gus. Even Howard was something of a cover-up. People dying just because someone else is scared of getting caught.

[@kingbeauregard]

People are talking a lot about Mike's trap, but the thing I notice is how he was also looking for a reason to not have to go through with it. For example, if they'd said to Mike "you've got it all wrong, we didn't kill Matty", he almost certainly would have listened. But rather than deny it, they took him to Remote Location to finish him off. And even then, he didn't pull the trigger first; he waited until after one of them shot. Mike wanted to be wrong about them, and he wanted there to be some other way to deal with them.

[@markdelmar-sn8wd]

the problem is that he knew these guys very well, he knew what they were up to on the job, and perhaps was familiar with their tactics on the job which no doubt involved regularly assaulting suspects, planting evidence and stitching people up generally. he was also in on the department corruption and they knew it. so when he said they did it, they knew that they had been totally rumbled. no evidence was required. but they also realised he could have proven that they were the guilty ones, if done by the book. so murder was immediately on the cards, and mike had come prepared only for that outcome, knowing without a doubt what they would do. that would be my take on it.

[@zeora8590]

I like how Mike made them go to his own execution site, thinking they were taking him, in reality Mike was always taking them.

[@Ottosgirl123]

The gun in the pocket was brilliant psychology. They expected him to have a gun, so he gives them a disabled one so they don't keep searching.

[@AFK_SLAYER]

2:42 You can see Troy Hoffman is almost crying. Unlike Fensky he felt a little remorse. Also, one of the Salamanca twins seemed more emotional than the other.

[@dynamagon]

I feel like fensky was the one usually making them do what they did. He even was the one calling the shots with mike.

[@mbombo2725]

4:37 the Trump shot!

[@FreedomLovingFox]

I’m glad nothing happened. However, in the spirit of levity, what a bad shot!!! He was called a bad shot by others too 😂

[@Real_Iron_Smith]

This is arguably my favorite BCS episode, and that's saying something!

[@-RandomBiz-]

If you don't know Mike Ehrmantraut and you see him for the first time, it's probably the last time you will see him.

[@voiskumbeaver3285]

Very crafty the way he gets them to take him to a secluded spot in order to knock him off. Getting them to do the legwork for him. It's almost unfair.

[@solomonjohnson7507]

Wild that not finishing the first guy is what gets mike basically into breaking bad.

[@jaayace]

Probably the best television ive ever seen, bravo Mr. Banks

[@LewisSkeeter]

All three act brilliantly.

[@tyjohnston8573]

This scene combined with Mike's admission to Stacey is some of the best television writing of all time. Emmys should have been handed out all over the place (not to disparage Peter Dinklage or some scenes in GOT).

[@szczypior2714]

he had gloves on too - smart, left no proof of him ever being in the car

[@AtotehZ]

One thing I'm wondering. How did he avoid getting DNA profiled as being on scene? He was shot. The bullet passed through. When that happens blood is sprayed on the surroundings instantly, not to mention if he dropped a drop of blood.

[@calebsankey6945]

I think it's implied in the following episodes that the detectives knew he did it, but Fensky and Hoffman were so corrupt and dirty that they turned a blind eye

[@Inaworldwithoutgold-i2k]

​@@calebsankey6945 Now thats what i call good detectives.

[@Victor-rb6pq]

It's kinda of unbelivable how mike lost to Walter, from all people. He underestimated him so much he never tough he had to outsmart him or even look out for him

[@adequatebus8280]

No more half measures. -C

[@MrR2TheZ]

Small detail; Mike faces the officers in a sideways stance to become a smaller target and when he is shot it's just a glancing blow.

[@bobbygarrison3122]

They got there comeuppance, serves them right. Now explain to St. Peter what a righteous officer you were.

[@CB-xr1eg]

St Peter...🤣 He wouldn't explain to anyone. Once you're dead that's it, lights out, game over. Thanks for playing.

[@MichaelSmith-cj4be]

@@CB-xr1eg the point of the comment flew way over your head

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@MichaelSmith-cj4be Nope, not at all, I was just pointing out that St Peter doesn't exist.

[@williamkim8826]

@@CB-xr1eg 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@williamkim8826 Bill Kim from Prison Break, is that you?

[@Nflguy4949]

This was the best scene of the entire series.

[@102-d7i]

Should’ve included the part when he approached them in the bar and told them that he knew what they did

[@Sillysoft]

As well as the part where he planted the gun in the cop car

[@pyrotechnick420]

I'm guessing that when the cops are putting Mike in the car here at 0:48 is when he stashes the revolver in the seats. He makes like a, "Oh god," noise to cover the sound.

[@dricmeistr3977]

This clip is after he already stashed the revolver. Basically, Mike saw those cops' car outside of a bar, and uses a string to unlock the car from inside so he could stash the revolver, before heading into the bar to pretend to be drunk. While in the bar, he tells these cops that he knows they did "it", which is why these two are picking him up from the street to begin with.

[@pyrotechnick420]

@@dricmeistr3977 Ok good call I must have missed that string part but yes he tricked the cops into picking him up. Mike was essentially one step ahead of them the whole time even during the shooting when he KNEW that the cops were going to use his own gun against him in order to cover up the murder so he made sure it had no bullets. Nevermind the fact that a seasoned cop would be able to tell purely by the weight of the gun but whatever Bravo Vince lol, but thanks

[@ederozgonyi5335]

One of the best scenes ever. I can't not love it

[@peterswires8439]

Every scene Jonathan Banks is in somehow turns into an acting masterclass.