Breaking Bad 3x9 - Kafkaesque - Group Reaction

[@Mr_Domez]

look up Franz Kafka, Kafkaesque is based on the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's novels

[@clem1257]

"The Metamorphosis" is one of my favorite

[@mickys333]

One could also read one of his short stories too, to get the gist of his writing. Really interesting stuff.

[@paulmurphy4723]

Kafkaesque /ˌkafkəˈɛsk/ adjective characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's fictional world. 👍

[@fheedpexx9267]

I thought he was like one of the most well known authors of all time, but it seems no one reacting to this show knows him :( Like what, Kafkaesque. Kafka. Esque. In the style of Kafka. It's not hard :(

[@jasondemagio4449]

Fheed Pexx American education isn’t really very good at teaching the classics

[@LMarti13]

The confidence with which Nahid wrongly pronounced Kafkaesque lol

[@benjaminroe311ify]

Obviously a viewer group not familiar with great literature haha. But that's kind of obvious anyway hahaha.

[@Anemoia22]

🤓 ​@@benjaminroe311ify

[@mickys333]

19:17 I love Walt leaning in like "I gotta hear this shit"

[@freem8son86]

It's pronounced Kafka-esk. As in Franz Kafka. Pretty famous dude.

[@xxdavecz3811]

also from Czech Republic, like Marketa.

[@ShakenPig]

Also from final fantasy 6

[@Quoyth]

I'm just here to comment about kafkaesque pronunciation.

[@francoliles189]

When Walt leans forward to hear Skylar's story, still has me dying! lol

[@ДжонТаргариен-я8с]

Walter should have immediately correct Skyler, after she told that crap to Marie. Walter should have said: "Wait, wait Skyler, not "we have money", I have money, I earned those money, not you. And we are divorced at this point, remember, I signed divorce papers you so much wanted me to sign, and I left house. Now you can continue to sleep with your boss, without cheating on me. But yes, I will pay for Hank's medical bills, while he isn't my family anymore, if you ask very well"

[@supersonic620]

Alternate Reality Breaking Bad: "Stay in network. Physical therapy could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars" Marie: " You know the chemistry and I know the stealing... I was thinking we could partner up" Walt: " I'm way ahead of you".

[@EpickaNESSiskool]

lmao

[@jac7895]

I half expected Marketa to burst through with her face all red and yell at them the proper czech pronounciation.

[@Methylglyoxal]

German*

[@preettyE]

@@Methylglyoxal She's Czech. And so was Kafka, even though he spoke German...afaik

[@Methylglyoxal]

@@preettyE she's Czech but Kafka was German-speaking . He wasn't even fluent in Czech. He was born in Austria-Hungary, in Prague even, he was brought German/Jewish tho

[@sojtus8681]

@@Methylglyoxal True. But it doesn´t really matter how he personaly spoke. The name as such is of czech origin from the word "kavka". With the v changed to f because of the influance of german pronanciation of v as f. And it is pronounced the same in check as in german.

[@Kal-El_138]

You pronounced Kafkaesque wrong. They pronounced it correctly in the show.

[@toniton9434]

@Aimo Ikonen patreon access

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

@Aimo Ikonen pay $5 a month and get early access. They are probably finishing up with season 4 now but im not a patreon so I wouldnt know.

[@lucasfranke3326]

@@israymervalentin-arias6313 they post a schedule every Monday with what reactions will get uploaded on the week

[@SkaffaS]

@viciousspew people with too much money on their hands

[@reverseBLT]

@viciousspew It's more that people pay $5 a month to help other people afford the free time to do all the work involved in letting others watch them watch a TV show. The early access is just a thank you for helping fund the channel. Personally, I can't afford to support the channels I love, right now, but I would, if I could. Time isn't free, and it takes a lot of it to make these videos a reality.

[@eljeffex]

It was kind of amusing how adamant he was about the wrong pronunciation. If I'm unsure of a pronunciation, I go to one of the online dictionaries and they usually have an icon you can click on and hear someone pronounce it. Still, it was funny.

[@lucax8934]

Who else is triggered by how they don't know the legend Kafka

[@Vijay007-]

Do you expect an American to know that? Nonsense!

[@Paen_events]

@@Vijay007- I'm american and i knew

[@fflv_irn]

It's still funny when they philosophy too much, but don't know who Kafka is, or even the word itself )~)~)

[@Vijay007-]

@@Paen_events Good for you! More like you in the US my dude

[@davidmontoute2074]

The fact that Jesse doesn't know what it means is played for laughs in this episode, but it surprised me that the Normies didn't know it either. Still, i definitely can't be "triggered" by that. They're such an adorable group.

[@DominickvdHoff]

I'm just wondering what reaction was happening in the next room... Sounds like a cliffhanger or something

[@bigfoot.4451]

Comment section: 95% "you pronounced it wrong dammit" 5% anything else

[@janksamillion]

5:22 Damn, never thought of it that way. If Hank just drove away, they would have tried again, and he might not have had the warning. That's so like Hank to stay there and face whoever's coming for him head on. ASAC Motherfuckin' Schrader

[@autonomous8108]

He couldn't risk putting marie in danger. He's better than that

[@MasterPoppers]

I understand the mispronunciation of Kafka, but EE-ES-KAY for 'esque'?

[@elisabethlarsen4282]

It's the same pronounciation as, for example, "grotesque", or "unique" right? That hard K sound. I mean... .. I can't see how it could go so wrong!

[@calebsmommy812]

I think she was thinking the unknown word may have been Spanish.. That's how que would be pronounced. The rest of the pronunciation though... I got nothing lol

[@mordirit8727]

@@elisabethlarsen4282 the way they pronounced was very "grotieskay" =p

[@LoSTRaMaiR]

Elisabeth Larsen how about “risqué”?

[@mordirit8727]

@@LoSTRaMaiR I was about to say "obviously it should be different, it has an acute accent... But then again, my mother language is Portuguese so even if I don't know anything about a language, I know two words written the same but with different accentuation will be pronounced very differently. It's innate for me... Isn't it for people who have English as a mother language too?

[@SETHthegodofchaos]

11:40 Ha, I dont think he got what he wanted. At this point I think he is pissed. His whole "act" of being though was build on top of him dying off cancer in a few months. He loved being in control of his own life, but probably more important his own death. Now, his life and death is in the hands of more powerful people again. His whole plan has failed. His cancer is better AND he will probably have to cook meth for the rest of his life. I mean, once a criminal, always a criminal, right? You probably cant just exit when you were this deep in business. The other criminals wouldnt allow it (except you are John Wick :D). That is why I think Walter had his suicidal rage for a few seconds there.

[@russellward4624]

Jessie isnt stealing from Walt. He's stealing from Gus.

[@reverseBLT]

"The Metamorphosis" was one of my earliest experiences with full-blown body horror. It's about way deeper shit than that, but the body horror is legendary.

[@MrROKinROK]

At the risk of piling on (indirectly), what kind of reference site not only provides an inaccurate pronunciation of "Kafkaesque" but also a definition with no reference to Franz Kafka? That's very Hannityesque.

[@bigfan1041]

Very dailyshowesque.

[@quinnknobbe7119]

And now for some assigned reading: The Metamorphosis and The Trial.

[@ellystripes]

And The Castle for good measure.

[@depthsofabjection]

reading is gay

[@seekerxiii]

The Trial was pretty hard for me to read, but my god was it great.

[@chunkyMunky329]

I love the metamorphosis but i couldn't finish the trial. boring

[@Nevi234]

3:08 Running an empire quickly stops being about the money and starts being about power and control. Walt's not even bothered that he's getting very little money compared to what Gus is yielding(no doubt less than 96million in 3 months because of all the workers and equipment he has to pay for but) bcus it's not about that anymore. I would not say Gus and Walt are on the same level imo ;)

[@alexmadagascar955]

At that point didn't want to run any empire, he was happy to feel himself important and be a "provider"

[@alexmadagascar955]

Your comment is trash

[@TheeKorovaMilkBar]

"How much money do you need to make?" More.

[@azh698]

"How much money do you need to make? Yes"

[@noelcrenshaw7969]

This episode is where Skylar officially became a player in the great game

[@ДжонТаргариен-я8с]

Walter should have immediately correct Skyler, after she told that crap to Marie. Walter should have said: "Wait, wait Skyler, not "we have money", I have money, I earned those money, not you. And we are divorced at this point, remember, I signed divorce papers you so much wanted me to sign, and I left house. Now you can continue to sleep with your boss, without cheating on me. But yes, I will pay for Hank's medical bills, while he isn't my family anymore, if you ask very well"

[@infinitynotifications7082]

@@ДжонТаргариен-я8с Yeah skylar fans are clowns. Anna Gunn is an amazing actress everyone in this show are amazing actors and actresses and all the character add to the plot but Skylar fans think that Skylar is an angel.

[@glutenfree7057]

@@infinitynotifications7082 and walt fans think walt is an angel, for some fucking reason.

[@Kishore_44]

@@glutenfree7057 Walt is a genius. He earned it with his brain, not by sleeping with his boss.

[@diegorocha2826]

After checking out other channels that are on the BB react train, it made me see just how insightful and entertaining y'all's input is. Happy Valentine's day normie fam♥️✌️🤙

[@thedisciple516]

Not enough love and appreciation for the brilliant Los Pollos commercial... otherwise good reaction as usual

[@mgoblue9389]

Obviously the comments have made it clear that kafkaesque is in reference to Franz Kafka because of his novels, but think of the word like this: Kafka-esque. Imagine LeBron James has a historic game, and someone says, "that performance from LeBron was Jordan-esque", in reference to Michael Jordan.

[@melindamay74646]

It's pronounced Kafka-esque.

[@jasondemagio4449]

Lmao at Naheed trying to pronounce Kafkaesque and messing up the last syllable You were so close dude It’s pronounced Kaf-ka-Esk, not Kaf-ka-ess-Kay like you guys kept saying

[@LanceJ.]

The last syllable? He fucked up the last 3. How do YOU pronounce it 😂

[@briangonigal3974]

No, he was not close, not at all. And yeah, the sheer number of comments correcting him are overkill, and I'm just adding to it, but dammit, It was like fingernails on a blackboard every time he pronounced it that way, we need to lash out!

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

That is why He is the Jessy of the Normies :D

[@nateedward9663]

American healthcare at its finest. Even cops struggle. My goodness if this is accurate.

[@thomasfoster1181]

Arguably worst healthcare in the developed world

[@homelander5499]

American doctors earn almost $100 every hour... Where do you think they get this much amount of money 😜 Even if you hospitalized with a minor flu/injury you'll loose almost $6000.. That's how expensive Healthcare in United States is..

[@stgm]

Watching all the reactions so far... if I started a meth empire, I want Rana and Hannah holding the guns.

[@tomo14723]

3:55 I thought that background yell was in my own house and freaked tf out lol

[@SOUPNPC]

I was looking for this comment.

[@aaronl1818]

Walt was speeding cause he was on a power high from the meeting with gus kinda how he was screaming in the car after the tuco meeting , he finally feels worth something in his life and powerful he gets off on it and it motivates him to keep going

[@ninadavidovic9644]

To me, it seems like the exact opposite is happening. Gus now owns him for however many years Walt lives, not for only 3 months like before. He lost control, he now answers to Gus. He was speeding and also giving up the control over the vehicle, a literal visual representation of him losing control, or, giving it to someone/something else. I didn't get the feeling that Walt was feeling powerful there. Just my interpretation though, maybe it's wrong.

[@aaronl1818]

Nina Davidovic have you finished the show ? Don’t wanna spoil it if you haven’t

[@ninadavidovic9644]

@@aaronl1818 I watched it ages ago, I don't remember anything. I believe Hank and Walt both die 😂 Spoil away

[@calebsmommy812]

Yeah I totally agree with you Nina. This was Walt losing control, not feeling powerful. He walked away from that meeting realizing that he is fucked. Gus owns him. He can't do shit

[@aaronl1818]

calebsmommy812 how? Gus just told him he would give him 15 million for one year and Walt looked pleased and shocked at that amount of money finally feeling worth something so he goes into mini Heisenberg mode and speeds like a bad ass he closes his eyes cause he realizes and kinda hates that he loves that feeling till he “wakes “ up

[@minski76]

Well. Thank goodness the pronunciation is explained in the episode. Sorry, Nahid, not even close.

[@nicktroisi6347]

Jesse’s story about the wooden box is such a powerful scene

[@mgoblue9389]

Not only did they all say kafkayeskee, kafkieskay, and kafkuheskque 100 times, Rana throws in a final "Los PoLLos Hermanos", phoenetically lol

[@45banshee]

After this ends yall gotta watch Bettter Call Saul series. Its just as good as Breaking Bad!

[@LukeIsyourfasha]

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid. -Franz Kafka

[@AtheistVitalist]

The guy at the end does sounds exactly like Badger :D And yes, do read Kafka!

[@knuthenriksommer4982]

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect."

[@brandonflorida1092]

Sometimes, if you want to say that something is reminiscent of the work of some writer, you take the writer's name and add -esque. That's what they're doing here for the early 20th century German writer, Franz Kafka. It's not a Spanish word. It's English.

[@Hoobyj]

Who the heck would trade an ounce of weed for a wooden box.

[@simphiwe4930]

I love how Walt was as facinated as Marie😂😂😂😂

[@brocksaunders9275]

21:11 That look always says to me, "What the fuck just happened? But slightly proud."

[@timcook6566]

A few hundred thousand in medical bills? Mine broke the million dollar mark. Bi lateral quadricep tendon rupture...twice in one week

[@Hexon66]

I'm stunned that Hannah wasn't familiar with the meaning and pronunciation of "Kafkaesque". I don't have the slightest doubt it was Nahid's first time at the vocabulary rodeo.

[@feraldog5590]

It's not Walt who caused this, it's Gus he purposely set this in motion so he could run his own thing without the cartel. Walt had exactly NOTHING to do with Hank being shot

[@russellward4624]

I think the ladies forgot what Jessie said in a previous episode. "Hes the bad guy". Thats how he's dealt with Jane's death. He's taken the bad guy mantra and he's playing that part. He doesnt want to be a good guy, pay taxes... He's accepted his place in the universe and he's running with it. What could be worse than selling to people in recovery.

[@jamesfromacct]

good lord that pronunciation was TRIGGERING

[@russellward4624]

Pet peeve of mine is how they always have someone hitting the morphine button like 10x's in the hospital. That doesnt work. Theyres a limiter on it so you cant OD. You can hit it 100x's, you still only get 1.

[@godmagnus]

Kafkaesque, named after the famous author Frank... Kafkey. 😂

[@RaisiaFan1919]

She said "It's like an onion ring in your fries.". :)

[@sergiorossell]

noticed how walt and jesse's mindsets were reversed in this episode? the prior season it was walter the one obssesed with not getting "screwed" by competition and therefore not making as much money as he wanted, to what jesse would reply that he should be grateful for the dough he made so far. here we them in a complete pole reversal.

[@calebmeyer9652]

he even went in the description to let everyone know he was wrong hahaha

[@MrsJoannaG]

@4:50 My body doesn't work that way, I've never understood how people get addicted to pain pills. Whenever I've been giving them I always only take half because if I take a full one all I want to do is go to sleep. I get super sleepy after having half.

[@holysecret2]

3:20 I think it's more about power to him, not money. Someone striving for power itself almost never will be satiated.

[@SuzakuX]

Kafka-esque. As in, describing a situation like one depicted in the fiction of author Franz Kafka.

[@KangarooMonkey]

I wonder if Walt didn’t pay, and Hank was in a wheel chair if he would have died. Also, in the pilot Skyler said she was interested in creative writing.

[@marquisewilliams3904]

Word: Kafkaesque /ˌkäfkəˈesk/ Definition: having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality Example: Your pronunciation of Kafkaesque is Kafkaesque.

[@Kuralai95]

The way Walt leans in to listen to Sklyar’s story. He’s in disbelief too. 🤣

[@ДжонТаргариен-я8с]

Walter should have immediately correct Skyler, after she told that crap to Marie. Walter should have said: "Wait, wait Skyler, not "we have money", I have money, I earned those money, not you. And we are divorced at this point, remember, I signed divorce papers you so much wanted me to sign, and I left house. Now you can continue to sleep with your boss, without cheating on me. But yes, I will pay for Hank's medical bills, while he isn't my family anymore, if you ask very well"

[@whatmodern]

How do u not know how to pronoounce Kafka lol. I figured at least one of you would get it since ya'll are pretty smart.

[@jasminbreakingbadwalkingde4614]

Loved your guys reactions!

[@johnnytremp]

20:22 To all those who keep saying Hannah is a genius, she didn't even know that 7 figures meant a million dollars. lol

[@nickj9846]

That has nothing to do with anything they meant how quick she picks up on things in the show

[@davidle4936]

It's not their fault if they don't know about Kafka!

[@danytargaryen5472]

is Rana 13?... hell

[@calebsmommy812]

Why?

[@DcIxvi]

kaf key es kay LMAO the description LOOOOOL

[@homelander5499]

Skyler is a story writer... So it does make sense 😂😂

[@himurahaibara1459]

I felt bad for Jesse but damn he was a frustrating smartass.

[@amerlad]

what the hell is happening in the background?

[@mizusecond]

i thought my cat was screaming and freaking out lol

[@ReasonableRam]

A different group was filming a different reaction in the other room and they got excited.

[@seriously_aesthetic]

Someone fuck (joke)

[@wormengine]

WHO IS OUT THERE TRADING JESSE AN OUNCE OF WEED FOR A WOODEN BOX

[@jc441-i3q]

Hannah could cosplay as Sansa

[@coolbreez1214]

I know it has something to do with an author of that name. But I always thought "a fked up situation" pretty much defined it".

[@kaebay3405]

It's sort of endearing that Nahid didn't recognize and couldn't pronounce kafkaesque but he took the initiative to look it up. Also don't think Rana knew the bit from the Hangover is a reference to Rain Man and that's also cute.

[@godmagnus]

Looked it up and still pronounced it wrong.

[@TripleM1137]

next ep is the fly cant waittt

[@PoemJunkie]

Nahid’s second-hand squirm while Skyler is telling the gambling story is hilarious.

[@Jeremy-jm3fe]

PoemJunkie Not sure why he would be squirming, that scene was a rare moment where Skyler was actually awesome.

[@ciaranpatrick6859]

Not trying to be pretentious but every time they said kafkey eskay a little bit of me died inside

[@lucascunningham242]

Spoiler: I respect the wooden box scene in the finale so much more now, after hearing Jesse share his story about building them in this episode, I definitely missed this connection when I watched.

[@mradriankool]

How much money paradox. You set up the chicken company to wash your money, then it becomes a distribution network, then chicken outlet actually becomes a success. You can increase your product volumes because you have a massive franchise to move it through. So you move more meth, set up more franchises, sell more meth, and so on and so on

[@Kuralai95]

Makes me wonder which big companies are just fronts for other illegal actions

[@calebsmommy812]

Just a few things that stuck out to me in this one: I'm surprised to hear you guys compare the plot to sell to other addicts in an NA meeting to what happened with Jane. Do you guys actually blame Jessie for her death? It's interesting that you guys didn't seem to be more curious about what Walt was doing when he sped up, and then recklessly closed his eyes after that meeting with Gus. You guys are so perceptive, so I'm wondering when that light bulb will flash. Last but not least,

[@calebsmommy812]

Last but not least when Walt told Gus that he understood why he put the hit out on Hank, and that he would've done the same thing, in no way was he saying that he, Walt, would put the hit out on Hank. He's saying that if the roles were reversed he'd have done the same thing meaning putting a hit out on someone's family if it made sense to him business wise. He's not saying he'd have Hank attacked

[@Star_l0rdd]

8:12 Nahid is like me when I see food

[@elihughes9842]

Hannah😍

[@briangonigal3974]

Skyler did not know how much Walt was making before Walt mentioned it was "into seven figures". You can tell because for that whole scene it's Walt just speechless and staring at Skyler in amazement as she spins her tale, UNTIL Walt drops that line, then for one brief moment it shifts to Skyler staring in amazement at Walt before shifting back to Skyler being the star and Walt with his jaw hanging open. The way that whole scene was both written & performed was just absolutely brilliant.

[@solgnaleb]

Angry Germans about to rage on Nahid. (me for example :p)

[@elisalukasik6334]

Dude. Kafka-esque. Lmao killing meeeee.

[@FM_ris]

Kafkaesque comes from Kafka, a famous writer

[@Bruce-Wayne-101]

Lol Hannah sounded like she was speaking Spanish at the beginning of this video. It was cute ❤

[@cerrobueno]

I love Hannah's laugh so much!

[@phoenixflame240]

Rana is so right with what Jesse is doing. You tell 'em

[@vukkumsp]

Is Kafkaesque word related to author Franz Kafka ?

[@dandyman2182]

Its pretty ridiculous that skylar blames her skills in lying on walt she didn't learn shit from him that was all natural for her cx

[@jhopeur7219]

Skyler is a survivor and she is so smart and she is saving Walt's reckless ass. Like that cover story she came up with was perfect. It explained everything perfectly, still put the onus on Walt where it should be but she gave him cover by demonstrating empathy about his intentions and state of mind. And gambling is far less of the social sin than meth is. And it makes him seem less dangerous so it protects the children, too. Walt should have thought of that story to lie to Skyler with. She saves his ass over and over. And she didn't want any of this to begin with. She is just surviving the best way she can. What's the alternative?

[@tathagataguha6206]

what the hell.. who's screaming at the background??? that almost gave me a heart attack... im not even joking...

[@alydinamo10]

Hannah just doesn't understand that Walt cares for Hank and wouldn't do something to him. She keeps saying this for the last couple of episodes. She is great with this show and understands some things better than any other reactor, but it seems that she blames Walt a lot for more than he deserves, and the opposite with Jessie.

[@Whateveridontcaremeh]

Walt is feeling bad because now he is trapped 15 mil a year, it means yes or I don't care about you and your safety much less your familiy

[@Eowyn187]

Is no one noticing these people pay for high priced insurance but they're not covering his ass.

[@proctologistbarbie]

Hahaha "kafkayeeskay" 😂

[@TheRash11d]

7:33 Thanks for the shoutout Hannah 😉

[@MrHejke]

15:58 "wonder if that's foreshadowing" oh well...

[@ginofactap]

the "kafkaesque" thing is a reference to Franz Kafka, extremely famous writer lol can't believe you missed that one, I'm so triggered right now lmao just like something that is "lynchian" is a reference to David Lynch and his surreal films.

[@Axius27]

Look, if Jesse wants a fair work agreement, he should get a real job and join a union :P

[@tobioyegoke4811]

Kaf ka esk