Breaking Bad 4x07 'Problem Dog' | First Time Reaction

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Step into the escalating chaos of "Breaking Bad" with Arianna and Maple as they react to Season 4, Episode 7, titled "Problem Dog." In this intense episode, watch as Aaron Paul's character, Jesse Pinkman, grapples with his guilt and moral conflict, metaphorically referring to Gale as a 'problem dog' that he had to put down. Witness Walt's growing desperation to secure his and his family’s safety as he manipulates Jesse into gaining Gus's trust to set up his downfall. React alongside Arianna and Maple to the high stakes and tension-filled scenes involving a video game as a cathartic outlet for Jesse’s emotions, and the critical decisions that could change the course of their lives. "Problem Dog" is a masterclass in tension and character development, showcasing the series' dark themes and the complex layers of its characters.
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00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Reaction
22:37 - Review

[@RAGGINIT11]

Maple: “Wooo POV I’m the meth tube”

[@MrFrankEast]

This is where the show rotates

[@Beaver_Monday]

This is the moment Breaking Bad became rotated

[@tomkapa]

It becomes acute instead of obtuse

[@AboveAverageGamer1]

Guys, it implodes upon itself and becomes a memetic void

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

18:50 David Costabile, who played Gale, was around 44 during his time on Breaking Bad.

[@steamdeck-nz6kc]

Honestly i think the turning point in the show is when skyler cheats on walt with jesse and then gets pregnant. Thats the point of no return in my opinion.

[@Rgasm]

ssh, dont spoil!

[@jmhjmhjmh]

That was really hot scene

[@LeumazDnazor]

Jesse did love himself some milfs!

[@cheappoetry2798]

This isn't really the turning point of the whole show imo

[@wormengine]

the point has turned before... it may turn again...

[@Gecko....]

This is the point in which the DEA are onto them

[@Etticos.]

IMO the turning point is in the bathroom. Tryin’ to be vague for the ladies’ sake, iykyk

[@MrTomlette]

Happens a bit later, around 3x05 of Better Call Saul is when Breaking Bad becomes The Sopranos I think.

[@Jermrants]

Oh no there’s definitely a moment this season… 😁 It’s THE moment

[@Superman-we4jh]

That scene of Jesse is probably one of the greatest scenes of his character because it’s literally Jesse confessing his sins and the guilt that he feels Jesse is a good guy, but he is just trapped in a business that literally involves evil people

[@bigpictureguys8415]

I hear you, and he’s definitely capable of being a good person, but he’s not. All we are is what we do. Making bad choices & then feeling bad about them doesn’t make it ok

[@onepureturtle]

Peter Gould sure knows how to write a character's confession... cough

[@Jermrants]

This whole episode connects SO well with some of the events that take place in season 5, scary awesome

[@thedarkemissary]

He's a drug dealer and a murderer. He's not a good guy. He just has a guilty conscience. He's surrounded by worse guys. Doesn't make him a "good guy."

[@MysterE95]

@@bigpictureguys8415Sounds like a Bojack quote.

[@kevinklare6436]

The actor portraying Gale was 43 at the time his episodes aired.

[@PaulWinkle]

I did the research too just to realize that one hour ago you...😢

[@Sig509]

it is just bad genes, just look for example at Hank actor, he looks like that his whole career, acted in for example Starship Troppers, and was very young there - looked almost like in BB :D

[@Maxisamo1]

​@@Sig509Actually insane that Dean Norris was younger than Gale's actor

[@grumpyboomer61]

The thing about Hank getting enough evidence to put Gus behind bars is... Gus is prepared enough to have an escape plan. Gus is not the sort of fellow to leave any loose ends behind. Like Walt. Especially if it's Walt's brother in law that catches him. Maple has quite an imagination when it comes to hiding things. Tape it under his wee wee? 😂

[@MontgomeryWenis]

This video was hilariously released amongst the news of Kristi Noem's poor Cricket.

[@mobiusbelts3607]

Isn’t that news a couple weeks old by now?

[@Kira1Lawliet]

Just a friendly reminder that Aaron Paul (jesse) had no formal training as an actor before doing this show. EDIT: So people are clear, I said he had no FORMAL TRAINING, not "no prior experience." Yes, he was in stuff before Breaking Bad. What I meant is he didn't need to take classes on acting.

[@jrepka01]

Not sure about formal training, but he moved to LA as a teenager to pursue acting as a career almost ten years before BB, and his IMDb page shows that he was being cast in TV shows and movies almost from the beginning. He had small parts in a variety of TV shows over that time, starting with 90210 and Melrose Place in 1999, not huge but significant roles in movies like K-PAX and Mission Impossible III. The year before BB he was a regular on the HBO series Big Love. He's not a guy who just walked in off the street and was cast...

[@ootfan5]

@@jrepka01 He was also the star of the music video for Thoughtless by KoRn.

[@suzannesmith4882]

He was on ER and hilariously on Price is Right

[@viper2785]

@@ootfan5 Holyyyyyy, I never noticed that, though I probably only ever saw that video a couple times. That's awesome. I wonder if that was a factor in casting him. "Dude can sure get the shit kicked out of him, let's give him a ring!" - Vince Gilligan possibly...? 😆

[@ootfan5]

@@viper2785 Considering how bad Jesse gets abused in season 1 maybe it was lol

[@luro0015]

This is Turning Point: The Show

[@alanpinheiro3659]

So this is how the turntables...

[@procrastinator99]

Flip?

[@lorddoosworth8175]

Vravo Bince

[@OwnYourBaldSpot]

Jesse showing he actually has a conscience, where Walter does not. We can talk about acceptance all day, but when it comes to killing somebody, it’s a different ball game from your standard addiction speech.

[@procrastinator99]

You know my favorite thing about Gus? He doesn't resent serving their food, or getting their drinks. Even as the "Owner". He enjoys it. The maintenance of the image he's created. That just makes for a fascinating character.

[@Maxisamo1]

It's probably the only time he gets to let go of the scary mob boss face and get to actually act normal, like a regular human being

[@procrastinator99]

@@Maxisamo1 I think its more the reverse; jovial, "normal" Gus is the mask. It just happens to be a mask he enjoys wearing. Where, Walt's ego trip is in the recognition, he CAN'T STAND not getting credit. Gus' is in the hiding, his ego trip is actually wearing the mask, NOT getting recognition, because he's fooling everyone. But that's my own interpretation, not trying to invalidate yours at all.

[@sim6446]

This might be the turning point of the whole show imo

[@lolmao500]

The video game Jessie is playing is Rage, made by IdSoftware, the same guys who created Doom.

[@antionedebusei6378]

7:27 Dig a hole and bury it? Who would do such a thing...

[@lepton4]

Arianna was so right - you don't call a meeting with the higher ups without having the answer to their 'doubt' questioning

[@jerodast]

Also it's hilarious how much showmanship Hank is enjoying putting into that speech. He knows just how much he's stretching their patience right before he throws in his trump card. That way next time they think he's off the rails, they'll think twice about it :)

[@TheRepublican777]

Saul really does work his magic lol

[@yingfortheking]

11:25 i love the concept of chickens so amazingly delicious they need armed guards to protect them 24/7

[@sampson9115]

Jesse’s Steve Aoki shirt is kinda nice

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

Gale’s actor was 44 when season 4 came out 💀 but I know some ppl that look old as hell. I know some people my age 24 that look 34

[@heinrichagrippa5681]

I'm glad I'm the exact reverse, though it means whenever I hang out with people your age they just assume I'm also around 24 until I accidentally out myself if the conversation starts to be about things that relate to age at a specific time, or the time at a specific age.

[@thedarkemissary]

And that's why Hank is my favorite character.

[@Dahmen-ll8cd]

This is the whole show of the turning point imo

[@cheappoetry2798]

This is the point whole of the show turning imo

[@jxchamb]

This is the turning point of the comments.

[@rafaelcruz9973]

Why does someone post this exact comment in every episode? 😭

[@neezduts69420]

this whole point is the imo show of the turning

[@Alienoiable]

this is the point where you all should be dropping the unfunny jokes that have been going around for years now.

[@TheRepublican777]

Aaron Paul is such a good actor and yet was never trained he just threw himself into acting because he wanted to be an actor he did a lot of commercials he played side people in teen movies and a couple of horror movies he was on an episode of the X-Files then he had a lead role in a movie called daydreamer then a year later he gets this role as Jesse and it changed his life and he pretty much grew up on this show.

[@FluorescentPhnix1]

I remember him as a suspect in criminal minds. I'm pretty sure its the episode called The Popular Kids in season one. It had to do with a murder abduction via cult.

[@TheRepublican777]

@@FluorescentPhnix1 Yes he was in Criminal minds and an episode of Bones and the X-Files and some other shows I can't remember the name of lol

[@Reborn_Mxrz]

This think was I point of show turning the whole

[@wavehellhole]

The turning point of the show is coming up

[@jlilley73]

Ugh, those mismatched double apostrophes in the captions are killing me. KILLING ME. 😆🤓

[@marbase1son]

"You gotta guard the mother Hen" the inflection and the line will stick with me for weeks possibly months

[@jerodast]

Her symbolism could not be more blatant, Gus is the Hen and we must all incubate under his magnificence. Come up with a dark horse theory next time!

[@xrojoredx]

This is the Ross pivot point of the show

[@SovereignJoh]

okay this one got me ❤

[@serbianhammer]

If you look at the subtitles why does every contraction use a quotation mark instead of apostrophes? What a funny little mistake.

[@calebb231]

Dont worry one of you constantly talking about off topic stuff isn't annoying

[@buhlenzimande9303]

Seasons 4 and 5 of this show are thee most heavily intense and heavily stressul seasons of any show I have ever watched in my whole life

[@crispy_338]

No wait THIS is where shit gets real. The true turning point

[@RiffRaffish]

Wait yoy might be on to something

[@jxchamb]

Was this the turning point of the show?

[@cheappoetry2798]

Not yet, it happens in season 5 episode 17

[@jxchamb]

@@cheappoetry2798 Best episode of the show. Completely unpredictable. Didn't see it coming.

[@cheappoetry2798]

​@@jxchambCinematic masterpiece 👌🏽

[@loco_logic]

​@@jxchamb I can honestly say I've never seen anything like it

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

@@cheappoetry2798 I agree. Until that episode, the series is a huge waste of time. That's the episode where it finally pays off.

[@jxchamb]

3:20- Open na door! Open na door! If you know, then you know.

[@prp2]

I just looked up David Costabile (the actor for Gale Boetticher), and he was on the show from 2010-2011 during which time he would've been 43-44 so yeah, casting was generous with that one.

[@MrGrifft]

It's not a crack house, it's a meth home!

[@cliveklg7739]

Tape pull off a weezer... pass. Especially tap sticky enough to stay.

[@curtiszyr]

Man Walt was making insane money . Mike was right “ we had a good thing going , it all ran like clockwork” smh

[@Thedreamer20015]

I’d say Jane’s death is the turning point for the series. That’s when it all starts getting more than serious. It gets really dark around than.

[@Eldaaa]

Wait till you get to the final episode of the final season, really a turning point in the show

[@jeremymcinturff985]

@11:32 "No Chick-fil-a sauce??? 😳" vibes. Lol

[@Birdboy029]

that's what iiii was thinking! :D

[@SpicyMarcoBB]

I’m dead 💀

[@SpicyMarcoBB]

This is when the egg became the chicken

[@jlilley73]

Inarguably, this is the halfway point of the whole season!

[@dani42069_]

Maple your hair looks amazing!

[@willbyrn5920]

That opening scene with Jesse playing the video game is unreal

[@SpicyMarcoBB]

It’s unreal because he’s not using a controller and that pistol/gadget doesn’t exist

[@TheOriginalDogLP]

I love hank being good at his job

[@TampaCEO]

The last few episodes of season 4 go down as some of the greatest of the entire series. I can't wait for you to get to the finale. Enjoy.

[@xt0ferx]

"he's raising those to be turned into chickens" ?? lmao

[@LacoSinfonia]

This episode is the moment where Phil served 20 years… wait.

[@jeffreyphillips8390]

Wow what a turning point of the show

[@astrogallotron]

9:10 lol I've done that with weed joints at festivals

[@bigpictureguys8415]

17:47 Jesse fundamentally not understanding the concept of acceptance makes sense given where his character is at this point in the show. That scene used to annoy me but the more time I get in recovery the more familiar that rant sounded, especially coming from a newcomer.

[@OwnYourBaldSpot]

It’s different when accepting something a little bad someone did cause of being high, verses killing a person… that’s unacceptable and something people live with for life. Acceptance has its place, and if it wasn’t about Gail I might agree, but I think Jesse was actually striking a deeper chord there.

[@TheChevyboy420]

Yall have to react to snowfall! Y’all will love it!❤

[@PeterPing]

7:21 wow

[@Dueiso]

Maple you look incredible in this video. Maybe smt in your hair or new shadow eye, but I really loved it

[@craigmerryfull7704]

Jessies t shirt is interesting, a blind jesus it looks like to me. I like the subtle metaphors they place in the scenes. An episode where Jessie is feeling shame about his sins being unseen while wearing a t shirt depicting a blind jesus.

[@SovereignJoh]

If you're trolling you got me, if you're not, that's a Steve Aoki shirt. He had a music video with Machine Gun Kelly for "Free the Madness" that referenced Breaking Bad.

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite episode of Breaking Bad!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jonathanchavez9009]

Show point turn this

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

11:32 a lemonade alright… no cage free aaiggs??? 😲Not organic??😲

[@multipleverse]

Point has been turned 😯

[@jarvisfowlkes3200]

Love you both

[@Intellectual-Warrior9]

Judging repeats the cycle.

[@DezeraeJordan]

Walter is ALWAYS trying to manipulate Jesse. We’ve seen it since the 1st episode and EVERY episode after that. #justice4jesse

[@MrWavecity]

I love this show

[@catika505]

kid named turning point

[@deek60819]

bro maple believe gale passed for 34 wtf

[@elbruces]

Remember how much we all hated Hank when the show first started?

[@TacoBarato]

show turns

[@brandonmccardle4009]

Me whole show point turn.

[@michaelriddick7116]

Tape ... tape should never go near there 😳🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕🤕

[@TorchySmurf]

🤯Hank🤯

[@RandomGuyWhoComments.]

Sometimes i feel like they aren’t really listening to what walter because they just love to bash on him for everything, evem when he is right. Like when walter was saying “does gus really think u are that naive” and then Arianna says “you do” to walter when walter is absolutely right that gus thinks that, which is why he has been pairing him with mike, staging a fake robbery to make him feel more important.

[@jbwade5676]

❤❤❤

[@Hellomarsh]

Yall forget, mid 30s is considered middle age

[@bigpictureguys8415]

Less than an hour into the reaction being posted & there’s already six people making the same joke. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@onepureturtle]

waah

[@jlilley73]

But you gotta understand, it's the purning toint of the shole hoe.

[@jmhjmhjmh]

Why does Jesse’s video game gun have recoil?

[@Diegesis]

The guns in time crisis had recoil.

[@Gecko....]

Walt can be so dumb, I mean how does he think a car wash can launder so much money? They'd be the most successful car wash in the USA over night... 😂 Servicing 1 car every minute for 24 hours a day.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

It doesn’t need to wash all the money, it only needs to wash enough to make their lifestyle not attract attention.

[@stepheng1523]

Gas and grocery money for life.... I'd take gas and grocery money for life

[@ViVaLaRan]

plebs

[@juanbolivar8327]

I got to say something, NO ONE in the entire Hispanic world speaks Spanish like that! not a native one at least, that's such a robotic extremely forced way to speak Spanish I've ever heard, plus the words they choose, not even closed, that's just an extremely odd way to speak Spanish, even spoken correctly, and these guys are criminals, it is like a North American just passed level 1 in Spanish course, sounds like that lol, that's the only flaw I see in the entire show, and it is so funny, even that looks good because of how funny it is, I'm saying this as a Spanish Native speaker