Breaking Bad 4x2 'Thirty-Eight Snub' | First Time Reaction

[@johnmorris8444]

Hank has a problem feeling physically vulnerable with his wife. The physical therapist was motivating Hank like a coach, a workout partner, a teammate. Marie, though genuinely trying to help, was coming across like a mom coaching their toddler. It can be demoralizing and emasculating, especially for a tough guy like Hank.

[@RobertMorgan]

If I was trying to motivate my brother I'd say way different things than I'd say to my sisters.

[@HonRevPTB]

Well I totally agree except for the fact that Hank is absolutely by no means a tough guy, he's a racist, beta, coward, bully masquerading as one!!!!!!!

[@daveevans3746]

Marie is apparently in the house party scene. Betsy Brandt said the set looked so much fun she just had to be part of it, so they dressed her up, made sure her face didn’t show and she’s just a dancing extra. Doubt she’s in purple….

[@jerodast]

Betsy Brandt is a delight in every cast appearance and interview I've seen; this trivia is a pleasant surprise without surprising me haha

[@John__Dough]

The guy that sat up, when Jesse turned the music up before he left, is Bryan Cranston in disguise as well.

[@Im.Smaher]

She’s not in there. She said she wanted to be there. You’re getting things mixed up.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

@@John__Dough Omg that is totally him, now that you point it out.

[@HonRevPTB]

​@@jerodastI totally agree!!!!!!! 💯👍 Betsy is absolutely OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!

[@Hal2718]

14:12 A yes! The famous pizza place that doesn't slice the pizza so they can pass the savings onto you! Also it was included just to have an in world explanation for why the pizza Walt threw on top of the roof wasn't cut.

[@citpeks2000]

"Mike won't go out and slaughter a lot of people because that's a lot of work." 🤣 Mike doesn't expend any more energy than he absolutely has to.

[@Serryy]

When Tuco killed one of his goons, Walt and Jesse both decided that he needed to be killed before he was going to kill them. When Gus killed one of his goons, Walt thought the same way. But was naive enough to think that Mike would be shocked by this. Doubt this was the first time Mike saw something like this working for Gus. Not to mention that Mike knew the reason why Gus did it while it looked random to Walt.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

24:01 you call it naïveté (which it is) but I see it more as desperation. He’s desperate so he’s grasping at straws. Assuming or better yet hoping Mike’s life is as meaningless to to Gus as Victor’s when in reality Walt has no clue how close they are.

[@mkazaa]

I mean you're right. It is desperation. It's not naïveté at all. He took a gamble while lacking information and came up short. He can't possibly know the nature of the relationship between Mike and Gus but he knows what happened to Victor so he gambles and fails. They seem to think Walt isn't committed to being anything. He is. Heisenberg may be ruthless and a killer and the worst criminal and blah blah, but he's also a liar. I don't see how they don't realise that him lying and deceiving others with half truths isn't part of Heisenberg and hence him being fully committed to it. He can't just come out and say everything he wants to do. Gus doesn't go into Los pollos and treat his employees like he does the ones who work for him on the meth side.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

@@mkazaa good point

[@kczkmmne]

14:13 this was a little in joke to explain why the pizza Walt threw on the roof wasn't sliced

[@bajorekjon]

Maybe they were afraid to leave sharp objects around Giancarlo

[@bigpictureguys8415]

2:17 gotta respect the gun salesman for keeping it 100 despite possibly losing a sale as a result.

[@angeloalvarez5520]

Agreed

[@Washanuga]

I like how they built his character in both shows. Like he said, he's been doing his business for 30+ years, you can tell he doesn't need to be a salesman or bullshit anyone. The clientele comes to him and making one little pistol sale isn't worth trading his integrity. Makes you wonder what his life story is and what kinda deals he's done.

[@altafkalam2716]

One of the reasons why BB is such a goated show. A character that appears for barely 5 mins is so well-fleshed out and you already know the kind of person he is.

[@JDeuce]

My man was really just genuinely curious. Sales be damned. 😂

[@LacoSinfonia]

Marie is an mf queen. Maybe my favorite character development in the show. And Hank’s behavior, while unjustified, is extremely realistic. His character is expertly written. It seems redundant to say, but pretty much everything about this show is perfect.

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

i wouldnt say unjustified. hank is at the lowest stage in his life and his way of getting through it is to try tough it out. Its extremely insulting for Marie to be running around all day clapping and talking to him like hes a pre schooler. "you have such a way with him" talking about hank as if he was some troubled 11 year old. If she would just calm tf down he woudnt be so pissy at her all the time. If im in the shitter and i know im in the shitter i dont need my girl on the side lines clapping and saying "ooh youre doing such a good job, that was so close!" the whole time. its patronizing, its untrue and honestly if i was hank it would be hell.

[@LacoSinfonia]

@@Jellysfrickingstuff Hank feeling emasculated and vulnerable is completely understandable. But everything Marie does comes from loving and supporting him. Not unforgivable. But unjust.

[@MarvelousMusicmmusic]

Men and women and people in general just deal with these kinds of situations differently and that's what we're seeing with Hank and Marie

[@jeremymcinturff985]

the easter egg of Bryan Cranston as the "dude waking up at the party." Lol

[@Terp311]

Correct.

[@BulletTooth504]

I was wondering if that was him.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

6:37 This is the moment when Arianna turned into Hank Schrader

[@ravenward626]

Minerals rock dude!

[@DerekMoore82]

Tyrus the henchman was the one who called and said "Go home Walter." Tyrus is Gus' loyal bodyguard. You were right in how you said Mike works with them rather than for them. Gus has too much respect for Mike's wide ranging skill set to put him on simple bodygaurd detail. It would be a misallocation of Mike's valuable resources. Although Mike will defend Gus obviously, and occasionally pull bodyguard duty, he's usually busy with more complex ops.

[@EndgameAngel]

Yeah, I thought it sounded like Tyrus and not Mike, but for some reason, the captions said Mike.

[@briangonigal3974]

In truth, it was a long-running debate among BB fans as to just who it was on the other end of the phone with Walt. Opinion was split between Mike and Gus himself, it kinda almost sounded like both of them yet not quite either one exactly, until eventually Vince Gilligan let drop in a Q&A that it was the actor playing the just-introduced Tyrus whose voice we hear.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

Wait, they described Walter as a serial killer, then said "his victims always described him" ... HOW? Through a séance? This episode was definitely Walter thinking he's Scarface.

[@anna0735]

or Walter thinking he's BTK ( a real serial killer) going through people's homes lol ( BTK ironically installed security alarms) they also look alike, way much alike yuks

[@Liesmith424]

Sopranos memes have ruined me: I expected "Up in da Club" to blast out of Jesse's speaker.

[@onepureturtle]

You got a bee on-a your pizza

[@angeloalvarez5520]

You'll find me in da club

[@RobertMorgan]

Because you mentioned that and got that re-stuck in my head again, I'm shanking you with a butterknife. up in da club...

[@bigpictureguys8415]

26:34 I think Ariana is misreading Walter baaad. She’s loud wrong about why he’s making the moves he’s making. Confidence? His urge to kill? He’s clearly desperate girl how do you not see that? This is a man panicking, knows he’s trapped and outclassed, he has no clear move so he’s just grasping at straws.

[@thedarkemissary]

It's because they're coming from the perspective that everything Walt does is calculated and malicious. That's how they've viewed the show and him through 3 seasons. For example: Walt murdered Jane. Walt forced Skylar to divorce him. Walt made Jesse kill Gale. All premeditate. All with intent. That's just how they see it. Accidents, coincidence and improvisation don't exist. You can't change that now.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

@@thedarkemissary you make a great point because virtually all of Walt’s moves are improvisation. He’s extremely smart and even luckier than he is smart.

[@Keladinus]

FR. Walt is a control freak who has been outclassed by someone who's far more experienced and capable than he is. Not only that, but Gus has demonstrated that he now considers Walt a liability that must be dealt with. Killing Gale only bought them time, and Walt is desperate to bring a final resolution to his mortal predicament.

[@mb8132]

@@thedarkemissary Yup. I don't know how much they have been told about the show beforehand, but I'm assuming that people have told them how much of a piece of shit Walt becomes so they're just viewing him as such from the start. It's a bit frustrating sometimes how quickly they jump to these conclusions instead of letting the character "develop" one step at a time.

[@PassionDistrict]

They’ve been misreading Walt’s character from the start

[@sammiddleton2992]

Mike sees through Walt. He reads Walt way better than Walt reads him.

[@Frugustin]

Until he doesn't.

[@sammiddleton2992]

Spoiler alert, that is future episodes. For now Mike is on top of it.

[@lucasmorais7646]

Walt is terribly naive but also great at thinking on his feet. An abismal and a brilliant criminal all rolled into one.

[@byron2521]

Those lift belts on Hank for rehab, I used to use my old karate belt to help lift my mother.

[@RobertMorgan]

When I had my dad at his prostitist a few years back, we were struggling with that, and he said hold on, take 5...came back with a double-stitched 3" canvas lift belt with a buckle he'd just ran off to the shop and made from scratch for us, worked great. It was a nice touch. Then we signed for a $52,000 set of prosthetic legs, so I'm sure that covered the belt.

[@champagnebulge1]

Feel so bad for how Marie can't even get a proper high five. I get it though, you want physical therapy to be bro time only cuz you feel emasculated. (But honestly yea, they're *minerals* Marie!) And how the hell is not cutting pizza gonna save any money. What, the .02% of overall budget dedicated to pizza slicers?

[@cpob2013]

That's not it at all. Hank is frustrated and lashing out. Hurt people do that a lot. Marie is the target because she's always there.

[@mahmudurrahman8377]

Walt is right to assume Mike was on the same page with him cause we, along with Walt, saw the reaction of Mike's face when Victor's throat was getting cut. And the actions of Walt in this episode make a lot of sense if you consider a desperate man's wish to protect his family made him acquire a lot of fake confidence or "Huge Balls" which made him take those decisions.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

Badger is correct. Out of all the games mentioned... Resident Evil 4 takes it by a LONG SHOT. Especially with that Remake, hell yeah!!

[@Maxisamo1]

Well tbf you only had the first 5 when this show came out, but his arguement is still sound, with 2 being close

[@Gecko....]

RE sucks, I'd play left 4 dead all day over it

[@anna0735]

Walter looks like BTK (a serial killer who was active in the 70s up until he got caught in 2005), BTK was a family man and had kids and was an organized killer up until he got caught through a stupid mistake of his and he wore glasses similar to Walter's. They really look alike physically, too.

[@SoaringTrumpet]

I thought the serial killer comparison was out of nowhere and totally off base.

[@ravenward626]

I think Mike's experience in both law enforcement and organized crime probably give him a broader perspective on the sort of connections and consequences that come with disrupting established order. There isn't a lot of room for legal arbitration when your business is criminal. He probably realizes the danger invited by institutional churn. Besides, he may have seen less reasonable bosses in his time. The devil he knows might be better than most.

[@RobertMorgan]

Yeah, it's not really an industry you tend to retire or get fired from and just go on to do something else. You usually get retired like Victor. I'm sure the Cartels like the term institutional churn, they keep it next to their institutional grinder and their institutional guillotine...

[@ravenward626]

@@RobertMorgan I hope you can forgive the sterile euphemism for power struggles that may employ violence.

[@wesleypipes6600]

I'm glad you showed me that it was CD case cleaning dust, that stuff is great for cleaning CD cases🤣

[@craigmerryfull7704]

Severe depressive episode, i know that game. Hank is in such a state of self-loathing Marie being nice and encouraging is just going to build disdain in his mind when he is in that state.

[@nathanjacobus3577]

Walt is no longer in control of the situation. And for a person like Walt that more than anything is his own personal hell..

[@God-ec8ni]

to be fair its not an urge to kill its out of desperation his thought process could be if he did that to his most trusted guy walt could get cut anytime he probably think its better to take the first initiative before that happens its survival skylar is not that smart shes the type that is clueless and walks into a murder scene/murnerers house looking for her husband

[@RobertMorgan]

Did Walt FORGET they ALSO ruthlessly gunned down Gus' top guy, Gale, whom he'd been grooming for YEARS before Walt was even an anybody? Maybe it could be thought *GUS* was a little afraid of Walt also.

[@stardmg]

the subs said it was Mike telling Walter to go home, but I'm pretty sure it was actually Tyrus (the new guy)

[@ankhtahr1401]

Jesse just hits so incredibly hard in this season. Nothing else I've ever seen captures this feeling so well, when even the loudest noise isn't enough to make the silence bearable.

[@JohnnyBNerdy]

That song is Hoochie Mama by the legendary The 2 Live Crew

[@Kettlecadd]

One of my nieces is a purple person but she has cystic fibrosis and the color of the cystic fibrosis foundation is purple.

[@djmizzou3030]

One of my favorite shows ever. I've been a fan since the beginning. Love Better Call Saul just as much. Thank you for doing these podcasts. I tune in whenever possible.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

25:07 The song is Digital Animal by Honey Claws. It's actually pretty good. I made a Breaking Bad playlist of various songs used from episodes, and even some songs from the movie. The choice in songs used all fit the scenes really well. Not a lot of series get that right. The Sopranos always nailed the song and scene choice, and Breaking Bad does too.

[@kevinmulligans67273]

I know you two like mystery, I’m sure you’ll love Tyrus! Probably the most mysterious character in breaking bad

[@misters1r900]

It was Gus that called Walter as he was walking up to his house, not Mike. Idk why the subtitles put Mike, it was clearly Gus’s voice.

[@Kyle-fo7li]

Walt’s thinking “the best defense is a good offense”

[@bigpictureguys8415]

9:21 kid is in high school and can’t get his own breakfast/cereal?

[@nathanlindahl8336]

Not sure how they were confused on why Walt got a gun and who he planned on using it on lol

[@jddonov]

I love how they say they knew the plan just as it's happening and never before.

[@velvet_thunder1835]

Danny devito edit took me out 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 "i started blasting!!"

[@SovereignJoh]

❤

[@arasakathermalmantisbladez9368]

The Jellyfish Jam reference and the roomba as Gary the snail! 😂

[@lolmao500]

I understand Hank relearning to walk frustration. I had to do this in 2022, I couldnt walk anymore and I had to use a walker and I walked like 10 feet and I was tired AF, it took like 2 months + to be able to walk like not even half a mile... when a few months before you could run a marathon and boom you cant walk anymore its soooooooooooooooooo frustrating youre so mad. And people telling you good job for a few feet is like being treated like a baby... so I get hank.

[@cheappoetry2798]

This is really the turning point of the whole show imo

[@angeloalvarez5520]

Did you already said that last episode? And the one before

[@spidey8383]

It's a running joke this guy does

[@salvation122]

@@spidey8383 It's also something of a meme/running gag for Breaking Bad fans as a whole, alongside "this is when Walt became Heisenberg"

[@bigpictureguys8415]

@@spidey8383and the jokes been over for weeks. He’s the only one laughing at this point. Jesse attacking the drug dealers forcing Walt to defend him & sever the relationship with Gus was the turning point. Keeping it going at this point is beating a dead horse

[@jerodast]

@@bigpictureguys8415 Aw

[@KiTY89]

Watch BCS and you’ll find out just how many people are watching Walt.

[@onepureturtle]

The guy's small potatoes

[@RobertMorgan]

I'm thinking about all the stuff Mike and Gus went through together before Walt, and how that has to feel to Mike when Walt proposes to kill him.

[@martinaee]

Are you referring to a particular scene? Don’t remember a lot of that show.

[@EvHervey]

I just got done watching Arianna watch Alien. Great reaction.

[@vinnieramos8548]

Can’t wait till this unfolds and they eat their words about Walt …. Chefs kiss 🤌🏽

[@Ken_G.]

As a rock guy myself, I wondered how they'd comment on that.

[@jmhjmhjmh]

DeVito got me.

[@SovereignJoh]

❤

[@bobandy13]

I never noticed Skyler calling it the "breakfast table."

[@arthurd6495]

"I like Purple People"

[@terenzo50]

Walter is a pro at chemistry, but an amateur at gangsterism. The show would be boring if he stuck to what he's good at. It has to show his step-by-step entry into "the mechanized hum of another world" to use Steely Dan's phrase. And there is a distinct cross-cultural mélange going on as US white folks mix with diverse south-of-the-border types from various countries and cultures. Love you two.

[@lanestapp2]

Walter just assuming mike wants to kill the man who pays his salary is wild.

[@serbianhammer]

17:33 Am I crazy or does that sound nothing like Mike? I always thought it was Tyrus, but the subtitles say Mike.

[@zack7569]

Definitely not I thought it was Gus at first but then again he’s not talking to Walt. Probably was tyrus

[@goathair33]

Can we get a “literally” counter for the series? 🤣

[@tylergrammer5022]

I applaud Hank on how he's able to put up with Marie.

[@jlilley73]

It's funny to watch their reaction to the Walt/Mike scene and remember another pair of reactors who recently watched this scene who were convinced he'd gotten through to Mike, and Mike just punched him to cover it up. Just completely opposite reactions 😆

[@gnoogie]

"totally digital, vacuum tube amp" lmao

[@Athasin]

Like Walter said in season one, "Be a blowfish." He has been bluffing his badness since episode one and by pure luck he's come out on top, so it's inflated his already over-inflated ego.

[@scottpeters5959]

The people Walter is up against, don't need the hat.

[@bigpictureguys8415]

6:21 lol. Perfect 😂

[@SovereignJoh]

❤

[@ernieojeda]

Arianna with the cutest SpongeBob dance 😂❤️

[@red2977]

"Marie didn't deserve that even as a purple person" 🤣

[@jeffreyphillips8390]

Correction. Tyrus is the one who called walt

[@LAGRANCAGUAMA]

Jesus Maple, its not a rock its a mineral

[@ecbenson98]

The first scene reminds me, y'all really need to react to Deadwood

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

u guys make me laugh about purple Marie

[@Terp311]

4:13 Yes. Yes it is.

[@scoopdoopfloop]

17:35 i know it says Mike in the subtitles but that doesn't sound like Mike to me at all. Sounds more like Gus himself lol

[@MrFrankEast]

It says mike but im like 99% sure its tyreese sounds way more like him. I've always said its tyreese

[@kevinmulligans67273]

It’s Tyrus

[@SidPhoenix2211]

It's Tyrus. Idk why the subtitles said it's Mike.

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

Marie was not likeable early in the series with her shoplifting and issues with Skyler. That certainly changed dramatically over time. Such a supportive, loving spouse.

[@baburao87]

10:30 That's Bryan Cranston.😂😂

[@TheRepublican777]

Walt thinks he can get Mike to turn on Gus but he is more loyal to Gus than Jesse is to Walt he is not that scared for his life

[@CountYakuza]

Can you bring back weekly movie reactions too? I hope I’m not the only one who misses those.

[@colombianpanda8896]

“He’s not good at it” hahahaha

[@TheRepublican777]

Lol oh y'all have no idea the crazy turn this show is going to take lol

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

I like transparent Maple is.

[@briancomstock7741]

How is a meth manufacturer morally different from a murderer?

[@ATCrogerwilco]

Honestly Walt's naivete is what keeps him alive. It's hard to predict people who are confidently naive. Nice analysis Ariana.

[@thewizardmf175]

The Walt hate is insane

[@jerodast]

😢

[@Saladontherocks]

Confidence fueled by ego and intelligence

[@angeloalvarez5520]

Walt is scared and desperate

[@Rajarshi_X]

only a certain kind of people bash walter this much and o easy on jesse

[@jerodast]

They should have trigger warnings

[@theshakyproject2971]

"Unga, bunga, bunga, G!" :)

[@5hanesBoard]

Jesse is balding like a 40 year old.

[@12gaugemouthwash]

He just has a widows peak

[@ibrahimamjad8991]

Mr robot

[@Intellectual-Warrior9]

Bobby

[@ernieojeda]

Even as a purple purple person 😂

[@badrhetoric5637]

He's right Resident Evil 4 (classic) was amazing. The remake is trash.

[@JohnMan990]

👍

[@ernestorodriguez791]

👍🏾

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

once again , Jesse is not a good person(he's worse than Walt) enticing his so called friends to do drugs after they went through the program is evil.This is exactly what he did to Jane bringing drugs around her. but yet u guys keep ragging on WAlt

[@bleepbloop6234]

By what metric is he worse than Walt? I'm super eager to hear these arguments lol.

[@MysterE95]

Silly argument. He’s a traumatized addict too, just like them. By your logic Jane is evil because she got Jesse to try heroin. Jesse is a way better person than Walt, it isn’t even close.

[@salvation122]

I hesitate to say Jesse is a good person, but saying he's worse than Walt is a *reach.*

[@bigpictureguys8415]

The only argument that Jesse is worse would revolve around how Jesse isn’t responsible to anyone yet finds himself in this situation. Walt was kind of pushed into this life out of obligation. Then again Walt’s also endangering his family by being here so even that argument isn’t strong. Jesse getting his friends to relapse is pretty evil. That could completely change the trajectory of their lives and he doesn’t care at all

[@rhyanabbott2909]

I think you’re missing the point if you think any of them are good people. Lol