Breaking Bad - Everyone knows it's Windy

The intro to the 12th episode of the 3rd season, Half-Measures, that focus on Wendy. The song is "Windy" by The Association.

[@ducksurprise]

For the young kids who watch this : the men in the cars all lost their contact lenses and the woman is paid to find them :-)

[@Chavezoid]

I'm 9. I thought she was giving them head. Thanks for clearing that up.

[@lucacosta3366]

Chavezoid I thought she was eating their ass but was relieved to come across this comment. (I’m 2 and a half btw)

[@ironox9462]

I thought she was tying their shoes.

[@josephbillingsley8945]

I hope some dumb fuck actually believes believes you🤣

[@TheLazyReviewer]

Those men must be really clumsy them😂😂

[@HellAintHalfFull]

Willem Dafoe really let himself go..

[@DaveLL500]

I thought it was Denis Leary in drag.

[@ShiddyKong]

Just like Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club

[@coolaleco8568]

I remember this scene from The Boondock Saints

[@Dom_721]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chungey5323]

damn doing william mad dirty lmao

[@Xanatissimo]

This sequence is really well directed. Greatly done. Funny and tragic at the same time. Just sets the tone.

[@scottdelong1]

Well said. Brilliant sequence. Funny yet poignant. Great editing; the song is perfect.

[@BobSmith-dk8nw]

Yes. That's what I came to say. .

[@andershere4547]

I swear your pfp gives me nostalgia

[@spizun]

Anders Here Dudes same

[@liverpoolwalkalone5906]

Facts

[@ffxiarcadius]

Willem Dafoe is such a good actor! I love him in every role he does

[@jasons5915]

Are you some kind of spam bot for Willem Dafoe to raise his recognition?

[@jinxthatsme2317]

@@jasons5915 I mean Wendy kind of does look like a female version of Willem Dafoe. Lol.

[@ARandomKids]

accurate

[@rainbowdragon1872]

DAMNNNNNNN tgat was cold bro lolol

[@smokeythebear42o]

Looks like when he dressed up as a girl in the boondocks saints

[@novanance]

She was so convincing that during filming a man came up and tried to actually hire her lol

[@hoss3655]

That must have been awkward lmao

[@expertplace]

is this a compliment?

[@novanance]

@@expertplace probably

[@kristupasgrig1225]

No way

[@aesthetics2445]

@@expertplace Not at all. It's creepy and weird.

[@tjhall9377]

I wish I could erase this show from my mind and watch it fresh again. Even one-off sequences like this...masterfully edited, and serves an actual purpose for moving the plot around to give you context to a side character that you vaguely remember from seasons past. Even rewatches are amazing but nothing compares with the first time you witness this masterpiece of a show.

[@Peanutdenver]

I totally agree...It's one of the very few shows in history that just got better with every episode and every season. I can't remember every thinking...wow that episode sucked or that scene made zero sense. BB is a masterpiece and I think will be looked upon as one of the best shows that aired on television for decades to come. That feeling of taking it all in as it was happening is a great feeling that unfortunately can't be replicated.

[@_supahiro]

@@Peanutdenver except for fly

[@bklynbam1978]

AMC had zero experience in making original programming and it’s first 2 shows (Breaking Bad and Mad Men) are the greatest dramas of all time (imo)

[@Woofnberg]

Maybe one day we get Alzheimer's and watch it again

[@SB-od9sl]

Yes! Thank you for putting these in words. This is how I feel about this show. I'm so envious of the first time watchers. What a legendary show!

[@KRAIDMEN]

Where’s my root beer?

[@biggiesmol]

One of the best, if not the best cold opening for any TV series ever.

[@lilyunggucci]

Sweet Dee gets audited

[@layicorn]

Negro y Azul I thought it was a stupid open at first, but I now think it may be the best of the series, rivaled only by this and Crazy Handful of Nothing

[@PolishGod1234]

@@layicorn what about Ozymandias? It uses the scene from pilot, but how Walt, Jesse and RV disapear like it's all gone is just poetic and heartbreaking.

[@themessenger2948]

Negro y Azul

[@Endeavour30]

10 years later and still one of the best intros.

[@naingsoe6004]

All jokes aside she actually is a good person she is doin all this for her son or sth but most importantly she didnt snitch on walt or jessie when she was in interrogation for 6 hours

[@Endeavour30]

That's the social system in the USA, here in Switzerland, Austria or Germany these people are taken care of by the state. The prostitutes are 98% from Eastern Europe and the remaining two are high-class hookers.

[@teddyjaspy1569]

This reminds me of my life when i drove Uber for 2 days.

[@buttermilkjesus408]

Teddy Bouzounis do you know what this scene was about orrrr?

[@yiwanye1221]

Brody same thing

[@hoodlow77]

Lol

[@Winterstick549]

LOL. Did they offer to help you find your contact lens too?

[@eds1057]

Ngl this sequence made me feel that way too wtf

[@schematicb5393]

"Whose bending down to give me a rainbow" :XD

[@user-xl6hz5hx4e]

How Vince Gilligan gives every single chatacter such vivid life is just amazing. Feels like I actually know them in person.

[@olliegoria]

The smoking, the root beer, the meth, giving hamburgers to drug dealers. This is exactly what working at a Wendys is like.

[@sofe6977]

and searching things on customers car floors

[@Steelburgh]

Crap I'd forgotten how good this was.

[@ForceFedFetusFillet]

Five year reminder, bud.

[@arjunmamidala1138]

The starting of an episode with one of the craziest and epic endings in television history

[@stevenrowan9244]

Not to mention, it has the murder of a child.

[@arjunmamidala1138]

Stephen Rowan that too lol

[@JitteryJackanape]

i swear vince had to have this song in mind when he named the character wendy, nothing goes to waste on this show.

[@MatthewRodarte]

She’s a diva ✨ in her element

[@franciscomontalto1784]

How much for a windy Wendy

[@schematicb5393]

Honestly sounded like they were saying "windy" in the song

[@sirismcgee7103]

@@schematicb5393 they were

[@rontreen3278]

Yeah I think Hank said that

[@ForceFedFetusFillet]

"who's bending down to give me a rainbow"

[@kylemc8851]

She was in Better Call Saul last night... Great call back!

[@missiontobeaman3111]

Best opening of all time 😂

[@IAmNumber4000]

I know we're probably supposed to be laughing at this scene, but it makes me so sad :(

[@reallyhappenings5597]

I always thought the skinhead she sits with looked so wholesome

[@fro_e]

Half Measures, Full Measures and Boxcutter... Fucking perfect episodes. Literally. They just flow SOOO god damn well. I honestly think if you took those 3 episodes and put them together into a movie, it would be brilliant.

[@ffxiarcadius]

Yeah, those episodes are what made me a fan, watching Jesse kill Gail, I was hooked. I was like, OK, Wife, you will watch this with me NOW

[@lilmane1070]

They’re the best episodes of the series. They “define” Breaking Bad, by which I mean, all the things that make the show uniquely what it is, all the classic BrBa features that draw people into it, are found in S3E12-13. Which is also why I find it so laughable how people (fans and critics alike) universally soyjak-😲 at S5

[@anthonyrodriguez4905]

It helps that Half Measures and Box Cutter were both directed by Adam Bernstein and Vince himself wrote and directed Full Measures for the Season 3 finale, so the consistency is there

[@elite1234564]

I will never look at Wendy’s restaurant the same again

[@Joemama6437]

I’m about go to Wendy’s so Wendy can give me a Windy

[@ryanonymous844]

perfection and/or art

[@billbrowne5655]

+Ryan Onymous Yes. I love it when film makers (or I guess tv producers) bring back classic sounds and make such great visuals with it. This song now has two lives. Pretty awesome.

[@buttermilkjesus408]

During this scene someone pulled up and thought she was a real prostitute.

[@blondie9422]

Lol I love little details like this 😂

[@victorramirez420]

By far one of the best intro for breaking bad

[@Ty4755]

damn I just heard this song playing randomly and remembered it from breaking bad so I had to come back and watch this scene again

[@Lucid603Official]

Literally tho!! I heard it on the TV and I ran over to see if breaking bad was on and it was AFHV and I was like noooooo so I had to come watch it here

[@vicerichter1163]

Bro this song is permanently stuck in my head and I think of this scene too xD

[@goldilox369]

I grew up with this song on the oldies station. So I busted out laughing when they used it for this! Too perfect. And now I hear the song, and think of this. 😎👍❤️

[@red_revenant770]

Whenever I hear windy song on radio or from my old neighbors, I always think of this scene 🤣

[@Joemama6437]

They probably play it cause of this show 😂, I literally have it in my playlist

[@Neo-bq6vt]

Sad to think there are women who really do live this existence...

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Millions of them

[@Lethal-30]

That’s not sad that’s good

[@thedirector6297]

They brought this upon themselves

[@PolishGod1234]

@@thedirector6297 in most cases - no

[@phoenixmastrogiovanni157]

work is work, get over yourself

[@VidaBlue317]

I don't know why, but i love Wendy

[@Quantumtalesxx]

Wendy is the most loveable character in the whole series.

[@nettoyeur4841]

Why.

[@PolishGod1234]

@@nettoyeur4841 she didn' t rat out Jesse, and was ready to help him deal with dealers who use kids.

[@leafyutube]

The greatest show of all time also had great taste in music.

[@SomethingWet]

I'm watching it for the 1st time now (somewhere in season 4) and i was really surprised that the soundtrack is really good. I found some songs I listen to a lot now, like this one (i've known it but never really looked it up myself) and crapapelada by quartetto cetra (Gale played it in his house). Hope the next seasons will be just as good

[@leafyutube]

@@SomethingWet Seasons 3 and 4 are the show's peak in my opinion, although Season 5 has the most memorable episodes. Enjoy

[@mht5875]

Gives "bending down to give me a rainbow" a whole new meaning.....

[@liverpoolwalkalone5906]

Why do you I keep watching this

[@wendigowithwifi8494]

I like out of all the characters she actually survives the entire series.

[@sunbrookheath]

Yup, probably still giving Wendy's down on Central Ave

[@ChosenOne2k14]

I rewatched the entire show and I didn’t notice that is this the original song to the cornette podcast intro

[@ICHIBAN-cz8ih]

THE MOTHERSHIP!

[@rockstar-xj8tr]

We need a new tv series on wendy

[@joannabettman2123]

I cherished this fragile, hardworking character.

[@ForceFedFetusFillet]

Vince Gilligan time traveled back to 1967 to write this song specifically for this opening.

[@vatsalm]

I think after the success of "better call Saul" Vinice Gilligan can surely add another one based on the lives of Mike and Windy...

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

I swear every since this show I can't separate this song from this scene

[@brooklynkeith2877]

She really popped a squat 1:40 loooool Thats to the point where your life is defined by "fuck it"

[@sstaners1234]

I grew up listening to this song. Takes on a whole different meaning in this context.

[@irate818]

Amazing in 2022 and beyond!!!

[@Junior_Rocky]

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.

[@1997Milan]

It was nice to see her again ..

[@karmatt3098]

Love the juxtaposition.

[@chrismartin8829]

I appreciate that Breaking Bad never shied away from the consequences of the drug trade on people's lives. Walt didn't just hurt people he personally interacted with, all the money he made was based off exploiting and exacerbating people's misery.

[@coyotelong4349]

Exactly

[@MrMarkone66]

thank you, that was great

[@finger420]

1:24 . Papa Varga really let himself go after learning that Nacho died

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

LMAO 🤣

[@lilmane1070]

Oh god, that’s funny as hell but you really gotta be careful saying shit like that BB fans will absolutely take it literally and convince themselves that aktchually it really is him, that “nOtHiNg iS aN aCciDeNt” and the usual bullshit

[@futuremovieactor]

One of the best openings of an episode of Breaking Bad, one of the best montages in Breaking Bad.

[@MaddoxValera]

Best show of all time

[@trailnameindie]

Totally disturbing. But, it’s one of best directed series ever made.

[@BirdGang6]

I absolutely love that they paired the lyrics “whose bending down to give me a rainbow” as she’s going down on the guy in the car

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

This sequence is fantastic

[@lebaguette5393]

0:39 This is the (certified mug) moment

[@ReverbAndBeer]

Director: "OK now, pick pubic hair out of your teeth; you do it every day, so it's only moderately annoying, but it still bothers you on some deeply visceral level"...

[@jessekellerthecollectingne5058]

I prefer the cornette version but at least I know where it's from

[@shreyasha9949]

This is the only video to this song I remember... Can't believe it's been more than a decade now!

[@larrydirtybird]

My favorite part is when she opens that can of root beer or Dr Pepper or whatever was and it overflows and she sips from it without waiting for it to stop. I love that someone came up with that.

[@119Agent]

Do you think that is on one of the writer's resumes?

[@crowtservo]

I bet those dealers were getting sick of just fried chicken and that’s why she brought them hamburgers.

[@joseyeastwood]

I totally forgot about Wendy she was literally a mess 😂

[@M_W_L_F]

"How dare you, she's a nice lady."

[@liquorstoregord]

Best cold opening in any show ever? Gotta be close!

[@rodneythomas7881]

Why is this song so catchy?

[@leonidaspetsakos9690]

Wendy's a hard worker.

[@MattUFL]

There aren't enough superlatives to describe the brilliance of this introduction.

[@user-ie2lw6ev4k]

Not sure how true it is but something i heard once was that Julia Minesci (wendy) was so convincing in her role that some guy not paying attention didn’t seethe cameras and drove right into the parking lot while they were filming and propositioned her.

[@Julian-AJCP]

That Guy was in fact Bryan Cranston. He was pissed that his character's wife and son were completely obnoxious and apparently just wanted to blow off some steam.

[@gabrielcabanez2061]

la escena es maravillosa!

[@themessenger2948]

Willem DaFoe really transformed for this role.

[@AsheNOLA]

Yes, the #Director & #Writer #BreakingBad #tech crew are #amazing Let's give it up for Julia Minesci this sequence is an #actorslife Master Class 2 words in the whole clip "no small parts, only small #actors" #PerformanceIsAnAttitude 💜

[@donreid6399]

This is genius.

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

Amen

[@dehrk9024]

Fire music!!

[@thekiller989]

Wendy low key working harder than 50% of this country.

[@michaelfrazia4569]

Classic

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

Best Breaking Bad cold open!!

[@jeffreyepstien9205]

This song is so catchy

[@szgcgelsoft9768]

She’s just fixing their car breaks, don’t over think

[@NigarT]

♫Who's sick and tired of Kenny Olivier!♫

[@ICHIBAN-cz8ih]

Who has a good friend named Weasel Dooley?

[@NigarT]

Who said Ronnie Garvin went up like the Challenger?

[@ICHIBAN-cz8ih]

@@NigarT who bled a gusher in a white suit?

[@ZakkandtheJ]

Everyone knows it's Corny

[@tex8305]

Who took a shoot fall off of the scaffolding?

[@benjaminjuedes3267]

My right earbud 💀

[@gwendolyn7462]

❤️ BREAKING BAD ❤️

[@glenknapke6771]

Casinos

[@RoSoliTaire]

I wonder if they based this scene and/or her character on this song or the similarity is just too good they used this song.

[@TheTriplelman]

Who's bending down to give me a rainbow........everyone knows its Wendy! - Laugh my ass off.

[@glenknapke6771]

Respect

[@alexismr4148]

Windy , aparece en BCS

[@joeroberts2156]

Ahhh it's a cheerful song about the weather.

[@bonnierasmussen2837]

This song I loved as a child is forever ruined😂.

[@tonylovesducks2501]

We love our windy

[@wolfinthesuit]

Yes Queen Go and get em

[@christophercorrado2406]

@:30 Harvest Beige 1982 Subaru GLF Had the same exact thing in a 2 door.

[@TheUndulyNoted]

I find it heartbreaking that women like this really exist.

[@themalibumessiah4596]

When you get a Windy from Windy at a Wendy's bathroom

[@Michelle-ju6vs]

How much for a windy Wendy? LOL

[@Rhelord]

mug moment

[@bryansarracino8623]

My hometown

[@namphan1218]

How much is a windy, Wendy?

[@MissLydiaBro]

I sing this to my dog Henry Huckleberry and he wuvs it.

[@swagman556]

Who’s bending down to give me a rainbow at just the perfect moment lmao