Breaking Bad - What's Really Going On? Scene (S2E4) | Rotten Tomatoes TV

[@Bread_Bug]

“No more of these obvious, desperate breakfasts” Walt Jr: now hold on a second

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

Walt Jr: Let's not be hasty here, Mom.

[@amazinhaydz2032]

lol I ran into this comment scrolling down when this quote played

[@StevenJeffrey-h2g]

Walt Jr then transforms into BreakfastBurg

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Good old days when a potential affair was the most egregious problem they could have

[@PC.NickRowan]

Those days are gone

[@terencefletcher5139]

Season 1-2: Walt are you having an affair? Seasons 4-5: THE CARTEL IS GOING TO KILL HANK

[@EclipseMints08]

Well, tbh, he's already killed like three people by this time.

[@tigrispanthera5496]

[@SuperMechSonic]

Then Skyler is the one

[@thewisconsingunchannel1243]

It’s hilarious that he’s an amazing liar, unless he’s lying to her. She sees right through his bullshit every time.

[@seancutler6712]

@Hamouda IDK about that, but the truth is that it is sometimes impossible to lie to the people that know us best. Your wife can sometimes know you better than you know yourself, and Skylar is bright enough to realize she's being snowed. Walt tricks others with his bumbling, earnest "teacherlike" personality, part of his ability to hide in plain sight is that nobody would assume this guy is a meth lord. But his wife sees him, and sees he's not acting right.

[@nuncapasaran9374]

The actors are so good they can act well beyond what's being said. Look in Walt's eyes when she confronts him and they have that quiet moment where they both see each other so clearly. What I see in his eyes is that he is confessing to her in his mind, he really wants to, and she can see it too, we all can because he can't hide that part of it, but then he goes with the thing they both know is a lie because he can't bring himself to tell the truth.

[@xenopath8069]

It's because she was the only one he could drop his guard around. It made him vulnerable. Nothing to do with Skyler's perspectiveness, just her ignorance.

[@Opethfeldt]

He's a terrible liar to her. I don't know if it was intentional but his bullshit is plainly evident.

[@sylvester3018]

Funny thing is he could have told her a small part of the truth that is believable enough just to buy time. Like if he’s a weed dealer or something

[@gibsonmurimi7195]

Walt:"Ok skyler i'm the danger i'm the one who knocks,happy now"

[@sgtelephant]

LMAOOOO

[@Saptarshi_4200]

LMAOOOO

[@jasondyrkacz8270]

Newsflash: No, she wasn't happy with that.

[@bennycaustic5102]

It's kind of weird Walter never came up with a consistent excuse to use. Like, "no Skylar, I'm not cooking meth in the desert. I'm just going to book club".

[@napoleoncomplex2712]

Follow up questions would be 'which book club' and then either 'I visited your book club and they've never met you/are actually an upmarket pizza chain' or 'why can't you tell me the name of your book club?'

[@agbrenv]

he could have simply said, he used a different phone back when he was buying weed from Jessie, and that he has gotten rid of that phone

[@distillion]

0:17. He almost let it slip lolol

[@Zorak9595]

Walt's complete inability to find a middle ground between bold face lying and outright confession is frustrating to watch sometimes. How he ever thought complete denial in the face of overwhelming evidence would work on someone as intelligent as Skyler is beyond me. All he had to do was be honest with Skyler that there were in fact things going on with him that he wasn't ready to share with her and she would have accepted it. But instead Walt foolishly thinks he can just pull the wool over her eyes time and again and deny everything. For such a genius, he can be a real fool sometimes.

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

He's really really stupid in certain areas. That's why he's a great character.

[@WillRock07]

Walt was a book worm - dude was a genius with science and had an incredibly strategic mind. However, I think he was stupid with people. The main reason he kept Jesse around was because he knew he was good at manipulating him, but would he have been able to have that level of influence on anyone else? I think that's part of the reason he got rid of Gale as a partner early on - because he realised Gale was too smart for him to manipulate. He didn't have much sense with how some people might react to things. There are loads of instances where he's stupid with people that got him into a fuckton of trouble. He didn't have much in terms of people skills - he was never a very charismatic individual and while he developed a good method of lying to people that worked with those who didn't know him, those who did, like Skyler, Walt Jr. and later on Jesse - saw right through him every time. I think the one exception in terms of his close family he could lie to was Hank, but Hank had preconceived ideas about Walt that blinded him.

[@logangantner3863]

I think he probably knew that Skylar would not accept a half-confession. As soon as he admitted that he was doing something that he was hiding from her, she would not have stopped until she knew the extent of the situation. Instead, he desperately clung to the idea of appealing to any shred of doubt she felt about her accusations.

[@akrockstarans]

@@WillRock07 the funny thing is Walt never actively lied to Hank in the show. He obviously hid things from him but never told him a lie. For instance, when Hank was lifting the bag of money for Walt, he asks him what's inside and Walt just replies half a million dollars and Hank took it as a joke ofc.

[@the.eldubya]

It’s part of his character

[@mononoaware1960]

Man Anna Gunn is seriously an amazing actress, she played this part perfectly.

[@w0lf3x58]

So sad that they deleted the scene where walt says "Skyler!, im Breaking bad!"

[@thegreatestman851]

I love how the camera shakes in this scene it really shows the gravity of it and their crumbling marriage

[@genericsavings]

@2:00, I’m thinking that was an accident, but glad they left it in. It’s a small subtle thing, but it really sells the emotional impact of the scene.

[@honeybadger1847]

Walt: “I’m renting RV parking spaces up and down the street. There! Happy now, Skyler?”

[@lundylow]

I hate how much hate Skyler gets in this show. She reacts completely appropriately to Walt's bullshit. You could make your case for when she starts being part of the business, but even then, she's being pragmatic and working with what little power she has. Anna Gunn did a phenomenal job as Skyler, and the fact that she got death threats for playing this role is absolutely insane.

[@ReMattch]

Never hated Skyler. As much as I wanted Walter to succeed at this point in the show because he was still doing it for his children, Skyler had every reason to feel the way she felt.

[@clevelandtyler2]

Death threats? Bullshit

[@thomasreilly3602]

@@clevelandtyler2Some people are just insane I guess sigh

[@kawi7676]

She gets the hate because she cheated. That’s when everyone turned on her. Until then there was a lot of sympathy.

[@gfyGoogle]

@@kawi7676 she didn’t cheat though. She asked to be out of the marriage. He wouldn’t let her. And the fact that that is somehow more unforgivable than the myriad of awful things Walt did just goes to show how disgusting of a double standard people have between a male and female character.

[@ZukoHalliwell]

I love this scene, particularly the way Skyler says, "You're not having an affair. Congratulations."

[@raphael875]

Anna gunn's acting here is incredible. It's the reason I keep periodically rewatching this scene

[@amirbeg6843]

Jesse rocking out his rv there will forever be funny

[@Aman-nk5uq]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@issurxozo]

Skyler- Then tell me! Walt- ok I'm a middle aged man who is dying and has little to no financial support for my family when I'm gone so I'm scattering trying to find a way to leave you guys set for life. hank showed me at work how a meth manufacturer can make millions with minimal chemistry experience and I'm a genius who will be dead soon so even though this is illegal it will be impossible for me to cause danger or panic or stain my name and reputation in that amount of time and any kind of crime or injury that will happen is me will be irrelevant after I'm dead soon and therefore leaving you guys with enough money to never work again. If I don't do this for you guys it will haunt my soul and I will not rest easy. Skyler- oh ok

[@gangleweed]

LOL.....the American dream a twisted reality of not having to ever work again......suppose the government reprinted all the money in circulation and called all the old money in for an exchange.....how would he explain the mass of money he had.....it would become just a pile of worthless paper like the Southern states Confederate money after the civil war or WW2 Germany........that is one way the government can hit the money launderers and those that steal money in large quantities...........if the paper and coin currency was abolished and a debit card was the only legal tender there would be no more bank robberies, drug store hold ups or lost fortunes.........if you can't account for your bank balance it gets canceled.

[@BillyButcher90]

Skyler would not accept that excuse as he was given the opportunity to have his medical bills taken care of and given an opportunity to work with Gretchen and Elliot again at Gray Matter. As for the "causing danger or panic" thing, this was incorrect. Walt did eventually endanger his family when he had rival dealers coming after him, such as the Salamanca Twins, Gus and the white supremacist gang themselves.

[@tankdogization]

Walt: “I’m a drug dealer.”

[@Big-guy1981]

A drug MANUFACTURER.

[@monke980]

Skyler: "SO TALK WALT. SHUT UP AND SAY SOMETHING" Walt: "....so do i... do i uh...do i talk or shut up idk"

[@emilyyang9756]

lollllll

[@LWYRUP05]

I can’t watch a breaking bad clip on KZbin without going into Netflix to watch the whole episode

[@Fortnitecodguy]

Yes!!!!!!!

[@jimslancio]

And then re-watch the whole series.

[@AnaMostafamahmoud]

Their acting is just amazing, feels so subtle, hank reaction and fear feel so natural, i never saw them in other movies/series to judge but i feel convinced that's their real character

[@charlieschurk]

Gaslighting at its finest

[@TheCoolestJose]

Jimmy and Kim would disagree with this

[@kookookachu26]

“Shut up and say something that isn’t complete bullshit!” Lol he can’t do both

[@romilrh]

It's ridiculous to me that viewers actually hated Skyler just for being able to call out Walt on his bullshit

[@harry_mair]

Walt is the protagonist of the story, the audience will naturally despise any hinderance to the protag

[@channel45853]

@@harry_mair She is technically an antagonist so the audience can dislike her

[@rebelfriend1818]

because she makes the show more boring lol

[@raik747]

She is an obstacle for Walt's success

[@romilrh]

@@raik747 Yeah, kinda like how D-Day was an obstacle to Hitler's success

[@Watcherofprovidence]

1:49 The way Walt’s face changes into one of defiance. It’s no longer about trying to keep it secret, it was about him in his twisted mind taking control back from his domineering wife when really he’s been disappearing and lying to her this whole time so he already had all that control. She couldn’t stop him, she didn’t want to stop or control him, she wanted something out of his mouth that ‘isn’t complete bullshit’.

[@mrsponkman]

Season 1: Where are you going walt? Season 5: Where's hank?!

[@tigrispanthera5496]

💔

[@Patrick-de7ty]

Pain

[@liamdavis2068]

I hate to say this but this scene reminds me of the way my parents have acted before

[@johnselwitz5362]

Same here, I’ll never forget that uncomfortable tension in the house when my parents would argue, and that guilty feeling of thinking I had done something wrong even if it had nothing to do with me. What’s even more sad is I had an aunt and uncle who would argue even worse than my parents, I was at their house one time when it happened, all us kids would be upstairs while they were just SCREAMING at each other, and my cousin just acted so casual about it, like it was nothing out of the ordinary for her parents to be going at it in such a volatile manner. She had gotten used to it, I never was able to.

[@Big-guy1981]

Your dad was a drug dealer?

[@hilriekemp]

How hard would it have been to say I'm smoking weed Sky I buy from Jesse and I'm trying anything that can potentially help me. I dont like doing it around the family so I go out and blaze in the car staring at the stars or something like that. Who's going too question it he's a cancer patient with a squarish fam and a dea brother in law. Sometimes Walt over thinks the small of issues this should have been the least of his problems

[@MartyBoyRN23]

walt is such a bad liar haha

[@heyaytlgno3951]

wonder if skylar would of acted different if walt told her the truth

[@jonathangetachew1522]

Judging from her reaction when he eventually tells her in season 3, I bet she would still end up leaving the house.

[@user-ch6bf6lp4z]

No I’m sure she would be completely chill about her husband being a meth dealer

[@heyaytlgno3951]

@@user-ch6bf6lp4z id be chill about it after a while tbh

[@rickydevmj]

@@user-ch6bf6lp4z not a dealer 😪 but a manufacturer 😎

[@assassinsknight]

The sad thing about Breaking Bad is there obvious consequences from season 2 onwards. This moment is when Walt lost his marriage and Skylar stopped caring. Say what? It died right there.

[@napoleoncomplex2712]

I struggle to watch Down as it's... well, kind of a come down from the high octane drug dealing and violence. But it's a necessary part of the show and Skyler is 100% in the right here even while we're mentally praying that Walt somehow gets out of this because we want to see more drug hijinks.

[@cometface]

Walt : I'm breaking bad

[@francoc.8567]

Executive Producer *V* ince Gilligan

[@GuilhermeTB1]

I just realized that even though they're in the same room, her pupils look way bigger. And technically, there's way more light coming from behind her. What's up with that?

[@anonymousyoutuber9480]

She was smoking Walts product.

[@_lithp]

On my first and second viewing, I hated Skyler. By my third viewing, I must have matured significantly because I could not sympathize with Walt at all. The way he treated Jessie made him so obviously superior and narcissistic from the get go.

[@nicolasleroux5302]

Just because Walt is a bad person doesn’t mean that Skyler is off the hook. She’s honestly terrible. Instead of approaching Walt with concern and politely urging him to open up, she glares at him and shames him and insults him right out of the gate. Keep in mind that Skyler, at this point in the show, doesn’t even suspect that Walt is engaging in illegal activities. For all she knows, Walt could be hiding the fact that he’s been speaking to a therapist of a support group (activities that many men are ashamed of). Skyler never approaches Walt with kindness. She never considers the possibility that her terrible attitude is the reason why Walt doesn’t open up to her. She never even realizes how she pushed Walt away from her in Season 1 by making Walt’s diagnosis all about her. She’s just the worst.

[@nicolasleroux5302]

With all of that said, Skyler’s behavior AFTER Walt’s confession makes perfect sense. By getting involved with the drug cartels, Walt painted a huge target on the back of his family. Also, Skyler’s decision to screw Ted is justified because she clearly broke off her relationship with Walt beforehand. But prior to Walt’s confession, Skyler’s hostility is unacceptable.

[@rafaelpascoaliczerniej297]

Honestly, all her concerns are validated once the cousins invade their house to kill Walt Her main point is that being in the meth business made her and the children potential collateral when someone comes over to kill Walt, imagine if Walter Junior or Skyler were at home when they came for Walt, based on the assassination attempt on Hank the cousins dont tend to leave witnesses

[@AbandonedVoid]

Skyler smokes while pregnant, and she later enables Walt's criminal activities while being hypocritical about it. She's definitely not the worst character of the show, but I don't get why people feel like she's some kind of saint.

[@BillyButcher90]

She's no saint but she comes as way more sympathetic compared to her lying, drug dealing husband.

[@UniversalLopes]

You know that a person is your true love when she sees right through the bs you have

[@souptikchakraborty.yt.2024]

Truly phenomenal moment when Skyler asked, "Walt are you breaking bad ?" And Walt replied, "Yes Skyler, I am Breaking Bad" and broke bad all over the place

[@alinamartin7715]

wow she being so gaslit

[@maxington26]

I don't know how you write this. It's so complicated and real. Gould and Gilligan are gonna be in textbooks in a few hundred years like Shakespeare is now.

[@lvghllgr8181]

all this time he could've just said that he has a second cellphone for school business

[@JessicaGarcia-xf9wr]

Probably would wanna look through it

[@terencey.8915]

gaslight gatekeep girlboss

[@sirsyolo]

This is the moment that Walt became an affair

[@MartyBoyRN23]

Used to really dislike skyler when i was younger watching this. As I've matured, I completely see her side haha

[@captDymov]

I can't stop thinking about this episode.... What if Walt had actually confessed to her here..... I mean.... yes, he would reveal that he's a criminal and you can't predict how a person may react to this, but he also would be completely honest with her, which you gotta appreciate.... And if he also pushed the fact why he had started it all in the first place - like, for the family and because he's running out of a life time, which you can't but sympathize with, at least a little..... idk, maybe it's unrealistic, but the possibility of them repairing their relationship and becoming a happy family of drug dealers is just melting my heart lmao.....

[@DeepakSharma-tz2kz]

Nope. By now skylar already stated nothing excuses crime. If hanks and Skyler don't hang up on "can't accept anything illegal" Things could be different.

[@henrymark2288]

Although Skylar is not my favorite character, this is one of those scenes where she really shines.

[@nicholasfox966]

A beautiful scene that explores the nature of trust. "Walt" (Heisenberg) thinks he has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there's nothing fishy going on behind Skyler's back, and then she'll trust him again. On the contrary, Skyler doesn't want proof of anything: she simply wants him to stop lying to her. She knows that he's lying. She's known him for a very long time--intimately--and she simply knows that he is being untruthful. About what, it doesn't really matter. Walt thinks trust is something you reward to another person, and that if you lose someone's trust, you have to "win it back" by presenting a clear-cut case. Skyler understands that trust is an inward feeling; one simply decides to trust. One can never know beyond a shadow of a doubt that someone else isn't doing something wrong. But one knows if the other person is lying. Trust is a state of mind, not an honor granted. "Walt" (Heisenberg) cannot grasp this.

[@jafarthewizard5665]

" Tell you what ? " Mmmmmmm That's the worst sentence you would say in a situation like this .. Answering a question with another question is not an answer .. not an answer at all .. .. How about this answer : " yes Skyler .. Something's going on .. it's not an illicit affair .. it's something else .. Yes I'm hiding secrets from you but I can't tell you now .. I'm not ready for talking about it now .. and the way you talk to me is not encouraging me to talk about it .. "

[@superhands290]

Yes Jafar. Amazing. Everything can be solved this way. After I murdered my grandmother my parenrs were like "why did you do this?" and i didnt say 'didnt do what?' i said 'yes parents... somethi-' but then i just clubbed their skulls in with a soda can and i think that was pretty encouraging for me so yup yup very nice

[@jafarthewizard5665]

@@superhands290 Your ( hands ) must be really ( super ) to be able to club and smash and murder like that , super-hand .. amazing .. .. But why didn't you copy Walter White ? You should have told your parents : " Did what ? .. Tell you about what ? " .. that be would be more convincing ..

[@ilikecats9886]

I mean even if he said that she probably still wouldn’t accept it. Although it would be better than trying to act like nothing is going on.

[@robertbowser1846]

I mean I’ll take one of those desperate breakfast if you don’t want it.😬

[@akkayeps7867]

Skylar: Would you tell me? Walt: Of course Skylar: So tell me Walt: No

[@OPPAIDEMON]

“Why are you blue?..”

[@supersaiyanzero386]

I loved that face she made like "walt youre so stupid"

[@martykeaton182]

Anyone who hasn't been through this should feel lucky.

[@mq46312]

It's such a relief to learn that Walt is not having an affair. Skylar feared that an affair was the worst case scenario 😅

[@kushalramakanth7922]

Thank goodness he was not having an affair and was just cooking drugs and killing people

[@Ramon_92]

Skyler needed to work for the FBI she has a human lie detector .

[@Satastastato]

This scene is underrated

[@theviper1999uk]

Fun fact: Behind the scenes, writer Vince Gilligan told Anna Gunn (Skylar) to ask Bryan Cranston (Walter (sr))"What is really going on?" Incredible genius, unparalleled

[@cybernautadventurer]

"If you don't want to lose me, then tell me. Now." "I'm a methamphetamine manufacturer." "Ok bye."

[@Planetyyyy]

I love Anna Gunn

[@dant.3505]

It's such a pretty day today, Look at the sunshine - No Skyler, don't smoke while pregnant!

[@Ph3nomen0N]

Anna Gunn is such an amazing actor, and the fact that you all hate Skylar proves it :D

[@supersaiyanzero386]

Again, she's so good. Brilliant actress

[@TobiasTheWolf]

Skyler was really childish in this. She’s right to be suspicious but she’s just a high school teenager

[@skfatima8669]

He knows what he's supposed to tell her but he won't or couldn't tell her!!😮

[@gp-1542]

I think to a degree he can’t really lie to her Like he subconsciously knows what he’s doing is wrong but doesn’t want to admit

[@aaronlark294]

Why does she hiss inbetween every sentence

[@rogierb5945]

Skyler: You need to tell met whats going on, right now, today Walt: I f*cked Ted

[@coryboy345]

Whats going on is she *^%$ed Ted....

[@lovefromwonderland]

Ladies and gentlemen, gaslighting. Not to mention emotional abuse.

[@ARC117Studios]

Skylar became the victim over time, but initially, she was just a nagging wife. She had an amazing development, and it's horrible what happens to her throughout the series, but unlike Walt; family was always first to her. She had to be broken down completely to find the strength within herself as the series progressed, turning into from victim, to survivor. However, at the beginning, she was basically a Karen. That's not to say she didn't have an ample amount of reasons to be upset with, and suspicious of Walt..but she was still just annoying as all Hell. (Not to justify any of Walt's actions, but his heart was in the right place at first) Ironically enough, it was finding out he was surviving that truly set off what he'd become.

[@channel45853]

Finally, someone who can defend Skyler without calling people misogynists.

[@southsea8252]

I want to know if that's Cousin Jeffery's baby

[@mikehawk9784]

Walt couldve just pretended to golf and he wouldve been fine. LMAO. Maybe mixed in some billiards excuse when hes gone at night

[@askjeevescosby2928]

Who else would want a show where she goes to Alaska and has a relationship with jessie 🤣

[@shanebagel]

Incredible actress

[@blackisback74]

That was the ultimate gaslighting. Its like watching CNN

[@Underground.Rabbit]

I need my husband back please let's stop this. How much money you have? Okay that's enough for the treatment. Boom the series would end.

[@round105]

If i was walt, i would have said, "I survived cancer, and i don't know for how long. These breakfast are me trying to reconnect because i have a second chance at a life, for however long i extended it for. You only think about you skylar, yet you fail to put yourself in my shoes." Then i would have walked away, that would have shut her up.

[@charlieschurk]

LMFAO just stop 😂😂

[@bimmeronline]

You're good.....you must be married for at least 10 years?

[@Josh-it6uy]

she bad tho

[@thembones1895]

Skyler is a snack in this scene. Might be the hair.

[@skilless935]

what.

[@askjeevescosby2928]

I hate skyler. She acted like this from the very beginning. If she didn't carry on and actually talked to walt woth respect instead of screaming and belittling him she could have prevented him from the horrible things that happened after.

[@condenabo]

omg i flinched when she walked out of the house without a mask looool

[@justindza]

What?! Why? You don't have to wear masks around your own property away from other vulnerable people

[@tino0936]

Congrats. Your brainwashing is complete.

[@pwnulater]

@@tino0936 get over ur brainwashing that seat belts are making you safer!!

[@kylem1112]

You're joking right?...

[@pwnulater]

@@kylem1112 obviously

[@zarmindrow5831]

Women. What can you do.

[@ngrp27]

Tell the truth

[@tylerchambers6246]

@@ngrp27 ayy lmao

[@rizzen0248]

He shoulda had something made up for the second phone lol