FILMMAKER REACTS to BREAKING BAD Season 4 Episode 10: Salud

[@spikedobject5628]

The tiny smile Gus gives in the argument between Jessie and the Cartel cook is WILD

[@Swipey900]

​@@danielallen3454well yeah 🤣

[@IAmMyriadRecords]

It’s so subtle, amazing acting even just to keep that tame facial expression. Top notch.

[@braxtonmims4223]

Hey James you missed a line after Walter asks Walt Jr. how he likes his car, Walter responds with "That's good Jesse..."

[@JamesVSCinema]

Yeah I’ve seen it when I was editing. Wild.

[@transformersrevenge9]

@@JamesVSCinema Oh right, when you edit, you get to rewatch the episode right away.

[@jlerrickson]

Why waste your time watching if you don't like it? Just for the opportunity to trash talk? Why not get a hobby that actually improves your life and doesn't hurt others?

[@Ferrant621]

Gotta love people acting like they’re not here specifically for the man’s input and to listen to him talk. This channel would be garbo if he was just watching and listening like we did on our first watches.

[@headwound]

@@Ferrant621 I agree but sometimes I wish he'd wait for a moment with no dialogue lol

[@vn5774]

The stretch from S4, E10 to S4, E13 is outrageously good

[@ratedr7845]

Why is this comment 3 months ago when this video came out for an hour

[@dante2037]

@@ratedr7845 Patreon

[@christucker7655]

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[@NoseyBonk5599]

Spoilers

[@ashtonnnr9002]

@@ratedr7845 patrón

[@jmwild1]

RJ Mitte rarely gets a chance to shine outside of being a breakfast meme. The scenes of him with Cranston in this episode are really strong and he gives an endearing performance.

[@stewartnewman6365]

No one has mentioned how Jessie’s hours of ‘zoning out’ playing a first person shooter game saved their skins here. To use a pistol calmly and so accurately in that high adrenaline situation is incredibly difficult. Jessie just stood and delivered like a western gunslinger.

[@AshDub86]

They even use the exact same editing style during that scene as they do during the part where he's playing the game

[@JustGeorgeRay]

S4 has such a great stretch of episodes and this is one of the highlights through the end of the season it's so good, it's what really separates BrBa from other shows.

[@MrMongoose221]

That speech Walter gives about his father hits deep as someone that went through the same in my early teens. But Walt Jr is right, well in my case anyway as you remember them at their best as hard as it is seeing them like that.

[@loandx2074]

11:15 it's an analysis technique in chemistry called Gas Chromatography, where you dissolve the sample in a solvent and inject it into that machine. It can be used both to identify components of the sample (qualitative analysis) and to determine the concentration of components (quantitative analysis). This isn't stuff they'd teach you in high school, Vince and Peter really did their research.

[@Jared_Wignall]

Defiantly one of the most crazy episodes of the show. Gus getting his revenge, Walt breaking down in front of his son. Lot of things happen in this episode. Great reaction James, take care!

[@JamesVSCinema]

Damn good episode. It’s great seeing more of Gus in general!

[@paulcarlsen5787]

5:28 this is so small but I love the fact you call it the lair of Saul Goodman, it’s so fun to view each of these characters in the vain of comic book villains

[@BadDubII]

Walt saying ''That's good, Jesse.' to Flynn. I hope he heard that line when he was talking 😄😄

[@polopena3337]

This is probably in the top 10 of my favourite episodes in Breaking Bad. First of all the foreshadowing of Walts and Jesses relationship. Like the way Jesse acted with the cartel he was like Walter and also that he had cut his hair etc. Then when Walter called Flynn accidentally Jesse tells how Walter actually feels like Jesse is his son.

[@williamdavis8076]

Great reaction James! In all the crazy stuff that happened this episode, one little moment that had me shook was when Walt called Flynn “Jesse” as he was falling asleep.

[@darkeyes201]

This is why I like your content man. You give some actual good insight on certain shots and frames. I can tell you're a legit film maker who loves the art.

[@spikedobject5628]

Note how Gus had 3 charcoal tablets to soak up the poison, but only took two. I'm not smart enough to work out what that means, but I'd be damned if it meant nothing.

[@SteveNathn]

I can see two things. One might be arrogance that his plan was gonna work out just fine. The other would be in the event that he needed to give one to Jesse (or Mike)

[@Sheamuscz]

Your immediate concern for Mike when he gets shot is more than understandable, haha.

[@BoyPadForDan]

I know you’ve said it in prior videos, but “Walter Whities” is awesome 😂

[@leahb8069]

I really appreciate your love and respect for Flynn.

[@transformersrevenge9]

I would honestly say that Breaking Bad is THE grand modern western. It's subtle, but all the elements are there. This is our generations Dollars trilogy or John Wayne movies, except set in modern times and not the wild west. Also, I love Jesse's character development so much. He got the looks of approval from Mike and Gus. And why shouldn't he? He shows loyalty, he shows smarts, he can handle himself when backed against the wall, and he has gone from cooking with chilli powder, to being very little below Walt's standard.

[@popenfresh]

You say that but if you rewatch @22:00 Mike was about to shoot Jesse in the back of the head before taking a bullet from one of the Cartel guys that was left alive. They didn't give a shit about Jesse. He was supposed to die right there.

[@transformersrevenge9]

@@popenfresh no he wasn't. If Gus wanted him dead, why did he not let Jesse drink the poisoned alcohol with the rest of the cartel? And why did Gus's personal hospital have both Jesse's blood and medical records, if only Gus and Mike were coming back?

[@popenfresh]

@@transformersrevenge9 Why wouldn't Gus have a back up plan for shit going side ways? What if Mike got taken out and he needed Jesse alive to help him get out? What if Mike died and he needed another dog to have his back? Of course he'd have Jesse's blood type and recovery set up. If you're going to have a contingency plan you might as well have it flushed out for every scenario.

[@transformersrevenge9]

@@popenfresh I looked up multiple discussion about it, and the general consensus is that it's not something the directors intended. It's a bad angle of Mike keeping his gun pointed in any direction. Oh yeah, and Mike gave his word to Jesse that they are either all going home, or none of them are. Mike is a man of his word. Especially with Jesse, who is like a son figure to him. Even when he was mad at Walt for Killing Gus, he didn't pull the trigger on Jesse.

[@miss.brun0]

little tidbit (if i remember correctly): when Walt Jr. walks out of Walt’s bedroom after tucking him in, Walter accidentally calls him Jesse. :’)

[@amacuro]

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have these kinds of episodes once in a while, and there are better episodes coming BTW.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

Best episode of this season, hands down. It's one thing to be a gangster, but it's another to be as smart as Gus is. He's the whole package.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

@@ikoandreas5085 False lmao.

[@michaelplummer5893]

You missed Walt calling his son Jessie when he was putting him to bed

[@saylosrelyks8645]

This has been said before but Gilligan's use of color palettes is pure genius, whether it be from how the characters clothing matches their current feelings and personality or from the orange filters of Mexico to the bluish hue of the Lab it's all so good and is just one of the many things that makes this show the best TV series ever.

[@jlerrickson]

The epitome of dig two graves if you seek revenge. It's wild that he deliberately puts his life in jeopardy to take revenge after 20 years. Certainly says something about Gus' character.

[@okay6109]

the scene where walt talks about his father is actually one of my favorites in the whole show. It really emotionally lands for me and sums up Walt as a character flawlessly.

[@RiffHarvester]

This is one of my favorite episodes. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to it. Keep up the excellent work James!

[@dmgallibond469]

Very few shows that run multiple seasons are so well constructed that every episode is essential to the whole. Breaking Bad is the first show I have ever watched where I don't think there is a single scene that is wasted. You mentioned the flashback earlier where we saw what happened to Gus's original partner, and how there is symmetry with this episode. Tiny details that are mentioned, glossed over, or get a brief moment of screen time in an early season turn out in much later seasons to be a "Checkov's Gun" detail that fills in some part of a character's arc. So darn good!

[@SpellSteal]

Vince gilligan and his team know how to shoot good footage in broad, blazing sunlight.

[@trunklemcjeans]

It's so impressive like how??

[@MamadNobari]

@@trunklemcjeans yellow mexico filter

[@trunklemcjeans]

@@MamadNobari ur so right too

[@MFSeaMen]

Super 7 did a S1E1 ReAction figure of Walt in his Whiteys. I have one sitting in the classic Millennium Falcon with Ash Williams, The Gorn and Arcee from Transformers!

[@rumham7466]

5:08 hahha that’s right, I forgot you were also the old school Toyota Carolla crew.! I’m still driving my 2005 that I’d gotten brand new way back. I’ll drive it and put parts in until it’s not reasonable anymore to do so. But until then..! Plus they don’t make manuals anymore basically. So definitely that’s keeping me attached haha.

[@astherphoenix9648]

I think the ted situation just goes to show that the reason he's constantly in trouble in the first place is because he's always msking stupid and impulsive decisions. Kinda unwise to anticipate that he would change his ways now

[@mattsanchez3483]

I love watching these shows over again with you (breaking bad and Barry and always sunny) because it feels good to have someone react the way I did for the first time

[@kareningram6093]

This is one of my fav episodes. What a climactic moment. And if you think there was a lot going on now, you ain't seen nothing yet! We're just getting started.

[@treystone9464]

10:30 I think you missed Walt's Freudian slip, accidently calling Walt Jr. "Jessie". Jessie is seen as a sort of a Surrogate Son of his double life, impart more time, advice, knowledge and his self (real self) than his own son. Trying keep him around, be needed, to steer his future, disapproving of the junkie girlfriends, is paternal instinct.

[@ZrankFappaH]

I also cannot wait for you to start Better Call Saul dude. It’s on the exactly same level of calibre. Beautiful writing, cinematography, acting. I look forward to a rewatch but along with you.

[@amacuro]

He has started watching Better Call Saul already and yes, he's fascinated by the cinematography there. Probably more than he was with Breaking bad.

[@es_ist_ichi2355]

love your comments in the reactions, i really learn alot about filmmaking and how scenes transport specific emotions or information ❤ in order to return the favor, the machine they use in the cartel lab looks to me like a HPLC device used to split soluble substances into their chemical components and to analyse the composition of those components. They used it to verify the purity of Jessie‘s product (99.4% if i remember correctly 😊)

[@magicbrownie1357]

It just keeps getting better.

[@stephenmonk8787]

Literally my favorite episode of the series.

[@bejita7831]

Can you please release 10 of these every day? So great rewatching these here

[@daniela906]

i've been waiting for this one!! this is my favorite episode on the entire series i think

[@timminore2126]

I was waiting for you to get to this episode. One of my all time favorites in BB.

[@florianclaaen7535]

I still cannot fathom how little attention you get for the quality of whatchu do. Don't get me wrong, you certainly got something going, but I'd love to witness you reaching millions man. Have a blessed day

[@jond7972]

Hell yeah man this is a great episode! Just downloaded it, can't wait to watch it tonight! I'm loving it bro, you got the best commentary/reactions on the Tube

[@kyonizuka]

my dad intentionally bought a PT cruiser...he thought it was the coolest car ever. smh

[@Jeff121456]

Gotta love the attention to detail in this series. Most productions would be happy to charter a plane in the US for the short scene, but they went the extra mile and chartered a plane based out of Mexico (Mexican tail number).

[@jamesbell6598]

Been waiting for you to see this one 😉 I recently got to the end of S5, and wow… you are in for a real ride. Can’t wait to see your reaction & review!!

[@pablovagnor]

It just keeps getting better & better & better !!!

[@indicaink]

On the KZbin schedule: It sounds like you'll start posting BCS while still posting BB? Edit: You have seen Michelle Maclaren's name before. She also directs several Better Call Saul episodes

[@JamesVSCinema]

Nope. KZbin will get Better Caul Saul after I’m Breaking Bad. Don’t see any reason to post them at the same time.

[@indicaink]

@@JamesVSCinema Cool. That makes a lot of sense. Cannot wait

[@kaitlinsullivan3134]

Michelle is a GOD. I saw her name listed as the director for this episode of The Morning Show and of course it’s the one that freaked me out the most. I love her.

[@kaitlinsullivan3134]

Gus walking back out to the pool is one of my favorite shots in the whole series. Michelle is a beast of a director!

[@edtheman28]

Might have to hop on that patreon james!

[@dodgecharger3547]

Midnight Cowboy 1969. In the heat of the night 1967. You are missing out, these films are right up your alley. Must see movies!!

[@manuelalejandrooviedorodrigues]

And next time, the Crawl Space, oh boy

[@JamesVSCinema]

This episode is just a damn banger..genuinely appreciate this show. Breaking Bad S5 & Barry S3 on Patreon! Click here: www.patreon.com/jamesvscinema Much love!

[@4thlinemaniac356]

Gus was at that "exact' place where his Lover was murdered.

[@JoshuaC0rbit]

James, my homie. If you like this show I have some stories for you. I'm from the 505...when this show came out it legit triggered me to the point I couldn't sleep. Ive met a real life Tuco. This is one of the best shows ever but it's still tough to watch. HMU, James. If you wanna hear some ish. I'm kinda in a WW scenario health wise and I want to get some ish out of me.

[@Kal_El1994]

15:00 - A valuable life lesson from James - well said.

[@teeheelover13]

The episode are going by so fast now! I don’t want the series to end

[@HumorousLOL]

Crazy that the only real innocent victim in this story (no secrets, lies, etc) was Walt Jr, and he didn't have a fraction of the screen time that other characters do. While experiencing a parent's death at an early age is never considered an excuse to commit crimes, it does provide insight to partly why certain people behave throughout their lives the way they do. Not everyone is the same. Brains behave different for everyone, and not everyone will behave "normally" after a traumatic experience like the one Walt went though.

[@tovbyte]

This episode is absolute 🔥🔥🔥

[@JamesVSCinema]

Agreed!

[@MamadNobari]

It was actually 🧪☣

[@AJackson__420]

Can’t wait tell you see Better Call Saul. Awesome show! Also love the Always Sunny reactions! 👍

[@bentwilleager5011]

“Why not get him a 2009 Corolla?” Breaking bad started in 2008 😂

[@Caglecardscollectibles21]

Who else feels Walt Jr not driving his new car was a major diss, even though everyone knows that car is awful lol

[@ObscureOutlaw]

bro said walter whities

[@jdub910]

LMAO

[@stovesofa]

This was the moment Waltuh became Walter Whities.

[@ethanholgate2512]

Hands down one of the greatest episodes

[@cmgianaras1]

Not only will your heart not be able to bear Walt Jr finding out, the show will administer that to you in the most devastating way possible!

[@terrancebrown87]

Been here from the start! Bittersweet feeling knowing I can never re watch you watch this show for the first time.

[@belesir8847]

my personal favourite episode, all of the stuff in Mexico is god tier

[@zegh8578]

Violence is so chaotic - the guy who got Mike, got bested by Jessie

[@LupusLifestyle]

So many great episodes and this is in my top 5! Not that I have a list. This show is amazing. You should ride down to Albuquerque after both series. It's a vibe.

[@randalthor741]

This is one of my favourite episodes of the entire series... Giancarlo Esposito is *amazing.*

[@spacetiger5076]

Bro, I agree about the PT cruiser but remember this is the family that bought a Pontiac Aztek. Kinda makes sense then.

[@ToneLone69]

I thought you out of all people would connect both Gus taking random pills poolside, and his excuse for Jesse not drinking to poison bro🤯

[@d33846]

amazing episode

[@mattlawrence1932]

The scene of Walt talking about his father , i can relate to it except i honestly don't know what is worse to endure , watching them die instantly or slowly or the way i witnessed my father pass!!!! My father was in the hospital for something that wasn't even that serious but somehow he had a heart attack while he was staying there & went on life support , i had to watch him on a hospital bed brain dead in a coma hooked up to machines that were keeping him alive or so i thought so at the time because of the nurses attempting to keep us all optimistic but i could honestly see he was long dead & gone already & all those machines weren't really keeping him alive, they were just forcing his organs to continue to work!!!! He was already dead like a frog in science class that u shock to see his muscles move , thats what it was basically like & he wasn't just laying there still like he was asleep like they show in the movies , the entire time he was on that bed , his body was flopping around like a fish with his eyes flickering open & close every other second & his tounge was hanging out of his mouth!!!! I stopped going to see him because i didn't want to see him like that or have that site of him like that have to be my last memory of him!!! I was just waiting for all the adults in my family to finally come to they're senses & return to reality so they would just pull the plug & get it over with!!! He was already long dead , they were just hurting themselves by going there & torturing themselves more by having false hopes!!!! I was a kid but was the only person in my family that understood the truth!!!! He passed on Christmas day , as messed up as that is , i was actually relieved that it was over with!!!!!

[@Alex-gb8em]

my favorite episode.

[@justinkaldahl3831]

The next episode is about to have your jaw on the ground. It’s in my top 3 of the series next to “one minute” and “Ozymandias(s5)”

[@Broski8137]

Love how the 1st time Gus came to the Cartel w/ a chemist to try and make money they kill his partner. . The second time he comes there with a chemist Gus kills ALL of them.

[@Thebigsigh1975]

Are you doing better call saul after you finish BB?

[@UserName-eb9oy]

Interesting you mention a "western approach" to the canera work! Vince himself said that Breaking Bad is very heavily inspired by westerns and is a type of contemporary western. This is turned up to 11 in better call saul with it being more faithful with the cinematography of westerns with extreme closeups on peopels faces and wide shots as well as very old timey music you would hear in a 1960s western, mostly in the black and white sequences

[@Scott_Forsell]

A PT Cruiser and an Aztek in the same family. That's unfortunate. Something tells me Walt used to have a third hand Pinto in his youth.

[@EdenMcCoy-rt9hp]

Gus and Mike lookin like proud papas haha

[@WhtMike2006]

the last 4 run of episodes of season 4 are as good as any 4 eps of any show ever.

[@debbyemerson3877]

Oh yes! Aside from the fantabulous series finale episodes, this stretch of S4 is the best. Jess, Mike and Gus. What could have been...

[@debbyemerson3877]

Bryan Cranston sure does love his Walter Whities 😅😅🤣 I would love that to catch on!

[@nicholasloduca6668]

One of the coldest moments in Breaking Bad...

[@JamesVSCinema]

Don’t bite the hand 👌🏽 Gus took it personally

[@corry63]

Wait is that tequila the same as the main one in better call Saul? Crazy of it is

[@Wintis_Swizzle]

James, how on earth do you avoid spoilers? You genuinely seem to go into each episode totally blind 👏

[@AshDub86]

I think you caught it, but Walt called Flynn "Jessie"

[@thetruthlies7]

As evil as Gus is, you can't lie that absolutely everyone rooted for him to fucking kill Eladio already. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[@bulletfastspeed]

"bye Jesse"... Sheesh

[@roberthereandthere4366]

"In his Walter Whities". Lol

[@1OldPacman]

Next episode is terror and anxiety themselves.

[@dan.j.boydzkreationz]

Yep sure enough, there's five talking Breaking Bad figurines including one in undies from the first episode.

[@Zechree]

I love this show but I can’t wait for better call Saul!

[@cassesvultus43]

This was my favorite episode of the show. Gus at his most badass.

[@djnytemare903]

That cartel boss was Tony Montana's friend in Scarface lol

[@ratedr7845]

And the guy that plays hector

[@djnytemare903]

@@ratedr7845 oh yea! Lol I almost forgot

[@beerme8949]

Crawl space is coming!

[@awesome1ru]

LMFAO i always hated their "mexico filter" too 😂😂😂

[@gregory3499]

Should watch el camino before better call saul.

[@BrandonWestfall]

Gus is one of the most well written characters ever. I can't wait for you to watch Better Call Saul.

[@jd35711]

i managed a valet company for several years and have driven literally hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks of hundreds of different models - the pt cruiser is imo the ugliest car ever mass-produced.

[@Necrom6]

This ones my favorite :)