Breaking Bad - Part 3

[Kane52630]

 

[DyeLorean]

RIP Mike.
Thank you for such a wonderful character.

 

[Christopher Nolan]

wow...just saw the making of the final scene. jonathan banks cried. man this death hurts so much..

 

[Kane52630]

Very interesting stuff, Skyler's maiden name is Lambert...

 

[DyeLorean]

Oh, that's very interesting.

 

[Shifty]

At a high school where they let you paint your own parking space...

 

[Kane52630]

At a high school where they let you paint your own parking space...

I approve. Also there's a professor where I go to that has a picture of Walter with the caption "I am the one who knocks!" posted on the door at his office.

 

[Shifty]

Still hilarious

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[Christopher Nolan]

The Assassination of Mike Ehrmantraut by the Coward Walter White

this was the message..the Jesse James references..

 

[Kane52630]

Does he teach chemistry?

I'm guessing yes, I was in the science building. lol

 

[Crockett]

 

[The Riddler]

one thing i don't understand is why mike was berating walt about messing up a good thing and killing gus.

does mike have short term memory? walt had the decency to protect jesse against two child killing thugs, which brought the wrath of gus. at that point it was walt or gus, and we all know how that turned out.

 

[GamerSlyRatchet]

one thing i don't understand is why mike was berating walt about messing up a good thing and killing gus.

does mike have short term memory? walt had the decency to protect jesse against two child killing thugs, which brought the wrath of gus. at that point it was walt or gus, and we all know how that turned out.

Mike hadn't warmed up to Jesse at that time, I think. He just saw them as two morons messing up a sweet deal by disobeying Gus.

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

This is the last straw. I want Walt dead, killed vengefully. But knowing this show, I'll probably want him alive out of some final quantum of pity.

 

[Kane52630]

This is the last straw. I want Walt dead, killed vengefully. But knowing this show, I'll probably want him alive out of some final quantum of pity.

No, this is:

 

[Soapy]

Mike hadn't warmed up to Jesse at that time, I think. He just saw them as two morons messing up a sweet deal by disobeying Gus.

Exactly. That was way before Mike and Jesse were bros. Which didn't happen until some time after that road trip they took together to collect the money.

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first time walt killed someone not out of necessity

 

[DyeLorean]

This was, for me, the episode that consolidates Walt joining the dark side.

 

[Belvedere]

This is nowhere near as bad as him poisoning Brock, although it did strike me to be more vindictive.

 

[The Riddler]

Exactly. That was way before Mike and Jesse were bros. Which didn't happen until some time after that road trip they took together to collect the money.

what are you talking about it? i'm just wondering why he berated walt for killing gus when he knew the situation. maybe he didn't like jesse back then, but he likes jesse now. he knows full well that if walt hadn't killed gus, walt and jesse were both dead. i don't get why he's blaming walt.

 

[Maximus One]

In his own warped mind though poisoning Brock served some purpose. Killing Mike was ALL (as Mike himself said) Walt's hurt pride and ego from Mike's total deconstruction of Walt's personality, he was taken aback by it very hard and we see clearly in the episode how stabbed by Mike's words he was and then came the rage. He lost his **** and you can see the look on his face once he's realized what he's done.

 

[Soapy]

what are you talking about it? i'm just wondering why he berated walt for killing gus when he knew the situation. maybe he didn't like jesse back then, but he likes jesse now. he knows full well that if walt hadn't killed gus, walt and jesse were both dead. i don't get why he's blaming walt.

Mike likes Jesse, but does he like him more than his old, and fairly secure gig with Gus? Is his relationship with Jesse more important than providing for his granddaughter? Walt ruined that for him, and I don't think whatever fondness that exists for Jesse factors into him wishing Walt would have just done the job and not caused any trouble.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first time walt killed someone not out of necessity

This occurred to me as well. There's no "them or us" rationalising, no acting in self-defense or trying to save his own skin to hide behind. This was cold blooded murder, at best done in the heat of the moment out of anger, and at worst at least subconsciously pre-meditated, with Mike's fate pretty much sealed in Walt's eyes as far back as his "throat cut" monologue that ended episode 3. He killed somebody when he knew full well that no good would come out of it, for no reason other than to make himself feel big. Gus would never have done that.

Of course, Walt has been utterly vile this whole season, with little in the way of redeeming features, and you could argue he wasn't much better last season. But maybe it took the offing of a beloved viewer favourite like Mike for some people's rose-tinted "Heisenberg is totes badass" specs to finally be shattered.

I'll be sad to see Mike go. From bit-part player in Season 2, to intriguing recurring guest star in Season 3, to fascinating supporting character in Season 4, to integral part of the fabric of the show in Season 5, it's been amazing how this character has grown and how excellently Jonathan Banks has portrayed him throughout. In his warped way, he was just about the most decent, principled person in this murky world. And I think his death declares with a tone of finality that the era of decency and fair business that Gus tried to maintain (as much as one can in the meth business) has well and truly come to an end. We're in the Heisenberg glory train now, and the titanic ego driving it is going to send it crashing off the rails fast. I'm sure it'll be excellent, horrifying viewing.

 

[Kane52630]

Skyler/Jesse relationship is getting strong, I have a feeling we will see both of them interact a lot in the next episode.

Also, memory lane...

 

[Ramsay Snow]

omg I can't breathe Mike's last words omg damn you Walt damn you