Where Walter White Ends And Heisenberg Begins

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  • @Aleczandxr
    @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +626

    This video is best viewed in conjunction with this one:
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    Have a great weekend!

    • @wisdommanari6701
      @wisdommanari6701 Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah WW was always HB. Like the original Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, Hyde wasn't a different or split personality it was just a secret identity that allowed him to cut loose and act as he always wanted to.

    • @SuperiorNo1
      @SuperiorNo1 Před 2 lety +2

      No show will Ever Beat Breaking Bad Son's Of Anarchy Came Closest 😈

    • @soccerstuff8071
      @soccerstuff8071 Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@SuperiorNo1 Sons of Anarchy is nowhere near BB.

    • @frostfallanimations7891
      @frostfallanimations7891 Před 2 lety +1

      You ever noticed that in the first episode of breaking bad when Walter is lighting and throwing matches into the pool he is contemplating cooking meth.
      I noticed it after watching when tells the person at the store that it’s his territory.

    • @virtuouspyromaniac4467
      @virtuouspyromaniac4467 Před 2 lety +1

      Heisenberg is the shadow of walter white, the buried part of his unconscious that walter kept repressing over the years and it slowly manifested itself through expressing it's inner desire and it slowly took over, that's what happen when people ignore their shadows and don't try to integrate it, this is according to Jung

  • @ajttambo
    @ajttambo Před 2 lety +8673

    The moment Skyler gave him the Turkey Bacon in Episode 1. THIS is when Walter White truly became Heisenberg.

    • @joeonyt196
      @joeonyt196 Před 2 lety +166

      damn turkey bacons

    • @travis8106
      @travis8106 Před 2 lety +242

      You're goddamn right

    • @FreshZCORD
      @FreshZCORD Před 2 lety +49

      Don't blame him

    • @annavafeiadou4420
      @annavafeiadou4420 Před 2 lety +299

      it was not turkey bacon it was vegan bacon from beans .... so even worse

    • @johnricjimenez3953
      @johnricjimenez3953 Před 2 lety +37

      If i was given a vege bacon on my birthday i would sell meth too

  • @iampinball3669
    @iampinball3669 Před 2 lety +5074

    I always hated this idea. I hate "this is when Walter became Heisenberg." I think it misses the true implication of Walt’s character. Walter never "became" Heisenberg, they are the same person. Walter White has always been a man who has pride and respect at the forefront of his life, being held back by his loss, family, and Financials. His alias as Heisenberg gave him a chance to finally be who he really is, a power-hungry man who'd stop at nothing for adoration and control. Walter White always WAS Heisenberg, he just didn’t have the means to show it

    • @chrisadraheim
      @chrisadraheim Před 2 lety +143

      I think the point of the show is to raise the question of when Walter becomes Heisenberg, not to answer it. "He was always Heisenberg" is a valid interpretation, but no more so than the interpretations that he became Heisenberg when he did X in season Y. The show frequently informs us about past events, such as Walt's departure from Gray Matter/falling out with Gretchen and Elliot, only very indirectly through how the characters feel about what went down decades later. We're very deliberately not given information that would give us clarifying insights on these points. We have no idea if Gretchen and Elliot consciously screwed Walt over (Gretchen does seem to be genuinely oblivious of why Walt would look at those events the way he does, but that could be a self-serving delusion or her being unaware of what Elliot may have done to Walt), or if he's nursing petty resentments over perceived slights. The debate IS the point. Breaking Bad is the eternal nature vs nurture debate applied to morality.

    • @chrisadraheim
      @chrisadraheim Před 2 lety +51

      I think I take back my previous comment. We're both wrong, Walt straight up tells us the answer in his chemistry lecture in the first 10 minutes of the first episode of the series, and he says it's indeed about how he changes. Walt's arc is "growth, then decay, then transformation!"
      czcams.com/video/SXQgh0yU4Ds/video.html
      Though I do still think the interpretation that he was always Heisenberg is not inconsistent with the literal events of the series.

    • @loregasmic
      @loregasmic Před 2 lety +58

      Yes and no. I agree that Walter and Heisenberg aren't split personalities that flip like a switch. It's more like a spectrum. But to say that the man in Season 1 who grappled emotionally with the idea of killing an enemy so much that he spent an entire episode weighing the pros and cons of it and even getting to know the guy to look for reasons not to kill him is not the same man who, in Season 5, orders the outright killing of a bunch of guys the same way he ordered a meal at Denny's. It's like what was said about chemistry, he changed over time due to the circumstances around him. You'd be very surprised at what you or any person can become in different conditions and environments. That's not to absolve Walt of what he's done, he definitely owns accountability for it too but it was a slow, gradual process. Same thing went for Jesse except he had a positive arc and not a negative one. He started out as a junkie, went through shit and came out clean on the other side. Walt ironically turned into a junkie, his drug being that of power and control. One that he took his first hit telling himself yeah, it's just for my family, I'm going to stop after this. But he never could quit and always ended up getting "high" once more. Are we defined solely by our worst attributes? I don't think so. By the end of Season 5 we don't still see Jesse as the junkie he was in Season 1-3, during his lowest points. Why then should we see Heisenberg as the true Walt? Heisenberg is the outward manifestation of the darkness inside every person that can come out when pushed too far, if we allow it to happen.

    • @dsg.2077
      @dsg.2077 Před 2 lety +9

      @@loregasmic so Heisenberg and Walter White is basically Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    • @88heisenberg88
      @88heisenberg88 Před 2 lety

      This is the moment RubyDB became gay.

  • @josephs.4813
    @josephs.4813 Před 2 lety +3217

    Beautiful analysis. I never even viewed that house purchasing flashback as a reflection of how ambition Walt was and how he inevitably settled in life.

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +121

      Glad you found that bit valuable, thanks for watching.

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 Před 2 lety +20

      Personally i knew what it was going for when i saw it.

    • @scrotiemcb5858
      @scrotiemcb5858 Před 2 lety +52

      @@Aleczandxr The real tragedy is that people call the man just before the cancer diagnosis "Walter." We can clearly see the *real* Walter during the house buying scene, and hints of this real Walter in his previous relationship with Schwartzes, and in the strained relationship with his wife starting from the first episodes. There are at least three phases: young Walter, then Mr White the science teacher, then Heisenberg. What transforms Walter into Mr White is the Schwartzes and his wife defeating him. Mr White is a man who serves his wife but doesn't love her. That's one thing line I feel was off in the video - it wasn't so much that _he_ fell in love with the house, but _she_ did. There is nothing about Mr White's life that he loves, merely those he wishes he loved, likely even thinks himself bad for not loving - I don't know if that can be called "holding dear" or not, but "I should love you" is still more warmth than Heisenberg's guiltless embrace of non-love. Point is, young Walter wouldn't have continued living in that home, but that was when he still had entrepreneurial ambition and before Mr White sought solace from defeat in the mediocrity of Skyler. The Mr White we see in the first episode is an old trope of American TV, but the portrait of the defeated man implies a deeper personality, hidden within his memory, of a man yet undefeated.

    • @easschung9442
      @easschung9442 Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@joshshrum2764 And what was that? Because in the actual show it was a way of showing that Walt didn't go for half-measures. It was used correctly in the video and it all makes sense, but it was used in the show in a different way so I don't buy that you applied it in this way when you saw it.

    • @feelingcheetah1
      @feelingcheetah1 Před 2 lety +5

      Wait seriously? That was the one and only point of that flashback? How do you miss that?

  • @higginswalsan
    @higginswalsan Před 2 lety +1827

    A detail related to the point you make that stood out to me on rewatch is that the meth business got Walt‘s interest BEFORE his diagnosis, not after. He didn’t find out about his cancer then see a good way to make money illegally, he saw something that he knew he’d be the best at and then got the news that he’d never have to face the consequences of that business.

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +317

      Great point, I hadn't picked up on that but it's very true. The core interest was always there, it's just that the cancer was what made him take the leap.

    • @tophatgeo
      @tophatgeo Před 2 lety +37

      oh my god i never even realised that. that's so intriguing!!

    • @ajiththomas2465
      @ajiththomas2465 Před 2 lety +21

      @@Aleczandxr
      If one were to apply the Hero's Journey to this,
      *Call to Adventure-*
      Meth Dealing
      *Refusal of the Call-*
      Average Life and Family to Look After
      *Magical Aid that leads to Acceptance of the Call to Adventure-*
      Cancer Diagnosis. Nothing really holds Walt back from getting into the meth business now.

    • @Xehanort10
      @Xehanort10 Před 2 lety +56

      I feel like he wanted to make his illegal meth business bigger than Gray Matter to compensate for him leaving GM before it succeeded because Gretchen having more money than Walt made him insecure.

    • @higginswalsan
      @higginswalsan Před 2 lety +15

      @@ajiththomas2465 That lines up eerily too well, never would’ve thought to compare Breaking Bad against the hero’s journey

  • @Delta_Aves
    @Delta_Aves Před 2 lety +3037

    For me, the moment at the end of Face Off where he tells Skylar “I won” was the turning point where Walt surrendered himself to Heisenberg; not because of the things he did, but his reaction. For all the terrible things he did before (killing Krazy 8, not saving Jane, making Jesse kill Gale etc.) there were hints of remorse and/or uneasiness within Walt, but upon learning his plan to kill Gus was successful, he doesn’t seem to think about all the messed things he did to get there (poisoning a kid, using a physically weak and helpless man in the plot, blowing up a hospital etc.) or how his family will react to all of it. All that mattered was that he beat Gus.

    • @justmyopinion79
      @justmyopinion79 Před 2 lety +147

      Well at the same time, he had the least reason to have any remorse to kill Gus. He was literally going to kill his family.

    • @C19J99
      @C19J99 Před 2 lety +130

      @@justmyopinion79 Sure, but I think Dave's point was that he felt zero remorse for the things he did to kill Gus, like poisoning a child or blowing up a retirement home

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 Před 2 lety

      He did take in everything.

    • @easschung9442
      @easschung9442 Před 2 lety +45

      @@C19J99 That's a poor point to make then. Because he didn't have any reason to have remorse. No one died in the nursing home except three people that he thought deserved to die. He knew Brock would be okay.

    • @easschung9442
      @easschung9442 Před 2 lety +17

      You're right about it being his reaction, but you're wrong about it being about a lack of remorse. There was no reason to have any remorse. It's not about that, it's all about how his personality shifted. He became fully confident and became the Heisenberg persona for the first time.

  • @seemonuzumaki723
    @seemonuzumaki723 Před 2 lety +814

    Yeah this is it. I’ve never bought into the idea that Walt and Heisenberg are distinct and seperate personalities. They’re linked and they intertwine.

    • @jimmyichigo7410
      @jimmyichigo7410 Před 2 lety +13

      Is it the same with Jimmy McGill?

    • @balabanasireti
      @balabanasireti Před 2 lety +13

      @@jimmyichigo7410 Yes.

    • @justmyopinion79
      @justmyopinion79 Před 2 lety +2

      The difference is Jimmy McGill is an inferior character to Walter White.

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 Před 2 lety +2

      I will agree with that, but he just goes between who needs to take center focus, but neither are separate there both always there after Hank, dies personally i think Walter, is completely gone at that point, but i don’t think it’s wrong to believe the idea somewhat.

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 Před 2 lety +2

      Heisenberg is metaphorical, there is only Walter White.

  • @UseTheLess00
    @UseTheLess00 Před 2 lety +937

    To me, Heisenberg is simply WW with absolute confidence in himself

    • @joshshrum2764
      @joshshrum2764 Před 2 lety +37

      And the heartlessness to do awful things.

    • @misterfancy9528
      @misterfancy9528 Před 2 lety +23

      Heisenburg is just W.W with power

    • @seriously_aesthetic
      @seriously_aesthetic Před 2 lety +26

      @@misterfancy9528 Gamerberg

    • @royalpalm_941
      @royalpalm_941 Před 2 lety +18

      I think it’s more than that. WW with confidence and years of resentment built up. If he would have come up with this confidence he’d probably be a lot more stable and wholesome. But the resentment of not being confident for so long made him bitter and willing to use that confidence for horrible things

    • @seriously_aesthetic
      @seriously_aesthetic Před 2 lety +3

      Heinsenburger

  • @ChBrahm
    @ChBrahm Před 2 lety +863

    A scene that clearly shows how insecure Walter/Heisenberg still is is when he tells Hank that the book he found isn´t that of the original "Genius" meth cook but rather just someone who was trying to copy the real Heisenberg
    He was SO petty at having his work not recognized (probably a trauma he got when he quit Gray Matter only for it to run with his ideas and earn millions) that he HAD to make Hank aware he hadnt really found anything on Heisenberg
    Also that led in the end to his own demise when Hank eventually found the "to my other WW" in the book whilw taking a shit

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +64

      Yeah for sure, that’s a great indication of his insecurity. I believe I included some clips from that episode for that very reason.

    • @SUPRESSOR106
      @SUPRESSOR106 Před 2 lety +31

      Billions. With a B.

    • @forrealballardollar
      @forrealballardollar Před 2 lety +13

      Wasn't he drunk during that scene tho

    • @SamThiebaud89
      @SamThiebaud89 Před rokem +4

      I think Walt even leaving the book where anyone could find it was a testament to his arrogance at that point. How could he be caught he's beaten every foe that came against him up to now?

  • @kat8559
    @kat8559 Před 2 lety +112

    "Heisenberg was the reaction"
    excellent

    • @kat8559
      @kat8559 Před 2 lety +1

      Since I have a persona, i just think of H as WW's more iconic, mythical, 'darker' persona.

    • @felixpaz2060
      @felixpaz2060 Před 2 lety +1

      @@kat8559 what?

  • @PresterJohn420
    @PresterJohn420 Před 2 lety +162

    What really sells this outlook to me is in Ozymandias when Walter, despite defintely being a lot closer to Heinsberg than himself, is still desperately fighting to keep Hank alive even though all it would do is hurt him.
    They aren’t too separate entities, they just come out at different times.

    • @itsthekid9815
      @itsthekid9815 Před rokem +8

      It actually makes the most sense that he'd fight to keep him alive. It shows all these horrible people would do anything once their family is in the crossfire. It's why Jess is the perfect character. He's want Walt thinks he is. He brings morality to it. He pleads for his life. Taking a life is something he needs drugs to live with.

  • @eltedioso
    @eltedioso Před 2 lety +375

    Thanks for including the flashback in s03e13, when Skyler is pregnant with Walt Jr. and she and Walt are shopping for the house. There is something about that scene, with Walt outrageously cocky and pushing Skyler around a bit (and basically refusing to listen to what she's saying) that shows he's always been a malignant narcissist. Maybe he was able to keep it at bay and/or lost that instinct for a while, but it was always there.

  • @noahfenech3369
    @noahfenech3369 Před 2 lety +88

    I can't help but grin and chuckle whenever I see that scene of Jesse and Walter high fiving and yelling with joy after their massive batch in the desert. Even though its meth, the sheer joy of putting in effort and seeing it pay off is exhilerating

  • @videojames290
    @videojames290 Před 2 lety +199

    The speech he gave at the school assembly, downplaying the plane crash, always stood out to me. We were seeing him present as Walt, but it was Heisenberg's greed and ambition behind a Walt mask. For me that was when the shift crystalized

    • @djdee6386
      @djdee6386 Před rokem +13

      “Crystalized” I see what you did there.

  • @usbgus
    @usbgus Před 2 lety +148

    Heisenberg was the shadow side of Walt and as with every repressed shadow Heisenberg had his positive qualities but was deeply selfish. I actually think that in the last episode Heisenberg doesn't exist anymore. it's just Walter White who has integrated with his alter ego in a positive manner. And indeed in Felina Walter is determined, unafraid, scary even, but he is finally working for altruistic reasons.
    He puts his ego aside and uses Gretchen and Elliott to pass along his money, knowing that they will get the credit. He admits his sins to Skyler. He plans to sacrifice himself in order to avenge Hank. And in the end he saves Jesse and gives him a second chance. All of that would be impossible without his time as Heisenberg but in the end Walt is the one doing it.

  • @TD0150
    @TD0150 Před 2 lety +79

    This is the moment "This is the moment Walt became Heisenberg" became a video essay

  • @Darth_Insidious
    @Darth_Insidious Před 2 lety +130

    Ultimately it's a story of a man casting off the fear that paralyzed him from action in the past and becoming a dark reflection of what he always was. He was a man of great ambition held back by uncertainty, but once his death was certain he was able to cast off his feelings of uncertainty and embrace his starved ambition and ego.

    • @RoScFan
      @RoScFan Před 2 lety +2

      Doesnt that make him a role model? We all yearn to feed our egos. We're all held back from being our true selves.

    • @Darth_Insidious
      @Darth_Insidious Před 2 lety +8

      @@RoScFan It's implied that in the past Walter burned his bridge to success with Gray Matter because he hadn't built it. He cut himself out of Gray Matter, when he say how much money Gretchen's family had he gave up both the relationship and a chance at being a multi billionaire. All because his ego wouldn't let him feel inferior and get a life which he hadn't made for himself. He then allowed his ambition to smolder as he became a family man and an overqualified chemistry teacher. Breaking Bad was his endlife crisis, a sudden time limit that spurred him into vitality. He made a self destructive grab at the wealth and power he always dreamed of, built through his wits and talent.
      The moral here is to not let your ego control your destiny. Don't let it deny you opportunity, and lead you into self destruction. You can do great things if you keep your ego in check, or terrible things if you let it fester until it explodes.

  • @Will-jg2zs
    @Will-jg2zs Před 2 lety +371

    I feel blessed. Two Breaking Bad analysis videos in a row. Keep up the good work Aleczandxr.

  • @giantwookiee6472
    @giantwookiee6472 Před 2 lety +22

    He has always had the tendency to go to the “dark side” they mentioned that he left gray matter due to a feeling that his girlfriend came from a rich family. He always had pride issues. The planets aligned and created the scenario to let those dark tendencies come out as seen by the show. Great show. :)

  • @easschung9442
    @easschung9442 Před 2 lety +58

    I love the scenes edited in. Especially him buying his house. Haunting. He always had the ambition.

  • @psalmyyvan
    @psalmyyvan Před 2 lety +118

    Walter White is obviously a perfectionist. He thinks a lot of things but doesn't follow through. He's said that he was scared before, I believe as a perfectionist, he's scared to not get the results he expects. He's scared to fail. But with an impending death, he believes he won't even be alive to face consequences if he fails.
    Thus, Heisenberg is simply Walt that has gained the confidence to act on his thoughts. They're no different, Heisenberg is like a drunk Walt.

    • @subatani817
      @subatani817 Před rokem +1

      tru

    • @VantaDraws
      @VantaDraws Před rokem +1

      Just like Gus

    • @chuckbatmangaming
      @chuckbatmangaming Před rokem +4

      Makes sense, considering that when we actually see drunk Walt, he acts more like Heisenberg. The pool party scene where he makes Walt Jr. drink and puke and intimdates Hank is a great example of this, as is the scene where he tells Hank that he probably hasn't caught the real Heisenberg.

  • @crow6141
    @crow6141 Před 2 lety +302

    He's still Walter White. He's not a different character. This show is a study of good to evil in one character. That character is Walter White, and Heisenberg is a pseudonym he uses when selling producing meth. Yes he uses the name a lot more as the series progresses and his actions take a turn for the dark side, but that doesn't make him "full on Heisenberg". The character is still Walter White.

    • @k9blazesensation
      @k9blazesensation Před 2 lety +18

      Yeah we know it’s not literal. The video is basically saying at what point did he give into is dark traits and started embodying it.

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +43

      I'm assuming that this comment is in agreement with the video, because my main point is the same thing lol. If you meant to frame this as a disagreement then you've misunderstood what I said. But I'm pretty sure you meant to frame this as an agreement.

    • @crow6141
      @crow6141 Před 2 lety +24

      @@Aleczandxr LMAO YES. I'm not disagreeing.

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +21

      Just checking hahaha

    • @thorthewolf8801
      @thorthewolf8801 Před 2 lety +2

      The same with Anakin Skywalker. Vader is the same person.

  • @c_f0rce
    @c_f0rce Před 2 lety +76

    I just watched breaking bad for the one time last month. God it ended to quickly. Walter is just so fascinating. Thank you Aleczandxr for this

  • @wilhelmtheconquerer6214
    @wilhelmtheconquerer6214 Před 2 lety +41

    For me, the turning point is when he went from "I need X amount of money for my family's future to be decent" to "this person is an obstacle that needs to be dealt with"

  • @kyshim1247
    @kyshim1247 Před 2 lety +56

    I literally finished watching breaking bad yesterday and had saved all your videos on it and just started watching them, amazing videos man keep it up

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +10

      Glad you like them, much appreciated!

    • @BlueJ4y
      @BlueJ4y Před 2 lety +1

      Have you had the chance to watch “el camino”? If not I recommend you do, it’s a great sequel

    • @kyshim1247
      @kyshim1247 Před 2 lety +1

      @@BlueJ4y yeah right after finishing breaking bad, It was great too!

  • @scalycoronet5198
    @scalycoronet5198 Před rokem +11

    I feel like part of his transition is a commentary on the idea of “knowing yourself.” The idea that you don’t know who you really are until you’ve been through struggles and figured out your values. Walt IS Heisenberg, he just needed a push to understand his values and priorities. Jesse on the other hand, needed to struggle to find out that he isn’t a bad guy at heart, he’s not a criminal at heart, and it’s shown that Walt and Jesse really are opposites. Jesse’s a bad guy with a good heart that turns into a better person, Walt is a good guy who’s bad on the inside and becomes worse when given the chance.

  • @dschafar6679
    @dschafar6679 Před 2 lety +12

    Walter: "But I didn't order this pizza!"
    Pizza guy:"You have to pay it anyway."
    _2 hours passing_
    Heisenberg on phone: "It's over. I won."
    Pizza shop owner: "Sir, please stop calling us. We're running out of our employees!"

    • @gurenplqys
      @gurenplqys Před 2 lety +1

      i’m really sorry but this just wasn’t it man

  • @donshont
    @donshont Před 2 lety +21

    I find this topic so interesting because I think people can change when they’re incredibly desperate and people can change when they have all power in the world. Breaking bad plays with both those ideas.

  • @Dragoneer
    @Dragoneer Před 2 lety +12

    6:04 I know this is a little off-topic, but as someone who deals with anxiety and hesitation daily which is holding me back, this rings true and was brilliantly put. I am only free when I act as the person I desire myself to be. It’s not who I am but who I want to be. I have not developed a personality so it makes it easier to adopt one. And I have been given the “stimulus” now to break from these chains hopefully for good…
    “We are often one step away from being very different people…”
    I like that…

  • @jimihendrix23456
    @jimihendrix23456 Před 2 lety +7

    You always do fantastic analysis videos. Your BB videos this week are making me push up my rewatch, and I'll enjoy looking through for the parts you've mentioned in your videos.

  • @All_Powerful_God_Enel
    @All_Powerful_God_Enel Před 2 lety +44

    Your Breaking Bad analysis are some of my favorites from you, specially this one and the one on Granite State, it really shows how passionate you are about the show. W.W. is such a legendary character on all levels. Keep up the great work!

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +6

      Thank you! They’re tons of fun to make so it’s nice that others are able to enjoy them as well.

  • @tophatgeo
    @tophatgeo Před 2 lety +9

    Duuude I've been loving these videos on breaking bad you've been making. It's got some really insightful analysis on Walter as a person and not simply viewing him and Heisenburg as separate personalities or personas. I'd love to see these kinds of deep-dives into other Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul characters, since this short essay format works really well for discussing things in bite-sized chunks

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety

      Glad you’ve enjoyed them! Thanks.

  • @nefariousfae
    @nefariousfae Před 2 lety +10

    The fact of the matter is we, as an audience, relate to Walt. Every good person has been put in a position where they do bad things (though it may not be as extreme compared to Walt). So in the very beginning, whenever Walt says he wants to cook meth-in order to leave something behind for his family-we simply believe him.

  • @zee2826
    @zee2826 Před 2 lety +5

    AHHHH thank you for these bb/bcs vidoes, they're always awesome

  • @uchennanuelonyia4510
    @uchennanuelonyia4510 Před 2 lety +2

    Many thanks for creating!
    Insightful as always

  • @bekowiec2623
    @bekowiec2623 Před 2 lety +12

    I personally interpret Heisenberg as an evil hidden in each of us that needs certain events in life in order to be activated and then revealed. The moment Walter White realized what a mistake it was to refuse to work with Eliot and Gretchen on the $ 5,000 gray matter project was the moment he launched internal Heisenberg at Walter. The scene in which Walt found out about cancer revealed Heisenberg, and this caused the evil in Walter to grow over time. In short, Heisenberg is the protagonist's wounded ego, which is fed more and more harm to other people and the profit of Walter White.

  • @alexeiharp7676
    @alexeiharp7676 Před 2 lety +20

    I just realized something here, Walt wanted so much to be respected and feared as his alter ego Heisenberg but the key moment in that pub is when Gretchen says on TV that she recognizes that person as Heisenberg not as a worthy human being anymore she once loved so the exact opposite of what he had been expecting from the very person he felt undermined by in the past.
    That hurt Walt in my opinion maybe more than the Grey matter empire stuff and reenactes his Heisenberg process but this time being aware it's just him using Heisenberg as a cover to fix things.
    Whatever that show is brilliant from head to toes 😍
    Also love your edits man

    • @justmyopinion79
      @justmyopinion79 Před 2 lety +4

      Gretchen is much more important to the story than most people realize.

    • @alexeiharp7676
      @alexeiharp7676 Před 2 lety +5

      @@justmyopinion79 I agree, a lot of this happened because Walt felt like he could never reach to her and her wealthy family class recognition. Skyler such as his house is the woman he chose by default resigning himself to "lower standards" or "safer" .

    • @easschung9442
      @easschung9442 Před 2 lety +1

      True. And he would make sure that THIS Heisenberg would haunt the ones he hates for the rest of their lives. Fake or not.

  • @Beejanew
    @Beejanew Před 2 lety +4

    You’re breaking bad videos are amazing I have watched 4 times and you still point out little things I missed or didn’t understand properly

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks very much! Happy to help :)

  • @UnCreativeDeconstructionism

    Well edited and great song choices/placements.

  • @mildchaos6037
    @mildchaos6037 Před rokem +3

    The moment he became Heisenberg was when he was in the crawl space and Skylar told him the money he needed to keep the family from being killed was given to the man she had an affair with. Once Walt started laughing in that situation hysterically, you just knew Walt died

  • @UltimateBargains
    @UltimateBargains Před 2 lety +3

    The definition of fear is "the anticipation of pain".
    If you are afraid, then identify the actual amount of pain that you fear.
    Often, that fear is unwarranted when you compare the worst case to the best case.

  • @josephsanchez8171
    @josephsanchez8171 Před 2 lety +8

    Great take on this...great content...i always loved the "put the bottle back" as Heisenberg Asserting himself as the alpha in Walt's life and every other person who came across Walt the wrong way but especially In his home where his family was

  • @DivinityUnleashed_
    @DivinityUnleashed_ Před 2 lety +28

    Love the Breaking Bad content you're making. Keep up the great work man

  • @meleronnef8411
    @meleronnef8411 Před 2 lety +3

    That audio from Granite State in the beginning gave me chills. "You sound very.... sure."

  • @jackstack2136
    @jackstack2136 Před 2 lety +7

    I always thought the parallels to Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde were self-evident, I am kinda surprised to see so many people think no piece of Walt remained, even up to Felina when he helped Jesse

  • @ifyourequiet
    @ifyourequiet Před 2 lety +3

    Heisenberg is WW’s Id. WW is subconsciously aware of how much he’s failed given his abilities but morality and familial responsibility kept him from acting upon it, “making up for lost time.” When faced with death WW felt a need to somewhat ignore it. When the imminent threat was gone but WW saw the fruits of his labor and the scope of his talent the cat was already out of the bag.

  • @MMAFLIXCHILL
    @MMAFLIXCHILL Před 2 lety +1

    great video! Your explanations and delivery is solid.

  • @Jostyy
    @Jostyy Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the follow up video
    I was hoping you'd make something like this!

  • @glachil7166
    @glachil7166 Před 2 lety +5

    Thanks man, I been feeling a weird lack of video analysis’ on this amazing show despite it being so popular

  • @maxrosling599
    @maxrosling599 Před 2 lety +4

    Legit almost every single series I watch in my free time is anime except for breaking bad and your content is exclusively on the best topics for me specifically. Great job and keep on having such immaculate taste in television

  • @CataclysmicalART
    @CataclysmicalART Před rokem +3

    Love your breaking bad analysis videos! :) Was also surprised to realize suddenly that I was hearing the ice palace theme from paper mario! It works really well with this video and the kind of atmosphere of your commentary

  • @ThreeWeenies
    @ThreeWeenies Před 2 lety +3

    I appreciate the Paper Mario audio in the background haha!

    • @roddydykes7053
      @roddydykes7053 Před 2 lety

      Took me scrolling through 100s of comments before someone else mentioned it. Really captured the icy tone

  • @masterzombie161
    @masterzombie161 Před 2 lety +125

    Nobody likes to talk about when Walter was found out by Hank, Walter wanted to turn himself in. Then Skyler said no, and forced him to make the confession tape, and wanted Walter to kill Jessie.

    • @jafarthewizard5665
      @jafarthewizard5665 Před 2 lety +5

      Skyler forced him ?
      Prove it

    • @ajquinones8017
      @ajquinones8017 Před 2 lety +10

      @@jafarthewizard5665 watch the show?

    • @jafarthewizard5665
      @jafarthewizard5665 Před 2 lety +30

      @@ajquinones8017
      Wow .. What a brilliant suggestions .. I'm gonna watch it for the fifth time .. and you should watch it too .. because you're absolutely wrong .. she literally asked walter : " are you sure you want to do this ? " .. She wouldn't say that if she's forcing him to do it ..
      Go watch the episode .. Only one episode is enough to tell ..
      She didn't want Walter to turn himself in .. and suggested that the best choice is to keep quiet .. she didn't even suggest the confession tape ..

    • @jasonjenkins8910
      @jasonjenkins8910 Před 2 lety +1

      People have Skylar derangement syndrome

    • @jafarthewizard5665
      @jafarthewizard5665 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jasonjenkins8910
      😂😂😂

  • @ceilingstare1536
    @ceilingstare1536 Před 2 lety +7

    These recent analysis on Breaking Bad are unexpectedly on the same time I finally decided to watch the show.
    Thanks so much for giving a slightly deeper look into things, I especially wouldn't have understood "4 days out's" ending weren't it for your talk on the matter😅

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +3

      You’re very welcome! 4 Days Out is such a stunning episode so I’m glad to have helped you appreciate it a bit more!

  • @TheGamingWolf3650
    @TheGamingWolf3650 Před 2 lety

    Didn't know I needed this video

  • @ethanloreto4378
    @ethanloreto4378 Před 2 lety

    I started watching breaking bad about a month ago and as soon as I finished, you started posting videos about it. I was ecstatic. I’ve been watching ur videos for long time and to see you analyze Walt was so fucking cool. I love ur work

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety

      Glad you enjoyed! And hopefully you enjoyed the show itself too!

  • @fabiocesar1468
    @fabiocesar1468 Před 2 lety +89

    Just watching one of your breaking bad analysis, and wishing that you do more videos of this series, and at that same second this video comes out. Great timing don't you think?

    • @Rage-0-Apex
      @Rage-0-Apex Před 2 lety +1

      Same

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před 2 lety +5

      Awesome, and I released another a couple of days ago in case you missed it!

  • @Fr3akOfRnB
    @Fr3akOfRnB Před rokem +3

    It’s unbelievable and fascinating that even years after the show ended people still talk about this show and make videos! I love all the BrBa content. I hope Vince will make the ‘Gustavo’ show about how Gus became who he was! Keep up with the great work.

  • @roosin7900
    @roosin7900 Před rokem

    That's a very powerful analysis. That was a good video, thank you for sharing.

    • @Aleczandxr
      @Aleczandxr  Před rokem

      Glad you enjoyed it, you’re very welcome.

  • @johngomez2138
    @johngomez2138 Před 2 lety

    Your videos are consistently awesome, that's all ty

  • @dankscarce
    @dankscarce Před 2 lety +4

    When I finished HxH, you made HxH videos.
    Now, I finished Breaking Bad and you made a Breaking Bad video.
    I'm not complaining but I love the timing

  • @lard1414
    @lard1414 Před 2 lety +8

    Heisenberg is like a compound, with Walt being one element, and the diagnosis being the other. Therefore I believe that the moment Walt became Heisenberg after the reaction had concluded, so he was only truly Heisenberg at the moment before his death. But I do agree with the idea that Walt was never lost

  • @shawncollison639
    @shawncollison639 Před 3 měsíci

    On point! Fantastic analysis! Love it

  • @mychaelpierce8049
    @mychaelpierce8049 Před 2 lety +2

    I think the Tuco; fulimated mercury scene is the best choice! Great review. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Zealbourne
    @Zealbourne Před 2 lety +10

    I think creating the construct that Walter was two different people is interesting, but fundamentally devalues the importance of this story. Remember his character is a progenitor of characters like Tony Soprano with the twist of us witnessing his metamorphosis. His story is interesting because he was every man confronting death and doing what was needed to care for his family. The hook is what would happen to him(or us) when the rules that govern us no longer matter, and we are left with the limits of our own agency. All the while pushing the characters and viewers empathy further and further until we feel him become a monster. You see, he is not any less Heisenberg than Walter even in the beginning, that's why we love it. Because it makes us think about that nature of evil, and of ourselves.

  • @Reqvhio
    @Reqvhio Před 2 lety +4

    this guy analyzes the best shows I have ever watched in my life, be it hxh, breaking bad, attack on titan. He even analyzes characters I find fascinating too. the only channel that, I think, is close to how I see the world.

  • @ZainAK283
    @ZainAK283 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video as always :)

  • @Havoc_Unlimited
    @Havoc_Unlimited Před rokem

    Love the background music 💕 listen to this soundtrack when I’m studying haha

  • @ShaKing807
    @ShaKing807 Před 2 lety +4

    TWO BREAKING BAD VIDEOS IN A WEEK? WE ARE EATING!

  • @psalmyyvan
    @psalmyyvan Před 2 lety +6

    One thing that I've never seen someone say is that his chosen monicker, Heisenberg, is very known for his "Heisenberg's uncertainty principle"
    Which is a very good metaphor of what he's been throughout the series.

  • @thomasvettikad
    @thomasvettikad Před 2 lety +1

    Great video!!

  • @suto5704
    @suto5704 Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing videos

  • @seemonuzumaki723
    @seemonuzumaki723 Před 2 lety +16

    He reacts the same way to Elliot and Gretchen at the end of the series and in the beginning.

  • @jordanyoung2125
    @jordanyoung2125 Před 2 lety +5

    That Final Fantasy VIII music was a far better fit than it should have been, hats off.

  • @mangotheif
    @mangotheif Před 2 lety +2

    One of my favorite CZcamsrs

  • @matthewwilkinson8891
    @matthewwilkinson8891 Před 2 lety +1

    The use of crystal palace from the original paper Mario in the background was a nice nostalgic moment!

  • @thewolfmanhulk2927
    @thewolfmanhulk2927 Před 2 lety +3

    We have been too blessed

  • @treenincove1726
    @treenincove1726 Před 2 lety +5

    This video is the moment Walt became Hal from Everybody Loves Malcom.

  • @snuffednewyork
    @snuffednewyork Před 2 lety

    The goat back

  • @pamg2628
    @pamg2628 Před 2 lety

    I am enjoying all these BB analysis videos.

  • @sein1682
    @sein1682 Před 2 lety +10

    Man, we should be thankful for living in a society where you post 2 Breaking Bad videos in the stretch of 2 days.

  • @buttdick
    @buttdick Před 2 lety +3

    2:44 I've never been able to stop thinking about those flip-flops young Walter White had on 🤮

  • @Rick_Prime_6
    @Rick_Prime_6 Před 2 lety

    great video!

  • @AroundWayOther
    @AroundWayOther Před 2 lety +3

    good timing! i've been on a recent binging on breaking bad clips on youtube :D
    Should re-watch this masterpiece sometime. ty for sharing this!

  • @rocpack6721
    @rocpack6721 Před 2 lety +5

    Walter White became based.

  • @JarvNation
    @JarvNation Před 2 lety +1

    Great choice in music. Paper Mario Crystal Palace has a mystical feeling that is a good undertone for telling your story.

  • @kylemundy8871
    @kylemundy8871 Před rokem

    Fantastic choice of background music ;)

  • @aboudasf4148
    @aboudasf4148 Před 2 lety +4

    I... Was alive
    5:02
    *Shows dead waltah*

  • @inconsistentinternetvideos

    I have always believed that if you track the timeline of the show (which is 2 years and 1 day) that Heisenberg took over 9 months after the diagnosis. (Heisenberg was conceived as the cancer and of coarse was given birth 9 months later) I have not watched this show in a while so I don’t know at what point in the series this is, but it’s always seemed logical to me

  • @yy3sht040
    @yy3sht040 Před 2 lety

    I was watching ur breaking bad video yesterday and thinking abt this!!

  • @BlyGuy
    @BlyGuy Před rokem +1

    "fear is the real enemy" always has been, always will be.

  • @calcelmoanayru5870
    @calcelmoanayru5870 Před 2 lety +3

    That Gretchen and Elliot interview was the last straw.

  • @OlmoVonHabsurg
    @OlmoVonHabsurg Před 2 lety +5

    Love the ff8 soundtrack.

  • @Vanmoire
    @Vanmoire Před 2 lety

    That final fantasy 8 music at the beginning. Loving it haha.

  • @andreweaton6363
    @andreweaton6363 Před rokem +1

    Respect for the Final Fantasy music. I see you have good taste in plots

  • @BaldOmniMan
    @BaldOmniMan Před 2 lety +3

    I’ve actually never watched this before

    • @rhoaias9429
      @rhoaias9429 Před 2 lety +1

      bro you’re everywhere from More Plates More Dates to anime videos to Breaking Bad vids lmao

    • @seemonuzumaki723
      @seemonuzumaki723 Před 2 lety

      Watch it.

    • @justmyopinion79
      @justmyopinion79 Před 2 lety

      Watch it. Better than Better Call Saul for sure

  • @bojackhorseman8251
    @bojackhorseman8251 Před 2 lety +11

    Its sad to realize that cancer was the best thing that happened to Walter. At least he lived his life to his fullest and died on his own terms.

  • @xelu01
    @xelu01 Před 2 lety +1

    LOVE THE FF8 MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND!

  • @trshboat2020
    @trshboat2020 Před rokem

    Honestly, love that you used FF8 music in the background tbh.

  • @gf1006
    @gf1006 Před 2 lety +14

    Heisenberg is the true man, and Walter White is what society wanted him to be

    • @TheBBCSlurpee
      @TheBBCSlurpee Před 2 lety

      now yuo see...

    • @charmingflatworms9607
      @charmingflatworms9607 Před 2 lety +2

      Real men don’t ask for help, instead they ruin their legacy and become meth kingpins destroying his family