Underlying Themes/Thoughts of Breaking Bad

Colors seem to play a big role and have some sort of meaning. Not sure exactly what it is, but the use of colors is obvious.

Walys bond with Jesse is so strong because he is the able bodied son he never had.


That's my position at least.


Hanks obsession with rocks fills his void of tracking down rocks.

"they're minerals Marie!"

That's not really inheriting a trait from someone he killed though, unless we know krazy 8 cut his own crusts off right?

Has anyone heard about the new trailer? Not the five seasons in three minutes, but the new footage? Pretty epic...

Didn't feel like starting a new thread, so sorry that this is off topic.

The mention of Walt taking things from people is pretty intriguing. I didn't really pick up on that until it was mentioned in the last thread.

Someone mentioned colors. When the show starts out Walt wears a lot of drab and dull colors - browns, tans etc. This represents how boring his life is. Also, when watching the show, notice the use of green for either life or money - the baby's nursery is painted green. I thought his car was a tannish color, but it is actually a dull green - the color of money. Also notice when he wears black (evil) and red (passion/violence) what happens in the show. As Heisenberg, he wears black including the hat.

If you haven't watched the "Fly" episode in season 3, or if you already have go back and watch it and consider this. Flies are representative of evil (Lord of the Flies). I also looked up fly symbolism and discovered the use of them representing morality and our insignificance. From Shakespeare's King Lear: "As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; They kill us for their sport..."

I am still trying to figure out Hank collecting minerals. I am about halfway through season 4 now. My initial thought is rocks, as Marie continues to call them, are useless and they represent how Hank feels - useless. Or maybe how he perceives he is seen by his wife, even though he knows better.

Mirrors and mirror images of things seem to play a big part in the series, especially during the first season. It's supposed to represent the two sides of Walt's personalty and duality and Walt's ability to walk the line between Heisenberg and Walter White. Even the name Heisenberg represents something about duality and coming off as something but being something completely different. Warner Heisenberg created a theory about light being able to act as both a wave and a particle at the same time. Walt is able to act as a family man and drug kingpin at the same time. Pretty damn interesting.

In one of the commentary episodes for the first season (probably the pilot) Vince Gilligan says they gave a palette for each character based and kind of develop it from there.

Early I remember Walt wearing a lot of green, skylar blue, hank orange, and Marie purple.

Anyone else think that naming the main characters White and Pinkman is some sort of homage to Reservoir Dogs?