“No Half Measures” Best scenes in Breaking Bad.

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So many great moments in that series.

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I've seen people argue that Better Call Saul is on par and I just don't see it. It's good TV and I've watched it but it just doesn't have the moments Breaking Bad did. Nor is it the cultural phenomenon BB was. Maybe that's by design.

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It's good TV and I've watched it but it just doesn't have the moments Breaking Bad did

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thats an opinion. I generally share it up until season 4/5 of BCS then its par with average BB. season 6 is par with peak BB moments. (nacho OMG)

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Nor is it the cultural phenomenon BB was. Maybe that's by design.

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I think this is more to do with cultural progression of binging, streaming and cord cutting. BB ended almost a decade ago and a lot has changed. it seems there is exponentially more content that is diluting everything.

Well..thats because in BCS, we know who is "safe" for the most part in the ways we couldn't see with BB. The punches they threw in that show, the style they did it was new to audiences.

We were also following a psychopath who was in deep and was very capable of using his brilliancy to become a super villain. We realise he was never a good man, and given a death diagnosis to live under he showed who he truly was and had been repressing.

With Saul, we see a a guy who gets himself in deep. But at his core, I believe he is a good man who over time has to put up a front so he can't be hurt by those close to him. I dont think saul is a psychopath. IMO Whereas breaking bad centered on a man creating chaos in all the right ways, better call saul is more centered on a man trying to reduce chaos in all the wrong ways.

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We were also following a psychopath who was in deep and was very capable of using his brilliancy to become a super villain. We realise he was never a good man, and given a death diagnosis to live under he showed who he truly was and had been repressing.

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I dont think he was a true psycopath, he broke bad. he squandered his opportunity to leave a name for himself when he was left grey matter. this haunted him and made him stop pursuing chemistry innovation, resigned to fall back teaching basic chemistry. he became fixated on building the empire he was left out of when he learned his life nearing its end. he felt he had nothing to lose, until the end when he realized he squandered what he did have to build the empire that made him a public enemy. he basically lived long enough to become the enemy. if his treatment werent effective he wouldve died and left his family enough money without being a wanted criminal.

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But at his core, I believe he is a good man who over time has to put up a front so he can't be hurt by those close to him.

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at his core jimmy is a con artist. we had backstory of his father being a good man and he was determined to not be taken advantage of. pretty much his whole life he lied stole and cheated. chuck was right to try to 'protect the world from jimmy, a chimp with a machine gun'. ironically his efforts further motivated jimmy to jump from cheating scumbags to scamming legit people like chuck, howard, and the legal system in general. saul is more of a building bad.

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I dont think he was a true psycopath, he broke bad.

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Walter White kill count:

Emilio Koyama 
Krazy-8 
Rival Dealers/Two of Gus' henchmen
Gustavo Fring (within months of meeting him)
Hector Salamanca
Mike Ehrmantraut
Lester Frankie
Matt Kenny
Jack Welker's entire crew
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
Influenced the deaths of many others, and no telling how many meth overdoses/lives ruined for personal gain.

That's more than just Breaking Bad, thats a Psychopath. To everyone who knew him, no ones life got better. He was the embodiment of a cancer to life.

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pretty much his whole life he lied stole and cheated. chuck was right

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except he wasn't, and Chuck was a POS who held him down and purposely hurt him. Which directly influenced his actions. There was no sense in denying him his mother's last words either.

It makes me sad I can't ever watch Breaking Bad for the first time again. Talking about the "Half Measures" episode I'll never forget the randomness and holy shite-ness of Walt out of nowhere plowing over the dealers Jesse was confronting.

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I'll never forget the randomness and holy shite-ness of Walt out of nowhere plowing over the dealers Jesse was confronting.

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....RUN

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I think BCS was chosen to follow Jimmy/Saul as the main character is so it wouldn't have to be compared to breaking bad as much as it otherwise would have.

It's an unnecessary prequel that has turned out to be an amazing series, and for that I will always be so thankful. It was a huge risk and it could have really hurt the BB brand but it has only helped it so far.

Fantastic scene as well.
I think I just see the story and also see the couples faces in my mind better as the story is told by Mike which is why I like “No Half Measures” so much.