5x09 Ending Chapter Blood Money (August 2013), with a brutal conversation between Walter White and Hank Schrader: If you do not know who I am ... then maybe your best course... would be to tread lightly.
@@percyrobles8897 nah, piensa que toda la trama se va construyendo con pequeñas pistas de que walt era heinsemberg. además de todas las actuaciones raras que tiene durante la serie. sus pensamientos no van de quiero a walt a odio a walt al salir del baño, todo ocurre gradualmente y desde antes, solo que no se refleja del todo en el trato pero si se ve que van percibiendo a walt de manera diferente con cosas como lo de emborrachar a su hijo y etc. lo que pasa al salir del baño es que todas esas pistas que antes veia individualmente ahora las ve en su conjunto y ve lo que realmente pasa. y prácticamente no hay lugar a duda con la cantidad de evidencia. era como que solo faltaba esa última gota que colmase el vaso. el desarrollo que hace la serie es impecable
@@percyrobles8897 además de que tiene unos días alejado de todo(cuando "pilla el virus ese estomacal") para pensar en ello y convencerse de que walt es heinsemberg
I think the most heartbreaking thing about this scene is how Hank slowly transitions from rage and anger to just utter bafflement. This is the first time he's ever truly come face to face with Heisenberg, and yet it's the exact same face he's been looking at for years. There's simply no way for his mind to reconcile the voice and appearance of a man who he came to spend so much of his life around as family with the thing now standing in front of him.
He came face to face with Heisenberg numerous times before, most notably during the pool party in season 2 where he demanded the bottle. Walter was Heisenberg in that moment.
Not only that, he's always seen Walter as a coward- and Walter is a coward. But Heisenberg? Heidenberg is a force of nature, an unstoppable force. And Heisenberg is no coward. The only thing is, Heisenberg and Walter just so happen to share the same face, and Hank just doesn't know how to process the fact he's not talking to Walter anymore
@@metadata4255 I feel like it's disgust and sadness he's feeling. Walt is his friend and family, but now he realizes that he is also probably the worst criminal he's ever come in contact with. he is torn between the two emotions of hate and sympathy, but his hate at this moment is much stronger.
@@iggyeo6458 but not only hate. It’s also his ego that got hurt. After always bullying and seeing Walt as less Hank realization that Walt is actually a bigger player then he ever was, hurt his ego
Dean Norris was incredible in this entire series. He took a character that could've been so one-dimensional as a know-it-all cop, and brought so many interesting layers to Hank. His transformation was just as dramatic as Walt's.
It's so incredible how this show turns the audience's sympathies completely around by the end. I couldn't stand Hank in S1, but you can't help but root for him by S5.
I want to see the next bit where they stare at each other for another 30 seconds, before Walt awkwardly asks Hank to please open the garage door for him
I imagine that as Hank is standing there stunned, Walt slowly, without breaking eye contact, reaches for the garage door opener, opens it, then slowly walks past Hank and out.
Haha this comment made me smile. I also pictured it as either Walt just hits the button himself and walks out, or Hank hits the button and tells him to get the hell out.
When he swears to God that he's just a dying man who runs a carwash, I guess that _technically_ he wasn't lying. By this episode he was no longer cooking meth.
The look on Hank's face when Walt says "that is not going to happen" shows he knows this is Heisenberg. That's why his line saying "I don't know who you are" is so powerful. Tremendous acting.
They have spent a lot of the series showing you Hank as being this larger-than-life character so accustomed to dancing around the jaws of hell and being a bit of a jock and lad that's seen it all yet he is utterly speechless when he finally comes face-to-face with the Devil, it's almost like he thought he knew everything about evil and he now realises he hasn't even scratched the surface.
@Man of Tomorrow you’re right. I’m not afraid of my alcoholic dad I’m afraid of his alternate personality when he’s angry. Lol what who cares that’s still my dad in this hypothetical scenario
That acting from Dean Norris itself deserves an Emmy. He looks so genuinely perplexed, disappointed, confused, angry, it's like a whole other character, it's nothing like Hank.
Even when his life was threatened, Hank was always able to be positive and even crack a joke. But after the W.W. revelation he was completely beside himself
No, I would say it’s Hanks character down to the core. His bravado “Hey Ladies! Lets get some work done!” was all show of macho confidence. But since the shootout with Tuco, witnessing the boobytrap explosion, & almost being taken out by the Salamanca twins, that shell of confidence had begun cracking. Hank is a dedicated man to discovering the truth, & Walters involvement in the narcotics game had inadvertently caused a lot of trauma to him. And all the witnesses of Gus’ organization being silenced must’ve been the biggest “FU” to him discovering the truth. Disgruntled, but he was willing to almost move on…until finding the book in Walters bathroom.
When I watched this series for the first time, hearing Hank mention Walt having 10 people killed and also bombing a nursing home really put things in perspective. And that wasn't even the tip of the iceberg for Walt's crimes.
He bombed a nursing home to kill 2 cartel kingpins who had murdered countless innocents. The ten witnesses knew there was no way to be paid anymore so they were going to talk as if they were never paid in the first place
That tread lightly line was quite possibly the most gangsta shit ever spoken on television period! Hank starts off as the aggressor etc slugs Walt and by the end, Hank has no clue wtf is going on. The build-up to that scene with Hank on the bowl when the light bulb comes on! Man what a build to that moment in the garage and to have it play out the way it did was beyond brilliant, that shit was perfect imo.
@@Tesseract.2012 bro, stop pointing out some shit shows. Anything they say in breaking bad is original! Even if it's been said like 20 years ago in any show!
Bryan Cranston heard Dean Norris practicing the line "I swear to christ, I will put you under the jail" and felt he had to adlib the "tread lightly" line so Hank didn't steal the scene. Vince Gilligan was so impressed by this that he rewrote the entire show to make Walt the protagonist.
watching this scene..... the build up to the final line.... i swear '' tread lightly '' was not what i was expecting.... inteeeeeense.... its like 95% walter white..... then the 5% heisenberg at the end, hank sorta seeing him for the first time there... amazing acting and directing in that scene.... writing too of course. wow
I will never forget how he sound so sad and hurt on the first two thirds of his sentence to turn into extreme threat in the end. This shows way more power and threat than just being threatening, it hits like a train.
+Athra Babylon YES!! first time I saw this, When Hank tells him to bring the kids to his place you can see Walter go into His alterEgo Heisenberg .." That is not going to happen " i got chills
I remember watching this for the first time and SO was not expecting the "tread lightly" part. Good thing I was alone in my room because I couldn't control myself from yelling "OH SHIIIIIT"
first time I saw this, When Hank tells him to bring the kids to his place you can see Walter go into His alterEgo Heisenberg .." That is not going to happen " i got chills
@@lorcanzo2498 not as good as Breaking Bad, but its good enough, Saul Goodman was always the main char in my perpective, he was the real mind, and his show proves it
Honestly Bryan Cranstons physical acting is on par if not better than his general acting. The way his face drops instantly when hank suggests bringing the kids to him (trying to put himself In a position of power) is killer
Hank captured the emotion of the scene perfectly… Acting like the aggressor at first because he still thinks Walt’s weak but right when Heisenberg comes out it’s a complete shift of power… Hank is left just completely baffled… Great writing, great acting, truly perfect scene
One thing that gives huge insight to Walt’s character is the noticeable change in demeanor he takes after Hank says “bring the kids over here”. Walt was probably willing to talk more about the matter before Hank mentioned his kids. The idea of his kids finding out and more so the idea of Hank judging him as being a danger to the kids and therefor a bad father. Hurts Walt’s ego make him go into Heisenberg mode with marked by the noticeable shift in tone when he says “that is not going to happen”
I like how Hank immediately tells Walter that who gives a shit about family. Something that Walter has been fighting for or against the whole series. He has contemplated many times over if his actions will affect his family, and Hank serves justice in that he doesn't care if his actions will destroy his family. Just shows how conflicted and blinded Walter was throughout the whole series.
"like you give a shit about family" Walt only used his family as a crotch, he didnt do it for them at all. He did it for himself and only himself because he felt good about it.
Hank in the end destroyed they’re families. He could have let it go, taken a payoff from Walt but nope he just had to be the man & he paid for it with his life
Hank thought of himself as the alpha-male of the family. He emasculated Walter on several occasions, in front of his own family. In this moment, Hank realized that walter was a much larger predator than he was.
The build up in this scene is amazing - you think from Walt's voice when he says "if that's true...", it makes you think he's going to try and appeal to Hank emotionally...instead, Walt does a Walt and turns it into a subtle threat.
It's crazy how when you watch the behind the scenes of this, Dean had different ideas for his delivery and at one point tried it all weepy and heartbroken. I'm actually glad he stuck with being rageful because I think it's the most believable thing in this instance.
See here, Walt was actually warning Hank about the minerals he had scattered on the floor, so he is actually showing that he is caring for Hanks' well-being. Walter W
@@amonhmcoda well at the beginning it was understandable, he was beyond desperate. Then, when he had all he needed and then some, he became power hungry. Which is where I lost my empathy for him. Still a 10/10 character!
God, what an incredible scene. You even see Hank spit a little bit through their argument, and then still see it on Walt's face near the end of the scene. So you know this was definitely all one take. Just amazing.
@@Dreamagain11 It wasn't a threat, while Walt had become disillusioned with Skyler he still wanted his family alive and he would never directly hurt Hank. He tells Hank to "tread lightly" not just because of the measures he may put in place to stop the DEA, but because of his other enemies going against Hank (Which eventually becomes true as the neo-Nazis kill Hank).
I think the reason I love this show so much is that it never feels like Walt has plot armor or he’s immune to consequence simply by being the main character. The whole show you are on edge because you feel like Walt is constantly on the brink of being shot, blown up or imprisoned. There’s not many moments I thought “He can’t die because he’s the main character” his actions constantly scared the shit out of me and left me wondering if he would survive until the next episode. THATS good writing.
This is the moment Walt realizes what a monster Heisenberg truly is. Now even Walt himself doesn't know or has control over, what the Heisenberg would do if Hank were to try to expose him.
Walt was actually done with his business at this point. He wasn't making any more meth. He would have been completely fine if that book wasn't in that bathroom.
Stop trying to draw a distinction. Walter and Heisenberg are the same person, he was always capbale of those things, just needed to be in the right environment long enough. This stupid read of him donning an alter ego or something is very reductive
@crim1188 it's not an alter-ego it's actually his shadow self. Which everyone has. It's basically the evil tendencies that we have from time to time that we have to keep in check. "Hesienberg" is a metaphor for it and that's why people talk about it as a separate personality. Walter White gradually gave into his shadow self throughout the show until his shadow self consumed his real personality and he became nothing but an evil egotistical genius. We see his shadow self retract in the final 2 episodes though.
Walt saving that book from Gale and leaving it in his own house out in the open like that is pure justice for me. The way he thought he could resolve every single thing to save his ass only to make such a small yet powerful mistake, true definition of karma. Ig skyler was right „the devil is in the details.“ Also the way hank never had a little bit of suspicion of walter is beyond me, because walt always acted so obviously sketchy when hank would talk about heisenberg
I love how both of these actors are not only speaking using words, but also through their eyes. Hank transitions from anger to sadness to shocked and the way Walter allows Heisenberg to come to surface is insane. What an amazing scene!
Walts biggest mistake was his overconfidence in his intelligence and his underestimating other people’s intelligence. He assumed it would be a normal thing to confront hank about the tracker, he didn’t realize hank had the intelligence to already put two and two together
Huh? Walt knew Hank knew already. He visited Hank to see exactly where he stood and what he was willing to do or not do; Hank's body language and demeanor was CLEARLY abnormal and dodgy. He then turned around and confronted Hank about the tracker. Once he knew Hank was definitely against him, Walt tried to create sympathy for himself as well as further test Hank by saying his cancer was back. When that didn't do anything, Walt smugly asserted he wouldn't be around anyway to press charges. Etc. Walt's ego also couldn't stand the thought of simply letting Hank's suspicions fade away, or that Hank might just eventually give up (covert and unstated gaslighting), both due to the fact he was out of the game at that point.
@@noahmatthew6658 You would never suspect your soft spoken brother-in-law who was a HS chem teacher to be a drug lord. It's only easy for us to see as viewers of the show.
This was shot so beautifully. The cameras for both actors swapped when the mood swapped changed, closing in on faces to see the different emotions, removing physical strength from the mix. Everything about this was done right and its brilliant.
To all the RU-vid ‘detectives’ straying that Walt raises his LEFT hand when he says right…look at the corner of the screen when the AMC logo pops up: it’s backwards. This clip has obviously been mirrored to avoid RU-vid copyright issues.
The pain in Walt's face when he says to tread lightly is incredibly profound, as is the bewilderment that is shown on Hank's face. No wonder this show is critically acclaimed. Absolutely incredible scene and unbelievably incredible series.
Hank basically felt first hand what a body snatcher would seem like. I love the utter bewilderment of his persona when he starts talking to “Heisenberg”.
I love the foil these two were to each other. Hank's introduced as an ultra-macho dudebro type, whereas Walt's a nerdy milquetoast guy. But then Hank turns out to be way more sensitive to violence and very susceptible to PTSD, whereas Walter thrives in the drug world, violence and all.
Hank made fun of Walter for so long and in this scene it was Hank that was the butt of the joke. I think the thing that hurt Hank the most was, his pride and the fact that Walter got the best of him.
I like the way Walt's eyes blink furiously at the mention of family. Like the old Walt, Dr Jekyll if you will, is trying one last time to break through, but Mr Hyde has the ascendancy.
For the thousandth time, Walter and Heisenberg are not two personalities fighting for control like in some pulp novel. Heisenberg is nothing more than Walter White's professional name - Walter White, the man in "Pilot," was always capable of these things.
@@dsch0 I know it's ridiculous, people don't put on a different persona when they go to work in the morning, and metaphorically shrug it off when they get home at night, power doesn't corrupt, and human's never regret their actions, and the results therein, that's just for the pulp novels. I always remember thinking, in the first episode, when Walt was cleaning the wing (fender), of that car, this man is frustrated, he's definitely going get lung cancer and become a drug crime boss, it was the way he waxed on, and waxed off, (whoops I'm doing it again).
Man the last 2 seasons of this and season 4 of The Wire maybe the best seasons of TV I've seen. With Hank finding out, the family fight etc... The tension and stakes in every episode were truly nerve-wracking.
Bravo to Bryan Cranston and Dean Norris. They managed to get you to switch allegiances between them both as the program goes on. Brilliant character development. 👏
This is a masterful scene! Walt best be glad he met this version of Hank compared to his earlier version. The tears in Hank's eyes and his look of disbelief is great acting. One of the greatest series of all time!
