It's genius that Hank is actually a great agent, maybe the best the DEA has. The only reason Walt got away with things as long as he did was because of his connection. He was in Hank's blind spot.
“So how do you keep a secret from the worlds greatest detective? Well do you know? You stick it right in front of him, right under his long pointy nose, and wait!”
As long as he did also wasn't all that long if you think about how Gus was in it for decades and Walt was the most wanted man in the country within two years at most
Belief bias: when you ignore what your prefrontal cortex is telling you because your ‘lizard brain’ already ‘knows’ something else. Hank has “known” for decades that Walt is a derpy but pleasant failed businessman who’s now a half-decent school teacher. Facts have to push through a solid belief to get heard.
One thing I really liked about Hank was how he often came across as a brash goofball, always joking around or throwing out insults but when the time comes to put in the work, you realize how he got to where he is in his career: he's really good at what he does.
I've seen interviews with real detectives and the good ones aren't all dramatic and aggressive they can joke around. It's all to make you comfortable and believe they're your friend.
Rewatched and how Hank doesn't reveal the fingerprint until the others say he's gone too far. He gets their denials out in the open, gets them to say there is no connection BEFORE he supplies the connection. Being able to undermine their denial of a connection also undermines any other doubts that they may have about the evidence presented.
@@philmitchell91In fairness I don’t think that makes him a bozo, Hank proved he’s at least an above average detective on more than one occasion. It’s realistic that even a skilled person like him would overlook a family member. No one would’ve came close to finding Walt or Fring if it wasn’t for Hank. Fring was doing business for years under everyone’s nose so I’d cut Hank a little slack.
@@philmitchell91 It wasn't that long in real world time, though. I think it was around a year, or just over. That's pretty good for a guy who had only known Walt as the meek loser for over a decade.
What I like about this scene is how Hank is trying to set the whole thing up for them because he knows without going through the process of selling this there's no way they'd seriously consider it. Really the fingerprints alone would've atleast gotten Gus questioned but he needed the extra step so that they'd be on the same wavelength about it as Hank is.
The way he anticipates and addresses every concern is amazing. After I saw this the first time, I immediately rewatched it from the perspective of how you want to present things at work.
I feel like this was a really poor way of telling that story. In the real world, his superiors would have yelled at him for wasting their time and not mentioning the fact that Gus' fingerprints were in his apartment earlier, or at least, before they told him he was stupid for thinking that Gus had anything to do with it. I feel like it was a cheap and frustrating attempt by the writers to make Hank appear more clever than he really is. It's like the writers watched a bunch of Columbo episodes, but didn't fully grasp the way his deviousness worked.
Hank was pitch perfect in this scene. He knew very well that building a case against Gus Fring's meticulously crafted public persona was going to be a tough uphill battle. So he had done his homework, he followed every possible line of inquiry to its limit in order to gather as much suspicious details as possible, then he methodically laid them out one after another, and had enough patience and foresight to keep his trump card - Gustavo's fingerprints - in reserve, to be brought out only after he was brushed off. A less experienced officer would lead with the fingerprints, would be brushed off as a coincidence, and wouldn't have anything else to bounce back.
The fingerprints get Gus Fring questioned. The way Hank sold it changes the conversation. If it's just the fingerprints, then the detectives are looking for any excuse from Fring. He could say something like Gale Bedeker was a friend, we would have dinner together sometimes. But by selling the story first, the detectives are now going to press him harder. How did you know Gale? Why were you two discussing industrial air filters that happen to be manufactured by your parent company? What did Gale need that air filter for anyway? Why is he visiting you at work but you visit him at home? It's the difference between a thorough interrogation and quickly dismissing a coincidence.
If only hank had been watching the show all along [SPOILER ALERT STOP READING IF YOU ARE...YA KNOW....idk it's been 12 years, but still don't wanna lay this on someone if they still haven't somehow watched it]... . . . . . . He'd still be alive if he just watched the damn show.
@@SubwaySam10 Apparently its a new generational term or slang which sometimes implies hes "onto something" for example "let him cook" simply means "let him do his thing" or let him have his spotlight (sorry for bad english)
Naw, Gus doesn't put up with black nonsense....WOrd is, some loudmouth punk from the Bronx that calls himself buggin out came to town demanding that Gus "put some bruthas on the wall" and Gustavo took care of his loudmouth ass
Just a masterclass in acting. To anyone who cares, he had to memorize that monologue and most likely perform it 6-10 times as the camera crew changed angles for reaction shots, close ups etc. Maintain the same cadence, same volume, tone, and performance with every take...should have won an Emmy for it. Unbelievable how effortless he makes it look.
Sounds like you've only done student films, if at all. Scenes like this are rarely done with only one camera. You also only use one voice take during editing so unless the actor does a wildly differently-paced take, it shouldn't be hard to make them connect during edits. And reaction shots might not even be done with Dean Norris in the room - for all you know, it's Aaron Paul doing the reading because he happens to be on set. Or it could be the producer.
Yea...i took a degree in animation...also has acting in it for some reason...i love acting tho...and i can say with confidence...its pretty easy...unless the scene involved a lot of screaming and "trembling" in voice(both of these are hard to maintain bcoz of energy and consistency)or just a single camera angle(honestly if this is the case...its a bad script writing)...audience got easily bored with a single camera angle and a long long monologue But yea..scenes like this could be done easily..but hey i am just a university student..what do i really know
2:30 "Now, Madrigal is based in Hanover, Germany, but they're what they call 'highly diversified.' Industrial equipment, global shipping, major construction, and..." and a factory in Chicago that makes miniature models of factories.
As a watch person, I was impressed with the choice to have two of the cops wearing Casio G-shocks. They are perfectly durable and useful. They can be relatively inexpensive but can get the job done admirably
Its a common watch amongst law enforcement and military personel. When I was in the Army that was what guys were wearing. I'm wearing my 3506 right now.
Take your half a million of cash out of my sight, Walt. I'm trying to find Heisenberg who's been selling for meth for at least half a million dollars, probably in cash.
he's actually really good, but you never expect your BROTHER would be the one behind a _meth empire_ even if you were really diligent, if you had all the evidence that one of your loved ones was a federal criminal, you'd at least have a bit of a denial phase, right? it's easier to take down people you couldn't give less of a shit about than to do that to someone you're that close with
It really does get lost in the show because of the drama with Walt and Jesse, but Hank’s detective work throughout the show (aside from not picking up that Walt was Heisenberg until the end) was top fucking notch.
This guy is such a great actor. I just re-watched the old movie Starship Troopers the other day and my jaw dropped when I realized he had a part in the movie, he's been at it a while.
And he looks exactly the same despite 10 years older. When he was in his late 20s he looked like a man in his 40s. When he's in his 40s he still looked like a man in his 40s lol.
He has a small role in Little Miss Sunshine. They never in the same scene, but Hesenberg himself is also in the film set largely in the American Southwest.
Part of the premise of the show is that Walt is constantly being doubted. He's seen as weak, timid and it leads to many underestimating him and what he's capable of. Hank is probably the most active believer in that mindset when it comes to Walt. It's not like Walt has a history of crime or shadiness in any way so Hank wouldn't suspect him at all. He's known him for like 20+ years and always knew him as a straight arrow, beta, timid, lesser man. Walt only became a criminal for like the last two years of his life, anything shady that happened during those two years was explained away by him having cancer. Hank just straight up underestimated Walt's capabilities. That and the natural blind spot of him being family, it's not hard to see why Hank would overlook Walt.
These characters run deep He knew Walter was involved all along and let it slide. It wasnt till Walt was a raging sociopath again, did he have to bring him in or died trying
@@Mars-xc1ns Hank never knew Walter was involved until he found book. I don't know where you got this idea from but it's so false its funny. Hank would never think of Walter because of how he was a depressed high school chemistry teacher who is down on his luck then gets lung cancer. its just like Cardb33 said Walt is always doubt and written off because of this no one thinks he is capable of such things.
I do feel like hank had an inkling of a suspician when the high school chemistry equipment turned up missing on walter's watch. But then they arrested Hugo the janitor and hank forgot about it.
That would have been an amazing scene. He wouldn't have squirmed so much as flinched just the tiniest amount as his mind worked the requisite gears into place. "This man applied for a job as a manager of one of my franchise locations. I am unusually particular about who I entrust with this privilege. So I decided to visit him for an, shall we say, unorthodox interview?"
most have already said this but him not figuring out was probably because he looked down on walter , he did not know walter was that great of a chemistry teacher
They have to be completely insane that Hank is just spilling out all the information that could interrupt the biggest meth empire is just bat-shit crazy! But, I like where the plot twists & makes my back hurt...
the 2 at the table had it all laid out for them by Hank and they are lost....odd. All the lines point to Gus and no one wanted to think Uncle Gus was a bad dude
It's the absurdity. Gus spent his time building the exact public persona that would make it seem impossible that he would be tied to this. Hank's boss confirmed he used to have dinner and barbecue with the man at his house, he had a familiarity that created a blindspot just like what Hank had with Walt, plus the business he ran wasn't exactly a serious one. If Gus was a major night club owner or something, then this would be a much easier connection to make. But Albuquerque's Colonel Sanders also being it's Pablo Escobar? It's ridiculous on purpose.
@@fulsgarden6915 they were main characters, but I meant that the good natured part of the show was Hank. Watching it again for the third time, I realize his good nature.
Call me an armchair detective or whatever, but surely Hank had said enough even before the fingerprints. Sure you can't look squarely at Gus yet, but Gail having the part number for something bought from a company that has ties to Los Pollos written on a Los Pollos napkin is already extremely suspicious.
I thought that to be a weak case- like i have a fridge magnets from places Ive never been, take out menus from joints id never order from. They could come up with a hundred reasons why Gale could've had a Pollos menu. He could've met Fring for an interview, or just a casual meet as the Pollos Scholarship program paid for Gales education
It is, but as Steve said: “If your guy had a meeting in KFC, you don’t assume that is with colonel Sanders” And THAT is when the fingerprints come in to play
@@danielhenrique4466 well, you actually kinda would if you also knew that Col. Sanders makes industrial grade lab equipment which he seemingly just donated to Gale out of the kindness of his heart.
That seems like a stretch. It only proves he met at los pollos hermanos. Could’ve been Lyle or some other guy meeting him there for all they actually knew.
He absolutely said everything that needed to be said before the finger prints. Bettiger signed for a fucking industrial air filter delivered by the same company that owns sent by a company that for some reason owns a stake in Pollos Hermanos, and the dude has a booklet with faxed covers of their logo. Where did he get that from?
That's the hole in the plot. If Madrigal corporation is bankrolling Los pollos, why didn't they ask Gus about it in the interview. They're working with Gus and they're working with Gail. Too much of a coincidence.
in universe, Madrigal are an enormous global corporation with extensive reach. Without gus' name attached to something explicitly incriminating, a coincidence is all it is
It's because the others don't WANT Gus to be involved. They're willing to put the blinders on as much as they can because Gus funds them, and they wouldn't want it to be known they were gettings funding from a drug lord. And what better way to keep such a thing from coming out than to never find out about it in the first place?
That's not what a plothole means. Why do people assume characters being stupid/complacent/not thinking of something is a plot hole? Bad writing? Maybe. Stupid character? Maybe but not a plot hole
Let's be honest, there is no way a meth cook would be running a drug empire. If a cook stepped out of line, they would chain him to the lab under threat of killing his family and loved ones. Which is exactly what they did to Jesse in the last season.
What a great character Hank was, played by a great actor. Kudos Dean Norris! On top of that, I used to live in Albuquerque. The weather is great, if you like dry air and sunshine
That might’ve been my guess too but the way Hank presented it? a bit convincing. Not too mention, the possibility of any romance doesn’t preclude business, work romances do happen
@ yeah but they always portrayed him as someone who couldnt be taken seriously at times. I guess you could argue thats how he dealt with a very stressful job
Not the in the first season? Where he solo’d some drug pushers where Walt was on site. Or the next season, where he gets PTSD with Machete’s head on a turtle rigged to explode?
I always had a feeling George Merkert was the real kingpin and he just kept Gus right outside of Hanks grasp totally aware of Hanks connection to Walt.
One my second re-watch after a decade, at the end of the scene and when credits came up I was like "Let's go Hank!" Awesome scene, one of Hanks finest moments.
That was one of Hanks' best scenes. He is presenting his findings and analysis to his boss and co worker in a systematic manner. Originally Hank was supposed to be a very serious character but Dean Norris thought it was satire and read it that way and Vince Gilligan liked it and incorporated a lot of the sarcasm into the character.
I always loved these scenes where hank was working it with his partners and managers. Felt they portrayed the upper level effort of narcotics law enforcement very well. Loved how these scenes were written and wished there was a spinoff series that had all these characters doing their thing.
I remember watching Hank's death when the episode first aired and man I've had very few nail biting moments like that, he was an incredible agent and a true family man - he went out swinging, one of my favourite characters in the whole BB universe.
The finger prints were on the los pollos hermanos wrapper that makes sense. What's interesting during Gus's questioning is why didn't they ask about the Hepa Filter and who paid for it.
Have you ever turned someone in for a crime, big or small?
Yesn't
My brother on murder charges
Why would you ask that
I'll turn you in for copyright :)
@@mrgjsolorio why?
It's genius that Hank is actually a great agent, maybe the best the DEA has. The only reason Walt got away with things as long as he did was because of his connection. He was in Hank's blind spot.
The detective's Curse
Hank like his boss was blinded by bias.
“So how do you keep a secret from the worlds greatest detective? Well do you know? You stick it right in front of him, right under his long pointy nose, and wait!”
As long as he did also wasn't all that long if you think about how Gus was in it for decades and Walt was the most wanted man in the country within two years at most
Belief bias: when you ignore what your prefrontal cortex is telling you because your ‘lizard brain’ already ‘knows’ something else. Hank has “known” for decades that Walt is a derpy but pleasant failed businessman who’s now a half-decent school teacher. Facts have to push through a solid belief to get heard.
Hank throws Gus under the bus to cover his own meth business*
Fr, someone needs to catch this Hank guy, enough is enough
@@SaifSKHand forcing his brother in law with terminal lung cancer to be his chemist is just awful
*Mineral business
Ikr. Like yikes!
Forcing Walt to use his hard earned money as a chemistry teacher to bank roll his meth empire. There are some sick people out there
loved how the show handled the slow burn of Hank actually being really fucking good at his job
Excellent writing and performance
To a point. He couldn't hack it in the major leagues, though.
@@squierjoshyt Cause he didnt speak spanish. At least he survived the bombing.
@@squierjoshyt lol neither did any of the major leaguers who got blown up by the turtle bomb.
He was amazing, except when it came to walt.
One thing I really liked about Hank was how he often came across as a brash goofball, always joking around or throwing out insults but when the time comes to put in the work, you realize how he got to where he is in his career: he's really good at what he does.
You'd be surprised at how many jocular, seemingly vapid characters are scorchingly good in their careers.
I've seen interviews with real detectives and the good ones aren't all dramatic and aggressive they can joke around. It's all to make you comfortable and believe they're your friend.
So...racist discount Columbo.
This is just false
@@senorsnout4417when was he racist?
Rewatched and how Hank doesn't reveal the fingerprint until the others say he's gone too far. He gets their denials out in the open, gets them to say there is no connection BEFORE he supplies the connection. Being able to undermine their denial of a connection also undermines any other doubts that they may have about the evidence presented.
Still doesn't change the fact that it took this bozo 5 seasons to expose Walt who was right under his nose 😂
@@philmitchell91In fairness I don’t think that makes him a bozo, Hank proved he’s at least an above average detective on more than one occasion. It’s realistic that even a skilled person like him would overlook a family member. No one would’ve came close to finding Walt or Fring if it wasn’t for Hank. Fring was doing business for years under everyone’s nose so I’d cut Hank a little slack.
@@philmitchell91walt rider ayy
@@philmitchell91 It wasn't that long in real world time, though. I think it was around a year, or just over. That's pretty good for a guy who had only known Walt as the meek loser for over a decade.
Oldest rule in the book; always have an ace in the hole...
What I like about this scene is how Hank is trying to set the whole thing up for them because he knows without going through the process of selling this there's no way they'd seriously consider it.
Really the fingerprints alone would've atleast gotten Gus questioned but he needed the extra step so that they'd be on the same wavelength about it as Hank is.
it was great storytelling on Hank's part. Genius really
The way he anticipates and addresses every concern is amazing. After I saw this the first time, I immediately rewatched it from the perspective of how you want to present things at work.
Yup, he 100% had to lay the story out and show how everything was connected. One missing link is all it would take for the whole case to fall apart.
I feel like this was a really poor way of telling that story. In the real world, his superiors would have yelled at him for wasting their time and not mentioning the fact that Gus' fingerprints were in his apartment earlier, or at least, before they told him he was stupid for thinking that Gus had anything to do with it. I feel like it was a cheap and frustrating attempt by the writers to make Hank appear more clever than he really is. It's like the writers watched a bunch of Columbo episodes, but didn't fully grasp the way his deviousness worked.
@@garblehose You've had some pretty unreasonable superiors in the past, it seems. It's clear there's a lot of mutual respect on that team.
In an alternate timeline, Walt meets Colonel Sanders himself at a KFC who runs a meth operation.
In an alternative timeline Hank wouldn't have been born with brain damage and wouldn't have taken him 5 seasons to catch Heisenberg
It's scab pickin' good!
There's a South Park episode with a similar portrayal of Colonel Sanders.
@@BigMac321990 Medicinal fried chicken 😂
@@BigMac321990 I was about to say that 😂
This was the time Colonel Sanders almost got caught
Those damn meth manufacturer!
It does explain why he's employed so many decoys.
@@magnus8090 I knew it KFC is just a front of methlab
The real colonel sanders has killed way more people then meth
Cue in the Pirates of the Caribbean music.
Hank Exposes Gus's Meth Empire
Walt Explodes Gus's Meth Empire
They are not the same
@@koala-ytt They are in one way
👏👏👏👏👏
Hank was pitch perfect in this scene. He knew very well that building a case against Gus Fring's meticulously crafted public persona was going to be a tough uphill battle. So he had done his homework, he followed every possible line of inquiry to its limit in order to gather as much suspicious details as possible, then he methodically laid them out one after another, and had enough patience and foresight to keep his trump card - Gustavo's fingerprints - in reserve, to be brought out only after he was brushed off. A less experienced officer would lead with the fingerprints, would be brushed off as a coincidence, and wouldn't have anything else to bounce back.
I think he really did it for show. No matter how you present that evidence there's clearly a link with the prints.
Too much to be a coincidence
You don't start a long joke with the punchline @@sidvicious332
The fingerprints get Gus Fring questioned. The way Hank sold it changes the conversation. If it's just the fingerprints, then the detectives are looking for any excuse from Fring. He could say something like Gale Bedeker was a friend, we would have dinner together sometimes. But by selling the story first, the detectives are now going to press him harder. How did you know Gale? Why were you two discussing industrial air filters that happen to be manufactured by your parent company? What did Gale need that air filter for anyway? Why is he visiting you at work but you visit him at home? It's the difference between a thorough interrogation and quickly dismissing a coincidence.
@@Phyrre56sadly none of those questions get asked in the show
"so I asked my new girlfriend" lol hank
🤣
Hank really Columbo'd them
He really did "Just one more thing though"
Hank really tryna sell and frame a local businessman involve with his community smh
He wants his own tv show😂😂
To a "T"
0:11 "Takes a bullet to the face from a person-persons unknown..."
Gee, Hank. If you watched the show you would've seen who did it 🙄
If only hank had been watching the show all along [SPOILER ALERT STOP READING IF YOU ARE...YA KNOW....idk it's been 12 years, but still don't wanna lay this on someone if they still haven't somehow watched it]...
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He'd still be alive if he just watched the damn show.
@@Andrew-og7liI'mma give you a like for this
Hank already has the script like just read it
@@Andrew-og7liHank dies?????
@@SilentWayFarer1 No he doesn't, he just leaves behind his old life to live a new life with minerals
Hank was the one cooking this time
Wtf are you talking about
@@SubwaySam10 Apparently its a new generational term or slang which sometimes implies hes "onto something" for example
"let him cook" simply means "let him do his thing" or let him have his spotlight (sorry for bad english)
“Hank…please tell me this isn’t just because he’s black…”
"It isn't. It is because he is southamerican"
AINT THAT RIGHT GOMEY
Naw, Gus doesn't put up with black nonsense....WOrd is, some loudmouth punk from the Bronx that calls himself buggin out came to town demanding that Gus "put some bruthas on the wall" and Gustavo took care of his loudmouth ass
Fring is black?
@@c_telking4433nah he’s just badly sunburnt
Just a masterclass in acting. To anyone who cares, he had to memorize that monologue and most likely perform it 6-10 times as the camera crew changed angles for reaction shots, close ups etc. Maintain the same cadence, same volume, tone, and performance with every take...should have won an Emmy for it. Unbelievable how effortless he makes it look.
Hank, I don’t know man. You seeming a bit sus lately. You Emmy baka
Sounds like you've only done student films, if at all. Scenes like this are rarely done with only one camera. You also only use one voice take during editing so unless the actor does a wildly differently-paced take, it shouldn't be hard to make them connect during edits. And reaction shots might not even be done with Dean Norris in the room - for all you know, it's Aaron Paul doing the reading because he happens to be on set. Or it could be the producer.
That's called acting buddy
lol, theres a fat chance they set up a script or telemprompter somewhere. he delivered it well tho
Yea...i took a degree in animation...also has acting in it for some reason...i love acting tho...and i can say with confidence...its pretty easy...unless the scene involved a lot of screaming and "trembling" in voice(both of these are hard to maintain bcoz of energy and consistency)or just a single camera angle(honestly if this is the case...its a bad script writing)...audience got easily bored with a single camera angle and a long long monologue
But yea..scenes like this could be done easily..but hey i am just a university student..what do i really know
2:30 "Now, Madrigal is based in Hanover, Germany, but they're what they call 'highly diversified.' Industrial equipment, global shipping, major construction, and..."
and a factory in Chicago that makes miniature models of factories.
Colonel sanders catching strays here. Almost got his meth empire exposed too
As a watch person, I was impressed with the choice to have two of the cops wearing Casio G-shocks. They are perfectly durable and useful. They can be relatively inexpensive but can get the job done admirably
Its a common watch amongst law enforcement and military personel. When I was in the Army that was what guys were wearing. I'm wearing my 3506 right now.
@@amarcellus1714 Yes! I like it when costumers for film and TV get the job done!
The cops in GTA 5 wear them.
Top class detective work from Hank, as usual.
@@pannikattk8106spoilers man🙄
@@kadens2357 mb
Hank is the worst/best detective ever.
Move out of the way Walt, I´m trying to catch Heisenberg!
Take your half a million of cash out of my sight, Walt. I'm trying to find Heisenberg who's been selling for meth for at least half a million dollars, probably in cash.
I think just worst. He found out Walt was Heisenberg solely on luck
he's actually really good, but you never expect your BROTHER would be the one behind a _meth empire_
even if you were really diligent, if you had all the evidence that one of your loved ones was a federal criminal, you'd at least have a bit of a denial phase, right? it's easier to take down people you couldn't give less of a shit about than to do that to someone you're that close with
@@MyoticTesseractreally fair point to be honest no way he it expects that.
The actor carried his Hank character like a boss. You can feel his curiosity and observation shining each time he appears.
It really does get lost in the show because of the drama with Walt and Jesse, but Hank’s detective work throughout the show (aside from not picking up that Walt was Heisenberg until the end) was top fucking notch.
Hank pulled the old Columbo "Just one more thing...."
Or Uncle from Jackie Chan Adventures 😂
@@GrandMasterLynx Throwback 🤩
you know what, Dean Norris is a great actor.
sex gifs
That’s some damn fine police work, Hank
This guy is such a great actor. I just re-watched the old movie Starship Troopers the other day and my jaw dropped when I realized he had a part in the movie, he's been at it a while.
And he looks exactly the same despite 10 years older. When he was in his late 20s he looked like a man in his 40s. When he's in his 40s he still looked like a man in his 40s lol.
And Total Recall. He’s not exactly recognizable in that one though
And T2
its hank.. his name is hank
He has a small role in Little Miss Sunshine. They never in the same scene, but Hesenberg himself is also in the film set largely in the American Southwest.
how keen observation Hanks sniffs out Gus and also Hank who almost let his brother in law slide.
Part of the premise of the show is that Walt is constantly being doubted. He's seen as weak, timid and it leads to many underestimating him and what he's capable of. Hank is probably the most active believer in that mindset when it comes to Walt. It's not like Walt has a history of crime or shadiness in any way so Hank wouldn't suspect him at all. He's known him for like 20+ years and always knew him as a straight arrow, beta, timid, lesser man. Walt only became a criminal for like the last two years of his life, anything shady that happened during those two years was explained away by him having cancer. Hank just straight up underestimated Walt's capabilities. That and the natural blind spot of him being family, it's not hard to see why Hank would overlook Walt.
These characters run deep
He knew Walter was involved all along and let it slide.
It wasnt till Walt was a raging sociopath again, did he have to bring him in or died trying
@@Mars-xc1ns Hank never knew Walter was involved until he found book. I don't know where you got this idea from but it's so false its funny. Hank would never think of Walter because of how he was a depressed high school chemistry teacher who is down on his luck then gets lung cancer. its just like Cardb33 said Walt is always doubt and written off because of this no one thinks he is capable of such things.
I do feel like hank had an inkling of a suspician when the high school chemistry equipment turned up missing on walter's watch. But then they arrested Hugo the janitor and hank forgot about it.
@@theguycisterninoyelledat6272 The book giving it away was kind of dumb.
Surely Gus has a reasonable explanation as to why his fingerprints are in Gale's apartment.
That would have been an amazing scene. He wouldn't have squirmed so much as flinched just the tiniest amount as his mind worked the requisite gears into place.
"This man applied for a job as a manager of one of my franchise locations. I am unusually particular about who I entrust with this privilege. So I decided to visit him for an, shall we say, unorthodox interview?"
@@alchemyphoenix2374you say this as if there isn't a scene of gus explaining the fingerprints
@@alchemyphoenix2374 ...that scene exists.
This was Hanks way to deal with his Meth-Empire competitors and associates before he knew his brother in law is capable of building bombs.
He spoke with Lydia - wow this writing is top tier.
Supreme writing and a perfect delivery by all the actors.
Hank was a damn good detective.
1:52 gomey broke character
Like how they cut back to him 2 seconds later and he’s straight face again,😂.
3:16 They are more disgusted by the fact he is vegan than the fact the is a druglord lol.
Conservatives.
Keeping it real. Stop crying.
Great detective work but Heisenberg right under his nose.
Very Death Note.
most have already said this but him not figuring out was probably because he looked down on walter , he did not know walter was that great of a chemistry teacher
They have to be completely insane that Hank is just spilling out all the information that could interrupt the biggest meth empire is just bat-shit crazy! But, I like where the plot twists & makes my back hurt...
Such a great scene! Great writing and great acting!
These moments of the show where the characters basically demonstrate world class intelligence are kinda wild.
This is normal level intellect. They're trained detectives after all.
This isnt Sherlock Holmes level stuff. This is journo level research
4:12 Come on Gomi, obviously Colonel Sanders is the main villain
Poor Hank had it figured out so many times
the 2 at the table had it all laid out for them by Hank and they are lost....odd. All the lines point to Gus and no one wanted to think Uncle Gus was a bad dude
It's the absurdity. Gus spent his time building the exact public persona that would make it seem impossible that he would be tied to this. Hank's boss confirmed he used to have dinner and barbecue with the man at his house, he had a familiarity that created a blindspot just like what Hank had with Walt, plus the business he ran wasn't exactly a serious one.
If Gus was a major night club owner or something, then this would be a much easier connection to make. But Albuquerque's Colonel Sanders also being it's Pablo Escobar? It's ridiculous on purpose.
Just as Hank could never see Walt was a bad dude
So… imagine if you watched this show without ever seeing Gus’ empire. Could you still think that it’s unbelievable that Gus is a meth drug lord?
Really couldn’t believe when Hank finally found out Gus was the Harbor Bay Butcher all along
It’s me…I’m the butcher
Hank was the genuine Heart & Soul of this show. Watch it again and you realize everything that he did was for the good. And, he was a hell of a cop.
Thank you! I agree 100%!
heart and saul
@@EthVortexShield Walt and Saul?
@@fulsgarden6915 they were main characters, but I meant that the good natured part of the show was Hank. Watching it again for the third time, I realize his good nature.
Hank was the good guy. If Walt and Hank’s POV were swapped on which was the main POV he’d been the protagonist.
The script is impeccable as is the acting.
This is not just high quality investigation , but even better delivery of the message.
Call me an armchair detective or whatever, but surely Hank had said enough even before the fingerprints. Sure you can't look squarely at Gus yet, but Gail having the part number for something bought from a company that has ties to Los Pollos written on a Los Pollos napkin is already extremely suspicious.
I thought that to be a weak case- like i have a fridge magnets from places Ive never been, take out menus from joints id never order from. They could come up with a hundred reasons why Gale could've had a Pollos menu. He could've met Fring for an interview, or just a casual meet as the Pollos Scholarship program paid for Gales education
It is, but as Steve said:
“If your guy had a meeting in KFC, you don’t assume that is with colonel Sanders”
And THAT is when the fingerprints come in to play
@@danielhenrique4466 well, you actually kinda would if you also knew that Col. Sanders makes industrial grade lab equipment which he seemingly just donated to Gale out of the kindness of his heart.
That seems like a stretch. It only proves he met at los pollos hermanos. Could’ve been Lyle or some other guy meeting him there for all they actually knew.
He absolutely said everything that needed to be said before the finger prints. Bettiger signed for a fucking industrial air filter delivered by the same company that owns sent by a company that for some reason owns a stake in Pollos Hermanos, and the dude has a booklet with faxed covers of their logo. Where did he get that from?
Hank was the best...
That's the hole in the plot. If Madrigal corporation is bankrolling Los pollos, why didn't they ask Gus about it in the interview. They're working with Gus and they're working with Gail. Too much of a coincidence.
The hole in the plot is that "Chilean" Gus speaks Spanish like he learned it off the back of a shampoo bottle.
@@nickstone1587Hector too
in universe, Madrigal are an enormous global corporation with extensive reach. Without gus' name attached to something explicitly incriminating, a coincidence is all it is
It's because the others don't WANT Gus to be involved. They're willing to put the blinders on as much as they can because Gus funds them, and they wouldn't want it to be known they were gettings funding from a drug lord. And what better way to keep such a thing from coming out than to never find out about it in the first place?
That's not what a plothole means. Why do people assume characters being stupid/complacent/not thinking of something is a plot hole? Bad writing? Maybe. Stupid character? Maybe but not a plot hole
Chef’s kiss. The whole damn show.
Hank was quite the talker😂. Pure charisma, and a great detective!
So Gus fingerprints just suddenly appear on Gale's place? It's jimmy! he orchestrated it!
This is the moment the the Schrader sweet talk was used.
Let's be honest, there is no way a meth cook would be running a drug empire. If a cook stepped out of line, they would chain him to the lab under threat of killing his family and loved ones. Which is exactly what they did to Jesse in the last season.
Hank is a bloodhound which is probably why he untimely paid the price for that.
What a great character Hank was, played by a great actor. Kudos Dean Norris!
On top of that, I used to live in Albuquerque. The weather is great, if you like dry air and sunshine
Dean Norris was epic.
He made Breaking Bad. ❤❤❤
This was Hank's Columbo moment.
“Whats a vegan, doing at a fry chicken joint”
Gus: “our curly fries really are the best”
Fringerprints.
Maybe they were just packing fudge, Hank.
Lol
Lmao.
That might’ve been my guess too but the way Hank presented it? a bit convincing. Not too mention, the possibility of any romance doesn’t preclude business, work romances do happen
"Him? The Chicken Man?"
"What a joke."
"I should've stopped him when I had the chance! And you, you have to stop him, you-"
I saw the guy in the thumbnail and saw the name Gus and instantly thought, I don’t remember this part of Psyched at all
The writing of this show was truly amazing. The acting was also top-notch.
R.I.P to the 20 Year old Temp that gave Hank information
man dean norris is sooooo good at this role!! I wish we had shows like this still.
This was the scene where Hank went from goofball to, “oh now I see how he earned that DEA badge”
@ yeah but they always portrayed him as someone who couldnt be taken seriously at times. I guess you could argue thats how he dealt with a very stressful job
Not the in the first season? Where he solo’d some drug pushers where Walt was on site. Or the next season, where he gets PTSD with Machete’s head on a turtle rigged to explode?
Gus, Gale, and Heisenberg being the trinity killer was the biggest surprise ever
nah bro, they was the bay harbor butcher
I always had a feeling George Merkert was the real kingpin and he just kept Gus right outside of Hanks grasp totally aware of Hanks connection to Walt.
That would’ve been a serious fricken twist damn. Then he would’ve been the one to take out Hank and not Jack and his gang
One of the best shows I have ever watched! Not just that the spin-off movie and show is a hit too.
Brilliant writing and acting. What a series.
One my second re-watch after a decade, at the end of the scene and when credits came up I was like "Let's go Hank!" Awesome scene, one of Hanks finest moments.
Not only was he good at his job, he's also good at presenting to management, and most of us know how stupid they can be. Well done.
What a great detective Hank was.
He was protecting our community!
I love that Hank is able to continue to roll with his sarcastic, lovable doofus act while uncovering the biggest criminal conspiracy in the series.
That was one of Hanks' best scenes. He is presenting his findings and analysis to his boss and co worker in a systematic manner. Originally Hank was supposed to be a very serious character but Dean Norris thought it was satire and read it that way and Vince Gilligan liked it and incorporated a lot of the sarcasm into the character.
Hank was just out there solving crimes and collecting minerals
I always loved these scenes where hank was working it with his partners and managers. Felt they portrayed the upper level effort of narcotics law enforcement very well. Loved how these scenes were written and wished there was a spinoff series that had all these characters doing their thing.
Hank strikes me as more of a "sandals and socks" guy than Gale does.
Hank doing his Columbo impersonation
Right after this scene they arrested Fring. He stood trial and peace was restored in Alberquerque.
I cant believe that Hank was the bay harbour meth cook all along.
I remember watching Hank's death when the episode first aired and man I've had very few nail biting moments like that, he was an incredible agent and a true family man - he went out swinging, one of my favourite characters in the whole BB universe.
The way the show changes your perspective on characters is great. You love then hate Walt, and hate then love Hank.
Hank was natural po-leece.
Legend has it Hank still stares at his bedroom ceiling at night wondering how Heisenberg was his brother in law.
Gale was 34 ? O_o
Nerds tend to look older
@@philmitchell91 Staying indoors all day preserves your skin
@@philmitchell91 lmao. you're saying this basing on... what? 😁
Story-wise yes. But the actor was 43 at the time of filming the episode.
Yes, google Gale Rule 34
Dean Norris is a fine actor.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck this show is so good. Too many more of these clips and I’ll be watching it a 4th time.
Would love a series solely on hank's story. Would be very different in tone since he's actually THE good guy.
The pacing of this whole scene is amazing
Hank and Michael. These two are badass.
Hank figuring all that out was crazy
Literally one of the best TV shows in history
I can’t believe Gus was the Bay Harbor Butcher
Probably Dean Norris' best performance... absolutely killed it.
He was better in Terminator 2. 😅
cant believe Hank is Heisenberg
this should be renamed to "Hank Schrader cookin' for 5 minutes straight and Ramsay said he loves it"
The finger prints were on the los pollos hermanos wrapper that makes sense.
What's interesting during Gus's questioning is why didn't they ask about the Hepa Filter and who paid for it.