Breaking Bad: 12 Hidden Details in Mandala
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Season Two - Episode Eleven: "Mandala"
Saul proposes a new business partner for Walt and Jesse, Skyler makes a shocking discovery at work, and Jesse opens up, telling Jane what he does for a living.
00:00 Intro
00:25 Goodbye, Combo
00:51 Scheduling Surgery
01:17 Skinny's Out
01:41 I Know a Guy Who Knows a Guy...
02:45 Jane's Bad Decision
03:20 Gus Sighting
04:10 Sonogram
04:15 The Actual Museum Trip
04:26 Happy Birthday, Ted!
05:48 No Deal, No Dice
06:06 It's Gus Time
07:28 Ted is a Criminal
07:54 Jesse Floating
08:20 Skyler Returns
08:24 POLLOS
09:18 Jesse Jesse Jesse Jesse
10:16 Shout Outs
Breaking Bad is a drama television series created & produced by Vince Gilligan for AMC. Set & filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high-school chemistry teacher who is struggling with a recent diagnosis of stage-three lung cancer. White turns to a life of crime & partners with a former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), to secure his family's financial future before he dies, while navigating the dangers of the criminal underworld.
Among the stars are Anna Gunn & RJ Mitte as Skyler & Walter Jr., & Betsy Brandt & Dean Norris as Marie Schrader & husband Hank, a DEA agent. Others include Bob Odenkirk as Walter's & Jesse's lawyer Saul Goodman, Jonathan Banks as private investigator & fixer Mike Ehrmantraut, & Giancarlo Esposito as Gus Fring. The final season introduces Jesse Plemons as the criminally ambitious Todd Alquist, & Laura Fraser as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle.
The show received numerous awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, & four Television Critics Association Awards. Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times, while Aaron Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series three times; Anna Gunn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series twice. In 2013, Breaking Bad entered the Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed TV show of all time.
The series gave rise to Better Call Saul, a prequel featuring Odenkirk, Banks, & Esposito reprising their Breaking Bad roles. A sequel film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, starring Paul was released on Netflix & in theaters.
Also features Raymond Cruz as Tuco Salamanca, Mark Margolis as Hector Salamanca, Lavell Crawford as Huell Babineaux, & Steven Michael Quezada as Steven Gomez.
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Just thought I would clear up the "Exit 13 off the 25" segment. In New Mexico, and in many places across the US, exit numbers were just ordered and not based off of the mile marker like they are today. This was changing in New Mexico specifically right around the show's release. It is likely that Victor was referring to the old system which is why it seems like it is so far away when in reality it was probably a 20-30 minute drive away.
Aha, thanks for that! It seemed like an odd thing for the writers to get wrong!
this but even with mile markers there's also exit 13 in colorado instead of wyoming which is only three and a half hours
Oh! Thanks. 🙂
walt kinda had a lot of time then to be honest
4:45 She is a time traveler from the future trying to prevent skyler from singing.
🤣 Mystery solved!
@@betterwatchtv No you guys are forgetting the veterinarian. Saul did not directly know Mike.
Love seeing how imperfect these shows are even if they’re overall high quality
Yeah, it is amazing! There are some upcoming mistakes in S3 E1 that I find especially hilarious.
2:25
Since the last "who knows another guy" is somewhat delayed I think it's fair to assume he just added it for a dramatic effect :p
Yeah, I think that’s reasonable!
Well at times Mike also uses Victor (or Tyrus who had yet to appear) as a proxy, like when he wanted to warn Gus about the twins breaking into Walt’s house. So the last “who knows a guy” isnt a complete lie even if it’s said by precaution.
@@Erowaxthank you. I’ve been thinking this for a long time, specifically the scene you’re referring to with Mike calling Victor who told Gus. I thinks it’s pretty clear that early one Mike wasn’t supposed to have as big of a role as he ended up having.
Fun fact: since this episode is Gus(one of the greatest villains in TV history) first appearance,I think y’all should know that in 2024, there is an upcoming show on AMC+ called Parish which features Giancarlo Esposito as the main character.
Thanks!
a notable Plot Point I think you missed was Ted cooking the books. It returns in season 4 and leads to Ted’s demise and Skylar’s guilt in the beginning of season 5.
True! I definitely could have included that!
And also is the reason that Walt isn't able to go to the vacuum guy when Gus threatens him, as Skylar gave their money to Ted. So Ted's decision to cook the books inadvertently changed the meth industry forever.
Indeed! Good point!
@@GamerBrinedQw4w9WgXcQ--Plus we get the scene of Walter forecasting his own death on a dirt covered floor. But he’s laughing almost hysterically under his own floor.
This episode is fairly nostalgic for me. Not for the Skylar scenes but for all the scenes with Walt rushing to get the product to gus. And the no, no, not now! Not now! I love it!! I remember quoting it to my friend and we had great memories
Awesome! I love the whole exchange between Walt and Gus as well!
Great vid and channel!!!
Along with Bug, Mandala's one of the more underrated eps I think. I got into the show summer of '13 before S5B aired. Ended up binging seasons one thru four in 6 days lol. by the time i hit 206-207 i was absolutely hooked... and the season just kept getting better, with the one-two punch of Mandala and Phoenix just blowing me away.
Thanks! It’s interesting to hear how people got into the series. When I think of “season 2 one-two punch,” I think of Better Call Saul and 4 Days Out, but you make a good point about Mandala and Phoenix! Underrated for sure!
skyler happy birthday scene is one of the funniest scenes imo
I'd say it's the weirdest one overall!
A scene that’s so cringey and so bad it’s laughable.
This is a great series but I especially enjoy the unique channel member shout out clips. They're brilliant!
Thanks!! It’s my favorite part of making the videos! 😁
My favorite episode! Great video as always
Thanks again, Marcus!
Love your videos man, I can’t stop watching 😂 it’s like I’m rewatching the series. Keep it up
Awesome, thanks! That's exactly what I want it to be like!
I love this episode, thank you for the video!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Loving these videos
Thank you very much!
dude these videos are great, they deserve more views!!!!
Thanks, Manudyne!! I’m glad you found them!
The Skyler part is truly hard to watch, but i still feel like the actress and character are great and receive too much hate for this tipe of stuff.
Yes, definitely!
I always liked her, and the mystery behind their family of origin that as angry as Skylar was at Marie, she still took the hit for her--pretending labor, rather than turning her in for shoplifting the infamous tiara.. But wouldn’t let her get away without acknowledging wrong doing. She still protected Ted, it protected her too, but seeing how spoiled he was to have heated bathroom floors and getting a new car over paying the taxes, took some of the protective quality away, it’s still there for Hank, so much so she joins in to help her BIL and sister, going back to Walter. I never understood people not liking her.
Bro these videos are so good 💎
Thank you so much!
great video as always
ps the member shoutout screen in this one looks cool as fuck lol
Thanks! 🤳
Such a good video! It's weird to see mistakes like a crew member in-shot in a show with such an attention to detail. Do you think it's to do with the show being so early into its run? I wouldn't expect the same to slide in, say, season 4.
Thank you! It is surprising at times, but I’m also so surprised when I hear about how fast the shooting schedules are. Sometimes it feels like I spend more time on one of these videos than they had for shooting the episode! 😂 So perhaps the most attention to detail shows up in the writing, for which they have a lot more time.
0:40 surprised you didn’t mention how we see the blood stain before combo gets shot
🤯 I had no idea! But I just went through every frame and now see the two frames with pre-shot blood. That's hilarious! I wish I had known! Thanks!
@@betterwatchtv of course! Keep doing what you do!
Thanks! I have a video in mind to do one day, and I’ll include it (and your comment) in it!
@@betterwatchtv badass! I’ll let you know if I see any other errors in the meantime :p
@@Malevolence460 Thanks!
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew what was up lmao. To be honest, I don't even remember watching the birthday scene, I didn't even realize it existed until people called it the worst scene of the show. Maybe I blanked out during that part due to how bad it was and then my memory did a good job making me forget the experience. Anyways, I did cringe a lot on my first Breaking Bad binge, mainly at any part where Walt was nearly being caught, I'd say the cringiest scene of the entire show is the speech
As for the rest of the episode, it has so many memorable moments. The introduction of Gus is awesome, Gus responding to Walt out of annoyance is another example of how close he was to avoiding his demise. If he kept his mouth shut and continued with the bit, or if he didn't go to kill Hector himself, he'd be ok.
I like to imagine that the reason that the drinks aren't labeled is because Los Pollos employees are so extreme they memorize what each drink is and where to dispense it at lmao. Anyways, this is definitely an iconic episode, even if for some it's the wrong reasons
Well said! It seems like Gus is not actually a "cautious man" considering he had these complete unknowns meet at one of his restaurants with him actually being there! And yes, having the employees memorize drink locations does seem like a very Gus thing to do.
Oh, and when you say "the speech," do you mean the one at the school assembly?
@@betterwatchtv Yeah
The sanscript word ‘Mandala’ meaning circle of life is symbolized prominently throughout this episode & the ones around it: This is the first episode with Los Pollos Hermanos, the logo has a yellow circle; & the first episode with Gus, his surname Fring has the word ‘ring’ in it; Theres deliberately a circle behind Gus when he tells Walt to never trust a drug addict; When Victor tells Walt about the deal, theres a circle with a flower inside of it on the wall behind Walt- a direct reference; & so much else including wheels, such as on Tomas’ bike that the episode begins focused on & the spare tire Walt rolls away at the start of next episode; etc. There is also the silent ‘o’ in the title of the next episode Phoenix, resembling the circle of life as well. The Los Pollos Hermanos cup logo has a blue circle- a focal point in Gus Fring & Walter White’s first scene in Mandala. It also resembles the blue marble photograph from Apollo 17. Gus Grissom & Ed White were part of the Apollo 1 crew that was allegedly killed by NASA as an example to ensure secrecy of all future astronauts, they factored into the naming of Gus & Walt. A key scene in this episode Phoenix is Jesse & Walt in his classroom, theres a terrestrial globe throughout that imperative scene. Walt then directly references flat earth in the next episode ABQ, in regard to his two cell phones. So even the concept of the world itself as a flat circle is represented in these episodes. Jane has Saturn on her bedroom mural, known for its planetary ring system.
Oh, wow! Thanks, I was unaware of all the circles throughout!
@@betterwatchtv thanks for your videos & feedback!
Running away probably wasn't the best move on combos part. Approaching and trying to take out the kid would have provided a slim chance of survival.
Good point!
If you go into shock from a gunshot, your first instinct would be to get away.
OK then do it lmao that's not gonna be what ur thinking about AFTER U GET SHOT
When Ted got caught by Skylar he said “you got me” Walt said the same thing when Hank asked Walt about ww
Ah, that's true! :)
I think the cancer doctor similarity between BB and Sopranos is really interesting, it's obvious on the surface that he's playing essentially the same character, but he's also playing a cancer doctor for a bald, white character with glasses who is famously insecure.
😂 Good point!
I want me some Lydia...
You’re going to have to be patient! 😂
Everytime I see the "I know a guy scene", I always tried to make sense of it in my head, lol. I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed.
I think “Saul is embellishing” works for a couple of these moments!
“Caballa sin nombre” 44:25 into the sode is the point of an axe … the more you know
4 episodes of this away
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Thanks! I made a note and I'll look for this when it's time to make that video!
6:19 Just finished saying the soda dispensers are all blank… you missed the self serve soda machine in the background. Tiny detail, but I couldn’t help but notice that you wouldn’t go to the counter for a refill.
Ah, that’s true! And Jimmy used them in Better Call Saul! Of course, Walt had ulterior motives, plus it doesn’t surprise me that “pillar of the community” Gus would happily do the refill. Thanks for the comment!
This episode means circle of life: Combo Dies, Holly is born. Hmm
So Combo's spirit lives on in a new vessel...
Maybe
Hello! New subscriber 😊 thank you for your videos!!
Re emojis, has a purple hand been suggested yet? Purple for Marie (obvs) and the hand referencing her kleptomania (5 finger discount).
Hey, welcome!! Thanks so much! Nobody has suggested that. That’s very creative and useful! I’ll add it to my list, as I can only add a new one every ~10 members. I’m imagining a purple version of 👋
Incredible as always C:
I have to say though, the birthday scene is not hard to watch at all, its not cringe in the slightest and there are MUCH harder to watch scenes than this one.
Also I'm glad I was able to remember all 4 main things that happen, I thought those were all very well known in this episode?
Thanks! Yes, definitely much harder ones to watch! What do you think the cringiest scene is?
@@betterwatchtv Definitely the S/A scene from Seven Thirty Seven
@betterwatchtv Oouu, wait, hang on, completely unrelated but I just thought of a goofy idea lmao
What if for April Fools you collabed with Alternative Cuts and made a fake Breaking Bad episode to analyze or something lmaooo
You could include characters from other series' or something and make it just a mess to understand
It's funny you say that, because I've already started on your previous April Fools video idea! 😉 So maybe this could be a thing for April Fools 2025! But I also have another AC-style video in the works for sometime in the nearish future...
@betterwatchtv OH DUDE! I completely forgot about that lmaooo
Sorry, I'm giving too much out haha, that is cool though, I'm really excited to see it!
Thank you though, that is very flattering, and I'm really intrigued about what you have planned, I assume just like the Christmas episode!
I love this series! And you really get more depth when you have watched Better Call Saul!
It is great to rewatch after Better Call Saul!
8:11 you can see Jane injecting the needle in her leg instead of her arm because her father would check her arms if she relapsed.
Oh wow, fantastic detail! Thanks!!
They would’ve changed the sign if it’s the same one that was burned down
It was a different branch! (Los Lunas, I think.)
nobody really appreciates what jane did for jesse because it was actually an awful thing but i swear she relapsed out of love.
That’s true!
lol thank you so much for pointing out how weirdly intense the woman at 4:29 is. even apart from skyler's singing, that one specific extra actress's incredibly strange performance always made the scene feel even more offputting for me.
Right!? So bizarre! 😂
When Combo gets shot you can see "GUZ" on his cup.. maybe a reference to this being the first episode we meet Gus? Idk i could be reaching lol
Ha! That’s interesting! Knowing Breaking Bad, that could very much be intentional!
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Thanks and good morning, Ariel!
Saul -> Mike -> Victor/Tyrus -> Gus
That’s how I’ve always thought of it.
Yeah, I ended up mentioning that in the next video. Although more about “I called a guy who called a guy.”
8:47 So he is an actual assistant manager and not just the assistant to the manager (unlike dwight)
Apparently!
I have one big problem with Breaking Bad. It was so good that it ruined tv for me. Every time I start watching a new show I get a few episodes in and think why can't you be as good as Breaking Bad.
That’s interesting, because a lot of people say that they need to push through about a season and a half of Breaking Bad before they got into it! So maybe you need to stick with some of those other shows longer. 😆
@@betterwatchtv I'm exaggerating of course I actually appreciate the pace of Breaking Bad even early in the series. The character development should be studied by film students.
Agreed!
9:08 thats EIGHT times more than the time he was given, which means he'd have to go 8 times faster than the speed limit. isnt that impossible? they couldve just given a closer town for credibility
Commenter @FallenImpact cleared this up for me! They apparently changed the exit numbering right around the show's release! So Victor must have been referring to the old system!
im not sure if jesse was prone to an overdose but at 9:43 walt leaving jesse not on his side might've almost killed him if he did overdose
also idk how the drug works so this is my speculation
Ah, I think you’re right! Good point!
@@betterwatchtv oh yeah congrats on 7k i think i saw u at 6.8k yesterday, glad you're growing quickly
Thanks!! Yeah, this past week the channel has been growing faster than ever!
Who forgets Gustavo's first episode?
True. I just wonder how many people would know it's "Mandala" off the top of their head!
@@betterwatchtv you're not wrong.. I have to second gues myself of the title sometimes 😅 seems to early on in the show
Yeah, there are probably only a few obvious ones in this season.... Peekaboo, Better Call Saul, 4 Days Out, ABQ.
That Skyler scene is the only time I skipped forward, I couldn’t bare to see it all the way.
I was dreading it, but after watching it several times in the process of editing this video, I'm now immune to it!
I always took the guy who knew a guy to be retrofitted to be he knows Mike who knows Gus…who knows lalo (is he still alive)
Oh, that’s an interesting thought. For this conversation about needing a distributor, I would think Gus is the final guy! 🤷
@@betterwatchtv that’s the meth world, you have to remember Saul doesn’t even really know who Gus is or what he’s about, he only knows he’s the one who saved Kim and him that fateful night
@@mrpuddingpop1 The one conversation he had with Mike in BCS made me think he knows more, but maybe not!
i don't know man, combo and all...
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Really memorable episode for me. Especially the happy birthday scene but thats not a good thing.
😂
This Episode really stressed me out as a teenager, It was weird
Oh! Was it the rushing and drama at the end with Walt or something else?
probably the happy birthday scene @@betterwatchtv ☠
@@Arthur-gu7eu
Of course! The discussions are the best part of posting UA-cam videos! I learn a lot and get great ideas from people like you. Thanks for being here!
I'm probably wrong, but Saul knows Caldera, Caldera knows Mike, Mike Knows Gus.
There are people we could plug in, but he knows Mike well enough to not insert someone before him!
That "guy" that Mike knows that knows Gus could possibly be Ignacio?
There are lots of people who could be plugged in, I suppose, although it's still weird since Saul clearly knows Gus directly. But at the time it seems like it was meant to be Victor.
Hot take: the Skyler scene is hilarious
Certainly Maggie Fine’s role is hilarious!
Anna Gunne played Skyler so well I despised her.
She really did!
after you finished season 2 details. You do title explained for other tv shows
😉 It won't be that soon, but I'll keep thinking about this! (I do have two other "special" videos planned for the near future...)
finally
You've been waiting for Gus or to celebrate Ted's birthday? 😆
9:43 wouldn't jesse have choked to death too?
I guess he would have if he vomited! So he's lucky!
The oncologist in The Sopranos was called John Kennedy so another link to Skyler's cringy rendition.
Hahah, great point!
5:33 people talk about how cringe it is but I thought it was funny
😂 To me the candles lady is the cringe part!
I know a guy (the vet) who knows a guy (mike) who knows another guy (gus)
Sure, but by then Saul knew Mike extremely well. And later in the episode, he said that he “called a guy who called a guy who called another guy” to arrange the Gus meeting, which couldn’t have been true. Unless he called Mike who called Victor who called Gus!
@@betterwatchtv you make a good point there
Mon duh luh
I’ve seen conflicting info on how to pronounce it!
OMG, so many plot holes. worst show ever :)
Haha, I sometimes feel like “Adam Ruins Everything.” Still an all-time great show!
"worst show ever, I couldn't get past just one episode, nothing made sense"
{( Episode watched: s3e5
lets goooooooooooo
Thanks, Mr. President! 🫡
😂
Pretty sure those sound effects in Pollos are ticket printers, not cash registers! Still used in lots of restaurants.
Excellent channel. Following.
Woo-hoo! Thanks and welcome! You’re right… Perhaps it’s the frequency of the printing that seems off to me! And it’s very noticeable to me in Better Call Saul as well, both at Los Pollos Hermanos and other businesses where the frequency should be even less!
Rewatch breaking bad recently，In fact Walter and his wife acting is no any change in the middle and until the end，other character like Mike and Jesse， even Walter Jr and Hank they all are growing up and changing，only this couples still arguing at the end，it is very annoying，and make Walter just look like as a very stupid Evil，and Not showing any intelligence or smart through out the film，his Character is very dim totally don't know what he actually want，just repeating saying doing this for family，i think this is the fault of writer
I don’t blame the writers, but I agree that Walt can be frustrating and never really learns from his dumb decisions!