Breaking Bad's Polarizing Episode: 19 Hidden Details in Fly
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Breaking Down Breaking Bad. Analyzing Episode 0310 "Fly"
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Season Three - Episode Ten: "Fly"
Obsessed about a contaminant, Walt refuses to cook; Jesse tries to get him back on track.
00:00 Intro
00:30 Close Up
00:50 Waking Up(?)
00:58 Day 1
03:01 Jesse's Back
03:12 Day 2
10:15 Finally Going Home
10:25 Haunted by the Fly
10:39 Dream Debate
12:57 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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Tony dalton's performance as lalo reincarnated as a fly to troll Walter was outstanding bravo vince.
🪰🪰🪰 Charming. Menacing yet understated.
Spoiler
I belive it was Howard. He wanted Walt to realise, that he is there because of Saul, and he should find a better lawyer.
@@michakocher1392 Checks out!
@@defnotatroll my apologies i came across this video not seeing the date it was posted
Don’t think it’s a dream because of the episode when Jesse goes down to Mexico when he emphasizes that the lab needs to be searched for contaminants. Don’t think he would’ve said that if not for this episode
Oh wow, that’s a great tidbit!! I was scouring later episodes for every “lab” or “fly” reference but this didn’t come up.
I do think it’s still open to interpretation, though. They were always serious about scouring the lab equipment. If only he had said, “every possible contaminant… even a single fly!”
@@betterwatchtv Come on, dude… Jesse, Gus, and Mike “fly” down to Mexico!
Fly is my favorite episode because it plays like a sitcom with no laugh track throughout the episode.
Just two idiots trying to kill a fly in order to stop any contaminants getting into their product, otherwise their boss will be unhappy.
Haha, a sitcom edit of this episode *would* work very well!
4 days out is also like that, straight out of a sitcom
The fact that there was just a raisin laying on the ground for Walt to find after Jesse made his hit "count" only proves that the lab prior to the fly's appearance was already NOT contaminant free.
Haha, so true. And what are the chances!?
Making sure you get featured in the best Breaking Bad episode ❌
Making sure you get featured in the lowest rated Breaking Bad episode ✔
Thank you for not waiting for Ozymandias!
JUCKER UPLOAD TARKOV WIPE 6 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
literally who are you
Juncker please
They won't bring me back my wife and son if The Tarkov Wipe 6 doesn't get uploaded
There is the saddest death from the entire show, i expected to see this Fly actor on BCS as well, his acting was simply perfect... I got emotional after see their's corpse. Really, it hurts more than RV goodbye😢
The fly in BCS would have been perfect. 😆 It does “reappear” in Season 5b, though! Probably its great great great… grandchild. On the other hand, the fly was never visibly smooshed. Who’s to say Jesse didn’t carefully release it outside?
That does sound like something Jesse would do honestly
@@tik2243 Yep!
This Episode is one of Brian Cranston’s best performances. I’ve always been a big fan of this episode. It’s great to see Walt Finally admit to all his guilt about what he’s done.
I hadn’t thought about it, but yeah!
I love how both 4 Days Out and Fly manage to convey an important symbolic message whilst also developing characters despite being so limited due to both being bottle episodes, (4 Days Out did expand beyond the initial premise quite a bit though.) It shows that despite their limitations they managed to make the episodes worth the time by making the characters and their surroundings more thematic and developed. In other shows bottle episodes tend to become forgettable parts that are most obviously extremely forced.
Great point! And it’s hilarious that 4 Days Out ended being way more expensive than a normal episode! 😂
Your channel is pretty much a Recap and explaining/analyzing the hidden details, hope you do one with bettercallsaul after BB is done
Yep, that’s the plan! (With occasional other topics sprinkled in.)
Glad this episode is my first appearance for shout outs lol
🎉🎉🎉 Welcome! 🪰
same 😂
Good timing, both of you!
Honored to be amongst you
I’m broke so I can’t join you guys
The scene where Walter almost tells Jesse the truth is one of the saddest in the show for me
It’s pretty amazing to see the genuine regret and compassion!
Yeah i was so tense in anticipation, wondering if Walt would blurt it out like the second cell phone, and if he might fall asleep and let the ladder fall, thus putting Jesse's life in danger. I'm glad none of that happened
Oh, the second cell phone parallel is a great one!! Maybe we were supposed to think of that, since he even mentioned it in this episode, but I totally didn’t think of that!
@betterwatchtv maybe so, there's always new ways to think about things!
I’ve always liked this episode, it was a nice change of pace from the rest of the season and I liked the focus on Jesse and Walter. Especially with Walter showing some regret for letting Jane OD.
Yeah, both are good reasons to like this one! And yes, Walt genuinely apologizing! Even if it was drug-induced… or a dream!
Maybe the reason you can hear Jesse better outside the superlab door the second time is because he turned off the ventilation aswel as the lights. The first time there was an airlock
That could be it! I don’t understand how it would work exactly, but while it’s on, the sound from the outside (Walt yelling at Jesse) is a bit softer and the sound from the inside (Jesse yelling at Walt) is a lot softer. 🤷♂️
To me the theory that makes the most sense is that Walt knew Jesse was taking some product and that's what was causing the numbers to not add up, and he also knew that Gus was always watching them, so fixating on the fly was a way to show Gus that he took the issue seriously while protecting Jesse.
Hmm! We definitely know Walt figured it out earlier than he let on (he said he couldn’t chance saying it inside), so that’s a cool interpretation!
Walt losing his mind over that ittle fly has a lot to do with his personality. He fixates on the fly, which is very very insignificant (although he doesn't think that to be true), because in his mind, he sees it as a major issue, and disregards what possible disturbances he might cause to the people around him. This is a recurring pattern of his "odd" behaviour (in relation to this) throughout the series.
Goddamn, homie must've worked overtime for this editint!! This video looks amazing, and it definitely fits for SUCH an experimental episode!!
Thanks!! I did, and you captured my mindset perfectly! 🪰
ive been basically rewatching the entire show through your videos keep it up
Thanks!! It’s my hope that people do that (as these videos are really more than just the numbered details)!
I feel like this episode is severely underrated due to it not advancing the plot much. When I first binged through the show, it felt like a waste of time. On rewatch, I realized that it is actually extremely well-written in spite of the limitations it had. Really amazing for a bottle episode. Gets way better the more you watch it.
That makes sense! When you’re not expecting it, it can feel weird and disappointing for a while!
I love how many "hidden detail" features multiple facts, pretty cool to get more than I was expecting
😁 Awesome, thanks! It can sometimes feel arbitrary how I number them (or if whatever something I’m saying should be numbered at all)!
This is an amazing video, its edited so pleasingly I usually hate the dredge of "details you miss videos" but his video is so different like this. You deserve much success!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you gave it a chance! 😁
Glad to contribute! Love your work keep it going!
Thanks, Cityofruin!! I’m glad you’re here!
I found your channel just 2 days ago and im already a huge fan of your work.
Keep it up!
Wow, thanks!! Welcome, newest member!
I watched al your videos in a couple of days so now I can’t wait for the uploads
Awesome! Thank you so much!
It’s crazy to me that this episode is disliked, it’s a masterpiece.
Maybe if it were presented up front as a “special episode” or a “play” of some sort, it wouldn’t have caught people off guard. I think it’s just the breaking of people’s expectations that got people.
These always leave me in a good mood, keep up the great work
That’s awesome. Comments like this do the same for me! Thanks!
huge step-up in quality for this one, good job man!
Thanks! It might go down again 😅, but I felt like I had to honor the extra creativity in this episode!
i love watching these videos dude keep them up, this is what i look forward to every week
Thank you so much!! I'm trying really hard to keep up the weekly pace without sacrificing quality, and comments like this help!
Great piece of analysis, probably the best to date. I can't imagine giving it (the episode and your take on it) anything lower than a ten out of ten.
Thanks for the very kind words! 🙏
That "I did it for me" part was really well done! I never put that together.
Thanks! It made me smile, although I don’t know that it really would have helped their relationship even if he said that earlier.
Yoooo you absolutely nailed my name! Binged the entire playlist so I had to join the crew. Excited for the rest of the series and whatever you may have in store next. You kill it on the editing!
Thanks x2!! Welcome! I’m normally terrible at pronouncing names, so I’m surprised!
these videos deserve way more views. love the content
Thank you! 🙏 More and more people have been discovering them thanks to views and comments like yours!
The editing is off the charts in this video😮. Keep up the good work❤
Thank you so much! 🙏
next level editing on this one
Thanks, Saner!! And great job using the most-rarely used emoji!
@@betterwatchtv we can't let that be, it's literally fire!
I just found you and I want to say I appreciate your work. This is what youtube is for!
Wow, thank you! I'm glad you found me!
i've watched all the episodes in 2 days, you are awesome! please continue this series, i forgot how good breaking bad is.
You’re awesome! Thanks!! I do plan to keep at it (with occasional interruptions)!
Watching this episode and right at the end a fly starts buzzing around me on the couch
Haha, that would freak me out! 🪰
The best part of the weekend is waking up semi hung over and watching these
Awesome! Happy to help you recover!
Great work as always
Thank you!! There’s your slightly longer video. 😉
@@betterwatchtv it’s much appreciated! Loving this series, keep it up 👍
Will do!
❤❤❤ Worth the wait!
Thanks, Daniel!
fly is sooooo freaking underrated. it really is a good episode for being a budget set.
I agree, and I often marvel at what they do in spite of budget, time, and other constraints! Thanks for becoming a member!!
Before I started watching breaking bad I always heard this episode wasn’t loved but after watching it I never understood why everyone hated it so much;
I wonder if we have data on people’s sentiment who watched it live vs. streaming. Because I could see people back in the day wanting more plot progression and then being frustrated to wait another whole week for that. 🤷♂️
Peak edutainment right here! Great editing skills too!
Thanks again, Gerwique!!
Dude your channel is amazing holy crap man. I hope you become huge
Thank you! I’m glad you found the channel!
ive been waiting aaaaall week
🪰🪰🪰 I hope it was worth the wait!
I've been waiting for a new video
Thanks for your patience! 🪰
Oh Dios, que buen contenido sube este sujeto. Amo mirar estos videos mientras como algo xD
Respeto máximo, hermano!! ❤
Thanks so much!! 🌮🥪
Wow really cool video! I thought this was from a much larger channel
Thanks, PickleBeanBoss!! I'm glad you discovered the channel!
There's a fly in the ointment...
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Patrick Fabian’s and Tony Dalton’s performance as the fly is some Emmy worthy acting right there. 2 souls consists of an amazing lawyer and a cartel family member in 1 tiny little body annoying a former high school chemistry teacher and his former student.
🤣
good shit, as per usual
Thank you, Mort!!
I think that the fly at the end of the episode is supposed to represent something coming back to haunt Walt or something that bothers him and folows him throughout his life. Maybe it represents Jane's death? Or maybe his life choices?
That makes a lot of sense!
Everyone has their episode they think really sealed this show as one of the best ever, but this episode is the one that did it for me. The fact that they only wrote this episode because they were so over budget, but then ended up writing one of the best bottle episodes of all time really shows off this crew's natural instinct to just make banger after banger. The writers were really in their bag every second of this show.
Agreed. A masterclass in many respects!
Kinda wild to hear that this was a polarizing episode (only watched the whole thing earlier this year and haven't looked up opinions on it until this was recommended to me), it's easily my favorite. As you mentioned the whole scene with the ladder is the scene that had me the most tense, a mix of the conversation with Walt sleep deprived almost letting up for a second time, and Jesse balancing on that ladder (my interpretation is that he's distracted by balancing and would have caught Walt in the lie if he had been on the ground and started interrogating him). It also shows perfectly why I love bottle episodes generally, as it forces the writers and directors to be creative in how to circumvent their budgetary restrictions, etc.
To me this is an important episode for the two most important characters at a crucial point in their relationship, so I guess my question is "why" would this be a dream? If you like that interpretation please let me know, but I can't get past the idea that it's more interesting than good writing. And as you mentioned, it's just too clunky with the counterproof, the shirt being different alone is enough imo. Especially when they were so specific with Jesse's shirt, and the fact that the first and last scene were likely shot in succession, having him change the shirt would have had to be deliberate.
Great video, gonna check out your other videos on Breaking Bad to see what else I've missed by watching it so late ^^
Thanks for sharing! I was intrigued by the idea when I heard Vince asked about it, and I started to get more convinced when looking for evidence, but I agree that the different shirt thing really killed it for me. (That’s why Hank punched that reason at the end! 😂)
i love your videos so much!
Thank you!!
i can die happy now
Well I hope you don’t! That fits with this episode, though!
Awesome video! Surprised you didn’t mention how in BCS, Tim Roberts has a conversation on the phone with a woman about an animal trapped under her deck. Which I believe is Jesse’s aunt, referring to the possum (opossum) incident he tells Walt about in this episode
True, I sometimes struggle with situations like this, as I feel like maybe I should save such points for the Better Call Saul episode breakdown in the future. I end up being inconsistent about that. I would probably always mention things in both videos if I wasn't concerned about people who haven't watched BCS yet!
@@betterwatchtv totally understand! I actually thought maybe you were saving it for your BCS breakdowns. Either way love the videos! Keep up the great work!
Thank you! 🙏 I definitely plan on mentioning all the BB references in BCS!
Every chocolate bar in every store contains about two flies.
🤢🪰🪰 Is it really that high?
@@betterwatchtv not sure... but it is a thing, or an uban legend
who else had a feeling like they have nothing else to do in their life when they finish the series
I assume you mean finishing Breaking Bad as opposed to finishing this UA-cam series? 😅 There’s definitely a period of mourning to go through!
Today's my birthday and a BB details video is the best gift I could ask for ❤️❤️❤️
Awesome!! 🎂🎂🎂 Happy birthday! May your birthday be filled with eggs and bacon spelling your age, and not with Skyler singing to you!
Crazily enough, Murge Productions made "What if Walter had his perfect death?" The ending was the most darkest out of every other's in his channel.
Oh, I’ll have to check that out! Thanks!
I love your channel. I await your uploads. Can’t wait for Saul!
Thanks so much! It’s great motivation for me!
in 12:29 you said there is no bandaid but when he wakes up there is buttt, whenever he is in the lab there seems to be a bandaid in his head
Yeah, I believe he put the band-aid on after his big fall, so the band-aid still being on his head when he “wakes up” at the end would only make sense in the dream interpretation is if he also had it on at the start of the episode.
It’s confusing, but I just meant we don’t see evidence on way or the other before “the dream.”
If the episode is a dream then the fact that Jesse gives Walt sleeping pills is ironic
Haha, that’s true. I hadn’t thought about that. It would also mean Walt is subconsciously worried about Jesse drugging him, which would actually make sense considering Walt’s propensity to do that!
Fly is probably my favorite episode and not because I wanna be different but I just really love episodes in shows that just kind of focus on the characters rather than the plot. It's one of the last times Walt and Jesse work together on good terms.
The episode really reminds of "dont delete me" from season 3 of Mr Robot which is also my favorite episode of the show. When Walt nearly tells Jesse it had me more anxious than any other scene.
I totally get it! It is a great character-driven “play” of sorts. And awesome Mr. Robot parallel!!
9:56: "Saul contaminated"
😂👏👏
Love this episode.
Is that the origin story for your profile pic, or just a coincidence?
@@betterwatchtv no, but I might change it into that lmao. Just a coincidence. I have it on there because in my videos you can sometimes hear a smoke detector in the background so it’s become a running gag that I refuse to change the batteries.
Ah, I see!
I’ve always loved this episode even from my first watch through in high school.
Nice! 🪰🪰🪰
it took me a minute but the better call saul reference, my god
I couldn’t help myself!
What reference?
@@milanbarac5832 2:24 If you’ve finished Better Call Saul just think hard on the voices you hear and the last time you saw them in the series
love the intro
Thank you! 🙏 It felt appropriate for this one. Not many episodes seem to call for something different!
The fact you went into depth on For/Against being a Hallucination shows your capabilities of going Above and Beyond. Bravo 🎩
Thank you! 🙏
No dream just sadness
Yes, I believe so.
By the end of the episode I was sold on Walt's cancer coming back. A very erie ending that gives you time to remember what Jesse said about his aunt
That’s interesting. I hadn’t thought that being foreshadowing!
I love this channel. Do this for BCS after Breaking Bad ;)
Thanks!! That’s indeed my plan!
I still imagine a world where Walt told Jesse what happened there an then.
It’s hard for me to imagine what would happen next!
@@betterwatchtv I honestly, don't know I just, like to think Jesse would eventually forgive him, maybe after the last episode an he saved him from the neo N or maybe sooner.
Still that bomb drop would've been huge for the series.
Yeah, for sure!
i think another reason this episode is unlikely to be a dream is that when jesse goes to mexico and berates the lab crew for having a disgusting lab and that he refuses to cook until every source pf "contamination" has been cleaned and im 99% sure he got that from walt in this episode
That’s a good catch, although I don’t think it’s a slam dunk! They were always pretty serious about cleaning the equipment.
Finally my favorite episode!!
Nice! 🪰🪰🪰
Ok now I can’t wait until you get to Better Call Saul
Thanks! It's going to be a while! 😅
Me rn:
Such an important episode, that so easily could've been unimportant, and maybe still is. I remember watching this for the first time and thinking "This must be one of the highest rated ones". Nope, not at all
An all time classic, best episode of season 3 up to that point even. One day I'll make a video game with a boss fight that's literally just a fly in honor of this episode.
I think history has been kind to Fly, kind of like Skyler. People are appreciating them more in retrospect!
I’ve never played Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements, but I think a BB-themed retro platformer would be amazing!! 🙂
Ive always thought the fly represents the fact that Gus is always watching them in the lab
It could be something like that! The only part where I think that breaks down is Jesse killing the fly. 🤷♂️
it's a sign of a truly great show when the 'worst' episode is considered by a significant number of people (including me) to be the best
Yes! (Great name and pic, BTW!)
i love your videos!!!!!!!
Thanks, Sheesh! 🙏
Glad you finally got to my favorite episode! Maybe I should become a member 🤔
Awesome! No pressure either way. I’m happy you’re here supporting the channel!
@@betterwatchtv pressure or not. I just became a member. I love your videos. Keep the great content coming!
Woo-hoo!! 🥳🎉 Welcome! And thanks!
I would totally be a member if I wasn’t broke. Love these videos. 👍
It’s okay! Subscribing, watching, liking, and commenting are great ways to support the channel!
My favorite episode right here
I would have thought it would be one you’re actually in! Although I made sure to feature you in the video! 😂
Incidentally Brian Cranston was in an X files episode called Drive.
Yeah, it’s interesting how many BB characters were in X-Files! I guess Walt, Jesse, Hank, Merkert, Uncle Jack, Emilio (for stunts), Tuco, Bolsa, Tortuga, the Pinkmans’ lawyer, Lawson, and even Spooge!! Bravo, Vince!
when i first watched breaking bad with my dad years ago, at the end of this episode he told me that the blinking red from the smoke alarm and the fly meant that walts apartment was now "bugged." im not sure if that interpretation is accurate, but its interesting to think about!
Yeah, could be! And/or he's thinking about the fact that the lab is likely bugged. It certainly would fit Gus's character to bug Walt's apartment.
I know people have been mentioning this episode giving Walter some additional depth by reflecting over what he did and showing feelings of regret, but the fact he only starts opening up after given the somitol, aswell as how he inches his way towards the topic (likely due to its effects kicking in later) kinda speaks volumes about his character as i doubt hed consider talking so openly otherwise. With this in mind it makes the "I did it for me" line go even harder.
Very good point! Thanks!
Almost 14 minutes of joy
Thank you so much! I always get a little nervous when the videos end up longer than normal!
Also Jesse was concerned about contamination in mexico lab, I think he wouldn't in other way
It’s plausible, but they did always spend a lot of time cleaning equipment in other episodes. If he had said “We need to clear the contaminant(s)!” or something like “not even a fly,” then that would seal it for me!
I had a panic attack when I heard the r/place sound...
Oh my gosh! I had no idea! I got the sound from Envato Elements!
Some people already don't like that it doesn't advance the plot, if it was really all a dream that would make it even worse for them, without really improving it for everyone else.
Good point! Although if they leave it ambiguous, then maybe it adds some extra intrigue for everyone.
Gonna be so sad when these episodes stop :(
🥹 Are you a fan of Better Call Saul? Because that will extend this series a lot longer!
This has always been my favorite episode, I don’t understand how people don’t like it
I can understand it, although I don’t agree with it!
sorry but this is by far my favorite episode of all of breaking bad, im so glad it exists
Wow, well I’m glad we finally made it to this episode!
for real! i’ve been watching for about the last month now and ive been eagerly awaiting this one :) good stuff as always!
Thank you so much!
I think it was all the fly's dream
🤣 Most plausible explanation yet! 🪰
i'm honored to have become a member right when THIS infamous episode dropped!
P.S. "jensuah" is pronounced "jen-SWAH." i only mention it bc you asked! no big deal.
Thanks for the comment and the correction!! (And great phonetic illustration.) It was practically a guarantee that I got at least one name wrong!
fly emoji?
🪰🪰🪰 There’s already a standard one (although UA-cam renders it differently than most places).
@@betterwatchtv silly me
It’s probably one of the least-used normal emoji!
Howard's ghost was getting mad annoyed that Walt couldn't catch the fly.
😂🪰
One of my favourite episodes of BB!
Yours and many others! I think it’s in my top 10, but I’ll sort that out after this series.
Awesome video broski
Thanks, Weirdo!!
Honestly one of my top episodes
I think it’s in my top 10 but I’m not sure yet. I still need to go through the exercise of ranking them! Thanks for the comment!