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  • Mike is called to help dispose all the evidence of drugs in Jane's apartment.
    From Season 2 Episode 13 ABQ:
    Walt's marriage is on the rocks when Skyler becomes fed up with Walt's secrecy. Meanwhile Walt comes to Jesse's aid when Jesse's behavior leads to his own self destruction.
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    Breaking Bad follows protagonist Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a chemistry teacher who lives in New Mexico with his wife (Anna Gunn) and teenage son (RJ Mitte) who has cerebral palsy. White is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of two years left to live. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to secure his family's financial security, White chooses to enter a dangerous world of drugs and crime and ascends to power in the world. The series explores how a fatal diagnosis such as White's releases a typical man from the daily concerns and constraints of normal society and follows his transformation from mild family man to a kingpin of the drug trade.
    Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."
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  • @BigV-yx3bw
    @BigV-yx3bw 11 місяців тому +10694

    Bob Odenkirk not being available for this episode has gotta be the BEST ACCIDENT in the history of television

    • @staringintotheabyss1769
      @staringintotheabyss1769 11 місяців тому +162

      Please share context

    • @cyplex206
      @cyplex206 11 місяців тому +2096

      @@staringintotheabyss1769 originally Saul was the one who was supposed to clean up the scene after Jane's death but Sauls actor couldn’t make it the day it was filmed due to a scheduling problem and so they created Mike instead

    • @They_Call_Me_HeartFace
      @They_Call_Me_HeartFace 11 місяців тому +353

      @@cyplex206 dang, i feel bad for being thankful that accident happened because, since i don't know what happened, it could be actually a bad accident for Bob.

    • @Pwilliams4000
      @Pwilliams4000 11 місяців тому +860

      @@cyplex206 it would be so weird having Saul do a clean up over a dead body

    • @vitalityfox
      @vitalityfox 11 місяців тому +57

      @@cyplex206 where did you get this information from?

  • @SheldonAdama17
    @SheldonAdama17 11 місяців тому +4284

    “Saul Goodman sent me. You don’t have enough stickers”

    • @hotmanngrayman9059
      @hotmanngrayman9059 10 місяців тому

      "You're light on dicks"

    • @egggamer1800
      @egggamer1800 10 місяців тому +24

      😂😂😂

    • @teck2002
      @teck2002 9 місяців тому +127

      BuT ThEy tOoK my BaSeBaLL cArDs

    • @qinshihuang8414
      @qinshihuang8414 9 місяців тому +96

      "Jesse you're light on stickers either you pay the 5 $ or you get an additional sticker the choice is yours"

    • @TheKpa11
      @TheKpa11 9 місяців тому +1

      ?????

  • @joofezille9267
    @joofezille9267 8 місяців тому +2169

    Rewatching this, it’s a really nice detail that Mike is sent for the cleanup knowing that he is a former cop. He knows firsthand where the average officer would snoop around, and he knows how to outsmart them.

    • @red2977
      @red2977 8 місяців тому +126

      He was soo careful to wear the gloves and then he takes them off right before he goes to open the door to leave the apartment leaving his fingerprints behind at the scene. I guess he isn't wearing gloves to prevent leaving behind fingerprints but instead that he is wiping down surfaces that had drugs on them and he didn't want the stuff on his skin.

    • @goldcanyon340.
      @goldcanyon340. 4 місяці тому +6

      Truer words were never spoken.

    • @susieq360
      @susieq360 4 місяці тому +12

      Well...yeah.
      Ironic that Mike mentions stating the obvious. 😅

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 3 місяці тому

      Right

    • @toprak3479
      @toprak3479 3 місяці тому +53

      @@red2977 There's absolutely nothing to connect Mike to Jane's death. Doorknobs have a bajillion of prints on them by nature. The police don't go identifying every single print, especially not if there's little to suspect faul play like in this case.

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 11 місяців тому +7777

    It’s genuinely kind of crazy to realise that Mike, one of the most important and beloved characters in this whole series, wouldn’t have existed if Bob had just turned up to set that day and they didn’t need to bring Jonathan in to fill that role.

    • @algordo1997
      @algordo1997 11 місяців тому +131

      This is the way

    • @lavatacoburrito9410
      @lavatacoburrito9410 11 місяців тому +486

      Bob was also brought in to replace Hank as the comic relief after Hank's experience with Tortuga and the tortoise made his character understandably more traumatized.

    • @nguyenngo7661
      @nguyenngo7661 11 місяців тому +409

      It’s a great idea because I don’t see Saul doing this dirty work himself and it opens up the opportunity for him to be a softer character in BSC

    • @joevictor53
      @joevictor53 11 місяців тому +73

      You make it sound like Bob just chose not to turn up for work one day

    • @rhysioeren3203
      @rhysioeren3203 11 місяців тому +71

      In either case, can you imagine saul dealing with this? Dragging Jane's body with huell 😂.

  • @BadgerGoodger
    @BadgerGoodger 11 місяців тому +2108

    Besides introducing us to Mike, it's hard to picture Saul getting hands-on in cleaning up a crime scene. I'm glad Bob Odenkirk was unavailable to film this scene!

    • @Breedo
      @Breedo 11 місяців тому +208

      yeah also saul is too funny for the serious feel of this scene.

    • @Pwilliams4000
      @Pwilliams4000 11 місяців тому +153

      @@Breedo It would be so weird seeing him acting all serious in this scene and going back to how he is in the next episode

    • @BlackCheckrdVans
      @BlackCheckrdVans 11 місяців тому +95

      Saul would have probably put his own spin on it. Maybe make some jokes while cleaning up

    • @michaelgualtieri651
      @michaelgualtieri651 8 місяців тому +65

      ​@@BlackCheckrdVansEh maybe. Wouldn't really feel like Saul though. He can be arrogant at times, but he's not heartless.

    • @fubukichiba
      @fubukichiba 8 місяців тому +1

      I can picture it with the forgery and illegal activity Jimmy does in BCS.

  • @joe8565
    @joe8565 11 місяців тому +2423

    Jesse: breaking down over the sudden death of the person he loved most
    Mike: *SLAP*

    • @HatredInTheFlesh
      @HatredInTheFlesh 11 місяців тому +248

      Yeah but to be fair his life would have only gotten worse if he didn’t nail the recited lines and got sent to prison

    • @norcalroamer5774
      @norcalroamer5774 11 місяців тому +121

      @@HatredInTheFlesh (SPOILER WARNING)
      Well it would beat being enslaved by Nazis for six months.

    • @filipposerra4208
      @filipposerra4208 11 місяців тому +11

      Improvised too ♥️

    • @averageobserver1001
      @averageobserver1001 8 місяців тому +14

      Mike is evil, none can say otherwise.

    • @andrewh5136
      @andrewh5136 7 місяців тому +49

      Mike was basically trying to get a point across to him, to pull it together. He was actually more being kind to Jesse by smacking some sense into him.

  • @dunkev4152
    @dunkev4152 11 місяців тому +5044

    Amazing introduction to an amazing character. Crazy to think Mike was created as a substitute for Saul.

    • @SaturnineXTS
      @SaturnineXTS 11 місяців тому +160

      Yeah, especially considering that Saul is good for a lot of things but he's definitely no cleaner

    • @grateful86
      @grateful86 11 місяців тому +9

      THANK GOD!!

    • @UnclePhil1112
      @UnclePhil1112 11 місяців тому +54

      nearly the entire show was written on a whim and it worked well

    • @extremeking425
      @extremeking425 11 місяців тому +12

      And someone had the nerve to call Mike boring 🙄

    • @Pwilliams4000
      @Pwilliams4000 11 місяців тому +16

      It’s funny because If you watch bcs you’d know Saul’s not good at this kinda thing

  • @gutsymovies
    @gutsymovies 10 місяців тому +1479

    "Hang tough. You're in the home stretch."
    The last line in the scene hints at kindness and affection that would eventually develop a bond between Mike and J.

    • @notmyname9261
      @notmyname9261 9 місяців тому +59

      Perhaps a line they had originally intended for Saul.

    • @Sciolist
      @Sciolist 4 місяці тому +9

      Mike was literally wanted to kill Jesse in next season, so I'm not sure about the kindness part.

    • @taterds7858
      @taterds7858 4 місяці тому

      ​@@SciolistWell in BCS he killed Werner even thought he never wanted to, but orders are orders, you gotta keep your feelings to yourself if you're working for cartel leaders

    • @MilkyNep
      @MilkyNep 2 місяці тому +23

      @@Sciolist Mike does his job no matter what, but he isn't a heartless man. He did empathize with Jesse, but a job's a job. When the order to kill Jesse is called off and they start working together, you do see that Mike is kinda fond of him, especially in Season 5.

    • @mr.rufasi2729
      @mr.rufasi2729 2 місяці тому +3

      Idk that’s a pretty terrible thing to say to someone who lost a loved one

  • @Trident_Gaming03
    @Trident_Gaming03 11 місяців тому +2544

    I know this scene was the introduction of Mike, but Arron Paul's acting, as always, is so spot on, and it makes the scene what it is

    • @The-Deadite
      @The-Deadite 11 місяців тому +76

      Is crazy he never got any formal training. He's a natural.

    • @danielevans9379
      @danielevans9379 11 місяців тому +83

      Agreed. His “instincts” as an actor are absolutely impeccable. Never too much, never too little. The producers caught lightning in a bottle when they cast him.

    • @Widembois
      @Widembois 11 місяців тому +13

      @@danielevans9379 yeah, but it’s such a shame he gave such hamfisted performances in every post-breaking bad appearance of Jesse we got

    • @danielevans9379
      @danielevans9379 11 місяців тому +4

      @@Widembois he definitely was on point during those original 5 seasons. I don’t think I’ve seen him in anything else. 🤔

    • @MerrStudio
      @MerrStudio 10 місяців тому +17

      @@Widembois absolutely, I have the same exact issue with his performance. I get a feeling that Aaron kind of evolved with Jesse and that's why his acting is so good in Breaking Bad, because he kind of got lucky with this. He cannot replicate early Jesse, he's like a weird version of Season 5 Jesse at best all time.

  • @adri84
    @adri84 11 місяців тому +1147

    Mike is one of the coolest characters ever written into a TV series.

    • @Matthew-oq1hx
      @Matthew-oq1hx 11 місяців тому +2

      How he’s jus a boring old man

    • @orangeman3505
      @orangeman3505 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Matthew-oq1hxYOU're a boring old man

    • @ericdravenashecorven
      @ericdravenashecorven 10 місяців тому +9

      Mike and Darryl Dixon have got to be two of the best examples of this happening.

    • @monstar3626
      @monstar3626 10 місяців тому +37

      ​@@Matthew-oq1hxhave you watched all of BB ?

    • @ameybagal4441
      @ameybagal4441 9 місяців тому +12

      Most badass as well 😈

  • @matthewjarek3026
    @matthewjarek3026 11 місяців тому +1288

    2:24 "Think hard, your freedom depends on it." I don't know why, but when I rewatched the series that line made me chuckle. It's just such a Mike thing to say. I know Saul was originally supposed to be in this scene and he could've said any of this dialogue just the same, but Jonathan Banks really made this small role his own. I'm so glad Vince made Mike a main character after this.

    • @dinohunter3467
      @dinohunter3467 9 місяців тому +8

      You are the dimmary guy

    • @lobardodelainternet4253
      @lobardodelainternet4253 6 місяців тому +9

      Personally, I don't think these dialogues would fit as well with Saul, because he's a bit too silly for a scene where we got a traumatized and depressed Jesse. Mike's way of handling things feels more serious, so it doesn't come as a detriment to Jesse's feels.

    • @henrypeters5291
      @henrypeters5291 5 місяців тому +6

      @@lobardodelainternet4253 Yeah, a lot of time they write or change dialogue to fit the character. That said, Vince has said that when Saul would have gone down a much darker path had Bob Odenkirk been available for this scene.

  • @carbo73
    @carbo73 11 місяців тому +235

    "Saul Goodman sent me. In a few months I'm going to be a fatherly figure for you, believe it or not"

    • @josiahgonzalez942
      @josiahgonzalez942 10 місяців тому +4

      Isn't it a year or so when they get more Friendly? I could be wrong

  • @guillermosierracuellar9812
    @guillermosierracuellar9812 11 місяців тому +1292

    And to think Mike was a last minute replacement for Saul

    • @GreasySenpai
      @GreasySenpai 11 місяців тому +56

      Vravo Bince

    • @wolverinefangowings
      @wolverinefangowings 11 місяців тому +6

      ​@@GreasySenpailmao

    • @budtrom
      @budtrom 11 місяців тому +5

      Best character in any of the shows/movie

    • @MrRyan-wu4jx
      @MrRyan-wu4jx 11 місяців тому +34

      There is no such thing as a last minute replacement in a tv series like this. That claim is severely overstated. They didn’t just wake Jonathan Banks up one morning and make him to do Saul Goodman lines. There’s auditions, screenwrites, re writes. Maybe Bob Odenkirk was not gonna be available for a bit but the process of creating this is not as spontaneous as they like you to believe.

    • @guillermosierracuellar9812
      @guillermosierracuellar9812 11 місяців тому +3

      @@MrRyan-wu4jx i was referring to that since Bob, was busy they has to create a new one

  • @heff434
    @heff434 9 місяців тому +368

    It’s cool how BCS lets us know that Mike actually knew who Jesse was and pretty much everything about him before this scene even takes place

    • @pablohorgiy2377
      @pablohorgiy2377 Місяць тому

      What, how, when?

    • @danielmorrison4060
      @danielmorrison4060 Місяць тому +10

      @@pablohorgiy2377after Saul gets kidnapped by Jesse and Walt, he hires Mike to investigate who both Igor and Heisenberg really are.

  • @deathbombs
    @deathbombs 11 місяців тому +685

    At this point in the show, Mike was like a mysterious boogeyman, so much suspense about who he is and what he does. Fantastic!

  • @billymercury3897
    @billymercury3897 11 місяців тому +515

    2:47 That quick glance at the camera 🤣🤣

    • @grebbogaming6063
      @grebbogaming6063 11 місяців тому +101

      That glance is everything lol it's such a good fourth wall break but it also really fits Mike's character. He may be a hardened criminal, but he's a nice guy deep down. He probably doesn't want to hurt Jesse at all, I'm sure he can tell that he's already hurting bad enough given the situation, but he needs Jesse to get the story straight so he doesn't get in further trouble. He gives us that frustrated "I don't wanna do this but I have to" type look

    • @marcjohn9404
      @marcjohn9404 11 місяців тому +47

      That's an old Hollywood thing, to look at the camera and do a soft 4th wall break. Oliver Hardy from Laurel & Hardy used to do it when Laurel was doing something really stupid, and Skipper from Gilligan's Island would do it when Gilligan acted stupid.

    • @Nemenis
      @Nemenis 11 місяців тому +48

      2:48 He looked at the camera and thought “look at this goober eh?” *SLAP*

    • @CrossoverFan4life
      @CrossoverFan4life 9 місяців тому +1

      Only time it happens

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 6 місяців тому +13

      Wasn’t a fourth wall break. In Mike’s POV, he was looking at the wall.

  • @vikass6802
    @vikass6802 11 місяців тому +656

    MIKE : "You woke up you found her that's all you know" say it
    Jesse : "You woke up you found her that's all you know"
    👋

    • @devanov3103
      @devanov3103 11 місяців тому +15

      lmfao 😂😂😂

    • @chasm671
      @chasm671 9 місяців тому +61

      Cop: "So, what happened here?"
      Jesse: "You woke up, you found her, that's all you know."

    • @luillierstephane1463
      @luillierstephane1463 8 місяців тому +7

      😂😂😂😂
      Mike : SLAP ! SLAP !

    • @dariuslewis7745
      @dariuslewis7745 8 місяців тому +8

      2:48

    • @irisdaniels2318
      @irisdaniels2318 7 місяців тому +2

      ​@@chasm671💀

  • @sebastiancaris
    @sebastiancaris 11 місяців тому +642

    Everyone knows this already, but thank you How I Met Your Mother for casting Bob Odenkirk to make him unavailable for this chapter

    • @TheMasterQuests
      @TheMasterQuests 11 місяців тому +56

      That show was good for something after all

    • @wrestlinginfodude2644
      @wrestlinginfodude2644 11 місяців тому +17

      @@TheMasterQuests c'mon that was also was pretty good show

    • @tiernancregan1924
      @tiernancregan1924 11 місяців тому +20

      @@wrestlinginfodude2644 I thought it was absolutely awful and you couldn’t pay me to watch it… but I still respect how people would think otherwise

    • @piccolo5346
      @piccolo5346 11 місяців тому +10

      ​@@wrestlinginfodude2644 Breaking Bad is levels above that show lol

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 11 місяців тому +3

      @@wrestlinginfodude2644 STEAK SAUCE

  • @siraan5642
    @siraan5642 11 місяців тому +147

    He goes through all the effort of making sure not to leave a trace that he was there, then he proceeds to take off the gloves, and open the door with his bare hands. XD

    • @mountainguyed67
      @mountainguyed67 11 місяців тому +9

      I noticed that.

    • @Asianprivlege11
      @Asianprivlege11 11 місяців тому +6

      He also opened the front door without gloves as well

    • @will_it_work
      @will_it_work 11 місяців тому +58

      Like Mike said, ODs don't prompt much attention, let along fingerprinting.

    • @morahSDG
      @morahSDG 11 місяців тому +24

      @@will_it_work So were the gloves more so just for sanitary purposes then?

    • @digital_gravity
      @digital_gravity 10 місяців тому +50

      Anyone can touch a doorknob. But walking outside with gloves on would draw attention to Mike. It makes sense.

  • @jessicacampbell4142
    @jessicacampbell4142 6 місяців тому +185

    I always found Mike to be a complex character. He was as tough as a nail, yet at the same time he came across as a Gentle Giant. Kudos to Jonathan Banks. He honestly did such a superb job in this role. Breaking Bad would not have been the same without him.

    • @goldcanyon340.
      @goldcanyon340. 4 місяці тому +4

      Truer words were never spoken.

    • @c8753sy
      @c8753sy 29 днів тому

      gentle giant reference?????????????

  • @GreasySenpai
    @GreasySenpai 11 місяців тому +1872

    Fun fact: Vince Gilligan actually killed Janes actress on set to make Aaron's heartbreak more realistic. Bravo Vince!

    • @dark_mode
      @dark_mode 11 місяців тому +76

      It's little details like these that makes 🅱️reaking 🅱️ad the greatest TV show ever. 🅱️ravo Vince indeed.

    • @RSainman
      @RSainman 11 місяців тому +7

      😂 😂 😂

    • @halfdanfiskerangen9025
      @halfdanfiskerangen9025 11 місяців тому +54

      I mean, you can see her breathing at 1:15, so pretty impressive that she can do that while being dead

    • @RSainman
      @RSainman 11 місяців тому +1

      @@halfdanfiskerangen9025 🤦

    • @GlassyDusty
      @GlassyDusty 11 місяців тому +43

      @@halfdanfiskerangen9025 that just shows her dedication to the craft

  • @1SaG
    @1SaG 11 місяців тому +211

    I must've watch BB back to back at least 5 or 6 times and there's plenty of sad and horrific moments in the series. However: Jane's death still gets me every time.

    • @SupComRaiden2
      @SupComRaiden2 10 місяців тому +35

      Honestly, Jane's death is the only thing that kept Jesse alive. Had she lived they both would have died of an OD eventually.

    • @michaelgualtieri651
      @michaelgualtieri651 7 місяців тому +8

      ​@@SupComRaiden2I guess that's what makes it even more tragic in away. This is a kind of scenario/situation that no matter what doesn't end well.

    • @IwinMahWay
      @IwinMahWay 6 місяців тому +2

      Ikr. It was satisfying

  • @Omnipotentmonkey
    @Omnipotentmonkey 7 місяців тому +84

    Really nice little acting touch there, 1:02
    Banks plays a good balance, he's not completely unaffected by seeing a very young woman dead at the end of a sad, self-destructive road with her boyfriend weeping in the next room,
    he isn't gonna weep about it, but you can tell he's sad to see it, Banks does a great job of giving us just that little morsel without stepping over into making Mike too soft and/or sympathetic, hardened, but still ultimately human.

  • @benoitwaffle5439
    @benoitwaffle5439 9 місяців тому +17

    Mr. Wolf, it was a real honor watching you work.

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 11 місяців тому +455

    It was a cool callback in BCS when, in the scene where Mike tells Saul about Walter White, Mike walks into the room wearing sunglasses just like he does in this scene.
    He then conspicuously dropped them afterwards, presumably when they had a better idea of who Mike actually was and realised he didn’t need to wear sunglasses everywhere to be intimidating, but it is a nice bit of continuity to show he was wearing them until that the end of S2 regardless.

    • @poisonbonbons8684
      @poisonbonbons8684 11 місяців тому +38

      I loved that detail in BCS. The sunglasses are super conspicuous because Mike never wears them again, even in the desert at high bright.

    • @jacklee8467
      @jacklee8467 11 місяців тому +8

      A lot of people wear sunglasses when they drive

    • @Longshanks1690
      @Longshanks1690 11 місяців тому +5

      @@jacklee8467 Mike doesn’t in any of the scenes where he’s driving.

    • @ChrisTX60
      @ChrisTX60 11 місяців тому +7

      you could also explain his glasses in this as him trynna conceal his identity a bit

  • @StefanPaul5
    @StefanPaul5 6 місяців тому +44

    Such a dark, depressing scene. Yet Jane's death does not deter Jesse from continuing along the path he's on with his former high school chemistry teacher. Little does Jesse know Walt made a brutal decision to let Jane die rather than call 911. Jane was one of many in the series who made the fatal mistake of crossing Walter.

  • @user-xl9lj2wx6u
    @user-xl9lj2wx6u 8 місяців тому +21

    Crazy to think he handled howard hamlin's case before this

  • @cargyllion
    @cargyllion 9 місяців тому +446

    1:27 He knew someone else was there. It's a subtle detail, but it really shows how much attention to detail Mike was putting into the cleanup.

    • @llarmstrong783
      @llarmstrong783 8 місяців тому +18

      What makes you say that

    • @nukacolacompany2534
      @nukacolacompany2534 8 місяців тому +63

      he just made an observation cause it was odd that the cardboard was there. he doesnt know anyone else was there

    • @AnimalBlundetto-12
      @AnimalBlundetto-12 7 місяців тому +83

      ​​​​@@nukacolacompany2534No, Mike knew. When he touches the cardboard, he notices that it got punched from the *outside*. Meaning someone must have entered the room at some point by forcing his way through the cardboard and opening the door (Walter). Mike was no dummy, but he didn't question it since his job was just to clean up. Questioning Jesse about it would have panicked him further and would have likely resulted in him alerting the cops.

    • @iimaginewagons632
      @iimaginewagons632 6 місяців тому +15

      @@AnimalBlundetto-12I think that him knowing that someone broke in doesn’t tell him when they broke in. I feel like without more information there’s no reason for him to not just see it as a druggie having a broken door and not caring enough to fix it for weeks.

    • @AnimalBlundetto-12
      @AnimalBlundetto-12 6 місяців тому +18

      @@iimaginewagons632 He doesn't know when the intruder broke in, but he definetly knows there was a forced entry from the outside at some point in time based on the loose cardboard. You're right, it doesn't really mean much since it's just a pair of drug addicts but it was a curious find for him since he was covering up the scene. It just shows Mike's incredible attention to details and why he's Gus' top man.

  • @gameroftheyear1000
    @gameroftheyear1000 10 місяців тому +88

    First time I saw this scene it immediately reminded me of Winston Wolf from Pulp Fiction. Just that hired gun contact who has the experience of working with messes big and small and knows how to professionally and cleanly get out of them. When Mike tells Jesse to think hard about any other contraband being in the house because his freedom depends on it, sounds just like something Winston Wolf would forewarn.

    • @JoCaTen
      @JoCaTen 9 місяців тому +4

      The only difference being Mike went to work right away, searched the house and took the contraband then talked process. True time being a factor

  • @SidPhoenix2211
    @SidPhoenix2211 11 місяців тому +128

    Forever thankful that Bob Odenkirk was busy with another show (How I Met Your Mother, I believe) around the time this episode was filmed cuz that led to the creation of Mike Ehrmantraut.

  • @troller4jesus
    @troller4jesus 11 місяців тому +136

    Felt so bad for Jesse. I was so happy when Todd became his friend.

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 11 місяців тому +13

      lol good ole Todd.

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 10 місяців тому +46

      He gave him a house and a stable employment. It's not easy finding friend like that you know.

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 10 місяців тому +16

      @@minhducnguyen9276 That house was a nice basement apartment. Jesse be living in style. Todd even gave him a couple of beers to celebrate.

    • @ndhickson3599
      @ndhickson3599 9 місяців тому +19

      @@mkultra2456he also hung a picture of Jesse’s girlfriend and her son in the workplace, showing he values family as well 🙂

    • @mkultra2456
      @mkultra2456 9 місяців тому +5

      @@ndhickson3599 Oh yeah I forgot about that. What a nice thing to do.

  • @DealerCamel
    @DealerCamel 11 місяців тому +23

    Look at Mike rolling up in sunglasses like he has any need whatsoever to prove he’s a badass

  • @TheSeth
    @TheSeth 11 місяців тому +25

    When Mike says to count down from 20, that is exactly how long it takes him to leave. Running everything like clockwork, as usual.

  • @chrisneugebauer2552
    @chrisneugebauer2552 9 місяців тому +47

    Bob Odenkirk not being there for this honestly worked out so great. It created a whole new character who become (at least in my opinion) the best character in this series. Plus I could never imagine the comedic Saul Goodman coming in and trying to do this scene.

  • @valaquenta220
    @valaquenta220 11 місяців тому +80

    If only the actor who played Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) knew how important this would be for his career, good god...Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul made him a star.

    • @jeffreycogswell5839
      @jeffreycogswell5839 6 місяців тому +2

      He played in Beverly hills cop

    • @stevedietrich8936
      @stevedietrich8936 5 місяців тому +2

      @@jeffreycogswell5839 He played in the TV drama "Wiseguy" for 4 or 5 seasons as well. Mid 80s as I recall.

  • @adamfletcher-dn4jm
    @adamfletcher-dn4jm 10 місяців тому +49

    One of the most heartwrenching scenes of the show

    • @H.K.5
      @H.K.5 Місяць тому

      It was way more heartwrenching when her dad showed up, I thought this particular scene was satisfying.

  • @Luizanimado
    @Luizanimado 11 місяців тому +22

    Fun Fact, this scene was originally going to be played by Shrek, but Shrek couldn't participate due to schedule, so they called lindsay lohan.

  • @amandeepdash9014
    @amandeepdash9014 11 місяців тому +896

    Fun fact: Vince Gilligan brought all the actors into a room before every season and had them professionally hypnotized to believe they were their respective characters, then let them free in a Truman-Show-type set to do whatever their characters would do. Not only did he save budget from having to hire writers, but also ensured realism. This was the moment Bravo truly Vinced.

    • @NEMA95
      @NEMA95 11 місяців тому +9

      😂

    • @zekeiwa5837
      @zekeiwa5837 11 місяців тому +38

      Man, these jokes stopped being funny long before you discovered them

    • @RSainman
      @RSainman 11 місяців тому +1

      Lmao

    • @Mr-M_M
      @Mr-M_M 11 місяців тому +40

      @@zekeiwa5837 It's still funny

    • @williamforsythe9180
      @williamforsythe9180 11 місяців тому

      @@zekeiwa5837 why don’t you go Robin Williams yourself in your closet, bud

  • @Sheikh_Speare
    @Sheikh_Speare 11 місяців тому +45

    It's crazy to think that you have an ex cop from Philly cleaning up a crime scene in Albuquerque.

    • @thomasomahony5973
      @thomasomahony5973 11 місяців тому +4

      If I were crooked, I'd love a cop on the payroll. They know what to look for.

    • @Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3
      @Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3 10 місяців тому

      Art imitates life. Truth is stranger than fiction.

  • @dougbodenhamer9391
    @dougbodenhamer9391 4 місяці тому +11

    Mike-a character who was never supposed to exist, to a one time character, to possibly the best character in the BB universe.

  • @dusan2001
    @dusan2001 3 місяці тому +11

    This is like the Winston Wolf scene, but dark.

  • @YouTuber-mc2el
    @YouTuber-mc2el 8 місяців тому +34

    I cannot put into words how much I enjoyed Breaking Bad. Every character was played to perfection. The writing was simply brilliant. I especially enjoyed the scenes with Mike. He brought knowledge, logic and calmness to all the chaos he was involved with. I applaud everyone involved with this creation. Without hesitation, the stars aligned with this series.

    • @cgore4
      @cgore4 3 місяці тому

      Looks like you could put it into words. Sentences actually.

  • @27EWS
    @27EWS 11 місяців тому +14

    Mike went to the effort of wearing gloves inside, but his finger prints are on both door knobs of the front door.

    • @jacksonburnette207
      @jacksonburnette207 11 місяців тому +9

      I think the gloves are for sanitary purposes, there's no reason the police would fingerprint even in the worst case scenario for a drug crime. They would just arrest Jesse.

  • @Ian-qs3fz
    @Ian-qs3fz 11 місяців тому +19

    after seeing this scene play out the way it did. It’s kind of hard to imagine Saul in this scene as originally intended.

  • @leventsurenkok8105
    @leventsurenkok8105 8 місяців тому +6

    the amount of crime scene cleaning Mike did both in BB and BCS is unreal

  • @chakalaka3960
    @chakalaka3960 8 місяців тому +26

    1:14 you can see Jane breathing lol - subtle but noticeable

    • @MonkeyDIvan
      @MonkeyDIvan 2 місяці тому +1

      1:38 you can see her quickly close and reopen her eyes

    • @mireiyu6623
      @mireiyu6623 2 місяці тому +2

      how they did not noticed that.
      a little mistake but not big deal i guess

  • @Kanders190
    @Kanders190 11 місяців тому +22

    Can't imagine what this series, and BCS, would look like if Odenkirk didn't have a scheduling conflict this day

  • @Gigachadent
    @Gigachadent 7 місяців тому +3

    "Stay tough you're in the home stretch" hits close to home

  • @kt9166
    @kt9166 11 місяців тому +63

    Whether Bob Odenkirk was available at the time is not important. Saul was a sort of comic relief in the series to begin with, so he would of course have a "fixer" to handle the rough stuff. Saul wasn't supposed to be the guy to get his hands dirty. Thus, Mike. And we were blessed with the brilliance of Jonathan Banks.

    • @loneadmin3191
      @loneadmin3191 10 місяців тому +4

      I can't imagine better call saul without mike, infact the only reason i saw BCS was because of a s1 clip of mike of bcs.

  • @deavonturenvanjetse
    @deavonturenvanjetse 11 місяців тому +20

    The last view days I’ve been seeing these clips pop up in my subscriptions. I have got so many new shows to see but watching these clips makes me want to binge Breaking Bad and Saul again… for the third or fourth time. It so good!

    • @Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3
      @Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3 10 місяців тому +1

      I rewatch both series every year. They're so good every time.

  • @RafaelFerreira-zq7jo
    @RafaelFerreira-zq7jo 7 місяців тому +4

    I think Jonathan put A LOT in that small characther (in that time, Mike dont even had a name, was just a substitute because Bob cant go to the studio that day) So that slap, that look to the corpes of the girl, the description on how police works, made the character totally dimensional with a story to tell

  • @theBCEproductions
    @theBCEproductions 11 місяців тому +8

    Crazy that this is all the screen time that Mike and Jane ever share

  • @Haxer123456
    @Haxer123456 8 місяців тому +3

    Amazing how this was the introduction to Mike in BB and one of the final scenes of Mike on BCS was him cleaning up another crime scene

  • @Sul00777
    @Sul00777 7 місяців тому +2

    Mike is my most favorite character on this entire show.

  • @pschroeter1
    @pschroeter1 11 місяців тому +8

    Mike and The Wolf are peers in their profession.

  • @flithbrin
    @flithbrin 3 місяці тому +3

    Mike is best dad, not just to his own granddaughter, but to Jessie too.

  • @houstonfob2FOREVER
    @houstonfob2FOREVER Місяць тому +2

    the death of one character begins the start of another

  • @10tepeyac
    @10tepeyac 8 місяців тому +3

    I like how they make it very realistic

  • @Dope-Bomb
    @Dope-Bomb 29 днів тому +2

    Mike has got to be the best "Ive got a guy for this" ever

  • @aryan7767
    @aryan7767 Місяць тому +2

    Once you finish watching better call saul, this line makes more sense
    "Saul goodman sent me." Now we know why

  • @brentstephens4081
    @brentstephens4081 9 місяців тому +14

    Love how noones mentioning how mike tosses a bong full of water into the bag.😂

    • @TarantinoChick
      @TarantinoChick 5 місяців тому +1

      I had to scroll so far down for this comment! That dirty bong water being poured right into his bag lol

    • @ElChocoVids
      @ElChocoVids 3 місяці тому

      Yo i was looking for this exact comment

    • @grace_josipovic
      @grace_josipovic 3 місяці тому

      YESSS! It's so disgusting.

  • @Ugarte211
    @Ugarte211 7 місяців тому +16

    Mike is the equivalent of Obi Wan and Gandalf if they had an intense malicious side without losing touch of their light. Wise, skilled, efficient, honest, and beneath all that rugged facade, absolutely human. He is my favorite character in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. Nobody but Jonathan Banks could have pulled it off as he did.

  • @dansocha401
    @dansocha401 9 місяців тому +11

    This programme was brilliant for many reasons. One of those reasons is that Mike, like Saul, is a criminal. However, even though he knows he's a criminal, he doesn't wish to lose all of what makes him a human. He empathizes with Jesse. He's doing the job of a criminal, and yet he still tries to maintain his humanity. With a nod to The Godfather, yes it's business, but it's also personal.

  • @4N9vxO3WnK
    @4N9vxO3WnK 5 місяців тому +4

    this is the moment mike ehrmantraut ehrmantrauted all over and jesse didnt know anything else than he woke up and found her, they both truly breaked the bad very well, bravo vince!

  • @pitbul2877
    @pitbul2877 11 місяців тому +73

    3:35 Huge waste of potential to not have Mike say "If you do, better call Saul". He could even do the finger guns thing

    • @djpemb
      @djpemb 11 місяців тому +25

      Would have been a bit out of character considering the situation

    • @pitbul2877
      @pitbul2877 11 місяців тому +3

      @@djpemb would be a great blooper...

    • @thegreenpigsnout5579
      @thegreenpigsnout5579 11 місяців тому +3

      @@pitbul2877 and him to do it with his usual deadpan face and voice

    • @user-ig2ih1iq5i
      @user-ig2ih1iq5i 11 місяців тому +2

      The what guns thing???

    • @omarama6001
      @omarama6001 11 місяців тому

      ​@@user-ig2ih1iq5i👉👉

  • @0xN1nja
    @0xN1nja 11 місяців тому +38

    I woke up I found her that's all I know.

  • @mrt4091
    @mrt4091 7 місяців тому +2

    And he never wore shades again

  • @ejkk9513
    @ejkk9513 11 місяців тому +152

    The unplanned character development of Mike is incredible. In this show you see how much he has lost his morals and debased himself with how he slaps Jesse. In Better Call Saul, we see how he got to this point. He cared when his little stunt got a normal guy killed when he destroyed Hectors money. He went on a self destructive path. This Mike wouldn't really care as much. In Breaking Bad, he has a code, but not morals. Unless it is family.

    • @andrasszabo1570
      @andrasszabo1570 9 місяців тому +32

      You're reading too much into it. Mike didn't slap Jesse because "he has lost his morals and debased himself".
      He did it because Jesse was in emotional shock. But his freedom depended on not being in that shock and not doing anything stupid. That's the way you can wake people up in that situation.

    • @DaKoRnMaN
      @DaKoRnMaN 7 місяців тому +6

      @@andrasszabo1570 Agreed. Also, Mike didn’t get a normal guy killed when destroying Hector’s money. The guy was a drug mule and just as much of a criminal as most people in bcs/bb.

  • @Azraelmaximilian
    @Azraelmaximilian 11 місяців тому +3

    This was the moment after Saul realized he better make a call

  • @CamRN81
    @CamRN81 8 місяців тому +1

    Overcast with a chance of T-storms, and here’s Mike strolling in with shades on lmao

  • @joem4939
    @joem4939 11 місяців тому +27

    Considering Mike is an expert of security, it’s weird he forgot to lock his car.

    • @weirdshibainu
      @weirdshibainu 4 місяці тому

      That car wouldn't catch any attention Easier to just leave when he needs to.

  • @alexb8833
    @alexb8833 7 місяців тому +4

    2:57 tell me again…

  • @deadmeatjb
    @deadmeatjb 7 місяців тому +1

    Dude just dumped bong water in everything even the money

    • @IDONTLIKETHATSHIT
      @IDONTLIKETHATSHIT 7 місяців тому +1

      There isn't water in the bong, look again.

    • @deadmeatjb
      @deadmeatjb 7 місяців тому

      @@IDONTLIKETHATSHIT the yellow glass confused me, Gracia brother

  • @guessowii
    @guessowii 7 місяців тому

    What's amazing here is that the bong wasn't even in the original script but since jonathan banks clears smoke so well it was written in

  • @patschoenherr7497
    @patschoenherr7497 2 місяці тому

    I always loved how quick and professional Mike was, no half measures and straight to the point, razor sharp.

  • @everwake2689
    @everwake2689 7 місяців тому +3

    We got a foot wiggle at 1:34!

  • @hulkjelly6876
    @hulkjelly6876 7 місяців тому +2

    Jane never had the makings of a varsity athlete

    • @starguy2718
      @starguy2718 3 місяці тому

      She's gonna miss her shift, down at the Bada Bing.

  • @joshfrey6315
    @joshfrey6315 4 місяці тому +5

    2:10 hows nobody talking about how he put a filled bong into a bag like it was nothing??? The dirty water would've went all over the bag

    • @ips2124
      @ips2124 4 місяці тому

      It's not filled it's just dirty

    • @joshfrey6315
      @joshfrey6315 4 місяці тому

      ​@@ips2124wow that's hard to tell that it's just dirty. Idk if I've seen a bong like that irl but it is just a prop

  • @HackingAtLife
    @HackingAtLife 4 місяці тому +2

    And that was the introduction of our last main character

  • @NewNormalWorldOrder
    @NewNormalWorldOrder 11 місяців тому +7

    This is definitely one of the scenes from Breaking Bad

  • @drkblu3394
    @drkblu3394 11 місяців тому +57

    Sad how now canonically Howard's death is the reason why Saul sent Mike here, he's seen him do this stuff before.

  • @Scout-164
    @Scout-164 11 місяців тому +6

    With how overworked the APD is in this day and age, I don't feel surprised when Mike tells Jesse that the police may not have arrived.

  • @maxib.murdock5330
    @maxib.murdock5330 2 місяці тому +2

    Imagine for a moment being Jonathan Banks. A veteran actor hired to replace someone for just one episode and almost 10 years later, that character becomes one of the best in both series.

  • @JohnCrowell
    @JohnCrowell 7 місяців тому +1

    Mike poured all the stinky bong water into that bag of nice clean cash

  • @robertheckman543
    @robertheckman543 7 місяців тому +1

    vince gilligan's version of "the wolf"

  • @NO-jk9jh
    @NO-jk9jh 11 місяців тому +4

    The debut of finger

  • @jefflandeen
    @jefflandeen 2 місяці тому +1

    The acting here and writing are top notch. Heavy scene ~ tragic, painful, real

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 7 місяців тому

    thats some damn fine acting by aaron paul

  • @projectx5154
    @projectx5154 6 місяців тому +4

    This introduction of Mike has made me think he had very easy job here and he's just one of the goons. But once you watch BCS you realize he's an ex cop and a pretty sharp person so he knows exactly what the police will be looking for and how to cover it up in the simplest way possible.

  • @connergillott6154
    @connergillott6154 28 днів тому +3

    If you look closely at Jane's body as Mike is cleaning inside the bedroom, the body is still breathing. Guess it was hard for Krysten Ritter to hold her breath in real life while filming

  • @BonhommeVert.Br.St-Jean
    @BonhommeVert.Br.St-Jean 8 місяців тому +2

    What was it that Gus Fring said to Walter? Ah, yes! You can't trust drug addicts.

  • @danrodrigues3531
    @danrodrigues3531 11 місяців тому +15

    One small detail that they missed was when Mike left the bedroom and grabbed the bong off of the countertop but there wasn't any water in there. In all of my years, I have NEVER seen a bong without water in it unless it was being cleaned. Even if it isn't being used daily, there is always water in there. I have a bong that hasn't seen any action in about a month but it still has that same, stale water sitting inside when I last used it. They took the time to make it look like it was used quite a bit.

    • @iDogtag
      @iDogtag 11 місяців тому +4

      I noticed that too, wondered why he'd be putting bong water in his bag before I saw it was empty haha.

  • @juanoro-barcenas79495
    @juanoro-barcenas79495 11 місяців тому +34

    Mike was the Chris Partlow of Breaking Bad.

    • @Delightfully_Bitchy
      @Delightfully_Bitchy 11 місяців тому +4

      *Kinda?* Personally, my first gut instinct is to compare him to Cutty, but you have a point.

    • @theWn123
      @theWn123 11 місяців тому +5

      I feel like the Cousins are more similar to Chris.

    • @aralmarpuc6886
      @aralmarpuc6886 11 місяців тому +3

      Chris was wayyy more ruthless than Mike almost in a psychopathic way. Whole Marlo crew was like that tho lol.

    • @MadguyWyleg
      @MadguyWyleg 11 місяців тому +3

      Mike is Slim Charles mate

    • @Delightfully_Bitchy
      @Delightfully_Bitchy 11 місяців тому

      @@aralmarpuc6886 He didn't say Mike was *literally Chris.*

  • @Laufield
    @Laufield 11 місяців тому +3

    I love Mike. He’s the best character

  • @Nicecatholicgirl
    @Nicecatholicgirl 6 місяців тому +1

    My mother died a week ago. Going through the same thing Pinkman was.

  • @Alphanumeric69
    @Alphanumeric69 3 місяці тому +1

    "What about stickers. You got any more stickers in the house? Think hard. Your freedom depends on it."

  • @AmTrFilms
    @AmTrFilms 3 місяці тому +2

    Mike takes everything away with purple gloves, a reference to Marie who's colour is purple and is a kleptomaniac.
    Bravo Vince

  • @Emtrax.
    @Emtrax. 5 місяців тому +1

    Mike was never balding, he shaves his head so no evidence can be found. Genius.

  • @shawaaf_1593
    @shawaaf_1593 11 місяців тому +8

    amazing thing to know that saul was a last minute replacement for mike

  • @meandmadarastwogiantballsa5638
    @meandmadarastwogiantballsa5638 11 місяців тому +5

    saul goodman sends his regards