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Walter Jr. starts calling himself "Flynn" in the Season 2 episode "Down". He does it to distance himself from his father. From Wikipedia: He grows apart from Walt due to his father's absences and bizarre behavior, being taught to drive by his friends and wanting to be called "Flynn." From a 2009 interview with RJ Mitte (Walter Jr.): Q: Walter Jr. ...

According to a review in the Wall Street Journal: The fly has become a symbol of the loss of control in Walt’s life, so its defeat is all that’s important to him right now.

This happens in the episode "One minute": Hank has a meltdown and beats the crap out of Jesse. Jesse ends up in the hospital and is majorly pissed. He wants to destroy Hank through a lawsuit and he also threatens to rat out Walt if he ever gets arrested by the police. Walt tries to make amends and offers Jesse a job partnership that is worth $1.5 ...

If you remember, Walt drove Hank to the "Industrial Laundry" that Hank had sussed out as consuming way-y-y too much energy and had these industrial air filtration systems from Germany. So he had a suspicion it was housing the meth lab - WHICH IT WAS. Walt insinuated himself into driving him, using his Aztek to get them there, and getting more and more ...

Gale kept a diary of items related to the construction of the meth lab operation he performed for Gus. I didn't know this, but the Breaking Bad blog says the lab was originally for Gale alone to provide meth for Gus, possibly also for the Croatians, where the quality was expected to be low (Lydia's explanation to Walt about Gus' plans for Europe). Walt's ...

According to this source, It is then heavily implied by Jesse that he was dissolved in hydrofluoric acid like his cousin Emilio. Jesse says in Season 1 Episode 7: "I got two dudes that turned into raspberry slushie then flushed down my toilet. I can't even take a proper dump in there. I mean, the whole damn house has got to be haunted by now." I ...

AMC's own description of the episode explains that at first Skyler basks in the luxury of Ted's heated bathroom floor but later Skyler stands in Ted's bathroom, fixing her make up post-tryst... Suddenly aware of and uncomfortable with the luxurious surroundings, she looks down at the warm floor, grabs a towel and stands on it. Personally, I took ...

The Pontiac Aztek has something of a reputation. A bad one. It was Pontiac's failed attempt at making a crossover model: a midway model between a minivan, a pickup truck, and a full SUV. The public hated it, and it sold poorly. To add insult to injury, it consistently finds itself included in lists of the world's ugliest cars. So it was the perfect car to ...

From this source: "Walt was right when he said that Gus is always 10 moves ahead. Gus didn't need to be right about his car being sabotaged; he was just smart enough to know that he was walking into what would be a perfect trap, and one he’d happily spring if the tables were turned. So he walked away." Basically Gus wasn't sure if his car had been ...

I think it's about little things escalating to big things. The episode starts with Walt noticing .14% of each batch coming up short. He's detected Jesse's skimming but doesn't know it yet. The fly represents nagging doubt. A little minor annoying thing, which leads to a bigger thing (losing his shoe) which leads to a bigger thing (falling off the ...

Perhaps it's because I'm a mother of very small children, but it helped me to look at the age of Walt's new daughter to help me somewhat decipher the passage of time in the series. Skyler was pregnant in the first episode, and the daughter was born in the second season. She's still an infant, which means to me that a year hasn't passed yet since her birth. ...

I'm sure it is deliberate. The realtor comments that there is at least one commemorative spoon for each of the 50 states. Marie's response is not out of the blue, but instead indicates that she noticed one of the spoons was from Puerto Rico rather than from a state. Rather than just say, "hey, that one isn't from a state like you said they were," she is a ...

Earlier on in the episode is was detailed that the DEA were already on to the Laundry place (the scene with Hank discussing why a laundry place would need two 1700 amp power panels, and how a laundry of that size would need less than half of that). While destroying the lab focused the attention of the DEA, they were already hot on the trail anyway. ...

Walter was not playing Jesse, just Gus. Walter's intent was not to manipulate Jesse, but to manipulate Gus and the bodyguard into an unguarded place. Poisoning Jesse's girlfriend's son causes stress to Jesse, who believed it was the ricin from the cigarette. This heightened his stress level so he could not perform the cooking duties for Gus. Walter was ...

In the pilot, we see Walt celebrate his 50th birthday (this is where we see the "bacon spelling out his age" thing for the first time). In S5E1, we see a flashforward where Walt is celebrating his 52nd birthday alone in a diner. In S5E4 Fifty-One, we see him celebrate his 51st birthday. Beyond that, I'm not sure how long each season was, but those are ...

You are indeed right that Marie appears to have an obsession with purple, which is very clear in the earlier seasons (she's always wearing something purple) and as you've shown in your screencap her home is very much covered in purple furnishings. The origins of this obsession are covered in an interview with Betsy Brandt (the actress who plays Marie) by ...

Just before Gus kills Victor, Walt monologues about how Victor is not as good of a cook, how he needs Jesse alive to help him cook, etc Gus's subsequent actions act as a punishment to Victor for being substandard, while simultaneously yet silently "accepting" Walt's request to leave Jesse alive. The act of Gus slicing Victor's throat demonstrates his ...

The reasons surrounding Walter leaving Grey Matter have not been covered in the series to this point. This is further confirmed on the Breaking Bad Wikia page for Grey Matter: ...he [Walter] was dating his female lab assistant, Gretchen ("...and the Bag's in the River"). For reasons not yet explained, Walter suddenly left Gretchen during a vacation with ...

At this point in the show, Walt makes more money than he could possibly safely unload. He must find ways to dispose of the funds beyond simply setting the cash on fire. With that in mind, dropping his current car for only $50 makes fiscal sense. I believe the Aztec is currently owned by Walter, making it an asset and therefore adds to the current overflow ...

Walt is clearly a manipulator. He controls most, if not all, of the facets of his life - his wife, her sister, her sister's law enforcement husband. He controls Jesse, his former science partner and his ex-partner's wife, even the school principal for a while. All this took a large part of his time to construct, and a sizeable amount of effort and attention ...

IMO, Skyler was looking for a reason to stay back. A reason not to flee from this madness, even though probably every fiber of her being told her to do so. When the entire situation was suggesting her to make a move, she came to the Four Corners expecting the Universe to indicate in some manner that she should stay back with her family and not rum from them. ...

An unemployed Jesse is the biggest threat imaginable to Walt (at least in season 3). Walt has an extremely low estimation of Jesse's discipline. This feeling I s amplified by Jesse's drug use which Gus points out at their first meeting. After Jesse threatens Walt from the hospital bed (the "get out of jail free card" speech) it's clear that Walt has to ...

I've always assumed it's because Gus knows that Victor was seen at the house -- remember that Victor and Mike had a conversation about the fact that he'd been seen (Mike was upset at it, and Victor didn't think it was that big of a deal). Gus isn't one to leave any possibility that he could be discovered by Victor's carelessness, so he knows it has to be ...

There's a bunch of ways to do this. Most likely: They took 130 takes to get it right Less likely: There's an invisible turn table under the gun They used an electromagnet to stop the gun The gun is on a clear plastic stick and someone out of sight is turning it

Yes, this happens in the episode - One Minute. When Walt's wife pursuades him to help Hank, Walt hatches up this plan to replace Gale with Jessie. Walt knew that Jessie was furious over what happened to him and a really big offer was needed to pacify him and let Hank go. Plus if Jessie works with him there is also lesser chances of him getting caught and ...