# Question about Breaking Bad **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309 "2012-08-03T15:58:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/21 "2012-08-04T07:56:46Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Hank. He has many LMAO moments. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/22 "2012-08-04T17:40:29Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Jesse, yeah him primarily, but there is the scene of Walter trying to roll a joint, wanting to shoot himself while standing in his underwear and the gun not working, when he tells off Skylar in the hospital room (“Get off my ass.”) “Climb down out of my ass.” Hank and Marie blossom into fantastic black comedy … um … blossoms. Jesse still has his funny moments. And of course there’s Badger and Skinny Pete. There’s never anything funny about Skyler, really. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/23 "2012-08-05T00:28:30Z")
“So, I would appreciate it, if you would just… climb down out of my ass… I really would.” ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/24 "2012-08-05T01:07:36Z")
And Tito Salamanca, one of the funniest characters ever on television. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/25 "2012-08-09T20:37:38Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > And Tito Salamanca, one of the funniest characters ever on television. Not sure how far OP is or if any of this would be considered spoily, so just to be safe putting it in a box. Tio, not Tito. As in Spanish for uncle, he’s Tuco’s uncle. His actual name is Hector. But yeah, he’s got some funny stuff in there. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/26 "2012-08-09T21:39:44Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Not sure how far OP is or if any of this would be considered spoily, so just to be safe putting it in a box. > > Tio, not Tito. As in Spanish for uncle, he’s Tuco’s uncle. His actual name is Hector. But yeah, he’s got some funny stuff in there. He’s up for an Emmy this year for Breaking Bad. I heard them saying it was a real testament to his acting when he’s up for an Emmy even though he had virtually no lines and the very few words he did say were in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/27 "2012-08-09T21:52:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > There’s some other stuff like that, yes. Vince Gilligan, the guy who created the show, got his start on The X-Files and is responsible for some of the best episodes of that series. That horror/comedy sensibility appears in a lot of places in Breaking Bad. I had read about the X-Files like before but forgot it. Yesterday I watched an episode and was thinking the episode names reminded me of the X-Files episode names. Do any particular X-Files episodes by Vince Gilligan stand out to you? I used to love The X-Files, maybe I’ll watch a few of his. > [@TommyTutone](#): > > Saul Goodman, played by Bob Odenkirk of “Mr. Show with Bob and David” and many appearances on shows like “Comedy Bang Bang” and “Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show Great Job”, adds some much needed relief to a lot of otherwise dark and tense moments throughout the series once he appears. I will say that he as a character has helped me forget about him in other roles, much like Cranston has done with “Malcolm in the Middle”. They both turn up in How I Met Your Mother too, that’s kind of weird. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/28 "2012-08-09T22:47:49Z")
> [@Feyrat](#): > > Honestly, I gave up halfway through the second season. The show’s good, but just too unremittingly dark for me. Yeah, it was funny, but not enough to offset the essential nastiness of the main character, to me. Well, the show’s name _is_ “Breaking _Bad_.” Not good. Not funny. Bad. Bad. It’s sort of implied that things go downhill. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/29 "2012-08-09T23:50:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > He’s up for an Emmy this year for Breaking Bad. I heard them saying it was a real testament to his acting when he’s up for an Emmy even though he had virtually no lines and the very few words he did say were in Spanish. Hell of an actor…[http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/bwe/images/2011/10/Breaking-Bad-Hector-Faces-1318226431.jpg](http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/bwe/images/2011/10/Breaking-Bad-Hector-Faces-1318226431.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/30 "2012-08-10T16:06:26Z")
IMHO the funniest scene from Breaking Bad : When Walt (who’s off camera) beings sliding supplies across the basement floor to Krazy 8, and you see a bucket…followed by a roll of toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/31 "2012-08-10T16:22:24Z")
Just watched the first episode of season four. Question: Why did Gus Fring do what he did to Victor? ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/32 "2012-08-10T16:48:19Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Just watched the first episode of season four. Question: Why did Gus Fring do what he did to Victor? Without revealing any spoilers beyond 401, the mundane explanation is that Victor let himself be seen at the scene of Gale’s murder. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/33 "2012-08-10T16:51:52Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > IMHO the funniest scene from Breaking Bad : > > When Walt (who’s off camera) beings sliding supplies across the basement floor to Krazy 8, and you see a bucket…followed by a roll of toilet paper. And then a bottle of hand sanitizer. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/34 "2012-08-10T16:54:07Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Without revealing any spoilers beyond 401, the mundane explanation is that Victor let himself be seen at the scene of Gale’s murder. He [Victor] also made it clear that he knew to much. Victor may have just been trying to prove to Gus that they didn’t need these two clowns when he could just run the place by himself, but Gus needed to make sure he couldn’t go off on his own. Most importantly, I believe, this was the first time that Walt, Jesse and the viewers really and truly saw that Gus Fring does not fuck around. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309/35 "2012-08-10T17:06:53Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > During the filming of season 4 they weren’t sure if they were going to have a season 5. Season 4 is specifically designed to be the final season OR to be the penultimate season. I think that’s why it turned out so well. Specifically, the season 4 finale was designed to be a series finale if it needed to be. Hmm, thanks. I did not know that. But I can see why the possibility of it being the final season added to the intensity of it. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > He [Victor] also made it clear that he knew to much. Victor may have just been trying to prove to Gus that they didn’t need these two clowns when he could just run the place by himself, but Gus needed to make sure he couldn’t go off on his own. Most importantly, I believe, this was the first time that Walt, Jesse and the viewers really and truly saw that Gus Fring does not fuck around. Yeah, I always thought of that scene as Gus establishing that he was a completely ruthless badass to Jesse and Walt for the first time (meaning he isn’t afraid to do some of his own dirty work). That was a really shocking segment and completely unexpected. Gus is usually so calm and fastidious and that made what he did to Victor even more shocking. I had gotten kinda used to Mike and Victor doing all of Gus’ dirty work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-breaking-bad/630309.md?page=1)