This is so sad 😢 RJ Mitte was truly loved by so many people. I can't imagine the pain his sister is going through right now

Alternate universe: the company succeeds before Walter leaves and he stays for the money

Seeing how his big drug empire didn't last even a year because the guy is lousy as a leader of an organization makes me believe that the guy would have screwed up if he stayed in the company

Ok now maybe the young Walter wasn't so broke and the company would have run its course, or it would just be a matter of time for Walter to explode and ruin him in some way by going to another company to ruin it anyway for wanting to be the boss

As far as I know, Walter was the one with the ideas, Eliot was in charge of the business and Gretchen was in charge of giving the money at the beginning, maybe that would screw Walter for not being the one who is in absolute command?

I always wonder if they heard about walts passing on the news if they would assume the contract killers were uninterested and called his bluff, or if they did it. I can't tell. I can see how narritively it would be interesting to have had it all been for nothing and they turned the money into the police. Much more satisfying to believe he got it to him though..

So what do you think?

Like his little brother. His secret weed stash dropped like a bomb and never touched again. And why Jesse ended up the way he did is also something I wished was a bit more developed. Was he just wanting a different & more “exciting” life from the comfortable & constructive upper class? Or was it driven more by issues with his parents? Or was his descent into the drug world driven by something else entirely? When did things become irreparable with his family? We got a close view of Walt’s family life & history but I always felt Jesse was a bit robbed in this regard as the other MC.

They always bring up this point that if Walter was exposed as Heisenberg, Hank would lose his job for not seeing what was right under his nose. But Hank was the only person who kept searching for answers about this case, even when everyone else was convinced it was a done deal. Would you really get fired for NOT solving a case like this?

Context. Breaking Bad actor Luis Moncada received a relentless amount of emails surrounding the recent passing of RJ and this is his response.

Back in 2024, I was at the Renaissance Festival celebrating my 23rd birthday when I noticed someone in the distance talking to a group of people who looked a LOT like RJ Mitte. I remember turning to the people I was with and asking if I was seeing things or if that was actually him lol.

Eventually I decided to walk up to him and said, “RJ I love your work!” We ended up having a short conversation, and he was genuinely such a nice and down to earth guy. He even asked what brought me out to the Renaissance Festival that day, and when I told him it was my 23rd birthday, he joked about how I only had a couple more years until I was kicked off my parents health insurance 😂

It was such a random interaction but one that I’ll always remember. What stood out to me most was how genuine he seemed. He could’ve easily just said thanks and gone about his day, but he actually took the time to have a conversation with me.

I’m really glad I got the chance to meet him even if it was just for a few minutes. He seemed like a genuinely kind person, and it’s a memory I’ll always appreciate.

Just found out about this, love Jesse's character. I mean the way he deals with his life post Walter's death is so acted well

Spoilers for some if the ending of BB and El Camino, which I just recently finished both for the first time.

When Walt finally uses Ed to disappear to New Hampshire in the show, Ed basically explains that he will never be able to leave the cabin. He even says that if he ever does leave the cabin, then Ed will stop helping him. The reason given for this is that Walt is the subject of a nationwide search, thus he cannot allowed to be free in any circumstance.

Yet, in El Camino, the movie very explicitly depicts that Jesse himself is actively being looked for by the police on a national level, and yet Ed just lets him be a normal fugitive in Alaska.

Why the drastic difference in how he handles things?

I got to know abt this show from shorts and reels so thought of giving it a try I alrdy knew some spoilers and stuffs but when I started watching it I just kept on sometimes 8-10episodes in a day like I usually watch nax to max 3 episodes but Breaking bad is smthg very attractive to watch completed season 3 and I have heard next 2 seasons are pure bangers

I can't express my appreciation on how this show made me understand what a peak web series is never In my life I thought I would be watching 8-10 ep a day of this series. peak fiction

I’m on my first watch through of the show and im on episode 11 of season 4 and Walt has VOLUNTARILY crashed the car and the first thing in my mind was “wow that poor car getting messed up again” now all I can think about is, is Walter White even insurable at this point or is he just not reporting the what seems like weekly accidents?

Screenshot from BCS S03e10. Jimmy arrives at Chuck's house. That Spanish villa looks like the house Jesse Pinkman will later inherit from his aunt in Breaking Bad. Of course that style is likely quite common in upscale areas of ABQ. Definitely looks like the same neighborhood, though.

(Rest in peace, RJ)

Are we supposed to assume he’s actively working at the car wash as a cover story? How does he have time for that with all of the illegal responsibilities he’s managing? Do Hank, Marie, or Jr never wonder where he is or what he’s doing?

I was literally in the middle of rewatching BB , it feels so weird knowing he’s gone. Love ya Walter jr

I’m rewatching Breaking Bad, and I really don’t understand why Gus was so determined to get rid of Walt over him killing two street dealers.

Walt only killed them to save Jesse’s life. Sure, he went against Gus’s orders, but was that really enough to have him killed, over two low level dealers? Walt was incredibly valuable to Gus, and as far as I can see, he would’ve happily continued cooking if Gus had just moved on. Gus also gets closer with Jesse later on and works well with him, which makes his decision to treat Walt’s actions as unforgivable feel even more inconsistent.

As for Gale, Gus had already planned to kill Walt and replace him with Gale. Walt only got Gale murdered because Mike was literally about to execute him. What else was he supposed to do? Also, wasn’t Jesse the one that killed him, why did Fring seem to hold the killing so much more against Walt than Jesse.

And if anything, Walt was actually helping Gus by keeping Hank away from his operation, even crashing his car to stop Hank from investigating the laundry. Surely Gus should've recognised how loyal Walt was to him rather than always trying to get rid of him.

It feels like Gus created the entire conflict himself. He tried to kill Walt, Walt defended himself, and then Gus continued holding that against him. I understand that he valued loyalty and control, but surely losing two street dealers wasn’t worth destroying his relationship with the best chemist he’d ever employed, seems like Gus’s pride and ego was as big, if not, bigger than Walt's contrary to what Mike said later on.

Saw some posts here that are about what might have happened to J Roberts (writer of Seven Thirty-Seven and Peekaboo) who seems to have disappeared after S2. Apparently, he gave this interview on some writing-related podcast in 2017:

https://seatedatthewriterstable.libsyn.com/97-sharpening-his-craft-while-writing-on-breaking-bad-jay-roberts

Certainly doesn't sound like he was harbouring any ill feelings, though he doesn't say anything about why he left.

Couldn't reply to any of the original posts since they're all archived.

When Walt asks Ed if he’d give his money to his family once he passes, Ed replies vaguely with “If I said yes, would you believe me?”. Knowing Ed’s character, this seems like an attempt to shut down the conversation and keep himself neutral to the situation, but the more I think about it, I can’t see Ed just taking that cash and pocketing it for himself. It is his due diligence to work with his clients and help them out, so this just seems like an extension of that.