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@zacthebuzzkill

5 жыл бұрын

hi

@beckyginger3432

5 жыл бұрын

@Ryan Stewart did you post this on the last video as well?

@ProxyMinePro

5 жыл бұрын

Have you guys done a video about Charles McGill and Kimberly Wexler, yet?

@cyanide6544

5 жыл бұрын

What theme did you use for todd?

@linpark764

3 жыл бұрын

@@zacthebuzzkill 0

"I once convinced a woman I was Kevin Costner" rewatched Better Call Saul and . . . .holy shit. he really did

@cbly

5 жыл бұрын

Woman: Hey, you are not Kevin Costner! Jimmy: I was last night..

@cocob0l0

4 жыл бұрын

blyguy What a goddamn king

@Evanderj

4 жыл бұрын

I thought Saul was Kevin Costner...

@kevinw712

4 жыл бұрын

I think this was pretty much the show's only example of truly going meta, of having something born totally out of audience response actually make it into the narrative. I have no recollection of the "Kevin Costner thing" for Bob Odenkirk ever getting referenced before the days of BB, and for good reason, it was a likeness he grew into with age. Younger Odenkirk doesn't really look much like younger Costner at all. But as it got later into season 2 and then into season 3 with the show gaining a wider audience (I myself didn't start with the series at all til the break between 5a and 5b), fans started to realize Bob genuinely did have a sort of uncanny resemblance to Costner now. It got brought up so much in the fandom, then there was a way for Gilligan to bring it into the narrative in a natural enough way, so he did so.

@AttackHelicopter64

3 жыл бұрын

Did he also found his wife in his stepfather's bed? That also was one of the stories told by Saul

I disagree with the description of todd. Todd is not evil for evil's sake. He's evil: nothing personal. He is without question a sociopath, but they keep saying he "enjoys" pain/killing etc. I don't see that. He just straight up doesn't care, which to me is far scarier. He won't laugh or cry as he kills you, he'll just kill you like it's no big deal and move on to the next thing. To Todd killing is literally not a personal act, he doesn't have an emotion attached to it and doesn't understand why others do. Which also represents a deeper level of Walt's decent. By the time Walt gets to Todd, he's almost numb to murdering people, Walt at that point is ordering hits on people, as part of business not even really as a life or death struggle.

@WillNelson73

5 жыл бұрын

Agree with you 100% on Todd

5 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the exact same thing

@cgopie1

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. I actually wrote a similar comment before reading this one.

@haymaker710

5 жыл бұрын

Todd is detached evil.

@berrychoresyo2629

5 жыл бұрын

When walter assault jack and his whole crew in the final episode, Todd gets up and the first word he said before got strangled by jesse was "Mr white..." with a curious look on his face to me that implies that the first thing that comes to his mind after that assault was not about the safety of his friends. But something else about walter

“Mikes brutally honest...” Mike: I brought a sandwich

@chinkubai

3 жыл бұрын

PIMENTO SANDWICH

@adamsmith3743

3 жыл бұрын

*walter jr breakfast noises intensifies*

@iamber34

2 жыл бұрын

*to a gunfight 😏

I love when Mike calls Jesse "sexist" for no killing lydia just because she is a woman haha.

@edi9892

5 жыл бұрын

A true advocate of gender equality LOL. I loved that people said that BB never drops the F-bomb and then Mike comes along with _STFU and let me die in peace_

@bouncyshak

5 жыл бұрын

*she is a woman lol

@nero7312

5 жыл бұрын

'He is a woman'

@reneelucero2923

5 жыл бұрын

I mean...it's kinda true tho xD

@apullcan

5 жыл бұрын

It may also have just been Jesse hates killing people *period*.

The way all of the characters are extensions of Walt's personality is fucking brilliant. John Truby talked about that no character should be there just to be there, and BB nails that rule PERFECTLY.

@ProxyMinePro

5 жыл бұрын

Then why did we have to deal with Badger and Skinny Pete?

@duncanabram7098

5 жыл бұрын

Ozymandias Because they’re sub-dealers for Walt’s operation

@ipsurvivor

5 жыл бұрын

I think this is yet another reason why TWD and FTWD are falling apart. And even the core characters are being forced to serve narratives forced by exigent circumstances. Rick as Gandhi and Mother Theresa combined... NOT WORKING!!!

@duncanabram7098

5 жыл бұрын

ipsurvivor Yeah TWD has been a below average show for awhile. Even at its best moments in seasons 1-5 it was never better than Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad’s first season is probably better than TWD’s best season

@friendlypup5650

5 жыл бұрын

Yakxter's Bass Music actually his son is the entire reason why skyler stuck with Walt and didn’t rat on him in season 3

Finally, someone gets it. Breaking Bad isn't about "standing up for yourself". It isn't about one man doing what he must. It isn't about family or redemption. Not about the danger of drugs. Nope. It's about evil. Evil in all shapes and sizes. The purpose of the show wasn't to convince you that a drug dealer could be good, but that anyone can be bad.

@ObaREX

5 жыл бұрын

Shit. I should've ended it with "anyone can BREAK bad." Aw well.

@entertain7us148

5 жыл бұрын

... i am scaredif anyone genuinely thought Walt was the hero of the show, I mean what the hell?

@ObaREX

5 жыл бұрын

@@entertain7us148 You'd be surprised. I had many friends and family members that'd argue with me on that.

@donnie8032

5 жыл бұрын

Literally the whole purpose of the show was to raise hell

@benhinton4613

5 жыл бұрын

Edward Gil i think another central message is that emotionally supporting loved ones is more important than financially supporting them

Gus will always be my favourite, but good God, I love Mike. If you are going to be around evil people, those are the kind you want in your corner.

@apullcan

5 жыл бұрын

I hated Walt SO much after he killed him.

@amorepixie7

5 жыл бұрын

He's my favorite character in the show I hated Walt so much when he killed him ugh

@FabalociousDee

5 жыл бұрын

@@apullcan Yeah, Walt was a dickhead to me after Season 3, long before he killed Mike. Him killing Mike just confirmed my feelings.

@bbbabrock

5 жыл бұрын

@@FabalociousDee Same here. I thought even Jane had it coming largely. But once Walt got Jesse to kill Gale just to save his own craven pathetic ass, I wrote Walt off too. Walt ruined t lives of both Jesse and Gale w that one action at t end of season three.

@FabalociousDee

5 жыл бұрын

@@bbbabrock Chemistry wasn't the only thing Walt was talented at. When he got to ruining people's lives, he didn't fuck about.

"I liked it, I was good at it, I was alive", that one line really explains the entire show, Walt lied to himself throughout the show, that was the first time he had any kind of self awareness

@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165

5 жыл бұрын

Peter E So True!!! i've said from the time i binged the show: "i can't believe i didn't watch this bc it was abt meth, and meth bc 'drugs are bad, m'kay?'"😉 i went on to say to fam & friends: "If the earth is still here in 500 years, "BB" will be studied & performed comparable to the way "Macbeth" is studied today." 💗💞

@AvatarRoku999

5 жыл бұрын

He actually was doing it for his family at first. So no.

@darksideofevil13

5 жыл бұрын

There's a theory he only said that so she wouldn't miss him. And actually did still believe he did it for them.

@owlnemo

5 жыл бұрын

I actually shouted "Thank you" out loud when I watched this scene, since it annoyed me so much that he'd use excuses about family when it never truly was about them (well, maybe in the first season part of it was about them, but then it stopped).

@Eman-vp6ju

5 жыл бұрын

@@AvatarRoku999 if he was doing it for his family he would've swallowed his stupid pride and taken Gretchen and Elliot's money.

What about Huell? His sin should be barely being in the show.

@johnschliesleder7090

4 жыл бұрын

and being stuck in that room

@andreyi7g7

4 жыл бұрын

His sin is that he is reasonably happy

@yeahmhmmrightokaymhmmyeahsure

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody talks about Skylar

@jocelynleyva1795

3 жыл бұрын

This is the correct opinion

@jocelynleyva1795

3 жыл бұрын

yeahmhmmrightokaymhmmyeahsure No fr though...I’m trying to think of what her sin is without it sounding like victim blaming because, she did keep up with walts dirty business even though she wanted out since the beginning. Maybe her sin is letting him continue on without any consequences, but I don’t think she’s a character that embodies evil. Just someone who was capable of doing and and especially of enabling it

I don't think I ever cheered so hard when a character was dying in a show/movie than when Todd died. Kind of sadistic, on my part, actually.

@FabalociousDee

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, you're allowed, I cheered, too. LOL

@thezoid.withfreaky6204

5 жыл бұрын

Lol you broke bad as well

@gabrieljordan8015

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I hated that character more than all the rest of the bad guys combined.

@josephcarmody3248

5 жыл бұрын

It was explained in the video that normal people are appalled when violence is either unprovoked or unnecessary. Jesse needed to kill Todd in order to escape and Todd provoked Jesse on many occasions. So cheering for Todd’s death does not make you sadistic.

@sylvesterwarbringer8397

5 жыл бұрын

I was cheering more when he didnt died in random bullet shots but Jesse strangling him

Tuco is the literal definiton of Chaotic Evil

The look on Mike’s face when he realizes he has to leave his granddaughter at the park is what I remember most about the show Breaking Bad. Hell of an actor.

@shuddap_

5 жыл бұрын

Broke my heart

@t.c.4321

2 жыл бұрын

The actor himself Jonathon banks believes that Mike wouldn't have done that. It would be interesting to have had a rewrite where the writers listened to the actor and adapted the story, even though that wasn't really viable.

@Andyatl2002

Жыл бұрын

@@t.c.4321, this is why we have fan fiction for when you believe canon should be something else.

Alternative title for this video: Breaking Worse

@apullcan

5 жыл бұрын

Breaking Badder

@RagingCondor

5 жыл бұрын

Breaking Badder.

@dalirkosimov2576

5 жыл бұрын

*breaker bading*

@donnie8032

5 жыл бұрын

@@apullcan Breaking Bad 2: Electric Boogaloo

@gregtheflyingwhale6480

5 жыл бұрын

Breaking Butter

Todd creeps me out so much. When you first see him, he seems like a regular, friendly guy. He's an easy-going person who probably has no trouble making friends. However, after he kills that kid, you realize that he is entirely devoid of human empathy. To him, there's no difference between going on a walk and murdering an innocent person. He commits murder with the same casualness of somebody tying their shoes. He is able to mask how evil he is so easily because he genuinely doesn't believe that he has done anything wrong. He has no conscience

@PolishGod1234

3 жыл бұрын

He is a psychopath - he has no emotions or empathy. He doesn't know what's good or wrong - so calling him sadistic is wrong. He takes no pleasure from killing - it's just a chore for him like taking out the trash. Imo his uncle is worse person

@content0h926

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite part is when he sings “ Sharing the night together “ 😅

@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470

2 жыл бұрын

@@PolishGod1234 His uncle is the reason why Todd is evil

@PolishGod1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 Yup

@Ummmmmmmm841

2 жыл бұрын

One analogy I read is that people like Todd think of human the same as a tissue, u use tissues or not use them, when u discard the tissue you don’t really feel much and u won’t care about tissue.

I would like to see a series about Gus before he came to the USA from South America and then when he builds up his empier in the USA.

@cgopie1

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I want to know what it was that saved him in the flashback when his friend was killed. His life was spared because of his past....surely, that's got to be a pretty enticing spin-off!

@krazyzyko

5 жыл бұрын

Already knowing how he'll end up, kinda takes away from his story imo

@attilagabor535

5 жыл бұрын

Axel Morales Well we already know how Saul flee at the end of the breaking bad but he still got a series about the beginning of his lawyer career(which is a really good series btw)

@alexandrebeaudry8377

5 жыл бұрын

It could be titled Gus vs Colonel Sanders.... The chicken war

@silasg3650

5 жыл бұрын

@@krazyzyko Watch better call saul. It doesn't mean you can't make a good show out of it.

The scariest thing about Todd is he is emotionless. He’s not laughing as he tortured you, he just does it. He’s dedicated and everything but he never shows it.

@alexhamburg1187

4 жыл бұрын

Todd acts like a young mechanic who repairs cars f.e. This mechanic by his upbringing is only inerested to work on dark coloured cars and he wants to improve his skills.

@zanaris-xu5fr

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexhamburg1187 what

@Glory-Compass

2 жыл бұрын

he is a pure psychopath

@Kos-here

Жыл бұрын

Like Zero from Katana Zero

My main pobrem with lydia was her refusal to see what she was doing, I'll always remember her scene where she is going out of the bunker with her eyes closed so she wouldn't see all the dead people that SHE hired. If you are evil own that, don't do that

@annaeverette8960

2 жыл бұрын

I always thought she did that to avoid having to lie to the police if she was ever questioned.

Todd is a sociopath, not a sadist. He feels little empathy, but that doesn't mean he enjoys hurting others.

@keysmash6739

4 жыл бұрын

he is indifferent, he doesn’t enjoy it, but he doesn’t feel bad about it; he doesn’t feel anything

@hellonhead5905

3 жыл бұрын

If only he wasnt trapped in a Neo-Nazi family.

@Glory-Compass

2 жыл бұрын

he is a psychopath not a sociopath, theres a difference

@brooklynnmcloud1470

Жыл бұрын

i disagree. he kept that kids spider as a trophy after he killed him.

@straawberryfieldsforever

Жыл бұрын

@@brooklynnmcloud1470 yeah but it was also evidence of his act. He kills people but doesnt care, to him its like "yeah today I watched a movie, shot a kid and went to bed" (example)

Love you guys and usually agree with your analyses but I think you under-analysed Lydia Rodarte Qualye. Toward the end she was desperate sure, but that wasn't her motivation. She was greedy all along, same as the male criminals. You also didn't touch on how she manipulated Meth Damon by flirting with him for her own financial gain.

@Babih57

5 жыл бұрын

Meth Damon 😂😂😂

@showbizroxs

5 жыл бұрын

Cuz they're both women that's why they were soft on Lydia 😆😆

@HanQ28

5 жыл бұрын

I agree but not all male criminals (and male characters in general) in this show are that greedy. Lydia is actually one of the greedier ones.

@bbbabrock

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. You are right. It's like they are somewhat giving Lydia a pass for her evil that she absolutely doesn't deserve. It could be a chick thing. Idk.

@eleiraeel

5 жыл бұрын

Can you guys stop pointing out the fact girls made this video? If a guy made this video you wouldn’t be saying those things so shut up and actually have something productive to criticize

Mike was my favorite character, his death made me so sad :( that was the moment I lost all respect for Walt

@maggyfrog

4 жыл бұрын

for me, it became clear that walt is just straight up evil when he decided to let jane die. even though jane is just a minor side character, that moment described walt without a lot of dialogue. but yea, it was the worst death of the story for me when mike got killed. even before i started watching better call saul, you can just tell that mike is still a good guy and you want to root for him. aside from jesse, mike's my other favorite character. super cool and badass, and intelligent and wise and excellent at reading people. in my book, mike had ONE giant mistake, and it's in better call saul. when he agreed to take fring's offer and HIS NAME became officially connected to his business, that was his big mistake because that's what really got him in trouble in breaking bad. if he was never officially employed by gus, the cops never would have bothered him or his money in the bank, and he wouldn't have owed a bunch of killers their money and the money for his granddaughter wouldn't have been exposed. he wouldn't have had to go back to lydia to get walt what he needed. mike should have just kept on the sidelines and NEVER mention any money to gus in the first place.

@210SAi

4 жыл бұрын

Maggy Frog had he saved Jane she would have screwed over Jesse’s life and both probably would have ODed shortly after the left ABQ with Jesse’s money

@maggyfrog

4 жыл бұрын

@O G my point is that walt IS evil for letting jane die. and technically, he didn't "save" jesse because he cared about his well-being. walt "saved" jesse because he needed him to keep operating the way he wants to.

@nont18411

4 жыл бұрын

O G Walt afraid that Jane will “screw over Jesse’s life”. Pretty strong word from a character that put Jesse through hell.

@Sigma3095

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

I actually had guesses for all of these before the video: Mike: Practical Evil (basically the same) Saul: Evil of Deceit (guess I was more influenced by Better Call Saul than BB on that one) Tuco: Evil of Impulse Lydia: Evil of Self-Preservation (basically what they said) Gus: Evil of Greed Hector: Evil of Pride Todd: Evil of Lack of Empathy- he's a good old fashioned psychopath who doesn't care about anyone else

@matthewchampion8214

5 жыл бұрын

I like your ones better. Tuco's evil works better as impulse which explains why he chooses violence as first resort in most scenarios

@MithiSevilla

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they got Todd wrong.

@TTUploads

5 жыл бұрын

Gus - sadistic evil mixed with corporate evil. He tortured animals as a kid and kills people in the most painful way.

@laurelkuyon2556

4 жыл бұрын

Snakie I don’t think Todd is a psychopath he’s a sociopath because he has no emotion.

@redgefleming1535

4 жыл бұрын

Todd: Evil of apathy

I love that Bob Odenkirk not being able to shoot a scene was caused the creation and introduction of one of, if not _the_ most loved character in the show. Mike is incredible from Better Call Saul to Breaking Bad to even his short role in El Camino, all of his scenes are incredible and interesting.

I think the analysis of Gus leaves out the fact that he goes on his twenty-year revenge spiral solely because of his partner's murder. He's the embodiment of a corporation, sure, pretending to care about his employees before violently disposing of them, but in the flashback we can see that once upon a time, he was capable of love. At his core, he's a character who's been so utterly damaged and warped by grief that he's lost his humanity, instead becoming the embodiment of capitalism.

@ZIGZAG12345

4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of how one of the folks behind The Wire TV series described a criminal character named "The Greek" in the show. He was quite a big-shot, ran a shipping company shipping goods such as bulk-quantities of coke, humans, organs, etc. and obviously had folks killed from time to time. The writer described him as pretty much as you said there, "the ultimate embodiment of capitalism". Basically EVERYTHING was "just business", morals didn't enter the equation, if it made money and he judged the risk to be acceptable he was fine with it. He was actually a pleasant enough person, like he obviously had some gravitas since he was a powerful kingpin, but he was quite a refined old gent, the few times he was actually in a speaking scene too.

@theclockworkcadaver7025

4 жыл бұрын

You had me until the last word. Shame.

@andrewhrusovsky9426

3 жыл бұрын

"embodiment of capitalism." Mhm, mhm, I see through your disguise, you Russian spy!

@themostdiabolicalhater5986

3 жыл бұрын

@Gannon Rice yes

@oneofthoseyoutubeusers

2 жыл бұрын

how dare you criticize capitalism this is so sad wtf 😭😢😥

Gus- Lawful Evil Todd- Neutral Evil Tuco- Chaotic Evil

I'd consider Todd more of a sociopathic evil. He never kills people without reason, even if those reasons are pretty thin, but he never shows malice toward people or behaves sadistically either. Killing people is just, something you do. No need to feel bad about it. I'd suspect from his personality and look that he's likely on the spectrum slightly as well. Meaning that he doesn't understand the full weight of his actions. That combined with him simply not caring, and you get cold yet brutal Todd.

@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts

Жыл бұрын

What spectrum

@heyitsmira17

8 ай бұрын

​@@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirtsthe spectrum in which autistic people usually are. There are different levels of autism, even what was previously called Tourettes was part of it, so nowadays people call it a spectrum, and if you have some level of it in you, then you are on the spectrum.

Closest thing we're ever getting to a video on Mike.

@lionscave5256

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the same at first, but Mike is shown more in Better Call Saul, so I don't think we should give up hope yet.

@dandyman2182

5 жыл бұрын

Think again mah dude

I think that what makes Todd the so evil is that not only he doesn't feel anything, good or bad about killing and torturing, and he just does it, but that somehow he feels different from those bad people around him, to the point where he sees himself as good and compassionate. He helps Lidia going through a lot of dead bodies because she doesn't wanna see, he has a crush on her, but never refers to her sexually or disrespects her, refuses to get paid by Walt when he hasn't learned the meth's formula yet and brings Jesse ice cream when he cooks a particularly good batch of meth... While having him prissioner in a hole in the ground. His morals might seem absent, but they are insanely twisted. This is what makes him kill a kid and feel okay with that because, from his perspective, he helped his partners. And this is why I hate him more than I hate any other character.

Todd is not a sadist. He’s a lifeless, senseless psychopath

Yeah I also disagree with the description of Todd. Todd is the detached evil. He's not sadistic, but rather he's detached from the evil he commits. The evil he does is to achieve some other kind of end. For example, shooting the kid was to protect the job crew. And much of his actions are due to being a part of his uncle's gang and him just doing a job. But the evil he does has no empathy whatsoever. No guilt and no justification, as if it was some unremarkable thing. It just doesn't register to him, as long as it isn't foolish.

It's interesting how we meet Tuco so early on in the BB story. He's so off the rails and violent that we get desensitized to everything that happens after his death, even as Walt and Gus commit acts that are far more egregious than Tuco ever committed, even though they are mostly calmer and more deliberate than Tuco.

Great video but you didn't understand Tod. He is not evil, he is unfeeling. He is a psychopath like but he doesn't seem to enjoy inflicting pain.

@friendlypup5650

5 жыл бұрын

Aakif Sultan that still makes him evil though

@lircox

5 жыл бұрын

@@friendlypup5650 His main point still stands

@dangerouslysane

5 жыл бұрын

The character of Todd in BB seems to be a sociopath. I wonder if the character's name was specifically chosen by the writers, as he seems to be dead inside by the time he is introduced, and since the character comes from a neo-nazi uncle, and the German word for "dead" is "tot", it makes sense.

I see breaking bad, and I click.

@leonjustleon

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't ask

@leonjustleon

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jorgeo1492

4 жыл бұрын

Hey i have seen you on breaking bad videos! You see the better call saul finale yet?

Excellent analysis. I specifically liked how you analysed these types of "evil" as a foil to our villain protagonist, Walt, and how they helped him grow as a character. Just goes to show that nothing in Breaking Bad is random and every character has a purpose!

Was hoping Huell would be here, disappointed is an understatement.

@jonis3092

4 жыл бұрын

Evil of Obesity

LOL the upbeat music playing as Hector sets off the bomb

“Pamento, A Pamento Sandwich.” Best comeback I’ve ever heard. 😂

Todd got Jesse ice cream , i think he’s a great guy

Todd's evil is unquestionable loyalty. He's by far the most loyal and obedient character, but he also commits the cruelest crimes. And the Nazi symbol tattooed on his uncle's hand isn't a coincidence.

@annaeverette8960

2 жыл бұрын

Hm. Evil Of Extreme Tunnel Vision, maybe.

I almost forgot how many incredible and unforgettable characters this show had.

@roninnib6635

Жыл бұрын

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You keep surprising me with new ways to analyse this show. Great video!

Mike: 1:00 Lydia: 4:34 Saul: 6:40 Tuco: 9:22 Gus: 11:35 Hector: 13:26 Todd: 15:54 Upvote and comment so more people can see this.

@georgea.4125

5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@furryballsploppedmenacingl8534

5 жыл бұрын

Cuz you need internet acceptance? With your imaginary reward points

@spinachchilli3546

5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@spinachchilli3546

5 жыл бұрын

@@furryballsploppedmenacingl8534 Do YOU need to feel good by putting someone down? You should meditate.

@EldenJohn75

5 жыл бұрын

Niko Bellico AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

When Gus speaks in english has south-american accent When Gus speaks in spanish has english accent I give up

I wouldn't say Todd is a sadist more of an ultimate mercenary

18:48 Here, when Walter says, "I did it for me, I liked it" - he is wearing glasses that look just like he wore as Heisenberg, but not tinted. It symbolizes that he actually now isn't lying to himself, and SEES that he did this for himself. You can't see him wearing glasses like that ever before

@Qball__

2 жыл бұрын

Stretchhhhh

16:19 That was the most horrible scene for me in Breaking Bad.

@edi9892

5 жыл бұрын

The only good soul.

@amorepixie7

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't stop crying I felt so bad

@rocksbecomecold3866

5 жыл бұрын

I didnt think anything about it

I feel like the Todd character is a bit more complex - It seems to me that he represents some form of generational evil inherited through abuse.. Like a damaged child who never learned the boundaries that exist between right and wrong. And I guess that could be seen as evil for evils sake- but I feel like the childishness of the character and his devotion to his Nazi uncle paint a picture of abuse and inherited generational evil . I agree that he is the most chilling character in the series.

@annaeverette8960

2 жыл бұрын

Generational Evil is spot on.

Todd definitely doesn't enjoy what he does. He just does it as an errand. He sees it as a task that he just must do.

Your stuff really knocks it out of the park. And I like how you leave your sponsor till the end, which means I end up watching it out of gratitude and respect, instead of just jumping over it.

Love your videos, and think you're all very insightful; I agree with most of what you say on most vids. However, your interpretation of Todd is very different to my own, especially when you say he "enjoys" it. I can't say I agree with it at all. Personally, I think that he doesn't consider whether he enjoys it or not, he just does it. He is a talented, yet impressionable young man, who happens to admire those experienced in the evil world. Whilst his backstory is never really revealed, I'd imagine that supposedly "non evil" people bullied him in the past, yet the evil ones took care of him, and for that, his only focus was on impressing those who look after him, and has zero moral codes in order to achieve that acknowledgement. Just how I view it, personally.

Lydia was the most one-note character on BrBa. Every one of her lines could've been, "my point is to cause death and destruction while being a total coward if you didn't get that already."

@velevetyy

10 ай бұрын

she unfortunately doesn't get the attention she deserves for the other aspects of her life that isn't helping gus make the lab or on her rampage in brba, but i have to kinda disagree, her lines in "madrigal" makes her more whole in her intent. mannn i wish they did more with her in better call saul, or even just giving her a dedicated short would be nice.

Todd is my most hated character on the show. He embodies a psychopath.

@DickiMonster

4 жыл бұрын

Rationalthought83 I like Todd in breaking bad I can relate to him but I the movie he’s fat and looks like shrek

@DickiMonster

4 жыл бұрын

Rationalthought83 I like Todd in breaking bad I can relate to him but In the movie he’s fat and looks like shrek

@hellonhead5905

3 жыл бұрын

Todd might have ended differently if it werent for his Nazi family.

@dylanroemmele906

3 жыл бұрын

@@DickiMonster maybe you should get the todd treatment too

I hate Todd above every other character by far, He has no good in him...

@fadeskywards1245

4 жыл бұрын

Neutral evil

@NeverKnelie

4 жыл бұрын

It gave me chills how he could nonchalantly talk about such horrid things he’s done. Great character

@Lenniiii

4 жыл бұрын

If I had been in Jesses place, I’d rather have died right there. Better that than having to endure a life of pain and trauma for another couple of decades.

@ido8601

4 жыл бұрын

@Mark he murdered three inocent people, and turured jesse

@Lenniiii

4 жыл бұрын

@The RightStuff Yeah... Right. Such a nice life up there.

Am I the only one who keeps wanting to learn Spanish when they watch BB but never quite gets there?

@krazyzyko

5 жыл бұрын

patsfreak They have a weird americanized accent to their spanish, sounds awkward af. Except for tuco.

@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165

5 жыл бұрын

Axel Morales It's "Spanglish". i live in a "minority-majority" Latino populated city, & we all say things like: "es" instead of "de". Ppl answer their phones w/ "Bueno?" instead of "Hola?", (SERIOUSLY, no one EVER says HOLA. Even BUSINESSESS! "Buenos dias?" 😮😍).

@patsfreak

5 жыл бұрын

Sorta like how people had a hard time watching Narcos because the guy playing Pablo spoke Columbian Spanish with a Brazillian accent and threw people off?

@nicholsongalvez7719

5 жыл бұрын

I had some issues with that. I couldn't understand them (mainly Gustavo) at all 😂 even though Spanish is my mother tongue.

@WolfLykaios

5 жыл бұрын

Not that much spanish that is worth listening to. Better go watch a telenovela.

Gus tells Mike that he doesn't believe fear is an effective motivational tool in Breaking Bad. Mike says that same thing to Gus in Better Call Saul regarding Nacho earlier in the show's timeline. The psychological Olympics never stop.

Just a thought, I wonder why they never had any dark web mentions, I mean Saul was practically a human version of what the dark web sounds like

@amatacook

4 жыл бұрын

One Day What do you mean?

I love your videos! You break themes down so well-- like a prism does with light! Also that VPN deal is a come-up haha so props to that

I dare say, I think this has become my favorite Channel on KZread. You two do incredible work. Thanks for sharing a much deeper perspective that helps me see the world more clearly.

Every episode you all do is so brilliantly written and engaging, thank you!!!

Never thought Saul Goodman/Jimmy McGill would end up in this video.

I was just waiting for this video

Why does evil has so much layers and complecation whereas good is good.

@mduckernz

5 жыл бұрын

There are far more ways to break something than to have it work AND it's easier to break them than to make them. If you want an example, consider how long it takes to build something versus to destroy it. There's your answer.

@aguy7848

5 жыл бұрын

Because good exists in the simplest forms while evil is everything that has been corrupted, and this is a much more complex process.

@barrywhiteofnewyork5949

4 жыл бұрын

Because the notion of "good" is contrived and quixotic whereas evil is rudimentary.

@om-qg7ju

4 жыл бұрын

Good isn't good because everyone has evil. People you see as "good" have probably done something evil in their lives. Therefore good isn't good and evil isn't evil, It is all perception.

@user-su6ts9wm1h

3 жыл бұрын

maybe because its easier to be a murder

Todd isn't doing any of that for evil's sake, there's nothing to suggest he's a sadist. He chooses to "torture" Jesse because he thinks Jack will kill Jesse and that Jack has no limits. Todd, in his infantile social wisdom, wants to befriend Jesse, maybe not because he sees Jesse as an equal but because Todd really is fiending for any attention he can find.

I love that channels haven't stopped doing character analyses of Breaking Bad because I'm not sick of watching them lol. This was so great!

I disagree about Todd. Todd is more evil because of upbringing. He spends alot of time with his neo-nazi uncle and this friends. He always seems to want recognision. Since his uncle would praise him for being a criminal he turns into one. He isn't evil because he enjoys harming, he is 'evil' because people expect this from him.

@SuzakuX

5 жыл бұрын

He's an obvious sociopath. With a different upbringing he may not have become a criminal, but in his case it very clearly isn't a case of pure nurture.

@Icetemplar

5 жыл бұрын

@@SuzakuX Agreed. I would add though that I think it's still wrong in this video to claim that his "evil for the sake of evil" or that he enjoys inflicting harm. As you said he's an obvious sociopath, he may not enjoy or go out of his way to inflict harm, but he has no moral compass so he will do whatever is required to get the job done.

@MithiSevilla

5 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@energetictomato9409

5 жыл бұрын

Stupid libtard why wpuld u think his uncle is a neo nazi he didn't say anything relating to nazism

@nero7312

5 жыл бұрын

grant chelm I’m not sure if you’re serious or joking. If joking, sarcasm doesn’t come through the internet that well. If serious, the guy has swastika tattoos. He never said anything anti-semitic but I am pretty sure it’s mentioned by characters that he is a nazi.

9:56 That is not Tuco's first meeting with Walt...that is when Walt blows up Tuco's...office:)?

Wow can't believe I'm just finding this. Great analysis on each of the characters ! Underrated video.

I think what makes todd kind of creepy is that when he kills someone, he usually acts the exact opposite about them, praising them (such as the maid) but still seeming to enjoy their death, as if they were doing him a favor by dying.

i love mike so much..

I liked Mike the most. Of the ones mentioned in the video, Mike, Saul, Gus and maybe Todd and Hector are the only ones, with which can work, whereas the others are all walking time bombs.

I'd say Todd should be categorized as "Detached Evil". He's not eager to do evil things, but he is very quick to do it if he thinks it's necessary for the business he's in. It's not personal, it's business which is why he's so dangerous. He's able to detach himself from any emotion he has toward the vile action he takes. Walt essentially becomes that form of evil himself which is why he takes Todd on as a partner when Jesse quits. He can trust Todd to what is necessary for their business, no questions asked. It makes me think of when Skylar tells Walt that she doesn't want her children to live in a house where dealing drugs and killing people is just shrugged off as "shit happens", which is exactly how Todd thinks of his murder of a child; shit happens...

Great video as always! Thank you!

This was very intriguing and thought provoking. 👍👍

I would classify Lydia more as 'paranoid' than 'desperate'

Love this analysis, I always thought all the other characters on this show were super fascinating too. Never stop the Breaking Bad analysis videos

Congrats on 500k followers. Been following for a long time and can’t wait for 1 million

Walter White : Narcissistic Evil Jack Welker : Xenophobic Evil Lalo Salamanca : Charismatic Evil Marco and Leonel Salamanca (The Twins) : Ruthless Evil

You forgot Jesse: Clueless evil.

@thehoodybadger3402

5 жыл бұрын

The lack of bliss in ignorance. The foolery of obliviousness in a virtue punishing world.

always fun when they say " IN REAL LIFE" in movies/tv

Another Breaking Bad video with great analysis! I love when you release these! I'm crossing my fingers that once Better Call Saul ends, we will get a video about Kim Wexler.

Tywin Lannister next

@edi9892

5 жыл бұрын

ASOFAI has so much to explore for them. As it reminds me of the Witcher franchise, I wonder, if they have anything smart to say about that too. Seriously, they had the best written game characters.

@stevennorris7181

3 жыл бұрын

@@edi9892 ASOIAF was way before Witcher dude.

@edi9892

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevennorris7181 I don't think so. TW1 came out a decade before I read the first ASOFAI book and even if they came out in the same time, TW-franchise is based on books which are certainly even older.

Todd is not a Sadist,he is simply a Man like Antonio Chigurh from no country for old men,he will stop at nothing to get the job done,he simply has no Limits

I'm genuinely still waiting for the 7 Deadliest ways to Break Bad

honestly, mike's not even evil. he only hurts people who are already involved or those who aren't innocent. he's more on the scale of "the best of the bad guys" in my book. kind of like why killers who kill other killers aren't in the same league as those who kill because they just want to kill. walter is more evil than mike. not only would he have good people killed, he'd do it in a manipulative way too, like how jesse was the one who killed the other chemist. not to mention, walt is the kind of guy who would let jane die and consciously decide NOT to help her so that he could get back jesse to his side. yes he was trying to get jesse to be clean and sober, but the main thing is that he needed jesse to still work for him. mike would not do something like that. mike would have anonymously called for help and maybe even try to resuscitate jane. heck, mike would have let jesse go if jesse wanted out in the meth business. mike is right when he said that there are bad cops and good criminals. that's how people really are in real life. it's not a "practical morality". he was never confused about who has good intentions and who has bad ones. mike actually was the best at reading people. he knew that jesse is basically good-intentioned, and that walt is the evil genius in the literal sense of the word. being able to tell that a cop can be bad and a criminal can be good does not make you evil. it means you have an intelligent and humane sense of right and wrong.

I'm surprised on how hard you missed the mark on Todd. He's not a sadist. He couldn't care less what his job is as long as he feels it is the proper thing to do in his situation. He is evil due to accident of birth, that he was born in a family of criminals, but his personality is irreverent of any distinction between good and evil. To Todd, all work is just work, and he takes nothing personally. He has no personal investment in anything, even his own family. After Walt murders his entire family, he's not even mad. Todd's character is of complete sociopathy. The only thing that matters to him is that he feels he is doing his job. He's a natural minion, or employee. He's not the type of guy to create a bunch of schemes, because there's nothing he particularly wants other than to be seen as a valued employee.

I know many people talked about why they disagree with this interpretation of Todd. I'd like to add that every evil act he did was to please either Lydia or Walter. He agreed to take Jesse hostage and torture him so they could continue cooking meth in order to keep Lydia around. He shot the kid because he thought Walt would thank him for it and consequently earn his respect.. When Walter kills his entire gang, Todd really doesn't seem to understand because, to him, everything he did was justified as an act of "love" or "respect". Todd embodies on a more visceral level what Walter became as Heisenberg. A boy subjected to an indifferent world who has to become just as indifferent in order to survive and get what he wants. "I did it for my family" "I did it for you, Mr. White." It's the same lie, just told differently.

This is an aspect of the show people often don't talk about. Most of the character's were villains to a degree. They enabled and pushed each other to further break-bad as time went on.

I love the happy royalty free music playing in the background when Gus gets his face blown off, lmao!! Great video though

I hated Lydia, I was so glad when Walt iced her

I want a video on the Symbolism in the Salamanca family (from BB and BCS) cause there is a LOT of stuff there.

Beyond incredible analysis as always, welcome alani!

I love how you personified Gus as "Corporate Evil". You said that, "A corporation is a group of people that is legally viewed as a single entity. Gus is what that single entity would look like if it came alive as a man." (slight paraphrasing) Wow, that's heavy!. They never taught me that in my MBA classes. In law, a corporation is viewed as an immortal person. It has most of the rights of a human being. It can sign contracts, write checks, be sued, sue others, etc. It can't vote but it can make campaign contributions.

The more breaking bad content the better 👍👍

I love this!!! And I can't wait for the Jimmy video

Haven’t watched this yet. Have been psyched to watch this one!

Fallout New Vegas has a character called Joshua Graham, he reminds me of Mike quite a lot. "I don't enjoy killing, but when done righteously it's a chore, like any other, practiced hands make for short work."

Gus spells it out here: "I will kill your infant daughter", etc. This is what Mike never understands - Walter doesn't just take out Gus because of his "pride" or a desire to be a "big man", he does it to erase the man that hovers as a constant threat not just to him but to his whole family.

@NeverKnelie

4 жыл бұрын

Tony Bates a threat to him & his family, or a threat to his potential Empire he’s unconsciously building?

Mike was one of my favorite characters, I was really hoping he'd make it to the end

Love these videos! Such good insight!

great video, thank you