#that's brba and bcs

[botanycrewmember]

Many people have pointed out that Better Call Saul makes Breaking Bad a ghost story on top of the crime/family drama, but I wasn't prepared for just how haunted BCS is in itself, especially in the last few episodes of season 6.

You have Chuck's ghost lingering in the conference room of HHM, literally watching Howard's downfall in the form of Chuck's portrait on the wall.

You have Jimmy breaking down and striding over to where Howard died, pointing at the exact spot on the floor and screaming how this is all Howard's fault, before gesturing to the space where Lalo stood, trying to shift his guilt onto two dead men.

There's Max's metaphorical body on the ground next to the pool where Eladio tells Gustavo that he sees hate in his eyes.

There's Mike trying to choke down the grief of two dead sons as he buries his guns under his floorboards.

And then there's Nacho's last stand, played out almost beat by beat in Gustavo's confrontation with Lalo.

This one makes me go crazy because of just how many echoes to Rock and A Hard Place you can find. In both scenarios, Nacho and Gustavo are disarmed and outgunned, roughed up and made a spectacle for an audience, and in both cases, Nacho and Gustavo play along with this concept of a performance, distracting their captors with an outrageously defiant speech, before striking out with their improvised weapon (Nacho with the glass shard, Gustavo with the power cable) and reaching for the gun.

And the haunting becomes even more poetic and satisfying when we think about how Gustavo's moment of dark victory will inevitably be undone by the same man who once snatched away his satisfaction. Nacho's ghost haunts the entire cartel plot line spanning from S6 of BCS to all of BrBa; you see him in Tuco's extreme paranoia, Krazy-8's mannerism, Mike's protectiveness over Jesse, Gustavo's decision to reward rather than intimidate, and, of course, the chair that undoes Gustavo's empire.

[forthosetunedin]

OK well ill just keep putting jesse pinkman into my chemical romance until something else comes up

[wayneradiotv]

at long last, it is finally here.

the entirety of Breaking Bad, retold as a VR game.

aka

BREAKING BAD VR BUT THE AI IS SELF-AWARE

[worldformula]

word has come down that they want me to go to mexico. it’s what you’d call a rock-and-a-hard-place situation.

[kylejsugarman]

god i love people watching breaking bad for the first time and being blown away by aaron paul as jesse. like u can go in knowing Everything, knowing about the awards and acclaim and posts and scenes, but nothing can prepare u for the actual experience of seeing a completely real, fully fleshed-out person spring out of that actor's forehead fully formed. aaron paul would go on set, absolutely body scenes like no one else has before, and then leave like "ahaha idk man i just do it, ive never done an acting class i just fucking do the acting". its unbelievable.

[saltseashark]

let's call it a sunk cost fallacy <3

[pistashxo]

rates adjusted for inflation in the peanuts-verse

stickers

[viktorsaintclaire]

night doodle

[friedgreensprouts]

Hello again! Finished bcs recently ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

Truly, one of the pretties shows I've seen in a bit. The cinematography blew me away constantly.

[huyandere]

they definitely would be besties

[itsallgoodmann]

cat 🥰🥰

[clunkyderp]

man, i need to relax. let me turn on my show where they all yell and fight and argue and shoot each other

[biracy]

WOKE Breaking Bad:

Walter Latinx

Jesse Pinkthey

Saul Goodperson

Mike She/hermantraut

Hank Slayder

Gus Fring

[mozcockk]

Some old brba and bcs scetches

[thepinkpestilence]

You can love a character and still admit when they’re wrong. I love the blue eyes trio but can acknowledge their flaws (they have none) and can hold them accountable for their wrongdoings (they’ve never done anything wrong in their life) and call them out for their actions (which are always correct).