History NightmareFuel / BREAKINGBAD

--> "This was a kid who had a mother and father, went to school, had friends, had dreams of maybe one day becoming an electrician or lawyer or soldier or something. And now he's a pool of gel inside a barrel that's going to be dumped into a toxic waste disposal place. His parents will never know what happened to him, they'll never find his body, he'll never be buried. I know this isn't real but this one scene literally makes my skin crawl."-@Marshmellow3971

** Also, the room where the child sleeps has a lock on the door.

* Gus in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E1BoxCutter Box Cutter]]", climaxing with him slitting Victor's throat with the titular instrument, grasping him tightly all while giving a cold, emotionless, [[Film/TheTerminator Terminator]]-like stare to everyone. It's obvious that Victor was probably going to be killed seeing how he was witnessed at Gale Boetticher's apartment, but the way he does it is enough to unsettle the audience, everyone in the room, and even Mike.

*** Dave Porter's score for the scene is just as haunting, starting with the thumping industrial beat that plays over Walt racing home before segueing into dark, anxiety-inducing ambience as Skyler tells him the truth, which progressively morphs into a shrill, ''deafening'' wall of noise over the final shot.

[[caption-width-right:300:[-"What's the matter, Schrader?! You act like you never saw a severed human head on a tortoise before!"-]]]

* "[[Recap/BreakingBadS2E7NegroYAzul Negro y Azul]]". "What's the matter, Schrader?! You act like you never saw a severed human head on a tortoise before!" Then '''BOOM'''. And Hank gets a big [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]] as a result.

* [[MidairCollision The plane crash.]] As improbable as it may be, it's still terrifying to behold, especially when you consider that it only happened indirectly because of Walt's negligence.

* During the meeting at the school gym about the crash, one student mentions that his neighbor found a plane chair standing perfectly upright in his driveway, with a pair of human legs still buckled in. It's enough to make [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Walt]] let out an audible "Jesus H. Christ".

** The shootout between Hank and the Cousins in . Dear God. Hank is unarmed, vulnerable, and is given a ''minute'' to try and escape from two cartel hitmen. Ramming Leonel into the back of a car, he is shot to hell before Marco decides to try and kill him with an axe. He ''barely'' survives after [[BoomHeadshot shooting him in the head]] and the episode ends.

The drug trade is known for its violence and brutality towards innocents and criminals alike. But in the ruthless criminal world of Breaking Bad, with vicious and ruthless criminals in the region, everyone from cartel members to citizens should tread lightly. ''Very lightly.''

** Hell, [[BadassBookworm Walter White himself]] is NightmareFuel incarnate in this episode. [[HesBack He has come back]] to Albuquerque even ''more'' dangerous than ever before, and, in a matter of ''hours'', killed Jack Welker and his extremely evil gang, killed Lydia, set Jesse free, and [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse guaranteed]] that Elliott and Gretchen will donate the rest of his money to his family. All of this, while looking like [[NotSoHarmlessVillain an absolute wreck who can't do any more damage than he has already done]]. ''Holy shit!''

* '''[[ProfessionalKiller The Cousins]]'''. Their stoic, AxCrazy nature, their brutal murders, and their thirst for revenge for the sake of family... both packaged with a giant silver axe. These are two people you ''do not'' want to cross.

* "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E6Sunset]]": The cousins' penchant for dog-kicking continues as a police officer stumbles upon the corpse of an old lady whose house the cousins took over as a hideout. And then one of them comes from behind him and hacks him to death with an axe.

*** Of additional note is Creator/AnnaGunn's performance in Skyler's reaction to Walt's breakdown, especially the small, terrified ''"Walt..."'' she sobs while watching him break into laughter.

** The ending, commonly regarded as not only one of the best scenes of the series but one of the most harrowing scenes put to TV. Rushing home to retrieve his hidden cache of money, Walter tears apart his and Skyler's hiding place -- under the house -- to find a fraction of the money he needs. Skyler then tells him she had to give the money to Ted Beneke. Walter then [[HeroicBSOD realizes]] that, as that money was the only thing standing between his wife and children and their murder at the hands of Gus, the death of his family has been sealed, and he has no apparent way out. He screams as if watching his family die right in front of his own eyes, tenses in a fetal position and appears to be sobbing, [[LaughingMad but reveals himself to be maniacally laughing his ass off.]] This is followed by Skyler taking a phone call from a panicked and terrified Marie who has just learned that assassins are coming after Hank, while Walt is still laughing in the background. The final shot of the episode chillingly moves up from Walter lying motionless in the crawl space as if [[BuriedAlive buried alive]], and a piercing whistle over the soundtrack sounds like the last bit of air leaving his lungs. It's no wonder that many fans call this [[DespairEventHorizon the moment where Walter White "dies" and permanently becomes Heisenberg.]]

* "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E7ProblemDog ProblemDog]]": Jesse's flashbacks to killing Gale as he tries to play ''VideoGame/{{Rage}}'', accompanied with flashing lights and a high-pitched ringing sound. The sight of Gale falling backwards as he is shot interspersed with footage of Jesse's in-game kills is startling and really highlights his SanitySlippage.

* The shootout between Hank and the Cousins in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E7OneMinute One Minute]]". Dear God. Hank is unarmed, vulnerable, and is given a ''minute'' to try and escape from two cartel hitmen. Ramming Leonel into the back of a car, he is shot to hell before Marco decides to try and kill him with an axe. He ''barely'' survives after [[BoomHeadshot shooting him in the head]] and the episode ends.
** In the same episode, [[PoliceBrutality Marie tries to talk Hank into lying about his attack on Jesse]], even suggesting that he claim Jesse attacked him with a pipe. Hank says no, but it’s pretty unsettling how quickly Marie is willing to encourage [[DirtyCop police corruption]] in order to keep her husband out of trouble, even if it means sending an innocent person to prison for nothing.

** What really makes this scene extremely cringe-inducing is just how ''[[ViolenceIsDisturbing realistic]]'' Victor's death looks. Instead of [[InstantDeathStab simply dropping dead]] or writhing for a bit like you see in most media, his SlashedThroat treatment consists of him thrashing and squirming for a long, uncomfortable amount of time, all while he emits ''incredibly'' disturbing gasping noises and the gaping gash in his neck is deliberately held open like he's a human PEZ dispenser to ensure that he bleeds out.

* Jesse's meth-induced hallucination where he thinks two violent-looking biker thugs have come to his house to kill him with a grenade and machete, while Jesse frantically escapes his house by running out the back door and climbing over the fence. Then we cut back to the front yard and it turns out it was just two neatly-dressed Mormons on bicycles.

** Hell, [[BadassBookworm Walter White himself]] is NightmareFuel incarnate in this episode. [[HesBack He has come back]] to Albuquerque even ''more'' dangerous than ever before, and, in a matter of ''hours'', killed Jack Welker and his extremely evil gang, killed Lydia, set Jesse free, and [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse guaranteed]] Elliott and Gretchen that they will donate the rest of his money to his family. All of this, while looking like [[NotSoHarmlessVillain an absolute wreck who can't do any more damage than he has already done]]. ''Holy shit!''

** Just the shot of Skyler and Walt Jr. cowering on the ground in front of Walt, one of Jr.'s arms flung protectively in front of his mother, looking up at Walt like he's some sort of monster -- which by this point, ''he is''. To be fair, Skyler ''did'' attack him first, but Walt went into Hyde pretty quickly.