History TearJerker / BreakingBad

** Steve Gomez's death doesn't even get shown on screen. We just see his body, brutally killed and then discarded, an abrupt end to one of the most prominent (and most good-hearted) supporting characters on the show.

* Lydia was definitely a SmugSnake with a ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, but [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes the love she has for her daughter]] is probably the only redeeming quality she has. Think about this from Kiira's perspective; your loving mother has just been poisoned with ricin and is not expected to survive, which means she has to spend the next few days by her mother's side crying at the fact that she's dying very soon. Don't get me wrong, Lydia's a bitch and a half and [[AssholeVictim she definitely deserves to die]], but it's hard not to feel sorry for her daughter losing the only known family she has left!

** Hank's death. Walt tries ''desperately'' to get Jack to spare him... only for Hank to point out Jack made his decision "ten minutes ago".

** Walt's response when his son realizes that Hank is dead, and accuses Walt point-blank of murdering him. Even after all the terrible things that Walt has done, the desperation in his voice is palpable, as he makes one last feeble attempt to defend himself, suddenly going from threatening his family to holding back tears.

** What makes this moment particularly heart-wrenching is that it's one of the first moments in the entire scene where Walt actually ''tells the truth'' to his family. Up to this point, he's so desperate to cover his own ass that he doesn't even want to admit that Hank is dead, knowing full well that his family will refuse to trust him when they find out. The sudden pain of being accused of Hank's murder ''by his own son'' is so great that Walt suddenly forgets that he's supposed to be keeping it a secret from them.
** Skyler pulling a knife on Walt and the fight that ensues. Walt Jr. eventually calls the police on his father, and Walt realizes that his family is irrevocably broken.
*** Compounded by Walt screaming "What the hell is wrong with you? WE'RE A FAMILY!" and then sees Skyler and Walt Jr. cowering in fear of him, as Holly wails in the background. It was the inevitable conclusion that the show had been building to, Walt destroying the family he had been trying to protect.

** The scene where Walt starts wearing his wedding ring around his neck. By this point, the cancer has ravaged his body so badly, that he's become too emaciated to even wear the ring on his finger. That little "clink" when it falls off his hand for the first time...

->''Ever since I met you, everything I ever cared about is gone! Ruined, turned to shit, dead, ever since I hooked up with the great Heisenberg! I have never been more alone! I HAVE NOTHING! NO ONE! ALRIGHT, IT'S ALL GONE, GET IT? No, no, no, why...why would you get it? What do you even care, as long as you get what you want, right? You don't give a shit about me! You said I was no good. I'm nothing! Why would you want me, huh? You said my meth is inferior, right? Right? Hey! You said my cook was GARBAGE! Hey, screw you, man! Screw you!''
-->--'''Jesse Pinkman''' summing up the show.

* Near the end of "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff Face Off]]", Gus is sitting in his car waiting for Tyrus to call and give him the clear to enter the nursing home and kill his long-time nemesis, Hector Salamanca. Gus is silent, but clearly looks very emotional as he stares at the building waiting. He is no doubt contemplating the arduous steps he had to take toward avenging his friend, Max's death, i.e., working his way up the Mexican cartel, building his own empire in America, gradually killing the rest of Hector's family and friends. and eventually crushing the cartel itself, all to get to this moment where he kills his murderer. And made even more sad because we already know he is about to die with him. This, along with ambient western-style music "Goodbye" by Apparat and slow paced cinematography, creates an especially haunting effect.

* Regardless of what side you're cheering for, it's hard not to see Walt and Jesse's entire interaction as Hank is arresting Walt as one of these. As Aaron Paul points out, it's clear that Jesse isn't feeling totally happy (he mentions Pinkman as being prideful, sad, and angry about Walt getting caught), and for his part, Walt is so upset about Jesse betraying him that he can only utter the word "coward" to his former protege. Jesse spitting on Walt, along with the ensuing scuffle between the two just drives the point home that the bond between our two protagonists has been totally and irrevocably destroyed.]

-->'''Hank''': (to Jack) Do what you gonna d- ([[KilledMidSentence bang]])

-->'''Jesse:''' Just drop the whole concerned dad thing and tell me the truth. I mean, you're- you're acting like me leaving town is- is all about me and turning over a new leaf, but it's really- it's really about ''you.'' I mean, you need me gone, cuz your dickhead brother-in-law is never gonna let up. ''Just say so!'' Just ask me for a favor! Just tell me you don't give a shit about me! And it's either this... it's either this, ''or you'll kill me the same way you killed Mike!'' I mean, isn't that what this is all about?! Huh?! Us meeting way the hell out here [in the desert]? ''In case I say no?''

--> '''Jesse:''' Ever since I met you, everything I ever cared about is gone! Ruined, turned to shit, dead, ever since I hooked up with the great Heisenberg! I have never been more alone! I HAVE NOTHING! NO ONE! ALRIGHT, IT'S ALL GONE, GET IT? No, no, no, why...why would you get it? What do you even care, as long as you get what you want, right? You don't give a shit about me! You said I was no good. I'm nothing! Why would you want me, huh? You said my meth is inferior, right? Right? Hey! You said my cook was GARBAGE! Hey, screw you, man! Screw you!

-->'''Skyler:''' You killed Hank.
-->'''Walt Jr.:''' What?
-->'''Walt:''' No, no, no.
-->'''Skyler:''' You killed him.
-->'''Walt:''' No, no, NO! ''(suddenly on the verge of tears)'' I tried to save him!

** Walt observing Flynn from a distance and not being able to say goodbye to him because he knows now much Flynn hates him now.

** Jesse looks absolutely ''broken'' when he hears it and looks like an abused puppy when the car drives away.

** Walt finally telling Jesse that he watched Jane die and could have saved her, but didn't. Jesse looks absolutely ''broken'' when he hears it and looks like an abused puppy when the car drives away.

** Walt burning his money to stay warm. This was his life's work, but now that he's staring death in the face it's just a bunch of worthless paper, and when he dies in a couple of months he won't even be able to get it to his family.

** Flynn's (previously known as Walt Jr.) last conversation with Walt over the phone. The look of sadness on Walt, unbearable. Flynn blaming Walt for Hank's death, for everything that happened, and for abandoning Skyler as TheScapegoat. Flynn ends the conversation screaming "Just leave us alone! YOU ASSHOLE! Why won't you just die already?! Ju-Just DIE!" Walt's last words before the phone is hung up? Don't let what he did mean nothing. Walt's face looked like a man who truly had nothing left. A man whose son despises him to the point where he legally changed his first name to sever any connection from his namesake, the world hates him for being a monster, and he hates himself for letting it get out of control.

** Walt observing Flynn from a distance and not being able to say goodbye to him.

** The entire BittersweetEnding, really. Sure, Walt accomplishes what he set out to do in the first place (make certain his family doesn't want for anything after he's gone), he does gain some measure of redemption at the end, and he makes sure all of Uncle Jack's Neo-Nazis and Lydia are dead so they can never hurt anybody ever again. However, Walt still dies alone and hated, and almost every character, good or bad, is dead or has had their lives at least partially ruined by Walt's decision to become a meth cook. He also remains unapologetic despite everything that happened, and it's implied that if Walt had a chance to redo the past two years, he would still go into the meth business.

* During "[[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT I. F. T.]]", Jesse repeatedly calls Jane's voice mail just so he can listen to her voice. The Tear Jerking moment happens when the voice mail is finally disconnected. The look on Jesse's face, knowing that he will never hear her voice again.

*** And for the one time he didn't accept his fate, in the next episode, Todd kills Andrea. Jesse's reaction to this as he has no way to stop this is unbearable.

** Jesse's horrific fate at the end of the episode. [[FateWorseThanDeath Tortured, enslaved, and chained up like a dog in Todd's meth lab, with the implication he'll be there until [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's no longer useful]]. Not to mention that there's a photo of Andrea and Brock against the wall to remind him of what will happen if he doesn't comply...

[[caption-width-right:300:[[WhamEpisode The usual reactions after watching 'Ozymandias'.]]]]

** The beginning of the episode, with Saul in the process of getting a new identity. Really, he's not Saul anymore. [[HarsherInHindsight Even his]] [[Series/BetterCallSaul Jimmy McGill, Attorney at Law days]] are far behind him. He's just plain old "Gene" now.

* From "[[Recap/BreakingBreakingBadS5E15GraniteState Granite State]]":

* The circumstances of Combo's death. His last act is to try to warn a nearby kid to flee when he suspects that things are going to get violent. Little did he predict [[spoiler:that the boy will shoot him]]. Even then, [[spoiler:he flees rather than retaliating]].

* In "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E2ThirtyEightSnub Thirty Eight Snub]]", Jesse, trying to cope with his murder of [[spoiler:Gale]], invites dozens of people over and keeps a nonstop party going for days. When his increasingly insane attempts to keep people from leaving finally fail, he's left all alone with the sound system that he was bragging about in the opening scene of the episode, so he sits with his back to the speaker and blasts music as loudly as he can, desperately trying to drown out what's going on in his head.
* While it's reflective of his current state of mind, "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse Open House]]" has Jesse state the following concerning Walt [[spoiler:getting beaten up by Mike]]:
-->'''Jesse''': For what it's worth... ...[[spoiler:getting the shit kicked out of you]]... ...not to say you get used to it... ...but you do kind of get used to it.
** Because of Hank [[TookALevelInJerkass taking a level in jerkass]], Marie [[spoiler:reverts to her kleptomaniac mindset]]. And, [[spoiler:after getting arrested, when she's asked by a cop if she feels okay to go home... she breaks down crying]].
* The video of Gale singing "[[Music/DavidBowie Major Tom]]" in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E4BulletPoints Bullet Points]]", as it [[spoiler:confirms that he was an innocent man killed because of Walt's ego]].

** There's also the fact that [[spoiler:Jesse confesses to his support group that he was scheming to peddle meth at the meetings. At this point, Pinkman is so overwrought with guilt over killing Gale that he's actively trying to get others to punish him.]]
* Though Gus certainly ended up a monster, seeing the flashback of [[spoiler:his utter despair at his partner/likely lover being shot in the head in front of him by Hector]] in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E8Hermanos Hermanos]]" makes you want to give him a big hug. As long as he isn't within reach of a box cutter..
* Walt crying to his son in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E10Salud Salud]]" after [[spoiler:his fight with Jesse]]. It's one of the few times Walt realizes how terrible his behavior has been and [[spoiler:even apologizes to Jesse and calls Walt Jr. by his name]].
** "Salud" has another, less obvious one in regards to the relationship between Walt and Walt Jr. After taking care of his dad and nursing him back to health, Walt tells his son about his childhood memory of his [[spoiler:dying father]], and then has this exchange with his son that demonstrates how disconnected Walt has become from his family and how his pride renders him unable to accept his moments of weakness.

* Near the end of "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E13FaceOff Face Off]]", Gus is sitting in his car [[spoiler:waiting for Tyrus to call and give him the clear to enter the nursing home and kill his long-time nemesis, Hector Salamanca.]] Gus is silent, but clearly looks very emotional as he stares at the building waiting. [[spoiler:He is no doubt contemplating the arduous steps he had to take toward avenging his friend, Max's death, i.e., working his way up the Mexican cartel, building his own empire in America, gradually killing the rest of Hector's family and friends. and eventually crushing the cartel itself, all to get to this moment where he kills his murderer. And made even more sad because we already know he is about to die with him.]] This, along with ambient western-style music "Goodbye" by Apparat and slow paced cinematography, creates an especially haunting effect.

* [[spoiler:Todd murdering the kid]] at the end of "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E5DeadFreight Dead Freight]]". Jesse's reaction really drives it home.
* "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E6Buyout Buyout]]" has a nasty cold opening regarding the group [[spoiler:disposing of the dead kid -- in another of those awful barrels -- and his dirtbike. The result hits Jesse especially hard.]]
* The end of "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName Say My Name]]" with [[spoiler:the ultimately unnecessary death of Mike. Especially after watching him with his granddaughter at the park after seemingly retiring for good.]]
** The scene at the park itself definitely qualifies as well. [[spoiler:Walter calls Mike to warn him about the cops coming for him, and Mike sees them coming and gets ready to escape. While there's the initial panic and fear from the authorities, Mike also hesitates. Given that he's about to have to flee for good and has to abandon his granddaughter at the park without even saying goodbye to her, the look on his face is appropriately heartbreaking.]]
** [[spoiler:Even ''Walt'', who has opposed Mike ever since the Gus situation crumbled, reacted to shooting him with [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone shock and horror]], a reaction we haven't seen from Walt regarding anyone he killed since Krazy 8's death way back in Season 1. During his final talk with Mike, he almost seems to feel remorse for it ending the way it did. This from the guy who was coldly indifferent to the murder and disposal of an innocent child.]]
** Let's not forget that when the credits start to roll, you can hear [[spoiler:Kaylee on the swing.]]
** A meta example related to this episode, but [[spoiler:[[http://twitter.com/KayleeEhrms this fan made version of Kaylee's twitter is just heartbreaking]]]].
* "[[Recap/BreakingBadS5E9BloodMoney Blood Money]]": [[spoiler:Walt's cancer returns from remission.]]
** Jesse's discussion of [[spoiler:Mike's death]]. He knows that Walt lied and that he will never see his friend again. He humors Walter and says he believes him, but he's crying afterwards.
** After he's prevented from giving his money to [[spoiler:the parents of the boy Todd killed and Mike's granddaughter]], Jesse desperately drives around in Albuquerque, and tosses $10,000 bundles out of his car to front lawns. The next time we see him, he's laying on the roundabout, completely silent and staring into the sky.
** The entire episode is one for Hank. [[spoiler:Realizing that one of his best, most trusted friends and brother-in-law is the murderous Heisenberg]] really has its effect.

* When Walt suggests Jesse [[spoiler:claim a new identity for a fresh start, Jesse starts to call him out on his true motivation — to save his own ass. Jesse is filled with emotions of fear that Walt may kill him like he did Mike and tears of sadness because Walt has manipulated him so much that he believes Jesse doesn't suspect his motives. Walt then gives Jesse an [[CooldownHug apologetic hug.]]]] This action may not even have any meaning to Walt and simply be just another attempt to toy with Jesse's emotions.
-->'''Jesse:''' [[spoiler:Just drop the whole concerned dad thing and tell me the truth. I mean, you're -- you're acting like me leaving town is -- is all about me and turning over a new leaf, but it's really -- it's really about ''you.'' I mean, you need me gone, cuz your dickhead brother-in-law is never gonna let up. ''Just say so!'' Just ask me for a favor! Just tell me you don't give a shit about me! And it's either this... it's either this, ''or you'll kill me the same way you killed Mike!'' I mean, isn't that what this is all about?! Huh?! Us meeting way the hell out here [in the desert]? ''In case I say no?'']]
** The best and most touching part is when, after Walt feeds him a cock-and-bull story to try and manipulate him into leaving, Jesse [[spoiler:begs Walt to just be honest and up front with him. It basically amounts to, "If you need me to leave town, just ask me, straight-up, to my face. Just treat me like an equal for once in my life, please!" He doesn't mind leaving to help Walt -- he's just desperate for a tiny shred of respect.]]
** What's even sadder about this scene is that, [[spoiler:Walt ''doesn't'' give Jesse what he wants. Although he shows affection for him, he still refuses to be honest with him.]]
* Jesse's revelation [[spoiler:that his mentor and partner betrayed him, lied to him, and manipulated him with Brock's poisoning.]] It had to come sooner or later, but it's heartbreaking to see how much it breaks Jesse.
** Especially the end of the episode where [[spoiler:he's pouring gasoline all over Walt's house in a fit of blind rage.]] It's downright heartbreaking when you realize just how broken this kid has become over the past 16 months.
* Walt Jr. [[spoiler:receiving the cancer bomb from Walt]]. It breaks the kid and it's blatantly clear that it's only another manipulation tactic.
* Jesse's breakdown when [[spoiler:Hank stops him from burning down Walt's house]].

* The look on Walt's face when Jesse calls him. [[spoiler:His prodigal son is now his enemy who he has to get rid of, you can see his heart break. Plus, fans now know the great Walt/Jesse team which has been the dynamic of the entire show is now over.]]
* Walt [[spoiler:futilely pleading with Todd's uncle that he's calling off the hit on Jesse, after giving himself up.]]
* Huell's breakdown when he believes that [[spoiler:Walt killed Jesse]]. Despite his goofy tough guy demeanor, you can tell he's something of a sensitive soul.
* Regardless of what side you're cheering for, it's hard not to see Walt and Jesse's entire interaction as [[spoiler:Hank is arresting Walt]] as one of these. As Aaron Paul points out, [[spoiler:it's clear that Jesse isn't feeling totally happy (he mentions Pinkman as being prideful, sad, and angry about Walt getting caught)]], and for his part, Walt is so upset about [[spoiler:Jesse betraying him]] that he can only utter the word "coward" to his former protege. [[spoiler:Jesse spitting on Walt, along with the ensuing scuffle between the two just drives the point home that the bond between our two protagonists has been totally and irrevocably destroyed.]]

** [[spoiler:Hank's death. Walt tries ''desperately'' to get Jack to spare him... only for Hank to point out Jack made his decision "ten minutes ago".]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Hank]]''': (to Jack) Do what you gonna do[[spoiler:- ([[KilledMidSentence bang]])]]
** Even worse is [[spoiler:Walt just [[HeroicBSOD collapsing]] afterward]].
** [[spoiler:Marie's reaction when she learns about his death and being told they will never find Hank's body. While she has the grace of knowing he's actually dead and not just missing, she doesn't even have the closure of having a body to bury.]]

** Walt Jr.'s breakdown when [[spoiler:he learns that his father is Heisenberg]].
** When Walt Jr. [[spoiler: asks Skyler why she would go along with Walt's schemes, she tearfully says, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone "I'll be asking myself that for the rest of my life"]].]]
** Walt's response when [[spoiler:his son realizes that Hank is dead, and accuses Walt point-blank of murdering him]]. Even after all the terrible things that Walt has done, the desperation in his voice is palpable, as he makes one last feeble attempt to defend himself -- suddenly going from threatening his family to holding back tears.
-->'''Skyler:''' You killed [[spoiler:Hank]].
-->'''Walt, Jr:''' What?

** What makes this moment particularly heart-wrenching is that it's one of the first moments in the entire scene where Walt actually ''tells the truth'' to his family. Up to this point, he's so desperate to cover his own ass that he doesn't even want to admit that [[spoiler:Hank is dead]], knowing full well that his family will refuse to trust him when they find out. The sudden pain of being [[spoiler:accused of Hank's murder ''by his own son'']] is so great that Walt suddenly forgets that he's supposed to be keeping it a secret from them.
** Skyler [[spoiler:pulling a knife on Walt and the fight that ensues. Walt Jr. eventually calls the police on his father, and Walt realizes that his family is irrevocably broken]].
*** Compounded by Walt screaming [[spoiler:"What the hell is wrong with you? WE'RE A FAMILY!" and then sees Skyler and Walt Jr. cowering in fear of him, as Holly wails in the background. It was the inevitable conclusion that the show had been building to, Walt destroying the family he had been trying to protect.]]
** Skyler's desperate run after the car [[spoiler:after Walt kidnaps Holly]]. The way she sinks down to the ground when he drives off...
** When Walt [[spoiler: kidnaps Holly to "punish" Skyler]]. Plays into a normal AdultFear, but what brings it over the edge is when we hear Holly's first word -- [[spoiler:Mama]]. At that point, Walt [[HeelRealization realizes]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone that]], [[spoiler:through his own actions, his family has no attachment to him anymore and returns Holly]].
** Walt on the phone with Skyler [[spoiler:playing up his Heisenberg persona to the maximum and lying about her being terrorized by him into complicity since the very beginning so she will have legal security. The most heartbreaking part is when you see Walt's intentions dawn on her and she decides to take part in one last lie with him. Her face says it all - full of sorrow, but also understanding. Moreover, Walt is visibly shaking and holding off tears throughout the entire call, especially when implicating himself as Hank's killer.]]
** Walt finally telling Jesse that [[spoiler:he watched Jane die and could have saved her, but didn't.]] Jesse looks absolutely ''broken'' when he hears it and looks like an abused puppy when the car drives away.
** Jesse's horrific fate at the end of the episode. [[spoiler:[[FateWorseThanDeath Tortured, enslaved, and chained up like a dog in Todd's meth lab]], with the implication he'll be there until [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's no longer useful]]. Not to mention that there's a photo of Andrea and Brock against the wall to remind him of what will happen if he doesn't comply...]]
*** And for the one time he didn't accept his fate in the next episode, [[spoiler:Todd kills Andrea. Jesse's reaction to this as he has no way to stop this is unbearable.]]
** [[spoiler:Steve Gomez's]] death doesn't even get shown on screen. We just see his body, brutally killed and then discarded, an abrupt end to one of the most prominent (and most good-hearted) supporting characters on the show.

** The beginning of the episode, with Saul in the process of getting a new identity. Really, he's not Saul anymore. Even his Jimmy [=McGill=], Attorney at Law days are far behind him. He's just plain old James Morgan [=McGill=] now.
** [[spoiler:Todd killing Andrea and Jesse's reaction.]]
** [[spoiler:Walt shelling out ten thousand dollars just so he can pretend to have a friend for an hour.]]
** [[spoiler:Walt burning his money to stay warm. This was his life's work, but now that he's staring death in the face it's just a bunch of worthless paper, and when he dies in a couple of months he won't even be able to get it to his family.]]
** The scene where Walt [[spoiler:starts wearing his wedding ring around his neck. By this point, the cancer has ravaged his body so badly, that he's become too emaciated to even wear the ring on his finger. That little "clink" when it falls off his hand for the first time... ]]
** [[spoiler: Flynn's (previously known as Walt Jr.) last conversation with Walt over the phone. The look of sadness on Walt, unbearable. Flynn blaming Walt for Hank's death, for everything that happened, and for abandoning Skyler as TheScapegoat. Flynn ends the conversation screaming "Just leave us alone! YOU ASSHOLE! Why won't you just die already?! Ju-Just DIE!" Walt's last words before the phone is hung up? Don't let what he did mean nothing. Walt's face looked like a man who truly had nothing left. A man whose son despises him to the point where he legally changed his first name to sever any connection from his namesake, the world hates him for being a monster, and he hates himself for letting it get out of control.]]
** [[TheWoobie Skyler's]] fate is one as well. [[spoiler: Her life is practically destroyed, with the trauma of her husband's crimes taking a heavy toll on her, standing a high risk of prosecution for his role in the same activites even though Walt made it look like he abused her into cooperating with him, and working as a taxi-dispatcher to make ends meet. [[FromBadToWorse Think that's bad?]] She also has the Neo-Nazis come after her and threaten to kill her and her entire family if she ever mentions them or Lydia. She now has to live under constant terror of her life if she dare tells what happened.]] Even if you haven't liked her before, you will ''definitely'' feel bad for what happened to her.

** Walt [[spoiler:using his last meeting with Skyler to be truthful to her, admitting that he did everything, not for the family, but for himself]].
** Walt giving Skyler the note with GPS coordinates for where [[spoiler:"Hank and Gomez' bodies are buried"]] to avoid jail time and Skyler's reaction. He even tells her that [[spoiler: when she calls the DEA about it, she tell them that Walt forced his way in and forced her to make him breakfast to explain how she got it, all to keep up the alibi that Skyler was an abused wife who was forced into her husband's crimes]].
** Walt asking to see [[spoiler:Holly one last time]].
** [[spoiler:Walt observing Flynn from a distance and not being able to say goodbye to him.]]
** [[spoiler:Walt's death.]] Set to Badfinger's "Baby Blue", no less.

** The entire BittersweetEnding, really. [[spoiler:Sure, Walt accomplishes what he set out to do in the first place (make certain his family doesn't want for anything after he's gone), he does gain some measure of redemption at the end, and he makes sure all of Uncle Jack's Neo-Nazis and Lydia are dead so they can never hurt anybody ever again. However, Walt still dies alone and hated, and almost every character, good or bad, is dead or has had their lives at least partially ruined by Walt's decision to become a meth cook. He also remains unapologetic despite everything that happened, and it's implied that if Walt had a chance to redo the past two years, he would still go into the meth business.]]

* In "[[Recap/BreakingBadSeason4E2ThirtyEightSnub Thirty Eight Snub]]", Jesse, trying to cope with his murder of [[spoiler:Gale]], invites dozens of people over and keeps a nonstop party going for days. When his increasingly insane attempts to keep people from leaving finally fail, he's left all alone with the sound system that he was bragging about in the opening scene of the episode, so he sits with his back to the speaker and blasts music as loudly as he can, desperately trying to drown out what's going on in his head.
* While it's reflective of his current state of mind, "[[Recap/BrakingBadS4E3OpenHouse Open House]]" has Jesse state the following concerning Walt [[spoiler:getting beaten up by Mike]]:

[[caption-width-right:300:[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The usual reactions after watching 'Ozymandias'.]]]]