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The city's called Duke.
The state's called New Mexico.
Among the gangsters,
The gringo's fame is inflated.
'Cause of the new drug they created.
The state's called New Mexico.
Among the gangsters,
The gringo's fame is inflated.
'Cause of the new drug they created.
They say the color is blue
And the quality pure
This potent drug's runnin'
Through the city...
And no one could stop it
If they wanted to
And the quality pure
This potent drug's runnin'
Through the city...
And no one could stop it
If they wanted to
The cartel's runnin' hot because
They weren't getting respect
Takin' 'bout some "Heisenberg"
Who controls the market now
No one knows the man since
They've never seen his face
The cartel's 'bout respect
And they ain't forgiving
But that homie's dead,
He just doesn't know it yet
They weren't getting respect
Takin' 'bout some "Heisenberg"
Who controls the market now
No one knows the man since
They've never seen his face
The cartel's 'bout respect
And they ain't forgiving
But that homie's dead,
He just doesn't know it yet
Heisenberg's fame has got
Down to Michoacan
From way far away
They want to taste that meth
That blue stuff has crossed the border
Down to Michoacan
From way far away
They want to taste that meth
That blue stuff has crossed the border
Now New Mexico's livin' up to its name
Looks just like Mexico
In all the drugs it's hiding
Except there's a gringo boss
And he's known as "Heisenberg"
Looks just like Mexico
In all the drugs it's hiding
Except there's a gringo boss
And he's known as "Heisenberg"
The cartel's runnin' hot because
They weren't getting respect
Takin' 'bout some "Heisenberg"
Who owns the market now
No one knows the man since
They've never seen his face
The fury of the cartel
Ain't no one escaped it yet
But that homie's dead...
He just doesn't know it yet.
They weren't getting respect
Takin' 'bout some "Heisenberg"
Who owns the market now
No one knows the man since
They've never seen his face
The fury of the cartel
Ain't no one escaped it yet
But that homie's dead...
He just doesn't know it yet.
Jesse: Wait, wait, hold on - tell me why you're doing this. Seriously?
Walt: Why do you do it?
Jesse: Money, mainly.
Walt: There you go.
Jesse: Nah. Come on, man. Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass, all of a sudden at age, what – 60? He's just gonna break bad?
Walt: I'm 50.
Jesse: It's weird is all, okay? It - it doesn't compute. Listen, if you've gone crazy or something...I mean, if you've...if you've gone crazy or depressed, I'm - I'm just saying...that... that's something I need to know about. Okay? I mean, that affects me.
(long pause)
Walt: I am awake.
Walt: Why do you do it?
Jesse: Money, mainly.
Walt: There you go.
Jesse: Nah. Come on, man. Some straight like you, giant stick up his ass, all of a sudden at age, what – 60? He's just gonna break bad?
Walt: I'm 50.
Jesse: It's weird is all, okay? It - it doesn't compute. Listen, if you've gone crazy or something...I mean, if you've...if you've gone crazy or depressed, I'm - I'm just saying...that... that's something I need to know about. Okay? I mean, that affects me.
(long pause)
Walt: I am awake.
— "Pilot"
"Jesse, your actions... they affect other people."
— Walt, basically summarizing the entire plot in one sentence, "Half Measures"
"Adjusting for inflation – good state college – adjusting for inflation, say $45,000 a year, two kids, four years of college...$360,000. Remaining mortgage on the home, $107,000. Home equity line, $30,000, that's $137,000. Cost of living, food, clothing, utilities, say two grand a month? I mean, that should put a dent in it, anyway. 24K a year provides for, say, ten years. That's $240,000, plus 360 plus 137...737. $737,000, that's what I need. That is what I need. You and I both clear about 70 grand a week. That's only ten and a half more weeks. Call it eleven. Eleven more drug deals and always in a public place from now on. It's doable. Definitely doable."
— Walt, "Seven Thirty-Seven"
"Chemistry is... well, technically, chemistry is the study of matter, but I prefer to see it as the study of change. [...] It is growth...then decay...then transformation."
— Walt, summing up the plot just as neatly, "Pilot"
Jesse: Oh, well heil Hitler, bitch!
Jesse: A wire? You want a wire? I got a wire. *camera pans down as he grabs his crotch* Speak into the mic, bitch!
Jesse: I wanted to leave them on the counter! ...Bitch.
Jesse: YO! WHERE'S THE OTHER HALF, BITCH?
Jesse: This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed... bitch!
Jesse: You're my free pass... bitch.
Jesse: So roll me further, bitch.
Jesse: Yo, Gatorade me, bitch!
Jesse: YEAH, BITCH! MAGNETS!
Jesse: YEAH, BITCH!!!
Jesse: A wire? You want a wire? I got a wire. *camera pans down as he grabs his crotch* Speak into the mic, bitch!
Jesse: I wanted to leave them on the counter! ...Bitch.
Jesse: YO! WHERE'S THE OTHER HALF, BITCH?
Jesse: This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed... bitch!
Jesse: You're my free pass... bitch.
Jesse: So roll me further, bitch.
Jesse: Yo, Gatorade me, bitch!
Jesse: YEAH, BITCH! MAGNETS!
Jesse: YEAH, BITCH!!!
— Jesse using his favorite word.
Walter: Fuck you, and your eyebrows! ... WIPE DOWN THIS!
Walter: I got your restraining order right here. *grabs crotch* Restrain this!
Walter: Send him to Belize... I'll send you to Belize!
Walter: I got your restraining order right here. *grabs crotch* Restrain this!
Walter: Send him to Belize... I'll send you to Belize!
— Walter White's greatest retorts.
"So be on notice: We got new players in town. Now we don’t know who they are or where they came from, but they possess an extremely high skill set. Me personally, I think Albuquerque might just have a new kingpin."
— Hank, "Cancer Man"
Walter: Let's get something straight. This - the chemistry - is my realm. I am in charge of the cooking. Out there on the street, you deal with that. As far as our customers go, I don't want to know anything about them. I don't need to see them. I don't want to hear from them. I want no interaction with them whatsoever. This operation is you and me, and I'm the silent partner. You got any issues with that?
Jesse: Whatever, man.
Skyler: Okay, don't talk, Walt! Shut up and say something that isn't complete bullshit! You want to know what you have to do? You have to tell me what's really going on right now - today. No more excuses, no more apologies, no more of these...these obvious desperate breakfasts! You don't wanna lose contact with me, Walt? Good. Then tell me. Now.
Walter: (long pause) Tell you what?
— "Down"
Good guys never get ink like the bad guys do.
—Walter Jr., quoting Hank, "I See You"
Saul:Look, Mike, there are rules to this lawyer thing.
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Mike: Is that right?
Saul: Yeah! Attorney-client privilege. I mean, that's a big one. That's something I provide for you. I give up Pinkman, well, then you're gonna be asking, "Ol' Saul gives 'em up pretty easy. What's to keep him from giving me up?" Y'see, so, then where's the trust?
Mike: I trust the hole in the desert I'd leave you in.
Saul: Yeah, that's...an argument.
Mike: I trust the hole in the desert I'd leave you in.
Saul: Yeah, that's...an argument.
Walt: So, what do you watch?
Jesse: I don't know, stuff.
Walt: Like what?
Jesse: I don't know. Ice Road Truckers.
Walt: Ice Road Truckers. What happens on that one?
Jesse: Guys drive on ice.
Jesse: I don't know, stuff.
Walt: Like what?
Jesse: I don't know. Ice Road Truckers.
Walt: Ice Road Truckers. What happens on that one?
Jesse: Guys drive on ice.
— "Bug"
Skyler: Walt, please. Let's both of us stop trying to justify this whole thing and admit you're in danger.
Walt: Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. You know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going in to work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly-up. Disappears. It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don't know who you are talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!
Walt: Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? Even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. You know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going in to work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly-up. Disappears. It ceases to exist without me. No, you clearly don't know who you are talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!
— "Cornered"
"Don Eladio is dead! His capos are dead! You have no one left to fight for! Fill your pockets and leave in peace, or fight me and die!"
—Gus, "Salud"
Walt: I can promise you that Gus Fring is dead, and he was the threat. He was the danger.
Skyler: I thought you were the danger.
Skyler: I thought you were the danger.
— "Fifty-One"
"Just because you shot Jesse James don't make you Jesse James."
—>— Mike, "Hazard Pay"
—>— Mike, "Hazard Pay"
"You know how they say it's been a pleasure... It hasn't."
— Mike, "Live Free Or Die"
Walt: Jesse, you asked me if I was in the meth business or the money business. Neither. I'm in the empire business.
Jesse: I don't know... Mr. White, is a...is a meth empire really something to be that proud of?
— "Buyout"
Walter: Now... Say My Name.
Declan: (pauses) ...you're Heisenberg.
Walter: You're goddamn right.
Declan: (pauses) ...you're Heisenberg.
Walter: You're goddamn right.
— "Say My Name"
"All the people that we've killed; Gale and the rest? If you believe that there's a Hell - I don't know if you're into that, but we're...we're already pretty much going there, right? But I'm not gonna lie down until I get there."
—Walter, "Say My Name"
"We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch! We had Fring, we had a lab, we had everything we needed, and it all ran like clockwork! You could have shut your mouth, cooked, and made as much money as you ever needed! It was perfect! But no! You just had to blow it up! You, and your pride and your ego! You just had to be the man! If you’d done your job and known your place, we'd all be fine right now!"
—Mike lamenting how Walt's rashness screwed them over, "Say My Name"
"Shut the fuck up... and let me die in peace."
—Mike, "Say My Name"
Skyler: (uncovers a stack of bills; three feet high, three wide, five long.) This is it. This is what you've been working for. I rented this place and I started bringing it here, because...I didn't know what else to do. I gave up counting it. I mean, I had to. It was just so much, so fast. I...I tried weighing it. I figured one bill of any denomination weighs a gram. There are 454 grams to a pound, but...there's a variety of denominations. So...
Walter: How much is this?
Skyler: I have no earthly idea. I truly don't. I just stack it up, keep it dry, spray it for silverfish. There is more money here than we could spend in ten lifetimes. I certainly can't launder it, not with 100 car washes. Walt...I want my kids back. I want my life back. Please tell me...how much is enough? How big does this pile have to be?
Walter: How much is this?
Skyler: I have no earthly idea. I truly don't. I just stack it up, keep it dry, spray it for silverfish. There is more money here than we could spend in ten lifetimes. I certainly can't launder it, not with 100 car washes. Walt...I want my kids back. I want my life back. Please tell me...how much is enough? How big does this pile have to be?
Hank: It was you. All along, it was you! You son of a bitch. You drove me into traffic to keep me from that laundry...
Walter: Calm down.
Hank: That call I got telling me Marie was in the hospital? That wasn't Pinkman. You had my cell number. You killed ten witnesses to save your sorry ass.
Walter: Listen to me.
Hank: You bombed a nursing home. Heisenberg. Heisenberg! You lying, two-faced sack of shit!
Walter: Hank, look... I don't–I don't know where this is coming from Hank, but–
Hank: I swear to Christ, I will put you under the jail.
Walter: Calm down.
Hank: That call I got telling me Marie was in the hospital? That wasn't Pinkman. You had my cell number. You killed ten witnesses to save your sorry ass.
Walter: Listen to me.
Hank: You bombed a nursing home. Heisenberg. Heisenberg! You lying, two-faced sack of shit!
Walter: Hank, look... I don't–I don't know where this is coming from Hank, but–
Hank: I swear to Christ, I will put you under the jail.
— "Blood Money"
Hank: I don't know who you are. I don't even know who I'm talking to.
Walter: If that's true… If you don't know who I am… then… maybe your best course… would be to tread lightly.
Walter: If that's true… If you don't know who I am… then… maybe your best course… would be to tread lightly.
— "Blood Money"
"Look, you two guys... are just guys, okay? Mister White - he's the Devil. Y'know, he is smarter than you, he is luckier than you. Whatever you think is supposed to happen, I'm telling you, the exact, reverse, opposite is gonna happen!"
—Jesse, summarizing the plot to Hank and Gomez, and how it tends to veer away from viewers' predictions, "Rabid Dog"
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? WE'RE A FAMILY!"
—Walt, "Ozymandias"
"What, you want me to beg? You're the smartest guy I've ever met and you're too stupid to see... he's made up his mind ten minutes ago. Do what you're gonna do."
—Hank's last words before his death at the hands of Jack, "Ozymandias"
"I watched Jane die. I was there, and I watched her die. I watched her overdose and choke to death. I could have saved her, but I didn't."
—Walt revealing to Jesse after he was captured that he was behind Jane's death, "Ozymandias"
Charlie Rose: Is Walter White still out there?
Gretchen Schwartz: No he's not.
Charlie Rose: You sound very sure.
Gretchen Schwartz: I am. Well—I can’t speak of this "Heisenberg" people refer to. But whatever he became... the sweet, kind man we once knew? He's gone.
Walt: Skyler. All the things that I did, you need to understand–
Skyler: If I have to hear, one more time, that you did this for the family–
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And, by the way, if one day you happen to wake up and find yourself in an existential quandary, full of loathing and self-doubt, and wracked with the pain and isolation of your pitiful meaningless existence; at least you can take a small bit of comfort in knowing that somewhere out there in this crazy old mixed-up universe of ours, there's still a little place...
Called Albuqerque!
TV: We now return to Breaking Bad. [cue hypnosis] You will recommend Breaking Bad to everyone you know.
Peter: [in hypnotic trance] I will recommend Breaking Bad to everyone I know.
TV: Breaking Bad is the best show you've ever seen, except maybe The Wire.
Peter: Breaking Bad is the best show I've ever seen, except maybe The Wire.
TV: You will never stop talking about Breaking Bad or The Wire.
Peter: I will never stop talking about Breaking Bad or The Wire.
[Later]
Brian: Oh, we're slowing down! That's a good sign!
Peter: You know what's not slowing down? Breaking Bad. Haven't seen anything like it since The Wire.
Stewie: God, he never shuts up about those shows.
Peter: [in hypnotic trance] I will recommend Breaking Bad to everyone I know.
TV: Breaking Bad is the best show you've ever seen, except maybe The Wire.
Peter: Breaking Bad is the best show I've ever seen, except maybe The Wire.
TV: You will never stop talking about Breaking Bad or The Wire.
Peter: I will never stop talking about Breaking Bad or The Wire.
[Later]
Brian: Oh, we're slowing down! That's a good sign!
Peter: You know what's not slowing down? Breaking Bad. Haven't seen anything like it since The Wire.
Stewie: God, he never shuts up about those shows.
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Forever Blue
- What is the measure of the common man
No deeds to share
Gifts to compare
When all I have it rests in on ticking hands
I have my ways
Descent delayed
And I have tried to make you see
A brighter hue
But deep down I know I'll be
Forever blue
And there's a blackness inside me
That's breaking through
But deep down I know I'll be
Forever blue
Nobody wants to learn a thing these days
An endless coil
Of waste and toil
Empires are built upon the ashes of
The weak and frail
Those doomed to fail
And I've been trying to set free
A lighter hue
But deep down I know I'll be
Forever blue
And there's a blackness inside me
That's breaking through
But deep down I know I'll be
Forever blue
My colors will release the bonds again
I'm growing into all I could have been (2x)
All of these changes that you see
Maybe it's all just chemistry?
You've made a monster out of me
Baby, it's all just chemistry
It's all just chemistry
I'm gonna burn it all (6x)
—>—'"ForeverBlue"
, by Miracle of Sound
