History Awesome / BreakingBad

** On the meta note, ''Series/MythBusters'' proved that rigging [=M60=] in the trunk of a car is totally plausible. It took several tries, but the gun managed to successfully fire off its entire belt - with the added bonus of having one bullet hitting Walt's imitation.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue-lVK6Y5pI At a viewing party of the finale at the Spot Bar in LA]], the amount of cheering and screaming that ensues when Jesse wraps his cuffs around Todd's throat is so loud ''that the audio is clipping''.

* Jesse telling Walt to just give him the honest truth for once, and this time it works. And then Jesse still doesn't kill him, refusing to let Walt dictate anything about his life anymore, a far more fitting revenge in the end.
** And the fact that Walter accepts this, without trying any more tricks, even when it condemns him to a slower and more painful death. It almost crosses into being a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.
* Creator/VinceGilligan's direction deserves its own spot, as Walt spends the whole episode appearing to just fade in and out of scenes, like a ghost who's finally done haunting these people.

* Upon seeing three men stronger than him making fun of his son in a store, Walt leaves the store, walks around it, reenters from the other side, and kicks one of them in the back of the leg. Not only does this successfully blindside the man, but Walt then puts a foot on his leg, shifts his weight onto it so the man can't stand up, and points out how poetic the situation is ("What's the matter? Having a little trouble walking?"). He then proceeds to face all three men down, and gets them to back off.
** This is made more awesome when you take into consideration the fact that the way Walt left and reentered the store could be seen as [[FridgeBrilliance him exiting and Heisenberg entering]].
* Walt is coerced into making meth for Krazy 8 and Emilio. While doing so, he uses his knowledge of chemistry to cause the red phosphate to explode in their faces. Turning around this seemingly hopeless situation was an early indication that Walt is indeed capable of being a badass.
** Lesson one: don't threaten a guy -- who has ready access to red phosphorus AND the knowledge to use it -- with a gun. It'll not go well with you and your lungs won't forgive you for quite a while... if you don't wind up dead, that is.

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* Walt's [=M60=] opening fire. That brief moment when the trunk opens to reveal the gun is equally awesome.

* The fact Gus can make the great Heisenberg have a HeroicBSOD/VillainousBreakdown in the Crawl Space serves as a testament to his truly terrifying power. You genuinely think Walter White has no way out especially after Skyler gave the money to Ted.

** What's especially powerful about Gus' death is that it's perfectly in character. There is no sense of remorse or spite. Gus retains his dignity until the ''very'' end. What might have been a lesser character's VillainousBreakdown, Gus merely adjusts his tie, and and gives a stoic, nonchalant look into space, as if to say "well played, Walter." Probably the greatest death scene in the entire show.
** Equally awesome is Salamanca's death in the same way, a character who had been helpless and immobile for the entire run of the series up until this point gives Gus the DeathGlare to end all death glares before finally getting revenge for the deaths of his family members, as well as going out in a blaze of glory.
* Walt and Jesse burn down the super-methlab. The context of what both Gus and Hector went through in Better Call Saul makes Hector avenging his family even more awesome.

* Skyler telling [[TheScrappy Marie]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UosZ4mXL8EI what the entire audience has wanted to tell her since the series began]]: "Shut up! Shut up! ''Just shut up!"''

* Two words: train heist!. Totally successful one too, up until the last minute of the episode where Todd shoots a child witness.

* Hank facing his imminent [[FaceDeathWithDignity death with clarity and dignity]].
-->My name is ASAC Schrader, and you can go fuck yourself.

** If anything, it makes it ''more'' awesome. Remember, it was hearing Gretchen and Elliott cutting Walt out of Grey Matter's success that caused Walt to decided to head back to Albuquerque [[TheLastDance and tie up loose ends]]. He actually ''could have'' had them killed... but instead chose to scare them with the power of bluffing into passing his remaining money to his children, with a death threat that never was to begin with.

** It's so incredibly unlike him that even [[SeenItAll Mike]] jumps back in shock.
** Jesse also has to be recognized here: As Walt is struggling not to vomit, Jesse, who's been catatonic for the whole episode after killing Gale, looks at Gus with an unflinching "bring it on" gaze.

* Jesse's BadassBoast to Benicio Fuentes, the chief chemist of the Juarez Cartel superlab:

* In the Cartel lab, Jesse cooks meth with 96% purity. Remember that Gale Boetticher, a trained chemist with a master's degree, also created 96% purity methamphetamine. Granted, he's cooking someone else's formula, but he's doing it from memory, under pressure, and equals trained chemists with years of experience. One would imagine if he applied himself in graduate school, he could actually be an amazing chemist.

* Walt and Jesse burn down the super-methlab.

* Hank convincing Jesse to back off his rash decision to commit arson, and in spite of their past history, treating him fairly decently. (Well, mostly.)

* Ed nonchalantly telling Saul that it'll be about two days to erase his identity and give him a new life in Nebraska.
* Jesse's escape from his prison. Even though he doesn't get out of the compound, the sheer fact that he managed to get out of his outside dungeon is pretty damn awesome.

** If anything, it makes it ''more'' awesome. Remember, it was hearing Gretchen and Elliott cutting Walt out of Grey Matter's success that caused Walt to decided to head back to Albuquerque [[TheLastDance and tie up loose ends]]. He actually ''could have'' had them killed... but instead chose to scare them into passing his remaining money to his children, with a death threat that never was to begin with.