History Fridge / BreakingBad

** Considering how all of his [[NoHonorAmongThieves criminal relationships backfired horribly]], Walt realized that working with an actual assassin is too risky. Even Ed the Cleaner wasn't honorable enough to not take Walt's money. Badger and Skinny Pete are benign crooks who would never o anything to the Schwartzes. Hell, they even feel bad for scaring an innocent couple, until Walt pays them.

** While Walt is mad at the Schwartzes for trying to minimize his contributions, he [[EvenEvilHasStandards realizes they don't to have a sniper rifle pointed at them]]. [[RestrainedRevenge Spooking them is revenge enough]].

** The professional assassin could turn Walt over to the feds.

** The scene where he's racking his head before Ted arrives in his office, saying: "This is a bad idea...this is a bad idea...this is a bad idea..." as if he knows Ted is probably on the same league of idiocracy as the Kettlemans or Daniel Warmold.

* Heisenberg actually ends up being something of an accidental hero: his actions end up with the collapse of not 1, not 2, but 4 major crime syndicates: The Cartel, Pollos Hermanos, the Arizona Neo-Nazis, and the Blue Sky cook. He arguably did more for the War on Drugs than the DEA, in universe. Not only that, but also more impact on gangs in general than the FBI by taking out an entire state’s worth of non-imprisoned Nazis.

** Saul explains he simply doesn't know any. It's as simple as that.

** In addition, Walt also takes Saul's criminal network along with him. Without Saul acting as a their middle-man, the career criminals of New Mexico will now have a much harder time finding work.

** In addition, Walt also takes Saul's criminal network along with him. Without Saul acting as a their middle-man anymore, the career criminals of New Mexico will have a much harder time finding work.

* Jesse and Skinny Pete's reactions to Combo's death really speak volumes about both men's vastly different backgrounds, and about the subtle psychological effects of a life of crime. Jesse, the relatively privileged White kid who grew up in suburbia, is so devastated by his death that he refuses to leave the house for days, and can't even bring himself to attend Combo's funeral. But when the veteran drug dealer Skinny Pete calls Jesse after the funeral, he excitedly raves about it like it was just another party, even gushing about the impressively large casket that Combo's family paid for. It's a small but telling look at the mindset of a professional drug dealer. People like Combo and Skinny Pete know damn well that their careers come with a low life expectancy, and they live with the possibility of death every day; for many of them, a lavish funeral is the closest thing that they'll ever get to a ''retirement party''.

* Gus's death has some chilling undertones to it. Like, Walt is lucky the bomb only killed Gus, Hector, and Tyrus. Because watching the explosion, the force of the blast blew down the door and threw it into the hallway. If a caregiver was wheeling a resident down the hall in front of Hector's door at the time of explosion. Or maybe a caregiver came to Hector's door to check on him at the time of the explosion. Anyone in that vicinity would have had a bad day.

* The season two finale has a ''massive'' GeniusBonus: the midair collision is similar to a real-life incident in 1986, when an Aeromexico jet and a private plane flew into each other over Los Angeles. The air traffic controller in the incident: his name was ''Walter White!''.

* The scene where Huell and Kuby enter Ted Beneke's house. The audience knows that it relates to the money problems, but it is likely that Beneke himself doesn't realise that until they mention Skyler. Thus, when they initially walk in (without his consent) and Huell warns him to do what he's told and Kuby insists on getting Beneke's check book, Beneke probably thinks that a random, bizarre duo of thugs are trying to steal his (considerable) wealth. Which, when one thinks about that, makes an amusing scene even more amusing from the perspective of the audience and more terrifying from the perspective of Beneke.

* Perhaps borders on FridgeHorror, but the show was essentially about turning Mr. Chips into Scarface. As Walt's actions gradually get worse and worse, he keeps giving rationales for said actions. Since Walt started as an EscapistCharacter, the audience probably is too. However, at one point in the series, Walt will cross a line that you would be unwilling to cross. Since the viewer is (presumably) as normal as Walt would be in the beginning, we get to see how far we'd be willing to go to break bad, when we finally see him do an action we would be unwilling to do.

* Heisenberg actually ends up being something of an accidental hero: his actions end up with the collapse of not 1, not 2, but 4 major crime syndicates: The Cartel, Pollos Hermanos, the Arizona Neo-Nazis, and the Blue Sky cook. He arguably did more for the War on Drugs than the DEA, in universe.

* Gus's death has some chilling undertones to it. Like, Walt is lucky the bomb only killed Gus, Hector, and Tyrus. 'Cause watching the explosion, the force of the blast blew down the door and threw it into the hallway. If a caregiver was wheeling a resident down the hall in front of Hector's door at the time of explosion. Or maybe a caregiver came to Hector's door to check on him at the time of the explosion. Anyone in that vicinity would have had a bad day.

* What does Walt build to use against the Neo-Nazis in the finale? A robot, which is a reference to a previous line.