History Recap / BreakingBadS1E6CrazyHandfulOfNothin

* ChekhovsLecture: Walt is in class at the beginning of the episode giving his students a lecture on fulminated mercury being a prime example of an explosion. Guess what causes an explosion in Tuco's hideout.........
* Foreshadowing: Walt talks about fulminated mercury in his chemistry class ¿Or about his own life?

Walt now both finds out that he is starting to lose his hair from the treatment and that Jesse has been beaten up. He visits Jesse in the hospital, and meets Skinny Pete at Jesse's bedside, who recognizes him as Jesse's cook. Walt then asks Pete to tell him all he knows about Tuco.

The next morning, Walt shaves himself bald, much to Skyler's shock and Walt Jr.'s admiration. He drives up to Tuco's hangout, where he introduces himself as "Heisenberg," and manages through putting an imposing demeanor, to talk his way inside. Finally standing face to face with Tuco, he demands $50,000 from him, payment for the meth Tuco stole and Jesse's pain and suffering. Tuco laughs at the fact that he just beat up Jesse, and here comes his partner with more meth. Walt, however, calmly picks up one of the crystals and says, "This is not meth," before throwing one to the floor.

An explosion emits from Tuco's office and all the windows break. A shaken Tuco and his mooks points their guns at Walt and asks him if he is crazy, but Walt now stands with the bag in his hand and asks them if they really want to find out, as he threatens to drop it and cause an even bigger explosion. Tuco, now completely scared of Walt, gives him the money and tells him that the meth sold very well, and even asks if Walt can bring him a new shipment. Walt merely snarls, "Money up front!" and Tuco agrees, saying that they now have an understanding before asking Walt what he just used to cause the explosion. "Fulminated mercury," replies Walt. "A little tweak of chemistry."

* EnforcedMethodActing: Skyler's {{Jaw Drop}} upon seeing Walt's shaved head is due to Anna Gunn purposely avoiding meeting with Bryan Cranston after he did it, until filming the scene.

* StuffBlowingUp: Walt using a piece of [[spoiler: fulminated mercury to destroy Tuco's hideout.]]

* {{Exposition}}: Possibly YMMV, but to this troper it is unlikely that "Heisenberg" would have told Tuco what the fulminated mercury was, as it would have given him more power if he didn't know.
** On the contrary, Heisenberg telling Tuco what he used gives him a great deal of power. It proves his intellect and his creativity, making him a mysterious force to be reckoned with. Anyone can storm your hideout with guns or grenades, but it takes someone much smarter and craftier to smuggle an unconventional weapon past security. Especially a weapon cooked up in a laboratory.

* NiceGuy: Hugo the Janitor who cleans up Walt's vomit in the bathroom, saying "He's got kids to teach".

* {{Exposition}}: Possibly YMMV, but to this troper it is unlikely that 'Heisenberg' would have told Tuco what the fulminated mercury was, as it would have given him more power if he didn't know.

* TitleDrop: Close. After Walt out-bluffs Hank in poker, Marie comments all Walt had was a "Handful of nothin'".

An explosion emits from Tuco's office and all the windows break. A shaken Tuco and his mooks points their guns at Walt and asks him if he is crazy, but Walt now stands with the bag in his hand and asks them if they really want to find out, as he threatens to drop it and cause an even bigger explosion. Tuco, now completely scared of Walt, gives him the money and tells him that the meth sold very well, and even asks if Walt can bring him a new shipment. Walt merely snarls, "Money up front!" and Tuco agrees, saying that they now have an understanding, before asking Walt what he just used to cause the explosion. "Fulminated mercury," replies Walt. "A little tweak of chemistry."

An explosion emits from Tuco's office and all the windows break. A shaken Tuco and his mooks points their guns at Walt and asks him if he is crazy, but Walt now stands with the bag in his hand and asks them if they really want to find out, as he threatens to drop it and cause an even bigger explosion. Tuco, now completely scared of Walt, gives him the money and tells him that the meth sold very well, and even asks if Walt can bring him a new shipment. Walt merely snarls: "Money up front!" and Tuco agrees, saying that they now have an understanding, before asking Walt what he just used to cause the explosion. "Fulminated mercury," replies Walt. "A little tweak of chemistry."

The next morning, Walt shaves himself bald, much to Skyler's shock and Walt Jr.'s admiration. He drives up to Tuco's hangout, where he introduces himself as "Heisenberg", and manages through putting an imposing demeanor, to talk his way inside. Finally standing face to face with Tuco, he demands $50,000 from him, payment for the meth Tuco stole and Jesse's pain and suffering. Tuco laughs at the fact that he just beat up Jesse, and here comes his partner with more meth. Walt however, calmly picks up one of the crystals and says: "This is not meth." before throwing one to the floor.

Walt now both finds out that he is starting to loose his hair from the treatment and that Jesse has been beaten up. He visits Jesse in the hospital, and meets Skinny Pete at Jesse's bedside, who recognizes him as Jesse's cook. Walt then asks Pete to tell him all he knows about Tuco.

** On the contrary, Heisenberg telling Tuco what he used gives him a great deal power. It proves his intellect and his creativity, making him a mysterious force to be reckoned with. Anyone can storm your hideout with guns or grenades, but it takes someone much smarter and craftier to smuggle an unconventional weapon past security. Especially a weapon cooked up in a laboratory.

Walt and Jesse start cooking meth again, but Walt finds out that they are not earning money quickly enough to pay for his treatment on time. But as he refuses to have anything do with the financial and political side of the business, he halfway orders Jesse to see if he can find a big time distributor to work with. Jesse manages through one of his friends, Skinny Pete, to get an audience with Tuco, a local gang leader who sits on the bulk of the drug market in South Valley.

The next morning, Walt shaves himself bald, much to Skyler's shock and Walt Jr.'s admiration. He drives up to Tuco's hangout, where he introduces himself as "Heisenberg", and manages through putting an imposing demeanor, to talk his way inside. Finally standing face to face with Tuco, he demands $50,000 from him, payment for the meth Tuco stole and Jesse's pain and suffering. Tuco laughs at the fact that he just beat up Jesse, and here comes his partner with more meth. Walt however, calmly picks up one of the crystals and says: "This is not meth," before throwing one to the floor.

An explosion emits from Tuco's office and all the windows break. A shaken Tuco and his mooks points their guns at Walt and asks him if he is crazy, but Walt now stands with the bag in his hand and asks them if they really want to find out, as he threatens to drop it and cause an even bigger explosion. Tuco, now completely scared of Walt, gives him the money and tells him that the meth sold very well, and even asks if Walt can bring him a new shipment. Walt merely snarls "Money up front!" and Tuco agrees, saying that they now have an understanding, before asking Walt what he just used to cause the explosion. "Fulminated mercury," replies Walt. "A little tweak of chemistry."

An explosion emits from Tuco's office and all the windows break. A shaken Tuco and his mooks points their guns at Walt and asks him if he is crazy, but Walt now stands with the bag in his hand and asks them if they really want to find out, as he threatens to drop it and cause an even bigger explosion. Tuco, now completely scared of Walt, gives him the money and tells him that the meth sold very well, and even asks if Walt can bring him a new shipment. Walt merely snarls "Money up front," and Tuco agrees, saying that they now have an understanding, before asking Walt what he just used to cause the explosion. "Fulminated mercury," replies Walt. "A little tweak of chemistry."

Hank meanwhile follows the gas mask lead back to the high school, where he shows his findings to Walt. Walt then shows him around the chemical equipment room, where Hank discovers that several items are missing. Fortunately for Walt, Hank's main suspect is a school janitor, Hugo Archilleya. But at a poker game, he informs Walt that all Hugo was guilty of was carrying small amount of marijuana, and he was very likely not the one who stole the equipment.

Hank meanwhile follows the gas mask lead back to the high school, where he shows his findings to Walt. Walt then shows him around the chemical equipment room, where Hank discovers that several items are missing. Fortunately for Walt, Hank's main suspect is a school janitor, Hugo Archilleya. But a poker game, he informs Walt that all Hugo was guilty of was carrying small amount of marijuana, and he was very likely not the one who stole the equipment.

In his car, Walt growls in victory as he clutches his recently earned wealth, high on the rush of what he's just accomplished. He then regain his composure and drives away, as police sirens can be heard in the distance.

In his car, Walt growls in victory as he clutches his recently earned wealth, high on the rush of what he's just done. He then regain his composure and drives away, as police sirens can be heard in the distance.

In his car, Walt clutches his recently earned wealth, high on the rush of what he's just done. He then regain his composure and drives away, as police sirens can be heard in the distance.

Walt and Jesse start cooking again. Hank follows a new lead.

!This episode provides examples of:

* {{Ax Crazy}}: Tuco, who puts out a cigarette on his tongue, snorts meth off a large knife blade, and has a hair-trigger temper.
* {{Bald of Awesome}}: Walt invokes this trope after his hair falls out in the shower.
* {{Enforced Method Acting}}: Skyler's {{Jaw Drop}} upon seeing Walt's shaved head is due to Anna Gunn purposely avoiding meeting with Bryan Cranston after he did it, until filming the scene.
* {{Hired to Hunt Yourself}}: Hank consults Walt on who might have stolen the equipment from his Chemistry lab. It was Walt.
* {{How We Got Here}}: The teaser, dramatically juxtaposing Walt's declaration that there will be no more violence or bloodshed in their business over a scene of chaos and destruction that Walt seems to have caused.
* {{Improvised Weapon}}: Tuco using a sack of money to beat Jesse senseless.
* {{Large Ham}}: Tuco. Raymond Cruz is NOT being subtle.
* {{Nice Guy}}: Hugo the Janitor who cleans up Walt's vomit in the bathroom, saying "He's got kids to teach".
* {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}: Tuco delivers one to Jesse with a sackful of money, no less.
* {{Shout Out}}: The title refers to ''{{Cool Hand Luke}}''.
* {{Stuff Blowing Up}}: Walt using a piece of [[spoiler: fulminated mercury to destroy Tuco's hideout.]]
* {{Title Drop}}: Close. After Walt out-bluffs Hank in poker, Marie comments all Walt had was a "Handful of nothin'".

* {{Bald of Awesome}}: Walt invokes this trope after his hair falls out in the shower