History Recap / BreakingBadS5E7SayMyName

* TemptingFate: As seen in the page quote, Walter tells Jesse that now that they're in charge no one else will die because of them. Jesse points out that Walter has always said that and it's never true. Sure enough in this episode, Mike dies at Walt's hands, and in the next when he kills the remaining Los Pollos employees in prison.

* JerkassHasAPoint: For all of Walt's deriding of Jesse that he'd start getting high again when not occupying himself with cooking meth, Jesse does indeed start smoking marijuana in the next episode with Walt giving a "just as I called it" smirk when he sees the cannabis device in Jesse's house.

** Ordering Jesse to expand the territory when trying to run their own empire got Combo killed by Tomas, which led to Jesse using heroin and getting his girlfriend Jane off the wagon as well. To say nothing of Walt accidentally causing Jane to roll over on her back seconds before overdosing and choking on her own vomit, which Walt could have prevented but chose not to so he could reign Jesse in and so Jane wouldn't reveal his meth operations to the world. Plus Tomas died a few months later shortly after Walt squealed on Jesse for attempting to poison the two dealers responsible for getting the boy into the game in the first place.
** Ultimately gaslighted Jesse into breaking up with Andrea and leaving Brock behind so that he wouldn't have to listen to his guilty conscious about poisoning the latter (which in itself could count as an example) and possibly so that Jesse couldn't have any happiness while Walt's marriage had become anything but in name only. He also showed no remorse for Jesse's sadness over ending the relationship, being more annoyed at his partner for not being as irritated as him for getting a smaller amount of the meth profits.

* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Heisenberg!]]: Lampshaded by Mike in his tirade against Walt in his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech (see below).

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Mike gives Walt one of these. It doesn't end well.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jesse, finally tired of Walt's insensitivity and manipulations coupled with all the blood on both their hands, decides to leave the meth trade for good.
* ShaggyDogStory: Despite all of his efforts Mike lost all $5 million of his money that he earned thanks to the DEA busting his lawyer, including the $2 million he wanted to leave for his granddaughter, Kaylee. Then he loses his life.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Even Walt's threat of withholding his $5 million share does nothing to deter him from walking right out. Contrast his indignation at Walt [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E12Phoenix back in season 2]], when the share he owed him amounted to ten times less...

* BackhandedApology: Zigzagged. Walt is genuinely shocked and regretful for shooting Mike since he could have just gotten the names from Lydia. His subsequent apology, however, isn't so much "I'm sorry I killed you for insulting my ego because I'm that petty" as it is "I'm sorry I did this senseless killing when I could have gotten the information another way", showing that, subconsciously or otherwise, he felt bad for the wrong reasons. Mike most likely caught on to this in his final moments which is why he stops Walt's apology so he can retain some dignity in death.

->Written and directed by Thomas Schnauz

** Then in this episode, he kills Mike, albeit not for any reason related to Jesse, probably, but for rightly calling Walt out on his pride and ego which caused the downfall of the Fring Empire and. It has been shown over the season that Walt has been jealous of Mike's growing attachment to Jesse, which also may have played a role in why he ultimately killed him.

* JerkassHasAPoint: For all of Walt's deriding of Jesse that he'd start getting high again when not occupying himself with cooking meth, Jesse does indeed start smoking marijuana two episodes later when the guilt of his actions as a drug dealer becomes too much of a burden for him.

* WhamEpisode: Mike's operation is busted and he's on the run, and Fring's men that he's been paying to keep quiet are now loose ends. Walt confronts him about it and in his anger shoots him, only to realize later that he could have gotten the information about them from Lydia. Mike tells Walt to let him die in peace.

* MoralMyopia: Walter's ridiculing Jesse for wanting out of the business since he has nobody and nothing else to live for is this when you think about how Walt indirectly or otherwise caused all of his relationships outside of Walter himself to be ruined or ended:[[note]]Badger and Skinny Pete being too unreliable for comfort or usefulness to the empire[[/note]]

** Then in this episode, he kills Mike, albeit not for any reason related to Jesse, probably, but for rightly calling Walt out on his self-defeating ambitions and causing the downfall of the Fring Empire for his own pride. It has been shown over the season that Walt has been jealous of Mike's growing attachment to Jesse, which also may have played a role in why he ultimately killed him.

* SelfServingMemory: Mike is guilty of this when he lambasts Walter for ruining everything. Walter has his share of the blame to go around, but Mike conveniently leaves out that Gus started the feud between them. Gus wanted Jesse killed, and Walter intervened, which disgusted Gus because this proved (in his mind at least) that Walter couldn't be controlled. It was Gus' insecurity and his ego about being the boss that made him deem Walter a threat, and sought to have him eliminated. The fact that Mike is so buddy buddy with Jesse at this point in time leaves out that Mike was originally okay with Gus killing Jesse, and Walter was the only one advocating for Jesse back then. Walter "keeping his mouth shut and doing what he was told" would have resulted in Jesse's death.

** Ordering Jesse to expand the territory when trying to run their own empire got Combo killed by Tomas, which led to Jesse using heroin and getting his girlfriend Jane off the wagon as well. To say nothing of Walt accidentally causing Jane to roll over on her back seconds before overdosing and choking on her own vomit, which Walt could have prevented but chose not to so he could reign Jesse in and so Jane wouldn't reveal his meth operations to the world.

* {{Gaslighting}}: Walt goes through this as he heaps praise on Jesse's talent as a meth cook, only to then immediately follow-up with saying that he has nothing and that if he is not cooking he'll probably slip back into addiction.
* GreenEyedMonster: Walt is clearly irritated when he gets glimpse of the positive dynamic Jesse had with Mike for a while. Mike parts with Jesse with much more warmth and civility than he did with Walt.
* JerkassHasAPoint: For all of Walt's deriding of Jesse that he'd start getting high again when not occupying himself with cooking meth, Jesse does indeed start smoking marijuana two episodes later when the guilt of his actions as a drug dealer becomes too much burden for him.
* MoralMyopia: Walter ridiculing Jesse for wanting out of the business since he has nobody and nothing else to live for is when you think about how Walt indirectly or otherwise caused all of his relationships outside of Walter himself to be ruined or ended:[[note]]Badger and Skinny Pete being too unreliable for comfort or usefulness to the empire[[/note]]

The two men silently watch the sun set over the horizon, until Mike finally succumbs to his wound and keels over, dead.

* CallBack: Walt retrieves the bug from Hank's office with [[Recap/BreakingBadS5E5DeadFreight the same cover he used]] while planting it: Needing a shoulder to cry on because of his failing marriage. After the second time carrying Walter's emotions Hank looks hilariously exhausted.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: As Walt chases him with a gun, Mike first tries to run away, but having been mortally wounded, he resigns to just calmly sitting on a log by the river, enjoying one last moment of tranquillity as his life ebbs out. Even when Walt walks up to him and tries to apologise for shooting him, as he has realized that it actually was not necessary at all, Mike just coldly rebuffs him, telling him not to ruin the moment for him.

* TemptingFate: As seen in the page quote, Walter tells Jesse that now that they're in charge no one else will die because of them. Jesse points out that Walter has always said that and it's never true. Sure enough in this episode Mike dies at Walt's hands.

* VillainousBreakdown: Walt exhausts all his negotiating tactics to get Jesse to stay with him: portraying them as equal partners, belittling any outside interests for Jesse that's not cooking meth, implying Jesse will fall back into addiction if he's out, maintains that he's upset about Drew Sharp's death (and then equivocating Drew's murder with Gale's), insisting that no one will get hurt now that they're the kingpins of Albuquerque, proclaiming that Jesse's cut is "blood money", and finally playing on Jesse's (assumed) greed by claiming he can make exponentially more by cooking with Walt. When none of it takes, Walt's reduced to screaming at Jesse as he leaves Walt's lab for good.

** ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Even Walt's threat of withholding his $5 million share does nothing to deter him from walking right out. Contrast his indignation at Walt [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E12Phoenix back in season 2]], when the share he owed him amounted to ten times less...

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Mike opens up his handbag only to see that his gun is missing. Just as Walt is marching up to his car, gun in hand...