Jan 16, 2014 season 1, episode 6 heisenberg blows up tucos office this feature is not available right now. Spoilers ahead for mondays episode of better call saul, mijo. Who refuses to shoot walter white during the final episode. Goodman appeared in 43 of 62 breaking bad episodes as walt and jesses criminal lawyer, with an emphasis on criminal. On february 17, 2009, five miniepisodes, which were more comedyoriented than most full episodes, were made available online before the premiere of the shows second season. Trapped with tuco in a remote shack, walt tries to slip tuco poison, but tio tips off his nephew. Nov 06, 2012 the tv breaking bad, season 1, episode 6. The aftermath of the plane crash has leant walt some extra time at home. Salud the poolside massacre of gus old employer and current rival don eladio was breaking. Against his better judgment, jesse approaches krazy 8s replacement as a drug wholesaler, a big time operator named tuco who doesnt quite do business the way he had expected.
Mar 02, 2008 walt pushes him to be more imaginative and find a distributor to whom they can sell in bulk. Crazy handful of nothin is the sixth episode of the first season of the american television drama series breaking bad. A new theory has emerged in the wake of the amc meth dramas series finale that suggests that everything that happened after walter white got into that snowedin car in new hampshire may have been a revenge fantasy playing out in a dying mans twisted mind. He was planning on taking walt and jesse south of the border, so they could cook meth in a mexican superlab. Breaking bad s1e6 crazy handful of nothin recap tv tropes. Later in that episode, he uses a finger sized crystal of it to blow up tuco. Breaking bad after being released from prison, tuco takes over the remnants of his uncles drug distribution business and employees a number of operatives and establishes his own headquarters. May 12, 2009 some shows could pull off some of the greatest scenes in breaking bad, like the explosion in tucos building and the shootouts and the tortoisehead explosion, but very few shows could pull off.
When thrown with human force, the 50gram piece of fulminated mercury they tested failed to explode. Tuco s treatment of jesse was cruel and made the explosion and justice that much sweeter. Breaking bad is an american neowestern crime drama television series created and produced by vince gilligan. Tuco raymond cruz came back with a vengeance on tuesdays better call saul. Though tuco and his henchmen dont take him all that seriously, they quickly realize their mistake when walt he uses some highly explosive. Episode 6 of amcs breaking bad has a scene where our hero, walt, passes a plastic bag of mercury fulminate off as crystal meth. The show aired on amc from january 20, 2008 to september 29, 20, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. Tuco took them to a house in the desert where he lived with his disabled uncle, hector. As a dea manhunt for tuco gets underway, skyler enlists hank in the search for walt. Pink teddy bear want to own a piece of breaking bad. Everyone talks about bryan cranston work, but aaron paul does a great job too as the little drug dealer, and it shows in this episode.
He claims he likes to go walking alone but is actually cooking with jesse. Just when wed moved through the five stages of grief and begun to move on from the loss of breaking bad. But even before a vengeful walt blows the windows out of tucos hideout in a patented badass chemistry moment, this episode feels game changing in smaller ways. And masculinity, and the american dream, and the horrors of aging, and the uselessness of the war on drugs. Original minisodes is a web series based on the television series breaking bad.
Mercuryii fulminate, or fulminated mercury is an explosive substance with the. Oct 10, 2019 its time for a trip down memory lane, bitch. Dark secrets about the making of breaking bad screenrant. If walt and tuco had miraculously survived the explosion, they would not have been able to hear much for a long while. Whether a piece of fulminated mercury thrown on the floor can generate the explosion shown in crazy handful of nothin is one of the myths tested in mythbusters breaking bad special. Tuco also had four cousins involved in criminal activities. Aug 26, 2019 tuco salamanca was a prominent character in the first two seasons of breaking bad, but much of his backstory wasnt revealed until better call saul. Oct 04, 20 in a way, this is the one that started it all. Breaking bad crazy handful of nothin tv episode 2008 imdb. Impressed and amused, tuco agrees to work with walt. Season 1, episode 6 heisenberg blows up tucos office. Tucos breaking bad backstory revealed in better call saul. A guide to each breaking bad death and how sad it was.
Walt and jesse find themselves trapped with an unhinged tuco. Its a little damaged ok, its a lot damaged but it was in a. Walt stares blankly before hank breaks into a big grin. An explosion emits from tucos office and all the windows break. Its left to walt to sort it all out, telling tuco his name is heisenberg. I guess there arent many easytomake explosives that look like crystal meth. Heres the absolute best breaking bad episodes, ranked. In the episode, walter white and jesse pinkman attempt to coerce saul into representing badger after badger is arrested for selling drugs. Now aging and ailing, tio directs them to eliminate walt for his part in tuco s demise. Unaware of who his gunwielding captors are, saul tries to pin blame on ignacio, who was later confirmed by breaking bad and better call saul producers to be nacho varga. Breaking bad presents its most heartbreaking episode of the series so far, by showing the dark depths of the meth world walt and jesse are helping create.
However he soon has to move out and is shocked when skyler presents him with divorce papers. Breaking bad 2008 16 5 seasons awardwinning tv shows a high school chemistry teacher dying of cancer teams with a former student to secure his familys future. In breaking bad, the ruthless tuco had worked his way all the way up. It was crazy handful of nothin, though, that showed how well the. There is a certain truism about television and this is it. Walt and jesse eventually get free of tuco, but before they can leave the premises, hank, who has taken personal leave to search for walt, stumbles upon tuco. Skyler notices that walt keeps going missing in the afternoons. Breaking bad crazy handful of nothin tv episode 2008 raymond cruz as tuco.
Episode 7 breaking bad is most often considered as a morality play and it. A noroughstufftype deal is the seventh and final episode of the first season of the american television drama series breaking bad. Tuco salamanca was a sociopath drug dealer in breaking bad, who walt and jesse sold their meth to. Now that gus is dead, walt, jesse, and mike work to cover their tracks. A shaken tuco and his mooks point 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 all of it and cause an even bigger explosion. I dont think fulminate of mercury looks like it was portrayed in the tv show. Written by peter gould and directed by tim hunter, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on march 9, 2008. The side effects of chemo begin to plague walt, who is also cooking meth again. Wanneer jesse hem drugs aanbiedt, weigert tuco geld in ruil te geven.
This is the actual wheelchair tio was sitting in at the time of the explosion. The explosion in tucos hideout was replicated on a special episode of mythbusters. Written by george mastras and directed by bronwen hughes, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on march 2, 2008. The two exchange gunfire until hank finally hits tuco with a fatal head shot. Was the breaking bad finale a fantasy playing out in walter. At his most desperate, walt showed tuco what will really was. Walt and jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. Breaking bad crazy handful of nothin tv episode 2008.
His operation is extremely successful and he becomes a key man for the cartels operations north of the border and gradually he becomes one of the most powerful and influential dealers in albuquerque. Oct 07, 2019 nearly every breaking bad episode speaks to an. In breaking bad season 2, tuco kidnapped walt and jesse after the dea raided his hideout. Alberto tuco salamanca was a psychotic mexican drug kingpin, local in the albuquerque area, who briefly became walter white and jesse pinkmans meth distributor. Walt moves in to handle tuco, using his chemistry skills to prepare an explosion to intimidate tuco. The top 10 breaking bad episodes, ranked indiewire. Jesses friend, skinny pete, introduces him to a distributor named tuco, but thi. The 17 most iconic scenes in breaking bad video watch this. Cruz is perhaps bestknown for his portrayal of the frighteningly lethal tuco salamanca in amcs critically acclaimed show breaking bad.
The character, played by raymond cruz, was introduced at the tailend of breaking bad season 1, but the actor reprised his role for the prequel series. We knew from the pilot episode that breaking bad had tremendous potential. Could the breaking bad finale have all been a fantasy. Breaking bad 2008 18 5 seasons us tv shows a high school chemistry teacher dying of cancer teams with a former student to secure his familys future by manufacturing and selling crystal meth. Apr 10, 20 the tv breaking bad, season 3, episode 1. Every breaking bad crossover character in better call saul. In honor of sundays last ever breaking bad, tricia romano remembers the amc series best scenes. He was the grandson of abuelita and nephew of don hector salamanca, one of the most powerful members of the juarez cartel.