I think the moment Walt starts "breaking bad" is the moment he sees all that meth money on the news during his brother-in-law's police raid. How could someone not see that kind of money as an opportunity to better their life?

FIRST POST! Whoohoo!

Walt first started to break bad when he got the diagnosis. He knew he had to do something drastic, and he'd lost it at his second job already. The news story of the drug bust just gave him the method.

Disagree-
Walter approaches his ex-student with the proposition..., work together or go to jail.
That's when he crossed the line.

this show is dumbbbbbb
If anyone thinks this is good entertainment you are lost do you ever watch real storys where people have lost love one to drugs . Or watch the prison show where people have lost there lives for ever to drugs. this is entertainment

By Hobbit1978 on January 20, 2008 11:03 PM
I think the moment Walt starts "breaking bad" is the moment he sees all that meth money on the news during his brother-in-law's police raid. How could someone not see that kind of money as an opportunity to better their life?

FIRST POST! Whoohoo!
ANd youre not the first post amc del all the bad post what a joke

i personally think it was the moment he was sitting in the doctor's office...man...that look in his eye...it was totally what got me hooked on this series. i know it's gonna rock!!

this show is dumbbbbbb
If anyone thinks this is good entertainment you are lost do you ever watch real storys where people have lost love one to drugs . Or watch the prison show where people have lost there lives for ever to drugs. this is entertainment

FIRST POST! Whoohoo!
ANd youre not the first post amc del all the bad post what a joke

Wait....! It was when he attacked those jerks harrassing his son!!! You could see in his face he went over to the dark side

Walter White officially breaks bad when he flips out on his boss at the car wash for asking Walt to work outside again and help with the "wipe-downs."

This show was great! Can't wait for more. As a former meth user it did not make me jones. Also a former pot smoker, but did'nt want to grow it or smoke it when i watched "saving grace". shows on prohibition don't make mewant to drink either. watching "big love" did'nt make me want to be in a marriage with other women!! get a grip nay sayers. there's always mayberry to tune to.

He broke bad when he wasn't for filling his wifes needs. Sure he loves her but he's not lovin' her. He crossed the line when he desired to be selfish. He said to the camera later on that this was for the best intentions, but he was actually doing this all for himself and his mid-life, near death crisis.

I think he started breaking bad when his boss ordered him to go do the job he was'nt hired to do. when the punks were making fun of his son he had already broken through.

I think walter had his first feeling of breaking bad when his students at the car wash saw him washing the tires. Having them standing there laughing and mocking their chemistry teacher doing unskilled work must have sparked something in him. Maybe a feeling like whats the point of living like this? It seemed like from then on the gears started turning and he was awake.

I think that he actually broke bad when he haw his ex student jump out of the window and realized that if a loser like that can make all that money with limited knowledge of chemistry... when he showed up at his house... thats when he brokebad...

He started breaking on P-test day when trying to figure out how his health insurance could pay for the new kid and the current son. Then yet another doctor, and suddenly the concept of Bad has a new meaning.

Walt forsees his family in a dire situation after his cancer diagnosis is delt to him. He is struggling financially and his son is not physically well. Is he breaking bad or breaking even ?

Walter breaks bad when he first makes meth with Jesse.

A great show. Reminds me of "American Beauty" in that a middle age man has a meltdown epiphany, and he gives up all prior pretentions and politically correct behavior.

I don't think Walt has broken bad yet I think we have to wait a few more episodes.

Walter breaks bad when he first makes meth with Jesse.

Walt breaks bad when he assaults the kid who was mocking his crippled son.

Walter begins to Break Bad when he realizes that he has hit the big FIVE OH years old. The veggie bacon is a symbol of his tasteless, sanitized life. Thus he begins to Break Bad... and it's hilarious!

Walter breaks bad when he makes the proposition to Cap' n Cook that they partner up or he'll turn him in. This is the first illegal thing to occur in his normal life.

great show,

I dont think Walter "beaks bad" but more like he goes through a process of changes which are cause by all of the situations in his life. By combining his money troubles with his health and family situation it causes a chain reaction that changes him into a new person (very similar to the combination of different chemicals to obtain a explosive reaction).

Walter begins to Break Bad when he sees the meth raid on the news and his son holding the gun. I think he really Breaks when he holds the gun to his head and pulls the trigger.

The bad is broken begins when Walter is sitting alone in the chair outside throwing matches into the swimming pool. You can see him having an epiphany as he realizes that each match flame is really just another boring moment of his life.

Walt broke bad when he told his Boss to F**K OFF and rattled the merchandise hanging on the wall while he stomped out of the shop.

I think Walt broke bad when the kid in his chemistry class made a scene when he asked him to move back to his seat. It was just another straw to break the back of a long and pointless teaching carreer where those around him don't find chemistry nearly as interesting as he does.

Walt broke bad when he stomped on the punk in the clothing store who was making fun of his son. The fact that he walked out the back at first tells me that he broke bad somewhere between leaving the store and coming back in to take care of matters in his own special way.

IWalt is already breaking bad when the episode begins.Turning 50..fed up with his life..each time his students ignore him..each time his boss at the car wash insults and belittles him..it all gets worse.In episode one we watch as his disintegation grows..until by the end it seems complete.The facial expressions of his young partner in crime are perfect mirrors reflecting the wonderous horror of that disintegration .It seems impossible that he could possibly fall any further..but this is only episode one..he must have even further yet to fall.
Anyone who thinks that this show in any way glorifies anything to do with crystal meth has obviously not yet watched this first episode. An amazingly realistic depiction of the horrors of dealing in any way with this vicious destructive drug.. Congrats AMC for having the courage to air this remarkable new program!

It was the scene were he was sitting by the pool watching the matches burn away between his fingertips before tossing them into the pool.

There was powerfull symbolism in the scene.
The fire burning away the wood was was a glimpse at how fragile his life had suddenly become...

...Tossing it away to the water his stand that he wouldn't simple fade - burn - away.

While huge events often shift who we are it is the quite moments alone where we see it for what it is that really changes things.

The point were Walter made the quiet solitary choice to go ahead and break bad.

Actually, I am not able to draw a connection with the name of this show to the plot, so far its just all Good. however I do like the play on the periodical chart. and I am in love with the show - regardless of the of the name. I love these characters and the scenes. so genuinely realistic. I think its obvious Walt is not breaking bad, at least not yet.

Walter definately is breaking bad when he sees his former student leaping out the window. He's like, ok, that's it. I am not leaving my family behind with nothing. If this kid can make all this cash, so can I!

He Broke defending his son. the rest was, non violent up to that time, JP borden

He Broke defending his son. the rest was, non violent up to that time, JP borden

It was the first violence in the store when they were teasing his kid.

I think his break-down started coming on in the classroom and escalated in the car wash and with the diagnosis of cancer he went full-blown.

I'd say walter broke bad at car wash, when told to wipe down cars and he just wasn't going to live in his mundane life for the rest of the time he had left.

Walter begins to "Break Bad" on the last scene of the last episode of "Malcolm in the Middle" when Malcolm and his brothers finally move away from home and Hal (Walter) and Lois are looking forward to their future when Lois comes out of the bathroom with a positive pregnancy test... I know, I know, but wouldn't that make a person "break bad"? I still LOVE Hal! But on with the new- Must be when he "stomps" the punks that were mocking his son and they never even saw what was coming! And when he actually commits murder when showing how to make "his" meth to the two criminal drug dealers in the RV.

So does the miniature Winnebago come with a mini-chemistry set and a mini-meth lab?!
Sign me up!!

He broke bad as soon as he attacked the guy making fun of his son at the store. Not only did he stomp on the guy's leg but he taunted him and embarassed him infront of his friends who just stood there and watched

The point of no return had to be when he gased the two in the rv and made his confessional before his attempted suicide

I think the sign he was breaking bad was in the start of episode at breakfast.He had no control of his life,there was someone at every turn telling him what to do,from his wife to his boss.And he got no respect from anyone,especially his students.And then to see his yahoo brother-in-law at the party who was on "the right side of the law" under -scored the fact that that living right all of Walt's years got him absolutely nowhere.

This is simple. The first time he breaks bad is when he takes the supplies he needs from the school chem lab. Up to that point there was talk, but this is the first actual illegal act done with the intent to do more.

so did anyone win a free model winnebago?????????

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Walt's already slowly losing it in each episode. I think he'll go over the deep end in about episode 6, possibly 7.

Walt broke bad when he looked in the trash can and saw the missing piece of the plate that broke in the basement where the drug dealer was chained to the pole.....Then he did what he thought he had to do .....Up until then it had been pretty clean, or at least he could rationalize it......

Haha I think the model is a pretty funny idea... and i hope i get picked haha... i love this show and can not wait for next season!

I THINK COOL MR.WHITE STARTS B?REAKING BAD WHEN HE STARTS RAKING IN THE BUCKS ,STARTS TO BECOME A BIG KING PIN,AND HIS CANCER GOES IN REMMISION,O YEAH HIS SEX LIFE ROCKETS,WHERE IS MY WINNEBAGO?

he hasn't yet.

When Walt settled that black porkpie hat on his head and smoothed his hands over the brim, he officially broke bad. It was like he was crowning the new Walt, no more Mr. Nice Guy, no more mild-mannered school teacher. Walt was now officially "bad" and embracing it.

When he finally killed the guy in the basement, he had to realize that there was no turning back. Ever. Or maybe when he pieced the plate together and realized it was kill or be killed. That day in the house/basement was the time.

It happened when they messed with his son at the store.

When he was with his brother-in-law on that bust.....

It was the first violence in the store when they were teasing his kids.

Walter will never truly break bad as long as he doesn't sample that meth!

the fights in the store

he broke bad from the very start

yer born broke

from the start

I believe the real moment that Walt begins breaking bad is when he decides to start chemotherapy. He made it perfectly clear to the people that love him that he does not want to die weak and brittle from trying to save his life. He wants to die a man and enjoy the rest of his days, however long they may be. I think that he has a lot of pride that will not allow him to accept the offer of his friends to pay for his therapy & he decided ok, fine. I'll do it for you (his wife, son, unborn daughter) but if he's going to do it, he's going to do it his way & he will experience life while doing it. He will be strong & because he has already reconciled his impending death - he is not afraid. He is, rather, growing strength from his actions that defy everything he used to be. He is reborn in that moment & he is in the embryonic stage right now - it's just the beginning of him breaking bad.

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he broke bad when he made crazy wild sex to his wife after he fought!

I think the title Breaking bad is referring to Walter's life in general. He knows the end is near, and he's already had a rough life. I don't think he alone "broke bad"; I think everything broke bad around him as well. Breaking bad is an inside look at some of our country's problems, healthcare and drugs-kinda strange it's all in the same. I absolutely love this show cannot wait for the next season.

Until then, I'll remain,
Waiting for the next season.

when he defended his son.

how bout a new question?

When he starts banging his pregnant wife in the Aztec!! just playing thats not bad its good for the baby!! plus you get some milk spraying all over the place i think he started breaking bad when he killed the fool in the basement big time go ROCKIES motherfuck3rs