Mike Ehrmantraut's Most Badass Breaking Bad Moments | Breaking Bad
One thing you never want to do is to underestimate Mike Ehrmantraut... Here's a collection of Mike's most badass moments in Breaking Bad.
00:05 - Season 4 Episode 2 "Thirty-Eight Snub": Walt prepares his defence against Gus, as Jesse copes by reviving his friendship with Badger and Skinny Pete. Meanwhile, as Skyler hatches a scheme of her own, her sister Marie struggles to deal with Hank's deep depression.
02:18 - Season 4 Episode 4 "Bullet Points": As Skyler concocts an elaborate story to explain their finances, Walt worries when he discovers that Hank has begun a new investigation, and Jesse's lack of interest in doing anything but partying catches Gus' attention.
04:17 - Season 5 Episode 2 "Madrigal": After cleaning up the final traces of evidence connecting them to the meth ring's deadly end, Walt and Jesse look to Mike to help rebuild the drug lab.
06:54 - Season 5 Episode 2 "Madrigal": After cleaning up the final traces of evidence connecting them to the meth ring's deadly end, Walt and Jesse look to Mike to help rebuild the drug lab.
09:53 - Season 3 Episode 13 "Full Measure": After taking out two of his boss's street dealers, Walt realizes that Gus is planning to kill him and Jesse and replace him with his former assistant.
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Better Call Saul is the prequel to the award-winning series Breaking Bad, set six years before Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) became Walter White's lawyer. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and often against, Jimmy is "fixer" Mike Erhmantraut (Jonathan Banks), a beloved character introduced in Breaking Bad. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts "criminal" in "criminal lawyer."
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Frankly they could make a series about Mike Ehrmantraut just wearily going about his day, looking faintly disgusted with everything, and I'd gladly watch it.
they made it, its called 'better call saul'
I always wanted a show about a young Mike as a cop in Philly
@@louisekenway3455 that would be great!
There are a similar show called Mr. Inbetween
I’d pay money to listen to Mike read the Yellow Pages out loud.
Maturing is realizing that Mike is the best character honestly. He was right about Walt since the beginning
Maturing is realizing Skylar is the best character. Sure, she made mistakes, but she didn't want to be involved in Walt's criminal lifestyle at all and really didn't care that much about the money.
@@nathanniesche6380 Oh no no no, Skylar was awful, made the show hard to watch.
@@nathanniesche6380 how is she the best I think every character has their ups and downs nobody is the best character since they all have their own traits you could say that hank was the best since he tried his best or you could say gus for his motivation literally everyone is the best
I lost huge respect for Mike when he left his grand daughter in the Park all alone when the heat arrived
@@trevmac8362 she was technically safe because police wouldn’t hurt her. He wouldn’t leave her around strangers or in danger
Mike even manages to be badass even when he knows he's quickly bleeding out. Can't beat the good line "shut the fuck up, and let me die in peace"
This is my next tattoo thank you
One of my favorite quotes from BB.
He's badass even when he's acting as a supervisor of security at Madrigal in BCS
👏👏💯💯
@@brianmaiden8333 Alot of what mike says would make great tatoos. "Learn to take yes for answer", "Is that all you got?" and pieces of his speech about half measures and the concept of good and bad when it comes to criminals.
“Everybody wants to be Mike, he gets shit done” - Johnathan Banks
No half-measures
Everybody wants to be Mike, -mike
Ashley's dad?
Walter killed him. Enough said.
@@sludge8506 Walt killed him like a bitch, if Mike knew it was coming Walt would’ve been dead in an instant
“Everyone sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head.” - *Mike Ehrmantraut*
"Everyone sounds like Walter Junior with a gun to their head." - *Me*
@@derfakegangster 😂😂😂😂 u wrong for that
@@derfakegangster ‘please if youre going to kill me at least buy me breakfast first’
@@derfakegangster 😂
@@derfakegangster fun fact vince Gilligan planned to have Walt Jr flayed but the other producers didn’t like it
This should be every single scene Mike has been in.
Him babysitting at the playground 🤣
I mean, you're not wrong. The man needs his own show.
@@Deverik1981 bcs is also a lot about mike
Damn right
Easily. Every scene with Jonathan Banks is gold.
Mike is such an iconic character. And the actor the plays him? Incredible. I like how he’s such a badass but also an adorable grandpa just wanting to go to the park with his grand kids
I misread iconic as idiotic and I was so confused cause Mike is a lot of things but idiotic is absolutely not one of them
saddest part of his arc is that Kayleigh will never know what happened to her loving grandpa, he just vanished
@@theozlander4629 bruh who tf spells kaylee like that
@@ayaan9646 Ireland. America isn't the only country in existence, bruh
@@primmslimm7185 over here in Scotland too
Interesting how Mike says “learn to take yes for an answer” which is what Walt says to Lydia later In the show
I watched a video about how Walt adapts a piece of the people he’s killed
@@MrDragonpoop Was just gonna say that , i noticed it when he cut the crusts off after crazy 8
@@MrDragonpoop what about the dealers
And also Walt acting totally like Gus in his car wash.. It all makes sense
@@MrDragonpoop can u send me the title of that vid? I really wanna watch it
Hard to believe that Mike was only added because Saul was unavailable due to some show called "How I met your mother" and they needed a story line to fill in the gaps!
Is that true?
@@mortsobtw2594 I learned that from a Bob Odenkirk interview.
It's true. It was the scene where he comes to help out with Janes body.
"some" show lmaooo
@@grogery1570 thats so crazy its not the same show at all without mike
Something I like about Mike is that he gets hit in gunfights, he’s just ridiculously stoic and doesn’t let that stop him. It fits Mike so well because Mike is aging and he’s clearly not as flawless as he was when he was younger, but he’s just as efficient and dangerous even if he gets hit.
normally I’d chalk this up to adrenaline numbing the pain but I don’t think anything mike does causes him to feel adrenaline
Like when his ear was grazed by a bullet and he just seemed annoyed by it.
He was also in a war and a vet so there’s that
There is no such thing as "flawless" in a gunfight, only lucky.
but you can always see his pain on his expression
In a business when men die young, beware the old guy
thats a good quote
Copying a comment, and messing it up.
Old is normally 35, very old is Mike.
Beware of the guy who writes copied comments in KZhead.
@@andrewthompson5728 35 is old?
It’s awesome how in Better Call Saul, the younger Mike is obviously 10 years older than he was in Breaking Bad but we just don’t care lol. Mike’s just being Mike.
Mike ages backwards
Actually he’s only like 6 years younger
@@youtubeguy1886 Jonathan Banks was 62 in his first season of Breaking Band. In the last season of Saul he’s 75. So the older guy is playing a younger character than younger guy was. Still don’t care because he was awesome.
Portrait of Dorian Ehrmentrout 🤣
The curious case of Mike erhmantraut
Mike is the only character I wished would have survived. It would have fitted him.
There are always a bigger bald person
Too bad Walt basically jumped him
@@johnbuster4268 huell moment
Gale too!
@@VicenzoV That is how it shouldve been. Not everything needs to be out in the open. Some things can just go on and on without family knowledge.
I love how he looks more irritated than in pain about being shot lmfao especially when the earpiece falls back down haha
Thank the lord Bob Odenkirk was occupied for that one day of filming! 🙏
I know right?! Mike brought this show to a whole new level.
Wait what?
@@joemiller1923 Bob Odenkirk couldn't make it to the set one day because he was busy filming for something else. He was supposed to be the one who showed up at Jesse's house when Jane died, but since he wasn't there, they hired Jonathan Banks to play a one-time character. Mike Ehrmantraut became so popular they kept him as an ongoing character for the entire show.
@@rithrius5384 I love how Vince Gilligan and the rest of them actually paid attention to what the audience responded to, and let the actors actually bring the characters to life, in a sense. Like how Jesse was supposed to die in season 1, but Aaron Paul just absolutely killed it and they not only kept him, but he ended up being the one who survived lol. Absolutely incredible.
@@WoWhistorian I heard someone a couple of days ago talking about how terrible American TV shows are because they don’t care about story or characters and are always fighting for renewal. They thought British TV was better because they have everything planned in advance and don’t have to worry about being canceled. Vince Gilligan and his team disproves this theory. They just roll with the punches and continuously produce the greatest TV ever made. A good team of writers and producers can work magic.
I like how Mike asked his guy if he was ready and only shot him when he tried reasoning with him cause he knew he wouldn't be able to do it if he humanised him too much as he had worked with him for years
6:48 the face he makes after apprehensively shooting Chris the assassin is incredible, so much emotion in one look
His face is usually so emotionless, that even the tiniest bit of expression can be immediately picked up by the viewer.
“Most badass moments” *first clip:* Beating up an elderly cancer patient
50 isn't elderly and it's Walt, the man who eventually killed him for no reason at all.
@@clovers-vintage-all-sorts no reason? Lol
@@thewiseowl8804 Uh, yeah, Walt killed him because he refused to give him the list of his men, he literally says "I'm sorry, I realised I could have just gotten the list from Lidya" and Mike says "Shut up and let me die in peace", if Walt wasn't a rage fueled psycho, Mike would have lived, he didn't have to die. How was his killing justified?
@@clovers-vintage-all-sorts I wonder why my comment was deleted
@@clovers-vintage-all-sorts anyway, Mike deserved it. No, it wasn’t justified but he had it coming. Mike is a terrible person.
Mike always having the badass emotionless face is iconic. That's why in the episode where he talks about his son is so heart breaking, "I broke my boy"
It's refreshing to hear a more realistic sounding suppressor. I've always wondered why they used some weird laser gun sound. I'm not Ranger Rick or anything, but the few times I heard that IRL, you could always hear the metallic sound of the bolt racking at the same volume of the report.
Ah someone who knows what they’re talking about how interesting
Although in bb they're better than in most media, still seems a little quiet imo, could be wrong though
@@danielhepplestone7046 The best one was the Heckler and Koch in the season 3 finale during Chow's rescue. That thing sounded like a sneaky bee whilst also sounding like a weighty hand cannon.
THANK YOU MY GOD I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS
@@ReMattch H&K Mark 23, solid investment
If you're looking for Mike, he's probably just around the corner.
Found him. He found me but I at least found him...
Mike was the only character in the entire series that Walt was afraid of and respected deeply.
Idk ab "respect" (don't get me wrong, walt definitely admired Mike to an extent), he did murder the man.
No he didn't respect Mike, if he did he wouldn't have tried to play games with him. He did however properly fear him though, which is saying alot because he didn't even properly fear Gus. With Gus, when it came to a certain point, even when he was trembling in his boots he felt enough courage to bark back at him and make his own terms. Almost all of his interactions with Mike involve Walt getting defensive and trying to broker a peace.
@@ghostbl33d65 well of course he fears him more than Gus. That's Gus's main hitman.
What about gus lol the main antagonist
And Frank
Lydia telling Mike she didn’t want it to look like she abandoned her daughter was foreshadowing of how Mike was forced to abandon his granddaughter when the police came after him.
Rewatching the scene threatening Lydia makes me realize giving Lydia the ricin was probably the most thoughtful thing Walt did (if he knew Lydia had a daughter, which I believe he did) Not letting her disappear and having her die in a seemingly natural way was very considerate of her daughter.
I would’ve let Lydia disappear. That’s the price you pay for having people killed and getting mixed up with cartels and nazis
Yeah yeah killed her with ricin how sweet and thoughtful PS - who gives a flying fk about Lydia or her daughter ?
Was it even possible for him to kill her any other way
Well she knew she didn’t die in a natural way. Walt told her she was poisoned with the Ricin.
Bro, she made it to the news and was probably pinned to the whole ordeal.
I love that last scene capping the dude through the wall,using the Asian Man to help with the height,that's classic Mike stuff,genius!!
Shooting through a door or partition to get the enemy is an old Hollywood standby I first saw in the movie "The Mechanic" (1972) with Charles Bronson, though it may have occurred earlier, a serious movie buff would know.
@@raylopez99 Nobody cares how much a know it all you are.
Made no sense how he found he right position horizontally tho
Great writing as well
Extra style points for the no-scope wallbang
i always thought mike needed his own show.
He kinda got one
@@lilsloppynutsack1799 honestly kinda 😂
Better Call Saul is kind of his show along with Saul himself
its called better call saul
Don’t Doubt Ehrmantraut
Mike is the epitome of the phrase "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."
Madrigal gave Mike a no-show type job and paid him with his own money, and Mike showed up and worked. To him, he was hired to do a job, he did it, that's it.
Pure brilliance. The part where he's scooting around the warehouse with his clipboard is classic.
mike had the makings of a varsity athlete.
I think he mostly did it because he wanted to make sure the place he was getting his money laundered at had decent security. He was scared that his family would find out about his work.
I love how Mike Ehrmantraut is always calm and cool throughout every single scene! He shows no sign of weakness nor flinches! That's the kind of guy everyone should aspire to be like! He is truly and genuinely badass to the core!
The essence of cool is to never be rattled by anything.
A corrupt cop and cartel enforcer much?
@@irvinmorales1409Not his profession, his demeanor.
I love how Mike just rolls his eyes & just sighs after a chunk of his bloody ear is just hanging🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's the most "Mike" thing he coulda done.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I never see Mike use any machine gun. Maybe it’s because of accuracy and precision issue but to be fair, Mike is the coolest with pistols.
In BCS he uses as sniper rifle, but other than that, you're right, I can't remember him using anything other than a pistol.
its because pistols are lightweight, can be taken on the go, and be hidden easily, perfect for a hitman
he was a beat cop. I am sure his character was familiarized with the workings of a machine gun, but sidearms were his bread and butter
also he was familiar with the rifle he used,he carried it during his service in Vietnam.
He's a hitman, not a soldier (despite Gus calling him that). He also finds big guns to be ridiculous. Remember when he took the guns from this clown on his protection job? He uses the most appropriate tool for the job at hand.
This is what happens when Mike doesn't get enough stickers!!!
how did a joke this awful get 200 likes
I love that they made him human, and not some untouchable hardass cool guy
"Mike Ehrmantraut's Most Badass Breaking Bad Moments" *inserts every scene Mike's in*
Thank goodness for Better Call Saul as it delves much further into Mikes background, and I can definitively say, made me love him even more.
That, Lydia scene, was intense. These actors and actresses in that scene did a phenomenal job acting and bringing out emotion.
Interesting story about the song they use for Mike infiltrating the warehouse. It's Shambala by the Bestie Boys, and it was one of two songs that they wrote for the Tibetan Buddhist monks. The royalties for the song all go to charities for them. So everytime Mike Ehrmantraut caps those guys on TV the Dhali Lama gets a check.
We need a spinoff of young Mike.
We need to make sure the writers and directors have funding for life.
They gotta cast Johnathan Banks for that lmao
@@TriCop Maybe to narrate, they'd probably have his grandson play him or smth
@@olliegoria No No it was a joke lol
@@TriCop oh lol my bad
I love the look on Walt's face after Mike beats his ass. He's like "Why?!"
Cause it takes more than being in a room with some and having a gun to kill them. As Mike so expertly showed us.
Probably because Gus would have survived and killed Walt and his family in the most slow and painful way possible.
His criminal persona gives him over confidence. He thought he could sell Mike on this idea of a coup. Walt is clearly out of his depth. Look at the Disdain that Mike later has for the operation Walt tries to build. Gus was an actual visionary.
@@WithoutRemorse12 And yet he still got killed by Walt, huh.
'you done?'
I think Breaking Bad is the only series I remember that gets the sounds of a suppressed gun correctly.
Same thing in the movie Lone Survivor. Probably the only other movie/show I can remember.
One of my favorite things in BB is the relationship between Mike and Jesse, it starts with Mike helping Jesse because it's his job, then he starts to work with him even if they don't like it at first. And then it becomes a dad/son or maybe a grandpa/grandchild relationship, with Mike even being proud of him and not wanting Jesse to get hurt or get involved too much in dangerous situations Such a lovely pair❤️ I ❤️ U Mike And I miss you🥺
The thing I respect most about Mike is he is a professional. he is given a job he goes above and beyond and does it to the best of his ability.
Mike always had the makings of a varsity senior citizen
I like the slight humour aspect of the warehouse infiltration scene
Mikes monologue about his son was my favourite scene. A real contrast to what he’s usually like.
I love how the dude raises his arms so help Mike aim at the guy on the other side of the wall. Smart man
fr i love that scene
Mike even shuts Walt down when he's dying what a legend
Mike is the perfect example of the famous saying - "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young".
Well Mike only was in the game canonically for about 7 years. He joined Gus in ‘02 and worked with him throughout BCS, then died in what would canonically be ‘09, considering Walt spent the next few months running the game with Todd and then went into hiding for almost a year before dying himself in 2010. By that logic, Tyrus or Victor are better suited to their jobs than Mike is. They’d been with Gus years earlier than he had, and only died a few months before he did.
@@tedioussugar384 Mike had a lifetime of experience before meeting Gus. He was a crooked cop before moving to Albuquerque, so it's easy to assume that he knows the ins and outs of being a criminal more than anyone in the show. And, while not explicitly said, he was most likely a Vietnam War veteran too based on what was shown of him in BCS.
I miss Mike. He always delivered those feel good moments.
That scene threatening Lydia was perfect. As a parent it really hit me and made me feel for Lydia.
He should have gunned down Lydia's daughter with Lydia watching. That would have made my day.
@@MGAF688 yeah ok psycho.
Lydia was a horrible person. She deserved to disappear, make her worst fear come true.
she's a psychopath
Even though Lydia has no problem threatening the families of others.
Love the surviving Twin Hospital scene. There’re 20 cops in the Hospital lobby when all of a sudden there’s a commotion and the Cops (and Walt) start rushing upstairs as word began to spread that the Twin was dying. The cops watch as the Docs unsuccessfully try to save the Twin as he dies…then you see Mike walk by in the background and drop a Needle into the trash.
Mike’s eye roll after discovering his shot ear might be my favourite moment in the whole series. It’s like he’s saying to himself “Ugh not again”
Let's just all admit that as men ,we all wish we were as confident,in control and efficiently and effectively as bad assed as this guy.
This is the moment Mike Ehrmantraut became Finger.
The BEST accidental character in tv history
Perfect role for him. So many epic scenes we forget many of them.
He’s also a badass criminology teacher
That scene with Lydia is one of the best scenes in all of television
Mike infiltrating the warehouse will always be one of my favorite scenes.
Mike was without a doubt my favorite character in the show.
That infiltration scene is so awesome. He’s so calm and collected. Like it’s just any other day
Ok, so Mike is pretty badass and all, but honestly that’s really nothing compared to the fact that Cho got shot in the face by Chris and then came back to life. That’s insane!
Are you serious? his death is in season5 and he neva come back. Tf u talkin bout?
@@illusion-of-choice ugh
@@illusion-of-choice smdh
@@illusion-of-choice can't take a joke
vraro bince
10:21 Always remember to double tap kids!
What did the kids do?
Walt; He was an older gentleman so I didn't fight back. 🤣😆😅
That's like saying you lost a match in COD since you weren't really trying.
Nearly every one of Mike's lines is iconic, because he says so little. The junkyard scene when they test the magnet is brilliant, just because Mike is so sceptical. His 'Miller time' line is hilarious.
12:05 mikes best moment
“I can’t just disappear. She has to know I didn’t leave her.” Sadly that is what Mike’s granddaughter was left thinking.
Love how he gets part of his ear blown off and he just looks mildly annoyed about how it’ll look.
I like how Mike waits his turn before he messes you up. "..Are you done?.." *BOOM!
Mike is solid and utterly comfortable with who he is.
The way he masterminded his sons murderers is the best to me.
Certified finger moment
9:15 no half measures, eh mike? should have listened to your own advice
2:05 as somewhat satisfying as this moment is, it hurts looking back, knowing Heisenberg probably decided right then when he was staring at the ceiling trying to catch his breathe that one day, if he has even the tiniest excuse he’s gonna kill Mike himself.
4:15 he's not hurt, he just annoyed
Jonathan Banks is arguably the most underrated actor ever. Thanks to this great actor, Mike Ehrmantraut is one of the most iconic badass characters to ever grace the screen, big or small.
Mike: Drink your drink. Walt: (continues rambling) Mike: So you have chosen Death.
I love the last part of that warehouse scene...."She's gonna need her shoe!"...
11:37 was so clever I can't handle it.
"Put ur d away Waltu."
Mike: *lost a piece of his ear* Also Mike: *upset grumble*
"Chad do you have anything you wanna tell me?!" ... "She's gonna need her shoe!"
11:09 Directed by Quentin Tarantino
6:57 only thing I don’t buy is a pro like Mike waiting until he is physically inside the woman’s house within earshot before attaching his suppressor and chambering a round, and the only reason that even stands out to me is because of how thorough the attention to detail was in this show. Anyone conceal carrying with that much experience has one chambered at all times.
Man it's wild seeing BB Mike juxtaposed against BCS Mike. He's far more ruthless and capricious in BB. Still definitely seems like he has remorse, but doesn't mull over murking people on the spot like he does in BCS.
I love how Mike is smart and not braindead like others and not double tap their enemies
8:40. He took a half measure. he should of gone all the way.
These clips have been turning up in my recommended for a while now. So much so that I've started watching BB and BCS all over again. 😂
Mike was the only one that really knew who Walter White was from the beginning. When they talk to each other you just see two legends talking to one another. No playing around no games.
Weird how she didnt say i love you back to her daughter when she was clearly scared for her life. You’d think a mom with any ounce of good would say they lived their child if they had a gun to their head
I noticed that too. And I think they did that on purpose to show how she is probably not a loving mother
Good point
Perfect way to start my Saturday morning thank you for posting!
I know wtf I just woke up next thing u know im watch mike clean house with that cool ass silencer and music playing
the ending of this montage is the greatest scene in the show........ so great and done without any dialogue
Just because you shot Jesse James don’t make you Jesse James
I never expect anything new when it comes to Breaking Bad, but this recent upload from it is great enough 😎.
That has to be one of the best depictions of a silenced weapon in hollywood. People usually see that long ass can on the front of an automatic/self-loading weapon and think "Oh well it's gonna go "pew pew" itty bitty noise. The problem is (for those not familiar with firearms) guns are loud, even if you remove the noise from the bullet being fired. You're still gonna hear the loud cracking of the action, when an automatic pistol is fired the gas is still pushing back on the slide and bolt of the weapon, causing it to jerk back violently, kick the empty bullet casing free and load the new round then snap back forward as spring tension pushes the bolt and slide back forward with equal amounts of pressure. There is no way to silence that on a self-loading weapon beyond perhaps *VERY* exotic designs to reduce the noise of the slide/action.
11:40: Teamwork makes the dream work.
It just occurred to me that Breaking Bad was about Walter White in BB, but Better Call Saul the breaking bad was about Mike. He went from being a cop and good guy to still a good guy with bad acts. He is by far the best character among WW.
I love the scene in the truck. Make them think they've got you down, then, open up and take them down.
This is the moment that Mike became Finger.
Mike is a true badass. And he actually cared about Jessie. My favorite character by far.
1:38 *Man beats up broke guy with cancer who was asking for help.*
WALTUH messed with me…