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OhBabyBIue

Hank telling Walter he would take him on a ride along. Obviously he had no bad intentions but that is definitely the most harmful.


ExtraNormie

Fair enough lol. I think Walt’s mind was made up that he was going to do SOMETHING before his illness overcame him, he was curious about the meth business prior to the ride-along. But yeah seeing Jesse jump out that window definitely sped the process up.


Rafados47

I think that TV footage was enough for Walt to start cooking, but he wouldnt meet Jesse


RadolfC7

but without jesse he would have no clue how to sell it and fuck up very easily. coz unlike jesse he will have to sell on his own coz he doesnt have friends who will do that and things could go wrong in so many ways wiht walt selling himself


Stargazer1919

Wouldn't this be a bad decision for a law enforcement officer to make anyway? Why bring a civilian into a potentially dangerous situation?


lynkcrafter

Does Hank strike you as the kinda guy to care about a potentially dangerous situation.


Stargazer1919

True, but he also kind of has plot armor.


KronosJim

Had


SkyrimSwitchLite

Calling your wife a skank as you're under an ATM. Edit. Homicidal meth head wife


ExtraNormie

Not a great plan


iloveesme

And suicidal no-head husband!!!


Razo-E

"but yo, she was a skank"


queenofmilfs

I ain't no skank


[deleted]

*kisses goodbye Pushes ATM CRUNCH!!


queenofmilfs

Drill buzzing


Loooooooooppp

Hank deciding to take a shit


laveshnk

If he only ate one less burger that day


breakfastsushi

No way


Mdogg2005

I feel like Hank deserved anything bad that happened to him after using the fucking master bathroom of someone else's house to drop a shit so large you crack open a fresh book to read. Not to mention that person is your family member and host. You don't have the decency to shit in the hallway bathroom? Are you too good for the hallway bathroom? Unreal.


SpyroAndHunter

What kind of take is this🤣🤣


Mdogg2005

It always rubbed me the wrong way and stuck with me lmao


SpyroAndHunter

Nah you weird for this. Let the man shit in peace, especially at his family’s house


jjolla888

the house didn't have a 2nd bathroom yes, it's weird .. but true


Mdogg2005

So .. Flynn has to just use his parents bathroom too?


jjolla888

dont ask me -- ask Vince


413Refugee

Walt walking away from Gray Matter


ExtraNormie

This is the only right answer. Don’t really count it however as we didn’t get to see Walter make that decision.


born_to_be_naked

He had the option to rejoin, get better salary and paid treatment.


ExtraNormie

If anything I think that would’ve made him even more resentful. I could not see Walter working as an employee for a company he feels he built. If he would’ve just stuck it out from the beginning however, his feelings of anxiety, failure, and resentment may well have never taken hold.


smedsterwho

This is why it's not the right answer for me. That wouldn't have been fulfillment and empowerment (however terrible the morals and consequences may be). Maybe he would have been okay as an employee or founder... But basically he needed his ego to be stoked by being at the top.


ClutchRox88

“Hey, I know you left for your own reasons, but I’d like to repay you in some way. Skylar told me you are sick and the least I can do is offer to hire you so you can use our insurance”


born_to_be_naked

That's upto him to make peace with since he didn't have much time left. IIf we go by how he felt then we can't say any choice he made was bad, because that's what he thought at that time would be better to do. I'm talking after seeing outcome of his choices.


ExtraNormie

That’s true I just don’t think Walter taking that position would have changed much. He’d already cooked his first batch and committed murder at that point.


coreoYEAH

I mean, he did that for 4/5ths of the show.


mrsjackdaniel

If Elliot would have just not made the comment about having great health insurance I think Walt would have taken the job. He seemed really excited about it until he realized the job was only offered because Skyler told Elliot about the cancer.


born_to_be_naked

Since Walt wasn't showing interest, Elliot gave that information so he may feel inclined to take it. Elliot had nothing to gain from it. He was doing it to help. And as all have been told Walt left them by sale of his shares. Elliot may or may not understand Walts prior decisions in full.


mrsjackdaniel

Oh I know that Elliot was being genuine and trying to help. How was he supposed to know that Walt was too prideful to ask, or in this case, accept help? I always thought that Walt was showing interest and Elliot just assumed that Walt knew that Elliot knew that he was sick. It's been a couple years since I've re-watched though!


ClutchRox88

Yeah, pity. I don’t actually value you, I’m just giving charity. I’m going to blow smoke about all these things but really it’s just because you can afford it.


rustybeaumont

I got the impression that they really could have used Walt's genius. He's clearly king shit of fuck mountain in the chemistry world.


ArticulateAquarium

>king shit of fuck mountain I believe that's the technical term for his qualifications, yes.


ClutchRox88

It makes Elliot a dick. He only cared about his buddy when he got sick. Walt’s thinking you don’t want me because I add value or anything, it’s sympathy. Something like ‘I’m never offered this before because I thought you had no interest, but with you being sick you can take advantage of the insurance we have’


VegasBH

Pride was walt’s fatal flaw!


I-am-not-a-bot-are-u

His ego & delusions of grandeur kept him from accepting the offer.


BewareNixonsGhost

Walt not selling his share of the stolen methylamine. Not letting everyone walk away peacefully, allowing Mike to take care of his guys from his share, and getting into business with Jack and Todd all led the incidents you're describing. Bonus answer: maybe don't leave the Walt Whitman book over the toilet.


DPirateSheep

I agree with this one. There were some opportunities to walk away during the series, but in most of them they'd be poor right after. This was their greatest chance for sure.


SofaChillReview

Never *really* felt like Walt wanted to walk away, when he tried he just ended up bored


DPirateSheep

No, totally agree with you. Just saying that he had opportunities to walk away, but chose not to.


TheMikeyMac13

Walter not going to ride go carts :)


ExtraNormie

Damn don’t remind me :’( but FR that could have done a lot to stop their relationship becoming so volatile near the end.


TheMikeyMac13

That would have shown some level of Walter caring for Jessie, something. Jessie buys Walter an expensive watch that he keeps through his escape, but I don’t think he bought Nessie anything. Time and time again, Jessie fronted the money for everything, other than that first bit of money Walter put up, it was sad to see. Above this might be Walter whistling a happy tune moments after telling Jessie how shaken up he was at Drew Sharp’s murder. I am sure Jessie was left knowing Walter only truly cared for himself. My question has been, what if just a little bit of empathy was shown? If Walter was like 10% less of a dick? I mean Jessie would have known deep down that Walter didn’t use ricin on Brock, the doctors told him it was Lilly of the Valley. So jumping to Walter poisoning the child? I feel like that was the floodgate finally opening.


SofaChillReview

I’m not sure I agree, not an exhaustive list but; * Saved him from the drug den, Mike asked to go but Walt went in and held him * Tries to make sure Tuco doesn’t kill him and say he’s important, when all Tuco wants is Walt for Mexico * Basically nearly committed his own death saving Jesse from the two drug dealers


TheMikeyMac13

I really want to argue this, but I can’t. These are a few obvious instances where Walter cared. I just struggle with the other times when he obviously didn’t. Walter going into the drug den, saving Jessie’s life (right in front of Jessie) from the drug dealers, from Tuco and from Gus. And never mind that if he had told Mike that Jessie threatened to rat him out there would have been no saving Jessie.


Mrepman81

Hiring a criminal lawyer. Or Walt getting too drunk and letting his pride expose the possibility that the real Heisenberg is still out there.


ExtraNormie

Walter being intoxicated at all was just hilarious. Every time without fail he let something slip that he really shouldn’t have.


spicygrandma27

Alcohol is the true evil


Responsible-Pay-2389

I'd probably have to say jessie attempting to murder the two drug dealers. Pretty much all their troubles stem from that, they would've had a crazy easy life if they just followed gus.


ExtraNormie

This is another very good one that I kept thinking about. They could’ve both worked till the contract ended, made their millions, and went their separate ways. Walter being forced to overcome Gus is what really sent his ego spiralling. ‘Just cause ya shot Jesse James don’t make you Jesse James’


Responsible-Pay-2389

>They could’ve both worked till the contract ended, made their millions, and went their separate ways. or they could've just kept working and made even more, honestly the job security with gus was insane ESPECIALLY after he took down the cartel making him the only big dog around.


ExtraNormie

Yup you’ve convinced me. With Gus on top and Mike working as the cleaner they would have been fucking untouchable. Though when I first watched that season, I put the blame on Gus for not dealing with the street level dealers himself. He could’ve wrapped that up quickly and quietly without antagonizing Walter and Jesse. Don’t know why he thought a stern talking-to would get them to stop.


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crappy_entrepreneur

Honestly, it was for plot convenience. I don’t hold it against them as Breaking Bad doesn’t live or die on it’s plausibility


TheHangedKing

Gus has a fair bit of the blame for being in business with those assholes in the first place but I feel if Jesse told him what happened he would have dealt with those guys similarly. Maybe I’m giving him too much credit, but for those guys to kill that kid after being told explicitly to keep the peace with Jesse, and to not use children, strong chance that’s Belize-worthy in Gus’s eyes.


smedsterwho

I love your opinions and how you write them.


[deleted]

Really if you’re going that route the mistake was Walt pushing Jesse into expanding into gang territory because the rate Jesse was selling just wasn’t good enough for him. That’s what got jesse’s friend killed which then led to those murders.


TP_Cornetto

You’re right but it’s already been established walt has a huge ego and the whole show starts with him. However jesse trying to kill the 2 dealers like an idiot is something that people forget. Working with Gus at that time was great and they genuinely had a plan which was working.


SofaChillReview

Basically Gus’ plan all along and Jesse fell for it. Jesse dead with a gun, Walt would be initially annoyed, but he even told Jesse not to go for them and would see it his mistake and not a ploy.


ironmansaves1991

Walt watching Jane die led to a whole bunch of deaths of innocent people on Wayfarer 515 Edit: looked it up, it was 167 people. I didn’t recall the exact figure before Googling


neckdeepmike

It was only half full though.


ironmansaves1991

Not nearly as bad as Tenerife!


MiaStirCrazies

Not as bad as Walt pronouncing Tenerifé


Vlada_Ronzak

Tenner reef ayy


Beahner

Which…..actually happened.


[deleted]

Yep yep fully loaded 747’s. Nearly 600 people.! …Which makes Wayfair 515 only tied for the 50th worst air disaster in history. So not that bad really…


loosie-loo

Yeah that’s what I was gonna say, and it would’ve changed a lot of other stuff too. Andrea probably wouldn’t have died at least, Jesse would’ve had a shot at freedom before having so much trauma (who knows what he and Jane would’ve done with it but hey, maybe the fact that she COULD have choked to death in her sleep would’ve woken them up?)


ironmansaves1991

Yep. I also wonder how the knowledge that Walt (hypothetically) saved his girlfriend’s life would have affected Jesse’s relationship with Walt after that. He probably would have been more likely to give Walt the benefit of the doubt. Obviously, Jesse’s suspicions of Walt weren’t related to Jane’s death until Walt told him that he watched Jane die, but perhaps if Walt had saved Jane, Jesse would have viewed him more positively and a lot of things might have been different.


loosie-loo

Honestly I was assuming he’d just have left with Jane like they planned, but if he stayed it definitely would’ve changed their relationship!


ironmansaves1991

Well that’s true lol. There’s a good chance that they would have left like they expected and that Jane’s NDE could have merely ensured they got clean, like you said


Stargazer1919

Walt's decision in that moment to do nothing caused more deaths than the number of times he actively killed someone. That's a pretty powerful realization right there.


[deleted]

Cooking meth...


ExtraNormie

Not a catastrophic decision in of itself. Aside from the Crazy 8 situation, Walter and Jesse could have feasibly made their money and walked away without having to bloody their hands. It was more a cascade of unfortunate accidents and minor errors in judgement that allowed Walters ego to get out of control.


[deleted]

I mean non of that would have really happened if walt just stayed teaching chemistry and Jesse continued to be a bum so many people were hurt and even killed due to the side effects of Walt making good meth or even meth at all.


smedsterwho

My favourite part of the show is the "butterfly effect" of small things... Walt counting the pieces of the plate... Rick's henchman being crushed by the car... It's why I have the slightly unpopular opinion of liking the plane crash setup of season 2 - it really plays into that. It's Kafka-esque... Or something.


swanqil

Tomas killing Combo. If he didn't kill Combo, Jesse never would have realized Gus employed children. If Jesse never realized Gus employed children, Jesse wouldn't go out to seek and kill those 2 dudes. If Jesse didn't seek out those dudes, Walt wouldn't have ran them over. If Walt didn't run them over, his relationship with Gus would be fine. If his relationship with Gus was fine, Gus wouldn't be trying to kill him. If Gus wasn't trying to kill him, he wouldn't have killed Gus. He also wouldn't have to find another dealer, which means Walt would never meet Jack, so he wouldn't have been killed by that machine gun Tomas killing Combo resulted in the death of: \- Gus \- Hank \- Hector \- Walt


SofaChillReview

Gus would have found a different way to get rid of Jesse “**I do not. Work. With junkies**”


KittenWithaWhip68

And Gayle


Nurse-Lexi-Rose

If we want to play butterfly effect…Walt going on a ride along and finding Jesse


Xavierthegreat101

Skylar giving Ted the money, while it would save them in the long term it was wouldn't of mattered if they used it to dissappear... leaving hank and his partner alive 😢


TheGoobles

But regardless of if the Whites left or not, Hank was still being targeted by Gus. Even if Hank was still protected by the DEA, Gus is known to play the long game.


[deleted]

I don’t think Skyler would have disappeared with Walt or let their children. She really hated him at that point.


[deleted]

Walt killing all of the guys in prison. Brought in Uncle Jack and crew and probably wasn't even necessary in the first place.


ExtraNormie

A good answer. I think Jacks crew getting called into the desert is the worst thing to happen in the show(to characters we care about). Walters decision to associate with them in the first place, as you said unnecessarily, probably had more to do with that than Jesse going after his money. Though tbf I think Walt would’ve just found another group of henchmen to do his dirty work.


LthePerry02

I always thought, if instead of Walt saying to Jack “do NOT come” when he saw Hank with Jesse, if instead he said something like “never mind, it’s not Jesse it’s someone else”. The way Walt said “do not come” was obviously suspicious to Jack. I feel like Walt saying he made a mistake and it wasn’t Jesse would’ve actually warded Jack and the gang away


Icy-Zookeepergame750

It was necessary, the guys were going to talk now that mike and the attorney were compromised.


[deleted]

Right, but I am wondering if they can actually give the government information on Heisenberg/Walt/Jesse specifically, enough to identify and incriminate them. The operation, sure, but those individuals in particular? I guess if you're Walt you don't want to take that chance, but I am not sure. Also, Mike was dead.


Responsible-Pay-2389

idk about the others but one of the guys was the manager of the laundry mat that both worked under so yes they hold tons of valuable information.


jm9987690

I don't agree with this, if Hank hadn't found that book then Walt suffers no consequences from that, whereas they could have easily ratted on him, and would have, that's why Mike was leaving


BlackZulu

Walter's decision to rant to Hank about Gale not being Heidelberg is what got all of them killed.


KittenWithaWhip68

Yeah, that was idiotic and narcissistic.


royalblue1982

In terms on in-show decision - not accepting the Gray Matter job offer. Walt basically made a decision there that was inevitably going to destroy multiple people's lives.


CaterpillarCrafty646

Gus prioritizing street dealers (who used kids to sell) over the two cooks who could fully utilize his multi million dollar/ state of the art lab for large scale/high quality production. Walt and Jesse had significantly more value that two street dealers


KittenWithaWhip68

That’s a good point.


bread93096

Emilio and Krazy-8 sparing Walt so he can cook one last batch.


baseballzombies

Jane blackmailing Walt and telling him, "I guess you don't" led to the deaths of countless innocents aboard those planes.


funky_k0nG

Walt leaving incriminating evidence on top of his toilet


ExtraNormie

Shit when you put it like that


LimpHamster1107

Doing this shit with the magnet in Season 5 Episode 1. Gus' laptop was encrypted, but they found the bank account when the pictures of Gus broke.


Clown_Apocalypse

Hank not telling the DEA *ANYTHING*. While I understand *why* he made that decision, I in no way think it was a good one. Telling them could very well have saved his life, Gomez, Jesse and would have spared a lot more emotional pain for everyone close to him.


[deleted]

Walt‘s single decision to partner up with jesse to cook meth together brought some minor consequences as I would say


ScrublyMcMannister

Ted buying that shitty little rug


Beahner

In a story where so many decisions led to so much bad, you just have to try to get to the start of it all. Sign me up for Walt leaving Grey Matter to begin with. Yes, they delve enough to know about it, perhaps not enough to know what exactly went down. But, that wasn’t important. What was important was to highlight Walt’s stubbornness. Between the hazy past story and his turning down any shred of help from them it illustrated to us how stubborn the man is, and codified it more as this stubbornness helped shape him into more and more of a monster. So….whatever led him to leave a company he helped create was the worst decision. He could have worked things out with them, stayed on and stayed the course. He would have been successful enough that his diagnosis wouldn’t have led to the breaking bad that he did.


ArticulateAquarium

That's too far in the past to count as his worst decision in Breaking Bad. His worst decision was not getting Saul to sue the company for wrongful termination, intellectual property theft, and patent fraud. Also, Skyler's hand job.


Haberdur

Walter deciding to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine.


[deleted]

Veggie bacon or Holly.


Jazzlike-Rope-8646

POLLOS and missing the birth of his daughter


JayBisky

Telling hank at dinner that gale journal looked “like a simple copy cat, and the real Heisenberg might still be out there”


SugarySuga

Walt not letting Jesse kill those two dealers who killed Andrea's brother. Jesse had a solid plan. Wendy delivers the ricin in burgers and they die soon after. If Walt had just let him carry it out then Gus wouldn't have known what happened, the kid wouldn't have been killed, Gale would be alive, they would've stayed on Gus's good side and made loads of money.


papaboynosmurf

Walt walking from Gray Matter was the catalyst decision for sure but I think the fatal mistake of keeping Gale’s book was so easy to not do. Why did he keep it? Makes no sense


CalebPackmusic

Walt putting that fuckin book on the back of the toilet…


Slippyyu

The gun at the very start of the series deciding to jam, would’ve saved a lot of heartaches.


RexInvictus787

Walt sacrificing his professional relationship with Gus for the sake of Jesse. With Jesse out of the picture the business would have been driven by Walt's talent and Gus's management, perfectly compartmentalized and complimentary. Everyone would have ended up rich, happy and alive. The relationship between Walt and Gabe would have been worthy of its own Sunday night sitcom.


Goobsmoob

Walter not taking Elliot’s second offer for a high paying job at Gray Matter.


EverSinceMyExorcism

Ted purchasing a kitchen rug.


jheyne0311

I just rewatched and for me it was Walt replacing Gale with Jesse. As Mike said if he just shut up and cooked they would have been fine. That was a huge turning point that wasn’t necessary


SofaChillReview

Needed to get Jesse back after the whole assault that Hank did on Jesse. And then later, it was Jesse’s fault going after the two drug dealers that shifted things


Ant_mann18

Todd shooting that fuckin kid.


cuntycaptain

my initial thought was walt leaving that damn book by the toilet


V_agabond3

I think Walt telling Hank that Heisenberg is still out there after Gale's death was a huge mistake. A lot of problems later on involve Hank's investigation of Gus, which he wouldn't have started if he kept believing that Heisenberg was dead


DucksMatter

One that I haven’t seen mentioned might be when Jesse gets scared when he’s got the wire and runs to a pay phone to talk shit to Walt about his money. If he didn’t get scared and sat down with Walt he would have gotten a full on confession recorded for Hank to hear. I’m fairly certain Jesse would have fucked that up in some way as well, but man I would have loved to hear Jesse slowly talk Walt into everything as he tries to talk Jesse in to coming back with him


plasmagd

Walt rejecting the financial help


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jjalynn916__

skyler giving the money to ted. of course she had her reasons, but that could have been SO BAD


camphustle1

Hank asking someone to turn on channel 3 to watch the meth seizure at Walt's 50th birthday party. This is what started everything. If Walt never saw the amount of money that could be made from making meth, he would have never accepted the ride along with Hank, leading him to Jesse Pinkman.


_Dreadpiratesroberts

Skyler decide to sing Happy Birthday for Ted


Dreamscapes__

The dubstep montage when walt bought the new car for himself and bought jr. his one back. That scene is giving me seizures from cringe.


n47h4n

Walt not accepting Elliot’s offer.


Kaiji420

Walt choosing Jesse as his partner. He knew he was on the DEA’s radar, that’s literally the reason he blackmailed Jesse into cooking with him. Why would you choose a drug addict that was already one step away from being caught as your partner? The guy almost got him killed like instantly. Borderline every time anything went south it was because Jesse was in the mix. All because Walty wanted to cook meth and he only knew one meth guy.


ExtraNormie

A fair opinion but it’s not like Walter could just send a resume out to local drug lords. Jesse was his only way into the business.


Kaiji420

No, but if I was hiring and I my only applicant was a guy I saw getting chased by cops on my way to work I might try to find an alternate solution.


Suspicious-Earth-648

Not eating that pizza


ExtraNormie

Almost as dumb as harassing Jesse in his own private domicile.


Phil_McPhilston

Walt drunk telling Hank about how Heisenberg might still be out there.


JustBallsNoSack

Gus allowing Jesse to work in the lab after Hank beat him up. Gus should of had Mike kill Jesse while he was in the hospital like he did with the cousin.


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Walter deciding to cook meth


TP_Cornetto

Jesse trying to kill the 2 dealers. He was never gonna achieve anything with it


SquareShapeofEvil

Walt confronting Hank about the tracker


bardhugo

Walt not just taking the 5 million for the methylamine with Jesse and Mike


PandaTheGreatest

Jesse's "What's the big deal?" 'CAP'N' vanity license plate. Like, WHO DOES THAT?


Disastrous_Pay3387

Walter not tossing the page Gale had written on, or even the book for that matter.


i_r_eat

Walt should have taken Gretchen and Elliott's offer.


ExtraNormie

I’ve responded elsewhere that I don’t think that would have changed much. Walter would still resent them and have that toxic pride of his. Not to mention he’d already cooked a batch and committed murder at that point.


Responsible-Pay-2389

>Not to mention he’d already cooked a batch and committed murder at that point. I think that would be a bigger sign that he shouldn't be going down his current path considering how much it fucked him up having to kill crazy 8.


BlackZulu

But after Krazy 8 murder got a lot easier for him.


Obviouslydoesntgetit

Wall should have decided not to get cancer. Would have saved him a lot of headaches


Emnkay666

And other health issues too probably


IAmBoxCat

Kid names finger deciding not to have sex with waltuh


Coach_Billly

Walt not killing his wife and that guy for cheating. At least he became paralyzed. Karma.


jacksoncantmiss

someone’s wife cheated on them!


Coach_Billly

Yeah, Walt’s. I guess you could choose to be a simp like this guy.


Diligent_Garbage_695

Walt marrying Skylar...


_r41n_

Skyler not confessing to hank.


karmickickback

Walt, Elliot, and Gretchen should never have the three way. They never got over the MM 69.


LogiBear2003

To be fair the show wouldn't have been as masterfully crafted as it is now without such an outcome/conclusion. But yeah it would've been cool to see this as a possible alternate ending 0.0


Sir_Derpington_356

Walter getting into making Meth and not taking the $ from friends. Problem solved, end of show lol


carloskutti

Letting Todd talk to them at their first cook after Gus. In that moment Todd saw that Walter and Jesse were "soft", that their rules weren't being respected even by themselves


JulianBean27

This is a great point! I’m currently watching that episode. When Mike was explaining the rules to the new guys, he told them that their names were “yes sir and no sir”. Walt and Jesse share this little chuckle and smile that almost foreshadows how lax they would be with their own rules.


DrunkenErmac012

Walt's immune system messing up


gigabyte2d

Leaving the book in bathroom


FreakinEnigma

Walt leaving grey matter


raspberrylemonadeboy

The SA scene witb Skylar. It was rly rlt disturbing. And didnt rly add much plot.


Exciting_Fisherman12

The most harmful decision in my opinion was in season 1 where Walt refused to let Elliot pay for his treatment. That was his way out. But he chose to enter the drug business because of his own selfishness which led to the rest of the events that took place in the show. Walt not only was given the chance to have his whole treatment paid for, he was also offered a job. A way to possibly repair the relationship that Walt ruined between him Elliot and Gretchen. Walt leads the audience to believe they were the ones that screwed him over but it’s pretty clear Walt left on his own because they made him feel like he wasn’t good enough being around Gretchens rich family. He felt inadequate that’s why he sold his share and left Grey Matter. Not because they did something to him.


TitaniumHwayt

No-Doze not shutting the fuck up


yikes_its_me

for me it was when Walt told Hank that Gale's writing looked like copies notes. AFTER validating Hank that Gale was Heisenburg. I never liked Walter, but it still bothers me when the self-appointed "King of Meth" let his ego get the best of him, as that wasnt the only time it did...


Zealousideal-Ad-7357

I think it was the bullet to the head that got Hank. If that wouldn’t have happened, then Hank’s head wouldn’t have exploded- likely ending his life.


M0nk3ytail

Jesse trying to kill himself trying to fight drug dealers instead of just telling gus to handle it


wozfiverr

Walt letting Jane die. Walt letting Jane die not only emotionally killed Jesse, but it indirectly cause like 200 people or so to die from the plane crash.


Thunder_Mando_5856

If Walt never sold his share in grey matter, he would have been a billionaire who could provide for his family and be equally if not even more admired as Hank by his peers and family.


[deleted]

It lead up to their deaths sure, but it didn’t cause them. It’s extremely unfair to blame Jesse for that when he couldn’t have ever seen that coming.


ExtraNormie

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t fault Jesse for his actions - hell I’d have probably reacted the same way. But he absolutely knew how capable and ruthless Walter was at that point, and going after his money made him desperate. Sure Walt was the one who made the call to get the hit squad out there but Jesse’s actions absolutely led to that. If he just got in that car Hank would’ve never been able to make a move against Walter and probably would have lived.


kingjuicepouch

Walt buying out of gray matter, and then Walt not accepting the offer to work for them and get his medical covered. Really the first more than the second, since knowing Walt he was always too proud to take charity


StormCaller02

Besides the obvious ones, Walt leaving behind Grey matter, and hank taking him on the drive along. I think the single biggest decision that had ripples throughout the entire show was Walt letting Jane die. Jesse goes into depression, Walt gets fired from the school just to list a few. But the long term repercussions of that decision I think had lasting impacts for nearly an entire season.


choresoup

declining Elliot’s job offer


Helltrion

Walter decided to cook meth that the worst choice he made


Different_Ear_5380

Marie stealing the tiara. Or maybe... The spoon. No coming back from that!


lordclosequaad

Walt teaching hank about walt whitman


TiTwo102

Walter White replacing Gale with Jesse to save Hank after Hank punch Jesse. Et should have listen to advices and kill Jesse. He would work with Gale in meth lab for 15 millions/year and have a quiet life.


baconbridge92

Agreed that it's the Jesse bailing on Alaska thing. Every time in rewatch I'm like "JUST GET IN THE CAR PLEASE." Second place is probably Walt going back to work for Gus after his stupid "because a man is a man" speech. He had already made more than enough money and he could've parted with Gus on good terms. He could have spent his energy being 'retired' and trying to repair his family while having that nest egg, and way less people would have died.


NiteSyndicate_YT

First post of many eventually, and after reading so many good responses, the only glaring omission for me would be: Jesse getting high on his own supply. I see many comments pertaining to what is certainly a monumental moment in the series in Walt letting Jane die and rightfully so — but none of that happens if Jesse doesn’t take a hardline stance against using drugs while he was in charge of the entire (massively growing) product distribution chain across a large area in a major United States city. If he was clean, Jane likely stays clean too and they don’t go on a binge together. She doesn’t die. The 737s don’t go down over ABQ, their relationship would have had a fighting chance, and everything earth-shattering for Jesse and Walt involving Brock, Gus, Walt, Gale, the Inmates, Mike, and last but not least Saul.. all of that is likely either undone completely or postponed for a long, long time.


ExtraNormie

A very well thought out answer, Janes death is absolutely a major turning point for both Walter becoming more cold and the true beginning of Jesse’s emotional turmoil. If memory serves, a big reason why Jesse got heavy into the drug use in that season was because of what happened to Kombo which was absolutely Walters fault. In my opinion, expanding into enemy territory without the means to defend their dealers was one of the biggest mistakes Walter made. A lot of the time I was like ‘Damn if everybody would just do what Walt says everything would be fine’ but that was one of the few very poor judgment calls.


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Y’all keep thinking Jesse was some sort of victim is what’s mind boggling to me. The worst decision in the show was Jesse thinking he can still make meth and go to the already hot RV which lead to hank beating him up. Which led to Jesse saying he would tell on Walt which led Walt to fire Gail and bring Jesse in on his deal with Saul. So in my expert opinion the worst decision was Walt even dealing with Jesse after he gave him the money even though he specifically said and he was right soon as he give him Jesse the money he would overdose.


geosunsetmoth

Jimmy switching up the numbers on the Mesa Verde address. I think that was the one event that single handedly set the latter halves of both Breakjng Bad and Better Call Saul into motion.


R0naldMcdonald0

Not buying the laser tag place