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#67: Crawl Space
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Show: Breaking Bad
Original airdate: September 25, 2011

"If you try to interfere, this becomes a much simpler matter. I will kill your wife. I will kill your son. I will kill your infant daughter."

That shot, that iconic shot of Walter White at his lowest point (so far), in that crawl space, laughing and then... dying? The camera, panning up, looking down, into that crawl space, with Walt laying in what looks like an open grave. I actually didn't start watching Breaking Bad until after season 4, so I can only imagine the agonizing cliffhanger it must've been after this episode, with Gus threatening the lives of Walt's family, Hank in danger, and seemingly no way out. Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn both acting their asses off in that ending scene, as Walt had his nervous breakdown and Skyler was left helpless to watch. So many other things happened, things that now seem like afterthoughts... Walt wrecking his car to prevent Hank from finding the laundromat in another tense scene, Ted Beneke attempting to flee from Saul's goons to get out of paying taxes, only to slip and fall and break his neck... things that might've been the pivotal events of earlier episodes, but here, they're both just part of the background as the conflict between Walt and Gus reaches its climax. Walter White crawled into that hole, but as so many fans have noted before, Heisenberg crawled out, setting the stage for a truly epic final showdown.