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** Jesse in the Season 4 premiere, too shaken up to even flee the crime scene.
** Walt at the end of "Crawl Space" after {{spoiler|Skyler tells him she gave the money they needed to escape Gus to Ted Beneke.}}
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: In Season 5, Hank's pursuit of Heisenberg leads to his own morals and values eroding. {{spoiler|His hatred for Walt, while understandable, has completely warped him into a vengeful, ruthless man who's obsessed with bringing him down no matter the cost. By the time he dies he's willing to put Jesse, his informant, in situations that could get him killed, as well as kidnap Huell and psychologically torment him into ratting on Walt. His ruthlessness and recklessness are ultimately what lead to his and Gomie's deaths, since his obsession with being the guy to bag Heisenberg ensures that he and Gomie have no backup when Walt's neo-nazi allies come to turn the tide.}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]:
** Hank in Season 3.
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*** In general, when it comes to the main villains petting dogs, Mike's the most likely candidate given that he isn't a sociopath so much as he is a stoic, tired old hardass. He dotes on his granddaughter Kaylee, goes beyond the call of duty to make sure that his "guys" are given millions of dollars for their hard work, and he's even shown to enjoy feeding some chickens in the Season 5 premiere.
** Evil Neo-Nazi he may be, Jack's got a soft spot where his nephew Todd is concerned. Whether it's genuine love or fondness for someone he can manipulate, he enjoys palling around with him and is supportive of him when he starts crushing on Lydia.
** {{spoiler|Todd's relationship with Jesse after he's been enslaved by the Neo-Nazis is a ''creepy'', twisted take on this trope. He gives him ice cream and is very nice and polite to him, but he overall treats Jesse more like a pet than a person and is genuinely unable to
* [[Playing Sick]]: Walt's fugue state.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: When Gonzo gets himself killed (funny story), the DEA raid Tuco's headquarters. Walt and Jesse incorrectly believe that Tuco is killing any witness to No Doze's murder and Tuco believed Gonzo disappeared and sold him out. As a result, Walt and Jesse make a plan to kill Tuco, Tuco kidnaps Walt and Jesse and wants them to go to Mexico with him to cook meth.
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* [[Sad Clown]]: Hank suffers from panic attacks and later PTSD, but he hides his suffering with his gregarious personality.
* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: In the 3rd season premiere, brother-in-law Hank is helping Walter move out of his home after a falling out with his wife. One black duffel bag is heavy, and Walter isn't supposed to do any heavy lifting. Hank insists, and feels the heft. "What have you got in there, cinder blocks?" Without a drop of [[Irony]], Walter replies, "Half a million dollars in cash." Hank only chuckles and says, "That's the spirit." It happens again in season four, when Hank speculates that {{spoiler|the "W.W." dedication in Gale's notebook is "Walter White"}}. Walt jokingly "confesses".
** Season 5 has a truly spiteful example of this trope where {{spoiler|Walt gives Hank a video that is ''supposed'' to be him confessing to all his crimes... except it's actually a video of Walt framing ''Hank'' for his crimes, making it completely useless.}}
* [[Scary Black Man]]: As polite and friendly as he may seem, Gus is still a drug kingpin and is every bit as brutal as you'd expect a man in his position to be. His henchman Tyrus is cut from a similar cloth, though he doesn't even bother to act friendly. And finally, Huell's not afraid to use his height and weight to intimidate people, though he's a far goofier take on this trope than Gus and Tyrus.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Makes me want to live in New Mexico.
* [[Seamless Spontaneous Lie]]: When Skyler needs to justify the large amount of cash Walter earned from making meth, she spins a tale about Walt gambling that also explains the fallings-out they had. It's so good Walter himself begins to listen in awe.
* [[Self-Serving Memory]]:
** When Mike chews out Walt {{spoiler|shortly before his death}}, his explosive tirade where he blames Walt for {{spoiler|Gus' criminal empire going down the toilet}} isn't ''completely'' unwarranted. But it also conveniently leaves out all the heinous shit Gus did to force the issue, as well as the fact that {{spoiler|his men killing a ''kid'' was the thing that led to Jesse and Walt falling out of favor with him.}}
** Walt, on the other hand, falls victim to this during the moments where he bitterly reminisces about his exit from Gray Matter Technologies. He claims to have been cheated out of a massive share of the company by Elliott, its co-founder and his college buddy, and pushed out onto the street. In truth, ''Walt'' was the one who left due to his own petty hangups. And since he left before the company ''really'' took off, it's his own damn fault that he missed out on the crazy amounts of money it would eventually rake in.
* [[Series Fauxnale]]: The fourth season's ending, as well as "Felina", the show's third-to-last episode.
* [[Serious Business]]: You can't have a fly in your meth lab, it taints the product.
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