Walt tells the rest of his family about his cancer. Jesse tries to make amends with his own parents.Walt tells the rest of his family about his cancer. Jesse tries to make amends with his own parents.Walt tells the rest of his family about his cancer. Jesse tries to make amends with his own parents.
- Jake Pinkman
- (as Ben Petry)
- Bank Teller
- (as Tish Miller)
- Bank Customer
- (uncredited)
- Home Buyer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJesse's bedroom at his parents' house includes real childhood photos of Aaron Paul.
- GoofsWhen Walt is changing his bandage for his leg wound he uses hydrogen peroxide to sterilize the wound. After he changes the bandage he notices blood on his pant leg and then proceeds to try and scrub the blood out of the pants with water and a toothbrush. Any good chemist (as Walt is) would know that hydrogen peroxide would clear that blood spot in a heartbeat and not damage the pant leg in the process.
- Quotes
Hank Schrader: Operation Ice-breaker. How you likin' that? We never used that before, did we?
Steven Gomez: Isn't that the name of a breath mint?
Hank Schrader: What?
Steven Gomez: Ice-breakers, right? Breath mint?
Hank Schrader: Nobody's gonna be thinkin' that. Be thinkin' about some big-ass ship at the North Pole, breakin' ice!
Steven Gomez: Says you. I'm gonna be thinking "Operation Breath Mint".
Hank Schrader: I'm thinking "Operation Breath Mint" every time you and me are on a stakeout together, all right? Breath could knock a buzzard off a shitwagon. All right! Operation... TBD. Thanks for nothing, Gom.
- ConnectionsFeatures Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- SoundtracksDidn't I
Written by William Darondo Pulliam
Performed by Darondo
Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.
Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.
"Cancer Man" is not quite as good as the exceptional pilot episode, one of the best television show pilots ever, and "And the Bag's in the River". It doesn't quite have as much of the tension and tautness of those episodes. It is still a wonderful and hugely compelling episode, even though one of those setting things up and putting it all into place episodes it does that incredibly well.
Visually, "Cancer Man" is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.
The writing for "Cancer Man" is a fine example of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour and heart-tugging pathos. The story is texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut enough. The direction couldn't be better.
Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better and shines in this episode and Anna Gunn is affecting. The characters are compelling in their realism.
Overall, wonderful. 9/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- May 27, 2018
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- Runtime48 minutes
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- 16:9 HD