When he is talking to Skyler: Hank: But just here's the thing. In other words, we get him to that point and Hank is outside and Hank is relentless, as we know him to be. Is there an apt --force-overwrite option? ", "Dean Norris on the Breaking Bad Premiere, Hank's Machismo, and Bryan Cranston's Overachiever E-mails", "Q&A: 'Breaking Bad' Star Dean Norris on the Many Faces of Hank", "Dean Norris in Under the Dome the triumph of the TV co-star", "Vince Gilligan walks us through season four of, Dean Norris on Playing Hank in "Breaking Bad. We were writing and shooting and editing in a vacuum, no one had seen the show yet, and I really had the feeling that I needed to throw the kitchen sink at it, that the writers and I needed to get every bit of drama, he explained. MARIE: *to Walt jokingly* You are the devil.

[4] Norris said that, in the episode "Blood Money," Hank's emotions finally take over. Look, the day I go in with this, that's the last day of my career, all right? Everyone wouldve been better off. We see several conversations showing that Hank doesn't have enough evidence yet. When you think about it, thats the genius of Walter White: he figures out answers to problems that in real life, it took eight fairly smart people probably a week and a half to two weeks to figure out, Gilligan said of the plotline. By that stage it wasn't just meth, he was directly involved in the murder of many people. I don't! A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series Breaking Bad on AMC. Aaron Paul

After Hank finally discovers that Walt is Heisenberg, Norris had to balance betrayal with rage, citing the hurt of Walt's betrayal of his trust as his most significant emotion. When Domingo Molina (later to be known as "Krazy-8") is arrested on drug possession, he spends two days in jail then announces he is willing to inform to the DEA to make a deal with prosecutors. Hank and his partner Steven Gomez arrive to interrogate him. How should I handle the maximum length for given names on the U.S. passport card? If, nothing else, he didn't pay taxes on all of his money. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. HANK: I swear to Christ, I will put you under the jail. After learning that the accident was a hoax, an infuriated Hank goes to Jesse's home and assaults him.

In "Grilled", Jesse gets caught trying to poison Tuco in an attempt to escape Tuco's house, and Tuco is enraged. No way could I let anyone in my family get away with that. Hank also questions Jesse, but Jesse provides no conclusive statements to provide leads to Heisenberg. He was the most nefarious drug lord in the American southwest and had committed mass murder. Marie finds their insurance will not cover this, and Walt and Skyler agree to help cover the costs, unbeknown to Hank. There was no one else that would blow the wistle on Walt (not even Jesse, to Hank at least), he retired from the buisness, had his money safely hidden away and evenutally would have died from cancer and Skyler would not have ever told Hank about Walt's crimes (she was waiting for him to die all along). Among the evidence is a lab notebook with Gale's notes on the construction of the lab, the synthesis of meth, and other details that leads Hank to believe Gale was Heisenberg. Frank Girardot of Pasadena Star-News, an old friend of Norris', says that he watched Norris grow into the role, and praised him as "a damn good actor. However, his racist jokes toward Gomez were toned down as the series progressed and were turned into good-natured ribbing. Anna Gunn I mean, the only real evidence that she can lead them to is your money, and once we take care of that, well, then they got nothing. Why didn't Hank connect the locations the blue meth had been found with Gus? Drug dealers dont look at addicts as people, just customers and cops usually look at addicts and attach some type of stigma. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WhatAnIdiot/BreakingBad. Hank would constantly talk of people with drug addictions as if they werent people. HANK: Have Skyler bring the kids here. Hank knew Jesse was inside but did not know of Walters presence. At this point, he was simply freaking out; realizing that Walt might actually be Heisenberg. However, Amitin thought that Hank's humanization and inner struggle fit in with the other character's arcs and the series' themes. But wasn't finding this book in Walt's bathroom proof enough ? I can't wait for season 4 of BCS but it;s such a long wait!

Peter Gould was initially hesitant to include Hank in Better Call Saul since the character had primarily been developed and written by Gilligan, who despite serving as co-executive producer had not been in the writers room for the show since Season 3.

During Walt's fiftieth birthday party, Hank shows off a news report covering a meth bust that he had led.

Jesse drives down the street slowly while throwing cash out of his window angrily. After he gets shot by the Salamanca cousins, he spends part of season 4 taking up mineral collecting, much to Marie's chagrin. The writers strike came along, and we didnt get to do our last two episodes. That wasn't Pinkman. Walt ruined hanks life. Gilligan told UPROXX in a 2018 interview that creators considered having Walter kill the DEA agent when Hank cornered Walter and Jesse in their RV at the junkyard. In a 2015 episode of Kevin Pollacks Chat Show, Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan revealed that Hank almost died in season 1. In "Cat's in the Bag", after killing Emilio Koyama (and imprisoning Krazy-8), Walt and Jesse decide that Jesse must corrode Koyama's corpse as while Walt must kill Krazy-8 himself and then corrode his corpse later on. Jesse finds the addicts (Spooge and his wife), pulls a gun on them and coerces them into handing over what they stole. What does she actually know? Even after interviewing Jessie and getting all the details from him, Gomez still doesn't think they have enough: Gomez: And I hate to admit it, but I think the kid is right. Norris kept tearing up while filming a particularly dramatic speech, though the director kept telling him not to. Hank tries to talk to Skyler, but she stays silent on what she knows. Retrieved September 19, 2013. "[26] TVLine named Dean Norris the "Performer of the Week" for his work in "Blood Money. Jesse Plemons. You drove into traffic to keep me from that laundry. Now. During a shared dinner, Hank talks about Gale's notebook, and Walt drunkenly suggests Gale was merely copying the real Heisenberg's work. I can be the man who caught him.

The writers felt this arc would be most true to Hank's character. Jack's men bury Hank's and Gomez's bodies in the hole Walt had stored his money, stealing most of it but leaving one barrel totaling approximately $10M for Walt. The DEA often spends months or even years gathering enough evidence to try and bring down major drug lords. But the truth is, in six months you won't have someone to prosecute. Aaron Paul Hank: Yeah, well, no weapons, no bodies, no working lab. He is portrayed by Dean Norris and was created by series creator Vince Gilligan. Not long after the aforementioned incident, one of Tuco's henchmen, Nacho Varga, decides to try ripping off the actual Kettleman family. Its highly unprofessional, short-sighted and cruel.

RJ Mitte

Walt pleads to Jack to spare Hank's life, offering his entire fortune to Jack. Blamed in front of coworkers for "skipping hierarchy". To subscribe to this RSS feed, copy and paste this URL into your RSS reader. Norris attributed the PTSD to the fact that it is actually very rare for law enforcement officers to draw their weapons, let alone kill someone in a combat situation. As a direct result of the above, Jesse confronts Neil and Casey who have spent an evening on cocaine and prostitutes at their business, and demands $1,800 that he needs to pay Ed the vacuum cleaner guy for a new life. He takes out his keys and unscrews the outlet cover to remove the ricin. Later, he sneaks a GPS onto Walt's car. Why didn't Hank arrest Walt as soon as he found out? However, Jimmy is still clearly very concerned about the tape, and what Chuck intends to do with it. "Selected/commanded," "indicated," what's the third word? Does Intel Inboard 386/PC work on XT clone systems? By now, Skyler and Junior have definitively turned against him, and Skyler realizes Hank is dead because Walt is free and Hank is nowhere to be seen. [19][bettersourceneeded] Despite his earlier lukewarm reception to the spin-off Dean Norris himself however welcomed playing the version of Hank before he became afflicted with PTSD and depression. However, when Walt tells the family that he is suffering from inoperable lung cancer, Hank promises to be there for him, and to take care of Walter Jr. and Walt's unborn daughter should he die. In Breaking bad, at the very end of season 5, Hank finds a book (Leaves of Grass) in Walter's bathroom. Hector claims to want to talk to the DEA, and Hank is brought under protection to help with the interview, but Hector then refuses to cooperate and is returned to the nursing home. So Walt pretty much planted the seeds for Hank cathing him during that dinner. It's still a great show I'm sure you'd agree. What happens if I accidentally ground the output of an LDO regulator? S5:E8 "Gliding Over All" - If Hank hadn't discovered the Walt Whitman book, would Walter White have gotten away with it. Highlight the text then click the link. Terminado, gracias. No way he could let him go. He also takes Walter Jr. under his wing, trying to "scare him straight" when he believes the boy is smoking marijuana.

Prior to being cast in Breaking Bad, Dean Norris had a history of being typecast as law enforcement and military type characters. And you're giving it to Kaylee Ehrmantraut? Hank calls Walt on the news, giving Walt the opportunity to beat Hank there. Walt specifically orders Jesse to buy a polyethylene bin so that the corrosive hydrofluoric acid won't eat through it. He discusses this with Marie in "Buried". HANK: I don't know who you are. Six months later, after Walt had fled the state with a new identity, he returns to make his amends, and gives Skyler the location of the bodies, knowing it will help her to plea bargain her case. In the same episode, Walt arrives with a barrel of his remaining money to evacuate his family. Walt Whitman. SAUL: It's your money? Hank and Gomez are avenged that same night when Walt poisons Lydia with ricin, kills Jack's crew with a modified machine gun in the back of his car and shoots Jack in the head, mirroring what Jack did to Hank months earlier. He had fucking anxiety attacks because of walt. After trying to locate it on their own, Hank has Jesse call Walt pretending to have found the money and preparing to destroy it. He picks up a lead on the case after Jesse used some of the blue meth to pay for gas for the recreational vehicle he and Walt use to cook the product. In 2011, Norris was nominated at the 37th Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actor on Television for the third season, but lost to John Noble for his performance as Dr. Walter Bishop in Fringe. What has she seen, hmm? To do this, they have an actor pose as Casimiro for some photos that show him seemingly accepting a bribe from Jimmy. "[2][3][4][5] Vince Gilligan had talked to an actual DEA agent about creating Hank's character. Gilligan had not considered the character as much more than a foil to Walt at first. The last time that I saw him, he had his bag -- the one that I brought him. Walt takes the name "Heisenberg" as he and Jesse sell the blue meth to the local drug trade.

If I was Hank I would just say "stop cooking, and Ill let it go". Hank's job on the force meant more to him than anything. I'll just echo what everyone else is saying - he was no way just a meth cook. WALT: She's a former business associate who wants me to go back and I won't. Hank is also faced with numerous threats from the rival drug cartels which takes a toll on Hank's mental health as the series progresses, and eventually starts taking more extreme measures to find "Heisenberg" and arrest him. Vince Gilligan In fact, he suggested the only reason Hank made it through was because of a writers strike in 2008 that shuttered production. Howard suggests that as he and the private investigator, David Brightbill, were there for Jimmy's break-in, it's unnecessary for Chuck to testify against Jimmy. Guest Starring:

So wrapping up here, had Hank not found the book, Walt would have gotten away with it. WALT: I'm sorry you feel that way. Youre the smartest guy I ever met, and youre too stupid to see he made up his mind 10 minutes ago, he said, uttering one of the most famous lines in Breaking Bad history. The killing of the prisoners really pushed him past the point of no return with Heisenberg. There is no physical evidence, not that I heard.

Walt has Saul fake a threat on Hank's life, and the DEA arrange for around-the-clock protection for Hank's and Walt's families, temporarily halting Hank's investigation. [7] Seth Amitin of IGN noted that Hank's PTSD humanized the character, as Amitin thought of him as an "emotional rock" who is usually unfazed. Norris reasons "I guess you have a certain look, it's kind of an authoritative law enforcement-type look, and that look is certainly the first thing that people cast you with before you get a chance to do some acting. Why had climate change not been proven beyond doubt for so long? At this stage, APD already know that a highly qualified meth cook named Gale Boetticher was murdered. Walt lets Jesse strangle Todd to death and escape, before dying from a shrapnel wound he received during the gunfire. He spent the better part of 2 years searching for this drug lord who was his brother in law the whole time! I s-okay, yes, I said that. Pure and simple. Fictional character in the television crime drama series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. In the same episode, Jesse desperately arrives at Walt's place wanting tips to fulfill his assignment in Mexico. I did. Hank develops symptoms of PTSD and transfers back to the Albuquerque office to continue his investigation into the blue meth. Use Bold and Italics only to distinguish between different singers in the same verse. And she's got, you know, her big pointies and Scotty's fingers are all sweaty SAUL: Woody Harrelson live and in person. When Hank sees Walt interacting with Jesse, Walt explains that Jesse is supplying him with marijuana.

Hank also realizes that his post-shooting physical therapy was paid with Walt's drug money, making him an accessory after the fact. Though initially happy, Hank quickly realises he doesn't fit in with his Spanish speaking colleagues and also starts having panic attacks. But Walt back then just seemed too kind and passive to be capable of such actions so his camoflauge helped him alot in staying off Hank's radar. Laura Fraser

We had to end our season one with seven episodes instead of nine., He continued, Our ninth episode that year, we were seriously leaning toward killing off Hank, Walts brother-in-law, played by Dean Norris, in that first season I was ready, willing to throw the kitchen sink at it, because I was afraid we wouldnt hold peoples attention.. Breaking Bad Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. Bryan Cranston I don't even know who I'm talking to. Hank initially tries to have Jesse meet with Walt while wearing a wire tap, but Jesse backs out at the last minute, fearing Walt will kill him. Bob Odenkirk Hank's character comes accross as an incredibly insightful, talented investigator who is able to catch the most subtle action or clue. But it was in the heat of the moment, I was trying to win an argument, alright? Matt, Type out all lyrics, even if its a chorus thats repeated throughout the song, The Section Header button breaks up song sections. Hank then tells Jack to do what he has to do and Jack kills him with a shot to the head. Hank Schrader is the DEA agent in charge of catching the guy. Dean Norris Hank is a special agent with the DEA, where he rose through the ranks to become the supervisor of all investigations handled by his Albuquerque office, under the watchful eye of ASAC George Merkert (Michael Shamus Wiles) and SAC Ramey. Hank demands Walt to tell Skyler and the children to stay with him, but Walt refuses. Or would you rather keep the conflict alive, especually within the family? And then we'll talk. Jesse is arrested and Hank tries to convince Jesse to speak out against Walt, but Jesse refuses, still angered over Hank's prior assault. During his attempts to track down Werner, Lalo finds out that he went to TravelWire, a money transfer service in downtown Albuquerque. And then how can we help Skyler? Couple million bucks shows up, they're gonna snatch it, tout suite. Well, let me count the reasons Gus knew he was about to be bugged before the fact; by the time Walt found out about his tracker, he'd already visited Saul and Jesse, After he calls her a "skank" one too many times, undercover cops can't deny that they are cops when asked directly, Bolsa offers to give him a belated birthday present, still not feeling wary or suspicious at all, Jack left Walt alive to keep the heat on Walt. Though they were rivals, Hank had been a respectable guy and seemed justified in his hate after learning of Walters double life as Heisenberg. His death was a major plot twist and something that viewers still cant shake. After managing to escape to Todd's former apartment and tracking down where he hid his share of Walt's drug money, Jesse is caught by two of the gang's former associates, Neil and Casey, who are. But as we know, thats not how things played out. He was moments away from busting the both of them when Walt had Saul call Hank and pretend that Marie had been hurt, leading him to speed off to the hospital.

Norris notes the realism of Hank's "tough cop" and "clich machine" persona, comparing his mannerisms to his best friend growing up, also a cop. Laura Fraser JESSE: It's like you said, it's blood money. Henry "Hank" R. Schrader ASAC is a fictional character in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad and its spin-off series Better Call Saul.

He is close to his family-by-marriage, the Whites: Walt, his wife (and Marie's sister) Skyler (Anna Gunn), and their son Walter Jr. (RJ Mitte). Nothing. meanwhile Scotty's in the transporter room fiddling with levers when Lieutenant Uhura comes in. If you mean why he didn't arrest him shortly after, such as when Walt confronted him in the garage about the tracking device, then to quote another narcotics cop, "It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.". The German engineering crew hired by Gus to construct his superlab end up having to spend much longer in America and in confined quarters with no access to the world outside, at that thanks to a series of mishaps during construction. *to Lydia* Get out of here. But Hank didnt bother wasting his breath. [4], In the early fourth season episodes, Hank is bedridden after being shot multiple times in the chest by Tuco Salamanca's cousins, and is increasingly hostile toward Marie while she tries to take care of him. Dean Norris Whether or not he thought relevant at the time to point out this particular fact to APD I'm not sure. A mysterious drug dealer named Heisenberg begins selling the purest meth ever cooked. Club compared season 1-era Hank to a "veiled (and unacknowledged) Vic Mackey parody," but praised his development which began with his suffering PTSD.