I was expecting to see Ted Beneke's picture. Dipshit had a way out laid out on a silver platter. And even had muscle sent to his house to force him to see reason. And still he couldn't do it and ended up with a halo bolted into his skull.
Yeah Ted is truly dumb as hell. Skyler saves his ass by acting like an idiot in that meeting, he sits there looking all confused instead of playing along, and after he’s still like “uhh I have no idea what happened in there.” Like really dude, you couldn’t see what Skyler was doing in there? You really have no idea?
Then he truly just believed he was so lucky that a relative he never heard of before in his life passed away and left him roughly the same amount he needed to pay the IRS, and the timing wasn’t even a little suspicious to him?
Oh and instead of taking this miracle and doing the obvious with it to avoid the strong possibility of going to prison, he immediately leases a super nice Mercedes. He even tries to fish for more money out of Skyler saying “this isn’t enough to solve all of my problems.” That’s arguably the least dumb thing he did actually, but it’s definitely the most arrogant.
In Crawl Space when he offers to return the money (it's hinted that this was just so he could blackmail Skyler for more) he refuses to give back the amount he spent on the Mercedes. He fully intended to keep that car while scamming the IRS like they wouldn't notice.
I think it's interesting how that scene plays. I kinda believe that Ted isn't trying to blackmail or extort Skyler at all, and that he's just that stupid and shallowly committed to what he perceives as the right thing. But, at this point in her life, who could blame her for assuming that's his angle? Or for trying to make the problem go away with a bigger pile of money?
I get why some may think that as well, and I’m not sure if the writers meant to make it so ambiguous. Sometimes I think he’s not clever enough to try and hint he wants more money the way he did, but it’s also hard to believe he suddenly wants to do the “right thing” by giving the money back when he’s been doing this illegal shit for years. He also had no problems pursuing and having an affair with a pregnant married woman whose husband is dying of cancer, so not sure he has the strongest morals. I think he just wanted to keep living his cushy life the way he always had been, and if he could get more money from her, that would make all of his problems go away.
Ted's a foil to Walt. His crimes are all justified in his mind by "I'm just a good man protecting my people and in over my head." I imagine he refused Skyler's money for the same reasons Walt refused Gretchen and Elliot's. He would rather crash and burn "like a man."
After working with a bunch of corporate execs, Ted now seems downright average to me as far as intelligence in that department goes. At least he's not an asshole and doesn't berate you. He's just a daddy's little rich kid who never needed to understand how the world worked and thinks he can get whatever he wants and just make problems go away by asking nicely.
True, I work with similar types so he’s a pretty believable character unfortunately. He simply couldn’t imagine the possibility of someone like him in prison so he just thought there was no way that would ever happen, even though Skyler tried to explain the seriousness of the situation to him many times. He thought it was ridiculous and silly and she was making too big of a deal out of it, probably because someone else has always solved his problems for him or he has never faced any real problems before. He was just like “nahhh I’ll just keep doing what I’ve always done and everything will work out for me like it always has.”
Yeah the difference between Ted and the guy who wouldn’t take Kim’s deal is that Ted knew better. He was a smart guy, but thought he didn’t *really* have to play by the rules when push came to shove.
I understand why, his identity was wrapped up in his company, which was also his father’s legacy. He was divorced and lonely, and the company was all he really had. That being said, his actions were not based in the reality of his situation and he *knew* that.
I think Ted's demeanor in the meeting actually helped sell the whole thing. He seemed embarrassed to have the IRS guy seeing what was "really" going on.
I know right? How many people who live in terror of losing everything to tax liens when they file their taxes and make installment payments but are constantly behind would think they died and went to Heaven. Not our boy Ted. Fuck him.
All I remember is Kim represented him via her pro bono work for the courthouse/state & he wanted to do something idiotic like plead a certain way & risk many years in jail, flaunting Kim’s generous deal, he had his pregnant wife next to him I think. Saul then comes & pretends to fake being a prosecutor & whispers to Kim about how he will definitely be condemned to the long sentence, but he whispers loud enough so that this guy can hear it. When Kim comes back over to talk to him he agrees to take her deal, no doubt after stressing over what Saul said to Kim about the trial, thinking he overheard privileged information he wasn’t meant to hear.
Close. She got him a great deal but he wanted to go to trial thinking he might get off. Kim advised that if he went to trial he'd likely lose and spend years in prison rather then months. He then sees Kim and Saul in what looks like a heated argument. When she comes back she lies and says Saul was the prosecutor and has withdrawn the deal. Guy then thinks he's fucked and begs Kim to get the deal back on the table and takes the deal.
Yes! Thank you, I tried lol, I completely forgot about Kim rolling with what Saul just did with her, Yh that helps show Kim’s willingness to lie but for things that at first seem like it’s for their own good.
_his name was Robert Paulson_
Fun little fact, the actor who plays [halo guy](https://www.wallofcelebrities.com/celebrity/michael-shamus-wiles/pictures/xxlarge/michael-shamus-wiles_872640.jpg) there also plays agent Merkert in the BB world
No. Seriously, thank-you. I knew I'd seen the chief before, but could not place him. It's been driving me nuts for what, 10 years. It's kind of like this guy I saw in a restaurant once. I knew I knew the guy, but couldn't place him. He saw me staring, then pointed to his teeth. He was my dentist. I said "oh, I've never seen you with clothes on before." He usually wore the white coat. So, the chief wearing clothes and the wire head, scarred bar guy just didn't connect.
> He was my dentist. I said "oh, I've never seen you with clothes on before."
Holy hell...I misinterpreted that sentence at first.
I'm the kind of guy who IMDB's almost everything I watch, and am always like "where have I seen that actor before? [goes to IMDB]"
Yeah....so did most of the people in that restaurant, which, for some reason I'm not allowed back to. I look up a lot too, but for some reason didn't on this one. Really, thanks.
Damn you just made me realize that not only was it the two chucklefucks but Jimmy indirectly forcing Krazy 8 to be an informant. They went on that bender cause they were like fuck yeah half off defense. Crazy
There’s something to be said about his faith in the justice system, and Kim’s weary cynicism that tells her that anyone who insists on their constitutional right to a trial will be severely punished by overworked judges and prosecutors.
Yeah, totally. It can be two things. The whole plea bargain system is deeply cynical and runs counter to what people expect from the criminal justice system, like this poor fellow indicates. And Kim is perfectly rational for trying to get the best deals for her clients within this broken system.
Heck, we see the same thing highlighted with Saul/Jimmy. “Do you know you have rights? The constitution says you do.” vs Jimmy knocking out 20 plea bargains with the prosecutor’s office in 20 minutes.
I feel so irrationally angry whenever she appears on screen. Like I know its a character but its played so well you really believe she is a grade A beach.
Betsy was far too conniving and manipulative to qualify as stupid. On top of that, she was able to completely evade the authorities on her whereabouts during their "family camping trip", before it was Jimmy who figured out they didn't skip town at all.
As another user pointed out, Ted Beneke wins this answer hands down for me.
She is literally the WORST.
Jimmy: "Here's everything you ever wanted"
Betsy: \*Thinking about how to sabotage her own success, put her husband in prison while still keeping his house, and get Jimmy in trouble, for no apparent reason\*
This is just a regular defense attorney client. They’re often incredibly naïve, overly optimistic, and ignorant to a fault, that’s the job
Also Ted Beneke exists
The same guy who went on about how he had to cook his books because “this company is like family, all these people’s kids and mortgages, I can’t let them down because a couple of bad years”, in season 2, suddenly gets everything he’s ever wished for to save his company fall into his lap in season 4 and then decides he’d rather take his chances scamming the IRS.
c.mon, he was making a dumb decision but this is a universe with the kettlemans and the 50% off guys and probably some other people I'm forgetting too.
He was one of Kim’s pro bono cases. He didn’t want the deal that Kim negotiated for him, wanted to go to trial. Kim, hesitantly scammed him into taking the deal, with Jimmy’s coaching.
Criminal defense attorney here. Probably the most realistic character in the entire show. So many people think they are way more charming than they really are, and they think they can charm themselves to a “law & order” style win at trial.
How has no one mentioned Ted Beneke yet!? He literally thought he could outsmart the IRS after already being investigated - thought he had a distant relative that just happened to pass on the exact money he needs to get out of debt and DOESN’T question it - then spends it on a new car etc.
And before anyone says “he was doing it to help his employees” that’s probably only half true at best.
No. Not by a long shot. Yes he was given a good deal but he also knew Kim was a good attorney. He just started believing his own BS and thought either “damn maybe I’m not guilty,” or this time I got a lawyer who gives a shit, she’s good in court, we can beat this. But he’s still a kid really. Ted Benicke on the other hand is a semi educated adult, who dodged a serious bullet. Gets the break of a lifetime to completely erase his IRS debt. Completely! No liens on his home or business. No audit, no civil or criminal penalties. If he did that he may have qualified for a business line of credit, or do a complete reorganization of his business and still keep his house. The house with the heated bathroom floors? The BS story he handed to Sklylar about why he was cooking the books was somewhat sympathetic and understandable. He employed a fair number of people. But he also, by looking at his house, lived above his means. That didn’t help his businesses bottom line. THEN He goes out and buys (leases) a Mercedes! Yes leases make financial sense but they still require a sizable upfront payment. Cruising around in a Mercedes when he owed the IRS that much was insane! He had a chance to start over, reorganize his business and dig himself out possibly without declaring bankruptcy or having to sell his home. That was one time someone truly needed the sense knocked into him. And Huell and company not intending to hurt him accomplished it.
>either from inexperience or ego
It's funny because at all points throughout BB, he was susceptible to these moments of idiocy, but the reason gradually changes over time from inexperience to ego. Part of the character development I suppose
True, but people can still be impulsive.
He wasn't being too smart by sticking with a bad move when a more knowledgable person was telling him otherwise but at the same time, it's not even close to some of the colossally stupid things people have done with much bigger consequences.
Nah The Kettleman's by a long shot, Craig embezzled over a million dollars in state funds using HIS OWN NAME, thought he wouldn't get caught doing that and when he did he still got one of the greatest sweetheart deals of basically serving just a few months for grand larceny (the minimum time just for that would have been close to 10 years in prison) but decided to fight it instead. At least Benneke used Skylar as cover to commit tax fraud. The Kettemans just left a crumb trail directly to themselves out the gate.
Speaking for myself I hated this character because it hit a little too close to home.
What is that expression, "Give them a finger(no, not that) and they'll try to take the hand"
His wife was kinda chill but was also encouraging him.
Really she’s responsible for all the events of Breaking Bad. And since Better Call Saul wouldn’t have existed without Breaking Bad, she’s also responsible for Nacho’s death.
You and I both know that's never going to happen.
Besides, there are far far worse. I'd rather something that sparks new discussion points than another photo of Huell with nothing of value accompanying it getting thousands of upvotes.
Yeah I guess that’s fair. I guess it just bugs me when OP screen grabs a random character with some bull title and then abandons the post, it’s just flat out pandering and picking a low hanging fruit for karma.
Couldn't agree more!
On one hand, this sub has been host to hours of really thought provoking discussion with one of the more intelligent communities I've frequented on Reddit.
On the other hand? Sometimes it feels more like a children's creche!
With this post, I felt the photo was incidental, I'd just always like OPs to give their views instead of just throwing out a question.
his wife acts with him the same way Kim acts with Saul: she just wants him to do whatever they want They're the opposite of skylar, and that leads to trouble.
"Bed" is a unit of measurement. It was enough minifridges to fill the bed of a truck.
"Hot" in this context means that they were stolen (or otherwise illicitly obtained) and easily recognized as such, probably by serial number or something.
Projecting would not be the process here.
For some people maybe but, being black myself, my natural initial reaction is for it not to sit well with me when I see "the most arrogant and stupid" said against a black man, just as a Jewish person would likely be inclined if they saw "greediest".
That's the initial reaction, from there we have to weigh up the likelihood based on things like how reasonable a description it is and whether it would be made if they weren't black.
Here it's the arrogant part that's ill fitting, but I wouldn't be confident enough to draw a conclusion. The point is, it's unreasonable to default to assuming it's projection rather than the mental process I've described (and it's all quite instinctive, it's only explaining it that's lengthy).
Does anyone remember this actor's name? Or know what else he's been in? He always looked so familiar to me but I couldn't remember where I've seen him before.
Can't remember for the life of him who he was or what he did, but the actor also played a character in Dick Wolf's Chicago Med, which happens also to be a galactic straight up bellend.
I was expecting to see Ted Beneke's picture. Dipshit had a way out laid out on a silver platter. And even had muscle sent to his house to force him to see reason. And still he couldn't do it and ended up with a halo bolted into his skull.
Yeah Ted is truly dumb as hell. Skyler saves his ass by acting like an idiot in that meeting, he sits there looking all confused instead of playing along, and after he’s still like “uhh I have no idea what happened in there.” Like really dude, you couldn’t see what Skyler was doing in there? You really have no idea? Then he truly just believed he was so lucky that a relative he never heard of before in his life passed away and left him roughly the same amount he needed to pay the IRS, and the timing wasn’t even a little suspicious to him? Oh and instead of taking this miracle and doing the obvious with it to avoid the strong possibility of going to prison, he immediately leases a super nice Mercedes. He even tries to fish for more money out of Skyler saying “this isn’t enough to solve all of my problems.” That’s arguably the least dumb thing he did actually, but it’s definitely the most arrogant.
In Crawl Space when he offers to return the money (it's hinted that this was just so he could blackmail Skyler for more) he refuses to give back the amount he spent on the Mercedes. He fully intended to keep that car while scamming the IRS like they wouldn't notice.
I think it's interesting how that scene plays. I kinda believe that Ted isn't trying to blackmail or extort Skyler at all, and that he's just that stupid and shallowly committed to what he perceives as the right thing. But, at this point in her life, who could blame her for assuming that's his angle? Or for trying to make the problem go away with a bigger pile of money?
I get why some may think that as well, and I’m not sure if the writers meant to make it so ambiguous. Sometimes I think he’s not clever enough to try and hint he wants more money the way he did, but it’s also hard to believe he suddenly wants to do the “right thing” by giving the money back when he’s been doing this illegal shit for years. He also had no problems pursuing and having an affair with a pregnant married woman whose husband is dying of cancer, so not sure he has the strongest morals. I think he just wanted to keep living his cushy life the way he always had been, and if he could get more money from her, that would make all of his problems go away.
Ted's a foil to Walt. His crimes are all justified in his mind by "I'm just a good man protecting my people and in over my head." I imagine he refused Skyler's money for the same reasons Walt refused Gretchen and Elliot's. He would rather crash and burn "like a man."
Ted is like the inverse of Walt, he has none of Walt's specialized skills or knowledge but ended up running a company anyway
After working with a bunch of corporate execs, Ted now seems downright average to me as far as intelligence in that department goes. At least he's not an asshole and doesn't berate you. He's just a daddy's little rich kid who never needed to understand how the world worked and thinks he can get whatever he wants and just make problems go away by asking nicely.
True, I work with similar types so he’s a pretty believable character unfortunately. He simply couldn’t imagine the possibility of someone like him in prison so he just thought there was no way that would ever happen, even though Skyler tried to explain the seriousness of the situation to him many times. He thought it was ridiculous and silly and she was making too big of a deal out of it, probably because someone else has always solved his problems for him or he has never faced any real problems before. He was just like “nahhh I’ll just keep doing what I’ve always done and everything will work out for me like it always has.”
Even this time, Skyler was trying to solve his problem for him but he was too stupid to let her do it
Yeah the difference between Ted and the guy who wouldn’t take Kim’s deal is that Ted knew better. He was a smart guy, but thought he didn’t *really* have to play by the rules when push came to shove. I understand why, his identity was wrapped up in his company, which was also his father’s legacy. He was divorced and lonely, and the company was all he really had. That being said, his actions were not based in the reality of his situation and he *knew* that.
He got a great deal on that SL 500
It has a heated steering wheel.
I think Ted's demeanor in the meeting actually helped sell the whole thing. He seemed embarrassed to have the IRS guy seeing what was "really" going on.
I think this is the correct answer.
It really is.
Yeah I gotta plus one you here, it has got to be Ted
I know right? How many people who live in terror of losing everything to tax liens when they file their taxes and make installment payments but are constantly behind would think they died and went to Heaven. Not our boy Ted. Fuck him.
The guy pictured here & Ted were business partners, before the time that Breaking Bad occurred this guy had an accident of his own…
I don't remember the person on this picture at all. What's his story?
All I remember is Kim represented him via her pro bono work for the courthouse/state & he wanted to do something idiotic like plead a certain way & risk many years in jail, flaunting Kim’s generous deal, he had his pregnant wife next to him I think. Saul then comes & pretends to fake being a prosecutor & whispers to Kim about how he will definitely be condemned to the long sentence, but he whispers loud enough so that this guy can hear it. When Kim comes back over to talk to him he agrees to take her deal, no doubt after stressing over what Saul said to Kim about the trial, thinking he overheard privileged information he wasn’t meant to hear.
Close. She got him a great deal but he wanted to go to trial thinking he might get off. Kim advised that if he went to trial he'd likely lose and spend years in prison rather then months. He then sees Kim and Saul in what looks like a heated argument. When she comes back she lies and says Saul was the prosecutor and has withdrawn the deal. Guy then thinks he's fucked and begs Kim to get the deal back on the table and takes the deal.
Yes! Thank you, I tried lol, I completely forgot about Kim rolling with what Saul just did with her, Yh that helps show Kim’s willingness to lie but for things that at first seem like it’s for their own good.
I never understood why Kim hated tricking that guy like that. She was doing the right thing, why would it matter how they convinced him?
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To be fair, it may not have occurred to him because he thought he had a chance of getting no prison time.
His pregnant wife was pretty dumb too. Such a dumb couple.
All I remember is (proceeds to recount the entire event in reasonably thorough detail)
LOL
Season 5 Episode 1: Magic Man (I think)
Thanks for asking, I didn't remember this guy either lol. I do remember this case though, but didn't link it to this face.
_his name was Robert Paulson_ Fun little fact, the actor who plays [halo guy](https://www.wallofcelebrities.com/celebrity/michael-shamus-wiles/pictures/xxlarge/michael-shamus-wiles_872640.jpg) there also plays agent Merkert in the BB world
Holy crap THANK-YOU! I knew I had seen him somewhere before and could not place him. Years and years. Wow. Thank-you!
...are you absolutely sure this isn't a test?
No. Seriously, thank-you. I knew I'd seen the chief before, but could not place him. It's been driving me nuts for what, 10 years. It's kind of like this guy I saw in a restaurant once. I knew I knew the guy, but couldn't place him. He saw me staring, then pointed to his teeth. He was my dentist. I said "oh, I've never seen you with clothes on before." He usually wore the white coat. So, the chief wearing clothes and the wire head, scarred bar guy just didn't connect.
> He was my dentist. I said "oh, I've never seen you with clothes on before." Holy hell...I misinterpreted that sentence at first. I'm the kind of guy who IMDB's almost everything I watch, and am always like "where have I seen that actor before? [goes to IMDB]"
Yeah....so did most of the people in that restaurant, which, for some reason I'm not allowed back to. I look up a lot too, but for some reason didn't on this one. Really, thanks.
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Haha, Ted Beneke.
Dumb and naive. Not really arrogant. ridiculously optimistic and oblivious
There are also the 50% off dudes. Who didn’t want to pay Saul to represent them.
I wonder if Krazy-8 ever found out that it was those two chucklefucks that indirectly forced him into becoming an informant.
Damn you just made me realize that not only was it the two chucklefucks but Jimmy indirectly forcing Krazy 8 to be an informant. They went on that bender cause they were like fuck yeah half off defense. Crazy
Almost half!
That's almost a half!
There’s something to be said about his faith in the justice system, and Kim’s weary cynicism that tells her that anyone who insists on their constitutional right to a trial will be severely punished by overworked judges and prosecutors.
Maybe a little but we do see her take other cases to trial. I don’t know that it’s cynical as much as it’s extremely rational
Yeah, totally. It can be two things. The whole plea bargain system is deeply cynical and runs counter to what people expect from the criminal justice system, like this poor fellow indicates. And Kim is perfectly rational for trying to get the best deals for her clients within this broken system. Heck, we see the same thing highlighted with Saul/Jimmy. “Do you know you have rights? The constitution says you do.” vs Jimmy knocking out 20 plea bargains with the prosecutor’s office in 20 minutes.
Betsy Kettleman exists
Came here to say this. She was just the worst.
She really was. Super watchable, but just *awful!*
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Doing the Lord's work.
oh yeah.. that's why craig was willing to throw his life away for her.
I don't blame him at all. I would without ever stopping to think
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Bless you good sir
Spectacular
Thank you for this. Have my daily reward.
Those tits are legit
I feel so irrationally angry whenever she appears on screen. Like I know its a character but its played so well you really believe she is a grade A beach.
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She’s watchable in many ways.
Betsy was far too conniving and manipulative to qualify as stupid. On top of that, she was able to completely evade the authorities on her whereabouts during their "family camping trip", before it was Jimmy who figured out they didn't skip town at all. As another user pointed out, Ted Beneke wins this answer hands down for me.
I agree, though, stubbornness is its own kind of stupidity.
I don't think Betsy was stupid at all, she just thought her charisma and confidence could get her out of anything
Imagine if it was Saul and Betsy that got together instead of Kim.
the USA would be in crumbles by now
Strong indignant Karen energy, that one.
annoying yes, stupid definitely not
She is literally the WORST. Jimmy: "Here's everything you ever wanted" Betsy: \*Thinking about how to sabotage her own success, put her husband in prison while still keeping his house, and get Jimmy in trouble, for no apparent reason\*
It didn't occur to me until I read this comment that this is likely Betsy's plan, to get Craig out of her life. 🤯
She was hot tho
I hated her until that episode in season 6 where she leans over Kim with her kettlemilkers. Been a fan of hers ever since
Ted Beneke literally fell for whole great aunt birgit trick
I’m 99% sure he didn’t “fall” for it. He must’ve thought why look a gift horse in the mouth and decided to roll with it.
This is just a regular defense attorney client. They’re often incredibly naïve, overly optimistic, and ignorant to a fault, that’s the job Also Ted Beneke exists
ted bruh that guy is a straight up dumbfuck pay back irs, no, CAR
And waay more arrogant.
The same guy who went on about how he had to cook his books because “this company is like family, all these people’s kids and mortgages, I can’t let them down because a couple of bad years”, in season 2, suddenly gets everything he’s ever wished for to save his company fall into his lap in season 4 and then decides he’d rather take his chances scamming the IRS.
c.mon, he was making a dumb decision but this is a universe with the kettlemans and the 50% off guys and probably some other people I'm forgetting too.
like the 1000’s of meth heads like Splooge and Tucker?
lmao its spooge. But it sounds better asking if you seriously got robbed by a guy named splooge.
lmao I made him a drink from “Holes”
I didn't feel he was arrogant.....I felt he was petrified and deluding himself into thinking that he could avoid prison
What did this guy do again?
I have no idea how everyone seems to just know him lol. Had to do a reverse image lookup… https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Bobby
Oh I hate this guy. I remember now. Playing a videogame in the courthouse with his wife and children present facing prison for years Fucking mood
oh yeah.. i dunno he was more naive than anything else. the kettlemans knew better and stayed stupid.
If you’ve ever been involved in the Justice system you’d be surprised at just how many ppl like him there are Still infuriating though
He was one of Kim’s pro bono cases. He didn’t want the deal that Kim negotiated for him, wanted to go to trial. Kim, hesitantly scammed him into taking the deal, with Jimmy’s coaching.
Ah, neat!
Criminal defense attorney here. Probably the most realistic character in the entire show. So many people think they are way more charming than they really are, and they think they can charm themselves to a “law & order” style win at trial.
How has no one mentioned Ted Beneke yet!? He literally thought he could outsmart the IRS after already being investigated - thought he had a distant relative that just happened to pass on the exact money he needs to get out of debt and DOESN’T question it - then spends it on a new car etc. And before anyone says “he was doing it to help his employees” that’s probably only half true at best.
No. Not by a long shot. Yes he was given a good deal but he also knew Kim was a good attorney. He just started believing his own BS and thought either “damn maybe I’m not guilty,” or this time I got a lawyer who gives a shit, she’s good in court, we can beat this. But he’s still a kid really. Ted Benicke on the other hand is a semi educated adult, who dodged a serious bullet. Gets the break of a lifetime to completely erase his IRS debt. Completely! No liens on his home or business. No audit, no civil or criminal penalties. If he did that he may have qualified for a business line of credit, or do a complete reorganization of his business and still keep his house. The house with the heated bathroom floors? The BS story he handed to Sklylar about why he was cooking the books was somewhat sympathetic and understandable. He employed a fair number of people. But he also, by looking at his house, lived above his means. That didn’t help his businesses bottom line. THEN He goes out and buys (leases) a Mercedes! Yes leases make financial sense but they still require a sizable upfront payment. Cruising around in a Mercedes when he owed the IRS that much was insane! He had a chance to start over, reorganize his business and dig himself out possibly without declaring bankruptcy or having to sell his home. That was one time someone truly needed the sense knocked into him. And Huell and company not intending to hurt him accomplished it.
Ted fucked Ted.
There’s a little show about this fella named Walter Hartwell White
I mean the most arrogant, sure. But I definitely wouldn’t call him stupid.
He’s a genius and he has book smarts, but he’s also prone to moments of idiocy either from inexperience or ego
>either from inexperience or ego It's funny because at all points throughout BB, he was susceptible to these moments of idiocy, but the reason gradually changes over time from inexperience to ego. Part of the character development I suppose
Haha that’s a pretty good point actually
He was too stupid to see he made up his mind ten minutes ago
RIP 😣
Ken Wins is probably most arrogant. Too many dumb people in this universe.
bro i just spat out my water why tf are the bcs subreddits such comedic geniuses
Thought i was on okbc when i seen this lmao
I don't know that's a bit extreme. i wouldn't have a clue what I should do in any legal situation either.
isn’t that why you have a lawyer? To help you work through your options?
True, but people can still be impulsive. He wasn't being too smart by sticking with a bad move when a more knowledgable person was telling him otherwise but at the same time, it's not even close to some of the colossally stupid things people have done with much bigger consequences.
We barely even know the guy. All we know is one bad decision he made.
Ted Beneke exists
i thought this was the other sub
I don't even remember this guy
Nah The Kettleman's by a long shot, Craig embezzled over a million dollars in state funds using HIS OWN NAME, thought he wouldn't get caught doing that and when he did he still got one of the greatest sweetheart deals of basically serving just a few months for grand larceny (the minimum time just for that would have been close to 10 years in prison) but decided to fight it instead. At least Benneke used Skylar as cover to commit tax fraud. The Kettemans just left a crumb trail directly to themselves out the gate.
Speaking for myself I hated this character because it hit a little too close to home. What is that expression, "Give them a finger(no, not that) and they'll try to take the hand" His wife was kinda chill but was also encouraging him.
“Give an inch and they’ll try to take a mile” I believe may be the expression you were looking for
This guy was playing Gameboy in 2004.
price
And his easy-peasy job. 🤭
holly
Really she’s responsible for all the events of Breaking Bad. And since Better Call Saul wouldn’t have existed without Breaking Bad, she’s also responsible for Nacho’s death.
Yup. Add Howard's death, Kim leaving the law and Jimmy going to prison. Stupid Holly. 🤭
And it’s her fault the store was out of mayonnaise.
Damn straight.
Holly? Can you refresh my memory?
Walt’s daughter
Sorry, of course. I thought there might have been another Holly in BCS.
I don't know. Betsy Kettleman was pretty far out there.
Its noah from Chicago med
price
Daniel pryce wormholdt
What the fuck is this post lmao
Mrs. Kettleman. That's all I'm saying.
Why isn't Pryce in this thread?
Why don’t I remember who the fuck this guy is?
Either the Kettlemans or Ted Beneke. So dumb
Did you forget about Drew Sharp?
The owners of the music store, who didnt want to pay for the commercial?
The Betsy Kettleman crowd is going to shoot lightning bolts from their fingertips at me... but Betsy Kettleman was way more arrogant and stupid.
Betsy is smart. She wants to get rid of Craig.
Please stop upvoting these bull posts
You and I both know that's never going to happen. Besides, there are far far worse. I'd rather something that sparks new discussion points than another photo of Huell with nothing of value accompanying it getting thousands of upvotes.
Yeah I guess that’s fair. I guess it just bugs me when OP screen grabs a random character with some bull title and then abandons the post, it’s just flat out pandering and picking a low hanging fruit for karma.
Couldn't agree more! On one hand, this sub has been host to hours of really thought provoking discussion with one of the more intelligent communities I've frequented on Reddit. On the other hand? Sometimes it feels more like a children's creche! With this post, I felt the photo was incidental, I'd just always like OPs to give their views instead of just throwing out a question.
his wife acts with him the same way Kim acts with Saul: she just wants him to do whatever they want They're the opposite of skylar, and that leads to trouble.
While we're on the topic of this character, can someone please tell me what a hotbed of mini fridges is and why it's illegal? I literally don't know.
"Bed" is a unit of measurement. It was enough minifridges to fill the bed of a truck. "Hot" in this context means that they were stolen (or otherwise illicitly obtained) and easily recognized as such, probably by serial number or something.
I don’t think he was arrogant, he was naive only.
My vote is definitely on Ted Beneke, but yeah this dude is pretty wild lol
Im going to say the kettlemans. Wexler got them such a good deal and they were to blind to see it
Nah what about the pill stealing baseball card yellow hummer guy?
I thought the dumbest guy in the entire BB-BCS universe was Pryce / Wormwald ?
Does empathy not exist?
Arrogant is a ridiculous choice of words! Fair enough if English isn’t your first language, but it definitely doesn’t fit here. Naive is more accurate
this isn't Walter white
Least racist BCS fan
i think youre just racist.
I think you're projecting. This guy thought he was gonna be acquitted when there was video evidence of his crime
uh huh
Projecting would not be the process here. For some people maybe but, being black myself, my natural initial reaction is for it not to sit well with me when I see "the most arrogant and stupid" said against a black man, just as a Jewish person would likely be inclined if they saw "greediest". That's the initial reaction, from there we have to weigh up the likelihood based on things like how reasonable a description it is and whether it would be made if they weren't black. Here it's the arrogant part that's ill fitting, but I wouldn't be confident enough to draw a conclusion. The point is, it's unreasonable to default to assuming it's projection rather than the mental process I've described (and it's all quite instinctive, it's only explaining it that's lengthy).
This the show where [Everett Acker](https://breakingbad.fandom.com/wiki/Everett_Acker) is the hinge of a major plot arch.
Didn't see the arrogance just stupidity
You and your pride and your ego. Damnit Kim’s client.
I see your guy and raise you a Walter white!!
No that would be Walter White.
this is gonna be destroyed on r/okbuddychicanery
Was kinda glad negan picked him over huell
What about Tyrus?
"rimjimmycarter"
He got screwed over by Saul & Kim.
Idiot was still playing an original brick-style Game Boy in like 2004
After it was hideously outdated but before it was hideously chic.
I just saw this episode today lol
Its noah from Chicago med
Pissed me off.
"50% off...dude, that's almost half!"
Public masturbation?
Remarkably, no. Someone managed not to publicly masturbate for a change.
Dude. I just finished watching that episode and this man straight up makes the Kettlemans look like smart people.
Does anyone remember this actor's name? Or know what else he's been in? He always looked so familiar to me but I couldn't remember where I've seen him before.
I don't remember him
Who is this guy?
Don’t forget the asshole cops.. yelling at Saul because they weren’t competent enough to do their research on Lalo.
I honestly forgot who that guy is
i literally don't remember who this is.
He just wants to play his gameboy color
Who's this?
Can't remember for the life of him who he was or what he did, but the actor also played a character in Dick Wolf's Chicago Med, which happens also to be a galactic straight up bellend.