Walter White Wins The Deal Analysed Like Chess | Breaking Bad

What if the most famous scene in Breaking Bad was a game of chess? Walter White walks into the desert with no gun, no crew and no leverage except a tank of methylamine, and walks out with Declan saying his name. In this video we pause after every line and rate it like a chess move, from genius (!!) to terrible (??), while a real game plays out on the board beside the scene. Every move is legal, checked with the Stockfish chess engine, and it ends in an actual checkmate on "You're goddamn right." ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 "I'm the man who's keeping it" 1:05 Walt flips the deal 2:55 Declan's threat 3:43 Walt's pitch 5:21 "Why cut us in?" 6:31 "Who the hell are you?" 6:52 Say my name 7:20 The man who killed Gus Fring 8:05 "Now. Say my name." 8:34 Checkmate ♟️ Did we rate any move wrong? Which scene should we analyse next? Let us know in the comments. 👍 Like and subscribe for more iconic scenes, analysed like chess. #BreakingBad #SayMyName #WalterWhite #Heisenberg #Chess #AnalysedLikeChess #YoureGoddamnRight #BryanCranston #Chessgame #TVAnalysis #SceneBreakdown #BreakingBadEdit #Checkmate #Television #VideoEssay ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Breaking Bad is owned by AMC and Sony Pictures Television. Clips are used under fair use for commentary, criticism and analysis. No copyright infringement intended. Chess game checked with Stockfish (stockfishchess.org). Chess pieces: cburnett, via python-chess (CC BY-SA 3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). Icons: Font Awesome Free (CC BY 4.0). Font: Roboto (Google Fonts).