The Messy Morality of Mike Ehrmantraut (Better Call Saul & Breaking Bad)

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  @noellesears10 · 4 years ago

  "but yet the entire desert could be filled with nachos" has to be the oddest phrase in a video about moral relativity

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  @LijE945 · 4 years ago

  Mike is the embodiment of internal conflict that the people who are watching the show feel with almost every important character

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  @minibrain711 · 2 years ago

  Kid Named Morally Ambiguous

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  @Ic3h0rnEt14 · 4 years ago

  I think he views himself as irredeemable. He was corrupted as a young man, and that mistake hurt the people he loves. At a certain point he sees there’s no fixing what’s done. He decides to use his already broken morality to benefit the loved ones he has left as much as he can. Not to feel better about himself, but to sacrifice his redemption to protect the only good part left of him, his family.

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  @ChrisFTP · 3 years ago

  When he said “all the money he had was taken by the government, and now all he has left ARE the terrible acts he committed, and it was all for nothing”   Shit made my heart sink.

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  @wayne2442 · 2 years ago

  What’s all the more tragic about Mike’s demise is that he ended up being disposed of like any other criminal, and that Stacey and Kaylee will never truly know the full measure of what Mike sacrificed and did. And they will never find him. Definitely one of the most tragic fictional characters ever.

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  @baileymoore7779 · 4 years ago

  Mike isn't moral or ethical but principled. This is why Gus values him so much. For someone who uses people (often without their knowledge), Gus can count on Mike acting like Mike. There's no ambiguity in the principles Mike lives by, so he is free of the anxiety caused by people like Lalo or Walter.

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  @brettstarks1846 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I loved that scene with Mike and Nacho’s father. For all his wisdom and righteousness, he’s not actually a good guy at the end of the day. No decent and moral person would kill someone like Werner. As an ex-cop, he could have always found work not involving a drug lord.

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  @CJSopranoYT · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOEzpSnDA_0&amp;t=255">4:15</a> He absolutely did know the money was stolen, he’s the one who gave Jimmy the tip in the first place on how to &nbsp;find them

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  @freezingsilver · 4 years ago

  &quot;I&apos;ve known good criminals and bad cops, bad priests, honorable thieves-you can be on one side of the law or the other, but if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word. You can go home today with your money and never do this again, but you took something that wasn&apos;t yours and you sold it for a profit. You&apos;re now a criminal; good one, bad one-that&apos;s up to you.&quot;<br><br>One of my favorite speeches in this series.

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  @onemoreminute0543 · 3 years ago

  Damn, the conclusion that everything Mike did was for nothing in the end really hit me in the feels

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  @gordonneverdies · 3 years ago

  Mike is a great example of how a &quot;bad guy&quot; can be a flushed out character that people actually care about and relate to.

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