Breaking Bad: Top 11 Chemistry Moments, with Xeni and Miles (Boing Boing Video)

*WARNING: SPOILERS!*

To celebrate the launch of Breaking Bad's Fifth Season this week, Xeni Jardin (@xeni) and Miles O'Brien (@milesobrien) dig into the show's vaults to explore the top 10 chemistry moments in Breaking Bad, seasons 1-4. Only, there was so much awesome science, we had to choose 11 top chemistry moments.

Also, check out our excellent adventure: air-dropping in to a random Breaking Bad fan's premiere party in the show's hometown of Albuquerque, NM: http://boingboing.net/2012/07/16/brea...

More Boing Boing coverage of Breaking Bad:
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[shwaification]

The Lily of the Valley poisoning the kid was confirmed by Saul in s5e1. I don't get why the ricin was used as a red herring in that instance. And the ricin was supposed to take days to react, not minutes, as you posited about the tequila scene. still, neat vid.

[boingboingvideo]

This video was actually shot before s5e1 aired! And... I'm still not 1000% sure the scene with Saul confirms the Lilly of the Valley was used, but it's pretty clear...

[Think890]

so am i the only one who thinks that the final episode of BB is Jesse revealing to Walt that he's poisoned him with risen and the m60 was for walts final assault on jesse

[boingboingvideo]

I thought the same thing! —XJ

[pokerhander]

Chemical on the sponge? Nah. He's just short-circuiting the battery - no resistance, high current. BANG!

[boingboingvideo]

Yeah, I know -- I blew that one! Good catch. —XJ

[Ricky Aujla]

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[Gregory Kothe]

Come on now! Gus' partner wasn't poisoned, he was shot in the head. Unless you know something about a poison bullet, he was not poisoned. YEAH MR. WHITE! YEAH SCIENCE!

[Nick Logue]

These people know nothing about chemistry.

[Zuppzer]

I love the "ding ding ding ding!" *tink tink tink tink* "ding ding ding!" *tink tink tink* "ding ding" *tink tink* "ding!" *tink* "Bshuaaaahhh!" *BOOM*

[Zuppzer]

Yeah, it definitely confirms it, because they did a pan shot over to the flower, Walt gets rid of it, and he didn't use Ricin, so that only leaves the Lily.

[hjysx]

lol this woman is intense..

[mongoslade321]

O and for the bomb it was ANFO explosive The "AN" stands for ammonium nitrate which Walt got from the instant cold packs. And the "FO" standing for fuel oil

[mongoslade321]

termite is simple. Its really just powdered aluminum, and iron oxide (also known as rust)

then set off with high temperatures such as a blow torch

[Ezio Dovahkiin]

The faces she makes is funny as fuck

[Douglas Wilson]

I think the twist at the end of Breaking Bad is going to be that Walt never had cancer. This has just been an elaborate ploy to get Jessie to learn chemistry!!!

[68LedZeppelin80]

3:06 *pause, dislike, comment, leave*