There’s absolutely nothing for you to be afraid of any more, OK? Breaking Bad s5e4: Fifty-One, Walter to Skyler
Walter: What are you going to do to stop it?
Whatever it takes. Everything in my power. ibid.
Skyler doesn’t love me any more. Breaking Bad s5e5: Dead Freight, Walter to Hank
Everyone sounds like Meryl Streep with a gun to their head. ibid. Hank
If you knew, you’d never speak to me again. Breaking Bad s5e6: Buyout, Skyler to Marie
Finally we have everything that we need and no-one to answer to except ourselves. ibid. Walter to Jesse
The Feds have been all over me … I’ve already decided – I’m out. ibid. Mike
My wife is waiting for me to die. This business is all I have left now. ibid. Walter to Jesse
Everybody wins. ibid. Walter
Walter: You all know exactly who I am. Say my name …
Declan: You’re Heisenberg. Breaking Bad s5e7: Say My Name, Walter to baddies
If you leave, you get nothing. Do you understand me? Nothing. ibid. Walter to Jesse
Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. ibid. Mike
There is no we, Jessie. I’m the only vote left and I’ll handle it. Breaking Bad s5e8: Gliding Over All
This is it. This is what you’ve been working for. ibid. Skyler to Walter in lock-up
I want my life back … How big does this pile have to be? ibid.
I’m out. ibid. Walter to Skyler
I left a viable operation. The rest was up to you. Breaking Bad s5e9: Blood Money, Walter to Gretchen
When they start to whack the lawyers, that’s where I draw the line. ibid. Saul to Jesse
It was you all along. It was you, son of a bitch. ibid. Hank to Walter
I’m a dying men who runs a car wash … What’s the point? ibid. Walter to Hank
He’s a monster … You’re done being his victim. Breaking Bad s5e10: Buried, Hank to Skyler
Have you given any thought to sending him on a trip to Belize? ibid. Saul to Walter
Hank: Are you here to confess?
Walter: There’s nothing to confess. Breaking Bad s5e11: Confessions
This is my confession. If you are watching this tape, I am probably dead. Murdered by my brother-in-law Hank Schrader. ibid.
Whatever it takes we’ll talk and we will fix this. Breaking Bad s5e12: Rabid Dog
We’ve come this far for us. What’s one more? ibid. Skyler to Walter
He’s got a zero tolerance policy on threats. ibid. Jesse
Mr White is the devil. ibid. Jesse
One cook after the job [killing Jesse] is done. Breaking Bad s5e13: To’hajiilee
You’re not hurting anyone but my family … It belongs to my children. ibid. Walter to Jesse
You’re a lying evil scumbag – that’s what I know – manipulating people. ibid. Jesse to Walter
I watched Jane die. I was there. And I watched her die. I watched her overdose and choke to death. I could have saved her but I didn’t. Breaking Bad s5e14: Ozymandias, Walter to Jesse
I need both of you to trust me right now. ibid. Walter to Skyler & Walter junior
This is your fault. This is what comes of your disrespect. ibid.
What I do, I do for my family. Breaking Bad s5e15: Granite State, Walter to Saul
Why don’t you just die already, just die. ibid. Walter junior to Walter on dog-n-bone
I earned it and you’re going to give it to my children. Breaking Bad s5e16: Felina, Walter to Gretchen & Elliott
I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really … I was alive. ibid. Walter to Skyler
Indiana: Where Bible Belt meets Corn Belt the living dead are walking. Home-brewed Meth has hooked a generation. But a super-Meth has hit the streets: Crystal. And the cops are bracing themselves for the apocalypse. Dope s1e2: You’re Too Innocent For This Game, Netflix 2017
Shake-n-Bake lab: home-cooked in sealed bottle; Nazi lab: home-cooked in open container. ibid.
More than 16,000 died from an overdose. America spends $5 billion a year on Meth. This deadly market was pioneered in Philadelphia in the 1970s. By the Mafia. Narco Wars s2e2: The Mafia Meth Kings, National Geographic 2021
John Martorano: The Mafia Meth King: Jimmy gets his Meth from an associate of the Philadelphia Mob. ibid.
In the early 1970s a new product catches Long John’s eye. Meth is cheap and readily available because it’s made in local underground labs. Long John sets himself up as a middleman. But Long John can’t share this opportunity with his Mafia associates. In the 1970s the Mob is officially ‘anti-drugs’. There are serious consequences for anyone who breaks the rules. ibid.
$92,000 a month net profit. ibid.
In 1980 the US government declares P2P illegal, so Long John needs an underworld supplier. 200 gallons is enough to make $20 million’ worth of Meth. ibid.
Today the Mexican cartels supply over 90% of US Meth. They have cornered the P2P market. They have no competitors. But the idea isn’t new: it was pioneered 40 years ago by Long John Martorano. ibid. ibid.
It’s being called a new wave of Crystal Meth, a generation after a US government crackdown on labs and ingredients … Meth is back with a vengeance. Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller s2e4: Meth, National Geographic 2022
Yaba, a mixture of methamphetamine and caffeine is a powerful and highly addictive stimulant. Popular in Bangladesh it is one of many drugs that are cheap and easy to get in the brothel. Sex, Slavery & Drugs in Bangladesh, Vice 2015