r/breakingbad • u/Boring_Elevator3817 • 9h ago

RJ Mitte (Walt Jr) has passed 😥

Wow, I was shocked to hear this. They are saying it was suicide. So sad. He was only 34 years old. RIP, Flynn ❤️

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u/FriendlyRhyme 8h ago edited 8h ago

I can't believe this

This guy was underrated as an actor. Something that really stuck out to me on my rewatch was the talking pillow scene.

He's sitting there acting his ass off, holding his own with Dean Norris, Bryan Cranston and Anna Gunn. At the age of 16! His inexperience could have stuck out but nope, not at all, he hung with them the whole way. That's a feat at 16.

He also sounded like a hilarious guy, if you ever listened to the commentary tracks. Sounded genuinely fun to be around

RIP RJ

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u/Lux_Luthor_777 8h ago edited 2h ago

I love how in that specific scene, you can see RJ laughing his ass off in the background as Hank unwraps the cheese platter and starts going to town on it. LMAO. You can see it on the left side of the shot, RJ trying to suppress laughter at Hank. The best thing is that even if he was laughing at the actor’s great performance, it still fit with the scene.

ETA: It’s the family intervention scene in season one, episode 5, “Gray Matter.”

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u/oalos255 6h ago

Lmao I needed that!

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u/Ziigmund 5h ago

link??

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u/Patient_Elk8766 4h ago

Season and episode? I don’t remember that scene. RIP Flynn 💔

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u/6307421580 3h ago

This is the scene

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u/Lux_Luthor_777 2h ago

It is season 1 episode 5, “Gray Matter.” This is the correct scene. Unfortunately, this clip starts after the moment I’m talking about. But it’s a great scene, good to rewatch right now. RJ kills it in the entire scene.

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u/CanadianSyrup1994 3h ago

Pretty sure it's the episode Gray Matter