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Keyword Conspiracy

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Sat, 12/11/2010 - 20:55 — tushfestival

It took me until halfway through the second season to notice, but it's not just parts of the periodic table and some chemical formulas that float by in the brief title sequence on Breaking Bad.  Look, they also wrote the word "meth" on there a couple times:


Then there are a couple long words that I don't think are ever legible, but if I had to guess I would say they are the names of chemicals one might need when, I don't know, making meth.  You get it?  Because the show is about meth!  No one is trying to mislead you here; there is definitely going to be some talk about meth on this here show you're about to watch.

This reminds me of a moment in what is surely one of television's greatest title sequences:



No context for a phrase to be floating across the screen here, but I can tell you one thing, and that's that THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO DENY KNOWING SOME THINGS! 

So, Vince Gilligan wrote a lot of the best X-Files episodes AND created Breaking Bad (good job, dude).  Do you think putting keywords and phrases into the title sequences was ALSO his idea??? Vince, if you are reading this, please confirm or DENY KNOWLEDGE.