Bryan Cranston's ability to convey the fact that he's full of shit is remarkable.

I don't mean his ability to just simply lie.

There are points in the show where I think they want to give the impression that Skylar is well aware of his lie before she even confirms. In scenes like that, Bryan exudes textbook lying tells.

He is always speaking quickly and semi-incoherently. He's intentionally self-deprecating and mildly angry in order to draw the blame elsewhere and distract from the original lie. He'll perform a distracting action in order to appear busy at doing something else while lying (doing dishes, cleaning rug, making a drink etc..)

It's obvious from a viewer's prospective that he's full of shit, but we know he's already capable of lying without any issue, he's done it many times before. I think his ability to convey that trait is insanely impressive. It brings you directly in to Skylar's point of view.

I apologize if this seemed like incoherent babble, but I'm kinda high and re-watching and wanted to share.

Submitted September 29, 2019 at 10:54PM by ChadFlenderman https://ift.tt/2nOWvlq