Heisenberg returned to the small screen tonight with a shout-out to the epic “Say My Name” episode from season five of “Breaking Bad.” Clad in his cooking suit and goggles, Walter White tries to pass himself off as a “sort-of” pharmacist in the second of two commercials for Esurance (the first featured Lindsay Lohan mocking her own DUI record and, perhaps, her sexual history).
A customer tries to pick up a called-in prescription, but notes that White isn’t Greg, the pharmacy tech. “I’m sorta Greg,” he replies. “We’re both over 50 years old, we both used to own a Pontiac Aztec, we both have a lot of experience with drugs … pharmaceuticals. So, say my name.”
The Internet erupted in cheers. Walter White’s return was almost enough to make Super Bowl viewers forget about the throat-punch of the “kids die from accidents” commercial that threatened to kill the Bowl’s buzz completely.
More Furious 7 and Walter White. Less dead kids, please.
— Denise Warner (@DeniseMarie13) February 2, 2015
JESSE IT’S PERFECT WE’LL COOK INSIDE THE SUPER BOWL AD http://t.co/6w8rGAP06m pic.twitter.com/FDf8mcz13G — SB Nation (@SBNation) February 2, 2015
I’m so american. I don’t know what E-surance is, but I do know who Walter White is
— Vincent Petrocelli (@vinny_vegas) February 2, 2015
Watch the ad here:
