About
“I Am The One Who Knocks” refers to a memorable monologue from the hit American drama series Breaking Bad spoken by main character Walter White (portrayed by Bryan Cranston).
Origin
The monologue, said by main character Walter White, originated from the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American drama series Breaking Bad[1] in which Walter explains to his wife Skylar that they are not in danger of being killed, but that he himself is the one whom others fear. The scene was uploaded to YouTube on August 22nd, 2011, by YouTuber Dan Lysiak (shown below).[2]
Spread
On June 5th, 2013, actor Samuel L. Jackson read the monologue as part of a charity event organized by charity organization Prizeo on Reddit.[3] The monologue was also recorded and uploaded to Prizeo’s YouTube channel (shown below, left). Less than a week later on June 10th, fellow actor Gilbert Gottfried appeared on the YouTube entertainment channel What’s Trending and also recited the monologue (shown below, right).
The monologue has also been used for various remixes across various sites such as SoundCloud.[4] The two most popular of which have over 64,000 and 57,000 plays, respectively (both shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[2]YouTube – Breaking Bad – Walt: ‘I am the one who knocks’
[3]Reddit – It’s finally here…
[4]SoundCloud – Search results for ‘I am the one who knocks’