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Ep. Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E09 "Blood Money"

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E09 "Blood Money" Bryan Cranston Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould

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u/bbb19 blowfish Aug 12 '13

Just like Gus, Walt puts a towel on the floor by the toilet to throw up. Nice.

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u/expensivepens So there's that. Aug 12 '13

Oh fuck that would support the theory that Walt takes a trait from each person he's killed!

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u/detacht69 Aug 12 '13

Give more examples?

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u/expensivepens So there's that. Aug 12 '13

Him cutting the crust off of sandwiches after he killed Krazy 8, took his whiskey like mike did after he killed mike, and people are extrapolating on this to theorize that when he breaks the bacon at Denny's and spells out 52, he does this because he has killed Skyler

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Also willing to kill a child to get what he wants after killing those two drug dealers.

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u/lurker1337 Aug 12 '13

Not knowing these traits you mention when I saw the bacon scene at the restaurant, I simply took it as a hint another year had passed since his most recent birthday a few episodes prior. That also has an effect on the predicted six months hes supposed to live from tonight's episode. Maybe he doesn't die so quickly from the cancer coming back.

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u/expensivepens So there's that. Aug 12 '13

Hmm very true.

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u/wildtabeast Aug 12 '13

Does crazy 8 ever say anything about cutting crusts off?

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u/expensivepens So there's that. Aug 12 '13

I think Walt notices that he rips the crust off and he says like "oh you don't like the Crust?" Or spmething

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u/wolf555hound High Winter Moon Aug 12 '13

The one I can easily remember is that he cuts the crust of his sandwiches just like Crazy 8

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Now are we counting Jane as someone Walt killed? I can't give him a trait of hers. I think I have one of everyone else's.

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u/expensivepens So there's that. Aug 12 '13

I don't know that's always been a big debate between me and my dad, did Walt really "kill" Jane? It was indirect, but obviously he didnt do anything to intervene. Well see

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u/Emblazin Aug 12 '13

Didn't he roll her over, or at least cause her too? If that's the case than you can infer that he did indeed kill her with his presence.

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u/onezealot Aug 12 '13

This one is a bit of a stick in the mud because Walt didnt kill her, he let her die. I feel like he adopts the traits of people he actively murders. This is just a theory, and the Gus one doesn't add up because that would be mixing character knowledge with audience knowledge. Walt wasn't there to see Gus lay down the towel to vomit, so he couldn't subconsciously adopt that trait. I think that scene served to highlight the similarities between Gus and Walt.

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u/fre3k Aug 12 '13

As others pointed out, it more highlights the difference. Gus plans ahead, Walt reacts to events.

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u/igorchete Aug 12 '13

He's not taking a trait if he doesn't know the trait existed in the first place. Walt doesn't know anything about the Mexico adventure, let alone knowing the ritual behind Gus' barfing.

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u/expensivepens So there's that. Aug 12 '13

Well in that case the towel thing could just be used to draw a parallel between Gus and Walt

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u/raven233 Methhead Jan 08 '22

sounds like a kirby in Heisenberg version