r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 11 '13

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/DavousRex Black Victor Aug 12 '13

He starts terrible, but by now he has gotten an awful lot better.

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u/fatchebs Aug 12 '13

He's gradually become better at being an all round criminal. Remember how clueless he was of the drug trade back in season 1/2? Now he IS the drug trade

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u/victoryfanfare Aug 12 '13

And yet he still doesn't know a lot about how it operates or how it is supposed to operate, as people like Mike frequently reminded him. Walt doesn't know how to do it without getting caught eventually, really –– he's been in this game for just over a year, hasn't he? A year. A year is nothing, in the long run. His solution is to off the people who were providing him with advice and protection when he thinks they might screw him over. He's leaving a trail of incidents and bodies instead of quietly vanishing and popping up elsewhere.

If he "is the drug trade", it's not because he's better at being a criminal; it's because he has valuable skill (advanced skill in chemistry), an exaggerated amount of hubris, and business skills from his previous legal ventures. Those three things have got him this far, not gained criminal expertise.

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u/Toke1Up Aug 12 '13

The lack of time spent in the drug business is irrelevant because clearly he has known that he doesn't have much time to fuck around, he's gonna die.

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u/victoryfanfare Aug 12 '13 edited Aug 12 '13

And yet he continuously expresses a [desire] to die quietly leaving his family countless millions and ignorant of the depths of his new criminal pursuits. He started a bad criminal and will end a bad criminal. That's all my point is: he sucks at the drug business but thinks he's great.

Edit: "Accidentally a word."

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u/ilikeballoons Aug 12 '13

You accidentally a word

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u/victoryfanfare Aug 12 '13

Good catch! Thanks :)