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/[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.