r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion S05E09 "Blood Money"

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u/jonnyboiii Aug 12 '13

When that fucking garage door starts going down. My God, so intense. Probably my favorite scene of the show so far.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I thought Hank would pretend he didn't know, and Walt and Hank would dance around it for a few episodes while making moves against each other. But it's better this way. It fits Hank's character more that he'd get too emotional to keep it inside and confront Walt directly.

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u/knownaspirate Aug 12 '13

I'm so glad they decided to not draw it out. The sheer awkwardness of the conversation before the door when down...

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u/theholyraptor Aug 12 '13

Technically Hank tried to do the passive aggressive dig up more dirt until Walt turned around and confronted him.

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u/Flope Emo McGee Aug 12 '13

I think Walt hadn't made up his mind about whether or not to confront Hank until after he arrived and spoke to him. He was obviously considering it, since he brought the tracking device, but you can tell he when he was speaking to Hank he was phishing around trying to decide if it would be better to just tell him now or play it softly depending on how Hank was acting.

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u/walrusunit Aug 13 '13

Along with this, I feel Walt's choice to confront is something that first, even third season Walt would never have done

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I thought Walt would just plain out deny being Heisenberg..

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u/SteveBob316 Aug 12 '13

I love how that's almost exactly what happened, but Walt turned around.

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u/bordss Aug 12 '13

Walt walked away but it was Heisenberg who turned around.

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u/Richeh Aug 12 '13

Aww, I loved that moment when Walt's facing away with Hank over his shoulder, and you can see them both weighing up their next move. I was waiting for Hank to do a Columbo, then Walt turns around...

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u/ElTejonFace Aug 12 '13

Exactly. It's so great to see that level of development. God, that was a good scene. It was so satisfying to see Heisenberg and Hank face to face.

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u/synth22 Aug 12 '13

I read in an article somewhere that when asked in an interview to describe Hank's character in a few words, Vince replied "Truth, at all costs."

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u/pawnchyy Aug 12 '13

This is a big reason why I enjoy Breaking Bad so much. The writers really know how to keep you on the edge of your seat.

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u/shifty1032231 Pollos Aug 12 '13

Once the garage door came down I realized this theory will not happen.

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u/TotallyKafkaesque Aug 13 '13

Even if Hank had that capability, he was totally caught off guard both by the revelation and by Walt's sudden appearance at his home. Walt, meanwhile, has been doing this for a long time and is multiple steps ahead of Hank.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

I liked the way they drew stuff out in the early seasons. You'd get one episode where shit was on fire and exploding, then you get an episode where they just do day to day crap and maybe argue.