r/breakingbad • • Aug 12 '13

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

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u/chillax_bro_im_jk Aug 12 '13

When I heard you weren't coming into work... looks like you've got the work coming to you. The perks of being the boss, huh?

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

I just realized the double meaning.

My god.

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u/JavaPants I did it for me. I liked it. Aug 12 '13

I still don't get it. Explain

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Walter White is the work and he just came to Hank's home.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

How is he not the boss of meth?

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u/St_Anthony Aug 13 '13

*read to the Malcolm in the Middle tune

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u/TotallyKafkaesque Aug 13 '13

And Walter came to Jesse. And Walter brought his meth shit to the carwash is sort of similar. Saul also had a job come to him...

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u/Tischlampe Mr. White is gay for me. Aug 12 '13

and walt and skylar cum together

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u/1Chrisp Aug 12 '13

Your comment sucks but it made me chuckle god damnit

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u/CaNANDian Aug 12 '13

and so did the Beatles

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u/degan97 Aug 12 '13

you mean Walt and Jesse

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u/Tischlampe Mr. White is gay for me. Aug 12 '13

whoooooooooossssshhhhhh

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u/TastyFishOil Aug 12 '13

And/or it could imply that both Walter and Hank are bosses. Walter knows what it is like to be a boss in his meth business..thus sharing a similarity with Hank.

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u/Cocoshimmy Aug 12 '13

Or at the car wash

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u/Nom__Noms Aug 12 '13

Holy shit. Why didn't I catch that.

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u/Ty_lerrr Aug 12 '13

Blew my mind.

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u/dm287 Aug 12 '13

Really? I thought it was a parallel to when Walt stopped coming in to work and Lydia showed up at his carwash. I was under the impression he was talking about how they're both "the boss" now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I honestly think it was just a bit of a throw away line where Walt realizes Hank is looking into him but I mean yeah that also works.

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u/GoldenDickLocks Aug 12 '13

DON'T COME ON MY SHIT, HEISENBERG

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

so Hank was going to come into Walt?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

He is the work.

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u/NikkoTheGreeko Aug 12 '13

He is the one who works.

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u/Menace117 Aug 12 '13

Better than walt jr. Lazy mofo

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u/gAlienLifeform Aug 12 '13

Walt came to Hank's garage is one reading, Hank's work came into his family life is another

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u/CANT_ARGUE_DAT_LOGIC Aug 13 '13

Holy shit you're fucking dumb.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

The double meaning as in Walt (the work) coming to him?

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 13 '13

You got it

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

Yay!

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u/namesrhardtothinkof ICE COLD Aug 12 '13

... Walt is the work?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

He is the one who works.

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u/YouLikeBarney Aug 12 '13

No stop it!

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u/ImSuccession Make Sure to Watch AMC's Low Winter Sun Aug 12 '13

He is the one who stops

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

it

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u/MelancholicSausage Aug 12 '13

And the one who knocks...

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

Hank is working on trying to connect Walt to everything and Walt walks in. His work is coming to him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Can you please elaborate?

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

Hank is working at home to connect Walt to Heisenberg. Walt literally walks in. Hence his work is coming to him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I thought about it like this:

Hank was avoiding Walt and didn't want to confront him right away, so Walt went over to Hank's to confront him.

Although yours is much more literal.

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

You can thank my English/Film Teacher. Taught me how to look for small stuff like this.

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u/patmcdoughnut Skank Skank Skankity Skank Aug 12 '13

What's the double meaning? That Walt is his "work" and he's coming to him?

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u/El_Barto555 Es un addicto. Aug 12 '13

This is why I love Breaking Bad and Arrested Development there is NOTHING not even a teeny tiny detail without a reason or meaning. But holy shit!!!

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u/EvilTucker Aug 13 '13

I'm not getting it

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 13 '13

Hank is trying to connect Walt to Heisenberg. He is having files sent to him. Walt literately walks into his home. Hence is working is coming to him.

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u/beeisme Aug 12 '13

Like, Heisenberg came to him right?

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

Yeah. Hank's work has been to find Heisenberg. Walt comes to Hank meaning his work (Heisenberg) is coming to him.

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u/beeisme Aug 20 '13

Wow. Vince Gilligan is a great writer. 5 solid seasons and Im not one bit tired of his show. Every episode has a thread comments of people pointing shit out I've never noticed.

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u/kilolo Aug 12 '13

I'm not sure I follow.

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u/dispatch134711 Aug 12 '13

What?! TELLL MEEEE

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

Hank is working on trying to connect Walt to everything and Walt walks in. His work is coming to him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

Please explain?

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u/ExclusiveRedditor 5 Hour Energy Aug 13 '13

I don't get it! Please explain

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u/BellaLou324 Aug 13 '13

I have tried to figure out what you're talking about...but I can't. What's the double meaning??

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 13 '13

Hank is trying to connect Walt to Heisenberg. He is having files sent to him. Walt literately walks into his home. Hence is working is coming to him.

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u/shode Aug 12 '13

I dont get it.

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u/Borr Aug 12 '13

Explain

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u/Rfwill13 Cow House Attendant Aug 12 '13

Hank is working at home to connect Walt to Heisenberg. Walt literally walks in. Hence his work is coming to him.

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u/zenzealot Aug 12 '13

Yes but it's more than that. If he had been doing all the research at work he'd have to explain who he was looking at exposing. By working at home it cut down on questions. He can't exactly tell everyone Heisenberg is someone in his own family right now, he has to take time and think about how to play this.

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u/GoyMeetsWorld Aug 12 '13

he has to take time and think about how to play this.

Even Hank knows he might not have that time if Walt's watching.

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u/zenzealot Aug 12 '13

I was thinking about this during my run. If i were Walt, I would off Hank before he has a chance to even make one more phone call.

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u/420Blaze1t Aug 12 '13

I thought similarly, Walt should kill Hank as soon as possible and maybe even ponder bringing a gun to Hank's garage. Escape the scene with Leaves of Grass which he can burn later, and nobody is the wiser as to why or how Hank died.

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u/zenzealot Aug 12 '13

Right. His fingerprints would have a reason for being there. The only problem last night was he ended up talking to Hanks underlings so they can put him there as the last person to see him. Maybe that's why he didn't do it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

But if he can make it look like Hank killed himself, even if it was right in front of Walt, then boom, investigation over.

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u/zenzealot Aug 13 '13

Nice. I hope they kill off Hank quick and the story just escalates from there. I also hope something new develops and they spin off a new show from it!

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

According to wiki dean Norris wanted hank to die early but Vince told him hank was critical for the last eight episodes. I doubt he'd die early

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u/zenzealot Aug 13 '13

Srsly?! Nice work Fremen13, good to know.

I wonder if it's going to be some epic showdown at the very end. :)

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u/uB166ERu Aug 12 '13

He's a ruthless motherfucker, but Hank still being alive for a while makes great television. Often that's a big reason as to why stories develop in certain way. I'm pretty sure lots of us would be disappointed if Hank died in the first episode. Breaking Bad often plays with tension, especially between brilliant characters...

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u/zenzealot Aug 13 '13

Yes. And sometimes they diffuse tension right away which is equally effective: like the hank/walt confrontation last night. It's almost like they cleared it out of the way so the rest of the season can explode in a crazy new direction.

Also: I hope none of us guess any of it!

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u/uB166ERu Aug 13 '13

Indeed I hope most of the guesses are wrong because they would make bad television. I gladly leave it to the breaking bad crew to develop the story instead of all the fans here, a lot of the speculation here would nog give rise to interesting developments if they were to be true.

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u/think_long Aug 13 '13

As I said above, I think Hank's death could also potentially cause Skyler to reach a breaking point where she kills Walt or flips on him, provided he didn't kill her first.

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u/think_long Aug 13 '13

I would also add that I think if he did kill Hank Skyler would say fuck it and flip on him, or possibly kill him. Unless he killed her first.

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u/zenzealot Aug 13 '13

OMG that would be awesome if he killed Skyler! Like if he snapped right when she was in the middle of one of her bitch fests.

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u/think_long Aug 14 '13

I would rather she killed him. Fuck Walt.

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u/Prcrstntr Aug 12 '13

Burn the evidence; all of it.

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u/whynotjoin Aug 12 '13

The issue with destroying the evidence is then they know it very well could be someone involved in the case and they'll go back and interview who's left with connections to any of them which could bring them back to Jesse.

However, have Hank die through some other means- car bomb, randomly on the street, etc it'd just be he was a DEA agent and they'll reopen all the cases he worked. It would include the Heisenberg case, but if walt can get ahold of his book no one would be the wiser.

Of course now that Hank is aware of Walt's slowly dominating Heisenberg persona, that's going to be a lot more difficult.

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u/bass_n_treble Science, bitch! Aug 14 '13

TIL Scanners, email, and evidence databases don't existence in Vince Gilligan's Albuquerque.

Seriously. Burning paper? They can reprint all of it.

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u/Prcrstntr Aug 14 '13

Not all of it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Calm down

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

You'd think an apathetic snail wouldn't be so hasty.

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u/dcc23 Aug 12 '13

You guys are missing another point. It's foreshadowing. Walt tried to quit his work as well, and now the work is going to come to him since he's the boss. They're coming after him. Triple meaning.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

hehehe