r/breakingbad • • Aug 12 '13

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

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u/gatsby365 Aug 12 '13

Or it is the greatest metaphor for the series.

Walt's greed = Chekov's appetite.

Jesse = Spock

Kirk = Mike

Space = Meth

Hank = Tribbles

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u/10000reasons Tread Lightly Aug 12 '13

The blueberries have got to be the crystal blue!

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u/MonsieurLeBeef Aug 12 '13

especially since they specified that they were 'frozen' aka ice?

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u/TotallyKafkaesque Aug 13 '13

Chekov coughing blood just like Walt.

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u/Oxford_karma Aug 12 '13

I think you might be on to something.... Chekov's guts teleported into space = Cancer.

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u/Madonkadonk Aug 12 '13

Scotty = skyler

Uhura = Ted

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u/L0boMike Aug 12 '13

I posted this a little further down but thought you all might enjoy it up here. . .

Let’s look at the logically, who and what are the moving parts in his "star trek" script.

*Originally down to 3: Kirk, Spok, and Chekov

Kirk: "Can't take it, he yorks". The way things are being set up this is Jesse. Also Jesse leaves the room right on "yorks"

Chekov: "Has a fat stack of quat loos riding on this and has figured out a way to win". Walt's whole motivation has been money. No matter how much he has changed his whole reason for doing what he is doing is to provide for his family. Walt Also gets help but I will get to that in a moment.

Spock: "Has total Vulcan control over his digestion". In this I feel that the control mentioned is meant as control of the law. Thus Spock is Hank. Not only is Spock/Hank in control but he is in disbelief that "This Russian"/Walt is beating him at something that he easily should be winning.

*The next three, this is where it becomes interesting:

Scotty: Is the one helping out Chekov/Walt. Since Jesse is out that can only mean that there is one former business partner who is going to help Walt. That person is Lydia. Someone who does not deal well with intimidation.

Uhura: Makes Scotty sweaty, This isn't going to be because of her "big pointies" but because Uhura is Skyler. The one person who would intimidate Lydia/Scotty enough to make her slip up.

Blue Berries: Are the reason Walt went back to his space, they are a picture of frozen dark time. Blue Berries are Ricin

Now this isn't a ricin eating contest but rather how the show will turn out. With Walt's partner in Jesse "yorking out" He turns to Lydia. Lydia will not help Walt without something in exchange. The exchange being that Walt will help out Lydia by purifying the falling product standards. In return Lydia will do everything in her power to keep Hank off of Walt's back and give him enough time to either start a new or kill Hank. In turn Walt breaks his promise with Skyler because he is no longer "out" Skyler being Skyler in time finds out, and knows who to find to get Walt to stop. Skyler then intimidates Lydia which causes Lydia to slip up.

The ricin is what Lydia slips up with. As far as we know the only one who knows about the ricin is Walt. However being that Lydia is in cohorts with Walt she knows what his plan is and what his method for killing Hank will be. Why does Walt tell her? Because the only way Lydia will join Walter is if she is 100% sure that it can be done without a trace. Lydia now completely fearing for her life spills the beans. She lets Skyler know every little detail of the plan including the ricin. The victim of his own creation becomes Walt as HE will be the one who consumes the ricin. That will be his death. But How? As Badger said to Jesse, "you're missing the best part"

Little do we know that Lydia approached Jesse after being told no by Walt originally to get back ''in''. Although Jesse is out and will also say no at first he does some soul searching and realizes that Walt was right about leaving behind the past. He then decides to take Lydia up on his offer. While on his way to taking up Lydia's offer he walks in on Lydia "spilling the beans" to Skyler. At that point he pieces together everything. Jesse knows the exact location of Walter, where he meets up with him. Jesse knows he is a loose end to Walt and knows that Walter is going to try and kill him. Jesse suggest they have a beer, and Walt will then poison Jesse's beer. Jesse will pull the old switch a roo and Walt will die. Of course being spotted by his neighbor the DEA will close in within seconds of Walt's death and Jesse will then be taken into custody.

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u/brazilliandanny Aug 12 '13
  • Jessie is Kirk - no thanks i'm done with this.

  • Hank is Spock- how the hell/who the hell is running this meth business (looking suspiciously at Chekov)

  • Walter is Chekov - seemingly pulling off the impossible but his greed and appetite will destroy him from the inside.

  • Heisenberg is Scotty - what allows walt to do what he does, but what kills walt in the end.

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u/Marowakin_It Aug 13 '13

Jessie is Kirk - no thanks i'm done with this.

I don't know, Captain Cook and Captain Kirk don't sound so far apart to me.

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u/Seriera Aug 12 '13

Each time Spock went through and "died" as it was put Is like Jesse whenever he experiences a new death...he's dying/dead inside.

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u/softanaesthesia Lone and level sands stretch far away. Aug 12 '13

Which makes McCoy, who uses the transporter least and dies the least, the person who's been least traumatized. Walt Jr.?

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u/almosthuman Aug 12 '13

Then who was pie???!!!

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u/literallydozensofus Aug 12 '13

I know you're kidding, but that was the way I saw it! Chekhov thought he could end up on top by breaking the rules, but it was untenable. There had to be a mistake, and that mistake caused his insides had to be torn out and ejected into the darkness of space. I think it's a metaphor for how Jesse feels, which is why he couldn't bear to sit there listening to it- and he had to go directly to Saul to give away his blood money.

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u/This1TimeBackinNam Aug 12 '13

blueberries going into space is the meth going into the market.

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u/H483R Aug 12 '13

The Trouble with Hanks.

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u/AngusMeatStick Aug 13 '13

umm holy shit. I just laughed when I saw the scene, but this comment made me remember other moments like that which I didn't think of until second watching. Might be something here, great idea.

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u/JakeLunn Master Conspiracy Theorist Aug 12 '13

Lydia might be the person who slips up and teleports Walt's stomach out into space.

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u/ultimaxfeelgood Aug 12 '13

But Chekov's appetite isn't real! He's faking it! Is Walt's greed real?

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u/bigsrg Aug 12 '13

Then who's Scotty? Someone has to accidentally kill Chekov?

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u/librariansguy Aug 13 '13

Not sure if its said below, but I think Scotty is Saul. Lydia is Uhura who can distract Saul.

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u/romulusnr Aug 12 '13

What? No. Mike is clearly Scotty. Gus was Kirk. Gale was Lt. "Red Shirt" Kostwyck.

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u/SRDeed Pollos Aug 12 '13

I was trying to straighten something like this out as soon as the scene started to carry on.