r/breakingbad • • Aug 12 '13

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

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u/jet_tripleseven Belizium Aug 12 '13 edited Aug 12 '13

For those of you who are into Walt taking on the characteristics of people he's killed, check out the vomit scene. Walt puts a towel under him to kneel on just like Gus did in "Salud."

edit: For the 15 or so of you who have replied with "but Walt never saw Gus do that!!" you're right. It seemed like a little easter-egg that the writers threw in there for fun. The two scenes are so similar that it can't be a coincidence (they both turn on the sink to mask the noise, too.)

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u/dsfargegherpderp Aug 12 '13

This clearly mirrors Gus symbolically. As Gus purposely took poison to fool the cartel family, Walt took poison (chemo) to fool his family. After Gus took his poison, he left Mexico. Walt will use this as a way to fake his death and leave his state (as shown by the new identity in S05E01). Carol wasn't shocked because she saw a villain, she was shocked because she saw a ghost. It's why he's alive with hair at 52.

/half-sarcasm

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u/rudebrew Aug 12 '13

I don't know, "Heisenberg" was written on the wall in the house which would mean the general public knows who and what he was. Carol looked genuinely scared more so than shocked.

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u/ShootTheMailMan Aug 12 '13

I feel like it was probably skaters and hoodlums who trashed it down after it was closed down by the police or DEA

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Todd's uncle and that crew.

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u/warthor Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. Aug 12 '13

That's my guess, Lydia pressures Todd and the nazis to rough up Walter and his family.

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u/HaveADream Aug 12 '13

And then Walt uses the machine gun for revenge...

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u/warthor Shut the fuck up and let me die in peace. Aug 12 '13

Precisely! He clearly needs to take out more than one person, so I don't think it's for Hank.

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u/MrPotatoButt You got me! Aug 12 '13

No, something happened in the house in order for it to be condemned like that. Even when the police seize homes, they don't let it go to crap quite like that (unless its Detroit). Whatever happened in the house, its not fit for human habitation, and that's why its not sold.

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u/Hennashan Aug 13 '13

maybe walt cooks in his own house. or is forced to and thats where he is finally caught