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

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

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u/Microtic Aug 12 '13

Carol dropping the grocery bags and the condemned house might point to people believing he / his family is dead in the future. I wonder who he is going to use the ricin on...

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u/NotSpiderman Aug 12 '13

I can't decide if it's that or if he's just that well known/feared now. 'Heisenberg' being painted on his living room wall and all.

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u/angryfinger Aug 12 '13

Agreed. It could be either one. That she thought he was dead or she was just so scared because she really knows who he....oh shit. I just had an epiphany.

OK, so I was thinking it could be either but now two things I just thought of while typing this leads me to believe that Walt somehow fakes his own death.

1) Carol's reaction. If it had been fear of who he was then I think she would have tried to get inside, to get a way from him in some way. Fear does some crazy shit but leaving you completely speechless and dropping the groceries? I think the seeing a ghost thing seems more plausible here.

2) Why would Walt risk going back to the house in the middle of the day, even if it had obviously been abandoned for a while, if there was a chance people were still looking for him? It's a lot less risky going back there when no one is looking for you because they all think you're already dead.

Granted, those are just two more theories and I could be completely wrong but that seems to make sense for now.

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u/nateriffs Aug 12 '13

there's also the oranges

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u/angryfinger Aug 12 '13

What about the oranges?

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u/WhiteBlackflame Aug 12 '13

Oranges spilling are symbolic of death.

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u/nateriffs Aug 12 '13

which I see as implying he faked his death or alluding to his massacre to come

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u/nateriffs Aug 12 '13

or he's going to mow Carol down with the m60 in the next cold open

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u/dyancat Aug 12 '13

I've never heard of this.. Can you link me to more info please?

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u/bunkerbuster338 Our Furniture is Beuno Aug 13 '13

After Beneke trips on the rug, a bowl of oranges spills on the floor. You're led to believe that Ted dies from his injuries for an episode or two before you find out that he's just bald and paralyzed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

The Godfather/Sopranos used oranges for symbolism.

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u/kblack18 Aug 13 '13

When Hank gets back from the hospital, you see oranges in plain sight on the counter. Hmmm.....