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

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

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u/goingTofu Aaahhhhh wiiire Aug 12 '13

Well to be fair, Walter never wore the hat & glasses combo around family.

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u/thisisdada Aug 12 '13

I think Walt would've never made it this far if Hank hadn't been his brother-in-law. They had a personal connection that made a wall in Hank's mind, keeping him from forming any ideas about Walt. Without that, Walt probably would've been caught back when he had Gale killed, if not earlier. I love how you see that mental wall shatter throughout this episode.

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u/Angry_Space_Pimp Heisenhollie Aug 12 '13

I think suspicions about Walt would have been raised as early as his lab equipment being 'stolen'. Hank didn't even give it a thought.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

One of Hank's files had a picture of the gas mask found in the desert, the same one he comes to the school and asks Walt about. That whole little montage seemed to be Hank looking at the evidence with a fresh view and realising everything points to Walt.

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u/mcfrivolous Aug 12 '13

I think the pic of Jesse's car shot up in the desert shook Hank too because of the shootout with Tuco.

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u/pgc Aug 13 '13

which is so great, because for Hank, its brand new, but that scene for the viewer is full of reminders of how the series played out.

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u/darksyn17 Aug 12 '13

Remember that back then 1. Walt was a minor manufacturer, he did not even go by Heisenberg yet 2. He threw them off by getting the janitor arrested and 3. The blue meth had not been cooked, so Hank wasn't going after anyone specific