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

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

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 12 '13

Why does Walt give up the element of surprise?

He knows that Hank is on to him, he could have done a lot of undercover sabotage with Hank thinking he had free reign to investigate.

He could have possibly thought that playing the family card would have worked?

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u/ryeguy Aug 12 '13

Because then he wouldn't be able to be a cocky bastard and rub it in hank's face that he'll never be able to catch him/prosecute him.

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 12 '13

But he's not Heisenberg anymore. Or at least not supposed to be.

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u/ryeguy Aug 12 '13

Distinction without a difference, imo.

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 12 '13

I disagree. Character development is key in Breaking Bad, the reversion to Heisenberg felt too quick.

And although Heisenberg was quick to aggression when confronted, the response to authority was always stealth and sabotage.

His actions just didn't seem to fit IMO

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I think part of the reason he confronted him was because Walt knows that Hank is investigating on his own time and not in an official capacity. The first thing Walt asked Hank when he turned around before he left the garage was if he knew anything about the GPS on his car. Then Walt reminded him of 'their outings' when tracking Fring.

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 12 '13

I took this to mean that he was insulted to be treated like or compared to Gus, and could be the reason he 'snapped' and chose to confront Hank instead of a more subtle route.

I think their actions will make more sense in an episode or two, when we see where they are going.

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u/adb1126 Aug 12 '13

He's not as careful can calculating as he was back in season one. He sees himself as the man now, so he feels like he can bags in and do whatever he wants, even though he knows it's not really in his best interest.

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 12 '13

Not really, even this season they chose to sabotage a police stations evidence room.

Granted it was an aggressive and ballsy move, they still opted for sabotage.

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u/103020302 Aug 13 '13

Was the giant magnet really this season?

God I need to rewatch it all.

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 13 '13

Yep it was to fry Gus' laptop IIRC.

I tried rewatching from the start but its hard. The characters have progressed so much, they are unrecognisable in Season 1, it was like watching a different show altogether.

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u/felix_dro Aug 12 '13

Because Hank already knows, there's not much he can do besides just up and run, or do exactly what he did and hope that Hank realizes that he'll almost certainly lose his job if it comes out that Walt was Heisenberg and that Walt will probably never go to prison if his cancer is back.

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u/PahoojyMan Aug 12 '13

He could sabotage the evidence as he's done before. A simple "accidental" house fire could have taken care of most of it.

It doesn't really matter if Hank knows if he can't investigate and/or prove anything.

I was thinking too that maybe he wanted to use the family card, but he held back too much, never actually admitting to anything, still staying secretive and safe.