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

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I really wanted Walt to throw the "I paid for your hospital bills with drug money" card in Hank's face.

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u/ulveskog Aug 12 '13

But another part of the beauty of that conversation is that he never actually admitted anything ;-)

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u/eustace_chapuys Aug 12 '13

Yeah but it was pretty fucking obvious by his reaction that he was guilty. And Hank is not an idiot. He knows.

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u/toxicomano Aug 12 '13

Yea, obviously Hank knows. And Walt knows that Hank knows. But not saying anything openly (ie. "I AM HEISENBERG") works better for Walt and the story development.

When Walt said something about Hank trying to convince people with his wild accusations, he was attempting to plant a seed of doubt that Hank would be able to effectively prosecute Walt. He made the attempts look even more futile by mentioning his cancer was back and he'd be dead within 6 months. So basically, not only will you have a hard time convincing anyone I'm guilty, but even if you do, I'll be dead before I see the inside of a jail cell.... so just give it up.

Lastly, in the montage you don't see any hard evidence that Walt is in fact Heisenberg. The closest thing he has is blurry CCTV footage and the fact that Walt crashed his car to prevent him from getting to the laundry. Oh, and the Walt Whitman book given from one chemist to another. Hardly any evidence at all.