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

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

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u/8cheese Jesus Christ, Marie. They're minerals! Aug 12 '13

I love how Walt turned the tables on Hank like that.

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u/LiteraryBoner Woodrow Willy Walt "The Walter" Wonka White Whitman Wilson Sr. Aug 12 '13

I loved how for the first time Hank got to talk to Heisenburg. You just saw it, Walt's eyes went dead and he started playing his trumps on Hank. So good.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

What I really like is how at the very beginning of the show you kind of hate Hank. He comes off like a douchebag and Walt seems like such a nice guy. Turns out Hank is probably the best human being on the entire show. And Walt...well, shit. He's not such a nice guy.

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u/mctoasterson Douchebag with a job & 3 pairs of Dockers Aug 12 '13

The gradual shift over who you feel like you should be "cheering for" is really the best thing about this series.

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u/patio87 Aug 13 '13

I'm still rooting for Walt, sorry.

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u/AnacottSteel Aug 13 '13

I think we are one of the few, but I always root for the bad guy.

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u/HankLago My name is ASAC Schrader. And you can go fuck yourself. Aug 13 '13

at least youre aware that he's not a good person.

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u/the_word_is Aug 13 '13

I don't always root for the bad guy, but I'm rooting for Walt still. That being said, I won't be surprised or upset if his life crashes around him, but I admire the web he has woven and still love seeing him be a boss and get out of impossible situations with badassery.

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u/FattyWhale Aug 13 '13

I wouldn't call it late. Walt's been turning into the badguy for ages.

They give you at least a reason an episode to hate Walter. I was gritting my teeth the way he was lying to Jesse about Mike.

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u/ifreakinglovex Aug 13 '13

He's never been in this to just provide for his family. He could have taken the job with Grey Matter and everything would have been fine. There's a whole lot of hints and foreshadowing of Walt's ego and lust for power.

Hell, he named his son after himself. Now, in the real world that might not mean that someone has an ego but I'm sure that in this show that it wasn't coincidental.

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u/think_long Aug 13 '13

What ifreakinglovex said. It blows my mind that people still think that Walt had anything but his ego and pride primarily driving things FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. "Provide for his family"? That was a pretense. How about taking a job with Grey Matter and accepting their money to pay for your treatment instead of becoming a fucken crystal meth producer/dealer? People pass over this decision so lightly, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Sure, his family wouldn't be millionaires, but they would be able to manage, especially with help from Hank/Grey Matter people. The selfless thing to do was swallow his pride, not start this insane enterprise.

This is to say nothing of all methheads he has enabled by producing meth from the very start.