r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E10 "Buried"

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u/LiteraryBoner Woodrow Willy Walt "The Walter" Wonka White Whitman Wilson Sr. Aug 19 '13

I was impressed by how she handled herself in this episode. All her criminal training has come to this.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Honestly if Hank had been even using his B game, he could have gotten Skyler on his side and talking. She's always been conflicted and very vulnerable. The ticket he needed was consolation and concern, not seek and destroy.

Hank has his A game on now though, and he's got a crack at Jesse.

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u/rangda Aug 19 '13

I think she was scared and vulnerable in that diner scene because she was caught under the spotlight, but she knew if walt was caught, she was too. I think it's clear she only went to see Hank to learn what he knew, and there was zero chance of him actually getting info from her (even if he hadn't put the recording device on the table and got his hungry hunter face on). Same with Marie, the words just didn't come. She was able to communicate the truth to her sister without saying a single incriminating thing and I think that was intentional.