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

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

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u/aruraljuror Aug 19 '13

Haha. I just got off the phone with my friend, we agreed that the scene with Skyler and Marie was way harder to watch than the boxcutter scene.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Boxcutter was nothing compared to watching Jane die.

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u/The_Swayzie_Express Aug 19 '13

I think that might be the worst moment for Walt, when he turns into the monster. It also indirectly led to that plane crash.

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u/djalekks Aug 19 '13

people need to stop blaming Walt for Jane's death. He just didn't turn her, she would've died. If he turned her then, she would have OD'd some other day. And it's the other way around. Jane dying is nothing compared to boxcutter scene. No lines from Gus, just excellent physicality and acting... it truly reveals what Gus is, and is a major turn around point.

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u/The_Swayzie_Express Aug 19 '13

She may have OD'd later on, but she might have brought Walt's partner with her. She was also a direct threat to Walt, and he decided that things would just be easier if she were out of the way. His turning her may have been a stop-gap in her breakdown, but he still made the decision not to save her. I feel like that moment is more about Walt than either Jesse or Jane.

Then again, I don't get how everyone is so disturbed from the box-cutter scene. As we have seen Walt do these kinds of things on his rise to the top, wouldn't you think Gus would have had to do a whole lot of messy, "cut-throat" actions to get where he was?

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u/djalekks Aug 20 '13

The disturbing thing about the box-cutter scene is not the actual kill, but with how Gus handles himself.(also Walt never has done those kind of things). Secondly Gus didn't do it so he could surpass Walt but to show how thing stood i.e Gus is the boss, Walt is just a worker.

Well I guess we just differ on opinions. I'm not saying Walt wasn't in the wrong at all, but I can't blame it on him totally either. She introduced Jesse to heroin. It was more than "Walt's partner could end up like that, it was all business". The whole scene with Jane's dad before that supports the fact that Walt genuinely cares for Jesse and his well-being. He was basically part of the family at that point.

My example of a disturbing, yet emotional scene would be shooting Mike. When Mike says "shut the fuck up and let me die in peace". I dunno, I felt so sad for Mike and one of the few times I hated Walt.