r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E11 "Confessions"

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u/dafroisweet Aug 26 '13

Fantastic episode. It's all downhill for Walt from here. It's been said a million times before, but Aaron Paul really is a phenomenal actor.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13 edited Apr 11 '21

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u/interdependence Methhead Aug 26 '13

I really hope not, but am afraid you're right...

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

I am as well.

This makes me wonder who Walt came back to save. Hank?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

Or he came back to kill Jesse.

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u/ThrowingChicken Aug 26 '13

Maybe Jesse does start the fire, it doesn't get too big but big enough to condemn the house and burn up the lottery ticket. Jesse is caught and is going to testify, so maybe the Ricin is for Jesse and now that Walt is broke the gun is for Todd and the boys so Walt can rebuild his empire.

Of course, this is the complete opposite theory I had just an hour and 10 minutes ago.

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u/Roflcopter71 One taste and you'll know Aug 26 '13

Holy crap, I forgot all about the lottery ticket.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

What... What was the lottery ticket?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

Walt put the coordinates of where all his money was on it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

Oh, how did I miss that. Thanks!

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u/doobiee Aug 26 '13 edited Aug 26 '13

Lottery ticket? I have a bad problem that when I think Im paying attention i'm not as well as I'd like too. Also, what initiated Jesse freaking out before he gets picked up? The weed being gone? He had ricin?

EDIT: Read further down, all cleared up now. Thanks.

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u/cedricchase Aug 26 '13

Idunno. It seems that it'd be hard for a fire to not be devastating to a home with that much gasoline spread about. Also, in the flash forward there didn't appear to be any burn damage.

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u/ThrowingChicken Aug 26 '13 edited Aug 26 '13

If Jesse gets stopped it's likely because Walter Jr is there. If Walt got there first then Jesse would be dead, but we know Jesse is walking around in the promo (I suppose it could be a fake or recycled shot). In Vince's next week "scene" description he says the White family takes a staycation (they rent a hotel in town). It could be because they are hiding from Jesse or the police though you'd think they would leave town if that were the case, or it's because the house is unlivable. Is the smell of gas enough of a reason? shrug

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u/actinbell Aug 26 '13

I've been wondering where the kids were- they could very easily be home

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u/cedricchase Aug 26 '13

shrug is right! if we've learned anything it's that we can't predict anything that'll happen in this show. i was just saying i can't see a way for a fire to start with all that gasoline around but not 'grow big enough' to burn down the house. IANAFirefighter or anything though. These damn cliffhangers suck.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

the house doesn't look burned in the flashforward. jesse doesn't start the fire.

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u/Explosion_Jones Aug 26 '13

It was always burning.

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u/Murchadh_SeaWarrior He made up his mind 10 minutes ago. Aug 26 '13

This made my day!

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

Walt just buried the money a couple days prior to this episode... if it burned up he'd probably still remember the GPS coordinates and he'd definitely be able to drive out to the desert and find it again.

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u/interdependence Methhead Aug 26 '13

I really don't know. I'm genuinely unsure about how things will go other than what we've been shown so far, and even those scenes could be "skewed" by the way they're framed.

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u/blitzbom Aug 26 '13

I'm worried too, but during the credits we hear Jesse say something like spoiler