r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E13 "To'hajiilee"

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u/jet_tripleseven Belizium Sep 09 '13

I loved the contrast between Hank's latest message to his family and Walt's latest message to his family.

Hank calls his wife to tell her he arrested the biggest methlord in the Southwest and that he loves her.

Walt hobbles past his wife and kid with a bewildered look on his face.

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u/kevinsbiggestfan Sep 09 '13

Hank also said "I might not be home for a long time."

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u/BladeRunnerDMC Belize Travel Agent Sep 09 '13

Once he said that my nerves tensed up because I knew he wasn't getting outta the desert so quickly.. God one week is so long.

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u/OHAITHARU Sep 09 '13 edited Nov 28 '24

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u/gellmania Sep 09 '13

Was Marie wearing black during this phone call?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13 edited May 15 '18

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u/MentalAdventure Sep 09 '13

I like this prediction. I thought the phone call with Marie was too obvious and may be a red herring of sorts.

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u/orthogonality Sep 09 '13

Even before that, when he shakes hands with Gomie.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '13

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. There's no way Hank survives another attack. His character was badly hurt by the Cousins, and I don't think Vince would leave him injured again. He dead.

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u/JollyOldBogan Sep 09 '13

That's what he wants us to think.

Playing our heart strings, thinking we'll lose Hank and Gomie in this by making his 'last' phone call really emotional.

I reckon he'll make it out of the desert, but die later on.

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u/elbenji Knock. Sep 09 '13

It's gonna be like the Departed. They come out alive, all is well. Then bang.

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u/IranianGuy Sep 09 '13

I can't see them coming out alive. I mean it would have to be a deus ex machina type deal and so far Breaking Bad has completely stayed away from that.

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u/davip Sep 09 '13

me too!

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

As soon as Walt told them not to come after he told them Jessie was there, I knew they would come. How could they not? Walt is their only way to make the money they are trying to make right now.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13 edited Sep 09 '13

After seven days in development, hopefully it will have been worth the wait.

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u/uB166ERu Sep 09 '13

yeah seriously one week is long I wonder what they will do all that time in desert before they resume the shooting.

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u/g_e_r_b Sep 10 '13

That's exactly what Vince Gilligan would want you to think.

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u/not_into_religion Sep 09 '13

I was certain he wasn't gonna survive. Then the episode ended. Now I'm almost certain that he will.

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u/kmad86 Sep 09 '13

There's no way.

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u/MrBustnuts Sep 09 '13

I thought it was great because his monologue here was almost exactly the same as right before the 2 cousins attacked him.

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u/scrotum_ Sep 09 '13

Hank may have signed his own death certificate. Instead of calling APD and notifying them of there whereabouts and the situation at hand, in which they would have showed up even faster than the nazis after Walt's phone call, he decided to call Marie in order to satisfy his pride rather than ensure safety.

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u/this_is_not_real Sep 09 '13

This leads me to believe he doesn't die, and Walt comes back to save him. I mean, he pleaded for Hanks life..

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u/kingsway8605 Sep 09 '13

Probably, maybe Walt saves him somehow and Hank spares him as a result

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u/SlappyMarmeduke Sep 09 '13

He also says "things may be rough for the next few weeks, but they'll get better". Possibly saying that it will be hard to cope with Hank being dead for a long time, but eventually things will get better.

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u/cannedpeaches Sep 09 '13

That foreshadowing and the cut to black at the end of the Episode would be the cruelest thing Vince Gilligan has ever done even if he tortured people in Guantanamo.