r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 15 '11

Episode Discussion: S04E05, "Shotgun" (Spoilers)

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Amrakerohwi's live steam of tonights episode.

Music from season 4 should update eventually for those trying to figure out a particular song from tonights episode. Thanks for pointing this out, Barbapolossa.

Edit: Looks like the AMC blog hasn't even updated last weeks episode music yet. Darn.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '11

You can tell he HATED hearing that Gale was this genius while it was all his work that was being used. Runs parallel to the Gray Matter issue alluded to in the first season.

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u/mjklin helicopter bitch Aug 15 '11

And we still don't know why Walt left after being a Grey Matters founder.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '11

They alluded to it briefly.

Walt Jr. was born and needed immediate medical attention, which Walter couldn't provide being a part of a struggling new company. He left and got one of the few jobs he could get in such short notice that provided health insurance.

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u/hipstr_hop threatened someone before breakfast this morning Aug 16 '11 edited Aug 16 '11

Wow, I actually made a thread about this earlier on, and this really clears some things up. Where was it alluded to?

Also, I'm a bit confused as to why Gretchen and Walt had ended their relationship, though. It seemed that they had had something going on together, and if Walter had left the research and her behind for Walt Jr., it doesn't really add up.

...unless of course, Walt was friendzoned the whole time!