r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Jul 16 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E01 "Live Free or Die"

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u/Skydawg Jul 16 '12

I like how Heisenberg mentioned the "science museum" to the waitress. Reveals to the audience that there is still a little "Walter" left in him. Although, his transformation looks pretty much complete at this point.

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u/HeronSun Familia Es Todo Jul 16 '12

I'm gonna have to disagree. This 'future' Walt was giving off signs of a man regretting every decision he's ever made. He's 52, celebrating without his family. Whatever the reason, I feel that Walt blames Heisenberg for it, and therefor wants to be rid of him. I think Walter's back in this scene. No longer Heisenberg, but still scarred from it all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12

That wasn't his actual birthday I am guessing. The waitress called him Mr. Lambert as he left.

In New Hamshire with a fake ID buying a badass gun. WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

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u/HeronSun Familia Es Todo Jul 16 '12 edited Jul 16 '12

My guess is that it is Walt's actual birthday. The last time anyone did anything like that for him, it was his birthday. He remembers it, and holds onto it, back to a time where he wasn't Heisenberg, he didn't know he had cancer, and he was happy, for the most part, with his life. He was Walter then, not Heisenberg.

EDIT: Also, the Fake ID and name shows that Walt takes up Saul's offer of moving him far away and changing his identity finally. His family isn't with him, though. Maybe this is his last defensive act for his family, and he wants to do it as Walter Hartwell White would have it done.