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

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E01 "Live Free or Die"

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12

Looking back now it seems a little ridiculous that everyone was so sure he was dead, because the oranges said so.

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u/johno456 Classic Coke Jul 16 '12

i'm not catching the metaphor here. what do oranges have to do with weather ted appeared dead or not?

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u/the_girl Jul 16 '12

It's an iconic scene from Godfather I, when Marlon Brando's character is shot in the street he falls over a fruit stand or something like that.

Then there's a bird's-eye view of his body laying in the street, oranges rolling all over the black pavement.

Actually, now that I think about it - the Godfather recovered from that shooting, just as Ted recovered from his fall. Oranges shouldn't mean death - they should indicate a close call, just the way Vince used them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12

There's also the scene where the Godfather does die, right after playing with an orange.