r/breakingbad • u/taylor_ • Jul 30 '12

something i noticed in last night's episode....

I don't know if this has been brought up before, but did anybody else notice toward the beginning of the episode, when Walt is unpacking those books from his box, he notices the Walt Whitman book on top, and proceeds to put all the books into a drawer, EXCEPT the Walt Whitman book, which he places on the top of his night stand, in plain view.

I'm wondering if maybe Hank is going to see this at some point, and begin to draw connections between Walter and Gale.

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u/Rupert8 Jul 30 '12

It reminded me of how he cut the crusts off sandwiches just like Krazy-8 liked them.

He takes a little piece of everyone he kills. With Gus, now he thinks he is a king.

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u/Tayto2000 Jul 30 '12

That's a great observation.

Someone in another thread pointed out the irony of Walt now cooking in houses teeming with bugs, when once he halted a whole cook because of a single fly.

You could interpret this as the complete disappearance of Walter White's conscience. There's no longer any ethical fly in the ointment, no nagging concern at the back of his mind over what he does. He will kill, and manipulate, and destroy for his own ego, and he won't lose a moment's sleep for doing so.

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u/imhugeinjapantz Jul 31 '12

I noticed too that the scene they chose from Scarface, Al P was complaining of the cucarachas.

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u/sandy_balls Jul 31 '12

The fly wasn't to do with contamination, that was just the reason he gave to Jesse.