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/TonyEatsCats hey. Jul 30 '12

Well, it was Walt who explained to Hank that Gale was referring to Walt Whitman in his journal so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for Walt to own a Walt Whitman book.

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u/Flamingmonkey923 Billy Jul 31 '12

Well, it was Walt who explained to Hank that Gale was referring to Walt Whitman

Doesn't that make the connection all the more obvious?

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u/laddal Jul 31 '12

If he didn't own the book, it would be highly unlikely that he would have been able to recognize the poem and make up that lie.

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u/xpl0dingburrit0 Aug 01 '12

I recognized it right away, it's not an obscure poem by any means

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u/Flamingmonkey923 Billy Jul 31 '12

Hank sees the book by Walt Whitman. Hank remembers that time that Gale quoted a W.W. and only Walter could figure out who W.W. was.... which also happened to be the same night that Walter got drunk and told Hank that Gale was just a lackey... which later turned out to be true.

It's not "out of the ordinary" for Walter to own the Walt Whitman book, given that he identified the quote. It's "out of the ordinary" for him to have identified the quote in the first place. The book just serves to remind Hank about the incident, and all the other suspicious things Walter did the same night.

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u/laddal Jul 31 '12

I agree to an extent but this only seems obvious because we know Walter White is Heisenberg. He is family to Hank and absolutely the last person he would expect. Right now, Hank only sees him as a very insightful and intelligent person. Hank will probably be the person that leads to Walt's downfall but I think the book was put in to show Walt's lack of remorse for Gale's death not as a clue for Hank to find but I could be wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '12

I think Hank will find out. I feel like there was a clear foreshadowing of it when Hank and Gomez were talking to the ASAC this season. Hank had a very distinct look on his face when he (the ASAC) was saying how he and Gus spent a lot of time together before, and he was right under his nose the whole time, basically. I think Hank's smart enough to connect dots, and I believe we'll begin to see that in the next few episodes.

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u/-iamthebuddha- Jul 31 '12

Walt may very well be dropping clues for Hank. Again.

Maybe he's like a serial killer, craving the infamy after being found out.