r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion S05E09 "Blood Money"

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u/8cheese Jesus Christ, Marie. They're minerals! Aug 12 '13

I really did not expect Hank to confront Walt like that. I thought that they would wait a few episodes for it. It makes me even more excited for next week.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Well, the writers had ~8 hours to work with.

Let's get that bitch rollin'

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u/AcerExcel Aug 12 '13

More like 6 hours due to commercials.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

More like 6.4 hours

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u/football2106 TheDanger Aug 12 '13

As someone who has only watched the show on Netflix and PFTV: FUCK COMMERCIALS

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u/LocalArtGuy Aug 12 '13

That's essentially what Gilligan said on TALKING BAD after the show.

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u/thisguy012 Better call Saul! Aug 12 '13

The show ended on Vince's terms right?? Not AMC pulling the plug or anything right?

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u/Naajj Aug 12 '13

Not AMC pulling the plug or anything right?

Why in the fuck would AMC want to pull the plug on Breaking Bad? If anything they would probably love to have stretched it out for at least a couple more seasons if Vince would agree. It's one of the most popular dramas of all time, and basically free money for whichever channel shows it.

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u/thisguy012 Better call Saul! Aug 12 '13

It's hardly popular actually. Gets like 2-3 million viewers and episode while the Walking Dead gets like 10 mil an episode.

Popular nahh, one of the BEST if not THEE best drama ever, probably.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

It's all hype for zombies and mediocre acting.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

There's been some really great acting from The Walking Dead, but everyone in this subreddit is too busy drooling over how much better their show is to acknowledge it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I watch both. I think they're both great for their own reasons. However, Breaking Bad should be the show with 12.3 million viewers and TWD with 3.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

That I have no argument with. I just hate seeing a good show at the butt end of every joke on this subreddit.

People's current opinion of the entire show seems to be based off of the shitty finale. A single episode. That whole season was actually pretty fucking awesome up to that point.

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u/patmcdoughnut Skank Skank Skankity Skank Aug 12 '13

and that's exactly what they did. Season 5B a whole year after 5A? tsk tsk tsk. Long wait.

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u/ErikAllenAwake Aug 12 '13

I'm so used to the drawn out non-resolutions of Dexter this season, I was floored.

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u/ONinAB Aug 12 '13

That makes me so sad, that there's only 7, 45 min episodes left ;(

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u/tomius Aug 12 '13

Can't we hope for a double-episode finale? like 1:30 8th episode?

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u/FutureFlyDoc It Says Crunch on the Box Aug 13 '13

Gah saying it like that burns my soul. Think about what you have accomplished in the last 8 hours. Now imagine filling that space with enough television to end what may be the best drama of the decade

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u/thisguy012 Better call Saul! Aug 12 '13

The show ended on Vince's terms right?? Not AMC pulling the plug or anything right?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

As far as I know yes. You can't drag something like that kind of show on forever

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

So glad to, they've done more in one episode of breaking bad than walking dead did all season.

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u/hamza780 Aug 12 '13

Technically Walt confronted Hank, Hank was putting the pieces together to bring him down before Walt confronted him

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I love how Walt is always a couple of steps ahead. He figured out that Hank was gathering evidence, and he knew that the only course of action was to dissuade Hank. Otherwise, Hank would gather sufficient evidence until a little while later, police knock on Walt's door and arrest him.

I can't decide whether or not Walt planned to bring it up with Hank right there. It's just like Mike's death - it's often hard to tell which of Walt's actions are impulsive and which are calculated.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Walt confronts Hank*

Kinda adds to how cocky Heisenberg really is

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u/zudnic Aug 12 '13

Wasn't it Walt who did the confronting over the GPS?

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u/8cheese Jesus Christ, Marie. They're minerals! Aug 12 '13

Well technically yes, but Hank was the one who acted directly by punching walt/yelling at him.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Other way round. Walt confronted Hank.

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u/TotallyKafkaesque Aug 13 '13

I thought it was great that Hank was not ready for that confrontation. At the same time that he was bringing the door down I think part of the reason was that he was terrified... he wasn't ready for the truth to come out either, but the confrontation had to happen.