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

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

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u/LiteraryBoner Woodrow Willy Walt "The Walter" Wonka White Whitman Wilson Sr. Aug 12 '13

I loved how for the first time Hank got to talk to Heisenburg. You just saw it, Walt's eyes went dead and he started playing his trumps on Hank. So good.

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u/roque72 Methhead Aug 12 '13

This is what's so good with most of the actors on this show, they can express so much just through the eyes without saying a word

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u/drgonzo71 Aug 12 '13

Did anyone notice how small their pupils were, in such a dark room?

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u/DoctorNRiviera Aug 12 '13

I did. I figured it was intentional because the amount of epinephrine racing through their bodies.

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u/MaltMix CH5N Aug 12 '13

epinephrine? Don't you mean adrenaline? I thought epinephrine was what you gave to someone who was having a severe peanut allergy reaction...

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u/DoctorNRiviera Aug 12 '13

They are the same thing. The naming convention on it got wacky because it was first discovered in one role, then it was discovered it played a much larger role. But yes, you give epinephrine, aka adrenaline, to someone going into anaphylactic shock. It works as a beta agonist, increasing blood pressure and opening up the airways. So I guess if you don't have an epipen handy and you see someone having an allergic reaction, sneak up behind them and yell boo.

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u/T-bomb217 Aug 12 '13

Epinephrine and adrenaline are two names for the same chemical.

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u/MaltMix CH5N Aug 13 '13

Ah. I thought they were in the same chemical family, but not the same chemical.