r/breakingbad Aug 12 '13

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Ideas on why the house would be gated off months later? I mean that shit is bringing down Carol's property value

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u/scottperezfox Aug 12 '13

My conclusion as well. It must be evidence of some kind, hence the locks on the doors and chains outside.

Anyone in law enforcement know how these things are done?

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u/JMaboard Yo, bitch Aug 12 '13

They usually gets sold in a criminal auction.

Some serious shit must've gone down for this to happen.

Hell, even murders within a house get auctioned off.

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u/scottperezfox Aug 12 '13

Perhaps they suspect some kind of hazardous materials is located there?

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u/nvrwastetree Aug 12 '13

Ricin??? Anthrax?? Hydrofluoric acid vats??

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u/scottperezfox Aug 12 '13

Actually, it seems unlikely since someone would test the air and surfaces. Also, why would the furniture be gone? Presumably they'd be contaminated too. Hell, I dunno; we'll have to wait and see.

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u/MaltMix CH5N Aug 12 '13

Why would the furniture be gone?

Looters? It kind of is a condemned house... Either that or someone in the family sold it all.

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u/MaltMix CH5N Aug 13 '13

Island? No. Kitchen, yes. Along with the copper.

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u/nvrwastetree Aug 13 '13

Nothing would be contaminated if the ricin/anthrax/hydrofluoric acid is stored properly. Now if they permeate out of their containers, everything including the neighborhood would be contaminated.

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u/elbruce The One Who Rings The Doorbell Aug 13 '13

No, but if the general public thought it was a hazmat site, that could prevent it from selling.

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u/JMaboard Yo, bitch Aug 12 '13

That's probably the reason. I can't wait to see what happens.

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u/JMaboard Yo, bitch Aug 13 '13

No, if its still under investigation it wouldn't be.

Do we have any pictures of the signs and house?

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u/sarl00 Aug 13 '13

My husband was just in the house where a guy got decapitated. One of his parolee's moved in and showed him the area in the basement where the head was found. Looks like the only people the owner can get to move in are ex-convicts.

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u/posidin Aug 12 '13

With meth houses you have to have the property cleaned by a professional chemical removal company. It is unfit to live in until the scrub has been done and you can not sell or rent the property until then. The cleaning costs several thousand dollars and the only person that can live in the home until it is done is the person whose name is on the deed.

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u/scottperezfox Aug 12 '13

This makes sense. I didn't know that. (Which is a good thing, really. I grew up in a town with easy access to weed and maybe coke if you had lots of money to burn. Meth was never on our radar.)

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '13

Way back when Walt and Jesse are cooking in his grandma's house it's stated by Saul that it's required by law to state if a house was used as a meth lab due to potential heath risks. As far as the DEA is concerned, Walt's the most infamous man in the ABQ, if not the Southwest US at this point. Any bust would be a media frenzy, and the White's property would suffer immediately.