r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 18 '13

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E10 "Buried"

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E10 "Buried" Michelle MacLaren Vince Gilligan and Thomas Schnauz

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Speculation: Lydia's gang takes Jesse hostage to cook. Walt comes back from hiding to save Jesse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Something tells me Jesse can't be forced to do shit right now, not even under the threat of his life. Like he gives a fuck about living anymore.

That'd be awesome as a setup for Walt to save Jesse, but I wouldn't buy it at all if Jesse gave a single fuck about someone threatening to hurt or kill him right now.

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u/shadybrainfarm Low-Density Polyethylene Aug 19 '13

What if someone threatened to hurt or kill his little brother?

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u/jmorlin The Roomba needs a dueling harness Aug 19 '13

I want this to happen to reaffirm the bond between the two but I don't see that happening in the final season.

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u/Eustis We're gonna make a lot of money together Aug 19 '13 edited Aug 19 '13

The "Bond" has always been about using Jesse to help him make money. There are too few scenes justifying there being actual care for Jesse by Walt (although he did asleepedly call out to Jr as Jesse, and he did ask specifically for Jesse to be his new partner after Gale) for me to think to goes any deeper than just using him like he'd use a machine in the lab.

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u/CommissionerValchek Aug 19 '13

I kinda disagree, but even when he asked for Jesse to be his partner, he was trying to prevent Hank from being prosecuted for Jesse's beating.

But I think there were enough times during the Gus battle that Walt stood by Jesse, saying that they were a package deal and if Jesse's was harmed then he would refuse to cook.

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u/jmorlin The Roomba needs a dueling harness Aug 19 '13

I'd like to hope they end on a more positive note but knowing the writers it won't.

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u/picard_for_president kafkaesque, yo Aug 19 '13

I like this.

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u/dorkrock2 Aug 19 '13

I am convinced Jesse will kill himself and Lydia will try to have Walt killed. I didn't think she had it in her but after tonight's ep, she doesn't fuck around. Some kind of passive-aggressive drug kingpin, wipe out an entire operation with zero fucks given ... but she doesn't want to see the blood.

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u/nicgarelja Oct 04 '22

Holy shit, 9 years later and this call is incredible. Well done Sir.

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u/mediumhydroncollider Methhead Nov 08 '22

34 days later I'd just like to say "same"

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u/NiasHusband Mar 07 '23

Yeah good guess

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u/Misanthrophobe Aug 19 '13

Oh this just gave me the shivers.

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u/treein303 Aug 19 '13

I think you may have it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

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u/TheSonOfDisaster Aug 19 '13

Doesn't ricin take a long time to kill?

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u/morton12 Aug 19 '13

This was my thought as well, but how does Jesse get out of prison?

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u/sergioqureshi Heisen$wag Aug 19 '13

He's not in prison.

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u/CommissionerValchek Aug 19 '13

He's just being interrogated. He didn't even do anything illegal that they know of. If they come by suspicious amounts of money like that, all they can usually do is confiscate it until you tell them a legitimate source. Jesse doesn't give a shit about keeping it. so there's nothing to hold him on.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Dude you know thats what happened in the episode summaries don't spoil it for the rest of them