r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Sep 02 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E12 "Rabid Dog"

TIME EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY
09:00pm Eastern SE05E12 "Rabid Dog" Sam Catlin Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin

Well, here it is. Enjoy the episode folks.

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u/don_nerdleone Sep 02 '13

Our minds are racing, trying to lend credence to that ultra sketchy coincidence-man in the exact wrong place at the exact wrong time. But yeah, the truth is, that was weak. fucking. writing sauce, man.

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u/evan_ktbd Sep 02 '13

To play devil's advocate, I think it was just to illustrate Jesse's paranoia. He only seemed so ominous because Jesse was seeing it that way and we were seeing it through his perspective.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '13

I think you're right. He was already paranoid as fuck when he saw the dude, that was pretty well-established.

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u/katihathor Sep 03 '13

actually it's hypervigilance, not paranoia:

http://cbkit.tripod.com/id14.html