Hell think back to bringing walt to that meth bust from 101. Hank, of course, discovered that his beloved brotherinlaw. When every character found out the truth about walt. Breaking bad blood money tv episode 20 plot summary. Sep 05, 2012 spoilers galore for all of breaking bad in the following post. At this stage, apd already know that a highly qualified meth cook. Afterwards, junior and holly return home as walt, skyler, hank, and marie enjoy a family gettogether at the white residence. Breaking bad s 5 e 8 gliding over all recap tv tropes. Walt then finds a poem in the notebook from walt whitman and suggests the mysterious w. Aug 12, 20 like most of the genuinely great tv dramas as opposed to their relentlessly dour imitators, breaking bad remains a very funny show. At this stage, apd already know that a highly qualified meth cook named gale boetticher was murdered. Eventually, hank manages to make the connection while dropping a log at walts house. At a dinner at the whites, hank goes to the bathroom and while there, pages through a copy of leaves of grass that gale had given walter. He walks outside, tells marie he isnt feeling great and says they need to leave.
Why didnt hank arrest walt as soon as he found out. Hank is reeling from the information he found in walts bathroom, so much so that he has a. On the ride home hank can barely focus on the road as marie talks about europe. Hank leaves to use the restroom and finds a book to read. Walter whites last moments season 5, episode 16 felina, the final episode of breaking bad, was. Gale boetticher, walts onetime assistant back in the fring days.
Review of breaking bad mideason finale, gliding over all. Breaking bad blood money recap hank discovers walt is. Season 5 episode 8 of breaking badno infringement intended. Aug 11, 20 to make matters worse, walts cancer is back and its when hes throwing up in the bathroom that he notices his leaves of grass book is missing. In breaking bad, at the very end of season 5, hank finds a book leaves of grass in walters bathroom. Im referring to the walt whitman poem collection in walters bathroom, signed by gale. I think walter can easily explain the book in the bathroom. Before you read this post, make sure you take any necessary bathroom breaks, then watch sunday nights 2012 finale of breaking bad. Walter whites name is reminiscent of the poet, a fact that has played a major role as a plot device in breaking bad and used up to the midseason finale of season five season 4.
Breaking bad season 6, episode 3season 5, episode 11 was another exciting step towards the grand finale. In that episode, hank finds a copy of leaves of grass in walts bathroom and opens it to the cover page where he finds the inscription. Mar 05, 2021 but those things hardly diminish breaking bad s greatness. The penny dropped, and hank finally knew the identity of heisenberg the w. Aug 09, 20 breaking bad may be history, but the show is still in the spotlight. Aug 11, 20 when breaking bad left us before the midseason break, the question wasnt whether walt would realize that brotherinlawdea officer hank was onto him, but when that would happen. In season 5, hank finds the whitman book that gale inscribed to walt and starts to piece everything together. Hank is sitting on a toilet in walts house doing his business and idly flipping through the copy of leaves of grass previously given to walt by gale boetticher, and reads the inscription. Breaking bad broke new ground in this season 3 finale, which found walt and jesse fighting for their lives up against gus and his main henchman and fixer mike. Aug 15, 2019 with his business safe, and todd proving to be an adept lab assistant, walt rakes in the cash for months before finally retiring. Hank schrader was the husband of marie schrader the sister of skyler white and assistant special agent in charge asac of the albuquerque office of the drug enforcement administration. Hank is sitting on a toilet in walts house doing his business and idly flipping. Schrader asac is a fictional character in the amc drama series breaking bad and its spinoff series better call saul.
Hank steps out of the bathroom, a look of shock on his face. Breaking bad walter wanted hank to find the book im referring to the walt whitman poem collection in walters bathroom, signed by gale. Hank is bedridden while recovering from his gunfight with the twin assassins, and spends his free time studying evidence from the murder of gale boeticher, walts assistant cook. Just going over the floor plan for the white residence and. We revealed the breaking bad scene that she dubs, one of the best scenes shes ever shot in her life, and how she influenced the scene when marie brandt finds out about hank s dean norris. Aug 12, 20 hank in the master bathroom, absolutely stunned at his discovery that his brotherinlaw is the elusive heisenberg. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc. In present day, a stunned hank exits the bathroom holding the walt whitman book.
It finally dawns on hank that the meth mastermind hes been looking for may be his brotherinlaw. Blood money is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the american television drama series breaking bad, and the 55th overall episode of the series. Breaking bad hank death scene ozymandias dean norris. With his business safe, and todd proving to be an adept lab assistant, walt rakes in the cash for months before finally retiring. It has come to my attention that various denizens of the internet are claiming the copy of leaves of grass found by hank in walts. In his bathroom, walt finds his copy of leaves of grass missing. The season five midseason finale gliding over all is named after poem 271 of whitmans leaves of grass. Oer all, hank finds walters copy of leaves of grass in the bathroom. Gale had formerly been walts assistant in cooking meth and had given walt the book when they were on good terms. He recognizes the writing from gales notebook, and from gales dedication to walt, is shocked to conclude that walt is heisenberg. Gale boetticher had given walt a copy of walt whitmans leaves of grass, a collection of poems, which has been seen several times since.
Hank schraders final words to walter whitesrc henry r. Breaking bad is widely considered one of the best tv shows of all time. Breaking bad season 6, episode 3 recap, analysis hypable. Written by peter gould and directed by bryan cranston, it aired on amc in the united states and canada on august 11, 20 as the midseason premiere. Aug 18, 20 the writing in the hank skyler coffee shop scene belongs on anyones list of great breaking bad moments. Hanks is in the bathroom when he finds the leaves of grass book that gale gave to walt with a big surprise inside. The series followed walt down his criminal path as it got progressively darker. Breaking bad creator vince gilligan goes deep on the final. Nothing quite that dramatic happened, although, within the world of breaking bad, nothing more dramatic could have happened.
Sep 05, 2012 my esteemed colleagues at the orange couch loved the cliffhanger that capped off this weeks episode of breaking bad, but i found it disappointing. As he thumbs through the pages of the book, hank finds a handwritten dedication. This ties back to episode bullet points in season 4. In the case of walter white, finding out in that first episode that hes dying of terminal. Breaking bad season 5 recap hank confronts walt in.
Breaking bad began its final season with enough shoeswaitingtodrop to fill carrie bradshaws closet. Aug 11, 20 and there he finds a book inscribed to walt by a meth cook whose murder was never solved. Breaking bad season 5 episode 8 midseason finale recap. Walt whitmans poetry is a frequent plot element in breaking bad. Walter walt whitman was an american poet, essayist and journalist. Walt then finds that he has been wounded by a ricocheted bullet. Written by moira walleybeckett and directed by michelle maclaren, it aired on amc in the united states on september 2, 2012 the episode is named after poem 271 in walt whitmans leaves of grass, a book which. Scrambling for some reading material to ease the process, hank finds a book that was gifted to walt by gale boetticher and includes an incriminating inscription. He is portrayed by dean norris and was created by series creator vince gilligan. Breaking bad season 5 episode 8 midseason finale recap tvline. Hank will be increasing filled with rage as he sits on that toilet.
In that episode, hank finds a copy of leaves of grass in walts bathroom and. The episode is dedicated to kevin cordasco, a sixteenyearold fan of breaking bad who had met several members of the series cast and crew. Confessions didnt drop the big reveal without warning. In the final scene, hank figures out that walt is heisenberg while perusing walts copy of. Walt might not have even seen that dedication, or paid attention to it.
This was the fourth dedication over the course of the series. Aug 11, 20 flashing back to when hank finds gale boettichers handwriting in the bathroom copy of leaves of grass, the slow track in on the bathroom door before hank walks out lasts for an eternity, drawing. Breaking bad season 6, episode 4season 5, episode 12 titled rabid dog airs sunday, september 1 at 9 p. Hank takes a trip to the bathroom, and what does he find. Although he was a highly competent agent and genuinely cared about marie. Since hank found the book without any sort of warrant he will just have to start following walt around. In breaking bad, i found the character of hank to be annoying, offputting, and i. Rummaging for reading material, he finds walts copy of walt whitmans leaves of grass under some magazines in the bathroom, the same copy given to walt by gale boetticher. I know when skylar asked walter how hank found out, walter replied saying he just overlooked a little thing and got complacent, but i think he was lying. Recognizing gales handwriting, hank suddenly makes the connection that walt is heisenberg.
The actor on the most challenging breaking bad scene he ever filmed. Hank s character development over the course of the series and norris performance have been critically acclaimed. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season and the midseason finale of the american television drama series breaking bad. A poem in the book, song of myself, is based on many of these same feelings. What to stream vulture lists books theater art the gold rush. The final shot of breaking bad s midseason finale gliding over all has already inspired arguments among fans. Breaking bad hanks realization original version youtube.
Breaking bads final season opens with a flash boing boing. My esteemed colleagues at the orange couch loved the cliffhanger that capped off this weeks episode of breaking bad, but i found it disappointing. Walt begins to worry that hank has figured out his. This book has a handwritten note reading to my other favourite w. The description reads, an unusual strategy starts to bear. His suspicions are raised but he wont be able to take legal action for a while. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season and the midseason finale of the american television drama series breaking bad, and the 54th overall episode of the series. Breaking bad finales tend to end with wrenching oh s. Aug 26, 20 breaking bad won my faith a long time ago, so im happy to mount a defense about jesses revelation. He can barely see straight as he breaks up the family meal at casa white, makes his excuses and leaves, taking walts incriminating copy of. Its not explicitly spelled out where walt got the book, b. Sep 03, 2012 still, breaking bad knows how to set things up, and if anything was discovered this week, its that we are absolutely ready for the walt vs.
That is, until hank finds a book given to walt by gale on the. A highenergy and boisterous man, hank was walter whites brotherinlaw. And yet, even a show this close to perfect isnt completely flawless and weve got the collection of breaking bad mistakes to prove. It will be a complete unraveling of imagination for him. He puts the book in a bag and looks out the window at walter.
Was it dramatically right and hilarious, or way too. The to ww in the book is too specific to be a coincidence. Bryan cranston in breaking bad 2008 bob odenkirk and aaron paul in. Vince gilligan almost literally gave us one in this weeks final scene, when hank, pants around his ankles, reached for some bathroom reading and found gale boettichers fond inscription to his. He suddenly realized it because walt stole the book from hank and now he finds it in his toilet room and realize that walt stole it and probably is the man hes. Inside the cover of the book, however, he finds a message written inside. Hank s is in the bathroom when he finds the leaves of grass book that gale gave to walt with a big surprise inside.
Newly empowered and increasingly remorseless, walt finds himself attempting to control a tenuous empire. Hank stumbles out onto the patio, where he hears marie playfully telling walt. Even after i tested for breaking bad, no one wanted me. Outside, walt, junior, marie, and holly are all enjoying themselves with music playing. He found the walt whitmans book in walters bathroom that incriminated him, because it was the same style of handwriting that gale had in his. Hank is sitting on a toilet in walts house doing his business and idly flipping through the copy of leaves of grass previously given to walt by gale boett. The problem is not the book itself, its the dedication from gale on page 3 that shows the same w. If you read the following recap of breaking bad s midseason finale, youre going to find out what happened. Marie betsy brandt, oblivious to the horrors that happened in the desert, goes to the car wash to tell skyler anna gunn that walt has been captured by hank and that she must destroy all the copies of the incriminating tape they made and tell walt jr. In july 2011, vince gilligan indicated that he intended to conclude breaking bad at the end of its fifth season.
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