Walt might not have even seen that dedication, or paid attention to it. The first installment of this weeks breaking bad recap. Its not explicitly spelled out where walt got the book, but that is the same copy, and, honestly. Breaking bad season season 6, episode 2season 5, episode 10 buried airs sunday, august 18 at 9 p. Breaking bad creator answers fans unanswered questions. It was set and filmed in albuquerque, new mexico, and tells the story of walter white bryan cranston, an underemployed and depressed high school chemistry teacher.
Breaking bad is also a show full of symbolism and poetic imagery. What did hank read in the book on the toilet at the end of the first part of season five. It was not a remake of something that came before it. Breaking bad season 6, episode 1 blood money recap. Review of breaking bad mideason finale, gliding over all.
He enlists the help of his former student jesse pinkman to manufacture and sell methamphetamine. Breaking bad does hank always use the master bathroom, when shitting in other someone elses home. Enxiangxij waterproof polyester fabric shower curtain breaking park bad south kyle heisenberg cartman hank stan jesse kenny tortuga print decorative bathroom. Walts copy of leaves of grass makes an appearance throughout season 5 for a reason. The show aired on amc from january 20, 2008 to september 29, 20, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes. 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. The note in walts book, that hank found while on the toilet, said to my other favourite w. Hank takes a trip to the bathroom, and what does he find. The problem is not the book itself, its the dedication from gale on page 3 that shows the same w. And why would he keep it in the bathroom, where hank could easily see it. This book has a handwritten note reading to my other favourite w. In contrast to many scenes in breaking bad which are ambitiously creative in their cinematography, the final scene in season 5 is decidedly minimalistic.
Hank in the master bathroom, absolutely stunned at his discovery that his brotherinlaw is the elusive heisenberg. If you read the following recap of breaking bads midseason finale, youre going to find out what happened. This reason is very clearly laid out in episode 8, but even before this. Hanks attempt to bring waltwhom he now knows is heisenberg. He is well known for playing drug enforcement administration agent hank schrader on the amc series breaking bad 200820, for which he received critical acclaim for his performance. Hank is sitting on a toilet in walts house doing his business and idly flipping through the. He walks outside, tells marie he isnt feeling great and says they need to leave. Hank saw in season 4 after he was given gales file. White bryan cranston hasnt been as thorough in tying up his loose ends as his aggressively protective demeanor leads everyone to believe, and a. After thumbing through a magazine, hank loses interest and finds a copy of walt whitmans leaves of grass.
A poem in the book, song of myself, is based on many of these same feelings. So now we know what will animate the final eight episodes of breaking bad. In present day, a stunned hank exits the bathroom holding the walt whitman book. He puts the book in a bag and looks out the window at walter. Why didnt hank arrest walt as soon as he found out. In the final scene, hank figures out that walt is heisenberg while perusing walts copy of leaves of grass on the toilet. The devastating turn of events led breaking bad to its most powerful unscripted moment, as the cast and crew explain in the ringers oral history of the landmark episode.
This ties back to episode bullet points in season 4. Breaking bad creator vince gilligan goes deep on the final. Breaking bad has always been an elegant and stylized series, a stark chess game rather than a sprawling worldbuilder with a billion tendrillike side stories. Written by moira walleybeckett and directed by michelle maclaren, it aired on amc in the united states on september 2. 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. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season of breaking bad and the fiftyfourth episode altogether. In regards to the possibility of walters brotherinlaw, hank, becoming a bad guy, following his discovery of the initials ww in the book in walts bathroom, gilligan said. Hank and walt are enemies, they are now at war, and we have seven more episodes to go. Although he was a highly competent agent and genuinely cared about marie, walter, skyler white and walter white jr.
Hanks character development over the course of the series and norris performance have been critically acclaimed. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc. Breaking bad hanks realization original version youtube. 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. Before you read this post, make sure you take any necessary bathroom breaks, then watch sunday nights 2012 finale of breaking bad. This time, walt had the bad luck of inviting hank over and letting him use the bathroom, where hank found a copy of walt whitmans leaves of grass a. He also portrayed town councilman james big jim rennie on the cbs series under the dome 202015 and currently plays mob boss clay uncle. The two walk to walts car and open the trunk, where mikes body is being kept. While using the bathroom, hank finds a copy of leaves of grass that gale boetticher had given to walt. A graduate of the california institute of technology caltech, walter cofounded the company gray matter technologies with his close friend elliott schwartz and his. And im pretty sure hank is in the master bathroom in the final. In that episode, hank finds a copy of leaves of grass in walts bathroom and. In breaking bad, at the very end of season 5, hank finds a book leaves of grass in walters bathroom.
As hank thumbs to the front of the book, he comes to an inscription in a. Sitting down on the toilet in the whites master bathroom, hank looks around for something to read. What did hank read in the book on the toilet at the end of. If anyone, anyone out there in the legion of breaking bad fanatics, ever suggested the use of the ohsoperfect crystal blue persuasion well, you get an honorary pork pie hat. 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. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast, and. Breaking bad by vince gilligan 52705 amc sony pictures. Hank then discovers a book in his bathroom with an inscription from gale. Amc will broadcast the first of the final eight episodes of breaking bad on sunday night.
Breaking bad is an american neowestern crime drama television series created and produced by vince gilligan. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season of breaking bad and. As he thumbs through the pages of the book, hank finds a handwritten dedication. This is the worst kind of ending for a season of breaking bad weve ever seen. Hanks is in the bathroom when he finds the leaves of grass book that gale gave to walt with a big surprise inside. Breaking bad season 5 episode 8 midseason finale recap. Sitting down on the toilet in the whites master bathroom, hank looks. This is simple and should be obvious to most watching the relevant episode of breaking bad. Schrader is a fictional character in the amc drama series breaking bad.
Breaking bad is a drama about walter white, a chemistry professor who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Breaking bad was born of gilligans initial and almost reductive desire to tell a story about a good man who turns bad. 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. With bryan cranston, anna gunn, aaron paul, dean norris. Breaking bad by vince gilligan 52705 amc sony pictures television. If you havent seen breaking bad through season 5 episode 8, go check out. Breaking bad blood money recap hank discovers walt is heisenberg. Breaking bad does hank always use the master bathroom. Its a vision of freedom through spiritual attainment, through a connection with nature, through war, and through hard work the poems reflect these many. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season and the midseason finale of the american television drama series breaking bad.
He is portrayed by dean norris and was created by series creator vince gilligan. Walt, in deep thought, is observing a fly at vamonos pest when when todd informs him that he has disposed of mikes car. To be sure, its a remarkable coincidence, but that hank found out through. I dont think its a fair reading to call hank finding the book trumped up. Season 5 episode 8 of breaking bad no infringement intended.
Dean joseph norris born april 8, 1963 is an american actor. Now that mikes out of the picture, someone needs to shut up the 10 people who know too much about the multimillion dollar meth empire. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast, and anything else breaking bad related. In the august 11 season premiere of breaking bad, we pick back up on that flashforward. Walt is out of the meth business and trying to move on with his life. A highenergy and boisterous man, hank was walter whites brotherinlaw. Spoilers galore for all of breaking bad in the following post. Gale had formerly been walts assistant in cooking meth and had given walt the book when they were on good terms. On the ride home hank can barely focus on the road as marie talks about europe. But walt and jesse dont even know the names of the people who could destroy them. 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 other favorite w. Close posted by 1 minute ago breaking bad does hank always use the master bathroom, when shitting in other someone elses home.
The penny dropped, and hank finally knew the identity of heisenberg the w. 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. There should be things exploding, you cant end it in such an undramatic way. The dea agent heads into the bathroom, sits on the toilet and fumbles through the group of magazines in a basket before choosing a walt. Breaking bad actor takes a sht, solves movie mysteries dea agent hank schrader figures out the major plot twists of famous films while sitting on the toilet. Those who watched the suspenseful breaking bad season 5 midseason finale saw walter whites brotherinlaw, dea agent hank schrader dean norris, piece together the identity of the mysterious maker of blue meth.
1559 602 265 1660 1142 1488 1296 1185 207 1212 865 255 1456 443 693 1260 557 264 829 1105 1536 463 1620 37 968 957 1235 432 1002 616 1646 247 189 604 298 386 1366 388 1424 984 791