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"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. Written by Peter Gould and directed by Bryan Cranston, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on August 11, 2013, as the midseason premiere.
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"Blood Money" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of Breaking Bad and the fifty-fifth episode altogether. It is also the mid-season premiere.
Teaser
In a flashforward, following his purchase of the M60 machine gun, Walt drives up to his former residence, which is now cordoned-off and derelict. He grabs a tire iron from the trunk of his car and breaks into the house. Trash and graffiti are everywhere; a group of skateboarders are hanging around the now-empty pool outside. Walt notices a single, spray-painted word covering the wall of what used to the living room: "HEISENBERG." He reaches the bedroom and retrieves the vial of ricin from its hiding spot inside the wall outlet, contemplating his altered reflection in a cracked mirror. After exiting the house, Walt notices that he has been sighted by his neighbor, Carol. When he greets her cordially, she drops her groceries in shock.
Act I
A stunned Hank leaves the bathroom after discovering the inscription in Walt's copy of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. He places the book inside Marie's bag, then leaves the party early with Marie after feigning stomach trouble. On the drive home, Hank has a panic attack and plows onto the lawn of a nearby house. He stumbles out of his car while Marie yells for the homeowner to call an ambulance. Upon returning home from the hospital, Hank assures Marie there is no need for him to see a doctor and makes her promise not to tell Skyler about what happened. He then retrieves the case file from Gale Boetticher's murder and lays out the evidence out on a table in his garage. Hank compares the handwriting from the Leaves of Grass inscription to the "Favorite W.W." inscription from Gale's lab notes; his suspicions are confirmed when he can visually confirm that both are written in Gale's handwriting. Later, at the car wash, Walt suggests that he and Skyler purchase a second car wash to launder their money faster. Lydia visits, ostensibly for a wash, and complains to Walt that the quality of the meth being produced has fallen to 68% since he left the operation. She wants Walt to return to cooking for at least a few days, but he sternly insists that her problems are none of his concern any longer. Skyler, having noticed that Lydia wants to wash a rental car, asks Walt who she is. He admits that Lydia is a "former business associate" interested in seeing him return but reassures her that he will not. Skyler follows Lydia outside, telling her to leave the car wash and never come back.
Act II
The following morning, Hank tells Marie that he is not going into work. On her way out, she sees two DEA agents delivering boxes full of case files, which Hank has placed into the garage. Now alone, Hank pores over evidence related to Gus Fring, Mike Ehrmantraut and Hector Salamanca. He finally comes across a crude illustration of Heisenberg, which Hank now realizes bears an uncanny resemblance to Walt. Skinny Pete and Badger visit Jesse's house and get high. Jesse grows tired of their conversation — consisting of Badger detailing his Star Trek fan script — and retrieves the duffel bags containing his $5 million buyout. He takes the bags to Saul's office but has trouble getting in to see him. Since neither Francesca or Huell can help him see Saul early, he decides to light up a joint to attract attention to himself. Eventually, Saul calls him into the office. Jesse tells Saul that each bag contains $2.5 million: he wants one bag to go to Mike's granddaughter Kaylee and the other to the parents of Drew Sharp. Saul is uncomfortable with the idea, but Jesse is adamant. After he leaves, Saul calls Walt, who tells him to hang onto the money. He takes the call while taking a course of chemotherapy; his cancer has returned.
•This episode was the series' most-watched episode at the time of its airing with 5.91 million viewers, but was later passed by "Ozymandias", which had 6.37 million.
•The episode is dedicated to Kevin Cordasco, a 16 year-old Breaking Bad fan who succumbed to neuroblastoma in March 2013.
•In the flash forward, Walt breaks into his former house using a tire iron, which is what Hank used in his attempt to break into the RV in "Sunset".
•In the Breaking Bad Insider Podcast for the episode, Vince Gilligan revealed that an original idea for the opening scene was to have the White residence completely gone and demolished and only the empty pool in the backyard.
•When Carol drops her groceries in the opening, oranges are seen rolling down the sidewalk. It could be yet another reference to The Godfather, where oranges are known as a sign of impending violence.
•Oranges previously made a prominent appearance after Ted Beneke crashed into a cabinet, and a number of oranges fell on him. ("Crawl Space")
CreditsStarringGuest Starring•Matt Jones as Badger •Charles Baker as Skinny Pete •Lavell Crawford as Huell BabineauxCo-StarringUncredited1.Tonight's episode was dedicated to Kevin Cordasco, a friend of mine who was a redditor and Breaking Bad's #1 fan in the world
Aug 11, 2013 · Blood Money: Directed by Bryan Cranston. With Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris. Walt is out of the meth business and trying to move on with his life. Jesse tries to get rid of his money. Hank now knows that Walt is the famous Heisenberg.
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Aug 12, 2013 · His face belies a growing depression, and perhaps an emerging breaking point. Will Jesse relapse? Or will he turn informant against Walt to ease his conscience?
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Jesse is feeling guilty about some of the things he's done and tries to get Saul to get money to the families of some of their victims. Saul knows better and gets Walt to calm him down. A desperate Jesse resorts to other ways of getting rid of the money.
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Aug 12, 2013 · This episode fit perfectly in line with everything we've seen before. It's what Breaking Bad has always been: thrilling, a touch scary, cool, a little funny, threatening, and haunting.
