I can't find my copy of blades of grass...it was sitting on the back of my toilet and now its gone!! Has anyone seen it?
It was a gift from an old colleague of mine who has since been murdered.
Does anyone else find it kind of disturbing that Walt kept a gift from a man he had killed as reading material while he was on the crapper? Almost had a serial killer keeping trophies vibe to it...like when Todd kept drew sharps spider in a jar.
It was also pretty stupid of him to keep it there, considering Hank was a frequent guest in his house. That was a huge oversight. You would think he would have thought of that.
shareIt was also pretty stupid of him to keep it there, considering Hank was a frequent guest in his house. That was a huge oversight. You would think he would have thought of that.
Good points. I don't know the typical small bungalow houses arrangements are in the US but usually the bathroom in the main bedroom is usually for the main bedroom occupants only. There is usually a main bathroom for the house itself.
Good point also about Flynn.
Normally there would be. But you can see thete are no other bathroom off the main hall. There are a couple scenes where you get a good look at them, including the beginning of Rabid Dog.
Expect it's something they weren't too concerned about, but they were pretty detailed about other things, like the one page in the lab notes book had a layout of the lab, which looked spot on.
Normally there would be. But you can see thete are no other bathroom off the main hall. There are a couple scenes where you get a good look at them, including the beginning of Rabid Dog.
Let me know when you find it...you won't.
He accesses the bathroom when she's in the tub thru the bedroom.
True - not critical, just a fun fact...however, if people blame Walt for leaving the book in the bedroom bath, and they had another common bathroom off the main hall, it would be more understandable that he'd leave it in there, not expecting company to use the bedroom bathroom.
Then again, if anyone's going to mosey thru your bedroom to get to a nicer bathroom...it would be Hank.
He accesses the bathroom when she's in the tub thru the bedroom.Yes through the bedroom, I meant the bathroom was close to the bedroom entrance. Sorry if it was not clear in my previous post.
True - not critical, just a fun fact...Agreed.
Then again, if anyone's going to mosey thru your bedroom to get to a nicer bathroom...it would be Hank.Exactly. Plus Marie of course.
Yeah, thought their acting and dynamics were true to life. When all 4 are together, they all acted as you'd expect two couples to. But when they were left one on one, there were different dynamics at play. For example, in the few scenes where Hank and Skyler were alone, it always seemed like Hank was much more awkward...not himself. Like when he went to see Skyler, to ask her to answer Marie's calls. You could sense the difference in his personality there...not unlike real life.
shareYou have actually revisited the scene which was in my thoughts when I was replying above but didn't actually pen down. Thank you. 👍
The Hank-Skyler scene above was brilliant, yes it showed a different side of Hank with his awkwardness of going there but yet knowing he needed to due to Marie since the Skyler-Marie argument was getting out of hand. The awkward hug at the end of that scene was brilliant.
I feel it's a pity, especially sometimes after reading the hate for Hank because of Walter on this board, is that whilst the portrayal of the antagonists and protagonists Walter, Jesse, Gus, Mike etc are applauded, the portrayal of Hank Schrader by Dean Norris is sometimes overlooked.
Yeah, that hug pretty much summed it up.
Good point with Dean.
Agree, Dean gets similar fan treatment as Anna, due to their characters. Early on, Hank is a brash DEA agent, gloating over his career and being the role model for Junior. So early on, while most of us were "Team Walt", we naturally were not big fans of Hank.
After Hank got shot by Tuco, his character started getting more depth, he lost some of that bravado and think you could appreciate him (and Dean) a bit more.
Overall, if you love or hate a character, good chance the actor is doing a pretty good job. And IMO, most of the BB characters fall into the "love or hate" category - which to me, means good writing and/or acting.
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The closeness of the Schraders and the Whites, Flynn & Holly included, was one of the many little details I love about Breaking Bad. Each characters had flaws and problems e.g. the cancer, the shoplifting, the affair, the wheelchair, but they all supported and respected each other (up to the Heisenberg revelation of course). Good example was when Flynn was caught buying booze and called Uncle Hank. The first thing Hank said was his concern of how Walter would feel since he was not called first. Excellent story-telling and character development and excellent performances from the actors/ actresses.
I saw an interview where Dean Norris was asked about using the master bathroom and he joked that Hank knew he was going to destroy a bathroom. Therefore he chose not to make the main bathroom unusable and went to the back of the house.
shareWalt also kept the teddy bear eyeball in his bedside table. Whatever else it meant to him, it's surely a reminder of a dead child, and by extension 166 other innocent muertos.
"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson
Check your crawl space...and check for rot while your down there.
Still think it's odd to only have one bathroom in a house, where the only entrance is thru the main bedroom. There's no other bathroom down that main hallway.
Walt was reckless in many ways starting with him making himself look like a criminal. Plus buying expensive cars and wearing the Rolex for everyone to see.
I saw Todd taking the spider as a display of how he was in fact just an overgrown kid.
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do...you are misinformed---Mark Twain
1. actually, he kept the book in his bedroom before Gale was killed, and he got so busy or involved in saving his own life, hatching plans to kill his enemy, hiding from Hank, manage his Wife he never got a time to think about it.
2. Book did not have any details of Gale, or his involvement with Walt. only Hank could have known that.
3. Book might be carried away from his bedroom to Toilet along with other magazines by Skyler or may be himself.
4. as Walt admits to Skyler it was his mistake, (negligence).
walt didnt think like a Serial Killer, because he was cold, he never cared about the death of anyone. he thought he had to do to survive Gale's death did no change in him unlike jesse.
damn i never thought of it that way. i guess we never really saw any side of Walt being proud of a kill well maybe when he brags about Jane to jessie or the "im the one who knocks" scene.
shareI wouldn't say he was bragging when he told Jesse that. He told him about Jane strictly to hurt him, because he knew how much her death devastated him.
However, he was very proud of himself for killing Gus:
Walt: I'm the cook. I'm the guy that killed Gus Fring.
Declan: *beep* Cartel got Fring.
Walt: You sure about that?
He took great pride in killing Gus, and you could see how big his head got after he did. His ego blew up once Gus was dead and he became much more arrogant.