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.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.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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- TriviaThe first episode to the second half of Season 5 is dedicated to Kevin Cordasco, a teen superfan of the show who died of cancer in March of 2013. Before his death, Kevin was able to meet Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan and other prominent members of the Breaking Bad family, and he was even offered the chance to read the final scripts of the series so he would know how the show ends. Kevin declined because he didn't think he could keep the secret.
- GoofsBefore Hank punches Walter, there are remains of red makeup visible around Bryan Cranston's left eye, from a previous take.
- Quotes
Hank Schrader: It was you. All along it was you! You son of a bitch! You drove into traffic to keep me from that laundry!
Walter White: Calm down.
Hank Schrader: That call I got telling me Marie was in the hospital... that wasn't Pinkman. You had my cell number. You killed ten witnesses to save your sorry ass. You bombed a nursing home! Heisenberg... Heisenberg! You lying two-faced sack of shit!
Walter White: Hank... Look, I... I don't know where this is coming from, but just let...
Hank Schrader: I swear to Christ... I will put you under the jail.
Walter White: Just take a breath, okay? Just listen to yourself! These wild accusations, they could destroy our family - and for what?
Hank Schrader: Like you give a shit about family!
Walter White: Hank, my cancer is back.
Hank Schrader: Good. Rot, you son of a bitch.
Walter White: I'm sorry you feel this way. I want to beat this thing, I do. I'm back on chemo and I'm fighting like hell. But the truth is... in six months you won't have someone to prosecute. Even, even if somehow you were able to convince anyone that I was capable of doing these things. You and I both know I would never see the inside of a jail cell. I'm a dying man who runs a car wash. My right hand to God, that's all that I am. What's the point?
Hank Schrader: Have Skyler bring the kids here, and then we'll talk.
Walter White: That is not going to happen.
Hank Schrader: I don't know who you are... I don't even know who I'm talking to...
Walter White: If that's true... If you don't know who I am, then... maybe your best course would be to tread lightly.
- Crazy creditsBryan Cranston is credited both as an actor and a producer. For his actor credits (Br) is highlighted and for his producer credits (Y) is highlighted for chemical elements Bromine and Yttrium from periodic table. When he is credited as a director then Ra is highlighted for the chemical element Radium.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bryan Cranston Helps Ask Girl to Prom (2014)
Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.
Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.
"Blood Money" is another incredible 'Breaking Bad' episode, one of the best of Season 5. The sizzling tension and emotional impact are only a couple of truly great things and even more the rich subtlety and a story-advancing revelation that will leave one reeling.
Visually, "Blood Money" is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.
The writing in "Blood Money" is a fine example of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour, nail-biting tension and heart-tugging pathos. The story is texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut.
Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better and Anna Gunn is affecting. The supporting cast are both intriguing and entertaining, Dean Norris giving his best performance perhaps of the show. The characters are compelling in their realism, likewise with their chemistry (particularly between Walt and Hank), and the episode is superbly directed.
All in all, another episode that is difficult to find fault with. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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- Jul 2, 2018
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- Runtime47 minutes
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