# Breaking Bad 5.03 "Hazard Pay" 7/29/12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806 "2012-07-30T02:08:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/201 "2012-08-03T03:53:37Z")
That feels too damn obvious, personally. EDIT: Issues, if any (because I’m not convinced there necessarily will be), from the new lab will probably be along the lines of contamination leading to deaths of many and leading people away from the product and leading Hank and the DEA back on Heisenberg’s trail because Gus’s meth never was so dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![rTracker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@rTracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rTracker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/202 "2012-08-03T12:55:37Z")
I got to thinking how the Mexican cartel is going to figure into all of this. What if they end up killing Skyler? What if Walt gets the automatic weapon to avenge her death? Or something like that. I’m just thinking what if that gun isn’t for protection? What if it’s for revenge? Walt killing people for vengeance as opposed to just to keep his business going would certainly be another step towards Scarface. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/203 "2012-08-03T13:03:56Z")
The Mexican cartel that was headed by Don Eladio is basically gone. My guess is that whatever Mexican cartels took his place aren’t going to be seeking revenge for getting rid of a competitor. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/204 "2012-08-03T14:32:59Z")
Gus decapitated the cartel and there is bound to be some relative peace in Walt’s territory while the organization reconsolidates under new leadership (and other groups fight for control of its Mexican turf and so on) and gets its act back together in Mexico. As far as revenge goes- it’s not impossible they would go there at the very, very end of the series, but without family, how much do we care if Walt succeeds or fails? Revenge seems pretty simplistic compared to some of the other possibilities, but who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/205 "2012-08-03T16:07:39Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > That feels too damn obvious, personally. > > EDIT: Issues, if any (because I’m not convinced there necessarily will be), from the new lab will probably be along the lines of contamination leading to deaths of many and leading people away from the product and leading Hank and the DEA back on Heisenberg’s trail because Gus’s meth never was so dangerous. IANAMeth-Expert, but I don’t buy it. The whole fly episode basically portrayed Walt as crazy and obsessed, I don’t think that the whole purity thing is all that important, especially since meth is usually manufactured by crazy people in a garage, not professionals with lab equipment. They do their cooks _before_ the houses get bombed, so there aren’t any chemical hazards to begin with. It’s just a normally clean house, and three cockroaches (that won’t necessarily be attracted by meth fumes) won’t contaminate the whole batch so much as to kill people. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/206 "2012-08-03T17:06:04Z")
Aaron Paul tweeted he’s on the cover of Rolling Stone. [https://twitter.com/aaronpaul\_8/status/230805160799109120/photo/1](https://twitter.com/aaronpaul_8/status/230805160799109120/photo/1) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/207 "2012-08-03T17:30:09Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > Aaron Paul tweeted he’s on the cover of Rolling Stone. > [https://twitter.com/aaronpaul\_8/status/230805160799109120/photo/1](https://twitter.com/aaronpaul_8/status/230805160799109120/photo/1) Doesn’t count because he didn’t say “Bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/208 "2012-08-03T17:58:41Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > Aaron Paul tweeted he’s on the cover of Rolling Stone. > [https://twitter.com/aaronpaul\_8/status/230805160799109120/photo/1](https://twitter.com/aaronpaul_8/status/230805160799109120/photo/1) _Well, we’re big meth slingers We got sky blue fingers and we’re watched everywhere we go (That sounds like us)…_ _Is the thrill that’ll getcha when you get your picture on the cover of the DEA…_ ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/209 "2012-08-03T20:31:28Z")
> [@Pitchmeister](#): > > IANAMeth-Expert, but I don’t buy it. The whole fly episode basically portrayed Walt as crazy and obsessed, I don’t think that the whole purity thing is all that important, especially since meth is usually manufactured by crazy people in a garage, not professionals with lab equipment. They do their cooks _before_ the houses get bombed, so there aren’t any chemical hazards to begin with. It’s just a normally clean house, and three cockroaches (that won’t necessarily be attracted by meth fumes) won’t contaminate the whole batch so much as to kill people. There could be some kind of leak or something. Maybe a pesticide will leak out prematurely without them realizing it. Maybe it gets on the meth after they’ve cooked it. I just think there’s a reason the writers went with the fumigation thing. Maybe contamination. Maybe an innocent family will get caught up in things. Maybe Walt will flip out over a bug again. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/210 "2012-08-03T23:16:22Z")
Maybe there’ll be a crazy mix-up, and the meth will get mixed up with the homeowner’s kid’s rock candy, then, yes… the hijinks, hilarity and homicide ensue… ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/211 "2012-08-03T23:31:09Z")
He’s also exposing himself to the public by driving around in an exterminator’s truck, wearing the uniform, and being seen in various neighborhoods (albeit briefly). Somebody who recognizes him could drive by, like a former student or coworker, or even Marie, and that’s where the whole thing starts to unravel. Walt is teetering on top of an extremely unstable house of cards right now. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/212 "2012-08-03T23:37:23Z")
Also, there’s a good chance a homeowner is familiar with the equipment and process involved in fumigation and might raise an eyebrow to those huge roadie cases. They made it a point for an average-Joe to be taken back a bit by the gear. But it doesn’t feel like a direction the writers would take. The contamination either, I don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/213 "2012-08-04T00:00:46Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Also, there’s a good chance a homeowner is familiar with the equipment and process involved in fumigation and might raise an eyebrow to those huge roadie cases. They made it a point for an average-Joe to be taken back a bit by the gear. > > But it doesn’t feel like a direction the writers would take. The contamination either, I don’t think. Yep. As usual you guys are way overthinking it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/214 "2012-08-04T00:37:59Z")
They should have just stuck with the RV idea. Cops can’t search an RV the same way they can search a car—the SCOTUS says it’s a domicile. My sister’s ex-husband is a commissioned Ranger with the US National Park Service. He went in with the SWAT team on some of the meth labs raids in Joshua Tree National Monument in the late 1980s. It took _years_ to get all the rolling labs out of Yosemite, even when law enforcement \* knew they were there\*. If you’re gonna run a lab, an RV is the way to do it. Walt needs to STFU and listen to Jesse more. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/215 "2012-08-04T01:54:26Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Yep. As usual you guys are way overthinking it. 😛 Sure, but its fun! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jrepka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@jrepka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrepka)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/216 "2012-08-04T03:07:58Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Also, there’s a good chance a homeowner is familiar with the equipment and process involved in fumigation and might raise an eyebrow to those huge roadie cases. They made it a point for an average-Joe to be taken back a bit by the gear. I don’t think many homeowners in the ABQ will be familiar with the process. Gilligan admitted on the podcast that he found out as they were creating this plot line that full-tent fumigation is rare in New Mexico. He lives in CA, where it’s reasonably common, and just assumed that it was common in Albuquerque. Turns out that there are only a couple of exterminators in the area that are even equipped to tent a house, and only one or two places per year get tented. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/217 "2012-08-04T03:36:44Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > _Well, we’re big meth slingers > We got sky blue fingers > and we’re watched everywhere we go (That sounds like us)…_ > > _Is the thrill that’ll getcha > when you get your picture > on the cover of the DEA…_ brilliant 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/218 "2012-08-04T03:38:17Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Doesn’t count because he didn’t say “Bitch!” True. Mom and Bitch might have been redundant. or not. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/219 "2012-08-04T03:57:49Z")
Cranston and Paul Video shoot for Rolling Stone - good times > **['Breaking Bad' Cover Shoot](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-rolling-stones-breaking-bad-cover-shoot-with-bryan-cranston-aaron-paul-189444/)** > > Actors crack jokes and cradle lambs in the California desert ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806/220 "2012-08-04T05:35:30Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > _Well, we’re big meth slingers > We got sky blue fingers > and we’re watched everywhere we go (That sounds like us)…_ > _Is the thrill that’ll getcha > when you get your picture > on the cover of the DEA…_ \*I had a dorky old stickler named Gale Boetticher who worked with me for Fring. I’ve got poor old crippled Tio, going _ding ding ding ding!_ I poisoned Brock 'cause I’m the one who knocks and you know I’m gonna get my way! And I’ll keep breaker badder 'til I’m shot to tatters by the Albuquerque DEA.\* Dammit, Marie! It’s “Rolling _Minerals_”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-03-hazard-pay-7-29-12/629806.md?page=12)