Hank could’ve saved himself a world of trouble had he simply torn out that page with the inscription.
If anyone’s curious about the current condition of the White house (the exterior is an actual house in Albuquerque), my cousin drove by it Tuesday and snapped this pic: http://instagram.com/p/c-T8AEtZYH/
I wish someone on Talking Bad had asked Gilligan why Walt had to go retrieve that particular ricin. Why couldn’t he just make more? Seems like it would less risky than returning to the old hood.
The inside is on a set, but on the podcast they said in order to do that they got the owners permission, ‘destroyed’ the outside shot all the scenes they needed and then repaired it in just a few days. Same for the pool. With permission, they drained it, painted it to look like dirty water had been sitting in it, made it look gross, then fixed it and refilled it when they were done. Part of the problem with the pool is that it’s not concrete, it’s a fiberglass shell. If the skateboarders punched a hole in it they couldn’t patch it, they’d have to yank it out and replace it.
I guess we’ll have to wait to find out for sure, but the car he got his bag out of at the Dennys in 5.01 had New Hampshire license plates.
According to the Breaking Bad Insider Podcast (I’m going to spoiler this although it really tells nothing about future episodes, but does tell about their thought process when they were making it):They only had him retrieve the ricin because they needed a reason for him to go to the house. They really hadn’t thought it through any further than that when they developed the scene. It’s a little disappointing that they didn’t have the whole thing meticulously planned out but it’s kinda how they do things on the show - they paint themselves into a corner and then figure out how to reasonably get out (or, at least, that’s how they tell it). It’s worked so far.
Notice how none of the skatepunks are wearing helmets? Isn’t that a huge liability risk for the production company?
That sort of thing is pretty much standard for stuntmen in the entertainment industry and I am sure that they are insured. I can’t see how that is possibly an issue.
They’re not stuntmen, they got them from a local skate park.
Unless there’s something fishy going on, I’d expect that the insurance company would have insisted on getting insurance for them, and also having their parents sign waivers.
I’m sure there’s all kinds of waivers and insurance, but on the podcast they said they found them at a local skatepark. For something as specialized as that style of riding, it’s probably easier to pluck a few kids out of the skate park then to try to hire it out like they would if they needed someone to be lit on fire or fall off a roof or get into a car accident.
He might not have access to the tools and chemicals necessary to make the ricin.
I really wonder how many people are going to die in the coming Chaos from Jessies little charity spree?
Great Episode.
And not to mention, safer. You average stuntman can’t ride a skateboard like that. I can’t ride a skateboard, but you get to see skateboarders when you play in a surf band. Those guys were pretty good.
Hmm, needs more roof pizza.
He lost a golden job opportunity in Texas because he wouldn’t let the blue meth go. He got chewed out by his boss because he wouldn’t let the blue meth go. I think he can reasonably make a case he wasn’t involved.
What bothers me about his silence, though, is how readily he was to face the consequences of his assault on Jesse. He was facing criminal charges and the loss of his job, and he confessed to it all. I would expect to see that same resolve to do the right thing here, rather than have yet another TV show/movie degenerate into the trope of, “this information is so vitally important. I better not tell anyone.”
That could be plausibly interpreted as not wanting anyone else looking into the blue meth. They could say he didn’t want to cede any control of that specific investigation because he didn’t want to risk anyone finding out his involvement.
His big leverage is that he’s a killer who has easy access to Hank, his wife, and Skyler and their children. But yes, any outsider would have a lot of questions about Hank’s involvement and knowledge. I don’t think the DEA would tolerate those questions. It just looks too suspicious.
I don’t think you’re going to see that. To me, what’s going on is that Hank remains obsessed with the case and wants to know how Walt got away with this for a year.
Interesting question. In 5A they deviated from the teddy bear precedent and stopped showing hairy Walt until a year later (in real life).
That’s cool, thanks. I wonder what the show has done to the value of that home? If I lived there I’d want it!
But he could counter that it would make no sense for him to doggedly pursue Gus. It makes even less sense for him to go after the 11 people Walt had killed. Walt had to come up with that complicated plan precisely because Hank was so focused and ignored or deflected requests for him to stop focussing so much attention and resources on that investigation.
It doesn’t really matter what Hank could argue about the investigation. It matters what it would look like to the people above him when they were under pressure from their superiors and the public. I think it’s doubtful the DEA would want to keep Hank under those circumstances. A lot of people wouldn’t believe him and they wouldn’t really be able to prove he didn’t know anything.
At this point, I don’t think that Hank gives a fuck about his career. He just wants to nail Walt at all costs.