# Breaking Bad 5.11 "Confessions" 8/25/13 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959 "2013-08-23T13:02:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/201 "2013-08-26T18:58:20Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Oh, I’m sure the choice of red-soled shoes was not coincidental or accidental. My brain went straight to “Oh! there’s those Louboutin red-soled shoes” instead of “Oh! red soles = getting your feet dirty… in _blood_.” They’re really painting her as a sort of loathesome underworld Marie Antoinette. She has a $3,000.00 pair of shoes on, but she doesn’t want to know how she could afford them. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/202 "2013-08-26T19:03:34Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Pride comes before the fall. Good quote. I think it applies to Hank as well as Walt. Hank’s pride is not letting him think rationally about how to deal with the situation. He’s been duped for over a year by his own brother in law, and its only his pride at not recognizing the signs about Walt that is stopping him from laying it all out to the DEA. The more Hank stalls and does dumb things like unauthorized survelance of Walt, the more he digs his own hole. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/203 "2013-08-26T19:03:45Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > They’re really painting her as a sort of loathesome underworld Marie Antoinette. She has a $3,000.00 pair of shoes on, but she doesn’t want to know how she could afford them. Great line! ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/204 "2013-08-26T19:18:43Z")
Re: Hank survelance of Jesse, not Walt and other such bone head moves will sink him further with the DEA. I think his wife is right to get it over with now. Walt knows exactly how to push Hank’s pride button. Marie doesn’t have that same filter. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/205 "2013-08-26T19:21:26Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > what was the point of that guy wiping off his shoe in the bathroom in the cold opening Not only was it creepy, but for me Uncle Jack was in stark contrast to the precise Gus Fring, who completely covered himself before killing, no hair out of place, always straightening his tie. Uncle Jack’s killings are not only cavalier, they’re messy. I think there’s going to be a blood bath soon. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/206 "2013-08-26T19:26:24Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Agree it was amazing, but I’m not sure your interpretation is the only possible one. I took it as ambiguous, but leaned more toward it being accepted (and meant) as an honest embrace. Jesse is such a lost soul, isn’t he? Poor guy is almost accepting of his would be killer’s embrace, just to have a real father figure in his life. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/207 "2013-08-26T20:29:19Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > She has a $3,000.00 pair of shoes on, but she doesn’t want to know how she could afford them. Isn’t she pretty high up in the company? Like a VP or something? She was probably already pulling in some serious bucks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/208 "2013-08-26T20:52:03Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > They’re really painting her as a sort of loathesome underworld Marie Antoinette. She has a $3,000.00 pair of shoes on, but she doesn’t want to know how she could afford them. I think Lydia wants all of this to be business. If she’s handling an account for Madrigal, it’s business. If she’s handling the manufacture and shipment of meth and arranging murders, it’s business. She was dressed for a business meeting and seeing the corpses would interfere with that notion. > [@Andiethewestie](#): > > Not only was it creepy, but for me Uncle Jack was in stark contrast to the precise Gus Fring, who completely covered himself before killing, no hair out of place, always straightening his tie. Uncle Jack’s killings are not only cavalier, they’re messy. I think there’s going to be a blood bath soon. Unless I misunderstood, these guys already killed Mike’s guys in prison and then we saw them wipe out Declan and his crew last week. Mike and Gus regarded killing as a last resort, but these guys don’t care. So if they decide they need Walt they certainly won’t hesitate to get violent. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/209 "2013-08-26T20:57:02Z")
> [@Andiethewestie](#): > > Not only was it creepy, but for me Uncle Jack was in stark contrast to the precise Gus Fring, who completely covered himself before killing, no hair out of place, always straightening his tie. Uncle Jack’s killings are not only cavalier, they’re messy. I think there’s going to be a blood bath soon. On the other hand, Uncle Jack’s associate (who has a name?) certainly appreciates the power of a perfectly groomed mustache. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/210 "2013-08-26T21:43:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Unless I misunderstood, these guys already killed Mike’s guys in prison and then we saw them wipe out Declan and his crew last week. Mike and Gus regarded killing as a last resort, but these guys don’t care. So if they decide they need Walt they certainly won’t hesitate to get violent. Prediction: Walt goes into hiding now. The Nazi crew realizes pretty quickly that Todd is an idiot and that they need Walt. They kidnap Walt Jr to get Walt out of hiding. Skyler informs Walt of this through some prearranged emergency only signal. Walt buys the big ass gun to get revenge, maybe with Hank’s help. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/211 "2013-08-26T22:09:05Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Isn’t she pretty high up in the company? Like a VP or something? She was probably already pulling in some serious bucks. She is. But the real money in Madrigal is built by a drug empire, not chicken franchises. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/212 "2013-08-26T22:13:16Z")
Do you think Walt is going to use the services of the vacuum cleaner parts salesman (the same one he came close to using when he learned the money was not in the crawlspace)? It’s certainly possible that’s how he gets to New Hampshire, but ever since Saul mentioned the guy I’ve wondered if in fact that’s the way Saul sends people to Belize. (“I’m telling you, you’ll never be heard from again.”) ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/213 "2013-08-26T22:17:31Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > On the other hand, Uncle Jack’s associate (who has a name?) certainly appreciates the power of a perfectly groomed mustache. 😛 [Kenny](http://breakingbad.wikia.com/wiki/Kenny). I’m calling it now: “OMG, you killed Kenny!” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/214 "2013-08-26T22:20:51Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Prediction: Walt goes into hiding now. The Nazi crew realizes pretty quickly that Todd is an idiot and that they need Walt. They kidnap Walt Jr to get Walt out of hiding. Skyler informs Walt of this through some prearranged emergency only signal. Walt buys the big ass gun to get revenge, maybe with Hank’s help. Then Walt starts telling Jesse how they’ll start all over again to build a fortune, and in an homage to “Of Mice and Men”, Jesse puts the mad dog out of everyone’s misery with a bullet to the head. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/215 "2013-08-26T22:34:20Z")
That was an excellent episode. There’s not much I can say that hasn’t already been said, but there were two little things that amused me. 1. Basically the only men on this show who don’t have shaved heads are the Neo-Nazis. 2. Breaking Bad seems to be heavily sponsored by drugs. Knob Creek bourbon and 5-hour Energy Shots both had prominent product placement this episode. ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/216 "2013-08-26T22:53:38Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Do you think Walt is going to use the services of the vacuum cleaner parts salesman (the same one he came close to using when he learned the money was not in the crawlspace)? > > It’s certainly possible that’s how he gets to New Hampshire, but ever since Saul mentioned the guy I’ve wondered if in fact that’s the way Saul sends people to Belize. (“I’m telling you, you’ll never be heard from again.”) I still don’t think Walt went to New Hampshire. He went to Denny’s, and flashed a New Hampshire driver’s license, and told the waitress he had just driven cross country. I think he was trying to shake somebody (be it Cartel, DEA, Neo-Nazis, or APD) by getting them to look for a nonexistent suspect from New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/217 "2013-08-26T23:14:56Z")
Why do we assume that Todd made less than stellar meth because he’s an idiot? Has he done anything to suggest he is? Maybe he made crappy meth because his bosses weren’t interested in providing an environment in which it was possible to make really good meth. Since the Todd and the Nazis knew where the lab was, I take it that Todd was also cooking in that horribly dirty buried bus. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/218 "2013-08-26T23:29:54Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > I still don’t think Walt went to New Hampshire. He went to Denny’s, and flashed a New Hampshire driver’s license, and told the waitress he had just driven cross country. I think he was trying to shake somebody (be it Cartel, DEA, Neo-Nazis, or APD) by getting them to look for a nonexistent suspect from New Hampshire. His car has New Hampshire plates. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/219 "2013-08-26T23:30:35Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Why do we assume that Todd made less than stellar meth because he’s an idiot? Has he done anything to suggest he is? To suggest that he’s an idiot and not nearly as capable as Jesse? Have you been watching the same show? > [@](#): > > Maybe he made crappy meth because his bosses weren’t interested in providing an environment in which it was possible to make really good meth. Since the Todd and the Nazis knew where the lab was, I take it that Todd was also cooking in that horribly dirty buried bus. He would have had them make it a cleaner environment. Just like Jesse did in Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/220 "2013-08-26T23:32:20Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Please help me clear up a disagreement with my friend. I’ve thought this entire time that Hank is Skyler’s blood brother, but my friend thinks Skyler and Marie are blood sisters. Which is it? As others have pointed out, Skyler and Marie are sisters. Hank’s last name is Schrader and Skyler’s maiden name is Lambert. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959.md?page=12)