Yes. Yes, I did. I have somewhat of a shoe fetish, saw those and immediately thought, “Now which designer did the red soles again? Those are so hot.” They’re Christian Louboutin’s signature red-sole design.
I’m a little bit embarrassed to know that much about shoes. But those were awesome.
Shoedazzle did a knock-off with hot pink sole shoes, which looked gorgeous, but I found them to be unwearable.
I think that would be a horrible, nonsensical ending.
Oh, yeah. 
I was just thinking about the fact that she was sort of stepping in blood.
Yet another amazing episode. There are many TV shows I enjoy but do other things while watching them, but with Breaking Bad my eyes can’t look away from it.
Could the DEA question Walt Jr without his parents? I don’t remember if he’s 17 or 18, or if that would make a difference since he’s still in high school. But that’s true that Walt Jr could confirm that Walt had been claiming it was gambling money and that that’s what Hank and Marie thought the money was from.
Speaking of Walt Jr, I did like how Skyler and Walt were referring to him as Jr or Walt Jr, and Marie was referring to him as Flynn. I don’t remember if Hank said his name.
What money does Hank have to pay back to the DEA? He unknowingly took money from Walt for rehab, but that wasn’t money that is owed to the DEA.
I don’t really see any best case scenario where Hank keeps his current job at the DEA once the truth about Heisenberg comes out. Most likely he’s fired. Maybe he could keep some low-level job, but that seems like it would be difficult for people to trust him with.
It didn’t really bother me, but I could see how it bothered other people. I think I’ve seen it before and it seems plausible to me that the “cleaner” person who comes in will have very strict rules that the client will have to follow about being relocated, or he won’t do it. If the client won’t follow the rules, then the relocation won’t do any good and the police or whatever bad guys will be able to find the client again easily, so it’s essential the client follows the rules.
Saul is very much on edge. He knows that Walt wants Jesse gone, and doesn’t know what Walt will do if Jesse doesn’t disappear. Saul wants everything to go smoothly, so he gets Huell to take the dope. If he’d had more time and wasn’t freaking out so much, he might have realized that it wasn’t a great idea, since it might make Jesse realize what had happened before, but Saul was pressed for time. It might not be the smoothest plot, but it worked for me.
Ooh, I had forgotten about Fring being a vocal DEA supporter. That is bad for Hank.
Walt’s confession isn’t something that will get Hank thrown in jail for a lifetime sentence for being Heisenberg. But it is something that would cause a lot of trouble for him and destroy his career at the very least.
I don’t think Jesse could ever hurt an innocent. If Junior is home, that’s what would get Jesse to stop from burning the place.
Walt nearly killed Brock because kids are one of Jesse’s weaknesses. While Walt’s main weakness is his pride. The way for Jesse to get back at Walt is his pride, but I’m not sure how he’d do that.
Yeah, even if Hank tells the complete truth and his bosses believe him, it doesn’t look good. It makes him look fairly incompetent.
That’s what I thought too. She’s doing the same thing as Jesse, just to a smaller extent.
I don’t think I have been very clear in my previous posts. Hank’s actions and association with Walt will certainly come into question by the DEA, should they ever find out about Walt. But the confession has nothing to do with that. The only threat the confession has to Hank is if the DEA gets its hands on it before hanks turns it over. The substance of the video is nonsense and easily proven nonsense. Now if Hanks was thinking clearly, which he isn’t, he would see that there is no real threat of the video. And in fact it kind of backs Hank into a corner, easily his best course of action is to turn it in and face the fallout. Jail is almost certainly not in his future. Expulsion from the DEA is a possibility, but unlikely if he cooperates fully, suspension most definitely while the investigation is going on., official reprimand, sure why not. Now probably the most damaging thing Hank has done to his career are his interactions with Skyler and Hank, this could damage the investigation considerably and is more likely to cost him his job than anything else. But not the video, or anything on it.
But does he really have to worry about Walt turning it in? Walt, who will go to extreme ends to protect his family and his legacy turning in a video that implicates himself quite fully and is full of unprovable allegations against his brother-in-law? Not likely, I think. He is relying on Hanks lack of common sense in this case, his almost manic attitude. It is a huge risk, because nothing about is provable to Hank and a lot of it is provable to Walt.
As to what Walt could have done. I dunno, he is in a tough spot, but then again, he has put himself there. The best thing would be to do what he is suggesting for Jessie, of course, for his whole family. But the thing is Walt wants to beat them, he doesn’t want to run, he wants to stay and fight. Pride comes before the fall.
Can someone correct me if I am wrong, but lawyer/client privilege does not stand in the commission of a criminal act together, correct? Saul could roll on Walt easily if he was so inclined
I don’t think there’s any consideration of Walt unilaterally turning in this video if Hank leaves them alone. The video represents two things:
(1) This is what I will tell the DEA if I get arrested, and make things hot for you;
(2) If you were to decide to just kill me instead, my lawyer will turn over this video.
So it’s a no-risk proposition for Walt.
I think there is enough truth on the video that it wouldn’t be immediately dismissed:
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[li]Walt does have cancer[/li][li]He went on a ride along with Hank[/li][li]There was a hit on Hank, and Hank survived it[/li][li]Walt paid for Hank’s rehab[/li][li]Gus Fring was connected to the DEA[/li][li]Fring was killed in an explosion, with a bomb made by Walt[/li][li]Walt’s kids were living at Hank’s house for some time[/li][/ul]
Other people at the DEA would know that these things are true, or could find out if they were true easily enough. So then it would take them more time to investigate the other things that Walt said.
I don’t think Hank would ever go to jail because of the video. But Hanks sees that it would slow the DEA down and cause problems for Hank. Instead of going after Walt, the DEA could be wasting their time going after Hank, and maybe then Walt would die of cancer instead of getting the justice he deserves.
Saul would have to answer for a lot of illicit dealings if he did that. He’d also lose the vast majority of his business that makes the big bucks, because none of his underworld connections would go anywhere near him again afterwards.
In fact, he probably wouldn’t live very long.
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.”
Too bad the title Red Shoe Diaries is taken. Or that could have been a Lydia spinoff.
Remember the scene after Hank and Marie watched the video and she confesses she accepted the meth money for his rehab. Hank knew right there, that was the last nail in the coffin “You killed me”. Because even if the DEA investigates every single claim in the video and proves it all bullshit, the fact of the matter is: Hank accepted dirty drug money for his rehab (whether he knew the source of the money or not). It looks like he took a bribe to keep quiet. Prove he didn’t accept that money as a bribe. I would think he might see jail time or at least charges just for that alone, nevermind keeping it quiet.
Why would he confess even to fellow criminals regarding his role in murdering a child whose disappearance was all over the news? That’s not funny. It’s just sensible. The first thing those guys would do is spread the damn story. Do you think Todd somehow owed them every detail?
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?
The confession video might not be enough evidence to put Hank in prison, but enough if it is true that he would be under a cloud of suspicion for the rest of his life, and certainly make the next few years of his life a living hell as he’s being investigated.
No, I agree that it was sensible.
It’s interesting, though. You know you’ve done something really shitty when you can’t even talk about it to a group of mass-murdering neo-nazi gangsters.
I can kind of picture the scene. “Oh. and by the way, then I killed an innocent kid.” Uncle’s face suddenly goes dead serious. “Hey, whoa, Todd, that’s… not cool.”
Eh, I’m not sure it’s very revealing. I often leave details out if my stories and I’ve never committed murder or any other criminal act.
Marie is Skyler’s sister.
Yes.
Skyler and Marie are sisters.
Walt used Skyler’s maiden name as his alias at the beginning of Season 5.