Breaking Bad
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Meet the new job.
Same as the old.
But this episode ofBreaking Badhas deeper connections in mind.
Hell have to confront the significance of taking a life directly.
Frankly, flashbacks are an unnecessary artistic garnish on a scenario thats potent enough without it.
So either kill me or let me go.
You dont have it in you, Walter.
That last part sends a chill down Walts spine, because now his captive knows his name.
And that hes a high-school teacher.
And that his son is disabled.
Jesse has a big mouth.
Jesses loose lips are a bigger long-term problem for Walt than he is.
Its in their mutual interest to go their separate ways.
Walt is at a point in his life where hes extremely receptive to Krazy-8s argument.
In fact, he tells him as much.
(I sure as hell am looking for any reason not to [kill you].
In one absurd scene, Walt even composes a pros-and-cons list on his lap while taking a dump.
Krazy-8 should charge five cents like Lucy inPeanuts.
The doctor is in.
He just reached the conclusion that if Walt lets him go, hes going to kill him.
But one unlisted reason not to kill is that itshard.
The body does not want to die.
And when its over, Walt apologizes.
Now he has two bodies on his conscience after the first batch.
It does not speak well of his damaged soul to say that his next killing will likely be easier.
The film is loaded with memorable pieces of semi-nonsensical dialogue like that.
Perhaps the most famous: Id hate to take a bite out of you.
Youre a cookie full of arsenic.
Put a pin in Maries kleptomania.
She hates the sensible shoes she leaves behind.
The scene that follows, at the Crossroads Motel (a.k.a.
A subtle moment from Bryan Cranston when he learns about the missing piece from the dinner plate.
When he mutters, Dont do this.
Why are you doing this?, hes ostensibly cursing Krazy-8 for taking the glass.
But in Cranstons reading, its more like hes cursing fate itself for forcing him into action.
