I just... I just realized that Lydia has the names. I can get 'em from her. I'm sorry, Mike. This... this whole thing could have been avoided—
Shut the fuck up... and let me die in peace.
[After a few moments, Mike falls off the log and dies]
S5 E7Say My Name
S5 E8Gliding Over All
So what's the story? Did you get to Mike?
Mm-hmm.
He get out safe?
He's gone.
Alright. So what about those nine guys? They got no reason not to talk now. So what do we do?
"We?" Who's we? There is no we anymore. I'm the only vote left. And I'll handle it.
[Jesse walks out, then turns to look back. Walter shuts the garage door]
So?
Maybe we should order something. Do you want a coffee or something?
Not just now.
I think this will play better if you order something.
I think this will play just fine. I'm not thirsty. So let's take a look at the list. [pause] Lydia, I've come all this way. You do have the list?
Yes, I have it.
Good.
It's just not written down.
And why is that?
It's in my head. Safer there.
I see. Then I suggest you pick up a pen.
Not just yet.
It was my understanding that attending to these nine names was precisely what you wanted.
Ten names now. Ten. Counting the lawyer.
Yes, ten, counting the lawyer. So... what? Am I not tying up loose ends for our mutual benefit?
You are tying up loose ends, and I don't want to be one of them. Once I give you that list, I've served my purpose, and then maybe I'm just one more person who knows too much.
So you put that list in my hands, and in your mind, I immediately just murder you? Just right here, in this restaurant...
No. Not right here, of course.
...Right here in this public place, immediately?
It's not what I—
Listen, Lydia. You made me promise on my children's lives that I guarantee your safety.
From Mike. You guaranteed that I'd be safe from Mike. There's no way he'd ever go for this, you getting rid of his guys. You wouldn't be doing this–the names–if Mike were still a factor.
[Walter stares at Lydia knowingly]
Yeah. That's what I thought.
Been thinking about this summer job I used to have.
Oh, yeah?
Back in college, I'd spend my days... marking trees in the woods with those orange spray cans.
Marking trees?
Yeah, crews would come in later and find the trees I tagged and cut 'em down. First you go in and you mark locations for your skid trails and landings. Then you choose specific trees all within a selected grid. Every day, I'd go back hiking, pick up where I'd left off.
Huh... Sounds nice, being out in the woods all day.
Ehhh, it wasn't so great. I'd get sunburned... there were mosquitoes. Just wanted to make a few bucks. Buy beer. I've been thinking about that job more and more lately. Maybe I should've enjoyed it more. Tagging trees is a lot better than chasing monsters.
[Inside a storage unit, Skyler uncovers a large, fairly neat pile of money]
This is it. This is what you've been working for. I rented this place and I started bringing it here, because... I didn't know what else to do. I gave up counting it. I mean, I had to. It was just so much, so fast. I... I tried weighing it. I figured one bill of any denomination weighs a gram. There are 454 grams to a pound, but... there's a variety of denominations. So...
How much is this?
I have no earthly idea. I truly don't. I just stack it up, keep it dry, spray it for silverfish. There is more money here than we could spend in ten lifetimes. I certainly can't launder it, not with a hundred car washes. Walt... I want my kids back. I want my life back. Please tell me... how much is enough? How big does this pile have to be?
S5 E9Blood Money
Dude, you are tripping! I'm not dead! I'm on the Starship Enterprise macking on Yeoman Rand while the Andorian with the disrupter's back on Talos IV or whatever.
What do you think all those sparkles and shit are? Transporters are breaking you apart right down to your molecules and bones. They're makin' a copy. That dude who comes out on the other side? He's not you. He's a color Xerox.
So you're telling me every time Kirk went into the transport he was killing himself? So over the whole series, there was, like, 147 Kirks?
At least! Dude, yo, why do you think McCoy never likes to beam nowhere?! 'Cause he's a doctor, bitch! Look it up, it's science!
Ever tell you about my Star Trek script?
Star Trek script?
Yeah! I gotta write it down is all. The Enterprise is five parsecs out of Rigel XII. Nothing's going on, Neutral Zone is quiet, the crew is bored, so they put on a pie-eating contest. The whole crew's in the galley. They're eating tulaberry pies–
Tulaberry?
Tulaberries. From Gamma Quadrant, yo.
That's Voyager, dude!
Okay, blueberries, then! They're eating blueberry pies...
Better.
...as fast as the replicator can churn 'em out. [imitates replicator noise] Burdalurdalurp-pssst! Burdalurdalurp-pssst! Finally, it's down to just three: Kirk, Spock, and Chekov. Okay, Spock always wins these things.
How is Spock gonna beat Kirk, yo? Spock's like a toothbrush! Look at Kirk! He's got room to spare!
Spock has total Vulcan control over his digestion! You wanna hear this or not?
Yeah, yeah, go.
Okay, finally–Kirk, he can't take it anymore. He yorks. Now it's just down to Chekov and Spock. But Chekov, y'see, he's got a whole fat stack of quatloos riding on this. And he has figured out a way to win. He's got Scotty back in the transporter room locked in on Chekov's stomach. Every time Chekov eats a pie, Scotty beams it right out of him.
Where is he sending them, the toilet?
Space.
Uugghh!
There's blueberries just floating out there frozen–because it's in space–and Chekov is just shoveling them into his mouth, and–and Spock is like, "I can't believe this Russian is defeating me!" Meanwhile, Scotty's in the transporter room fiddling with levers when Lieutenant Uhura comes in and she's got, y'know, her big pointies, and Scotty's fingers are all sweaty.
No!
Chekov screams, he sprays blood out of his mouth...
Ohhhh!
...Scotty beamed his guts into space!
No way!
So, uh, how is the maestro? Things have been quiet on this end.
Haven't seen him.
Just as well. Probably. That whole thing in the jails, y'know... When they start to whack the lawyers, that's when I draw the line.
[pointing to bags of money] This... goes to Kaylee Ehrmantraut and that goes to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sharp. 315 East Pueblo. It's up in White Horse. It's two and a half million each, total of five.
...Uh, Mr. and Mrs. ah, who?
Drew Sharp's parents.
Drew Sharp. That's the kid on TV, the missing...? Why would you–Scratch that. Heh, I don't know and I don't wanna know. Uh, the thing is, what those folks want is to know what happened to their boy. A sack full of cash on their doorstep, that's just gonna raise more questions. Kaylee Ehrmantraut, that's Mike's granddaughter? So this is Mike's money?
It's mine.
It's your money? Okay, and you're giving it to Kaylee Ehrmantraut?
It's what Mike wanted.
So you and Mike, uh... you've been in touch? [Jesse shakes his head] So we're just talking about charity? Yeah? Okay, look, you know, um, shelling out money to the ex and her little boy, I kind of get it–I mean, kind of–but this, this is a bridge too far. I'm sorry to say, kid, but you're still gonna be two miracles short of sainthood. Heh.
[Jesse looks despondent]
Brass tacks, okay? My job is to advise and my advice is: Come on, already. Mike left one step ahead of the boys in blue. You better believe his family's on the radar. A couple million bucks shows up, they're gonna snatch it tout suite! The feds have already taken Kaylee's money twice! What, are you going for a hat trick?!
I'll freaking do it myself, Saul.
No, no, no, no! I was just–I was thinking out loud!
Enough bullshit, Saul! Are you going to do this or not?
Yes, yes, absolutely! I live to serve!
[Jesse starts leaving Saul's office]
Hey, kid, you might wanna think about cleaning up a little, getting some rest. You've looked better.
Just get it done.
Deja vu, huh? Jesus... alright, look. [tosses money bags on table] You wanna talk me through this? What you were thinking? What you asked Saul to do? I mean, come on... it's just nonsensical. Do you- do you have any explanation at all?
[murmurs] Blood money.
What?
It's like you said. It–it's blood money.
I sa–? Jesus. Okay, yes, alright, I said that. I did... but it was in the heat of the moment. I was trying to win an argument, alright? And I was wrong. This is your money! Come on, you've earned it!
[Jesse stares off into the distance. Walter sits on the couch]
Drew Sharp. That is a terrible memory, no doubt about it... but son, you need to stop focusing on the darkness behind you. The past is the past. Nothing can change what we've done. But now, that's over. You're out, and so am I. [Jesse gives him an incredulous look] That's right. I'm done. I've been out for about a month, but there is nothing left for us to do except to try to live... ordinary, decent lives. [takes off his glasses] Why Kaylee Ehrmantraut?
She needs someone looking after her.
Mike is perfectly capable of looking after his own granddaughter.
...I don't think so. I don't think he is capable. I don't think he's coming back.
Wh–What are you saying?
You doing what you did? Offing Mike's guys? If he was out there, you'd have to look over your shoulder for the rest of your life, and that's not how you do things. So, I think he's dead, and... I think you know that.
I don't know that. I don't. Listen to me: I did not kill Mike. The last time I saw him, he had his bag–the one that I brought him–and he got into his car, and he drove away and for all I know, he's alive and well. And if... if he does come back, and he doesn't understand why I had to do what I did... well then, that's on me. Jesse. I need you to believe this. It's not true. It's just not.
...So he's out there? He's okay?
Yes. Mike is fine, wherever he is. We both know that he can take care of himself, and he's certainly capable to provide for his own family. Okay? Jesse. I need you to believe me.
[beat] Yeah. Like you said. He's alive.
Yeah. Mike's alive. Absolutely.
[Jesse looks away contemptuously]
Well, it’s good to see you up and about.
Yeah.
How you feeling?
Well, you know. I’ve been better, but... I don’t know.
Have you... Did you get to see a doctor? I mean, when one of these things last more than three days, you really should get that checked.
Yeah, no, I... I did and I’m fine. I’m, uh... I’m what they say on the upswing, you know?
Um... Good, good to hear.
Yeah.
When I heard you weren’t going in to work, I... Well, looks like you have the work coming to you. Perks of being the boss, huh?
Yeah, you know. How’s, uh... How’s things at the car wash?
Good. Yeah, really good. Hey, did you have any of that potato salad?
I don’t know. Maybe. Yeah, I mean...
No one else got sick, so you probably shouldn’t worry about it. Well, Skyler will be very happy to hear that you’re felling better. Which reminds me, I better get back to it. If there’s anything I can do... [Hank nods] Feel better.
[Walter pats Hank’s back. Then Walter slowly walks out of the garage, stops and turns around.]
You know. You're going to laugh, but I have to ask you... about this.
[Walter holds up the GPS tracker to Hank's face.]
Believe it or not, I found this on my car. I mean, it looks just like the GPS tracker that we used on Gus Fring, doesn't it? Back when we were tracking him, just the two of us. You wouldn't know anything about this, would you, Hank?
[Hank closes the garage door]
You okay? I gotta say, I don't like the way you're looking at me right now.
[After a beat, Hank punches Walt in the face and knocks him over a pile of boxes. He slams Walt against the garage door.]
Hank.
It was you. All along, it was you! You son of a bitch. You drove me into traffic to keep me from that laundry.
Calm down.
That call I got telling me Marie was in the hospital? That wasn't Pinkman. You had my cell number. You killed ten witnesses to save your sorry ass.
Listen to me.
You bombed a nursing home. Heisenberg. Heisenberg! You lying, two-faced sack of shit!
Hank, look... I don't–I don't know where this is coming from Hank, but—
I swear to Christ, I will put you under the jail.
Let's take a breath, okay? Just listen to yourself. These wild accusations, they could destroy our family! And for what?
Don't you give me shit about family!
[beat] Hank, my cancer is back.
Good. Rot, you son of a bitch.
I'm sorry you feel that way. I wanna beat this thing. I do. I’m back on chemo, and I am fighting like hell. But the truth is in six months you won’t have someone to prosecute. But even–even if somehow you were able to convince anyone I was capable of doing these things, you and I both know I would never see the inside of a jail cell. I’m a dying man who runs a car wash. My right hand to God, that is all that I am. What’s the point?
Have Skyler bring the kids here, and then we’ll talk.
That is not going to happen.
I don't know who you are. I don't even know who I'm talking to.
If that's true–if you don't know who I am–then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly.
S5 E10Buried
[Hank meets with Skyler and tries to convince her to turn against Walt]
Skyler, my–my head is spinning. And yours... I–I can't even imagine. So much makes sense to me now. You jumping in the pool. You sending us your kids, I get it. I just wished I'd seen it sooner. He's a monster. He's—Look, I don't know what he did to you to force you to keep his secrets. If he threatened you, or whatever mind games he played. I don't know if there was abuse. But I want you to know that you can be open with me. Don't hold anything back, okay? I mean, I don't even understand if you know the full extent of this, what he's done. Not just the meth cooking, but the lives he's destroyed. But look, that's all behind you. Starting now, you're done being his victim. Because here's what we're gonna do. Sky, here's what we're gonna do: You and the kids are gonna move back to our house where you'll be safe, where he can't get to you.
Hank, does Marie...
No, no, we'll get to that soon enough. It's just you and me right now, okay?
Okay.
Before we, um, before we get you back to the house, I...
[Hank takes out a recording device and turns it on]
I'm gonna ask you to tell me everything you can. Um, take as long as you like. Just, um, start from the beginning when you first became aware of Walt's activities, and just– just try to be as detailed as you can.
Um, what? Right–Right here? Right now?
Sure, why not? While it's still fresh, you know? And just, um, just, um, remember to, um, just state your name and the date before you start.
Hank, do... do we have to–have to do this right now?
No, we—we don't have to do this right now. No. [turns off the recording device] But just here's the thing. You see, I need something solid that I can bring to my people. A statement on the record. So you testifying to Walt's criminal activities–whatever you know–can go a long, long way here. Okay, I mean, you see, building a case this big, gathering all this evidence, enough to get a conviction–we're talking a long-haul proposition here. And I don't want that bastard running out the clock. But with your testimony—
Wait, what do you mean "running out the clock?"
His cancer. His cancer's back. So he said. He didn't tell you? Who's to say it's even true? Lying piece of shit. Look, regardless, I mean, we'll just assume. Fine. Okay? You know what? That son of a bitch looks me in the eye and he says if what I know is true, if... he'll be dead before I can prove it. The balls on that son of a–I got all these little pieces. They're all part of the story, right? But they don't mean much on their own. But when you start telling me what you know, when you start filling the gaps, I'll have him in lockup before the sun goes down.
Hank, I... I... I think maybe... maybe I need a lawyer.
What? No, no, no, no, you don't.
I–I think maybe I do.
Skyler, understand, I am here to help you. But to do that, I need your help. We start bringing in lawyers and they start putting up roadblocks where they don't need to be, and my ability to control the situation diminishes.
Just for my own protection. It just, you know, it seems to make sense that I should have someone to talk to.
Skyler, I am your–your biggest advocate here, and I'm telling you, for your own good, you need to get out ahead of this thing. I mean, you start–you know–getting defensive, I–I'm not saying it's right, but I'll tell you it's a fact. The D.A. will look at you differently.
But you don't know that.
Skyler, yes, I–I do. I've been around long enough to know. It's in your best interest to get out there and show the world you have nothing to hide. Look, no one in the world is more important to me than your sister. So believe me when I tell you that your best interest and mine are the same.
But Hank, you telling me not to talk to a lawyer doesn't sound like that at all. It sounds like what you want... What you want is to get Walter at all costs.
Okay. Okay. Let's just slow down. Slow down. You can. You can talk to a lawyer later. But right now, what we need to do, we need to go get the kids, we need to bring them to my house where they are safe. And then we need to help each other put this animal away, okay? [gets up from the table] Come on.
Hank—
No, come on. Let's go to the house and we'll deal with it there. Come on.
Am I under arrest?
What?
Am I under arrest?
[Hank sits back down.]
Skyler. I–I—You're not thinking straight about this. You have to listen to me. I–Skyler...
[Skyler gets up from the table. Hank also gets up and grabs her arm.]
Skyler, Skyler, Skyler—
Am I under arrest?
No. No. No.
Am I under arrest?!
No. Sky–Shhh!
Am I under arrest?! HANK, ARE YOU ARRESTING ME?
Sky—
AM I UNDER ARREST?
[Skyler violently shakes off Hank's grab and leaves the restaurant.]
[Walter is at Saul Goodman's office when his cell phone rings]
That's her.
Don't.
I have to talk to her.
You don't have to do–You answer that phone and Schrader's on the other end of the line with a legal wire tap recording everything you say, you're not doing anybody any favors, except for him. In fact, why do you still have a battery in that thing? Take it out. They might be trying to triangulate your movements. I'm not being paranoid. Do it.
[takes battery out of phone] Can't believe she went to him.
She just panicked.
She went right to him without even talking to me. Without a moment's hesitation.
I'm not saying it's not bad. It's bad. But it could be worse.
Really, how much worse could it be? Exactly, in your estimation?
What does she actually know? What has she seen, hmm? Nothing. It's hearsay. It's all he said, she said. I mean, the only real evidence that she can lead them to is the money, and once we take care of that, well... then they got nothing.
Nothing? Hank knows, that's not nothing.
Yeah. I can't exactly see him turning the other cheek. [pause] Of course, there's always, um...
Always what?
Have you given any thought to, um, sending him to a trip to Belize?
Belize?
Yeah, Belize. You know, where, um, where Mike went to. Off on a trip to, uh, Belize.
Saul, you better not be saying what I think you're saying.
It's just conjecture on my part.
Hank is family!
Okay, it's an option that my—
You understand that?
It's an option that has worked very well for you in the recent past.
Jesus, what is wrong with you?!
My mistake! Family. Off limits. Of course. I'm just throwing thoughts out there. This is a safe room, right?
Jesus, "send him to Belize." I'll send you to Belize.
It's true. The cancer's back. Is this it?
Does that make you happy?
I can't remember the last time I was happy.
Just tell me. I know you talked with Hank. I know you made a deal. Skyler, I'll make this easy. I'll give myself up if you promise me one thing: You keep the money. Never speak of it, never give it up. You pass it on to our children, give them everything. Will you do that? Please? Please, don't let me have done all this for nothing.
The way Hank talks, he's got his suspicions. Not much else. You can't give yourself up without giving up the money. That's the way this works, Walt. So maybe our best move here is to stay quiet.
[Hank talks to Marie about his mixed feelings regarding going after Walt]
Look, the day I go in with this, it's the last day of my career, Marie. I'm going to have to walk in there, look those people in the eye and admit that the person I've been chasing the past year is my own brother-in-law. It's over for me. Ten seconds after I tell this story, I'm a civilian. Then how can we help Skyler when she comes to her senses? When I go in there, I'm bringing proof. Not suspicion. I can be the man who caught him, at least.
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