re: Breaking Bad S5E15 9/22 "Granite State"

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Or it could be that he just doesn't give a shite about the game or whether he wins or loses and was desparate for company...most likely scenario.

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This is certainly true at the surface level - you're paying the guy to play cards with you - WTF do you care if he cheats and wins a little, too.

But, it is symbolic (this show goes to great lengths to employ literary devices) and Walt is a terrible poker player, because his risks aren't calculated - he's more of a chess player, always thinking several moves ahead.

It may symbolize he doesn't really care about the money anymore or that he is not on guard or not really "playing the game", at least the time. That appears to have changed in the bar.

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They said there was still reports of the blue meth in the Southwest and no Europe.

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somebody has to have a transcript of this, right?

they definitely mentioned something about the blue meth reaching Europe

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4. he won't get his money back. the nazis are too smart to leave it out in the warehouse or somehwere obvious. they will have that money under lock by now.

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Then all he has to do is drop a dime on those frickers...

What would you do
If it all came back to you
Each crest of each wave
Bright as lightning
What would you say
If you had to leave today
Leave everything behind
Even though for once your shining

Standing on higher ground
But when you hear the sounds
You realise it's just a whim
And you notice it matters
Who and what you let under your skin

If put to the test
Would you step back from the line of fire
Hold everything back
All emotions and desires

Convince yourself to be someone else
And hold back from the world
Your lack of confidence
What you choose to believe in
Dictates your rise or your fall
Dictates your rise or your fall

With no one else around you
No one to understand you
No one to hear your calls
Look through all your dark corners
When you're backed up against the wall
Step back from the line of fire

What would you do
If it all came back to you
Each crest of each wave
Bright as lightning

I'd do the same as you would
do the same as you
do the same as you
do the same as you
I'd do the same as you would
do the same as you would
do the same as you
What you choose to believe in
Dictates your rise or your fall

With no one else around you
No one to understand you
No one to hear your calls
Look through all your dark corners
When you're backed up against the wall
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Step back from the line of fire
Oh

Step back

Step back

Step back


(Junip - Line of Fire)

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The interviewer said there were still reports on blue meth in the southwest and even reaching Europe. After watching it again, I think there is enough there for Walt to assume the nazis are cooking with Jesse for Lydia

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Bingo

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They said there was still reports of the blue meth in the Southwest and no Europe.


somebody has to have a transcript of this, right?

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They said the blue meth had RESURFACED.

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They said the blue meth had RESURFACED

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Not resurfaced, just that there are continued reports of the blue meth being present.

Still waiting for the walking dead connection

I think the ricin is for Jesse. Heisenberg (no longer Walt) still wants Jesse dead but he doesn't want him to suffer. Or he perhaps he just doesn't want Jesse making HIS product. Either way, I think he tosses Jesse the ricin in the hole after he takes care of the Nazis.

Jesse has nothing to live for, takes the ricin; making the best of his situation.

I think Felina is the love interest in the Marty Robbins song "El Paso". The main character is returning to Felina but is shot in the chest and dies in her arms.