re: Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 8 "Gliding Over All"

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I think Walt uses the ricin on Hank.

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Nah, it's too slow a poison. Hank would have plenty of time to tell Gomey.

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Its not like it said Gail Boetticher. It said GB.

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In the same exact handwriting as the lab notes and quoting What Whitman just like the lab notes.

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Its not like it said Gail Bedecker. It said GB.

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I thought it was pretty clear-cut:

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Nah, it's too slow a poison. Hank would have plenty of time to tell Gomey.

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would never tell gomey. he would tell marie first. hank might have good instincts, but hes still the same idiot that left his service revolver in the truck to go beat up some bar thugs, and had a panic attack about taking the lead, and not knowing spanish.and while he crawled back to the car, his partners died "hola DEA!" but he came out looking great. for every hunch hes had correct, he has goofed himself into an equally embarrassing situation.

something this close to home will not be told to gomey first.

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The Walt Whitman poem book was given to Walter White as a gift from his ex-partner, Gale Boetticher, who had an almost fan-like obsession with him. Gale was also a fan of Walt Whitman poems, and coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally, as this is a TV show), Walter White and Walt Whitman happen to share initials.
After Gale was killed, Hank was given his file to look over in an attempt to figure out if Gale was the mastermind, Heisenberg. Hank found a dedication to a W.W. in the lab notebook. Hank read this and pondered who this was in a conversation to Walt - "Woodrow Wilson? Willy Wonka?... Walter White?", he added jokingly, to which Walt replied, in a sarcastic tone, "You got me!".
Fast forward to today. Hank is in the bathroom and looks for something to read while he shits. He finds the Walt Whitman poem book (that Gale gave to Walt, which he stupidly put in the bathroom). On the front page, Hank finds a dedication from a person named G. B., which, along with the content of the dedication and the handwriting, Hank recognizes as being Gale Boetticher. This dedication is to "*another * W.W.". This triggers the conversation Hank had with Walt and especially the quote "You got me!" leading Hank to make the connection that Walt is Heisenberg!
You must also remember what Hank knows about this Heisenberg. From the fake Badger drug bust that Saul organized as one of his first jobs with Walt and Jesse, Hank was told that Badger's supplier, Heisenberg, was an old bald man, in his 50s, average height and weight. Obviously, this profile has to be in the back of Hank's head the whole time.

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Thanks for the breakdown, Vince

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hank might have good instincts, but hes still the same idiot that left his service revolver in the truck to go beat up some bar thugs, and had a panic attack about taking the lead, and not knowing spanish.and while he crawled back to the car

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And remember too, if you've watched the minisodes, that Hank got a BJ from a tranny the night before his wedding.

Hank is really screwed now! Hank knows Walt is Heisenberg but Hank cannot expose Walt, or Hank will go to jail and be removed from his post just as easily he lucked into his new job.

Hank has been promoted by accident based on someone else's actions/mistakes (Walt blowing up Gus Fring and destroying the lab) and he stumbles across the solution to his obsession (on the pot) and cannot tell anyone!

More important, even though Hank figured out the whole network while he was recovering from the cartel attack, he has always been one step behind on the trail of the blue meth. Hank has not done anything substantial to actually impede Heisenberg or Gus Fring at any point and was only validated once Walt blew up Gus Fring and destroyed the lab.

If Hank exposes Walt, they will both be implicated, as it would look really suspicious if Hank's wife's brother in law turns out to be Heisenberg, the kingpin the DEA has never been able to identify or capture for so long. Hank's boss has already been disgraced and fired for missing the meth kingpin right under his nose, drinking wine at his house, cooking Chilean Sea Bass.

Walt's dirty 'blue meth' money proceeds also paid for Hank's extended recovery, after the DEA denied to pay for his care. Hank's pointing the finger at Fring will now seem like he is protecting Walt if Walt is exposed as Heisenberg.

I predict Heisenberg will go to Hank and tell Hank they will have to work together to wrap up the whole thing. Heisenberg and Hank will blame it all on a combination of Jesse, Mike, Madrigal and/or the Phoenix crew, allowing Hank to 'discover' everything shortly after Walt dies from cancer. Hank and Skyler will be the only ones left alive who know the truth.

Walt can make Hank look like the conquering hero, AGAIN, and will leave his family with a father figure DEA hero, and a big pile of money, after Walt dies.

Edit: After writing this, Hank is actually the big winner and not screwed at all. Another big promotion after his next big bust of Heisenberg, revered by the community and a pile of cash.

I don't know, I've kinda thought that skylar or hank might be the ones Walt uses the poison on for awhile. I could see either being a very powerful scene.

But, I try to avoid making predictions because its nearly impossible to figure out which way VG is going to go with the story.

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GB was written in the book. Hank knows everything now


Its not like it said Gail Bedecker. It said GB.

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What was Gretchen's last name before she married Elliot? Maybe he'll play it off by saying it's from her? They used to be together, were lab partners...