Gliding oer all, through all, through nature, time, and space, as a ship on the waters advancing, the voyage of the soulnot life. Spoilers galore for all of breaking bad in the following post. Breaking bad was rightfully so well received because a character as smart, and as malicious, as heisenberg had seldom been seen on television before. Walt whitmans leaves of grass as featured in amcs breaking bad, given by gale boetticher to walter white and discovered by hank schrader. It continues breaking bad s ongoing walt whitman fixation. Walter whites name is reminiscent of the poet, a fact that has played a major role as a plot device in breaking bad and used up to the midseason finale of season five. Hank stumbles upon a walt whitman book that outs our w. For walt, killing gus was a triumph, but having jesse kill gale was a shame. The show aired on amc from january 20, 2008 to september 29, 20. We dont actually see gale give walt the book, but he quotes some of the poetry to walt and then later we see walt with the book. I at first assumed that id simply forgotten the scene in which gale gives walt the book. I thought walt would have a personal connection to gale s walt whitman. Early in their collaboration, gale impresses walt with a.
Walter is intrigued but wary of gale from the start. Gus fring hires walt after gale, who sets up the superlab for gus, praises a sample of walts blue meth as the purest hes ever seen. Then again, i can only assume gale was gay based on that, and that he fits some stereotypes about. Breaking bad is a drama about walter white, a chemistry professor who is diagnosed with lung cancer. This season, there was a brief shot of the book in the white home on. Breaking bad brings walt whitman back to the forefront. The episode then takes us back to present time and in case you forgot, walts brotherinlaw, hank dean norris, found the copy of walt whitmans leaves of grass, inscribed by gale. This ties back to episode bullet points in season 4. A subreddit for fans and critics of the hit television series breaking bad on amc. When amc announced that they were going to split the final 16 episodes of breaking bad into two parts, some worried that the condensed order of episodes for each.
Tonights breaking bad episode takes its name from a beautiful walt whitman poem. Gale excitedly uses a box cutter to unpack the machinery and assemble the new superlab box cutter. The assistants been foisted on him by his new boss. Gale gave walter white a copy of whitmans leaves of grass in season 4. That inscription is from gale boetticher, the shortlived assistant who helped white cook meth in seasons three and four. The actor will return as jesse pinkman next month for a film thats.
Hank is bedridden while recovering from his gunfight with the twin assassins, and spends his free time studying evidence from the murder of gale boeticher, walts assistant cook. Actor bryan cranston on the breaking bad scene that made him break down 121916 duration. Gale, skyler claims it sounds like a story from this book series about a boy supersleuth. Apparently, gale boetticher gave the book to walt, inscribing it to him. On the galegretchen breaking bad leaves of grass conspiracy theory. From seasons 3 and 4 of breaking bad, we know that gale likes. Breaking bad is an american neowestern crime drama television series created and produced by vince gilligan. So it turns out that walter white owns david reynoldss 150th anniversary edition of the 1855 leaves of grassthe one with the green, leafy cover. Throughout breaking bad, the poetry of walt whitman comes to frame the shows narrative arc, and whitman s lifelong poetic project leaves of grass is full of insight into concepts of freedom and the life it gives us. Main character walter white shares a first name and initials with whitman, and this ultimately becomes whites downfall.
Hed been on the wrong side of the lecternhe didnt want science to be distilled down to something. In breaking bad, at the very end of season 5, hank finds a book leaves of grass in walters bathroom. When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me. When i was shown the charts and the diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them. Walt whitmans poetry is a frequent plot element in breaking bad. If you read the following recap of breaking bads midseason finale, youre going to find out. Hank is bedridden while recovering from his gunfight with the twin assassins, and spends his free time studying.
Why would walter white keep gales walt whitmans book of poetry with him. He informs gus that a meth sample gale had analyzed synthesized by walter white was, by far, the best that he had ever seen with a 99% pure quality. Walter whites walt whitman book from breaking bad up. Walt is out of the meth business and trying to move on with his life. This book has a handwritten note reading to my other favourite w. Yeah, people often want me to sign their book of walt whitman poems. Gale will inevitably become a meth cook for gus, as breaking bad showed. In contrast to many scenes in breaking bad which are ambitiously creative in their cinematography, the final scene in season 5 is decidedly minimalistic. On the galegretchen breaking bad leaves of grass conspiracy. At the front of the book, gale wrote the words to my other favorite w. Hank then discovers a book in his bathroom with an inscription. Walter whites edition of leaves of grass is lacking greg bales. In the closing seconds of each season of breaking bad.
Gale boetticher had given walt a copy of walt whitmans. Breaking bad season 5 episode 8 midseason finale recap. And gale wrote the dedication to walt in the walt whitman poetry book. I thought walt would have a personal connection to. To supplement our comprehensive breaking bad coverage, across the. The notebook was written by walters former assistant, gale boetticher. How that fanfavorite breaking bad character wound up on.
Breaking bad season finales ranking the breaking bad finales. Gale boetticher had given walt a copy of walt whitmans leaves of grass, a collection. A poem in the book, song of myself, is based on many of these same. In flashforward we see walt return to his boarded up house to get the ricin. Walter whites walt whitman book from breaking bad up for auction. Thanks to the frequent use of walt whitmans poetry as a plot element in the acclaimed cable drama breaking bad, the 19thcentury bard is getting a heightened profile in. Gus originally intends for gale to be his sole meth cook. Walt whitman is also very wellknown for his homoerotic content, but its unclear whether gale is using the book as a.
But in his first better call saul appearance, gus doesnt agree to gales offer. Here you will find discussions and speculations about the show, pictures from the show, amas with the cast. Boetticher later gives walt a copy of the book with the following inscription. Walter walt whitman was an american poet, essayist and journalist.
But when it came to revisiting the character who made a major impact during season 3 of breaking bad, costabile said that one of the things in the episode that makes it. Bullet points was written by moira walleybeckett and directed by colin bucksey, the third breaking bad episode he directed after phoenix in season two and i see you in season three. The first installment of this weeks breaking bad recap. Thus, it was the urging of gale that caused gus to put aside his reservations and hire walter. As breaking bads fifth season comes to a close, hank discovers the volume of leaves of grass that gale boetticher gave to walter while the two briefly cooked together. Throughout breaking bad, the poetry of walt whitman comes to frame the. To supplement our comprehensive breaking bad coverage, across the margin an exhaustive look into the ever present connection between walt whitman and walter white. I think gale recited a whitman work and walt was later was seen with the book. One of the most critically acclaimed series ever produced, breaking bad sony pictures televisionamc, 200820 won legions of avid viewers who debated its every nuance as. Gliding over all is the eighth episode of the fifth season and the midseason finale of the american television drama series breaking bad, and the 54th overall episode of the. By reciting it, gale is delivering an apologia of sorts. When i heard the learnd astronomer breaking bad orig.
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