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| Aaron Paul |
Season 5, Episode 10
"Buried"
"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."
-Skyler (Anna Gunn)
On the heels of Hank (Dean Norris) discovering Walter's (Bryan Cranston) secret, he decides to confront Skyler (Anna Gunn) about the matter. She is tight lipped even to her sister Marie (Betsy Brandt), who can tell just by looking at her. Walter tries to cover his tracks by getting Huell (Lavell Crawford) and Kuby (Bill Burr) to retrieve the money and put it in barrels that he buries in Tohajiilee. Saul (Bob Odenkirk) is trying to contact Jesse (Aaron Paul), who seems to have given up on life and was caught throwing money out of his car. After Walter comes home and passes out, he wakes up to Skyler and decides that it is best to turn himself in, provided that she keeps the money. However, Skyler claims that it would only result in having to turn over the money as well and it is best to stay quiet. Lydia (Laura Fraser) meets up with a drug cartel and with the help of Todd (Jesse Plemons), kills them all for making inferior meth in an underground bus. By the end, Jesse is caught and being interrogated, but silent the entire time. Hank decides to try and coax something out of him by going in for a talk which is not seen in this episode.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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| Anna Gunn |
MVP: Skyler (Anna Gunn)
While my biggest issue with the episode is that while it packs a lot of emotional tension, it feels like the last 10 minutes of "Blood Money" created into an entire episode. The creators have insisted that the show is going to go fast and hard, yet this actually feels like a slower episode, if just in comparison to last week's. Maybe it was the tension that someone was going to die in an episode called "Buried," but the MVP is definitely Skyler, who almost seems to be replacing Walter in terms of keeping their cool. Walter is defeated and now that Hank knows, he has nowhere to go. However, with Skyler getting most of the overlap and having to deal with varying parties, she wins the episode because she has always been the backbone of the Heisenberg empire when you think about it. The car wash and money laundering were all her idea. She has just as much to lose. In a way, this episode's silence is its biggest strength, though Skyler's insistence that Walter try and hold out a little longer does almost make her worse than the accomplice that she initially was. Also, her inability to share tidbits with Hank suggests that she will be going down in flames with Walter, even if that puts the kids in a bad predicament.
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| (First): Betsy Brandt, (Second): Gunn |
Best scene: While it feels like Skyler's version of the final scene of "Blood Money," it does hold a stronger impact because we haven't really gotten a strong sense of Marie beyond a kleptomaniac story line that wasn't all that interesting. It is also interesting because while they have long been sisters, I haven't felt the sense in recent times that they actually are. By not saying anything and then resulting in Marie slapping Skyler, it almost seems like intuition only siblings would have. The only thing that makes the scene more powerful is that as Marie is walking out the door, she grabs Holly and tries to take her to a safer place, as she did in "51." Between all of the yelling and sense that this was it, the moment was the peak of intensity and may be Marie's best scene in the show to date. Also, it seems like the show knows how to place a slapping scene, as this isn't the first time that I have placed one in the "Best scene" section.
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| Left to right: Dean Norris and Paul |
Predictions: As anyone that has kept up with my summer-long series on Breaking Bad, you'll know that I have speculated to death ways that the show could go. To date, my list isn't looking so hot, as (Spoilers): Lydia (Laura Fraser) didn't die in "Buried" and "Blood Money" wasn't a reference to killing someone, at least in the context of the currently living cast. Still, I love to keep the wheels turning, and this will be my chance to just share some ideas on next week's episode from here on out.
Next up is "Confessions," which is one that based on title alone I have been looking forward to. I believe that this is the moment we have all been waiting for. Now that the Schrader house knows, yet Walt Jr. (R.J. Mitte) doesn't, it is time to start spilling beans for other characters. We have teased Jesse losing faith in Walter, but this time, I believe that "Confessions" is referencing the big picture: Jane, Brock, and Mike will all come to the surface. Also, based on the closing scene, I believe that we may just get my wish of seeing Jesse become a snitch that takes down the great Heisenberg. It only makes sense since Hank has decided to try and get everyone to squeal. With Jesse practically over him, this could be used as a redemption tactic that frees him of his record and takes down the man who has practically ruined his life.
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