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| ⚫ | "'''Buried'''" is the tenth episode of the ] of the American television drama series '']'', and the 56th overall episode of the series. Written by ] and directed by ], it aired on ] in the United States and Canada on August 18, 2013. | ||
| == Plot == | == Plot == | ||
| Late at night, an elderly man, collecting the money which ] has thrown away,{{efn|As depicted in "]".}} discovers him parked in a playground and absentmindedly spinning on a ]. Meanwhile, after his confrontation with ], ] frantically tries calling ], but cannot get through as Hank is already on the phone with her. Walt rushes to the car wash, but Skyler has already left to meet Hank at a diner. Though understanding Skyler to be a victim, Hank unwittingly reveals that Walt's cancer has returned and unsuccessfully tries enlisting her help in building a case against Walt. Skyler, however, suspects that Hank has made it a personal mission to convict Walt and worries that Hank may not truly have her best interests at heart. She then panics and leaves the diner. | |||
| As an elderly man starts his truck in the early morning, he notices a bundle of cash on the ground. After retrieving the bundle and collecting more bundles of cash lying on the sidewalk and across the street in a park, he sees ] (]) car crashed into a ] with its doors opened and a duffel bag full of cash laying on the front passenger’s seat. He then finds Jesse lying on his back and slowly, silently spinning on a ] while staring blankly off into space. | |||
| Walt goes to ]'s office, angered that Skyler went to Hank before talking to him. When Saul asks whether Walt has considered "sending Hank to Belize ]" (killing him), Walt admonishes him, reminding him that Hank is family. Rushing to hide his money, Walt has ] and ] deliver it to him in seven container drums. He then drives to the ] and spends the day burying it. Meanwhile, ] confronts Skyler about Walt's criminality. After learning that Skyler knew about Walt’s activities before Hank was shot, Marie slaps her, despite a tearful Skyler's attempts to apologize. Marie tries to leave with Walt and Skyler’s infant daughter ], but Hank enters the house and tells Marie to give Holly back. In the car, Marie tells Hank that he "has to get" Walt. | |||
| Walt returns home late and posts a ] ticket on the refrigerator door; its numbers correspond to the ] coordinates of the buried drums. Unresponsive to Skyler's questioning, an exhausted Walt collapses. When he awakens, Walt offers to surrender himself on the condition that the money be kept for their children. Instead, Skyler tells Walt that they should keep quiet, noting that Hank has no evidence. Elsewhere, ] confronts ], now cooking and supplying meth, at his desert lab. She is critical of the poor standards and working conditions, but Declan rejects her suggestion to hire ], Walt's former protégé. At Lydia's behest, Todd and his uncle ] arrive and massacre Declan and his men before taking over the operation. | |||
| After ] with ] (]) in Hank’s garage, ] (]) gets into his car, backs out of the driveway, and begins to drive away; however, he immediately stops and frantically telephones ] (]) at the car wash. When informed that she is on another phone call and as he spots Hank walking out of his garage and talking on the telephone, Walt immediately drives to the car wash to catch Skyler. By the time he arrives, however, she is not there. | |||
| Hank will not approach the ] until he has reliable evidence to apprehend Walt, as he knows his career will be over once it's revealed that Heisenberg is actually his brother-in-law and wants to at least have the satisfaction of being the one to take him down. Marie insists on putting the DEA on the case, concerned over how they may respond if they learn that Hank hid his discovery. Hank agrees and returns to work, but before he can reveal his findings to his superiors Agent ] reveals that Jesse is detained and under questioning. Hank, realizing Jesse's connection to Walt and seeing an opportunity to get some hard evidence, decides to keep quiet for a while and asks for time alone with Jesse. | |||
| Skyler meets Hank at a diner. After greeting Skyler with an awkward hug, Hank tells her that Walt is a monster forcing her to keep his secrets and she is a victim. Hank formulates a plan in which she and her children move back into his house. Then, in an effort to build a case against Walt before he dies of cancer, he solicits a tape recorded statement from Skyler and expresses his desire to put Walt in ] before the sun goes down. After listening to Hank and learning of the return of Walt's cancer, she says she needs a lawyer. Hank tries to discourage her from taking this course of action, sensing he will lose his ability to control the case if lawyers are introduced. Hank unsuccessfully tries to persuade Skyler that their interests are the same. Wanting to protect her kids, Hank stands up and seeks Skyler’s assistance with picking them up. Skyler reacts to Hank’s gesture by repeatedly, and increasingly loudly, asking if she is under arrest, causing a scene in the diner before leaving alone. | |||
| ⚫ | == Production == | ||
| In his law office, ] (]) is desperately trying to get ahold of Jesse when Walt receives an incoming phone call from Skyler. Fearing that his phone has been legally tapped by Hank, Saul advises Walt to not answer the call and remove the phone’s battery. As he hastily removes the battery, Walt expresses his anger with Skyler that she went to Hank without talking to him first. When Saul asks Walt whether he has considered sending Hank “on a trip to Belize” like he sent ] (a veiled reference to ]), Walt indignantly rebuffs Saul's conjecture because Hank is family and offhandedly says that it should be Saul whom is sent to Belize. | |||
| Walt's burial scene is on ] land, the same spot where Walt and Jesse did ] in the RV.<ref name="coord" /> The latitude and longitude displayed on Walt's GPS receiver and on the lottery ticket are in fact the coordinates of the ] location where ''Breaking Bad'' is filmed.<ref name="coord">{{cite web | url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/breaking-bad-lottery-numbers/ | title=What's the Meaning of ''Breaking Bad'''s ''Lost''-esque Lottery Numbers? | work=Wired.com | date=August 19, 2013 | access-date=April 1, 2016 | author=Watercutter, Angela | archive-date=March 24, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324162502/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/breaking-bad-lottery-numbers | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| === Dedication === | |||
| Meanwhile, ] (]) and ] (]) arrive at the storage unit where ]. After savoring the opportunity to lie atop the enormous pile of money, they deliver the money to Walt now stored in drums. After hurriedly paying Kuby, Huell, and Saul, Walt drives to the desert and buries the drums. Walt has memorialized the ] location of the buried drums with a New Mexico Pick 3 ] ticket that is posted on the refrigerator door, where the first nine digits printed on the ticket indicate the ] and the next nine digits indicate the ]. | |||
| The episode is dedicated to Thomas Schnauz Sr., father of the writer of this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-recaps-reviews.com/2013/08/breaking-bad-review-s5-e10-buried.html|title='Breaking Bad' Review – 5.10 Buried|work=TV-Recaps-Reviews|date=August 18, 2013|access-date=September 13, 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032325/http://www.tv-recaps-reviews.com/2013/08/breaking-bad-review-s5-e10-buried.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | == Music == | ||
| While Walt is away, ] (]) arrives at Skyler's home. Through a series of questions, Marie gleans that Skyler knew about Walt’s criminal activities prior to ]. When a tearful Skyler tries to apologize, Marie slaps her. As Marie walks away, she accuses Skyler of wanting Walt to escape from his past crimes, and that this is the reason why she won't talk to Hank. When Marie attempts to leave the house with Skyler’s baby Holly, a passionate and heated argument ensues between the two. When Marie enlists Hank’s assistance, he enters the house. Sizing up the intense situation, Hank tells Marie to leave the baby. Before they drive off, Marie tells Hank that he needs to get Walt. | |||
| ⚫ | The song played over Walt's digging is Chancha Vía Circuito's remix of ] ]'s "Quimey Neuquén".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/zzkrecords/jose-larralde-quimey-neuquen-chancha-via-circuito-remix|title=Jose Larralde – Quimey Neuquen (Chancha Via Circuito remix)|work=Soundcloud|date=August 14, 2010|access-date=August 22, 2013|archive-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001063356/https://soundcloud.com/zzkrecords/jose-larralde-quimey-neuquen-chancha-via-circuito-remix|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| == Reception == | |||
| After arriving home, Walt collapses on the bathroom floor while Skyler is repeatedly asserting to him that she hasn’t told Hank anything. When he wakes up, they discuss the situation. Believing that Skyler has talked with Hank and has made a deal with him, Walt suggests that he surrenders himself on the condition that the money is left with her so that she can pass it along to their children. Believing that any deal will include a loss of the money and that Hank possesses suspicions only, Skyler tells Walt that their best course of action is to stay quiet. | |||
| === Viewership === | |||
| A blindfolded ] (]) is driven to a desert site where ] (]) meth lab is located. Lydia has arranged the meeting to address a $50 million shortfall. After convincing Declan to show her his meth cook operation, he reveals a bus buried underground which was made into a meth lab. After entering the lab and observing a filthy working condition, she questions why the quality of Heisenberg’s standards isn’t being employed. Declan responds that those standards don’t matter because he is moving his product. Although Lydia recognizes that the quality of the meth may not matter to some “scabby, Arizona tweakers,” she cannot move a substandard product because quality matters to her buyers in the ]. When Declan informs Lydia of his failed attempts to retain Heisenberg as their cook, she suggests retaining ] (]) as their cook. Declan rejects her suggestion because he does not trust Todd. Declan is then called from above ground to address a problem. After he exits the lab, gunshots are heard. When the shooting stops, Todd opens the door to the lab to retrieve Lydia. With her fingers covering her eyes to avoid seeing the carnage, Todd leads her through a maze of corpses. It is then revealed that Lydia had Todd's white supremacist uncle and his men take out Declan and his men. | |||
| The episode was watched by 4.77 million people on its original broadcast,<ref name="august18ratings">{{cite web|last=Kondolojy |first=Amanda |title=Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night + 'True Blood', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', NASCAR, 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' & More |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/08/20/sunday-cable-ratings-breaking-bad-wins-night-true-blood-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-nascar-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-more/198367/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822005021/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/08/20/sunday-cable-ratings-breaking-bad-wins-night-true-blood-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-nascar-real-housewives-of-new-jersey-more/198367/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |work=TV by the Numbers|date=August 20, 2013|access-date=August 20, 2013}}</ref> down from the series-high 5.92 million of ]. | |||
| === Reviews === | |||
| Marie suggests that Hank report his findings to the ], but Hank says he will be fired when the identity of the drug lord he has been chasing is revealed; therefore, he hopes to present solid evidence against Walt when he turns his brother-in-law in. Hank comes into work after taking some time off to review the relevant case files and cope with the realization of Walt's identity. He catches up with Agent ] (]) and learns that Jesse is in custody for throwing bundles of cash from his car onto the streets. Hank finds Detectives Kalanchoe and Munn (who had previously interrogated Jesse in "]") questioning an unresponsive Jesse; however, Hank convinces them to give him a shot, offering that he can help with this case and may be able benefit them in a different case, as well. The officers leave, and Hank enters the interrogation room. | |||
| ] gave ] an honorable mention in their "Performer of the Week" feature for her performance in this episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2013/08/24/gabriel-macht-sarah-rafferty-suits-harvey-donna-flashback/|title=TVLine's Performer of the Week: Gabriel Macht and Sarah Rafferty|work=]|date=August 24, 2013|access-date=August 25, 2013|archive-date=August 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824134731/http://tvline.com/2013/08/24/gabriel-macht-sarah-rafferty-suits-harvey-donna-flashback/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| In 2019 '']'' ranked "Buried" 52nd out of the 62 total ''Breaking Bad'' episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/9/30/20885880/breaking-bad-episodes-ranking|title=The Ringer's Definitive 'Breaking Bad' Episodes Ranking|author=Alan Siegel|date=September 30, 2019|publisher=The Ringer|access-date=November 5, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030073808/https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/9/30/20885880/breaking-bad-episodes-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ⚫ | ==Production== | ||
| The GPS coordinates {{Coord|34|59|20|N|106|36|52|W|type:landmark_region:US||display=}} are in fact the Albuquerque studios location.<ref name="coord">{{cite web | url=http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/08/breaking-bad-lottery-numbers/ | title=What’s the Meaning of ''Breaking Bad''<nowiki>’</nowiki>s ''Lost''-esque Lottery Numbers? | work=Wired.com | date=August 19, 2013 | accessdate=August 23, 2013 | author=Watercutter, Angela}}</ref> | |||
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=== Accolades === | ||
| ] was nominated for the ] for this episode.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2013/12/05/writers-guild-award-nominations-2014-list-wga/ |title=''Breaking Bad'', ''Orange Is the New Black'', ''House of Cards'' Lead 2014 WGA Nominations |publisher=TVLine |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |date=December 5, 2013 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206071420/http://tvline.com/2013/12/05/writers-guild-award-nominations-2014-list-wga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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== Notes == | ||
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| The episode received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/feature/breaking-bad-episode-510-reviews|title=Episode Review: Breaking Bad, "Buried"|work=Metacritic|date=August 18, 2013|accessdate=August 19, 2013}}</ref> | |||
| == References == | == References == | ||
| {{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
| ==External links== | == External links == | ||
| * at the official ''Breaking Bad'' site | * at the official ''Breaking Bad'' site | ||
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*{{IMDb episode|2301443|Buried}} | ||
| *{{tv.com episode|breaking-bad/buried-2822185|Buried}} | |||
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10th episode of the 5th season of Breaking Bad| "Buried" | |||
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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 10 | ||
| Directed by | Michelle MacLaren | ||
| Written by | Thomas Schnauz | ||
| Featured music |
Written by Milton Napoelón Aguilar, Music by Marcelo Berbel, & Performed by José Larralde | ||
| Cinematography by | Arthur Albert | ||
| Editing by | Skip Macdonald Sharidan Williams-Sotelo | ||
| Original air date | August 18, 2013 (2013-08-18) | ||
| Running time | 47 minutes | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
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| Episode chronology | |||
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| Breaking Bad season 5 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"Buried" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 56th overall episode of the series. Written by Thomas Schnauz and directed by Michelle MacLaren, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on August 18, 2013.
Plot
Late at night, an elderly man, collecting the money which Jesse Pinkman has thrown away, discovers him parked in a playground and absentmindedly spinning on a roundabout. Meanwhile, after his confrontation with Hank Schrader, Walter White frantically tries calling Skyler White, but cannot get through as Hank is already on the phone with her. Walt rushes to the car wash, but Skyler has already left to meet Hank at a diner. Though understanding Skyler to be a victim, Hank unwittingly reveals that Walt's cancer has returned and unsuccessfully tries enlisting her help in building a case against Walt. Skyler, however, suspects that Hank has made it a personal mission to convict Walt and worries that Hank may not truly have her best interests at heart. She then panics and leaves the diner.
Walt goes to Saul Goodman's office, angered that Skyler went to Hank before talking to him. When Saul asks whether Walt has considered "sending Hank to Belize like Mike" (killing him), Walt admonishes him, reminding him that Hank is family. Rushing to hide his money, Walt has Patrick Kuby and Huell Babineaux deliver it to him in seven container drums. He then drives to the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation and spends the day burying it. Meanwhile, Marie Schrader confronts Skyler about Walt's criminality. After learning that Skyler knew about Walt’s activities before Hank was shot, Marie slaps her, despite a tearful Skyler's attempts to apologize. Marie tries to leave with Walt and Skyler’s infant daughter Holly, but Hank enters the house and tells Marie to give Holly back. In the car, Marie tells Hank that he "has to get" Walt.
Walt returns home late and posts a lottery ticket on the refrigerator door; its numbers correspond to the GPS coordinates of the buried drums. Unresponsive to Skyler's questioning, an exhausted Walt collapses. When he awakens, Walt offers to surrender himself on the condition that the money be kept for their children. Instead, Skyler tells Walt that they should keep quiet, noting that Hank has no evidence. Elsewhere, Lydia Rodarte-Quayle confronts Declan, now cooking and supplying meth, at his desert lab. She is critical of the poor standards and working conditions, but Declan rejects her suggestion to hire Todd, Walt's former protégé. At Lydia's behest, Todd and his uncle Jack arrive and massacre Declan and his men before taking over the operation.
Hank will not approach the DEA until he has reliable evidence to apprehend Walt, as he knows his career will be over once it's revealed that Heisenberg is actually his brother-in-law and wants to at least have the satisfaction of being the one to take him down. Marie insists on putting the DEA on the case, concerned over how they may respond if they learn that Hank hid his discovery. Hank agrees and returns to work, but before he can reveal his findings to his superiors Agent Steve Gomez reveals that Jesse is detained and under questioning. Hank, realizing Jesse's connection to Walt and seeing an opportunity to get some hard evidence, decides to keep quiet for a while and asks for time alone with Jesse.
Production
Walt's burial scene is on Navajo land, the same spot where Walt and Jesse did their first batch in the RV. The latitude and longitude displayed on Walt's GPS receiver and on the lottery ticket are in fact the coordinates of the Albuquerque Studios location where Breaking Bad is filmed.
Dedication
The episode is dedicated to Thomas Schnauz Sr., father of the writer of this episode.
Music
The song played over Walt's digging is Chancha Vía Circuito's remix of Argentine José Larralde's "Quimey Neuquén".
Reception
Viewership
The episode was watched by 4.77 million people on its original broadcast, down from the series-high 5.92 million of the previous episode.
Reviews
TVLine gave Anna Gunn an honorable mention in their "Performer of the Week" feature for her performance in this episode.
In 2019 The Ringer ranked "Buried" 52nd out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes.
Accolades
Thomas Schnauz was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama for this episode.
Notes
- As depicted in "Blood Money".
References
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (August 19, 2013). "What's the Meaning of Breaking Bad's Lost-esque Lottery Numbers?". Wired.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- "'Breaking Bad' Review – 5.10 Buried". TV-Recaps-Reviews. August 18, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- "Jose Larralde – Quimey Neuquen (Chancha Via Circuito remix)". Soundcloud. August 14, 2010. Archived from the original on October 1, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- Kondolojy, Amanda (August 20, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Breaking Bad' Wins Night + 'True Blood', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', NASCAR, 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
- "TVLine's Performer of the Week: Gabriel Macht and Sarah Rafferty". TVLine. August 24, 2013. Archived from the original on August 24, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- Alan Siegel (September 30, 2019). "The Ringer's Definitive 'Breaking Bad' Episodes Ranking". The Ringer. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- Ausiello, Michael (December 5, 2013). "Breaking Bad, Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards Lead 2014 WGA Nominations". TVLine. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
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