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I've got this nephew.

This nephew who is, I mean, he's an adult.

I mean, but you can't infantilize them.

You can't live their life for them.

But still, I mean, there is that frustration, you know, that...

God, that frustration that goes along with, you know...

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do know what is best for you, so listen.

Well, of course they don't.

I mean, what do you do with someone like that?

Family.

Yeah.

It's family.

Can't give up on them.

Never.

I mean, what else is there?

I'm sorry.

Jesse, it's me.

Jesse, I just want to talk.

I'm sorry.

Oh, Jesus.

Jesse.

Jesse, wake up.

No, no, no. Oh.

And I'll get the gag jag off.

Who is this?

They're coming.

Hello?

Thank you.

Hey, look.

Hey, Gomi, this is Hank.

I don't know what that call's supposed to be, but it's dumb even by your standards, so...

Call me when you get this.

I'm sorry.

Oh, my God.

No. Terminalo.

Jesus.

No. No. No.

No. We're fast.

I'm not sure what's going on.

Oh, my God.

Slow down.

The car is not going anywhere.

Mom!

Hey, sweetheart.

Hi.

Hey.

Whoo!

Ah, there you go.

So, did you see what's in the driveway?

Uh, yeah, I saw.

Hey.

Mwah. So that's yours, huh?

Yeah.

Dad got it for me.

Oh, that was very nice of him.

Yeah.

I know it looks like...

Well, awesome, but it's super safe.

Dad made sure, and I promised to always go the speed limit, or below, way below.

And it gets great gas mileage.

So Dad said I can take you around the block a few times.

Is that okay?

Just around the block.

Yeah, just around the block. and be careful, okay?

I will.

All right.

It's really great to have you home, Mom.

Hey, seriously, be careful, okay?

I will.

Okay.

I guess we should talk.

Oh, I think you said plenty the other day. About that, I just...

Did you get the car wash case?

Um, yes.

Yes.

Yeah.

Skylar, I may have overstated things earlier,

and I'm sorry to be so forward, but I just...

I want you to know something.

I want you to...

I need you to understand that you are safe.

You, Junior Hawley, you are completely safe.

Everything that I do, everything, I do it to protect this family.

So buying that car, that was protecting your family?

Okay.

I...

All right, maybe it's a little flashy, but he needed a car, and...

And I'm his father, and I should be able to get what he wants.

It goes back...

tomorrow.

Skylar, it will crush him.

That car directly contradicts our story.

And if you're so invested in protecting this family, it means protecting the story.

What do you think the neighbors are gonna say, Walt?

What about Hank and Marie?

How about the IRS?

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What were you thinking, Walt?

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I was thinking that I wanted to do something nice for my son.

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I just worry that he'll blame you for this.

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Oh, he will.

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Once again, he'll blame his bitch mother for taking away what his loving father has given him, so thanks for that.

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But you know what, Walt?

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Someone has to protect this from the man who protects this family.

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...fume cleaner repair company.

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What'd you expect?

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Haji's Quick Vanish?

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I don't even know the guy's name.

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You just call that number and you leave a message, you tell him

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that you need a new dust filter for a hoover max extract pressure probe model 60

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i wrote it right on there he'll call

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you back in five minutes okay okay fine how long does it take for him to arrange

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The guy works fast.

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I mean, that's the game here.

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You've got to have your family packed and ready to go before you make the call.

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He'll tell you where to meet him.

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He'll put you up in a safe house until everything is set, but you've got to bring the money.

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He doesn't lift a finger unless he's paid in full.

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Okay.

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So, can't say it's been a pleasure.

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I need you to do one more thing for me.

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You need to call the DEA, and you need to tell them that Gus has a hit out on Hank.

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No, you have to do it for me.

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Buddy, I've got to go on living here.

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No, I'm way too comfortable in my wings today.

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Call, call anonymously.

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You call anonymously!

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I can't, I can't.

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I'm practically in the DEA family.

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I go to their Christmas parties, for Christ's sake.

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They know me.

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They know my voice.

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They'll know me.

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Please, you gotta do it for my aunt, begging you.

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Please.

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Please.

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My brother -in -law doesn't deserve to die because of this.

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There's no way I'm mentioning Gus.

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Okay.

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The most I'll go, I'll say it's the cartel.

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They're coming back to finish the job that they botched.

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You say whatever you have to say.

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You just give me an hour to...

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I need to collect my wife and kids, okay?

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Just give me an hour, and then you make the phone call.

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Don't forget, please.

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Yeah.

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Thank you, Saul.

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No, no, no. Where's the rest?

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I just don't know.

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I just don't know.

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Walt?

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Down here!

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Walt?

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What did that phone call mean? Where is it?

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Where's the rest?

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The money, Skyler!

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Where is the rest?

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Skyler?

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Where is the money?

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I gave it to Ted.

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What?

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You did what?

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Walt, I'm...

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I had to.

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For us, for the family.

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I swear.

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Walt.

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You gave our money to Penic.

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Walt, please.

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Please just hear me out.

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Please.

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Hi, you've reached the White family.

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Please leave a message.

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Skylar?

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It's happening again.

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The DEA called.

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They got some temperament informant.

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The cartel they wanted killed Hank.

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Oh, God.

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They're sending agents to.. to our house right now to guard us.

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God!

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When is this going to end?

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Marie, I'm here.

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I'm here.

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Tell me exactly what happened.

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We've got a good Samaritan on the seat.

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You pull your guys off that train right now.

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We're not done yet.

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This is a good one.

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The track is clear, Walter.

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I said get out of there.

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Thank you, mister.

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Mr. Blige.

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Glad we could work that out for you.

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Yeah, no problem.

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You want to ride into town?

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Yeah.

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Thanks.

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Walter, they are back in the locomotive.

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If you do not abort right now, you are gonna get us all busted.

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Ready?

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Yes.

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Mr. White!

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Hey!

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Hold it!

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Hold it steady!

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Now!

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Close it off!

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Close it off!

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I'm not going to die.

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Get up!

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Oh.

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Yeah, bitch!

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Oh!

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Oh, my...

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Okay, okay.

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Nice job.

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Yeah!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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No!

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Hello, Walter.

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Before I hand this over, I need something from you.

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And what's that?

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The names of your nine men.

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Why?

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You're never going to pay them off.

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What's the point?

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The point is, Mike, it affects me.

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It affects Jesse, too, and we deserve to know.

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The only thing left to do now is leave town.

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You understand?

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Leave town.

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Wow.

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Yeah, I just can't up and leave like you, Mike.

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I've got a family.

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I've got people who depend on me.

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Yeah.

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Goodbye, Walter.

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You're welcome.

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I'm sorry.

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What?

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I want those names, Mike.

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You owe me that much.

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I don't owe you a damn thing.

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All of this, falling apart like this, is on you.

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Wow.

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Wow!

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Oh, that's some kind of logic right there, Mike.

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You screw up, get yourself followed by the DEA, and now suddenly this is all my fault.

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Why don't you walk me through this, Mike?

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We had a good thing, you stupid son of a bitch.

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We had Fring.

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We had a lab.

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We had everything we needed.

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It all ran like clockwork.

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You could have shut your mouth, cooked, and made as much money as you ever needed.

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It was perfect.

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But no, you just had to blow it up.

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You and your pride and your ego.

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You just had to be the man.

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If you'd done your job, known your place, we'd all be fine right now.

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Oh, my God.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I just realized that Lydia has the names I can get them from her.

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I'm sorry, Mike.

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This...

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This whole thing could have been avoided.

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Shut the fuck up.

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Let me die in peace.

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I'm sorry.

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Hey.

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I'm out.

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I'm out.

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Thank you.

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The End

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But I've heard it's very therapeutic to shave your hair.

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How does she want to look at it?

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I don't know.

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She shaved them.

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You can play around with them.

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You can take them in and out with your hair.

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There's not enough hours.

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My hair stylist told me to take prenatal vitamins.

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Huh, for your hair?

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Yeah, that's a project.

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You said they work, so I figured, why not?

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Oh, Flynn, could you put some more sunscreen on Holly?

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Yeah.

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Is it over there?

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Yeah, it's right here.

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Okay.

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It's usually for a home -brew.

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It's a damn tasty product.

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Although I don't know why.

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It would be bad.

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Oh, do you...

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I used to squeeze lemon juice in my hair.

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You remember that?

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You wanted to be a beach bum so badly.

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You and your stiff hair.

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You're stiff.

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It was stiffy.

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Hey.

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But I was interested to see you get into that.

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Boris.

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Here we go.

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This is supposed to be good.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I should brew up a bachelor.

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I don't know.

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It's cool.

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Let there be Shrader Braille.

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There is no question.

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There is no question.

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Maybe I should brew up a bachelor.

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What do you think?

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Ooh, Shrader Braille?

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Yeah.

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I have a yes.

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I second that.

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No. Well, there you go.

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It's unanimous.

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All right.

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Who am I to fly in the face of public demand?

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All right.

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Hey.

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Anybody want anything?

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You want anything?

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No, I'm good.

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Yeah, I'm good.

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Thank you.

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All right.

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Does it look glassier?

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Hello.

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How you doing?

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I'm good.

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Yeah?

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Try not to put any of that sunscreen on her fingers.

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Ah.

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To WW, my star, my perfect silence.

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WW.

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I mean, who you figure that is, huh?

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Woodrow Wilson?

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Willy Wonka?

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Walter White?

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You got me.

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Well, it's your life, I imagine you get a say.

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Want a suggestion?

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How about Florida?

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You get a tan, meet the Swedish bikini team, you know, swim with the dolphins.

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What about Alaska?

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Alaska.

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Okay, well, that's a different vibe.

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I never figured you for a big moose lover, but whatever floats your boat.

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Alaska.

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Alaska's good.

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Anywhere you can get a fresh start is gonna be good.

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You ready?

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Yeah.

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Take care, Jesse.

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Bye.

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Excuse me.

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I'm sorry.

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The End

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I'm sorry.

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Hey, make sure you go in there! Do you know, show?

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Why don't you call?

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Why don't you...

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Stop!

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Go red!

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You all!

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Get in here!

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Beckel, you stay where you are.

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What?

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I don't know what happened here.

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What did I do?

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You stole it off me.

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You and him, you took it right out of my pocket, didn't you?

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down.

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Yes, okay.

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I had you lift your dope.

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I told you I couldn't risk the guy not taking you.

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No!

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Before, the cigarettes.

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You stole the cigarette.

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What?

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The ricin cigarettes!

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You had him stealing off of me.

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And over that asshole, Mr. Waits, he poisoned Brock.

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He poisoned Brock and you, you helped him.

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Okay, Jesse, calm down.

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Say it again.

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Tell me one more time to calm down.

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Come on.

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I'm sorry.

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Yes, okay, I had you to lift your cigarette, but what made me?

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He told me he was helping you.

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He was saving you.

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I never would have agreed to it if I knew what he was gonna do.

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Jesse, you've got to believe me.

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I don't want any of this.

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Back up.

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Dad, get off me.

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What do I pay you for?

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Hey, it's me.

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I've got a big problem.

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Hey, Lester, go find him.

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Jack, these guys are DEA.

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No!

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Jack, no, Jack, Jack, Jack, no!

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No, don't!

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Jack, don't, no!

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No!

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No!

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Jack!

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Jack!

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Jack!

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Jack!

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No!

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Jack!

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No!

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Don't kill him!

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Uh -uh -uh!

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We're gonna back it up.

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Come on!

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Don't kill him!

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Don't kill him!

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I can't back him!

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The hell not.

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He's DEA.

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No!

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He's...

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He's family!

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Say again?

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He's my family.

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He's my brother -in -law.

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Didn't cross your mind to maybe tell us you had a DEA agent for a brother -in -law?

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Did you know about this?

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I called you off.

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Remember, I told you not to come.

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Well, it seems to me we did you a solid.

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You weren't supposed to be here.

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Too late now.

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How's it about you telling me what was going down out here?

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You and your brother -in -law don't seem to be getting along too well.

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It doesn't.. doesn't matter.

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It doesn't concern you.

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We just wasted his partner here, and he's wearing a bullet.

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So, yeah, I'd say it does concern me.

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This is between him and me.

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No cavalry coming?

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I don't.

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You bet your ass the cavalry's coming.

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No, no, no, Jack.

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No, God, Jack.

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No, the DEA doesn't know about this.

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Not yet.

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Hank, nothing can change what just happened,

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but you can walk out of here alive if you just promise us that you'll let this go.

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Yeah, I thought as much.

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Sorry, man.

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Just no scenario where this guy lives.

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No, no, no, listen!

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I have money!

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I have money!

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It's buried out here.

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It's...

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It's 80 million dollars.

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80 million.

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So that's what got this party started, huh?

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But this money of yours won't do me much good in prison.

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You can go anywhere.

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You can do anything.

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Think about it.

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You can have any future that you want.

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Jack.

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80. Million.

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And all you've got to do... is let him go.

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That's a hell of an offer.

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What do you think, Fed?

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Would you take that deal?

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It's Hank.

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His name is Hank.

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How about it, Hank?

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Should I let you go?

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My name is Asak Schrader.

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You can go fuck yourself.

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Hank.

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Listen to me.

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You gotta tell him.

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You gotta tell him now that we can work this out.

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Please.

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Please.

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What?

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You want me to beg?

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You're the smartest guy I ever met.

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And you're too stupid to see.

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He made up his mind ten minutes ago.

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Do what you're gonna do.

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I'm sorry.

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Skylar, all the things that I did, you need to understand.

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I have to hear one more time that you did this for the family.

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I did it for me.

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I liked it.

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I was good at it. And...

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I was...

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really...

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I was alive.

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I'm sorry.

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Flynn will be home soon.

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Before I go... May I see her?

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Thank you.

525

I'm sorry.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

528

Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “10 Moments That Made Breaking Bad Unforgettable”. This video has 528 sentences and 2519 words to shadow. The speech runs for 46:25. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 83 of its 528 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
cigarette noun	/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/	A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
steal verb	/stiːl/	To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
brew verb	/bɹuː/	To make tea or coffee by mixing tea leaves or coffee beans with hot water.
finger noun	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
poison noun	/ˈpɔɪ.zən/	A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
nephew noun	/ˈnɛf.ju/	A son of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either a son of one's brother (fraternal nephew) or a son of one's sister (sororal nephew).
bachelor noun	/ˈbæt͡ʃ.ə.lə(ɹ)/	A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
frustration noun	/fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/	The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
stiff adjective	/stɪf/	Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
shave verb	/ˈʃeɪ̯v/	To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
cartel noun	/kɑɹˈtɛl/	A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market.
pocket noun	/ˈpɑ.kɪt/	A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
silence noun	/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/	The absence of any sound.
badly adverb	/ˈbæd.li/	In a bad manner.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
calm down verb		To become less excited, intense, or angry.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
back up verb		To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
fall apart verb		To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
get along verb		To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I mean, what else is there?
Did you get the car wash case?
You want to ride into town?
You said they work, so I figured, why not?
Why don't you call?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you just promise us that you'll let
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has given · it's been · you've reached
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is set · have been avoided · is let
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	man who protects · people who depend

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 119 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, flashy /ˈflæʃi/
Long words — get the stress right: practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, unanimous /juˈnænəməs/, locomotive /ˌloʊkəˈmoʊtɪv/, anonymously /əˈnɒnəməsli/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cigarette, steal, whoa.

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Howard Offers Jimmy A Job At HMM | Namaste | Better Call Saul

Chuck Falls Into Kim's Trap | Sabrosito | Better Call Saul

Walter Roasts Jesse's Product | Green Light | Breaking Bad

The Money Distribution | Hazard Pay | Breaking Bad

"You Help Kim, I Quit The Law..." | Gloves Off | Better Call Saul

Walter Calls Saul For Advice | Sunset | Breaking Bad

The Death Of Gustavo Fring | Face Off | Breaking Bad

Hank & Walter Discuss Who W.W. May Be | Bullet Points | BreakingBad

Mesa Verde Address Error | Nailed | Better Call Saul

The Cancer Diagnosis | Pilot | Breaking Bad

"I'm a Manufacturer, I'm Not a Dealer" | No Más | Breaking Bad

You're Heisenberg Scene | Breaking Bad (Dean Norris, Bryan Cranston)

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Aaron Paul Discovers Bryan Cranston Living in Breaking Bad RV // Omaze

Walt Calls Skyler - But He Knows They’re Listening | Breaking Bad (Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn)

I Have Spent My Whole Life Scared 🥶| Walt Tells His Life Experience to Motivate Hank | #breakingbad

West Talks to Sgt. Grey About His New T.O. - The Rookie

Funny Succession moments I'll quote out of context forever

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