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* CameraAbuse: Jesse ''really'' wants to make sure that camera burns.
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** Also, Hank's confession tape, to the one he started making back in episode 1.

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** Also, Hank's confession tape, to the one he started making back in episode 1.[[Recap/BreakingBadS1E1Pilot the pilot]].
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** Also, Hank's confession tape, to the one he started making back in episode 1.
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Walt and Skyler meet with the Schraders at a Mexican restaurant, where tempers flare between them over Walt's drug business. Walt leaves a DVD containing his confession with Hank. When Hank and Marie play it at home, however, to their horror, the "confession" is a ploy: while Walt confesses to cooking meth, he claims that Hank was the real "Heisenberg", having forced Walt into cooking meth for him, working with Gus Fring and threatening his family, then conspiring with Hector Salamanca to kill Gus with a bomb. The one true statement in the confession was Gus's putting a hit out on Hank, and Walt using his drug money to pay for his medical expenses.

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Walt and Skyler meet with the Schraders at a Mexican restaurant, where tempers flare between them over Walt's drug business. Walt leaves a DVD containing his confession with Hank. When Hank and Marie play it at home, however, to their horror, the "confession" is a ploy: while Walt confesses to cooking meth, he claims that Hank was the real "Heisenberg", having forced Walt into cooking meth for him, working with Gus Fring and threatening his family, then conspiring with Hector Salamanca to kill Gus with a bomb. The one true statement only trues statements in the confession was Gus's putting a hit out on Hank, and Walt using his drug money to pay for his medical expenses.
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* InternalReveal: Jesse realizes that it was Walt who poisoned Brock, and beats Saul down until he gets a complete confession to it.
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...or so he thinks. Saul has Huell drop Jesse off on a roadside to meet with the "cleaner" to take him away. As the cleaner's car arrives to take Jesse away, Jesse realizes that Huell took his pot. It then dawns on Jesse that Huell had taken his ricin cigarette as well, likely by Walt instructing Saul to do so...and based off of that, it was Walt that poisoned Brock!

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...or so he thinks. Saul has Huell drop Jesse off on a roadside to meet with the "cleaner" to take him away. As the cleaner's car arrives to take Jesse away, Jesse realizes that Huell took had swapped his pot.pack of cigarettes with one of a different brand. It then dawns on Jesse that Huell had taken his ricin cigarette as well, likely by Walt instructing Saul to do so...and based off of that, it was Walt that poisoned Brock!
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Afterwards, Walt calls a weary Skyler at the car wash and tells her "It worked". Jesse is no longer an issue...

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Afterwards, Walt calls tells a weary Skyler at the car wash and tells her wash: "It worked". Jesse is no longer an issue...
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!!Tropes associated with ''Confessions'' include:

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!!Tropes associated with ''Confessions'' include:!!This episode contains examples of:
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At a diner, Todd leaves Walt a voice message telling him about the change in management for distributing meth in the southwest, following Declan's demise. He brags to his uncle Jack and a fellow skinhead about the train heist, while conveniently leaving out what happened to Drew Sharp, before they make their way to New Mexico.

Hank enters the interrogation room where Jesse is detained, informing him that he knows of Heisenberg's true identity as Walter White, his brother-in-law. Jesse remains belligerent towards Hank as Saul enters to control the damage, scolding Jesse for his act of "philanthropy" when he tossed his five million dollars about.

Back at the White residence, Junior tells Walt that Aunt Marie had called him over to help with her computer. Realizing this was another ploy to separate him from his children, Walt tells Junior that his cancer returned, playing on his love and concern for his father to convince him to stay. Afterwards, Walt and Skyler work together to record his confession.

Walt and Skyler meet with the Schraders at a Mexican restaurant, where tempers flare between them over Walt's drug business. Walt leaves a DVD containing his confession with Hank. When Hank and Marie play it at home, however, to their horror, the "confession" is a ploy: while Walt confesses to cooking meth, he claims that Hank was the real "Heisenberg", having forced Walt into cooking meth for him, working with Gus Fring and threatening his family, then conspiring with Hector Salamanca to kill Gus with a bomb. The one true statement in the confession was Gus's putting a hit out on Hank, and Walt using his drug money to pay for his medical expenses.

Hank and Marie are left gobsmacked at Walt's sheer audacity. Hank thinks the confession to be an empty threat, but Marie reveals that she had, indeed, taken money from Skyler, which she had gotten from Walt's drug business, to pay for his hospital bills and rehabilitation. If the DVD was ever sent to the DEA, that money would give Walt's confession credence, and completely destroy Hank's own credibility.

Out in the desert, Walt meets with Jesse and Saul. Walt is informed that the DEA has not been informed of his activities. Walt suggests Jesse contact Saul's "vacuum salesman" and make a clean break, begin life anew somewhere. Jesse, however, is skeptical to Walt's intentions, and demands he tell him the truth; that if he didn't continue to make meth with him, he would suffer the same fate that befell Mike. Walt says nothing. Instead, he approaches Jesse and hugs him tightly.

Afterwards, Walt calls a weary Skyler at the car wash and tells her "It worked". Jesse is no longer an issue...

...or so he thinks. Saul has Huell drop Jesse off on a roadside to meet with the "cleaner" to take him away. As the cleaner's car arrives to take Jesse away, Jesse realizes that Huell took his pot. It then dawns on Jesse that Huell had taken his ricin cigarette as well, likely by Walt instructing Saul to do so...and based off of that, it was Walt that poisoned Brock!

Jesse storms into Saul's office, punching him in the face and threatening him with his own gun. Saul admits he had Huell take his ricin, but believed it was for Jesse's own good, and that he never realized Walt planned to poison a child. Jesse storms off with Saul's car and gun. As Saul warns Walt, Jesse breaks into Walt's house and starts to dump gasoline around the floor, intending to burn it to the ground...
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[[caption-width-right:339:"My name is Walter Hartwell White, and this is my confession."]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During his "confession" tape, Walt makes a special mention to the fact that it was '''''Hank''''' who showed him how much money people make in the business of drug manufacturing in the first place.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During his "confession" tape, Walt makes a special mention to the fact that it was '''''Hank''''' '''Hank''' who showed him how much money people make in the business of drug manufacturing in the first place.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During his "confession" tape, Walt makes a special mention to the fact that it was ''Hank'' who showed him how much money people make in the business of drug manufacturing in the first place.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During his "confession" tape, Walt makes a special mention to the fact that it was ''Hank'' '''''Hank''''' who showed him how much money people make in the business of drug manufacturing in the first place.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: During his "confession" tape, Walt makes a special mention to the fact that it was ''Hank'' who showed him how much money people make in the business of drug manufacturing in the first place.
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* IronicEcho: Marie point blanks tells Walt that he should kill himself. In the "confession" tape, Walt "admits" to having been suicidal in the past.

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* IronicEcho: Marie point blanks blank tells Walt that he should kill himself. In the "confession" tape, Walt "admits" to having been suicidal in the past.
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* Subverted: when Hank realizes that Marie used Walt's meth money to pay for his medical bills, while he points out that this was "the last nail in the coffin" for him, he doesn't get ''angry'' with Marie.

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* ** Subverted: when Hank realizes that Marie used Walt's meth money to pay for his medical bills, while he points out that this was "the last nail in the coffin" for him, he doesn't get ''angry'' with Marie.
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* Subverted: when Hank realizes that Marie used Walt's meth money to pay for his medical bills, while he points out that this was "the last nail in the coffin" for him, he doesn't get ''angry'' with Marie.


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* SpotTheThread: Marie tries to write off Walt's "confession tape" as being entirely filled with lies... but then Hank takes notice of his mentioning of using $177,000 to pay for Hank's medical bills...
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-->'''Walt''': (on tape) If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead... Murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.

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-->'''Walt''': (on tape) If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead... Murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.
Schrader. Hank has been building a meth empire for over a year now, and using me as his chemist.
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* IronicEcho: Marie point blanks tells Walt that he should kill himself. In the "confession" tape, Walt "admits" to having been suicidal in the past.


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* WhamLine: The moment Hank and Marie realize what Walt's "confession tape" ''really'' is?
-->'''Walt''': (on tape) If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead... Murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader.
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* CallBack: As Jesse is dousing Walt's house with gasoline in the last scene, the scene ends with him stopping in one particular spot to jump gasoline on it. This is pretty much the exact same spot where he had Walt on the ground at gun point in "[[Recap/BreakingBadS4E12EndTimes End Times]]".

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* BastardlySpeech: Walt's "confession".

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* BastardlySpeech: Walt's "confession"."confession", in which he essentially accuses Hank of being Heisenberg and manipulating and threatening Walt into cooking for him.


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*RefugeInAudacity: Walt's "confession".

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!!Tropes associated with Confessions Include:
* AscendedMeme: For the first time HAnks says "Jesus Christ, Marie." verbatim.

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!!Tropes associated with Confessions Include:
''Confessions'' include:
* AscendedMeme: For the first time HAnks Hank says "Jesus Christ, Marie." verbatim.



* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that Walt poisoned Brock he flies off the handle.

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* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that realizes he was right about Huell taking the ricin-laced cigarrette and Walt poisoned did poison Brock he flies off the handle.



* MoodWhiplash: The tense meeting between Walt, Skyler, Hank, and Marie being periodically interrupted by an obnoxiously cheerful waiter.

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* MoodWhiplash: The tense meeting between Walt, Skyler, Hank, and Marie being periodically interrupted by an obnoxiously cheerful waiter.waiter.
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* AscendedMeme: For the first time HAnks says "Jesus Christ, Marie." verbatim.

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* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that [[spoiler: Walt poisoned Brock]] he flies off the handle.
* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 when she supported Walt's refusal of treatment.
* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] he goes into an unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.

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* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that [[spoiler: Walt poisoned Brock]] Brock he flies off the handle.
* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 when she supported Walt's refusal of treatment.
* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] poisoning, he goes into an unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] house, the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.
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* BastardlySpeech: Walt's "confession".
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* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] he goes into an unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.

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* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] he goes into an unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.stop.
* MoodWhiplash: The tense meeting between Walt, Skyler, Hank, and Marie being periodically interrupted by an obnoxiously cheerful waiter.
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* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] he goes into an Unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if he his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.

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* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] he goes into an Unstoppable unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if he his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.
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* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 she supported Walt's refusing treatment.

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* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 when she supported Walt's refusing refusal of treatment.
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* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 she supported Walt's refusing treatment.

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* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 she supported Walt's refusing treatment.treatment.
* HeroicRROD: After Jesse finds out about [[spoiler: Walt's role in Brock's poisoning,]] he goes into an Unstoppable rage. By the time he goes to [[spoiler: pour gasoline in Walt's house,]] the sounds he makes are between primal grunting and tired wailing as if he his rage is literally wearing him down, but he just won't stop.
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* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that [[spoiler: Walt poisoned Brock]] he flies off the handle.

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* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that [[spoiler: Walt poisoned Brock]] he flies off the handle.handle.
* CallBack: Marie suggests that Walt kill himself, much like in Season 1 she supported Walt's refusing treatment.
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!!Tropes associated with Confessions Include:
* BerserkButton: When Jesse finds out that [[spoiler: Walt poisoned Brock]] he flies off the handle.

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