Breaking Bad (TV Series)

Cancer Man (2008)

Anna Gunn: Skyler White

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• Hank Schrader : Anyway, how about your dad here? That there's a good story, Walt. Tell him how you met Skyler.

  Walter White, Jr. : Mom was a waitress in Los Alamos, and dad said that thing to you.

  Walter White : [as he talks, Skyler begins crying to herself]  Well, actually, your mother wasn't a-a waitress; it was a summer job, and, um, she was the hostess, and she also worked the cash register. And I used to go in there a lot because it was close enough to the lab where I could ride my bicycle, you know? And once I noticed her, it got to be so that I would only go in when I knew she was working. When it was slow, she would lean against the counter, doing her crossword puzzles, but-but kind of hiding it. Right? Pretending that she was still working, and once I caught on to that, I would do crossword puzzles while I ate my grilled cheese sandwich. It got so that every day at lunch, we would both be doing the New York Times crossword puzzle ten feet from each other. And, uh... eventually, I caught her looking over at me, so I began saying "Excuse me, um, 14 across, seven-letter word for whatchamacallit. Uh, may I ask what... what you wrote down?". And, uh, well, that got us talking, and, uh... well, I tell you, I was... I was terrible at those puzzles. I don't think that I finished even one of them. But your mother would do them in ink.

  Hank Schrader : Very smooth. I bet you didn't think your old man had it in him, huh? But that's what I'm talking about. That's persistence, you see? Once you set your cap for something, or somebody, you gotta just, you know...

  [noticing Skyler sobbing] 

  Hank Schrader : Whoa. Skyler.

  Walter White, Jr. : Mom, a-are you all right?

  Marie Schrader : Hey, hey. Shh. Honey, it's okay. What's the matter? What is it?

  Skyler White : [standing to leave, she gestures to Walter]  Ask him.