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Gray Matter

  • Episode aired Feb 24, 2008
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 48m
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Walt rejects everyone who tries to help him with the cancer. Jesse tries his best to create Walt's meth, with the help of an old friend.Walt rejects everyone who tries to help him with the cancer. Jesse tries his best to create Walt's meth, with the help of an old friend.Walt rejects everyone who tries to help him with the cancer. Jesse tries his best to create Walt's meth, with the help of an old friend.
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    • Vince Gilligan
    • Patty Lin
  • Stars
    • Bryan Cranston
    • Anna Gunn
    • Aaron Paul
    • Tricia Brock
    • Vince Gilligan
    • Patty Lin
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    • Anna Gunn
    • Aaron Paul
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    Bryan Cranston
    Bryan Cranston
    • Walter White
    Anna Gunn
    Anna Gunn
    • Skyler White
    Aaron Paul
    Aaron Paul
    • Jesse Pinkman
    Dean Norris
    Dean Norris
    • Hank Schrader
    Betsy Brandt
    Betsy Brandt
    • Marie Schrader
    RJ Mitte
    RJ Mitte
    • Walter White, Jr.
    Adam Godley
    Adam Godley
    • Elliott Schwartz
    Jessica Hecht
    Jessica Hecht
    • Gretchen Schwartz
    Matt Jones
    Matt Jones
    • Badger
    William Sterchi
    William Sterchi
    • Manager
    Marc Mouchet
    • Farley
    Kiira Arai
    • Server
    • (as Kiira Arai Sniegowski)
    Bill Allen
    Bill Allen
    • Scientist
    • (as William Allen)
    Loren Haynes
    Loren Haynes
    • Music Producer
    Kyle Swimmer
    • Louis
    Robert Arrington
    • Soren
    Frederic Doss
    • Off Duty Cop
    Juanita Trad
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      • Vince Gilligan
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    • Trivia
      In this episode, Jesse turns down a job as a mascot for a local bank. When Aaron Paul was about 14, he took a job as a furry frog mascot for the radio station where his mom worked at the time.
    • Goofs
      If you look closely when Hank initially opens the fruit tray and grabs food during the beginning of Walter's intervention, you can see Junior smiling and trying to cover it with his hands.
    • Quotes

      Walter H. White: [during a family meeting about Walt's cancer treatment, during a tense fight amongst the family] Alright, I've got the talking pillow now... Okay?

      [sits down with tears in his eyes]

      Walter H. White: Look, we all in this room, we love each other. We want what's best for each other and I know that, I am very thankful for that. What I want... what I want, what I need... is a choice

      Skyler White: What does that mean?

      Walter H. White: [with tears in his eyes, very emotional] ... sometimes I feel like I never actually make, any of my own... choices. I mean, my entire life it just seems I never... had a real say about any of it. This last one, cancer, all I have left is how I choose to approach this.

      Skyler White: [calmly] Well make the right choice, you are not the only one it affects. What about your son? Don't you want to see your daughter grow up? I just...

      Walter H. White: [with tears in his eyes, very emotional] Of course I do, Skyler. You've read the statistics sheet, these doctors talking about surviving, one year, two years, like it's the only thing that matters. But what good is it to survive if I'm too sick to work, to enjoy a meal, to make love. For what time I have left, I want to live in my own house, I want to sleep in my own bed. I don't want to choke down 40 or 50 pills every single day, and lose my hair, lie around, too tired to get up, and so nauseated that I can't even move my head. You cleaning up after me. Me... me some um... some dead man, some artifically alive, just marking time... No. And that's how you would remember me. That's the worst part. So... that is my thought process, Skyler... I'm sorry, it's just I choose not to do it.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Howard Stern/Aaron Paul (2019)
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    8/10
    Just Eat A Bullet Walt- You Are A Child
    Jesse tries and fails to find honest employment. He meets an old acquaintance who happens to have a line on a crucial ingredient for meth and so starts to fall back into his old ways.

    Walt doesn't even try. At a birthday party for an old, very successful friend he is offered both a position and healthcare. He turns down the offer. And is angry with Skyler for talking about his health.
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    • Release date
      • February 24, 2008 (United States)
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      • Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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      • High Bridge Productions
      • Gran Via Productions
      • Sony Pictures Television
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    • 48 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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