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(Warning: This entry contains spoilers.)
About
Walt’s confession , also known as “Hank and Marie watch” is a series of parody videos based on a scene from Confessions, the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the AMC drama series Breaking Bad.
Origin
The episode was aired on August 25, 2013 at 9PM EST and received ratings of 2.5 (4.85m)[1]. The episode received widespread critical acclaim and has been cited to be one of the best of the series.[2] The episode features a scene with Walt giving his in-laws a DVD of his “confession”. Playing it at home, Hank and Marie discover it is really a form of blackmail accusing Hank of being the mastermind of the Heisenberg empire and forcing Walt to cook meth for him.
Spread
On August 26, Tumblr user conanofallon submitted a photo set with the caption “Hank and Marie react to Miley CyrusVMA performance”[3]. That same day, LiveLeak user swollen submitted the video “Heisenbergs a dick!”[4] which features the scene with the music video of Never Gonna Give You Up playing on the television.
On reddit, user TheHumbleVeteran posted “Hank & Marie Watch The Video Music Awards”[5], the post received 32,227 as of August 27, 2013. The next day, user barrywu998 posted another remix with the caption “Walt gives Hank the wrong CD”[6].
Notable examples
External Links
[1]Digital Spy – Ratings roundup: MTV VMAs, ‘Breaking Bad’, Big Brother, more
[2]Metacritic – Episode Review: Breaking Bad, Confessions
[3]Tumblr – Hank and Marie react to Miley Cyrus’ VMA performance
[4]LiveLeak – Heisenbergs a dick!
[5]reddit – Hank & Marie Watch The Video Music Awards
[6]reddit – "Walt gives Hank the wrong CD