The science of Breaking Bad: Gliding Over All

Breaking Bad | Season 5 | Episode 8 | “Gliding Over All”

Walt and Skylar come to the end of their journey (for now).

Just as Walt finally gets his stable meth empire established, he realises that it isn’t really all it’s cracked up to be. He gets out and goes back to his family, presumably sweeping the legacy of the trail of bodies and addicts aside in the highly selective amnesia he’s become so good at. Then, into this suburban idyll crashes something he overlooked when he first started playing the game at the highest level and Hank knows.

This episode is reviewed at Emilia Jordan and the A.V. Club, and you can read more about it at AMC and IMDb.

Random thoughts

Not much science in this one. Another great cooking/meth empire montage though – but if the meth’s hidden in barrels of oil (or some oily chemical) then it’d probably be transported by sea rather than air.

Elements in the credits

Breaking	Bromine
Bad	Barium
Created	Chromium
Bryan Cranston	Bromine
AnNa Gunn	Sodium
AAron Paul	Argon
DeaN Norris	Nitrogen
Betsy Brandt	Beryllium
RJ MitTe	Tellurium
BOb Odenkirk	Oxygen
JonAthan Banks	Astatine
Laura Fraser	Francium
JEsse Plemons	Einsteinium
Steven MicHael Quezada	Hydrogen
Michael Bowen	Boron
Kevin Rankin	Radium
Mike BaTayeh	Tantalum
Kelley Dixon	Potassium
Mark FreeboRn	Radon
MiChael Slovis	Carbon
Dave Porter	Polonium
Sharon Bialy	Sulfur
Sherry Thomas	Thorium
BrYan Cranston	Yttrium
Diane MerCer	Cerium
Moira Walley-Beckett	Molybdenum
Thomas SchnAuz	Gold
George Mastras	Germanium
PeTer Gould	Tellurium
Sam Catlin	Calcium
Melissa Bernstein	Beryllium
MicHelle MacLaren	Helium
Mark JOhnson	Oxygen
StewArt A. Lyons	Argon
Moira Walley-Beckett	Tungsten
Michelle MacLaRen	Rhenium
Vince Gilligan	Vanadium