S01E02 · SCENE 15/14 · 41:12
Cat's in the Bag... · Jesse's hallway

Ceiling collapses from acid

Walt returns to Jesse's house. Jesse tells him he dissolved Emilio in the bathtub. Walt realizes the acid is eating through the ceiling. The ceiling collapses, spilling gore. Walt explains acid eats everything but plastic.

41:12→47:02
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Ceiling collapses from acid

What happens

41:12–47:02

Walt returns to Jesse's house. Jesse tells him he dissolved Emilio in the bathtub. Walt realizes the acid is eating through the ceiling. The ceiling collapses, spilling gore. Walt explains acid eats everything but plastic.

WhereJesse's hallway
DriverWalt
Positionact4 · payoff
ThreadDisposing of bodies

Key lines

from this scene
43:05

I always dreamt about, I don't know, melting bodies.

43:33

You got a brother in the goddamn DEA?

44:08

Because somehow it seemed preferable to admitting that I cook crystal meth and killed a man.

45:00

when I have a perfectly good tub I can use?

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Scene DNA

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Beats

45:06Walt realizes acid is eating through
46:43Ceiling collapses

Scene in the episode

41:12–47:02
A · Disposing of bodies
B · Walt's double life
C · Skyler's suspicion

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