S01E03 · SCENE 1/15 · 00:44

...and the Bag's in the River · college classroom

Flashback to chemistry class

Walt recalls a graduate class where he and a partner calculate body composition.

00:44→03:22

in the episode · 2m 38s · S01E03

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What happens

00:44–03:22

Walt and a female lab partner analyze the human body's chemical makeup, finding only 99.888% accounted for. Walt muses there must be more to a human being than that.

Wherecollege classroom

DriverWalt

Positioncold_open · setup

ThreadWalt's moral crisis

Key lines

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02:15
So the whole thing adds up to 99.888042 percent.

02:35
Supposedly, that's everything. Yeah?

02:44
It seems like something's missing, doesn't it?

02:49
There's got to be more to a human being than that.

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Beats

00:45Walt and partner calculate body composition.

02:41Walt questions what's missing from the total.

Scene in the episode

00:44–03:22

A · Walt's moral crisis

1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17

B · Family and deception

C · Jesse's reckless escape

D · DEA investigation

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