S02E09 · SCENE 15/18 · 33:34

4 Days Out · Desert cook site

Building a mercury battery

Jesse suggests building something, and Walt decides to make a mercury battery.

33:34→37:08

in the episode · 3m 34s · S02E09

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What happens

33:34–37:08

Jesse rattles off ideas like a robot or dune buggy until Walt decides to make a mercury battery using chemicals, coins, and galvanized metal.

WhereDesert cook site

DriverWalt

Positionact4 · setup

ThreadDesert cook and stranding

Key lines

from this scene

34:18
I'm walking. You can come or not.

34:23
Where's my other shoe?

34:34
Your body is running dangerously low on electrolytes.

36:41
Okay. Brake pads, okay. Brake pads.

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Scene DNA

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Beats

36:11Walt asks for coins to build battery

Scene in the episode

33:34–37:08

A · Walt's health crisis

1 3 18

B · Desert cook and stranding

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

C · Money laundering plans

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