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Transcription of the Spoken Dialogue and Audio, with Time-Code Reference, Provided Without Cost by 8Flix.Com for Your Entertainment, Convenience, and Study CREATED BY Vince Gilligan EPISODE 4.06 “Cornered” Skyler adopts an aloof approach when she suspects that Walt isn't telling her the truth. Meanwhile, Jesse proves his worth to Mike and Gus. WRITTEN BY: Gennifer Hutchison DIRECTED BY: Michael Slovis ORIGINAL BROADCAST: August 21, 2011 NOTE: This is a transcription of the spoken dialogue and audio, with time-code reference, provided without cost by 8FLiX.com for your entertainment, convenience, and study. This version may not be exactly as written in the original script; however, the intellectual property is still reserved by the original source and may be subject to copyright. MAIN EPISODE CAST Bryan Cranston ... Walter White Anna Gunn ... Skyler White Aaron Paul ... Jesse Pinkman Dean Norris ... Hank Schrader (credit only) Betsy Brandt ... Marie Schrader (credit only) RJ Mitte ... Walter White, Jr. Bob Odenkirk ... Saul Goodman (credit only) Giancarlo Esposito ... Gustavo 'Gus' Fring Jonathan Banks ... Mike Ehrmantraut Maurice Compte ... Gaff Damon Herriman ... Scary Skell Blake Berris ... Tucker Ray Campbell ... Tyrus Kitt Marius Stan ... Bogdan Wolynetz Jason E. Hill ... Truck Guard 1 Henry Herman ... Truck Guard 2 Lou Pimber ... Cartel Henchman Celia Anaya ... Laundry Woman 1 Maria L. Pardo ... Laundry Woman 2 Veronica Jaquez ... Laundry Woman 3 1 00:00:49,299 --> 00:00:51,093 No, no, no! 2 00:02:12,299 --> 00:02:13,800 Hey. 3 00:03:43,849 --> 00:03:45,559 It's me. 4 00:03:45,767 --> 00:03:48,895 I wanted to say that I was thinking about you and the kids. 5 00:03:53,567 --> 00:03:55,318 I love you. 6 00:03:58,864 --> 00:04:00,824 It's me. 7 00:04:01,032 --> 00:04:06,204 I just wanted to say that I was thinking about you and the kids, and-- 8 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:29,895 -Morning. -Afternoon. 9 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:33,440 Oh, really? Jesus. 10 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:36,568 You shouldn't have let me sleep. 11 00:04:36,818 --> 00:04:38,737 You needed it. 12 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:54,336 Skyler, I don't entirely remember what happened last night. 13 00:04:54,544 --> 00:04:57,547 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY I mean, I might have said some things that-- 14 00:04:57,756 --> 00:05:00,592 Did you know this Gale Boetticher person? 15 00:05:02,177 --> 00:05:06,223 -Skyler, I can't even focus on-- -Gale Boetticher. 16 00:05:06,932 --> 00:05:08,809 Did you know him? 17 00:05:09,726 --> 00:05:11,311 My God. What--? 18 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,481 What exactly did I say last night? 19 00:05:14,689 --> 00:05:16,650 Just enough. 20 00:05:17,692 --> 00:05:19,903 Did you work together? 21 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:28,036 Who killed him? 22 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:31,581 Was it the people you work for? 23 00:05:32,290 --> 00:05:34,751 Definitely not. 24 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,378 Was it somebody who... 25 00:05:37,963 --> 00:05:42,843 ...at some point, might wanna do the same to you? 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 26 00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:50,225 I seriously doubt it. No. 27 00:05:54,104 --> 00:05:55,730 God. 28 00:05:58,775 --> 00:06:01,027 Oh, God. 29 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,745 I think I know what happened last night, Walt. 30 00:06:10,954 --> 00:06:14,791 I know exactly what happened last night. I drank too much wine. 31 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,377 You told Hank... 32 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:22,132 ...that the man he was looking for might still be out there. 33 00:06:22,340 --> 00:06:26,970 That it might not be this Boetticher after all. 34 00:06:27,178 --> 00:06:32,976 And I was up all night, wondering why you would say that to him. 35 00:06:33,184 --> 00:06:34,686 Because I was drunk, Skyler. 36 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:39,065 No, but then I was remembering your black eye. 37 00:06:39,274 --> 00:06:43,111 Your business disagreement that you don't wanna talk about. 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 38 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,406 Look, I don't want to talk about any of this. Ever. 39 00:06:47,616 --> 00:06:49,993 The firewall, all right? 40 00:06:50,201 --> 00:06:52,120 Church and state. 41 00:06:52,329 --> 00:06:55,123 That's how we need to approach this thing. 42 00:06:58,043 --> 00:07:01,671 And then I remembered the message you left me the other day... 43 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:05,216 ...when you said you loved me. 44 00:07:08,261 --> 00:07:11,222 When I heard that, I thought that maybe you-- 45 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:15,810 I don't know, that you were regretting what's happened between us. 46 00:07:16,019 --> 00:07:17,312 And I get that. 47 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:20,106 After last night, I.... 48 00:07:24,861 --> 00:07:27,530 Walt, I think you're scared. 49 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:31,409 I think that message was some kind of goodbye. 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 50 00:07:31,618 --> 00:07:33,328 No, Skyler. 51 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:36,706 -I think last night was a cry for help. -Oh, Jesus. 52 00:07:36,915 --> 00:07:38,291 A cry for help? 53 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:41,336 I think some part of you wants Hank to catch you. 54 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,007 That is just.... 55 00:07:46,216 --> 00:07:51,304 That is it exactly. Yes. 56 00:07:51,513 --> 00:07:53,640 You're like Dr. Joyce Brothers here. 57 00:07:53,848 --> 00:07:54,891 God. 58 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:56,851 At least this would all be over. 59 00:07:57,060 --> 00:08:01,481 Yeah, yeah, oh, there's a tremendous weight just lifted off of me. 60 00:08:01,690 --> 00:08:03,817 Now I understand myself. 61 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:05,610 Thank you. Thank you. 62 00:08:05,819 --> 00:08:08,488 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY Walt, I've said it before. 63 00:08:08,697 --> 00:08:11,992 If you are in danger, we go to the police. 64 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:17,580 -I don't wanna hear about the police. -I do not say that lightly. 65 00:08:17,789 --> 00:08:19,874 I know what it could do to this family. 66 00:08:20,083 --> 00:08:25,380 But if it's the only real choice we have, if it's either that or you getting shot-- 67 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:27,549 I don't wanna hear about the police. 68 00:08:27,757 --> 00:08:31,970 You're not some hardened criminal, Walt. You are in over your head. 69 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:34,431 That's what we tell them, the truth. 70 00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:37,225 -That is not the truth. -Of course it is. 71 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:40,729 A schoolteacher, cancer, desperate for money.... 72 00:08:40,937 --> 00:08:44,107 -We're done here. -Roped into working-- Unable to quit. 73 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:46,401 You told me that yourself, Walt. 8FLiX.com TRANSCRIPTS DATABASE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY 74 00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:50,447 Jesus, what was I thinking? Walt, please. 75 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:54,409 Let's both of us stop trying to justify this whole thing... 76 00:08:54,617 --> 00:08:56,327 ...and admit you're in danger. 77 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:01,416 Who are you talking to right now? 78 00:09:03,501 --> 00:09:06,337 Who is it you think you see? 79 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,759 Do you know how much I make a year? 80 00:09:10,967 --> 00:09:13,762 I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. 81 00:09:13,970 --> 00:09:17,474 You know what would happen if I decided to stop going in to work? 82 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:21,978 A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up. 83 00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:25,857 Disappears. It ceases to exist without me. No. 84 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:30,111 You clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in.
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