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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 5.07 “Say My Name” Walter tries to strike up a deal with Declan. Told to lay off Mike, Hank switches his focus to the lawyer who's been paying off Mike's men. WRITTEN BY: Thomas Schnauz DIRECTED BY: Thomas Schnauz ORIGINAL BROADCAST: August 26, 2012 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 Betsy Brandt ... Marie Schrader (credit only) RJ Mitte ... Walter White, Jr. (credit only) Bob Odenkirk ... Saul Goodman Jonathan Banks ... Mike Ehrmantraut Jesse Plemons ... Todd Steven Michael Quezada ... Steven Gomez Louis Ferreira ... Declan Todd Terry ... SAC Ramey Kaija Bales ... Kaylee Ehrmantraut Chris Freihofer ... Dan Wachsberger Kathleen Brady ... Dorothy Yobs Morse Bicknell ... Declan's Driver Phillip Hart ... DEA Agent 1 00:00:24,233 --> 00:00:25,776 There. 2 00:00:26,902 --> 00:00:28,737 That's them. 3 00:00:41,208 --> 00:00:44,043 Your play, Walter. You're on your own. 4 00:00:59,184 --> 00:01:01,853 Looks like you're about 1000 gallons light here, Mike. 5 00:01:02,020 --> 00:01:03,564 Where's the juice? 6 00:01:04,231 --> 00:01:06,525 The methylamine isn't coming. 7 00:01:08,860 --> 00:01:10,612 Why is that? 8 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,575 -And who the hell are you? -I'm the man who's keeping it. 9 00:01:16,285 --> 00:01:17,452 What the hell's this? 10 00:01:17,619 --> 00:01:20,163 We had an agreement, right? We got our deal. 11 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:21,665 So where's the tank, Mike? 12 00:01:21,832 --> 00:01:24,585 Mike doesn't know where it is. Only I do. 13 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,587 And you're dealing with me now, not him. 14 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:29,006 Why don't you just cut to what it is you want... 15 00:01:29,172 --> 00:01:31,592 ...or what you think is gonna happen here, all right? 16 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:33,594 Because we're gonna get what we came for. 17 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,805 That 1000 gallons of methylamine is worth more in my hands... 18 00:01:36,972 --> 00:01:39,850 ...than it is in yours or anyone else's, for that matter. 19 00:01:40,017 --> 00:01:43,562 But I need distribution. 20 00:01:43,854 --> 00:01:45,230 Distribution. 21 00:01:45,397 --> 00:01:47,149 That's right. 22 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:50,986 So if you agree to give up your cook... 23 00:01:51,153 --> 00:01:53,655 ...and sell my product instead... 24 00:01:54,156 --> 00:01:55,991 ...I'll give you 35 percent of the take. 25 00:01:56,158 --> 00:01:57,909 Thirty-five percent? 26 00:01:58,076 --> 00:02:00,037 Wow, are you kidding me? Thirty-five-- 27 00:02:00,203 --> 00:02:03,123 Mike, please tell me this is a joke. 28 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:06,585 Know how far we had to stick our necks out to get our hands on this cash? 29 00:02:06,752 --> 00:02:10,380 Why the hell would we want you? You know we have our own operation, right? 30 00:02:10,714 --> 00:02:12,841 I know all about your operation. 31 00:02:13,008 --> 00:02:16,303 See, my partners here tell me that you produce a meth... 32 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:19,765 ...that's 70 percent pure, if you're lucky. 33 00:02:20,098 --> 00:02:24,186 What I produce is 99.1 percent pure. 34 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:25,687 So? 35 00:02:28,523 --> 00:02:32,861 So it's grade school T-ball... 36 00:02:33,028 --> 00:02:35,447 ...versus the New York Yankees. 37 00:02:35,697 --> 00:02:38,867 Yours is just some tepid... 38 00:02:39,034 --> 00:02:42,454 ...off-brand, generic cola. 39 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:46,249 What I'm making is Classic Coke. 40 00:02:46,708 --> 00:02:48,877 All right. Okay. 41 00:02:49,044 --> 00:02:53,715 So if we just waste you right here right now... 42 00:02:53,882 --> 00:02:55,425 ...and leave you in the desert... 43 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:58,387 ...then there is no more Coke on the market, right? 44 00:02:58,553 --> 00:03:01,056 See how that works? There's only us. 45 00:03:02,181 --> 00:03:04,976 Do you really wanna live in a world without Coca-Cola? 46 00:03:16,446 --> 00:03:18,365 My partner tells me that your crew... 47 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:21,576 ...switched to a P2P cook because of our success. 48 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:25,204 You dye your meth with food coloring to make it look like mine. 49 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:29,501 You already ape my product at every turn. 50 00:03:30,127 --> 00:03:31,545 But now... 51 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:34,297 ...you have the opportunity to sell it yourself. 52 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:35,882 I need you to listen to me. 53 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:37,968 We're not gonna give up this deal... 54 00:03:38,135 --> 00:03:41,096 ...to be your errand boys, do you understand? 55 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:43,473 For what? 56 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,767 To watch a bunch of junkies get a better high? 57 00:03:45,934 --> 00:03:49,479 A better high means customers pay more. 58 00:03:50,647 --> 00:03:54,568 A higher purity means a greater yield. 59 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:58,113 That's 130 million dollars of profit... 60 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:02,284 ...that isn't being pissed away by some substandard cook. 61 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:04,578 Now you listen to me. 62 00:04:05,287 --> 00:04:08,832 You've got the greatest meth cook in A-- No, the two... 63 00:04:08,999 --> 00:04:13,879 ...greatest meth cooks in America right here, and with our skills... 64 00:04:14,045 --> 00:04:17,007 ...you'll earn more from that 35 percent... 65 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:18,800 ...than you ever would on your own. 66 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:21,136 Yeah. So you say. 67 00:04:21,303 --> 00:04:23,305 Just wondering why we're so lucky. 68 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:25,557 Why cut us in? 69 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:28,143 Mike is retiring from our crew... 70 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:30,896 ...so his share of the partnership is available... 71 00:04:31,062 --> 00:04:36,193 ...if you can handle his end, distribution... 72 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:40,655 ...and if you give him 5 million dollars of the 15 million that you brought today. 73 00:04:41,031 --> 00:04:44,826 Just think of it as a finder's fee for bringing us together. 74 00:04:44,993 --> 00:04:50,248 We have 40 pounds of product ready to ship, ready to go. 75 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:53,126 Are you ready? 76 00:05:13,104 --> 00:05:14,981 Who the hell are you? 77 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:17,275 You know. 78 00:05:17,818 --> 00:05:20,987 You all know exactly who I am. 79 00:05:23,782 --> 00:05:25,158 Say my name. 80 00:05:26,076 --> 00:05:29,412 Do what? I don't have a damn clue who the hell you are. 81 00:05:29,579 --> 00:05:32,874 Yeah, you do. I'm the cook. 82 00:05:34,876 --> 00:05:37,546 I'm the man who killed Gus Fring. 83 00:05:37,712 --> 00:05:40,549 Bullshit. Cartel got Fring. 84 00:05:40,924 --> 00:05:42,509 Are you sure? 85 00:05:52,644 --> 00:05:54,104 That's right. 86 00:05:54,271 --> 00:05:58,233 Now, say my name. 87 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:05,323 You're Heisenberg. 88 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,494 You're goddamn right.
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