Written by Peter Gould and directed by Bryan Cranston, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on August 11, 2013, as the midseason premiere.
In the present, Hank Schrader reels from finding Gale Boetticher's handwritten dedication in Walt's copy of Leaves of Grass.
[b] Realizing that his brother-in-law was Heisenberg all along, Hank states that he is feeling unwell to excuse himself and his wife Marie from the party at Walt's house.
Meanwhile, Jesse Pinkman feels guilty over his role in Walt's meth business, and is particularly distraught over the deaths of Drew Sharp[d] and Mike Ehrmantraut.
[1][2][3] In the opening flashforward scene, Walt is seen by his former neighbor Carol, who drops a bag of oranges (which spill and roll across the ground) in fear.
For example, in one scene of The Godfather, after Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) is shot, he drops a bag of oranges, which subsequently roll across the ground.
[7] In another scene, Walt goes to the bathroom to vomit, turning the sink on to mask the noise and laying a towel down on the floor to kneel on, just as Gus had done in "Salud".
[11] According to the Nielsen ratings system, "Blood Money" was watched in the United States by an estimated 5.92 million viewers, the most in series history at the time.
[4] David Berry of National Post called Walt and Hank's showdown abrupt, menacing and cathartic without relieving any of the tension of the storyline.
[16] After reading other critics' reviews, Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy wrote that "['Blood Money'] exceeded the hype and reached new heights.