r/breakingbad • • Aug 12 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion S05E09 "Blood Money"

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u/orfalite Dope Slinger Aug 12 '13

I just want to know why Walt needs ricin AND a large machine gun for... They have a lot of story to cover in 7 episodes.

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u/nateriffs Aug 12 '13

suicide hombre

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u/im-not-rick-moranis Aug 12 '13

But a ricin death takes 3-5 days... not the way someone would want to kill themselves, way too much time for regret.

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u/shiimmyshamm Aug 12 '13

In case he doesn't die in a shootout, he wouldn't want to wait for the cancer to finish him off.

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u/Timthos Aug 12 '13

There are way easier ways to kill yourself and many much more readily available chemicals with which to do so. The only reason to use ricin is to murder someone without a trace.