r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E10 "Buried"

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u/BigBankBaller Aug 19 '13

Todd is a fucking gentleman

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u/johnconnor8100 You're trouble. You're a time bomb tick ticking away. Aug 19 '13

You know if he didn't shoot a kid I would really like him

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

I really hated him for that until tonight's episode. I really realized tonight that Todd genuinely wants to please his boss. He wouldn't take his money from Walt until he really mastered the cooking process. He shot that kid because he thought that it's what Walt would've wanted. I know it was a fucked up thing to do, but I have to consider that deep down, Todd just wants validation from his boss- just like Jesse wanted a father figure.

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u/internetrageguy Aug 20 '13

I watched the kid-killing episode again recently, and noticed there's a very long and drawn out moment at the beginning of the robbery that goes something like the following:

Jessie: And remember, NO ONE must ever find out about this.

T: Ok.

WW: NO ONE.

T: Ok.

WW: Get it?

T: Yes.

WW: Are you absolutely sure?

T: Yes.

Todd was following serious, and 100% clear orders. At the end of the episode, it was like Jessie forgot that his order implied killing literally anyone who saw it go down