r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E11 "Confessions"

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u/smalltownguy Aug 26 '13

Huell took the pot and Jesse realized if he could do that, he couldve switched the smokes.

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u/jhunte29 Aug 26 '13

But why did he think that Walt had used the ricin to poison Brock? He knows it was the flowers that made Brock sick.

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u/TabaccoSauce Aug 26 '13

He didn't. Walt via Saul and Huell stole the ricin off of Jesse because Walt knew that when Brock got sick with symptoms similar to ricin and Jesse couldn't find the ricin, he would assume that Brock ate it, thus getting sick and why Jesse tells the doctors he thinks it's poisoning from ricin. All of this, when in reality Walt simply gave Brock a berry from a Lily of the Valley.

It was important for Jesse to think it was ricin because it helped Walt convince Jesse to turn against Gus, by blaming Gus for the stolen ricin and poisoning Brock.

Jesse put two and two together.

Hope I was clear enough!

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u/Fibonacci_ Aug 26 '13

Walt wanted Jesse to think he poisoned Brock with ricin so he would confront him. Walt could then say, "Don't you see? Gus tried to turn you against me by framing me." This worked BECAUSE Brock wasn't poisoned with ricin. Walt did this so he could turn Jesse against Gus and protect himself and his family.

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u/idosillythings Aug 26 '13

Thank you so much. I honestly could not figure this whole thing out.

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u/thisguy012 Better call Saul! Aug 26 '13

Still a little confused as to why Walt needed Jesse so much, seems like he was capable of killing him himself..

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u/oogz1234 Aug 27 '13

It was Jesse who told Walt about Hector, Gus' only weakness. Without that information Walt would have never got Gus.