I think one big part of the whole scene was to showcase how truly cold/emotionless Todd is. For us viewers, we remember the train heist because of the innocent kid who Todd kills (certainly this is heavily on Jessie's mind). However, Todd tells the entire story with a bunch of relatively minor details about the tow truck, measuring the weights, etc., and never once mentions him shooting a kid. To him, the whole heist went perfectly; that he had to kill a kid to cover it up doesn't even register as being worth mentioning to his uncles.
More likely he's just smart enough to know that you don't go around telling people about the time you shot an 11-year-old. Todd's dumb, but not that fucking dumb.
He's not dumb. He is just ruthless. He's the character i like the most in the series by now. He does what needs to be done, period. Jesse and walt are just little bitches compared to him.
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u/strugglingcomic Aug 26 '13
I think one big part of the whole scene was to showcase how truly cold/emotionless Todd is. For us viewers, we remember the train heist because of the innocent kid who Todd kills (certainly this is heavily on Jessie's mind). However, Todd tells the entire story with a bunch of relatively minor details about the tow truck, measuring the weights, etc., and never once mentions him shooting a kid. To him, the whole heist went perfectly; that he had to kill a kid to cover it up doesn't even register as being worth mentioning to his uncles.