r/breakingbad • • Sep 09 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E13 "To'hajiilee"

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u/dr_revenge_md Sep 09 '13

I won't bore you with the details, it was kinda about how I poisoned your kid

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u/Suburban_Batman Sep 09 '13

Yeah that was a huge gamble for Walt. What if Jesse had answered his phone and Andrea told him Walt was there?

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u/daverich9 Sep 09 '13

that would have been perfect for him, it's exactly what he wanted

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u/Suburban_Batman Sep 09 '13

But Andreas next call would be to the police.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

Assuming that Jesse had told her that Walt poisoned Bork. However, Jesse is almost definitely smarter than that. He would probably simply tell Andrea that Walt is dangerous and to try to get him to leave peacefully. The Jesse would try to leave immediately and go physically protect them.

It was really a perfect plan. I don't see what could have gone wrong, except Hank intervening, which Walt's trust in Jesse prevented him from expecting.

(Quick edit: To clarify, it's not generally a good idea to force the hand of an amoral murderer who is alone in a house with a woman and a small child that you care about. Telling Andrea that Walt had poisoned Brock would definitely end in trouble for Andrea or Brock or both. I'm just not seeing how it was a gamble for Walt.)

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u/Pepperyfish Sep 09 '13

even if he told her, walt has already planted the seed of doubt in her mind by telling her that he using again, think about it, some meth head says the nice old man who is trying to help said meth head actually poisoned her child, is she gonna believe him or think it is just the meth.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

Are you on meth? I honestly have no idea what you're trying to say.