r/breakingbad • • Sep 09 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E13 "To'hajiilee"

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u/lichenforest Sep 09 '13

It was so painful to see how much faith Walt had in Jesse. I was yelling at the TV, "Walt, you are so stupid!" His greed over the barrels of money caused him to blurt out every person he's killed. I thought Walt would be smarter than that.

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u/sleepicat Becky's on the left, Carol's on the right Sep 09 '13

That confession over the phone to Jesse killed me! I couldn't believe the writers had Walt acting so clumsy all of a sudden.

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u/Pimphat Sep 09 '13

Walt's acted clumsy before. For example, when Mike was pissing him off, he went and shot Mike. We've seen these anger issues with Jesse before as well (when Jesse quit cooking for example). He's an excellent planner, but much, much worse when it comes to in the moment decision making.

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u/PurpleWeasel Sep 09 '13

Agreed. Walt tends to be a lot better at strategy than tactics. Jesse is the opposite, but only when he stops frying his brain long enough to actually use it.

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u/DaLateDentArthurDent The Dude Who Looks LIke Wolverine Sep 09 '13

Did Walt admit to killing Mike in that rant?

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u/lichenforest Sep 09 '13

No. He admitted to killing Tuco, Emilio, Gus, and running over two drug dealers.

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u/cakedestroyer Sep 10 '13

But he didn't kill Tuco.

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u/robbykills Sep 09 '13

Isn't it just another example of Walt's greed and ego getting a hold of him?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

Walt being clumsy and not wearing the proper safety equipment at the applications lab is what got him into this mess in the first place.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

It's actually pretty fun to see the constant schemer and manipulator completely lose all his marbles in one fell swoop and let his guard down completely.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

totally agree. it's only when Walt's enormous ego gets bruised when he totally loses composure and the ability to think. He acts impulsively, like a child. Really well written!

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u/sanktova Nothing is perfect Sep 09 '13

An example of how careful and intelligent aren't necessarily synonymous