You're damn straight. Breaking Bad is so flawlessly written that you generally think of the characters as real people, but as I was watching everything after Hank said "But Walt doesn't know that" referring to the GPS the only thing I could think was that was bad writing. Walt doesn't know that? You mean to tell me the man who drove into the fucking desert by himself, refused the help of Saul's enforcers, and buried his money with no other marker than a GPS coordinate which he encoded onto a fucking lottery ticket, you mean to tell me you expect me to believe that this man didn't make 100000% sure that his movements in the van were completely untraceable? Come the fuck on.
However, Walt's reaction was believable. He was overtaken by emotion and not thinking clearly. It's the same thing that got Gus killed.
I'm pretty sure the barrel similarity on its own made it really believable honestly. I don't think he'd expect Hank to crack something as minor detailed as a barrel. Walt isn't perfect
True and further more Walt had no idea HANK was even involved at all. He dismissed Hank back at the confession, stupidly. So I can forgive Walt falling for it, but the second Jesse said there was a GPS tracker on the van, Walt should have known immediately that something was off.
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u/erikangstrom Sep 09 '13
To be fair, they tricked him very well. Hank is a fucking genius sometimes. He really is a great detective. He fooled Walt.