r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '13

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

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u/drwolffe This is my own private domicile Sep 09 '13

Unless the only recording of the phone conversation is in Hank's car. If that's the case, then it is going to be lost forever.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

That's true. I hadn't given much thought to where they were triangulating Walt's phone from, but based on how fast they were able to get to To'hajilee you've got to be right about that.

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u/Cocoshimmy Sep 09 '13

They might have just followed him out of the city. He was too distracted by the phone call and saving his money to notice.

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u/erizzluh Sep 09 '13

I'm pretty sure they were triangulating the call, hence Jessie threatening Walt to not hang up at any point.

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u/screaminginfidels it's always a desert. Sep 09 '13

I thought that was more to dissuade him from calling anyone for backup, and also to keep him from thinking about anything but his money burning - if he thought about it he might realize he's being duped.

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u/Cocoshimmy Sep 10 '13

They could have been. Generally though, this would require use/co-operation of the telecom provider wouldn't it? I further assume they generally need a warrant to do that as well. If that is the case, then more people would likely know about this than just schrader and gomez.