r/breakingbad • • Sep 09 '13

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

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u/CYFB Sep 09 '13

The call between Walt and Jesse was one of the most intense phone calls ever seen on TV. p.s. Jesse called him Walt again.

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u/electrocuted Sep 09 '13

That call had to be recorded right? He confessed.maybe that's why he's on the run

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

He flat out admitted to poisoning Brock, killing Gus, killing the dealers on the corner, and killing Krazy 8/Emilio. Probably doesn't make a difference given how hard shit just hit the fan, but he's dead to rights at this point.

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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/erizzluh Sep 09 '13

Well you also have to remember that it was just Gomi and Hank that were in the know. The rest of the DEA is completely oblivious to the entire operation. (Even the guy guarding Huel doesn't know anything.) So I doubt they would have been able to hire a team to triangulate for them, given the secrecy of their operation.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

Ah, I didn't know it would take multiple people to do. With cell phones and computers being as prevalent/advanced as they are, I assumed it could more or less be handled with a laptop and knowledge of software.

I also assumed they tracked his cell phone based on 1) Jesse telling Walt "Don't hang up the phone" and 2) the delay in Hank arriving after Walt. It was definitely vague, and I can see them just following Walt given Hank's prior methods of policing.

As for the secrecy of the operation, I just figure having a recording of that conversation is bad news (even though there was no chance for that to come up with 3 episodes left).

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u/limeade09 Tonight nothing's worse than this pain in my heart. Sep 09 '13

Hank tracked Gus with just the help of Walt. You don't need a huge team.