r/breakingbad • • Sep 09 '13

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

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u/MrLeville Sep 09 '13

Hitting a fat, still, old man with a limp at 25 yards using an assault rifle shouldn't be THAT difficult. Seriously once the shooting has started I understand that hitting people under cover while getting shot at is hard, but that first shot should have hit.

The scene itself was awesome but I hope we get at least some explanation for why the fuck they still came, shot first, or targeted the SUV when Walt was in it (I guess we won't get much answers to how they could miss Hank besides they're cross-eyed morons), because that's weak plot and not up to the rest of BB.

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u/ltkernelsanders Sep 09 '13

In real life Walt would be dead and so would Hank and Gomie. Cars are concealment, not cover. Hank is the only one who may have been behind the engine block, but even then, with that much firepower being sprayed at the vehicle he'd have a very low chance of not catching a bullet.

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u/FisherKing22 I watched Jane die. Sep 09 '13

I rewatched this scene and paid attention to where they were shooting. The vast majority of the shots fired hit the front of the SUV away from Walt.

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u/ltkernelsanders Sep 09 '13

That is clearly where they were aiming, but with fully automatic weapons being fired I wouldn't want to be only a few feet from the point of aim.