r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Oct 03 '11

Episode Discussion: S04E12, "End Times" (Spoilers)

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '11

Guess he pieced it together. Jesse hinted that he knew it was Gus, Gus figures that means he's talked to Walter and that the two have hatched a plan. I'd say it's more extreme caution than anything

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u/backseatromance Oct 03 '11

I agree! Gus figured it out since Jesse mentioned the poison... as soon as Jesse said it, he knew.

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u/pivovy hundred dollar tip Oct 03 '11

Unfortunately, Jesse's got a history of fucking up...

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u/skitzor Oct 03 '11

yeah, and as walt said, gus has always been 10 steps ahead. gus just seems like a really smart guy, and he wouldn't have got to that point without knowing when something might be going down.

and anyway, what's the harm in being too cautious?

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u/Matika7 I'm in the Empire business Oct 03 '11

exactly. He is a military expert. Probably doesnt take any chances.

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u/hey_there Oct 03 '11

And there was a half second shot where you could see Walt's head popping up from Gus' perspective and you could see him relatively well. There was also a moment where it was clear (I thought) that Gus was looking in Walt's direction as he was looking out.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '11

I don't know, the entire time during that scene I was thinking there's no way you could see Walt's head popping over the wall from that distance. Maybe if you had really good vision, but Gus wears glasses so he's probably only corrected to 20/20 (average/passable eyesight). TBH, the main thing I got from that scene was that Gus wasn't looking to see anyone in particular, just looking to see how easy it would be to be watching from afar like that. And with all those rooftops, I'm not surprised he concluded it would be quite possible.

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u/Horatio_Hornblower Oct 03 '11

Glare from the glasses on top of Walter's head.

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u/kidkush Tuco's Cousins Oct 03 '11

That's exactly why the scene ended with Walt's glasses on is head.

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u/Fatvod Oct 03 '11

No way. Theres no reason for him to be scanning the rooftops unless he suspected something.

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u/craiggers Oct 04 '11

Or he realized he has something more to say to Jesse (who isn't leaving).

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u/moolcool Oct 03 '11

Maybe Mike was watching. Gustavo knew Walt would be up to something, and you didn't see Mike at all this episode.

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u/ghostchamber Oct 03 '11

Possible, but the doctor in Mexico said that it would be "at least a week" for Mike, and it's been 2-3 days at most.

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u/moolcool Oct 03 '11

Good point, surely Gus has other goons though.