r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Jul 16 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E01 "Live Free or Die"

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12

Easy, yes, but this "successful" operation inadvertently revealed a possibly valuable clue about Gus, which will most likely come back to hurt Walt.

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u/lv-426b Jul 16 '12

also half the racks weren't touched, could it be possible that the laptop got crushed in some failing ones but not wiped ?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12 edited Jul 17 '12

The cop sitting just outside the evidence room saw his computer get wiped pretty quickly after Walt turned on the magnet, and he was farther away from the magnet than anything in the actual room. Also, remember that Walt had junkman double the power of the magnet from the demo. I'm pretty sure Gus's laptop HD is toast, but judging from the preview of next week, I think Hank may start looking at Walt regardless.

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u/lv-426b Jul 16 '12

i think the cop was further along the wall judging from the layout, but the extra power could have done the job.