# Breaking Bad: 2-May-2010 "One Minute" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111 "2010-05-03T03:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/61 "2010-05-04T05:00:10Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The surprising thing to me about Don Salamanca (aka Tio the dinging crimeboss [aka the Mexican Community Theater version of Christopher Pike] ) is that he would take Tuco’s death so hard. Yes, I get that he was a nephew and whatever th equivalent of a made-man is in the Mexican cartel, but even his uncle had to realize he was a loose cannon and had totally gone Pesci, making him unreliable and a liability to his own employers. “Family is everything.” ---
**Author:** ![sleepy67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@sleepy67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleepy67)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/62 "2010-05-04T05:45:46Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I wonder if Jesse will be a suspect in the attempted murder. I’m pretty sure the DEA will quickly be identify the shooters as Tucos cousins, known hit men for the cartel and with enough motive of their own to go after Hank. Especially as the incident takes place only a few days after Hank hospitalises Jessie. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/63 "2010-05-04T05:57:52Z")
How come Walt kept showing up at Jesse’s hospital bed? Obviously it was only for dramatic impact, because if even one person in law enforcement had seen them together, he’d have been made. I think this is the biggest flaw I’ve seen in the show yet - usually they’re much better about this. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/64 "2010-05-04T05:58:36Z")
I think they need to have another [music video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxYrjWMvmdg). Maybe the next one could have the twins as backup. > [@needscoffee](#): > > How come Walt kept showing up at Jesse’s hospital bed? Obviously it was only for dramatic impact, because if even one person in law enforcement had seen them together, he’d have been made. I think this is the biggest flaw I’ve seen in the show yet - usually they’re much better about this. I don’t think he knows that many in law enforcement- or they him- other than Hank, and as for avoiding Hank being with Jessie is probably the safest place you can possibly be. Occurred there was no Walt Jr. this episode and he really wasn’t missed. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/65 "2010-05-04T06:09:14Z")
I just noticed looking at the cast listing on IMDb that in the episode _No Mas_ from March 21, Bryan Cranston’s wife and daughter each had a small part - Emotional Woman (Robin Dearden) and Sad Faced Girl (Taylor Cranston). Seems to me maybe I heard this somewhere before? Now I have to go watch that episode again. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/66 "2010-05-04T06:14:31Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I don’t think he knows that many in law enforcement- or they him- other than Hank, and as for avoiding Hank being with Jessie is probably the safest place you can possibly be. But surely Walt knew there must have been a chance somebody would be keeping an eye out for who is coming to visit Jesse in the hospital, especially since they don’t know who placed the phony phone call to Hank. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/67 "2010-05-04T11:57:48Z")
That actually could be a good set-up for some plausible deniability later if they are seen together. There’s a good cover story in there somewhere. For example: Walt is just a teacher who was concerned about a former student who landed in the hospital. (Whom he heard about because his brother-in-law put him there, of course.) While he was visiting him, he learned about Jesse’s recent troubles with drugs and his family, and his successful stint in rehab. So Walt continued to keep in touch with him to provide support and to try to help him stay clean, because Walt is such a great guy, you know. ETA: I don’t think that Walt was visiting him in order to put a cover story in place or anything, but if he is caught, there are opportunities there to make some lemonade. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/68 "2010-05-04T13:00:35Z")
Doesn’t Hank already know the story about Walt bought pot from the kid? That plus being a former student is enough to explain Walt visiting him, I think. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/69 "2010-05-04T13:08:30Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > That actually could be a good set-up for some plausible deniability later if they are seen together. There’s a good cover story in there somewhere. For example: > > Walt is just a teacher who was concerned about a former student who landed in the hospital. (Whom he heard about because his brother-in-law put him there, of course.) While he was visiting him, he learned about Jesse’s recent troubles with drugs and his family, and his successful stint in rehab. So Walt continued to keep in touch with him to provide support and to try to help him stay clean, because Walt is such a great guy, you know. I think the brother-in-law being responsible would be a good reason to stay away. Unless Walt visits all his former students who’ve been hospitalized, **needscoffee** is right – Walt was taking a risk. Not a big risk though, since the DEA would have no reason to keep track of Jesse’s visitors. And if Walt visited after normal working hours, he wouldn’t have to worry about running into DEA people. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/70 "2010-05-04T13:26:52Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > No, the Hombre only had the one Black Death bullet. They made a point of showing him putting it in his pocket. The Hombre reloaded a clip at one point and the Black Death bullet fell out onto the ground where Hank found it. Speaking of which, didn’t that bullet travel from one end of the truck to the other by itself? Hombre #2 started out on the driver’s side of Hank’s truck. When he approaches the window, he sees Hank is gone and then walks around the front of the truck. While he is at the front, a bystander yells and Hombre #2 shoots him. When another bystander screams, Hombre #2 tries to shoot her but has to reload. This is when the bullet falls from his pocket. After reloading, Hank pops out at the rear of his truck, Hank shoots and then Hombre #2 shoots. Hank falls back and Hombre #2 walks fifteen or twenty feet over to Hank at the rear of the truck before deciding to go get his axe. Hank finds the bullet where is is lying, far from where it was dropped. Took me right out of the moment. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/71 "2010-05-04T15:13:57Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Doesn’t Hank already know the story about Walt bought pot from the kid? That plus being a former student is enough to explain Walt visiting him, I think. Is this correct about Hank knowing that Walt bought pot from Jesse? It’s been such a long time that I no longer remember. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/72 "2010-05-04T15:17:26Z")
Yes. IIRC, Hank mentioned it in the phone call he made to Walt asking about whether Jesse had an RV. Something along the lines of, I know you bought pot from him but that’s not important right now… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/73 "2010-05-04T15:37:24Z")
> [@niblet\_head](#): > > Yes. IIRC, Hank mentioned it in the phone call he made to Walt asking about whether Jesse had an RV. Something along the lines of, I know you bought pot from him but that’s not important right now… Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/74 "2010-05-04T16:30:20Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > How come Walt kept showing up at Jesse’s hospital bed? Obviously it was only for dramatic impact, because if even one person in law enforcement had seen them together, he’d have been made. I think this is the biggest flaw I’ve seen in the show yet - usually they’re much better about this. Aside from the possibility of being made by his mere presence, I thought it odd that Walt and Jesse kept having rather loud conversations in a hospital room about making meth. (Including Walt’s right-out-loud parting comment that “Your meth is as good as mine.”) ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/75 "2010-05-04T16:43:19Z")
Maybe Saul’s buying off the nurses. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/76 "2010-05-04T17:24:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > But surely Walt knew there must have been a chance somebody would be keeping an eye out for who is coming to visit Jesse in the hospital, especially since they don’t know who placed the phony phone call to Hank. I feel the same way. Was I the only one thinking “Why the hell are you talking about cooking meth in the hospital bed? They could have that room bugged!” ---
**Author:** ![kath94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/67e7ee/32.png) [@kath94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kath94)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/77 "2010-05-04T17:32:18Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > \ > > Remember him telling Marie that he’d been freezing up in high-pressure situations and, what was the word, unraveling? He completely panicked and froze up. Frankly, he should be suspended from duty for that reason and no other, nevermind the Jesse beatdown. While Marie was trying to make up the story about Jesse coming after Hank with a pipe, I was thinking that Hank could pin this all on the way the DEA handled his emotional well-being following his shooting of Tuco & the exploding head-on-a-tortoise incident at the border. Couldn’t Hank just claim that he didn’t get enough or inadequate counseling, and they had no business putting him back on the job or putting pressure on him to go to El Paso? I mean, a partial truth is definitely better than something completely made up, right? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/78 "2010-05-04T19:50:35Z")
**kath94** , Hank’s all about putting up a front, “being a man”. He’s not gonna admit he has PTSD, even to himself. But he might now, after the hell he went through. **UncleRojelio** , maybe the bullet rolled? It does seem weird that they’d drop a bullet in one place and then move it. But the set people screwed up before, in the episode where Walt was holding an empty file folder. It shouldn’t have been too much trouble to put some papers in that folder. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/79 "2010-05-04T19:52:33Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Speaking of which, didn’t that bullet travel from one end of the truck to the other by itself? > > Hombre #2 started out on the driver’s side of Hank’s truck. When he approaches the window, he sees Hank is gone and then walks around the front of the truck. While he is at the front, a bystander yells and Hombre #2 shoots him. When another bystander screams, Hombre #2 tries to shoot her but has to reload. This is when the bullet falls from his pocket. After reloading, Hank pops out at the rear of his truck, Hank shoots and then Hombre #2 shoots. Hank falls back and Hombre #2 walks fifteen or twenty feet over to Hank at the rear of the truck before deciding to go get his axe. Hank finds the bullet where is is lying, far from where it was dropped. > > Took me right out of the moment. I thought Hank was advancing as he shot and Hombre #2 was falling backwards due to the impact of the bullets hitting his vest. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111/80 "2010-05-04T23:46:02Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Speaking of which, didn’t that bullet travel from one end of the truck to the other by itself? > > Hombre #2 started out on the driver’s side of Hank’s truck. When he approaches the window, he sees Hank is gone and then walks around the front of the truck. While he is at the front, a bystander yells and Hombre #2 shoots him. When another bystander screams, Hombre #2 tries to shoot her but has to reload. This is when the bullet falls from his pocket. After reloading, Hank pops out at the rear of his truck, Hank shoots and then Hombre #2 shoots. Hank falls back and Hombre #2 walks fifteen or twenty feet over to Hank at the rear of the truck before deciding to go get his axe. Hank finds the bullet where is is lying, far from where it was dropped. > > Took me right out of the moment. When Hank pops up it’s behind the rear of a different truck. Hombre #2 was walking from Hank’s truck to another row of parked cars when he dropped the bullet. Then Hombre #2 starts walking away from the bullet and into the second row of parked cars. Once Hombre walks in between two parked cars, Hank pops up behind him and exactly where Hombre drops the bullet. You can watch the scene again [here](http://www.amctv.com/videos/). Go to Breaking Bad and then look under talked about scenes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-2-may-2010-one-minute/538111.md?page=5)