# Breaking Bad 5.11 "Confessions" 8/25/13

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**Created:** [August 23, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959 "2013-08-23T13:02:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-bad-5-11-confessions-8-25-13/666959/295 "2013-08-27T20:02:55Z")

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> [@hajario](#):
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> Todd won’t be making good stuff. His shit was barely better than Declan’s and he got fired for starting a fire.

Unless Walt agrees to come back to get them back on track.

> [@Andiethewestie](#):
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> Not only was it creepy, but for me Uncle Jack was in stark contrast to the precise Gus Fring, who completely covered himself before killing, no hair out of place, always straightening his tie. Uncle Jack’s killings are not only cavalier, they’re messy. I think there’s going to be a blood bath soon.

> [@Marley23](#):
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> Unless I misunderstood, these guys already killed Mike’s guys in prison and then we saw them wipe out Declan and his crew last week. Mike and Gus regarded killing as a last resort, but these guys don’t care. So if they decide they need Walt they certainly won’t hesitate to get violent.

They may not need to use threats on Walt to get him to help. If Walt is in need of someone to go after Jesse, or just muscle in general (for Hank?/cartel?), he could trade his consulting services for their “extermination” services.

> [@obfusciatrist](#):
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> Why do we assume that Todd made less than stellar meth because he’s an idiot? Has he done anything to suggest he is?
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> Maybe he made crappy meth because his bosses weren’t interested in providing an environment in which it was possible to make really good meth. Since the Todd and the Nazis knew where the lab was, I take it that Todd was also cooking in that horribly dirty buried bus.

I don’t think Todd and the neo-Nazis knew where the lab was. Declan’s people had Lydia blindfolded on the way there, and they knew that she and Todd worked together, so if Todd knew where their operation was, they would expect Lydia to already know. It looked like Lydia had some sort of tracking device that allowed them to follow her there from a safe distance. Todd was probably cooking elsewhere, which they may have had to abandon due to the fire.

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