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Breaking Bad Plothole
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:36 pm
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:36 pm
So I love Breaking Bad. It was one of the best shows on television and one of my favorites. With that said, something has always nagged me.
In the scene at the beginning of Season 4, Gale says that he can cook meth with a purity of 96%. But Walter's formula can get a purity of 99%. So even though there's only a 3% difference, Gus takes the risk of hiring Walter White when he knows that the guy comes with a ton of baggage.
Also, for whatever reason Gale cannot make the meth blue. But then Jesse cooks for the Mexicans with a 96% purity and everyone was okay with it. Then in season 5, he cooks for the Nazi's with a purity between 91-96% and it's perfectly acceptable.
It was implied in Season 1 that the blue color of the meth was merely a by-product of a P2P cook. They didn't do it on purpose. So, Gale can get up 96% purity but it doesn't turn blue. So Gus was willing to risk everything just for an extra 3% purity and the blue color for the meth??
It just bothers me, I wish that scene with Gale at the beginning of Season 4 was written differently. It's kind of like Breaking Bad's Godfather 2 "Michael Corleone says hello." scene. It would make more sense to me that Gale's cooks should've only produced a 70% purity or something. Thoughts?
In the scene at the beginning of Season 4, Gale says that he can cook meth with a purity of 96%. But Walter's formula can get a purity of 99%. So even though there's only a 3% difference, Gus takes the risk of hiring Walter White when he knows that the guy comes with a ton of baggage.
Also, for whatever reason Gale cannot make the meth blue. But then Jesse cooks for the Mexicans with a 96% purity and everyone was okay with it. Then in season 5, he cooks for the Nazi's with a purity between 91-96% and it's perfectly acceptable.
It was implied in Season 1 that the blue color of the meth was merely a by-product of a P2P cook. They didn't do it on purpose. So, Gale can get up 96% purity but it doesn't turn blue. So Gus was willing to risk everything just for an extra 3% purity and the blue color for the meth??
It just bothers me, I wish that scene with Gale at the beginning of Season 4 was written differently. It's kind of like Breaking Bad's Godfather 2 "Michael Corleone says hello." scene. It would make more sense to me that Gale's cooks should've only produced a 70% purity or something. Thoughts?
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Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:39 pm to KorrBG20
The 3% was actually a big deal. I remember them explaining this a lot.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:44 pm to KorrBG20
Yup, we all know BB is overrated and doesn't touch The Wire
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:46 pm to KorrBG20
The 3% was the difference between Walt and the chemists other drug lords could hire. Gus wanted to own the best product on the market to keep his edge.
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:51 pm to KorrBG20
That's not a plothole.
The blue color does not come from purity, but from the way it was cooked and synthesized by Walter. Temperatures and steps. etc.
In real life pure meth wouldn't be blue but clear or with a hint of yellow. So it confused Gale because he hadn't used that process. there is more than one way to achieve pure meth, Walter had his own way. His own recipe. He was clearly superior to Gale.
He would have owned that cartel chemist.
And frick the wire.
The blue color does not come from purity, but from the way it was cooked and synthesized by Walter. Temperatures and steps. etc.
In real life pure meth wouldn't be blue but clear or with a hint of yellow. So it confused Gale because he hadn't used that process. there is more than one way to achieve pure meth, Walter had his own way. His own recipe. He was clearly superior to Gale.
He would have owned that cartel chemist.
And frick the wire.
This post was edited on 4/4/15 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 4/4/15 at 8:52 pm to KorrBG20
As Gale said about Walter, "he's such a master" as his boner was slapping him on the chin.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 8:25 am to KorrBG20
The show would have been much better if it only lasted three seasons with Gus killing walt at the end.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 10:41 am to KorrBG20
The only real issue I had with Breaking Bad was the manner in which Hank figured out Walt's involvement in the meth business. Given his attention to detail and his natural paranoia, there was no way in hell Walt would have left that book, with its inscription, in a bathroom he knew Hank would use.
Posted on 4/5/15 at 12:19 pm to KorrBG20
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Thoughts?
1) You don't know what a plothole is
2) You're dumb
3) This thread is stupid
Posted on 4/5/15 at 12:26 pm to KorrBG20
I'm not gonna dig into the other stuff, because others already have... But
bc the purity was pure shite, I think Lydia mentions it only being at 60% and that she needs to break off the deal with Todd and his uncle because her people in Europe aren't interested... Thats when Todd says they hit 90 whatever percent. It wasn't perfect, but it was a shite ton better than what she had come to know and her people would want that quality.
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he cooks for the Nazi's with a purity between 91-96% and it's perfectly acceptable.
bc the purity was pure shite, I think Lydia mentions it only being at 60% and that she needs to break off the deal with Todd and his uncle because her people in Europe aren't interested... Thats when Todd says they hit 90 whatever percent. It wasn't perfect, but it was a shite ton better than what she had come to know and her people would want that quality.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:45 pm to KorrBG20
OP mentions a plothole in the storyline, but The Wire is quickly brought into the mix.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 3:07 pm to KorrBG20
Was there a scene that showed Walt putting his wallet back in his pocket after Tuco went through it in his house? I always thought it was sitting on the table when him and Jesse escaped and they never resolved it, but maybe I'm wrong.
This post was edited on 4/17/15 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 8:00 am to KorrBG20
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So Gus was willing to risk everything just for an extra 3% purity and the blue color for the meth??
I thought that was very much the point of the flashback (aside from setting up the boxcutter and tragically re-emphasizing Gale's obsequiousness). Gus was right in the first place to turn down Walt and stick with the more reliable Gale, who was turning out product of a sufficient purity. He let greed/fastidiousness get the better of him, reconsidered Walt, and the rest is history.
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Was there a scene that showed Walt putting his wallet back in his pocket after Tuco went through it in his house? I always thought it was sitting on the table when him and Jesse escaped and they never resolved it, but maybe I'm wrong.
Walt and Jesse are briefly shown recollecting their things.
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 8:03 am
Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:53 am to KorrBG20
Answer to the plothole - Gus' intent was to train Gale and kill Walter from day one. Walter figured that out pretty quickly and got Jesse to kill Gale and pulled his weight to make them both less expendable. That's why Jesse's 91-95% suddenly became more valuable. It was Gus' only play that the time. And if you recall, the Mexican play was to get back at Walter.
Walter was the one putting everything on the line for Jesse because he viewed him as the "non-contaminated" son he always wanted (this reinforces Walter's character flaw for perfection and subtly reveals how he truly felt about Jr.)
Walter was the one putting everything on the line for Jesse because he viewed him as the "non-contaminated" son he always wanted (this reinforces Walter's character flaw for perfection and subtly reveals how he truly felt about Jr.)
This post was edited on 7/7/15 at 9:54 am
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