When Walter does the deal by himself, how did it go down as they skipped right over that to show him arriving at the hospital after his wife had her baby and then later shows Walt opening up a huge bad with cash. What actually happened and do they reveal this in a later episode?
shareThey never show the transaction. They show him leaving Jesse's with the meth at the end of Mandala, then the open to Phoenix shows him hiding the bag of money in his trunk, at the abandoned De Anza Motor Lodge, where the transaction took place.
shareI don't think there was a direct deal. Victor told Walt to leave the drugs in a specific location and that was it. They probably delivered the money to him another way off-screen.
shareYeah, I thought they wouldn't have glossed over a $1.2 million deal like it wasn't important. With that much product at stake and that much cash, I'm surprised that wasn't an entire episode. Considering how they got screwed by Tucow 2 times over what like $40k, I can't see Walt just dropping off that much stuff 44# of the blue stuff, and then just hoping he'd get paid for it. Seems like a plot hole actually.
shareIf you think this is a plot hole - then you don't know what a plot hole is.
All that was missed out was the actual exchange, and what would showing that get us? The whole set up was shown: where Walt had to go and at what time.
The comparison with Tuco is a bad one: Tuco was an unstable thug who operated by means of violence; Gus was a businessman with whom Walt had made contact via his lawyer. Walt knew Gus's secret identity, place of business and a couple of his contacts (Victor by sight, Saul by name). Walt could have grassed Gus up if he hadn't ponied up.
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Agree, no plot hole. He's driving to the motel with the product, next he's hiding the money in his trunk. No need to connect the dots. If this is a plot hole, then Gliding Over All has the largest plot hole ever.
Also agree - Tuco was a loose cannon. He (like Walt later) blew a good thing with the blue. On the other hand, Gus was a professional. There was no need to be concerned that Walt or Gus/Victor would screw up the transaction. Gus and his team would not allow that...smart enough to not carry out their transactions at the mall or the Gap...
It is a plot hole when you see a guy (Tucow) who was personally blown away by the quality of the product, (some of which he probably never came across in his entire life) but then basically leaves Jesse for dead taking the money AND the drugs and that was only a pound of the stuff. We are led to believe a stash worth $1.2 million went off without a hitch like the last time? Especially when Walter White never goes to these deals with any sort of backup whatsoever (and you really can't consider Jesse as backup as he is a dip sh*t). We're supposed to believe the uncle tom black owner that owns 42 Poll-yo Chicken franchises isn't going to send some thugs to throw a wrench in the deal? That's really a stretch considering he was against doing business with Walt based on the idea his sidekick is a junkie POS. If anything he would screw with Walt for spite.
shareBest I can say is that Walt simply had enough faith that Gus was on the level. And Gus was probably confident doing business with Walt, since at the time it was perceived to be a one time thing.
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