ALSO, how the hell would Walt feed the kid the berries without the kid knowing that some man (maybe one of Saul's guys) gave them to him? And more importantly than that, Walt's plant is in flower. Plants in flower don't have berries, and in neither scene did his have any berries visible. It seems like this one was sort of half-assed.
I have no problem with Walt being a poisoner; the problem I have is that this is exactly the kind of thing that depends very heavily on the characters involved in order to make it work. Even if Walt wanted to do this, he would need to rely on Saul to pull it off--and that's where I run into trouble. Knowing what we do of Saul, is it really possible for him to stick his neck out for Walt, a man he despises, and possibly expose himself to a murder rap or worse (worse being whatever Gus does to him when he finds out his role in all this)? Whenever he's done something he considers ill-advised, it's never been at direct risk to himself--so what's changed now? And don't tell me he's afraid of Gus and willing to take a crazy risk; Saul Goodman is ALL ABOUT mitigating risk.
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Date: 2011-10-11 03:55 am (UTC)I have no problem with Walt being a poisoner; the problem I have is that this is exactly the kind of thing that depends very heavily on the characters involved in order to make it work. Even if Walt wanted to do this, he would need to rely on Saul to pull it off--and that's where I run into trouble. Knowing what we do of Saul, is it really possible for him to stick his neck out for Walt, a man he despises, and possibly expose himself to a murder rap or worse (worse being whatever Gus does to him when he finds out his role in all this)? Whenever he's done something he considers ill-advised, it's never been at direct risk to himself--so what's changed now? And don't tell me he's afraid of Gus and willing to take a crazy risk; Saul Goodman is ALL ABOUT mitigating risk.