(THEORY) Walt Wanted to Kill Tuco, Not Make A Deal

Theory:

When Walt had his first meeting with Tuco, where he uses the fulminated mercury explosive disguised as meth, Walt actually intended on killing Tuco, or at least had that as his "plan A." Making a deal with Tuco was Walt's "plan B."

Evidence:

PART I - Walt Is Incredibly Thorough

Throughout the surrounding episodes, Walt is clearly established as a HIGHLY thorough plan maker, especially when dealing with Tuco; For example, when Walt is talking with Jesse about how they plan to kill Tuco, Walt goes into the most minute details such as how many shots for Tuco, how many shots for each of Tuco's henchmen (even factoring in the size of one of them), how many bullets the gun has, how many henchmen will be there, when will they take the shot, etc. When planning to kill Tuco, Walt doesn't leave any detail unconsidered.

Furthermore, when Jesse brings the RV to Walt's house, Walt scrutinizes Jesse with questions like "what if Skylar saw you," and proceeds to criticize Jesse for not fully thinking through each of his decisions.

PART II - Walt Definitely Knew What His Meeting With Tuco Would Be Like

Before meeting Tuco, Walt asks Skinny Pete to "tell [him] everything you know about this Tuco." What Skinny says if off-camera, but I think we can infer that Skinny Pete probably went into each detail of Skinny's and Jesse's interaction with Tuco, covering details like "They patted us down," "he used a big knife to test our meth," "there were two other guys," etc.

I am inferring this from the way Walt questioned Jesse (Part I) and also by other details like Walt didn't bring his wallet with him to the meeting, knowing that they would pat him down and find his wallet and know his real identity.

THE THEORY:

All of this culminates into why I believe Walt initially tried to kill Tuco. I believe that Walt thought Tuco would test his fake meth, either blowing himself up or blowing his knife into his body. At that point, I think Walt probably planned to proceed as he did in the show (grabbing the rest of the fake meth and threatening whoever else was there).

What occurred in the show (Tuco choosing not to test the fake meth, which was the only time we see Tuco not test Walt's product when he gives him a new batch) was unexpected, and thus Walt had to resort to a "plan B," and only threaten Tuco.

If you've read this far, I'm very curious as to your thoughts!

COUNTERARGUMENT:

When Walt initially arrives at Tuco's place, he asks the doorman, "Are you Tuco?" This sort of implies Walt has no idea how the meeting really went down, what Tuco looks like, and other details (kind of invalidating all of Part II). Nevertheless, a fun theory to entertain.

Submitted October 21, 2020 at 10:23PM by werddub https://ift.tt/3dMq6SE