That bugged me too. But what bugged me more was Walt losing total control when Jessie called him claiming he had found the money and was burning it.
Walt was screaming confessions and drving like a madman. Heisenberg would never have reacted that way.
It was almost too shark jumpy for me.
He wasn’t Heisenberg in that episode. He was wearing beige. He hasn’t been Heisenberg since the last half.
Walt needs the porkpie hat to properly be Heisenberg.
I've read that Gilligan doesn't waste any scenery. Sooo, I'm wondering where the Teddy Bear eye is rolling around, what Jesse really did when he asked to take a piss while at Hank's place, and did Walt pass anything to Jesse when he butted him while handcuffed and after accusing Jesse of being a coward.
well, Walt is in a different place than before. He’s a LOT more solo now, he’s “retired”, he has no loyal-to-him muscle, he has contract muscle that’s kind of impulsive and not 100% trustworthy, and he’s a lot more out of the loop on stuff without Mike, the organization, the wiretaps, and others watching their backs and his. He’s in a REACTION position rather than a more proactive position he’s been in before. That means way less control, and dealing with a lot more unknowns than he’s used to, making more mistakes than he otherwise would by reacting rather than analyzing and planning carefully.
Walt’s money was his weakness though. Everything he has done, he rationalized it by thinking that it was worth it, for the money. He knows Jesse is angry enough to throw millions of his own money down the toilet, so he has no reason to suspect Jesse won’t burn Walt’s money too. I think, if it was anything else, Walt would have been more cautious... but the money was his Achilles heel.
Remember how he similarly freaked out when he discovered the money he had stashed in the house was gone, when Skylar gave it away? So, there is a precedent.