Major Plot holes - Walt keeping all his money in one spot

He didn't have time to go and locate it all in different locations. Too complicated, and unnecessarily so; It was an urgent situation and Walt just wanted to dump it all in one spot and hide it ASAP. What's the odds of anyone finding it anyway?

How the hell would that be even a minor plot hole?

Given more time, he might have spread them out a bit more. But that location was pretty secure, if you don't get tricked into going there.

Interesting point you make though. If Walt hadn't been in such a panic, he might have thought to ask Jesse "how many barrels did you find?". They knew there were 7, from Huell, but if Walt hinted there might be more than one hole, perhaps Jesse would have panicked, and maybe guess another number.

Think what made it so believable, for Walt not to think of asking, is that the text included a photo of the barrel, money and desert ground. And expect Huell told them it they were black drums. Now had they guessed the wrong color barrel (have also seen plastic barrels/drums like this in blue and white), then Walt may have caught on.

The real mistake Walt made, was having Huell and Kuby retrieve his money and put it in the drums. If Walt did this himself (including buying the drums), they never would have found it.

You don't understand the beauty of this show - Walt is a genius but an amateur.

One day he is making brilliant moves, the next he looks like a complete idiot (expanding his territory in S2, etc).

That's the joy of watching him against mike. Walt is much smarter but Mike is savvier. Mike catches Walt going to Gus's place, trying to sneak into the warehouse, etc. All amateur moves. But Walt seriously out thinks mike/Gus with killing Gale, having hector be a fake snitch (mike was in Mexico then) and ultimately finishing mike off.
Given the above, isn't jt natural Walt would find such a bad hiding spot? After all, before he had it all in a warehouse

Just to add: a plot hole isn't merely an event a viewer finds odd, implausible or doesn't like. Even if it's overwhelmingly evident that a character would never have done X thing, that is not a plot hole.

A plot hole is just that: a gap in cause/effect in the progression of events. What the OP and so many others are complaining about is supposedly forced/artificial plot logic, not plot holes.

I emphasize "supposedly" because I've noticed that in a majority of cases viewers calling "plot hole" have missed important context of the event they're criticizing, so these events don't even represent problems with plot logic. That's the situation here, as others have noted.


"You must not judge what I know by what I find words for." - Marilynne Robinson

I thought the same thing. But I think he was up against a big time deadline when he was hiding the money, so maybe didn't have time.

Walt's real mistake was leaving such exact GPS coordinates. He should have taken 100-steps in a specific direction (such as due east) and memorized those coordinates. That would have made the stash easy for him to find but nearly impossible for someone else.

Anyway, this isn't a plot hole, just a simple mistake made by a character. Even the smartest people can have dumb moments.