Easy way for Walt to finish Crazy Eight off when he was still unconscious would be to use more phosphine gas on him. Or he could have simply poisoned his water. He was dying of thirst he wouldn't have thought twice about drinking it.
shareThe dilemma wasn't as much about how to off Crazy 8, but whether or not he could/should kill him. When Walt first hits Crazy 8, it's because he's directly threatening his life. After that, it's less self-defence and more murder. That was back when Walt made those distinctions (and cared)...
shareRight but I mean the scene where Walt is trying to figure out the best way to kill Crazy 8. It shows him grabbing a knife, a hammer, a gun, then he decides on the plastic bag. But he'd have to physically hold the bag over his head and suffocate him. He could have just put some phosphine in a bucket and put it under Crazy 8's face and left the basement and come back later when he's dead.
shareOh, I see what you mean now.
Yeah, he could have, but there are some difficulties.
First, the gas would have to be inhaled by Crazy 8 for an extended period, so as you say, Walt would have to hold it under his head. He's still in close proximity.
Second, one of the reasons they used the RV was because of the smell and other "meth lab here!" giveaways. Brewing and using the gas in Jesse's house would defeat the purpose and possibly alert neighbours. (I know they cook in Jesse's house later, but it's a factor).
Third, gas expands until its molecules fill the available environment. He'd have to either seal Crazy 8 into a small chamber or make a tonne of the gas.
Fourth, I'm not sure about this, but it looked to me like the gas was a quick reaction. Walt can't just brew it and bottle it, he'd have to blast it at Crazy 8. But Crazy 8 knows what's coming now and is bound to hold his breath for that initial burst. Again, Walt needs a LOT of the gas this time, or he needs to pump it into a small chamber containing Crazy 8, and he needs to set up some lab equipment to do this.
Frankly, I think the bag was the best option. It's quiet and leaves no blood. It does require physical effort for an extended period. If that was a problem, the knife would be the way to go.
They should have just finished them off in the desert and then buried them.
shareWith what? They didn't have shovels.
shareStill a better idea than bringing them back to the city. There’s nowhere to bury them in the city.
shareThat's why you dissolve in acid!
shareAnd look how well that turned out. Also they could have stashed the bodies in a cave or something then came back with the HF.
BTW a couple gallons of HF won’t even come close to dissolving a body. It you put a penny in a jar of nitric acid it might dissolve the penny (yes I’ve tried it).
Also HF isn’t allowed in high school. It’s a poison.
It turned out pretty well since they didn't get caught. A cave? Where the hell do you find a cave? You might as well say put the bodies in my secret bunker that nobody knows about.
shareCave, or any place where they could conceal the bodies, it doesn’t matter, then come back later and take care of the bodies with whatever fictitious acid the show could invent. ‘
The point is anything is better than bringing the bodies back to Jesse’s house.
Even easier: just zip-tie a plastic bag over Crazy Eight's head while he's still unconscious. No messing with phosphine. Just plain old asphyxiation.
shareWell at that point Walt was still a very squeamish person. He wouldn't want to touch Crazy Eight if he could help it. With the phosphine he could dump some in a bucket and put it under his face and he'd be toast.
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