For my script I am contemplating writing a fight scene to increase supense, but I don't want to come off as a fight scene, just for the sake of having one, to the reader. The fight scene doesn't technically change the plot. The point can still be made without one, for the story to go where I want it to go, but I would like to have one for the sake of suspense still, without it being obvious.
For example, in Season 5, Episode 14 of Breaking Bad:
SPOILER
Walter White, after getting Hank killed comes to to pack his bags to flee. Skyler comes home and realizes that he got Hank killed and grabs a knife from the kitchen and tells him to get out of the house. Walter tries to take the knife away, and she and him have a fight. Walter then is knocked off of her, realizes he is rejected by his wife and son and leaves.
However, the writers technically didn't need a fight scene for the plot to go in that direction. The fight doesn't actually cause the plot to change. Walter could have realized that grabbing the knife would leave to a fight before hand, and could have just left without getting into a fight, feeling rejected and that's that. The plot would still go in the same direction after.
But the writers felt that by having a fight scene, it would add suspense, even though it doesn't technically add anything to the actual plotting. But it creates drama. So when it comes to writing a fight to create drama, how should I approach it so it doesn't come off as obviously not really necessary, and having it be put in there for the sake of drama, but in a good way?
For example, in Season 5, Episode 14 of Breaking Bad:
SPOILER
Walter White, after getting Hank killed comes to to pack his bags to flee. Skyler comes home and realizes that he got Hank killed and grabs a knife from the kitchen and tells him to get out of the house. Walter tries to take the knife away, and she and him have a fight. Walter then is knocked off of her, realizes he is rejected by his wife and son and leaves.
However, the writers technically didn't need a fight scene for the plot to go in that direction. The fight doesn't actually cause the plot to change. Walter could have realized that grabbing the knife would leave to a fight before hand, and could have just left without getting into a fight, feeling rejected and that's that. The plot would still go in the same direction after.
But the writers felt that by having a fight scene, it would add suspense, even though it doesn't technically add anything to the actual plotting. But it creates drama. So when it comes to writing a fight to create drama, how should I approach it so it doesn't come off as obviously not really necessary, and having it be put in there for the sake of drama, but in a good way?