In Mexico, two young boys — the Cousins as children — fight over a toy until one breaks it. Nearby, a much younger, spryer Tio talks on his cell phone, disparaging the “Chicken Man” as a “dirty” South American. The call finished, one young Cousin, Leonel, complains to his uncle about the broken toy, [...]
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A tribal police officer is dispatched to investigate the possible disappearance of an elderly woman that resides on a reservation outside of Albuquerque. At her house he finds a body, and evidence that someone else has taken up residence. “Whoever’s in there, show yourself!” the officer shouts. One Cousin steps out of the house, [...]
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In a flashback to the Pilot episode, Walt — sporting a full head of hair — hands Jesse$7,000 to purchase an RV. Instead, Jesse heads to a strip club with Skinny Pete and Combo and spends the cash on lap dances and champagne. Come morning, only $1,400 remains, but Combo, in what he describes as “a no paperwork-type [...]
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At a desert gas station, Jesse fills the RV’s tank. Realizing that he has no cash, he charms the cashier girl into taking some freshly manufactured blue meth as payment. Mike visits Saul and plays an audio recording of Skyler and Walt‘s fight over her affair with Ted. Skyler admits that Walt called her bluff about having him arrested, but whether he stays [...]
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At a seedy Mexican cantina, we find Hank‘s DEA informant, the late Tortuga, holding court. (Since he’s dead now, it seems we must be back in time.) Tortuga receives a birthday present — a large tortoise — from “El Jefe,” his boss. “It’s perfect!” says Tortuga, delighted until the boss writes “HOLA DEA” on the [...]
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Walt drives to work, singing along to the radio. He’s pulled over by a policeman, who writes Walt a ticket for driving with a cracked windshield. Walt tries to explain that the car was damaged by debris from the Wayfarer 515 collision, but to no avail. “Hellfire rained down on my house!” Walt screams, ignoring [...]
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Men and women crawl on their bellies up a dusty, adobe-lined desert road. A Mercedes stops alongside the procession. Two men exit the car. Both wear well-cut suits and cowboy boots tipped with silver skulls. They look so alike, they might be brothers, but we will come to know them as the Cousins. They [...]
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Workers in hazmat suits fish a pink teddy bear and other debris from Walt’s pool and yard. Two body bags lie in his driveway and two pillars of black smoke rise behind the house. At his apartment, Jesse frantically tries to revive Jane, but fails. Devasated, he callsWalt, who assures him everything will be okay. Holding [...]
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Walt races into the parking lot of an abandoned motel, where he calls the hospital and learns that Skyler has given birth. He ditches his spare tire and stashes a duffel bag in the tire well. At the hospital, Walt greets Skyler and tenderly holds his daughter before noticing Ted, who drove Skyler to the hospital. “I [...]
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Combo, nervous because he’s “gettin’ eyeballed hard” by two guys parked near his corner, calls Skinny Pete for backup. While he talks, a young kid on a bicycle circles him. Moments later and without warning, the kid shoots Combo dead. Walt and Skyler meet with Dr. Delcavoli and Dr. Bravenec, a thoracic surgeon. Dr. Bravenec tells Walt [...]
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