Walt prepares to return to work, but Skyler convinces him to stay home. She wants him well for the weekend celebration she’s planning. “Bonus points for taking a nap,” she tells him. Walt and Jesse catch up at a restaurant. “You must be so psyched!” Jesse exclaims when Walt reports he is in remission. Jesse wonders how they’ll proceed [...]
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Walt undergoes tests to see if the chemo and radiation therapies have reduced the size of his tumor. His doctor won’t share the results for another four days, but glimpsing the scan’s image Walt notices a large white spot on top of his lung. At Saul’s office, Walt receives a tutorial on money laundering. After [...]
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Sitting at a bus stop, Badger says, “I so smell bacon” when a nerdy guy tries to buy meth. Badger’s instincts prove correct when the buyer, an undercover cop, busts Badger for dealing. Jane and Jesse are cozily lazing on his apartment floor — he doesn’t have a bed yet — but she abruptly leaps up [...]
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A narcocorrido band performs “Negro y Azul” (Black and Blue), in which “a gringo boss” named Heisenberg disrespects the Mexican drug cartel by cornering the Albuquerque market with high-quality blue crystal. “But that homie’s dead,” goes the refrain, “he just doesn’t know it yet.” Walt heads to Jesse‘s duplex after repeatedly trying to reach him on [...]
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Jesse stands alone on a sidewalk, examining a large beetle as it wanders the pavement. Skinny Pete approaches and gives Jesse the name and address of the junkie that robbed him. “Let me get this straight,” Jesse says. “You got jacked by a man named Spooge.” Pete doesn’t know the name of Spooge’s accomplice (“she’s [...]
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Two men carrying small bundles swim across a muddy river. Once ashore, one of them stumbles and turns to find he’s tripped over a dental grill encased in a Lucite cube: Hank‘s souvenir from his encounter with Tuco. Following a chemo session, Walt‘s doctor recommends he be cautiously optimistic about his chances. But Walt’s optimism fades [...]
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A broke Jesse meets Walt on the sly at the Gas ‘N Go convenience store, and asks for half of the remaining drug money. “Fifty-fifty partners. That’s our business model,” he says. Walt argues he shouldn’t have to suffer for Jesse’s carelessness, but does give him $600. The next morning, Walt cheerily prepares a pancake breakfast for his [...]
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Walt and Jesse bury Tuco’s gun in the desert, then split up, hatching a plan to explain away their days of absence. In a supermarket, a clerk follows a trail of clothes littering the floor to find Walt confusedly walking buck naked down an aisle. Hospitalized back in Albuquerque, Walt joins Skyler and Walter Jr. in a tearful reunion. He says [...]
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Out in the desert, a red lowrider riddled with bullet holes bounces wildly on its hydraulic suspension system. Shards of glass, spent casings and drops of blood litter the ground. Back in Albuquerque, Hank briefs his DEA team about a raid on Tuco’s headquarters. “Get a big ole raging hard-on at the idea of catching this [...]
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After buying meth from Walt at an auto junkyard, Tuco violently attacks No-Doze for presuming to speak for him. Afterwards, he drives away, leaving Walt and Jesse to ponder the danger of their situation. “$737,000,” Walt says, estimating how much he’ll need to provide for his family’s future. In other words: “Eleven more drug deals.” Moments later Tuco [...]
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