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Schraders vs. Whites II: Taco Night
No one wants tableside guacamole. Well, maybe they do, but now is not the time.
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Previously
Hank (Dean Norris) figured everything out and punched Walt (Bryan Cranston)! Hank told Skyler (Anna Gunn) he knew what was up and she was pissed! Todd (Jesse Plemons) "took over" for the crew Lydia (Laura Fraser) had handed off Walt's old meth operation to! And Jesse (Aaron Paul) started throwing cash every which where and got arrested because that does not look great.
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Character Study
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Act Of Todd
If you want your henchmen on your side, you have to wow them with a pretty impressive story of past badassery and act like you could totally repeat it all on your own.
Name Todd. Age Early 20s. Occupation Meth artisan. Goal To be the new Heisenberg. Sample Dialogue "Then it starts speeding up -- I jump off a moving train." -
Meeting Time
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Turn, Turn...Turn?
Who called the meeting? Hank, although it's more accurate to say he crashed APD's meeting.
What's it about? Hank wants to let Jesse know that Hank is on to Walt, and to offer to get the APD's charges against Jesse dropped if Jesse will co-operate with Hank's investigation.
How'd it go? Well, first of all, poor Jesse shows he still has no poker face by reacting when Hank says that he knows Walt is Heisenberg. Still, Jesse remains defiant, all "Eat me" this and "Why don't you try and beat it out of me?" that. And before Hank can try another tack, Saul (Bob Odenkirk) enters and Hank slinks away.
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Love, Hate & Everything In Between
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World's Greatest Dad
What's that? Aunt Marie (Betsy Brandt) wants "Flynn" (R.J. Mitte) to come over and help her with a computer thing? Well, about that: see, Dad's cancer's back, and he passed out and hurt his eye yesterday, but Junior should totally feel free to leave Dad all alone in the house without any help or supervision. Junior defiantly refuses and pledges to stay home! If most Walter White manipulations are elegant chess matches, that was like a round of speed Boggle.
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Meeting Time
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Here's Your Burrito, Smothered In Hate
Who called the meeting? The Whites.
What's it about? Skyler and Walt have brought Hank and Marie to this very public, very noisy restaurant to tell them to quit trying to gank the White children out from under their parents, and also to leave a DVD for Hank and Marie to watch.
How'd it go? Super-awkward, particularly when Marie suggests that Walt kill himself. But the aftermath is even worse.
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We Made A List
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Things Walt Accused Hank Of Doing In His Mutual Assured Destruction-Threatening "Confession"
- probably having killed Walt if anyone gets to see the disc
- building a meth empire, with Walt as his chemist
- exploiting connections made through a career with the DEA
- exploiting Walt's vulnerability after his cancer diagnosis
- partnering with Gus Fring
- ordering a hit on Gus
- cancelling Firefly
- taking Walt's children to keep Walt in line
- punching Walt in the eye when Walt tried to quit
- putting horse meat in Ikea meatballs
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Money Matters
What's That About Walt Paying Hank's Medical Bills?
In the middle of Walt's mélange of truth and lies is a mention of the medical bills Marie had let the Whites pay after Hank had been shot -- and this is the first Hank has heard about it. He didn't know about the "gambling winnings" Walt had used to get Hank the special treatment that allowed him to walk again (and that his insurance wouldn't cover), and now that Hank has been financially implicated in Walter's criminal activity, he's probably fucked in terms of pursuing the investigation.
$177,000 = The Utter Destruction Of A DEA Agent's Credibility
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Dialogue
Jesse Sees Through The Walter White Matrix
Just think about it. You get a job. Something legitimate -- something you like. Meet a girl, start a family even, hell, you're still so damn young. And what's here for you now, anyway? I tell you, if I could, I'd trade places. A whole lifetime ahead of you, with a chance to hit the reset button. In a few years, this might all seem like nothing more than a bad dream.Would you just, for once, stop working me?What are you talking about?Can you just stop working me for, like, ten seconds straight? Stop jerking me around?Jesse, I am not working you.Yes. Yes, you are. All right, just drop the whole concerned-dad thing and tell me the truth? I mean, you're acting like me leaving town is all about me is all about me and turning over a new leaf, but it's really-- it's really about you. I mean, you need me gone, 'cause your dickhead brother-in-law is never going to let up. Just say so! Just ask me for a favour! Just tell me you don't give a shit about me, and it's either this-- it's either this, or you'll kill me the same way you killed Mike! I mean, isn't that what this is all about? Huh? Us meeting way the hell out here? In case I say no? Come on, just tell me you need this!
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Very Useful Stats
Cost of a new identity for a retired meth cook on the lam:
$125,000.
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Bad Habits
Weed Paradox
When might a bad habit actually be good for you? When you're waiting on a pickup for a meeting with the guy who's going to give you a new identity, notice that you got pickpocketed and lost your weed, and realize all in a flash how your girlfriend's son got poisoned.
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Fight! Fight! Fight!
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Jesse vs. Saul
Saul confirms all of Jesse's suspicions, gets punched right out for his troubles. I think Jesse will be seeking other representation from now on?
Winner: Jesse.
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Snapshot
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And Then Mr. White's House Got Covered In Gas
For Careers Week we salute:
Trent!
Confronted with a table full of extremely chilly customers who were not interested in any of the specials, Trent soldiered on in a very professional manner befitting the proud traditions of Gardoonia's. I only hope his other tables tipped well because you know these fuckers didn't.
