Granted that this episode was a bit of a "building block" episode but it was still an important one. We knew that Jesse was not going to burn down Walt's house. We have seen Walt's house in the future and knew that it was still standing. So while the ending of the last episode was amazing, it was obvious that it was just to set up the mental state of Jesse.
Jesse is stopped by Hank (something I called last week) and is taken to Hank's house to hold him until he makes his statement indicating that Walt was Heisenberg. Hank apparently has has an off screen change of heart regarding bringing other police into the situation, because Gomez is there as well. Once Jesse gives his testimony on camera, basically refuting everything said in Walt's "confession", Hank and Gomez realize that it will be Jesse's word against Walt's. And that is not enough to make a case.
Walt comes home, sees Jesse's car, walks around the house with his gun drawn and checks every room and finds nothing. He hires a crew to clean the house of the gas smell, but it isn't enough to clean it completely. When Walt Jr. and Skyler come home, Walt gives them a particularly large pile of BS about how a pump malfunction caused him to spill gas all over his car and himself. Walt Jr. speaks up and tells Walt to be honest with him and then asks if the cancer being back has caused Walt to pass out and get gas on him. Walt assures him that he is fine and that it was just an accident. Walt recommends that they all stay in a hotel for a few days to allow new carpet to be put down.
While in the hotel, Walt has a meeting with Saul in his car. Saul recommends that Walt have Jesse taken out. Walt refuses and tells Saul to never bring it up again. Once back in his hotel room, Skyler tells Walt that she knows he is full of it and asks why he is talking to Saul. Walt informs her of what has happened and she tells Walt that is may be best to just take Jesse out. As she says, "what's one more" bad deed in the midst of what all they have done.
In the end, Hank and Gomez tell Jesse to meet up with Walt (as Walt has called to meet with Jesse to explain things) and Jesse agrees to. As he is being surveyed and recorded by the police, Jesse (fearing that he is walking into a "hit") sees a suspicious man standing near Walt. He panics, goes to a pay phone, calls Walt and tells him "nice try" and then goes back to the van. It is revealed that the man was just a dad at the mall with his daughter and he was not there for Walt. Jesse tells Hanks that there is another way to catch Walt and that is to hit him where it hurts.
Walt makes a call to Todd about one more job.
*Comments on the episode*
- I think it is important to Walt Jr.'s character for people to see that even HE is starting to see through all of the crap that Walt comes up with. Granted, he is still too damn dumb to pin down exactly what all is going on, but he knows that his dad is lying to him/them.
- It really bothers me that after they made such a huge deal about how Hank couldn't call in anyone from the force and then, off screen, he tells Gomez. That seems like a really big hole in the script to me. Maybe they didn't know how to write the scene for that and didn't want to show Hank groveling for Gomez's help, but it seemed like a short cut.
- As I have been saying since Skyler first found out. SHE IS JUST AS BAD AS WALT! She wants to put a hit out on Jesse. She is in it 100% at this point and could care less what is right and wrong.
- Marie, talking about her research into ways to kill a person without it being detected was awesome.
- The scene when Hank explains to Jesse that Walt obviously loves Jesse is very true and touching. I think that this will resonate with Jesse before the episode titled Ozymandias and will help shape the ending.
- Aaron Paul is, as always, the greatest asset this show has. When he breaks and starts screaming about how Walt can't keep getting away with things...it was amazing.
- The music in this episode, especially while Walt was searching the house for Jesse, was perfect
- With only 4 episodes left in this series, I believe that things are going to start escalating very quickly in the next episode.
- I still think that Walt, with gun in hand (as seen in the flash forwards), is on a mission to get Jesse back. I think that Walt will have Todd's family kidnap Jesse to get him out of the picture for a while. When Jesse contacts Walt to let him know that he is being tortured and forced to cook, Walt will try to save him in an attempt to win back a tiny piece of his soul.
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