It’s been about a month since Albuquerque last saw Heisenberg’s pure blue crystal. At the DEA, Hank speculates that the burned-out truck is a sign that drug cartel warfare is spilling over the border. Then he gets a call that Walt’s been arrested for a trifle – driving with a broken windshield (damaged by the double plane crash). At the police station Walt offers his apologies, then confides to Hank that Skyler has filed for divorce and will fight Walt for custody. When sleazebag Saul the faker-Jewish lawyer visits Walt at his new apartment, he consoles him that Skyler is bluffing, because the blowback would be worse for her if she told the police about Walt’s criminal activities: she would lose the house and the kids. At any rate, Walt still doesn’t consider returning to cooking crystal. Just to keep a tab on the situation, Saul has Walt’s house bugged. Jesse, clean for 45 days, drives by his parents’ house and sees it’s for sale. His dad refuses to let him in. Jesse collects his money from Saul, and offers him a job: to buy his parents’ house for him anonymously, for half the asking price. Of course Jesse’s parents won’t budge, until sneaky Saul mentions the old meth lab in the basement, contamination, fraud, a law suit, and suddenly they feel more inclined to consider his offer. The Mexican dudes in the matching suits visit Tuco’s uncle in a retirement home, and with the help of an Ouija board and a bell, Don Salamanca tells them the man they’re looking for is called Walter White!
Skyler is putting herself in a tough position. Her son “Flynn” wants to be called Walter Jr. again – he’s taking his father’s side and blaming his mother for ruining the family. Still, she won’t talk to anyone about the divorce – nor can she tell anyone that Walt is a drug dealer. Yet she is relying on her sister and brother-in-law for support, who have no idea what’s going on. Hank is sure Walt had an affair, but Marie believes there must be more to it. At the office, Skyler confronts her boss Ted Beneke about cooking the books. He responds that he hopes his children will come to understand that his intentions were good. Likewise, Walt didn’t want to tell his family about his cancer, then lied to them about his criminal activities – all because he loved them and didn’t want to lose them. He had the best intentions. Nonetheless, his wife and kids are gone. Skyler even threatens with a restraining order. In retaliation he wants to move back in. As she’s changed the lock he has to break into his own house. When he’s taking a shower, Saul’s goon Mike notices the Cousins walking in with an axe. Mike makes a quick call, and Gus, the secretive businessman Walt dealt with before, calls the dudes off. For the moment I am keeping a wait-and-see attitude about the show. This season is taking its time unfolding dramatic events – and throwing in some over-the-top tension in the form of the Cousins.
Skyler is putting herself in a tough position. Her son “Flynn” wants to be called Walter Jr. again – he’s taking his father’s side and blaming his mother for ruining the family. Still, she won’t talk to anyone about the divorce – nor can she tell anyone that Walt is a drug dealer. Yet she is relying on her sister and brother-in-law for support, who have no idea what’s going on. Hank is sure Walt had an affair, but Marie believes there must be more to it. At the office, Skyler confronts her boss Ted Beneke about cooking the books. He responds that he hopes his children will come to understand that his intentions were good. Likewise, Walt didn’t want to tell his family about his cancer, then lied to them about his criminal activities – all because he loved them and didn’t want to lose them. He had the best intentions. Nonetheless, his wife and kids are gone. Skyler even threatens with a restraining order. In retaliation he wants to move back in. As she’s changed the lock he has to break into his own house. When he’s taking a shower, Saul’s goon Mike notices the Cousins walking in with an axe. Mike makes a quick call, and Gus, the secretive businessman Walt dealt with before, calls the dudes off. For the moment I am keeping a wait-and-see attitude about the show. This season is taking its time unfolding dramatic events – and throwing in some over-the-top tension in the form of the Cousins.
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