Breaking Bad 3x12

The third season is slowly drawing to its close – and to drive home the point how awful crystal meth really is, we’re shown Wendy the whore turning tricks outside “Crystal Palace.” After she’s given enough guys head in their cars she buys her meth from the dealers who had Combo killed by Andrea’s kid brother Tomas. From his car nearby, Jesse is plotting his next move. He’s seething with vengeance. Now that Jesse’s found out his friend Combo was killed on orders of rival drug dealers by the kid of his new girlfriend, he’s seething with desire for vengeance. They’re even selling the same blue meth, so they must work for Gus, too. Jesse asks Walt to give him ricin, a slow-acting, untraceable poison, but Walt tells him they are not murderers and that their death will accomplish nothing. Without Walt’s help, Jesse tries to employ Wendy in his plot. After Walt inform Saul about Jesse’s plan, Mike the goon pays him a visit and urges him not to take any half-measures when it comes to Jesse.

Meanwhile, Skyler is willing to go ahead and help launder Walt’s money with their car wash scheme, but he keeps shooting holes in her plans. He is trying to use it as a means to move back in with his family. If she gets involved, they must seem reconciled, he argues. They agree on four family dinners a week. At the hospital, Hank still grumbles that he won’t leave until he can walk again — implying that everyone who can’t use their legs should be hospitalized. Unwittingly he insults Walter Jr. Marie bets that she can arouse him with a hand job, and Hank agrees he will return home if he gets an erection – sure that nothing will happen. Later, she wheels him out of the hospital, smiling victoriously. These human moments make this show truly emotionally gratifying. This season especially, it seems a lot of thought went into character development. Still, it’s the main plot involving Walt and Jesse that offers the dramatic action of the show.

Before Jesse can get to the rival dealers, Mike orders him to come to Gus. Walt is already there – and so are the dealers. Gus intimates that he would have killed Jesse, if it wasn’t for Walt. Jesse refuses to budge because Combo’s death wasn’t just turf war, they use kids. To keep the peace, Gus agrees they cannot use children anymore. Jesse shakes hands with the two dealers. That night, Andrea gets a call from her grandmother. She rushes with Jesse to a playground where they find Tomas dead body! The next day, unable to catch Jesse on his cell phone, Walt hears the news on TV. He rushes out without saying a word. Jesse’s already waiting for the dealers to show up at their usual corner. High on meth, he grabs his gun, and walks up to them when they arrive. They pull their guns too. Right when the shootout is about to start, Walt plows his car into the dealers and kills them both! “Run,” Walt says. Unbelievable!