Plus, once they have all their money and they’re still in jail or otherwise under police harrassment, what is their incentive to stay shut up?
I don’t know why but when the police were closing in at the park for a moment I was thinking Mike was going to kill himself.
That’s true; I forgot about that line from Gomie. He said that none of the 9 were living above their means. Which is kind of surprising. Wouldn’t it be suspicious if all nine families lose their breadwinner and no one gets foreclosed on?
The biggest loose end was this: did Wachberger (the lawyer who flipped) tell the DEA about Kaylee’s safe deposit box?!?
Totally agreed. I said as much to my wife after that scene.
He’s created a reputation he knows people will fear now. You could practically see his ego grow twice its size when he intimidated the other guy into saying it; like an incantation that ranks them a subordinate.
Walt was radiating power.
I don’t think there was any new lab. All that equipment laying around when Jesse walked out was the stuff they use at the extermination houses but all spread out so it could be cleaned prior to the next use.
My guess as to why Mike didn’t pay everyone all at once was hinted at by the DEA guys - no one living beyond their means. Their families go pick up the cash at the bank, and if suddenly there is $150,000 instead of $15,000 someone might do something stupid. Plus it’s the lawyer who’s doing the legwork, so Mike just tells him to go to the bank every week and forgets about it.
One thing I liked was the ways in which we saw Walt not being in control of things. He tried to manipulate Jesse using every trick he knew, and none of them worked. Then in Hank’s office he finally had to just ask for some coffee to get Hank to leave. And in the end he shot Mike before he realized he could have gotten the 9 names from Lydia. At some point even Walt has to realize that his ego is writing checks his body can’t cash. (Sorry).
Aaaand four minutes late to the answer about Mike paying his guys.
I’m guessing Todd’s prison connections are going to come in handy for rubbing out these nine guys. Maybe then he won’t have to be Walt’s lab monkey.
I assume all the money, including his granddaughter’s was, yet again, confiscated by the DEA.
The idea had crossed my mind as well that Mike was going to off himself at the Park, but now I realize he was realizing his granddaughter wouldn’t be getting that money, and this would be the last time he would see her.
That didn’t make any sense to me either. I was under the impression he was just going to make a final payment to them and be done with it. It’s especially confusing given the way he’s been getting the money to them. They’re taking (in my eyes) all kinds of risks. Hand off money to a guy in a parking lot, he goes in and has someone unlock a bunch of safety deposit boxes, then over the course of the next few days a bunch of people come in and have those same boxes opened up. Considering she knew, by heart, which boxes they are, she must notice that other people are asking for the same ones to be opened. At some point, you’d think they might be worried that someone (even if it wasn’t her) might question what’s been going on.
Besides, it’s just one more thing tying him into the meth business that he wants to be out of.
That’s a good point, especially the way he mentioned that Walt doesn’t need to worry about paying him for the first few cooks (and all the ‘sir’ stuff).
BTW, I loved the smile on Gomez’ face when they caught the guy in the safety deposit room. That was great.
Did anyone else think it was odd at the beginning when they went to meat with the other crew that Jesse pointed them out (as if they didn’t all see two pick up trucks in the middle of the desert) and said ‘there they are’. With all the times they’ve done something like this and all the other TV shows that have done similar things, it makes me think that when bad guys go to meet other bad guys out in the desert, maybe there’s like groups of bad guys all standing out by there cars waiting for other people and you have to find your group. So Jesse was just pointing out that he recognized these people. (FTR this was supposed to come across as a joke, but it’s not as funny in writing as it was in my head).
So did the bank manager know what the lawyer was up to? She must know, as it’s got to be suspicious for someone to access nine safe deposit boxes in one visit to the bank.
I was thinking that was all being stored in the Vaminos shed. Otherwise, where are they keeping all that methylamine?
I’m also beginning to suspect Jesse is going to approach Skyler for some reason. Just a hunch, and I don’t know what that would mean… It seems like he means to say something candid to her. Perhaps fill her in on the ugly details of recent events?
Also, will Jesse now find out Walt killed Mike? I’m sure Walt wouldn’t confess, and say he fled to Mexico, but it’s yet another one of Walt’s despicable secrets he’s keeping from Jesse. I think Walt was jealous of Mike and Jesse’s companionship, which only added to Walt’s murderous rage.
I’m kinda loving how the show used the disappearance device that reminded me a little of the Sopranos “Pine Barrens” the difference here is Mike just didn’t get very far. I was hoping it was only a flesh wound and Mike really got away in the long grass. No such luck. Nice touch though telling Walt to STFU. Such an a hole about the names. He didn’t need to be such a dick wad to Mike about it.
I hate Walt. His puffed up ego is now just so disgusting, telling Decklan he’s the ONE who killed Gus Fring. More than egotistical, kind of dumb.
I don’t think so. It’s none of her business.
Clearly she put two and two together when the DEA showed up and had her set him up.
Yet, I still think she ate those cake-pops after the DEA left with the Lawyer.
I think he feels bad for her. Both now and at the dinner party I keep getting the feeling he can feel how much she hates him or Walt or the cooking or something and he just wants to say something, anything to cheer her up. Something like “Ya know Mrs White, he’s just doing this for the family” or “He’s not really that bad of a guy”. Something that will make Skyler unload on Jesse with months of pent up anger. All the things she’s wanted to say to someone but hasn’t had anyone to talk to. Honestly, Jesse is someone she actually could talk to.
I could see Walt telling Jesse as a threat. “I killed Mike when he tried to leave…is that what you want to do too?”
Was Mike putting a gun to his stomach? Was he trying to make it look like a suicide after the fact so there’s no investigation?
I actually had this exact same thought.
Walter White is dead to me. But that’s what the story arc has been leading us to: an implacable hatred of Walt and what he’s become, and an anticipation for his ultimate comeuppance.
In the previous episode they talked about how the methlymine absorbs water and then they stored it in the car wash, which looked very obviously damp and humid. I’m surprised that didn’t come into play at all. I honestly figured that was either going to ruin it or it would take a lot of extra time to dry it and that would cause problems.
His hand was resting in that position, but I don’t think it was deliberate. Also, shooting yourself in the gut is the hard way to commit suicide.
But in any case, I suspect Mike’s body is never going to be found.
I think you nailed it. She’s been having to pent-up all these atrocities, that she can barely live with herself, let alone Walt. Jesse would be the perfect person to finally unload on; and likewise for Jesse. They seriously need to go bowling and commiserate over a pack of smokes or three.
As despicable as they’re making Walt out to be now, I don’t think he’d go that far. Jesse means a lot to him, whether or not he’d admit that. You could see how fast he switched to desperation when all his BS stopped working on Jesse in trying to keep him on as his partner.
Also, I think the writers are purposefully building up Walt’s ego and hubris to set him up far a very huge fall come the final 8 episodes. I really hope the writers redeem his character near the end of the series — perhaps far too late to amend any of the damage he’s caused (and presumably is yet to cause), but enough to bring the old Walt back to resurface before his ultimate undoing.
I thought it was his own piece he had unholstered, intending to fire back at Walt, before slumping down, his body in shock, and realizing he has zero energy to even raise the gun to shoot Walt.