So I guess we know what Skylar’s plans are going forward. Though I feel like I missed something. She went from being totally against it to all for it.
It almost feels like watching the Sopranos in reverse (at least with respect to Carmella’s attitude towards Tony’s business).
Lots of good stuff this episode. I’m going to have to think about it a while.
“I think I threw up in my mouth a little.”
Ouch.
Yeah, a trite cliched piece of dialogue in a show that doesn’t do trite cliched dialogue. Would Jane say that?
This episode felt like standard (bad) TV – not Desperate Housewives bad, but not BB quality. Hank’s anger about the hospital bed (we’re supposed to believe Hank wants to stay in the hospital?), Jesse realizing that the girl’s cousin killed Combo, Jesse going after the girl, Skyler revealing that she didn’t file the divorce papers – those scenes felt like scenes I’ve seen in other shows. Even Walt and Gus at dinner – Gus’s cryptic comment and Walt not asking “Which mistake?”. And the way Gus handed Walt the knife with the knife pointed at Gus’s abdomen – that was unnecessary. And the clients in Saul’s waiting room – way over the top.
I didn’t like it. When I lost the TV signal about halfway in, it didn’t even bother me that I’d have to wait for the repeat to finish watching.
No, my “ouch” was because it is a sly reference to the mechanics of her eventual demise.
What did you read from Gus’s “Never make the same mistake twice” comment? Do you think Gus has put a hit on Jesse?
Agree about Saul’s waiting room being over the top. I’m going to retcon it a bit to assume he has a couple of right out of law school rookies who handle the ambulance chasing bit since he’s got his hands full with Walt and his other big fish clients. I also seriously doubt he’d be that open with Skylar on a first meeting.
I think the “mistake” Gus is referring to was Walt going into business with Jesse (for a second time). I also assume Walt was correct about listening devices, and that Gus overheard the conversation about Jesse’s skimming.
I don’t think Gus has put a hit on Jesse. I think this was more of a “word to the wise” moment: Gus letting Walt know he’d better keep Jesse on a short leash. Can’t think of any other reason Gus would have invited Walt over. If Gus had any immediate plan to kill Jesse, he would just do it, wouldn’t he?
I hate it when writers do this too often. It seems like it happens all the time in BB. Near the end of the episode, when Gus tells Walt to “come help me cook,” I wanted to punch the writers in the face.
A) People in real life repeat stupid cliches like “I just threw up in my mouth a little”, so even if you wanted to accurately simulate the communication of a mid-20s woman that’s not an unlikely thing to say
B) That line is sort of a… well, think about the implications that line has for that character specifically.
I don’t think it was lazy writing, even if it’s annoying.
What exactly is Jesse’s motivation for being a giant asshole here, by the way? Going 1 on 1 with a girl, and seducing her, just to get her to buy a tiny amount of meth… even his scummy friends were too decent to try that sort of thing. At least he redeemed himself slightly by changing when her son entered the picture, but I’m not quite fully understanding what his motives are for this little side goal anyway. Is it just that he’s not happy with the non-glamarous but safe criminal enterprise that he’s in? Not balla enough? Or does he have some unresolved psychological need to get caught and punished?
AuntiePam, I too see some parallels with the Sopranos.
:smack: I didn’t pick up on that. God, but I’m dense sometimes.
SenorBeef, yeah, it’s a real life kind of line, but it didn’t feel real coming from Jane. I can’t imagine saying something like that in front of a boyfriend. You don’t talk puke with someone you might want to kiss.
Does anyone think Anna Gunn’s had some work done? Her chin has a softer, rounder line. Or maybe it’s the way she’s wearing her hair.
As for Jesse, I think he’s bored.
And I didn’t get the point of him buying meth from that kid. If he wanted to know that the kid was still dealing, all he had to do was see that the kid was still riding his bike on that corner.
I think he was plotting revenge. Not on the kid, but on those who put him up to it. To find out who they were, he had to make a buy.
Could be setting up some very interesting plot developments there.
But he had no idea it was going to work like that. Tell the kid you want some meth, give money to the guys in the car, then get the meth from the kid.
I figured he just wanted to make sure that was the right kid, of course after the price was so high he could have just said “nevermind” and kept his $300.
I remember reading in a thread here about Ebert’s rule where movie or TV universes are relatively small and coincidence is the norm, mostly due to budget constraints or story, but this reveal that the same kid on the bike is the same one who killed one of Jesse’s crew kind of disappointed me.
Also, the setup of the kid signalling the car and also carrying – is that the most ideal? I guess the kid being a minor would make him only go to juvenile detention at worst for drug possession.
And who played Andrea? She’s hot
And not only that, the guys (I assume) had no drugs in the car. “Is there a problem officer, he was just returning some money I lent to him a few weeks ago?”
True, but he did know that the only way he was going to ever find out who was responsible was through the kid. And that meant buying from the kid.
There’s no other reason for him to buy meth.
And when Jesse looks at that meth he just bought… will it be blue?
Well, that would be interesting, for Jesse to learn that he is working for the man who is ultimately responsible for his friend’s death.
And that would be in keeping with the show’s handling of the consequences of the meth trade. Just like Walt bears some responsibility for Hank’s injury.
It wouldn’t be just another mindless coincidence either. Gus presumably dominates the local meth trade. It strikes me as likely that it’s blue.
When Jesse’s buddies told him they hadn’t made any sales, I expected the explanation to be that someone else was selling it cheaper.
Jesse didn’t try to find out who killed Combo before. Why’s he doing it now? Just more danger-seeking? And if Andrea knew who killed him, why didn’t the cops know? Presumably if Andrea knows, so do lots of other people.