BREAKING BAD: Thirty-Eight Snub
The day after Walter, Jesse, and Mike watched the life bleed out of Victor finds them trying to get their shit together. Walter, who is 100 percent certain Gus is going to kill him, tries to be proactive and buys a gun. Mike goes to a bar and blurs the memory with booze. Jesse moves back into his old place with the gaudiest stereo on earth. Gus decides it’s best to not hang around the lab anymore. He was checkmated by Walter and Jesse shot his hopeful chemist, Gale. Probably a good idea to let those boys cool off and get back to work.
Despite all of the blood on Walter’s hands, he’s still no gunman. Watching him clumsily practice the draw on his recently purchased piece, it’s apparent that he’s going to get in over his head again. hitting unsuspecting drug dealers with your car and letting a junkie choke on her own vomit isn’t the same as gunning someone down. He’s shot someone before – in last season’s “Run” – but that was after he rammed them with the Aztec. I have to admit that I got chills when Walt slowly put his trademark hat on, but I doubt we’ll see him buckin’ down the Chicken Man anytime soon.
Mike tries to beat some sense into Walt; tell him that he won, he outsmarted Gus, and should just be happy about that. but things will never be back to normal at the lab for Walt and Jesse. After having spent nearly the entirety of the last episode in silence, Jesse tries to erase the memory of Gale through a never-ending party and a seriously obnoxious stereo. He also picked up a Roomba for good measure. He dives into the party so hard, not even his old pals Pete and Badger can keep up. But when the party’s over, he’s left with the ghosts of Gale and Victor.
The owner of the car wash, Walt’s old boss, shut Skyler down HARD with his figure of 10 then 20 million. I laughed when she was outside taking notes on how different car models are cleaned, but when she ran through the numbers and made her offer I was impressed. Homegirl did her research. She tells Walt that Hank’s medical bills are piling up, but as a DEA agent, shouldn’t he have some serious insurance? I honestly may be forgetting something from last season, but wouldn’t he be covered for things like rehab after a shooting? I remember Skyler offered to help, but it sounds like they’re paying for the whole thing.
IN BRIEF: The gun dealer was played by Jim Beaver, who plays redneck occult expert Bobby Singer on Supernatural. I watched the first three seasons of Supernatural and loved them. It’s a fun, pulpy show that plays with folklore and horror. Someday I’ll catch up with it. — Mike scuffing Victor’s blood off of his cuff was a great touch. This is a man – a killer – who’s done his share of murder. But Victor’s death obviously shook him and has him thinking about how expendable he might be to Gus. – A plane exploding in your new commercial? Keep it classy, Saul. – “Check you for a sliz” LOL