Having planted a bug on Gus's car in the previous episode Hank is keen to see where he has been driving; it turns out that he has only driven between his home and one of his restaurants; something so innocent that Hank feels Gus must be his man! Soon afterwards Hank asks for Walt's help again; this time he wants to be driven to Gus's distribution centre; Walt feigns illness to delay Hank long enough for Mike to ensure that the site is clean. While Mike and Jesse are cleaning the site they come under attack and one of Mike's men is killed; however Gus is unscathed even though he stands still knowing a sniper has him in his sights... he knows the Cartel need him and this is a final warning. While all this is going on Skyler has a financial problem; her former employee Ted Beneke is being audited by the tax man and Skyler's name is all over his company's cooked books; if she is to keep them from investigating her too she will have to think quickly. By the end of the episode Walt's paranoia leads him to confront Jesse about why he hasn't killed Gus; this leads to a fight that could end their already tenuous friendship permanently.
This episode was a great mix of drama, action and humour. The opening where Dean Norris gave a fairly terrible rendition of 'Eye of the Tiger' was hilarious as was the scene where Skyler put on a performance as a ditzy blonde hired more for her cleavage than her bookkeeping skills in front of the taxman; Anna Gunn did a great job there! The ill feeling between Walt and Jesse has been increasing for some time but now it finally looks as if the friendship is over; the fight scene at the end of the episode was almost painful to watch as it looked as if they were really trying to kill each other. 'Breaking Bad' doesn't go in for jump-scares to often but when the cartel sniper killed the man at the distribution centre I jumped and it was believable that Jesse would react the way he did; unable to quite comprehend what had just happened or the imminent danger he was in! With tensions continuing to rise I look forward to seeing what will happen next.
This episode was a great mix of drama, action and humour. The opening where Dean Norris gave a fairly terrible rendition of 'Eye of the Tiger' was hilarious as was the scene where Skyler put on a performance as a ditzy blonde hired more for her cleavage than her bookkeeping skills in front of the taxman; Anna Gunn did a great job there! The ill feeling between Walt and Jesse has been increasing for some time but now it finally looks as if the friendship is over; the fight scene at the end of the episode was almost painful to watch as it looked as if they were really trying to kill each other. 'Breaking Bad' doesn't go in for jump-scares to often but when the cartel sniper killed the man at the distribution centre I jumped and it was believable that Jesse would react the way he did; unable to quite comprehend what had just happened or the imminent danger he was in! With tensions continuing to rise I look forward to seeing what will happen next.