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Breaking Bad: Season 2, Episode 11Mandala (17 May 2009) 8.9
Combo is found dead. Walt and Jesse's little empire begins to crumble. Saul tries to set them up with a mysterious distributor. Director:Adam Bernstein |
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With the rapid improvement in his medical condition, Walt's doctors now recommend surgery as the final step to making him cancer free. It will all cost $170,000 however. Walt and Jesse have another problem when one of their dealers is shot on the street and Jesse believes someone is trying to take over. With only Skinny left as a dealer, Jesse and Walt have to find a solution to selling their product. Their lawyer-partner, Saul Goodman, suggests they get someone more experienced in the trade to help them out with the large quantities they have on hand. Jesse finally tells Jane, a recovering drug addict, what he does for a living. Skyler's doctor recommends that she have a C-section and they schedule the birth for the following week. At work however, she discovers her boss has been fiddling with the accounts. Written by garykmcd
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teenage hitman | labor pains | blowing out candle | syringe | drug injection |Certificate:
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Saul Goodman: As to your dead guy, occupational hazard. Drug dealer getting shot? I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's been known to happen.See more »
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"Electricity in my Bones"(uncredited)
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It finally looked as if business was on the up for Walt and Jesse; they have a huge quantity of methamphetamine to sell; what could go wrong? The answer is 'quite a lot' after his arrest Badger went to California leaving Jesse with just two street dealers; then as this episode opened Combo was gunned down leaving only Skinny Pete... and he is understandably nervous. The loss of his friend leaves Jesse shocked and in need of a hit while Walt is more concerned about the business as his doctor has proposed a treatment that would cost a substantial amount of money. When Saul learns of their predicament and how much stock they have he suggests finding a professional distributor... not a psychotic addict like Tuco but a professional; a man who has been in the business for twenty years without a single arrest. Of course such a man won't do business with just anybody and he certainly won't deal with a user like Jesse; Walt will have to be very persuasive if he is to work with this man. Jesse's drug use doesn't just effect the business; it also affects Jane when she falls off the wagon and joins him in taking Meth... then she introduces him to Heroin. Meanwhile Skyler has a problem at work; it would seem that her boss has been cooking the books for some time.
This is very much an episode of ups and downs; Walt is on is way up as he works to get professional distributor Gus to sell his product and Jesse is going downhill fast following the death of Combo and his increased drug use. The regular cast did fine jobs as always and I really liked Giancarlo Esposito's understated performance as new character Gus; the polar opposite of the previous distributer they tried to get involved with. Jesse's downward spiral still has some way to go I suspect and I fear that things will get never bleak for him before they get better. Away from the main characters Combo's death came as quite a shock; not because it happened but because it came from an unexpected direction.