Grilled (15 Mar. 2009)

Tuco takes Walt and Jesse prisoner.

Director:

Charles Haid

Writers:

Vince Gilligan (creator), George Mastras

Stars:

Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Bryan Cranston	...	Walter White
Anna Gunn	...	Skyler White
Aaron Paul	...	Jesse Pinkman
Dean Norris	...	Hank Schrader
Betsy Brandt	...	Marie Schrader
RJ Mitte	...	Walter White, Jr.
Raymond Cruz	...	Tuco Salamanca
Tess Harper	...	Mrs. Pinkman
Mark Margolis	...	Tio Salamanca
Steven Michael Quezada	...	Steven Gomez
Nigel Gibbs	...	APD Detective Tim Roberts
Dana Cortez	...	TV Reporter

Storyline

Having been kidnapped by a crazed Tuco, Walt and Jesse are held prisoner by him in a desert shack where he often hides out and takes care of his sick uncle. Walt's brother-in-law Hank and the DEA have rolled Tuco's entire organization and he thinks that his two prisoners may have been a source of information. Walt tries to feed Tuco the poison he prepared. Walter Jr. meanwhile takes a bit of time off to look for Walt. Skyler is sick with worry and has been distributing handbills with Walt's photo. He remembers that Jesse Pinkman was Walt's source of marijuana and tries to track him down. Tuco finally realizes that his prisoners are up to something and is obviously going to kill Jesse. After a fight in which Tuco is shot, Hank shows up looking for Jesse.

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Plot Keywords:

poison | briefing | monte carlo the car | search for missing person | choking someone | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

High Bridge Productions, Gran Via Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tuco takes Walter prisoner and reads his driver's license as Walter Hartwell White. So the H. stands for Hartwell.

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Goofs

Hank asks Pinkman's mother if Jesse still drove that 1989 Chevy Monte Carlo, but vehicle production of the Monte Carlo had stopped with the 1988 model year.

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Connections

Features El mago (1949)

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Soundtracks

"Red Moon"
(uncredited)
Written by The Walkmen
Performed by The Walkmen

User Reviews

Great suspense, exciting to the end.

This is one of the best episodes, from the point of suspense. While not much happens back at the White home, except for Marie temporarily being excused for her kleptomaniac problems, the kidnapping out in the New Mexico boonies story is suspense-ridden and sometimes very humorous. The suspense derives from all the points at which Walter and Jesse just could have got away... if not for one small mistake. This started with Walt leaving his gun at home in the previous episode, on to Jesse calling the ricin "killer" in the sense that it's an awesome batch of meth, to Jesse ruining it all by inflicting his signature "Chilli P" (a reference to the pilot episode, well done by the writers, Jesse hasn't forgotten about his past) to the ominous bell ringing by a warning Tio Salamanca, maybe the best part of all. To have a seemingly senile, wheelchair-and-oxygen-supply-bound quadriplegic speechless old uncle in his underpants turn out to be a dangerous key player is absolutely brilliant writing. His menacing bell ringing really does send a shiver down your spine. The initial scene where half-delirious Walt sees his forgiving wife turn into Tuco, then scramble on the ground looking for his glasses is hilarious. Nice ending shot combining the slowly dying rhythm of Jesse's car's hydraulics with the heartbeat of the dying Tuco, with Hank towering above. Onnly eight points, though, because Tuco, having been shot in the abdomen, seems unrealistically strong enough to handle a submachine rifle and engage in a firefight.