Fly (23 May 2010)

There is a fly loose in the lab. Walt and Jesse must do whatever they can to kill it before it contaminates the meth.

Director:

Rian Johnson

Writers:

Vince Gilligan (creator), Sam Catlin,

Stars:

Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Bryan Cranston	...	Walter White
Anna Gunn	...	Skyler White (voice)
Aaron Paul	...	Jesse Pinkman
Dean Norris	...	Hank Schrader (credit only)
Betsy Brandt	...	Marie Schrader (credit only)
RJ Mitte	...	Walter White, Jr. (credit only)

Storyline

Walt is suffering from insomnia, worried about the choices he has made and the direction his life has taken. Unaware that Jesse has been skimming a bit of their product, he also worried that the numbers in his formulas don't add up and that they always seem to somewhere between 4 and 8 ounces short of what the batch should have produced. The meticulous Walt is also concerned - to the point of paranoia - when he discovers a housefly in the lab. Worried about contamination, he goes to extreme lengths to kill it. Jesse comes to his rescue in an interesting way.

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Plot Keywords:

brush | apology | flashlight | meth lab | spiral staircase | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 May 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

High Bridge Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is a "bottle episode", an episode with limited cast and sets produced due to limited budget. The show had spent much of his budget on the building of the superlab so a low-cost episode was needed.

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Quotes

Jesse Pinkman: Dude, you scared the shit out of me. When you say it's contamination. I mean, I'm thinking like... an ebola leak or something.
Walter White: Ebola.
Jesse Pinkman: Yeah, it's a disease on the Discovery Channel where all your intestines sort of just slip right out of your butt.
Walter White: Thank you, I know what ebola is.

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Connections

References Breaking Bad: Phoenix (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Simplemente Amame"
(uncredited)
Written by Cumbre Norteña
Performed by Cumbre Norteña

User Reviews

Worst Episode of the season

Wow, there are some episodes that I felt were a little weak and then there is this one. I love the show but this episode was pure trash. Am I not thinking deep enough or artsy enough? No. I understand the goal of the episode but it is way too obnoxious and over the top. It gave me the same feeling of watching an awful horror movie where someone is walking towards a door that should never be opened. They are limping there painfully slow and the entire world knows not to go in there but they do it anyways. Same feeling. Its painful to watch and you just want to go into your TV to start screaming and strangling Walt. I'm not surprised this has a different writer and I really feel it doesn't belong as is.