After the incident involving the two dealers Gus is not happy with Walter but he still needs a master chemist so he can't kill him... not yet anyway. When Walt returns to work he finds himself working with Gale again; he appears to harbour no hard feeling and is keen to learn how to do things Walt's way. It quickly becomes apparent that Gus is planning to get rid of Walt; as he tells Gale about Walt's cancer and asks how long it would be before he can take over. Walt isn't stupid either; he knows that Gale is going to replace him as soon as he learns his methods so he determines that if he and Jesse are to survive Gale must die. Gus knows that it was Walt who killed his men but he is still intending to have Jesse killed and with Mike looking for him he could be in real trouble; after all Saul Goodman doesn't seem the sort of person who'd risk himself to keep a client's secret. Walter isn't Gus's only problem; the cartels are still looking for weaknesses in his operation; this leads to a thrilling scene where Mike takes out several cartel operatives who were trying to interfere with his chemical supply.
This was a great conclusion to a fine season; I loved how it began and ended with scenes of potential danger for Walter. It was nice to see Gale return; he seems a genuinely nice person despite his business so when Gus was telling him he would soon be taking over I'm sure he never suspected Gus was planning to kill Walt... this served to make it all the more tragic when Walter realises he must kill Gale.
Of the two protagonists Jesse has often seemed the bad guy and Walt a victim of circumstances but surprisingly up until know whenever one of them has killed somebody it has been Walt; here Jesse must be the one to take a life and Aaron Paul does a fantastic job portraying a man who must do something he knows is terrible. This is made even harder by the fact that his victim only poses an indirect threat. David Costabile also does a fine job in this scene as his character can't understand why somebody is going to kill him. This final scene left me keen to see what happens in series four.
This was a great conclusion to a fine season; I loved how it began and ended with scenes of potential danger for Walter. It was nice to see Gale return; he seems a genuinely nice person despite his business so when Gus was telling him he would soon be taking over I'm sure he never suspected Gus was planning to kill Walt... this served to make it all the more tragic when Walter realises he must kill Gale.
Of the two protagonists Jesse has often seemed the bad guy and Walt a victim of circumstances but surprisingly up until know whenever one of them has killed somebody it has been Walt; here Jesse must be the one to take a life and Aaron Paul does a fantastic job portraying a man who must do something he knows is terrible. This is made even harder by the fact that his victim only poses an indirect threat. David Costabile also does a fine job in this scene as his character can't understand why somebody is going to kill him. This final scene left me keen to see what happens in series four.