Watching BB the second time around, one can notice how less than stellar some episodes were. Granted this is one of the best series ever, but nothing is perfect. This episode, although not as bad as Open House, comes very close to stretching a very flimsy plot too thin.
One half of the episode is about Jesse and Mike taking a long ride. I understand that Mike is the "cool, strong, silent" stereotype, but I agree with Jesse about him being also deadly boring.
There is a difference between being concise and being inarticulate and most often Mike seems to belong to the second category, a brute who must punch Walt, because a simple "No" wouldn't befit his character.
Walt starts the episode - and the second plot line - in a state of hysteria. Once more, the Jesse-Walt dysfunctional relationship is exploited as a cloudless, solid, friendship. Walt wants to know what happened to Jesse and goes to Los Pollos Hermanos to shoot Gus, who obviously is nowhere near the place.
Then, Walt spends "quality time" with Sky so that - after a steamy sex session - they can discuss more of the boring gambling-car wash. At dinner time, Walt gets really upset because Hank expresses admiration for the genius of the departed "Heisenberg". Therefore Walt convinces Hank that Gale was not Heisenberg. Much has been said about this move, which is quite stupid. However, with the blue stuff still around, one can imagine that sooner or later an investigation would have started again, with or without Walt misplaced pride.
One half of the episode is about Jesse and Mike taking a long ride. I understand that Mike is the "cool, strong, silent" stereotype, but I agree with Jesse about him being also deadly boring.
There is a difference between being concise and being inarticulate and most often Mike seems to belong to the second category, a brute who must punch Walt, because a simple "No" wouldn't befit his character.
Walt starts the episode - and the second plot line - in a state of hysteria. Once more, the Jesse-Walt dysfunctional relationship is exploited as a cloudless, solid, friendship. Walt wants to know what happened to Jesse and goes to Los Pollos Hermanos to shoot Gus, who obviously is nowhere near the place.
Then, Walt spends "quality time" with Sky so that - after a steamy sex session - they can discuss more of the boring gambling-car wash. At dinner time, Walt gets really upset because Hank expresses admiration for the genius of the departed "Heisenberg". Therefore Walt convinces Hank that Gale was not Heisenberg. Much has been said about this move, which is quite stupid. However, with the blue stuff still around, one can imagine that sooner or later an investigation would have started again, with or without Walt misplaced pride.