Walt and Jesse's little empire begins to crumble. Saul tries to set them up with a mysterious distributor.Walt and Jesse's little empire begins to crumble. Saul tries to set them up with a mysterious distributor.Walt and Jesse's little empire begins to crumble. Saul tries to set them up with a mysterious distributor.
Dean Norris
- Hank Schrader
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Betsy Brandt
- Marie Schrader
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RJ Mitte
- Walter White, Jr.
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- TriviaFirst appearance of Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo "Gus" Fring.
- GoofsAfter Jesse tells Walt that Combo is dead, Jesse has a brief conversation with Skinny Pete about Combo. Skinny Pete says that Combo called him before he died saying that 'a couple of dudes were mad-dogging him trying to run him up off the corner'. However all Combo told Skinny on the phone was that he's 'up on 2nd and Hazeltine, getting eyeballed hard'. This isn't a continuity error, especially given Skinny Pete's propensity for inaccuracy and exaggeration when explaining things. Even at the base level, the two descriptions can mean the same thing to different people.
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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.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Breaking Bad: Abiquiu (2010)
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The introduction of another of the show's most recurring characters
When the episode begins Combo (a dealer that works for Walter and Jesse) is shot by a kid for orders of a rival gang of dealers. Jesse and Walter are so left without dealers so they ask some help to Saul Goodman and he proposes them to meet with the perfect guy, a serious and honest dealer that works completely different than psychotic Tuco. They establish an appointment with the guy in the fast food Los Pollos Hermanos (that will be a recurring place throughout the show's run). Walt arrives on time at the appointment while Jesse late and possibly stoned, and the man seems like a not too tall guy with two glasses. Walt then calls Saul angry because the man they were waiting wasn't at the appointment but Saul replies that the man was there, just evaluating Walt and Jesse's behaviours and especially after seeing Jesse's stoner mannerisms he is not that interested in the deal. Walt wants a second chance so he goes again in the fast food and stays until late night, and the black man from before finally discusses with Walt saying that for him Jesse looks lazy and always stoned but Walt convinces him to work for them. Next day Walt receives an SMS with written POLLOS and goes again in the fast food but doesn't find the man: a guy tells Walt that the man is Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) and is the owner of the fast food chain Los Pollos Hermanos and that wants the meth on a certain place. So Walt rushes to Jesse's home and since Jesse is sleeping thanks to Jane that made him try some heroin first, Walt goes in the kitchen and takes the meth from under the kitchen sink, all this while receiving an SMS from Skylar that finally her baby is coming.
This was an episode full of surprises, Esposito was nice in his first episode as Gus Fring and Jesse's heroin situation was shown in a comedic fashion. And btw, Mandala means circle of life: in the beginning Combo is killed, and in the end Skylar is about to give birth. Just another winner.
This was an episode full of surprises, Esposito was nice in his first episode as Gus Fring and Jesse's heroin situation was shown in a comedic fashion. And btw, Mandala means circle of life: in the beginning Combo is killed, and in the end Skylar is about to give birth. Just another winner.
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- bellino-angelo2014
- Nov 23, 2023
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