4 Days Out

Episode aired May 3, 2009
TV-14
47m

IMDb RATING

9.2/10

33K

YOUR RATING

Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad (2008)

Desert Adventure Drug Crime Tragedy Crime Drama Thriller

Walter takes Jesse on an extended cook in the desert, hoping to secure his family's future--but an unexpected crisis puts their survival at risk.Walter takes Jesse on an extended cook in the desert, hoping to secure his family's future--but an unexpected crisis puts their survival at risk.Walter takes Jesse on an extended cook in the desert, hoping to secure his family's future--but an unexpected crisis puts their survival at risk.

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IMDb RATING

9.2/10

33K

YOUR RATING

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Featured review

9/10

Flight of the Fleetwood Bounder

4 Days Out is a great example of visual storytelling that uses the camera wonderfully to capture subjects and also the performance of actors. It is difficult to pick a favourite moment but I love all the imagery captured in the Walt-Jesse scenes, especially the use of the setting sun and desert landscapes. This is brilliantly combined with the cooking scenes and situation the characters are placed. Arguably the writers have used a clichéd premise that we know will be resolved, but it is an example of the trope done very well.

Other scenes beautifully captured include Walt's hospital scenes, particularly his reaction to seeing something on screen and the later scenes with his family. The interaction between Jesse and Jane is also great, and for me it shows the tranquil beauty of Krysten Ritter in a way that makes a certain decision made by Jesse feel like a particularly bad one.

All actors are on great form, particularly Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston. There is a great mixture of comedy, drama and irony in the writing that the cast enhance with their performances. The acting from everyone in the final few scenes is awesome.

snoozejonc
May 31, 2024
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Trivia
Aaron Paul refrained from drinking any liquid, including water, for an entire day to authenticate his portrayal as dehydrating.

Goofs
In Down (2009) and Breakage (2009), it is established that Jesse's dealers were selling meth for $2500/ounce, of which Walt and Jesse kept $2000, split evenly between them. Then in Negro y Azul (2009), Walt tells Jesse to raise the prices. Here when Walt asks Jesse what they're selling meth for these days, Jesse says $40,000/pound, i.e. $2500/ounce. Walt looks surprised that it's so high, to which Jesse replies, "Hey, you said raise the prices." But that figure (which based on Walt saying, "minus distribution charges" while performing his calculations is the street price) and the math on each of them making $672,000 for 42 pounds of meth shows that the street price is still $2500/ounce and that he and Jesse still keep $2000 of that - exactly the pricing they started with.