"You have a good rest of your life, kid."
'Peekaboo' is one of the best episodes of Breaking Bad yet, for a number of reasons. Interestingly, this is the first episode in which Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul share no scenes together. We still follow both their stories though, as Gretchen Schwartz finds out that Walt has been lying to Skyler and Jesse takes care of the breakage from the last episode.
Walt's lies finally catch up with him, at least to some extent, as Gretchen realises that Walt has told Skyler she and Elliott are paying the medical fees. She sees Skyler and goes along with Walt's story, only for them to meet up later at a restaurant in a terrific scene. We find out a little more of the Gray Matter back-story and it's a shocking but brilliant moment when Walt tells Gretchen "fuck you!".
The Jesse storyline is by far the best bit of the episode as he pays a visit to Spooge and a woman I'll call Skank here (let's hope she doesn't read this review). Jesse goes in with his gun, but his plan changes significantly when he finds their young son there alone. Spooge and Skank return home and in one of the most brutal moments the show has done yet, Spooge gets his head crushed by a stolen ATM machine. Jesse can't believe they'd let a kid live in those conditions, so he calls 911 and leaves the kid on the step, making sure he keeps his eyes closed as they walk through the house.
If the word gets out on the street that Spooge stole from Jesse and ended up dead, the chances of anyone else trying to rob him don't look to be very high. This is a terrific hour of television, as we really get to know Jesse better through his sympathy for the young boy. Only 'Grilled' so far surpasses this in terms of the quality of episodes this season.
10/10
'Peekaboo' is one of the best episodes of Breaking Bad yet, for a number of reasons. Interestingly, this is the first episode in which Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul share no scenes together. We still follow both their stories though, as Gretchen Schwartz finds out that Walt has been lying to Skyler and Jesse takes care of the breakage from the last episode.
Walt's lies finally catch up with him, at least to some extent, as Gretchen realises that Walt has told Skyler she and Elliott are paying the medical fees. She sees Skyler and goes along with Walt's story, only for them to meet up later at a restaurant in a terrific scene. We find out a little more of the Gray Matter back-story and it's a shocking but brilliant moment when Walt tells Gretchen "fuck you!".
The Jesse storyline is by far the best bit of the episode as he pays a visit to Spooge and a woman I'll call Skank here (let's hope she doesn't read this review). Jesse goes in with his gun, but his plan changes significantly when he finds their young son there alone. Spooge and Skank return home and in one of the most brutal moments the show has done yet, Spooge gets his head crushed by a stolen ATM machine. Jesse can't believe they'd let a kid live in those conditions, so he calls 911 and leaves the kid on the step, making sure he keeps his eyes closed as they walk through the house.
If the word gets out on the street that Spooge stole from Jesse and ended up dead, the chances of anyone else trying to rob him don't look to be very high. This is a terrific hour of television, as we really get to know Jesse better through his sympathy for the young boy. Only 'Grilled' so far surpasses this in terms of the quality of episodes this season.
10/10