This episode. What more can I say? An absolute roller-coaster ride of an episode. And right from the off, it delivers. It carries straight on from the previous episode where Hank, Gomez, Jesse and Walt were involved in a shootout with Jack's men.
The episode opens up with a flashback, back to the beginning of Breaking Bad where Walt and Jesse are cooking in the desert and Walt makes his first lie to Skyler about his boss keeping him behind. After the flashback sequence is done, it flashes forward to the aftermath of the shootout. Steve Gomez is dead and Hank is helpless. Hank is soon killed by Jack, despite Walt's efforts to save him. Walt tells Jack where his $80 million is in his attempt to save Hank and then Jack steals his money. This scene set the whole tone for the episode.
The episode is intense from start to finish, disaster after disaster happening to every single character. Walter "Flynn" Jr finally finds out about Walt's (now crumbling) drug empire. Jesse is kidnapped by Jack's men and forced to cook meth for them, and in the process brutally tortured as indicated by his facial wounds.
The most heart pounding scene, despite all of the disasters happening around the characters was arguably the knife fight between Skyler and Walt. Walter Jr is forced to watch domestic abuse fold right before his eyes, after Skyler draws a knife on Walt and slices his hand. During this whole scene, Walter Jr was asking for his parents to stop before eventually tackling his dad off of his mother when it looked like he was going to eventually stab her. Walt soon kidnapped Holly, their daughter, and takes her away from Skyler.
The reason why this scene is so effective is because the whole series has been leading up to this. Years of tension and anticipation between Skyler and Walt is finally relieved with an intense, heart pounding knife fight.
The phone call scene shows how far Walt has fallen, and how Walter White is dead. Walter White is officially Heisenberg from this point on. The police listen in on the phone call, and Walt is very aware of this, claiming he killed Hank. Marie breaks down into tears once hearing that Hank is dead.
"He crossed me. You think about that. Family or no. You let that sink in." Walt warns Skyler that if she crosses him, he will kill her.
The episode ends with Walt getting picked up by the service Jesse was originally going to use, that Saul offered Jesse and also Walt. He goes and starts a new life as someone else.
The episode opens up with a flashback, back to the beginning of Breaking Bad where Walt and Jesse are cooking in the desert and Walt makes his first lie to Skyler about his boss keeping him behind. After the flashback sequence is done, it flashes forward to the aftermath of the shootout. Steve Gomez is dead and Hank is helpless. Hank is soon killed by Jack, despite Walt's efforts to save him. Walt tells Jack where his $80 million is in his attempt to save Hank and then Jack steals his money. This scene set the whole tone for the episode.
The episode is intense from start to finish, disaster after disaster happening to every single character. Walter "Flynn" Jr finally finds out about Walt's (now crumbling) drug empire. Jesse is kidnapped by Jack's men and forced to cook meth for them, and in the process brutally tortured as indicated by his facial wounds.
The most heart pounding scene, despite all of the disasters happening around the characters was arguably the knife fight between Skyler and Walt. Walter Jr is forced to watch domestic abuse fold right before his eyes, after Skyler draws a knife on Walt and slices his hand. During this whole scene, Walter Jr was asking for his parents to stop before eventually tackling his dad off of his mother when it looked like he was going to eventually stab her. Walt soon kidnapped Holly, their daughter, and takes her away from Skyler.
The reason why this scene is so effective is because the whole series has been leading up to this. Years of tension and anticipation between Skyler and Walt is finally relieved with an intense, heart pounding knife fight.
The phone call scene shows how far Walt has fallen, and how Walter White is dead. Walter White is officially Heisenberg from this point on. The police listen in on the phone call, and Walt is very aware of this, claiming he killed Hank. Marie breaks down into tears once hearing that Hank is dead.
"He crossed me. You think about that. Family or no. You let that sink in." Walt warns Skyler that if she crosses him, he will kill her.
The episode ends with Walt getting picked up by the service Jesse was originally going to use, that Saul offered Jesse and also Walt. He goes and starts a new life as someone else.