TV-Reviewed

When that Spanish music began playing at the start of this episode, I thought that maybe I would enjoy something a little different, but when all was said and done, I felt disappointed by the music. It wasn’t exactly catchy music and indicated that “Heisenberg” wasn’t going to live long after the Mexican cartels moved in.

After taking care of business last week, Jesse found himself depressed over how everything went down. Walt, on the other hand, saw this as an opportunity to expand the size of the business, to bring in more customers, and to sell more drugs. He used the word on the street to his advantage and had Jesse supersize the number of dealers that they had.

Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Bryan Cranston as Walter White

It seems to me that Walt isn’t playing this as smartly as he should. The bigger of an operation that he has, the more enemies he’ll wind up with, and not all of them are the police. The Mexican cartels will be moving in and they’ll be coming in hard. A single revolver and a reputation won’t be enough to keep them at bay forever.

Hank’s “promotion” didn’t turn out to be quite what he had in mind. He is with an entirely new group of DEA agents and is closer to the border. Hank is at a significant disadvantage with this because he doesn’t speak a whole lot of Spanish. I honestly felt sorry for him for the the first time since the show began.

The way the “turtle” story played out wasn’t at all what I was expecting. The guys sure gave him a hard time, but his going back to the truck after seeing Turtle’s decapitated head proved to be a life-saving decision.

Of all of the stories in this week’s episode that surprised me, I would have to admit that Skylar’s story was the most surprising. It wasn’t so much that she decided to get a job, but that she had an affair one time with someone a few years ago and Walt doesn’t even know about it. I’m quite surprised by Skylar’s past behavior. I never would have expected her to do such a thing.

And speaking of questionable decisions, what about Jesse’s neighbor? I like that she’s actually involved in the story now, but I didn’t expect she and Jesse would become close so quickly given the fact that he lied about his own name when he began renting the apartment that she manages.

At some point, Jesse’s new friend will catch wind as to what Jesse does for a living and I don’t know if this will be a good thing for Jesse. While she doesn’t seem like someone who would run right to the cops, she doesn’t seem like someone who would be okay with her boyfriend cooking and selling drugs.

“Negro Y Azul” proved to be a very good episode, much better than I figured it would be considering the lackluster episodes that have come before it. Still, we’re not quite where we were at the end of the first season. It reminds me of the second season of Heroes, where everything was slow again after the exciting conclusion of the first season.

Rating: 7.7