TV-Reviewed

With the new Saul character just introduced a week ago, it didn’t take long for Breaking Bad to get him involved in the meth business. He crunched some numbers and realized that Jesse and Walt had better do some major cooking if he’s going to leave any money for the family.

This lit quite a fire under Walt. He immediately rallied Jesse and the two were headed to the middle of the desert for a 4-day cookathon. It wasn’t exactly a walk in the park, however. Not only did Jesse have to get out of a date with his new girlfriend, but Walt had to lie to his family and free up some time.

Instead of spending time with his mother, Walt was busy making pound after pound of meth in the desert with Jesse. But whenever these two are together, something always goes wrong and it was Jesse who screwed up twice. He left the keys in the ignition, draining the battery, and then he dumped the rest of the drinking water on a fire.

Bryan Cranston as Walter White

I could understand the first mistake. Still, I would like to think I would have just left the keys on the dashboard instead of in the ignition. I was shocked when Jesse dowsed the fire with the remainder of the water. When I saw Walt turn around and head into the RV, I knew immediately he was going after a fire extinguisher, but Jesse didn’t think that obviously. So he just used their water. D’oh!

The makeshift battery that Walt designed was clever, but I wonder it if would actually work. MythBusters, were you watching?

Outside of the cookathon plot, there was a lot of drama surrounding Walt’s latest tests. He went in at the start of the episode to get a new scan of his body to see if the tumor had changed. When he got a look at the scan, Walt looked concerned, like the tumor had grown. Thankfully, Walt’s tumor had shrunk… by 80%. This is a staggering amount. I’m wondering if those chemicals that he’s around when he’s cooking have had any affect on this. I know he uses a respirator, but I have a difficult time believing that nothing gets into his lungs.

After receiving the news, Walt and his family were understandably happy. However, after some time had passed, Walt seemed upset. The reality of the drug business began to set in. What’s Walt going to do now? It looks like he just may live a lot longer than expected. So when and how does he get out of the meth business? He may not have Tucco on his ass anymore, but he and Jesse both have Saul as a partner and I doubt he’s going to allow Walt go just leave.

This was a terrific episode. I can’t wait until the next one!

Rating: 9.4