Breaking Bad

The opening scene shows a detective talking at Walt's school about the recent investigation into the janitor and the equipment stolen. Some staff seems pretty upset. Walt and Skyler look pretty serious, when Walt all of a sudden gets frisky. He's interrupted by a woman (vice-principal) who asks more about the equipment that was stolen. He reads off the inventory that was taken. Interspersed is a later scene where Walt and Skyler have headed out to the car for a pleasurable break.



Meanwhile, a real estate agent is showing people Jesse's home and for some reason it's listed as for sale. One couple wonders about the recent drywall repair to the ceiling of the hallway, where the acid previously leaked through. When Walt gets there, the real estate agent tells him Jesse is in the RV. Walt heads inside to find Jesse, recovering from his painful encounter with Tuco. He tells Jesse he got the money back, plus more. But Jesse wonders why he made a deal with the scumbag that beat him up and then explains that he can't get enough "pseudo" (-ephedrine, an OTC anti-histamine) to make two pounds a week.



Back at the cancer specialist's office, an update on whether the chemotherapy is giving Walt any side effects. Next at a junkyard, Jesse and Walt wait for Tuco to show up. They don sunglasses in a comical moment. Jesse wonders why Walt picked this place, while Tuco soon pulls up. He's brought two goons. But Walt only has 0.53 grams and he has to explain that he needs money to fund the operations. And now Walt says he can do 4 pounds. But Walt has a plan, back at Jesse's house, he says that they don't need pseudo-ephedrine. Walt hands him a shopping list with some hard-to- come-by items and convinces Jesse to get them for him.



Next, Skyler's baby shower is happening. Marie and Hank are there along with a lot of other people. Walt Jr. is videotaping everyone saying messages for the baby. She later opens presents and gets something pretty expensive from Marie. Hank and Walt step outside and have a few drinks. They enjoy a cigar, to which Walt says "[hey], I already have lung cancer". Hank tells Walt that meth used to be legal, sold over the counter. Later, Walt is looking up other types of therapies for his cancer. Skyler wonders about the baby tiara she got from Marie and would have preferred something more practical. Walt says he found a sweat lodge and wants to drive up Friday and come back Sunday. Meanwhile, he drops his bags at Jesse's and helps him set up the new lab in his garage. Jesse didn't get methylamine because it is a controlled substance. It's held at a chemical supply place downtown and he knows some thieves that can get it for $1000. Walt wonders why they can't steal it themselves. They find some etch-a-sketch type toys with thermite in them.



Skyler heads to the store where Marie had supposedly got the baby tiara. But the man helping her informs her the he's calling the police. The item was stolen. She fakes a planned blackmail and pretends to go into labor to get out of the situation. It's a close call, but it somehow works and Skyler quickly calls Marie after getting out of the store, obviously furious.



Later, Jesse and Walt are at the chemical facility. They head and see a guard head to the bathroom in a port-o-pod. They tie the door closed with some rope and head over to the closed area. They blow the door with thermite and blowtorch. It isn't that loud but it gets the job done. An alarm goes off though and the two have to hurry to get out. They can't find any gallon tins, but they find a very heavy 50 gallon barrel. With the guard locked in the port-o-pod, Jesse and Walt are able to very slowly huddle over to their entrance and get away. The next day, they are preparing the RV, but it's doesn't look like it's going anywhere. The basement will have to do, and the two start moving stuff down there. But Jesse has to cancel the real estate agent. He tries calling her, but she's setting up for an open house and her phone is in the car.



Walt and Jesse are still working on their newest batch when they spot people coming into the house from the basement windows. A little girl wandering about sees a door open. Walt in a chemical suit looks at her, waves hi, says "shhh". Jesse has to get the people out.



Meanwhile, Marie is shopping again but Skyler finds her and confronts her about the shoplifting incident. Marie focuses on why she would return it rather than the stealing it. Marie denies stealing the item. Skyler is shocked, so she just leaves. Back at Jesse's house, a woman notices a bad smell. The real estate agent sprays air freshener. Walt gets back to the house and talks to Skyler about things. Skyler smells something funny, Walt just says it was the secret brews of the natives. Back at the junkyard. Walt delivers. The product is blue, but Walt says it's just as pure. Tuco samples. He likes. Tuco hands over the money. But then one of the goons says "just remember who you're working for". Tuco goes nuts and beats the guy to a pulp. Jesse and Walt look on in shock. The other goon pulls the practically dead one back into the Escalade and Tuco leaves. Still shocked, Walt and Jesse leave. "Who's gonna save your soul" by Gnarls Barkley plays in the background, an ominous feeling over the situation and the next season.