I thought he was being a prick to his assistant on purpose so he can tell pollos to get rid of him so Jesse can be his partner instead.

That was a flashback. The cousins were the kids and the wheelchair guy who can't talk now was the guy on the phone.

omfg

just finished the ep. heart still pounding, palms sweaty.

incredibly intense ending. wow.

last scene was f terrible ******ed aksjdaljd

yes and no.

hank's scenes were very well done imo.

jessie was a bit over the top, especially his first 'what happens now' response speech, a touch cringe worthy to me.

such a solemn episode though. loved that aspect.

Pretty awesome episode overall. I agree with alot of you though, the fumbling of the bullet and camera work around those scenes were a little too cliche.

My guess is Gustav(pollos owner)or one of his people tipped off Hank. I'm sure if hank got murdered as planned, Walt would quit cooking. Thus giving a motive for Gus (or co.) to tip off Hank.

I liked the episode a lot. I really don't know what to say to people who didn't like Paul in this episode, I thought he was great. The ending could have been better, I think if Hank was going to live he should have had a .38 on his ankle or in his glovebox. But that's a small thing.

it wasn't just a hit. it was a vendetta killing.

family is all.

going for the axe was completely congruent with the character.

THANK YOU! that's where i recognize him from.

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gus doesn't work with junkies, remember? saul also knew well about the jesse 'problem' even suggesting he be taken out, so you gotta figure gus has heard about this.

makes me wonder what jesse's future holds.

you are just making excuses for the stupid james bond cliche, you know what would have represented the "family is all" concept? killing hank as quickly as possible so you could go carry your injured brother to safety before the authorities came.

Maybe so, although I don't think he'd fully made the decision yet. I think either way that berating his lab assistants is a long-established behavior of his.

Yeah, but it was still really interesting. Fring's been in this business for a long time, it seems, and has not had the steadiest of relationships with the Cartel.

It was awesome how in the middle of the ep when Hank thought Jesse was going to press charges, the roles reversed and Walt suddenly was the one controlling whether Hank kept his job. Walt helping Hank was finally the first good thing for Hank to be a result of Walt's cooking, which is then immediately followed by the worst thing yet for Hank. Awesome.

I also thought Jesse's speech about 'how everything has gone to **** since he met Walt' was interesting because he has a point. Walt has been trying to help him almost the entire time but it keeps making Jesse worse off. I was hoping Jesse would stick to his guns, but clearly he hasn't learned his lesson so something horrible will happen to him soon I'm guessing.

The show is doing a really good job of making all the characters incredibly reliant on each other in multiple facets. Their relationships all have complex advantages and disadvantages that are unlike any show I've seen, which is why it's a top show ever.

For any of you to complain about ANY part of this episode...

I'm shocked. That final few minutes was written in a fantastic fashion. How could anyone complain? Just stop watching the show please.

That was intense and completely awesome. Can't WAIT for next week!

lol

The scene where one of the cousins has already been shot by Hank but his vest protects him is fine. Then the cousin lifts his gun to aim at Hank's head but then says "Its too easy," and walks away to kill him in a more self-gratifying manner while leaving Hank with his gun in reach. That scene is a crock of **** and reminiscent of a host of 80's and 90's cartoons and action movies. Shame on Breaking Bad for that scene. I held my head in shame as a fan of the show.

That is two strikes in my book. First strike being the plane collision. I think I am willing to give this series more than three strikes though. Its a ****ing awesome series. I am just going to have to look past this like I did the plane collision.

That said, this whole season has been just phenomenal. I like the direction it is going with Scylore in that her character can take many roads from here, but she will certainly be in some way blaming Walt for Hank almost being killed by drug thugs. I assume her accusations are going to be general or by association in nature, but there could be more to it. There is a mass of ways this could go down and most ways I foresee end up very entertaining.

You could have had a lot more fun with that gimmik.

Skylar =/= Scylore.

i am glad that we're going back to the wolt and jece team. their interactions are what make the show.

Since the DEA knows all about Jesse's meth cooking proclivities won't that make it dangerous to bring him into the superlab?

i loved this ep. jesses ineptness was in line with his character and the unrealisticness of the final scene was completely forgivable given the suspense it created.

This post fails for not having the word bitch at the end of it.

I don't think he meant "too easy" as in it was too easy of a kill but rather "too easy" as in the cousin believes hank should suffer more than a gunshot to the face for killing tuco

re: the brothers


i think we need to realize that to them there is probably a enormous difference between killing for work and killing for personal reasons. in instance one they are probably 100% efficient and you stand no chance. in the second case they are crawling thru villages on dirt roads to pray to some death god. not saying the end scene didnt bother me a lil bit, but i gave it leeway because these two guys were more mythical to me than anything.

yeah but they tried to kill him with guns first.

the ending was a little sloppy, and as viewers we are left to find excuses as to why.

show still pwns and this episode was great.