'Breaking Bad' Recap: Skyler Suggests the Unthinkable

maandag 2 september 2013

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On last week's Breaking Bad, we saw the world's most awkward table-side guacamole offer, Walt's jaw-dropping curveball delivered via CD, a slight-of-hand maneuver by Saul's henchman that finally opened up a world of unpleasant revelations to Jesse, and a closing scene involving a holy-shit-bad-idea-BAD-IDEA arson attack in progress.

Look how I summed up that episode without giving anything away! That's because I care about preserving your viewing experience, dammit. Tonight's Breaking Bad, titled "Rabid Dog," had an equally nebulous description: "An unusual strategy starts to bear fruit, while plans are set in motion that could change everything." Clear as mud, AMC. Let's get to the recap and find out what actually went down, shall we?

(As evidenced by the word "recap," warning: there be spoilers ahead.)

We open with Walt driving up to his house only to pull to a stop when he sees Jesse's car parked haphazardly in the driveway, the door left wide open in his haste to … well, Walt's not sure, but he soon figures it out when the reek of gasoline whaps him in the face. (Shout-out to the Breaking Bad team for including a brief foreshadowing scene of skateboarders clattering by in front of the White's house, by the way.) Walt creeps through the house looking for Jesse, but comes up empty. (Second shout-out for the kickass shot when the camera slowly pulled back down the hall from his bedroom. That shit was tense, yo.)

Walt ends up trying to force-feed a box lunch of bullshit to Walt Jr. and Skyler about how he accidentally got soaked at the gas pump, sort of like that scene in Zoolander or something, but for once Walt Jr.'s totally not buying it. "Please, can you just tell the truth?" Walt Jr. asks plaintively, and I'm like hot damn has this kid finally figured out what literally every other character knows at this point, including the baby, what with that tug-of-war fight a couple episodes ago? But no, he's just worried that Walt passed out for cancer-related reasons while filling the tank. Jesus, someone seriously needs to spell some important info out for poor innocent Walt Jr. using, like, bacon strips.

Walt sends the family to an impressively upscale hotel (for real, how big is that bedroom?) and checks in with Saul in the parking lot. Saul makes another awkward suggestion that hey, maybe murder's not such a bad option here, but instead of delicately referencing sending Jesse to Belize he compares Jesse to Old Yeller. You know: *meaningful eyebrow waggle, finger guns* Walt's furious at Saul, but his anger doesn't even touch the slow burn Skyler's got going on in her fancy suite. She's fully aware of everything that's going on, despite Walt's bizarre defense that it's totally okay that Jesse was going to burn down their house because he obviously changed his mind. No big deal! He just flew off the handle a little, heh heh.

Skyler gulps her vodka and stares holes in her husband from the bed. "Walt, you need to deal with this." What are you saying, Walt asks, aghast.

"We've come this far. For us," Skyler says. "What's one more?" Holy shit. SKYSENBERG.

Up until now it's been completely unclear why Jesse DID change his mind, but then we jump back in time to the moment when he was in the White's house and about to light the whole thing up -- when out of nowhere, Hank pops out of thin air with a gun drawn. Jesse howls that Walt can't keep getting away with this. "You really want to burn him down?" Hank says. "Let's do it together."

Hank puts Jesse in his car and they drive away literally NANOSECONDS before Walt pulls up at the end of the street and stops to stare at his driveway. Love it.

We get a brief but deeply creepy scene with Marie (wearing all black, it must be noted) talking to her therapist. It feels like something out of the Sopranos, doesn't it? But it's so incredibly weird to see a shell-shocked Marie sitting there, murmuring about the poisons she's researched. Her therapist cautions her not to fall into the trap of believing that violence can solve any of these problems. "I won't hurt anybody. But it just feels good to think about it," she says, a little dreamily.

Hank takes Jesse back to his house, where he briefly tries to convince Marie to leave for a while. I'm totally hung up on the fact that he packed her suitcases for her. Could YOUR husband pack your suitcase without the results being completely comical? Maybe it's just me. Anyway, Jesse is eventually led to the living room where Hank and Gomez are ready to tape his confession. "But it's just my word against his," Jesse protests. Hank's like, whatever, I couldn't strong-arm Skyler into doing this and I'm still pissed about it, so sit in front of the camera and talk, even though I'm pretty sure we're on all sorts of shaky legal ground here.

They ask Jesse where he first met Walter White. Jesse stumbles over his oddly respectful habit of calling him "Mr. White" before spitting out "Walter," then says one of the saddest lines in Breaking Bad history:

"He was my teacher."

Hank decides to put a wire on Jesse for the meeting Walt has requested via voicemail, which terrifies Jesse because he figures Walt has no intentions of simply talking things out. "You two guys are just guys. Mr. White, he's the devil. He's smarter than you, he's luckier than you. Whatever is supposed to happen, the exact opposite is going to happen," he says. Hank shrugs and points out that he's not brainstorming, he's issuing orders. Later, Gomez voices the concern that maybe Jesse's right, and Hank goes stony-faced: "Pinkman gets killed? We get it all on tape."

HANKSENBERG!

In the end, Jesse approaches the meeting space, wire attached and ready to go. But before he gets to Walt, Jesse spots a hitman-looking bald dude -- he looks more than a little like Mike at a glance, doesn't he? -- standing nearby, and Jesse veers off to a pay phone where he dials Walt's cell. "Nice try, asshole," he says, before saying that he's just giving Walt a heads-up to know he's coming for him. "I decided that burning down your house was nothing, next time I'm going to get you where you really live."

My first thought was that he was referencing Walt's family, but now I'm thinking it has to do with Walt's identity as Heisenberg. Jesse's going to destroy the meth empire Walt built, maybe? Or maybe he's going to get rid of Walt's money?

The final scene (as we get confirmation that the bald guy was just waiting for his kid, which felt maybe a little cheap-red-herring-y but okay FINE Breaking Bad I'll give you this one) is Jesse back in the car with Hank. "I'm thinking there's another way to get him," Jesse says, in control for the first time this season. "There's another way. A better way." Meanwhile, Walt makes a call to Todd. “I think I might have another job for your uncle,” he begins, and … end credits. DAMN.

What did you think of tonight's episode?

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'Breaking Bad' Recap: Skyler peleas contra Hank y Marie

maandag 19 augustus 2013

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Voy a ser honesto con usted: lo menos divertido lo de escribir un Resumen de Breaking Bad --o cualquier recapitulación, de hecho--viene con la intro de spoiler-libre obligatoria. Es decir, no te importa lo que escribo en este párrafo, no me importa lo que escribo en este párrafo, el punto es simplemente que el párrafo aquí así no recito inmediatamente en el contenido de la recapitulación sin la advertencia de SPOILER. ¿Sabes?

De todos modos, ahora que ya casi tengo esta parte del camino, vamos a la RECAPPING real y discutir el episodio de esta noche, titulado "Enterrado". (Once more with feeling: spoilers adelante.)

El frío abierto implica a un hombre que parece caro le vendría bien un taco incluido de efectivo o dos descubriendo de Jesse lanzado dinero manchado de sangre y eventualmente, Jesse mismo, dando vueltas sin rumbo en un tiovivo. (Que, por cierto, es verde. ¿QUÉ MEEAAAN?) A continuación comprobamos con el enfrentamiento de Walt/Hank, momentos después del comentario de 'cuidado' como Hank bielas más ominoso sonido garaje puerta cerrada del mundo y Walt intenta batir a Hank para el golpe cuando se trata de conseguir Skyler al teléfono.

Desafortunadamente para Walt, Hank llega a su primera y estado de shock, ella accede a reunirse con él en un restaurante. Hank intenta asegurar que todo va a estar bien con respecto a su meta-señor esposo mientras ella, ya sabes, habla claramente y directamente a su grabadora, pero Skyler sale su fuga y dice que cree que necesita un abogado. Hank dice oh ho ho ho no, abogados sólo chicle a las obras, vamos Skyler, vamos a sacar a sus niños y llevarlos a mi casa, ¿de acuerdo?

"Estoy bajo arresto?" Skyler pide. Hank intenta asegurar que está de su lado, pero ella se vuelve cada vez más desquiciada antes de huir del restaurante. ¿"Estoy bajo arresto, Hank? ESTOY BAJO ARRESTO?"

Mientras tanto, Saul y Walt están asustados sobre conocimientos de Hanky Saúl hace la sugerencia sombría pero histérica que Walt podría, como, envíanos Hank a Belice. "Ya sabes, Belice," Saúl dice incómodamente. "Donde"Mike fue a. Cuando Walt se invierte hacia fuera de él, que Hank es familia por Dios--en consonancia con su retorcida pero inmutable código de ética, de manera Saúl obtiene avergonzado y dice, "Es una técnica que ha trabajado muy bien para ti últimamente, es todo lo que digo".

En la casa blanca, Marie muestra hasta enfrentarse a Skyler. Las hermanas tienen una discusión ven a Jesús, que en su mayoría es unilateral como Marie reúne todas las piezas y Skyler dice prácticamente nada excepto un ahogado "lo siento." Marie, pega duro, antes de gritar, "No hablar con Hank porque crees que Walt va a salir con esto".

Marie tormentas fuera de la habitación y hace una línea recta para poco Holly, que recoge y trata de tomar de la casa. Una ejecución de cortador de caja no tiene nada sobre un niño gritón como dos mujeres físicamente pelearan por ella--antes de Hank finalmente estalla y dice Marie para dejar que el bebé vayasobreviene una escena casi insoportable. En el coche, Marie woodenly Mira adelante antes de decirle a Hank, "Tienes que sacarlo".

Hank:

Walt expulsa a una sección de la tierra del desierto y somete a un esfuerzo hercúleo verdaderamente cavando un hoyo gigante en el suelo y enterrar su alijo de dinero de la droga. (Nota al azar: has notado que todo el mundo siempre está usando abrigos en este show? No es nuevo México caliente a veces?) Él memoriza las coordenadas para el dinero: 34 59 20 106 36 52. ¿Tal vez estos números tienen un significado más profundo de Lost estilo dentro de la historia de Breaking Bad? O quizá sea sólo un huevo de Pascua para los fanáticos: algunos informe son las coordenadas de Albuquerque Studios donde filman el show.

Walt vuelve a casa a una peluca-out Skyler, momento en el que puntualmente colapsa bruces en el suelo del baño. Cuando llegue a la mañana siguiente (no puedo creer Walt Jr. no está golpeando a la puerta pidiendo el desayuno), Walt dice Skyler él podrá entregarse a Hank, mientras Skyler promete mantener el dinero. "Por favor, no dejes que me ha hecho todo esto para nada," dice, y mierda, ¿sientes lo siento para Walt? Sí. Sí. Aunque me siento peor por Skyler. En respuesta a su pregunta de si la hace feliz a aprender su cáncer está de vuelta, dice sólo esto: "No recuerdo la última vez que fui feliz".

Skyler a continuación muestra cómo también ha roto mal, a su manera: dice Walt que Hank sólo tiene sus sospechas, no tiene nada concreto. "Quizá nuestro mejor moverse está aquí para quedarse tranquilo", murmura ella. Daaaaaaamn.

En otros lugares en la casa de Schrader, Marie dice Hank que tiene que ir a trabajar y dile que la DEA lo que sabe. Hank dice el momento que comparte esta información... que el tipo que ha estado persiguiendo todo este tiempo es su propio cuñado, su carrera está acabada. Dice que cuando él entra, va a traer una prueba definitiva. "Puedo ser el hombre que capturó a él, al menos".

Lydia va a visitar a su nuevo equipo de metanfetamina, recogiendo delicadamente su camino por el desierto de tierra en sus Louboutins. Ella se queja sobre la calidad del producto y sugiere que usan a Todd otra vez. Su infierno dice no, quiere seguir con la que puede confiar en la gente. "Ojalá que le había dado una oportunidad", dice Lydia, antes un tiroteo estalla y ella se esconde en el búnker como lluevan de proyectiles alrededor de su cabeza. Finalmente, Todd asoma su cabeza en el búnker para darle la orden, entonces galantemente le escorts pasado todos los cadáveres. Oh, LANDRY... err, me refiero a Todd. Eres tan caballeroso, que casi se me olvida cómo asesinado a balazos un niño inocente la temporada pasada.

Finalmente, vemos a Hank en la oficina, donde aprende Jesse está ha llevado a un interrogatorio por culpa de él lanzando millones de dólares por todo el césped de la gente. Jesse es básicamente catatónico, un shell trágico de su perra-hablando del uno mismo. Hank le pide a la policía interrogar a Jesse para dejarle tener un par de minutos, y es donde termina el episodio, con Hank entrando en la habitación y cerrar la puerta detrás de él.

Fantástico como siempre, con puntos extra a Anna Gunn para clavar absolutamente sus actuaciones. Ahora que todas las piezas están en juego, no puedo esperar a ver cómo la historia se revela en los seis episodios finales.

¿Qué pensaste de Breaking Bad de esta noche?

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