NOTHING BUT BLUE SKY

I agree Holly that this episode seemed to be a bridge to further developments. You cannot have an IFT moment every week. Jesse continued to embrace his “bad guy” role and take it even further. I felt sorry for the poor gas station attendant while simultaneously pulling for Jesse to get away with his bold play. He is showing some cahones that he has not before. He may not be the brightest beaker in the lab, but he has the makings of a real player when he grows up.

I also think it is very fishy that Hank is being called back to El Paso now. It smells like a one-way ticket to Tuna Town. For one thing, his last trip there was a disaster on every level. His co-workers did not embrace him. In fact, he was mocked for not even knowing Spanish. Then there was the turtle incident. I would think any surviving DEA agents from that event might even associate Hank with the tragedy. I think there is more than a mole in the office. I will come right out and say I suspect the sheriff is at least complicit in something going on there. As for your theory about the cousins luring Walt to their territory, I don’t think they give a turtle’s shell about where anything happens.

Yes, it is a given that Walt will go back to cooking. Gus has played him well, but it is also Walt’s pride that is going to suck him back in. He is not going to let that little whipper-snapper Jesse soil the reputation of Heisenberg. He was clearly unsettled that Jesse was able to do as well as he did without his leadership.

Fear is not going to be a motivator for Walt now anyway. He sees himself as a man with nothing left to lose. At this rate, he may continue to unravel to the point that Walt will cease to exist and all that is left is Heisenberg. The scene where he tries to “talk” to Ted is a hoot on one level and uncomfortably real on another. His ill-advised attempt at revenge sex is also squirm-worthy.

Skyler may have been outed as the office slut, but that does not appear to faze her. She has always been the accountant non grata around there anyway. She still got her cowgirl on even after Walt’s scene at the office. It would be interesting to see her breaking bad to the point of being on level moral ground with Walt. Ted is definitely enough of a weasel to leave Skyler twisting in the wind if someone audits the books. Anyone that would let a man come into his business and make him look like such a major puss like that must be a major puss. If she does get caught, she might want to call Saul.