The Wrath Of Walt

The latest Breaking Bad, "Caballo Sin Nombre" (are all episode titles in Spanish this season?), set a lot of pieces in place.

Above all, though, I'm worried about Walt, who has anger issues. The opening had him arguing so much with a cop who pulled him over that he got pepper sprayed and arrested. Walter is still trying to deal with Skyler's rejection. He can't understand why being a meth dealer should break up a marriage. By the end, he's going nuts, throwing pizzas on roofs and breaking (bad) into his own home.

Skyler, meanwhile, is getting plenty of heat from the rest of the family, since she seems to be the bad guy here. Even when she talks to her boss (usually weak scenes), beyond the physical and fiscal attention, he admits breaking the law to get money for your family in tough times is a pardonable offense.

Jesse did the neat trick of using insider knowledge of his meth lab to buy back his old house from his parents at a cut-rate price. (I'd read Jesse had to leave the house in the second season since the show lost the rights to shoot there. I guess they got it back.) It was a nice touch, but not much of a triumph, since his parents aren't exactly bad guys.

Thank goodness Saul showed up. Better call Saul. It's always great to see him. He turns out to be like an entertainment lawyer, who has to hold the hand of clients to get them to earn. Walt has limited time to make mucho bucks, but he's just depressed. Saul figures there are plenty of fish in the sea, but Walter knows what he wants. To play it safe, Saul hired his favorite PI Mike to keep an eye on Skyler and see what develops. This paid off in a strange way. Skyler and Flynn (pardon me, Walter White, Jr.) leave in the morning and Mike puts in his bugs. Then Walter breaks in and takes a shower. Then the Mexicans pull up to the White residence, ready to hack up Heisenberg.

I figured it would take half the season for them to catch up to the man, but here they are in no time at all (after playing Ouija with Tuco's tio). Mike sees them in action and calls not Saul, but Gus, who calls the Mexicans and gets them off the job. To be continued, I guess. Are the dealers about to make some deals? Wherever the show is going, it's not exactly the direction anyone would have predicted.