Breaking Bad- Too Easy

Unknown Caller- "Two men are coming to kill you. They are approaching your car. They’re coming."

The title of this week's episode was so aptly named. Hank had One Minute before the Two Suits would arrive to kill him. In that minute, as Hank sat in his car nervously hesitating to do anything, I went through so many emotions. I was excited, I was terrified, I was nervous, I was joyful. What happened after that clock turned to 3:18 might have been the best action sequence I've seen in a long while.

As my anticipation grew larger and larger I honestly expected one of two outcomes. 1) The Two Suits sneak up on Hank and shoot him to death or 2) Hank surprises them and shoots them dead before they know what happened. Why did I think it would be so simple? I was not expecting Hank to slam his car into reverse smashing one cousin to pieces while being shot only to have the other cousin right in front of him shooting at him as well, and survive that moment.

When the second cousin was all well and good and Hank was fighting for his life to stay alive after being shot three or four times, I was ready to let Hank go. Silly for the second cousin that shooting Hank in the face was "too easy", because in the time it took for him to walk ever so slowly to get his axe, Hank had just enough time to reach for the Devil Bullet that we were introduced to earlier in the episode. After former DEA Agent Schrader shot the cousin through the head with the Devil Bullet, the crane shot showing the three bloody bodies in a normal looking parking lot was so darkly comedic that I couldn't help but laugh.

The great thing about this episode was that everything leading up to that moment was also fantastic. Just as most had predicted, Walt was finally forced to take Jesse on as his lab partner because of his fear of how good Gale was getting at the chemistry. In the first scene between them, Gale was explaining how much he had already done without Walt and it was so easy to tell how irked Walt was about this. Later on we see the whole thing start to unravel when Walt makes up a mistake so that he can have a reason to complain about Gale ruining an entire batch.

Combine this with Jesse telling Walt that if he ever gets caught cooking meth that he will simply make a deal by giving up the great Heisenberg, and Walt had no choice but do everything he could to get Jesse to partner up again. How does the man go about doing this? Well by simply giving Mr. Pinkman some words of encouragement. "Your meth is good Jesse. As good as mine." Two minutes later a phone call from Jesse asking if 50/50 is good, in which he concludes, "okay partners." The two guys back together again.

Breaking Bad- Walt Whispers

Jesse Pinkman- "This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed...bitch!"

Last week I complained about the fact that Walt and Jesse continued to be apart. This week I was extremely happy to get the two guys back together, if only for ten minutes. To watch the two guys combining wits again as they fought off an angry DEA agent was like we were back in the saddle again.

After Hank is reminded by his wife that Walt had some sort of relationship with Pinkman, the owner of the meth-lab of an RV Hank is after, the phone call is made. In that phone call both sides of the conversation are great. Both Hank's remorse for having to drag his brother-in-law into something so terrible by asking if Jesse ever said anything about and RV, and Walt's inability to even respond to Hank when prompted was classic. Obviously Walt had so many things running through his head at that moment that he might not have even been able to speak (what does Hank know? what can I do to stop this? when can I get some more of that delicious coffee from my lab assistant?).

It was what that convo led to that made this such a great episode. Walt made his way to the RV and was ready to get rid of it. How was he dumb enough to not tell Brandon to shut his mouth and DON'T CALL JESSE ABOUT THIS? Of course Brandon letting Jesse know that Heisenberg was all up in the RV's business forced Cap'n Cook to make his way to the junkyard and reunite with his favorite chemistry teacher. Too bad for the ex-partners in crime, Hank was on Jesse's tail the entire way.

Have you ever been more scared than when Walt and Jesse closed the shades and Hank snooped around the outside of the RV? Could Hank found out about Walt at this point in the series? I guess not, but I still thought it was possible at the time. Luckily Crazy Karl came in to save the day. After enjoying some delicious Triscut crackers in his car, Karl questioned Hank on whether or not what he was doing was legal. He had no warrant or probable cause claimed Billy Madison's friend. Hank continued to pry before Walt started relaying his words to Jesse in order to get Hank off their backs. Mr. White whispered to Jesse, "this is my private domicile and I won't be harassed." Of course in fantastic Pinkman fashion, Jesse fits it to suit his style, "This is my own private domicile and I will not be harassed...Bitch!" Great stuff.

In a last ditch effort, Walt calls in a favor to Saul. Hank leaves the premises after Saul's secretary tells him that Marie was badly injured in a car accident. It was a big risk by Walter. Is this something that Hank will realize had to come from someone that knows him? Will he know someone is involved that knows his family? Or will he chalk it up to good research done by somebody else entirely?

A couple other things of note. It was so pleasant watching Walt get dressed for his new job and make himself some lunch with the upbeat music playing in the background. He then made his way to his new meth lab where he found his new lab assistant. His new partner in crime was a man of similar ilk to Walt. A normal chemistry-loving man. "It is all still magic. The chemistry," the lab assistant tells Walt. And Walt agrees. The next sequence of the two of them having so much fun cooking their meth was awesome. Great energy and again great score backing them up.

After completely studding out in the cold open, the Two Suits finally spoke at the end of the episode, and lost a lot of cool points in my book. Again with no words, and without walking faster than Anton Chigurh, the Two Suits mirked some cop in Mexico in fine fashion. The One Suit stood with an apple in his hand, while the other Suit came around the back of the cop and chopped him down to size with a giant axe. The first Suit took a big bite into his apple as if he were Mike Dutton coaching a basketball game and the other one handled things. They finally become a couple of chatter boxes when Gus Chiggins tells them that they still are not allowed to kill Walt. They are, on the other hand, allowed to kill the DEA agent who shot Tuco, Hank Schrader. Cue next episode.

One more thing. Where would you rather go to eat some chicken...Los Pollos or Mr. Cluck's?