Having been told by Skyler that she is sleeping with her boss, Ted Beneke, Walt goes off the rails somewhat; first he storms into Ted's place of work and tries to break into his office; then he is put on an 'indefinite sabbatical' from work after flirting with the principal while she was trying to find out what was wrong with him. After the first of these incidents he is picked up by Saul's fixer Mike, this leads to him discovering that his house is bugged. Jesse meanwhile is trying to get back into the meth business and when one of his 'sample bags' gets into the hands of the local police Hank is back on the case; he is so keen to crack the 'blue meth case' that he fails to go to El Paso as instructed. Having made his own batch of meth Jesse wants to get in touch with Gus; Walt doesn't want to help though as he doesn't want anybody else using his recipe.
This episode seemed to show the direction the characters will be going from now on; Jesse clearly sees himself as the bad guy so has no problem getting back into the business even if he has no intention of using it himself; Walt is probably going to return too although we can't tell for sure and Hank considers breaking the 'blue meth case' more important than the El Paso position even though he could seriously damage his career if it comes to nothing. As always the acting was solid; Bryon Cranston did a great job portraying a man who is losing control; the scene where he attacked Saul, played by Bob Odenkirk, was great. It was good to see Hank get a break in the case; recently the only threat to Walt and Jesse seemed to come from themselves and the cartel; it makes it more interesting to add the DEA to that list once more; especially as it is likely to lead to more fun scenes between Walt and Hank.
This episode seemed to show the direction the characters will be going from now on; Jesse clearly sees himself as the bad guy so has no problem getting back into the business even if he has no intention of using it himself; Walt is probably going to return too although we can't tell for sure and Hank considers breaking the 'blue meth case' more important than the El Paso position even though he could seriously damage his career if it comes to nothing. As always the acting was solid; Bryon Cranston did a great job portraying a man who is losing control; the scene where he attacked Saul, played by Bob Odenkirk, was great. It was good to see Hank get a break in the case; recently the only threat to Walt and Jesse seemed to come from themselves and the cartel; it makes it more interesting to add the DEA to that list once more; especially as it is likely to lead to more fun scenes between Walt and Hank.