- Walt and Jesse try to up their game by making more of the crystal every week for Tuco. Unfortunately, some of the ingredients they need are not easy to find. Meanwhile, Skyler realizes that her sister is a shoplifter.
- Having made a deal with Tuco to provide him with two pounds of crystal meth the following week, Walt learns from Jesse that they may have problems getting a key ingredient. Enjoying his new Heisenberg persona, Walt delivers only half a pound to Tuco but demands the entire amount of cash with the promise that he'll deliver four pounds the following week. Jesse reels, but Walt has a plan that involves breaking into a pharmaceutical supply warehouse. Skyler's sister Marie throws a baby shower for her and her gift is a baby's tiara. Deciding that it's too extravagant, Skyler tries to return it to the store with surprising results.—garykmcd
- Principal Carmen Molina (Carmen Serano) gets involved in the police investigation for the missing chemistry equipment. At a high school PTA meeting, Walt fondles Skyler beneath the conference room table, gradually arousing her. In the parking lot, the two of them have explosive sex in the back of Walt's car - Walt is beginning to get off on the danger of his situation. Jesse, who is now living in the RV, puts his house on the market because he is too traumatized by the deaths of Krazy-8 and Emilio to continue living there. Walt tells him about the deal with Tuco, but Jesse says producing two pounds of Meth a week is impossible. His "Smurfs" - people who supply him the Pseudo-Ephedrine needed to cook the Meth - can only supply so much a week.
Walt and Jesse face difficulties producing the large amount of Meth promised to Tuco. The bottleneck is Pseudo-Ephedrine, which Jesse buys from drug store at a box at a time and they need large quantities of it to produce 2 pounds of Meth. They had promised 2 pounds to Taco, but only deliver 0.53 pounds. Tuco is furious that Walt's end of the bargain was not kept and pays him only $17,00. He gives Walt another chance next week, but Walt says he still wants the $70,000 Tuco promised upfront, despite not having delivered the goods. Walt asks Tuco consider this a capital investment that will pay off in the coming weeks. Tuco agrees to $52,500 at a 25% weekly interest. This adds up to $65,625 with interest by next week but threatens dire consequences if next week's quota is not met. Walter has to deliver 1.875 pounds against the advance payment. To make up for it, Walt promises to have four pounds of Meth at the next meeting.
At Skyler's baby shower, Marie presents her with an expensive baby's tiara covered in white gold. This seems to irritate Hank. In the yard, Walt and Hank have a philosophical conversation about the dividing line between legal and illegal behavior. That night, Walt tells Skyler that he is planning to spend a weekend at a holistic medical clinic after she expressed desire for alternative therapy. In reality, Walt is cooking Meth with Jesse. Skyler goes to return the tiara and is detained in the store - it turns out that Marie stole it, but Skyler matches her description. She pretends to go into labor, persuading them to let her go. Skyler later confronts Marie about the theft, but Marie calmly denies it.
Walt has a plan to manufacture the Meth using different precursors and gives Jesse a list of chemicals and supplies to acquire with the cash fronted by Tuco. Jesse gets almost everything Walt requested except Methylamine which is kept tightly controlled. Jesse knows of a chemical warehouse where there are men willing to steal and sell the Methylamine for $10,000. Walt decides they will steal the Methylamine themselves by using the aluminum powder in Etch-a-Sketches to make Thermite. At night, Walt and Jesse trespass into the warehouse, subdue a security guard by locking him in a portable toilet, and place the Thermite on a locked door, which eats away the metal when lit. The two steal an entire drum of Methylamine and escape.
The next day, Walt and Jesse attempt to start the RV when mechanical troubles prevent it from going anywhere. Faced with a deadline, they set up to cook in Jesse's basement, unaware that his Realtor has planned an open house viewing for that same afternoon. Jesse guards the door to the basement while Walt synthesizes the chemicals, and once a man asks to see the basement, Jesse demands that everyone leave.
When Walt arrives back home, he learns of Marie's theft and wonders if Skyler would ever turn him in for a crime. At the next meeting with Tuco, Walt supplies 4.6 pounds of Meth. Despite its blue hue, it is still the same quality and Tuco hands over $91,000. When one of Tuco's men makes an offhanded remark to Walt, Tuco becomes furious and beats the man with his fists until he is unconscious. As Tuco drives away, Walt and Jesse look at each other in shock. The comment seemed to suggest that Walter and Jesse didn't know that they were working for Tuco and Tuco didn't take to that kindly.
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