Walt attempts to form a new alliance as he plans his next move. Meanwhile Skyler pushes Walt towards a business opportunity, in hopes of protecting the family.Walt attempts to form a new alliance as he plans his next move. Meanwhile Skyler pushes Walt towards a business opportunity, in hopes of protecting the family.Walt attempts to form a new alliance as he plans his next move. Meanwhile Skyler pushes Walt towards a business opportunity, in hopes of protecting the family.
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- TriviaThe biker who leaves the party telling Jesse that he can party is the same biker that revealed Jesse's identity to Jane in Negro y Azul (2009).
- GoofsAt the car wash, Skyler gives her baby a bottle. From the front angle, Skyler holds the bottle with her hand above, while in the next second, with a different camera angle, her hand is under the bottle.
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Walter White: So how does it look?
Lawson: You mean as in, do I see it?
Walter White: Yes. Do you see it?
Lawson: Basically, any lawman worth his salt's going to spot that, yeah. Assuming that's a deal breaker?
Walter White: Yes. It's a deal breaker.
Lawson: Well, if stealth is what you're aspiring to, you best go with something more compact - .38 Special, snub nose. Got a concealed hammer so it doesn't catch on your belt when you draw. Tried and true, no nonsense about it.
Walter White: Five shots?
Lawson: Yep.
Walter White: Automatic has how many?
Lawson: Ten in the mag, one in the chamber. If you can't get it done with five, then you're into spray and pray, in which case I wouldn't count on another six closing the deal. You load that with 158 grain hollow points instead of your standard wadcutters, it's got plenty of stopping power. Can't get more dependable than a wheel gun. Here. Try it on with this. That snubbie will conceal real nice if you carry it I-W-B. Little harder to draw from, but there's really no substitute if you're intent on fooling a vigilant eye. Comes in polymer, too. I prefer the feel of leather. Old school, I guess.
Walter White: You sure it's on the correct side?
Lawson: If you're right-handed, it is.
Walter White: I don't know, ma - Are you sure, because maybe it'll feel better on the left side.
Lawson: General rule, you don't want to cross draw, not unless you're going to be sitting. You know, store clerks, card gamers and such. Either way you're going to want to practice your draw... a lot... because if you're all fingers, well, it might could be him keeping the peace instead of you. Catch my drift?
Walter White: What's this?
Lawson: That there is why you're going to pay me five times what you'd pay your neighborhood gun store. Serial number has been filed off.
Walter White: So... to state the obvious, I don't want to be caught with this on me.
Lawson: No, sir, to state the obvious, you don't. You know, Mister, I've been providing my services for the past 30-odd years. You'd think in that time I'd learn better than to ask a man his business, especially about one referred by the lawyer, but I do feel the urge to ask you, we strictly talking defense here?
Walter White: Yes, absolutely defense. Why?
Lawson: Because if it's just personal protection, aside from a bucket of money, you'd save yourself a potential felony two-spot for carrying a weapon with a defaced serial number if you'd just buy it legally.
Walter White: Yeah, but... if you did have to use it, wouldn't it still be better to use one that couldn't be traced?
Lawson: This is the west, boss. New Mexico's not a retreat jurisdiction. Man steps to you bent on doing bodily harm, you got every right to plant your feet and shoot to kill. Some call it a moral right, and I do include myself within that class. All this to say I'm happy to take your money, but if you're not a convicted felon, you might best be advised to bear your arms within the confines of the law.
Walter White: It's for defense... Defense.
[sighs]
Walter White: I'll take it.
- Crazy creditsBryan Cranston is credited both as an actor and a producer. For his actor credits (Br) is highlighted and for his producer credits (Y) is highlighted for chemical elements Bromine and Yttrium from periodic table.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Howard Stern/Aaron Paul (2019)
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The same applies to the subplots of Skyler and the Schraders, which haven't changed in any way since the midst of the third season. The slight differences were that Anna Gunn appeared a bit more sympathetic this time around while Dean Norris got his character's likability to a new low. As Walt is plotting to kill his boss Gus, he's switching between Heisenberg and the moustache Walter White, which was nice to see for a moment, but couldn't hold up in all the scenes. The confrontation between him and Mike in a bar was nothing but weird, almost just as much as the critics comparing its directing style to Sergio Leone's. As if!
And that was already it with the plot – the sad remark I have to make is that this isn't even anything new with Breaking Bad, as it almost got me to quit watching it during season three. What kept "Thirty-Eight Snub" interesting, at least partially, were some impressive aspects of the cinematography, such as the Roomba POV or the insanely high crane shot – possibly the episode's best moment. Additionally, the editors have concocted another match cut, although far from the inventiveness that the one in "Box Cutter" brought with it.
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