Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.Walt and Jesse seek out an unlikely partner for a new business venture. The DEA follows up new leads in its investigation.
Betsy Brandt
- Marie Schrader
- (credit only)
Kaija Bales
- Kaylee Ehrmantraut
- (as Kaija Roze Bales)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Madrigal building was really a newly built high school that had not yet opened.
- GoofsStandard automatic external defibrillators do not allow the manual administration of a shock: they must first analyze the patient's heart rhythm - a tough thing to do when one of the electrodes is in your mouth - to determine what type of shock, if any, is required. Therefore, successfully using an AED to commit suicide, especially the way shown in this episode, would be a matter of extreme luck. (By the same token, don't try it as a party trick.)
- Quotes
Mike Ehrmantraut: Now I don't know what kind of movies you've been watching, but here in the real world, we don't kill eleven people as some kind of prophylactic measure.
- 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.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- SoundtracksStay On The Outside
Written by Whitey
Performed by Whitey
Featured review
A multifariously entertaining episode and a great introduction for season five's story
With "Madrigal", Mike enters into the spotlight and we, for the first time, get to see what his daily routine consists of besides the meetings with Walt and Jesse. But though he may have got the most screen time in this episode, it's still Walt who remains in the centre of discussion afterwards, as his evolution to becoming Heisenberg is now completed.
Whether it's him terrifying his wife in bed, impassively upholding the lie of what happened to the ricin cigarette and Brock straight into Jesse's face, or accepting Mike's news at the end calm as a motherfeckur (that did it for me) – Walt is more startling than ever in "Madrigal", the first episode of the series to indicate his new persona that evidently. Despite all the awkwardness these aforementioned three scenes hold (watch the extended version of Walt and Skyler's scene in the bed for this sentiment to increase even more), the acting is sublime and, together with Vince Gilligan's script, perfectly illustrates the characters' current positions. In one story arc though, Breaking Bad's creator and mastermind prefers to stay ambiguous: newly introduced character Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, very believably portrayed by Laura Fraser. She was one of the biggest names in Gus Fring's hidden and now unveiled drug empire, yet manages to stay out of prison, at which point in the story we first meet her. The distraught, uptight broad she seems to be at first glance when conversing with Mike in what is possibly the series' best diner scene does also have some different facets, as she reveals in the succeeding episodes.
"Madrigal" could have been an outstanding conversation-only episode, as this series does it so very often, but there are also some rougher parts here and there, one reacquainting us with the wonderful James Ning as Chow and one at Lydia's home, which ensures a multifariously entertaining episode that also functions as a great introduction for the marvellous plot of season 5A.
Whether it's him terrifying his wife in bed, impassively upholding the lie of what happened to the ricin cigarette and Brock straight into Jesse's face, or accepting Mike's news at the end calm as a motherfeckur (that did it for me) – Walt is more startling than ever in "Madrigal", the first episode of the series to indicate his new persona that evidently. Despite all the awkwardness these aforementioned three scenes hold (watch the extended version of Walt and Skyler's scene in the bed for this sentiment to increase even more), the acting is sublime and, together with Vince Gilligan's script, perfectly illustrates the characters' current positions. In one story arc though, Breaking Bad's creator and mastermind prefers to stay ambiguous: newly introduced character Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, very believably portrayed by Laura Fraser. She was one of the biggest names in Gus Fring's hidden and now unveiled drug empire, yet manages to stay out of prison, at which point in the story we first meet her. The distraught, uptight broad she seems to be at first glance when conversing with Mike in what is possibly the series' best diner scene does also have some different facets, as she reveals in the succeeding episodes.
"Madrigal" could have been an outstanding conversation-only episode, as this series does it so very often, but there are also some rougher parts here and there, one reacquainting us with the wonderful James Ning as Chow and one at Lydia's home, which ensures a multifariously entertaining episode that also functions as a great introduction for the marvellous plot of season 5A.
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- stillworkingfortheknife
- Jan 17, 2014
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- 306 Edith Blvd SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA(Chow's Home)
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- Runtime47 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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