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Season 4, Episode 12
"End Times"
*Note: This is a parody video made by College Humor that features the ending to the next episode "Face Off." Be warned that it is best that you see it before watching this video.
“You ever hear the expression a fart in the
wind? Well, inside of an hour that’s going to
be me, okay? I’m hittin’ the road. I’m gone.
I’m out of here.”
-Saul (Bob Odenkirk)
With Hank (Dean Norris) now under surveillance after a hit is put on him, he forces Skyler (Anna Gunn), Walt Jr. (R.J. Mitte) and Walter (Bryan Cranston) to stay at his house to just please Marie (Besty Brandt). However, Walter refuses under the notion that he needs to operate the car wash. He also claims that he isn't going into the Witness Relocation Program. Meanwhile, Jesse (Aaron Paul) discovers that Brock (Ian Posada) has been poisoned. He immediately blames Walter, but Walter spins a lie that Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) did it as a way to convince Jesse to shoot him. Meanwhile, Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada) takes a look at the laundry building and takes pictures. Jesse also talks to Saul (Bob Odenkirk), who is paranoid to the point of leaving town. Nobody can get hold of Walter, who turns out to be building explosives and possibly placing them on Gus's car. Gus is upset with Jesse's insistence of not working, but allows him to have some period of grievance anyways. Walter is last seem sitting on a rooftop waiting for his plan to work, but only ending up in disappointment.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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| Left to right: Aaron Paul and Cranston |
Plain and simple: Jesse has a heart. In this episode, he is put to the test about his emotions and the sudden realization that he cares more about relationships than work. His refusal to work in the super meth lab in order to attend to Brock is inspirational. Even the notion that he would put a gun to Walter's head is a jarring move that shows just how desperate he is to have things right. As Walter slides away from family and into the business, Jesse seems to be going the other direction and it is bizarre to watch these two fight each other.
Best scene: If Jesse proved that he was a thoughtful person, it was in the scene in which he places a gun to Walter's head after thinking that he poisoned Brock. He presses so hard that it leaves a mark. It is crazy and intense, and it almost all makes sense. That is, until Walter comes out of nowhere and through a sense of logic, he manages to convince Jesse that this is all Gus' doing. He is being framed in order to have the same fate as Gale. It makes plenty of sense and only with the addition to Gus' side at the end of the episode, it leaves an open ended debate on who would have done it. Both have sadistic reasons and both seem logical. But who is the lesser of two evils? All I know is that Walter is pretty great at working his way out of a tight corner and his history of making sense on the fly comes to full effect here. But how much longer will it last?
Come back tomorrow when we recap "Face Off"
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