3.11 Abiquiu

Summary and Spoilers

Through flashback, we are made aware of the rough yet touching synergy between Jesse and Jane. Jane is gone, and Jesse, perhaps yearning for love again, takes up with Andrea, a new girl in the recovering addicts therapy circle. It might be yearning, or it might be the more obvious reason: Jesse is disgusted with Badger and Pete’s inability to move any meth. In fact, Badger has only manager to sell a tiny amount – and that was to Pete. Jesse seduces Andrea, and his motives seem purely evil, but he stops bringing up the idea of selling meth to her when he finds out she has a 6 year old son. In a most bizarre coincidence, Andrea’s kid brother is the drug mule who shot Kombo. Jesse is also getting quite attached to Andrea, and he is interacting beautifully with her son Brock.

Hank has started PT but is terrified of taking that first step. He also is upset (upset is a mild way to put it) when he finds out that he can go home, and that Marie has put a hospital bed in their bedroom. He wants it out – and he does not want to go home until he can walk there. Meanwhile, the first of many huge hospital bills has been delivered to Marie; she passes that on to Skylar, who in turn invites Walt over to dinner to discuss how they will pay it. Skylar is unhappy with the money laundering arrangements and gets right involved. She and Walt meet with Saul and Skylar is less than impressed. She does not think the idea of Walt investing in laser tag is a believable scenario. She has a better idea; Walt should buy the car wash, and Skylar will run it. Walt vehemently does not want her to get involved, but she says she is involved. She also has some big news; she never filed the divorce papers, because a husband and wife cannot testify against each other.

Gus invites Walt to a lovely, one on one home cooked dinner and delivers an ominous warning that must relate to missing amounts of meth: never make the same mistake twice.

Finally Jesse makes a drug deal with the two guys who had Kombo murdered. He is visibly seething, not only at coming face to face with Kombo’s executioner, but also, Jesse is good with and cares about kids, and he is appalled to see that Andrea’s kid brother Tomas holds the drugs while the dealers in the car take the money, ensuring that they cannot be caught for possession.

Breaking Bad Quotes

Jesse: You can’t get your nut up to sell? What’s the point of even coming?
Pete: Homey, I’m on like step five.
Badger: Deuce, yo. I’m catching up.
Jesse: Whatever. Later.
Pete: Dude needs to come into the fold.

Walt: It makes a better story than your laser tag.
Saul: Is that you talking, or Yoko Ono?

"C’mon. You can help me cook."
- Gus to Walt

"Never make the same mistake twice."
- Gus to Walt