Saturday, November 12, 2011

4.03 Open House

Summary and Spoilers

Walter’s back at work in the lab, sporting a lovely shiner courtesy of Mike. Despite this, he is almost smug. He thinks he’s gotten to Mike and that his plan is taking shape. He’s not too happy to discover that motion-tracking cameras have been installed in the lab and are following his every move.

Skyler drops by Walt’s place to talk about the car wash. He tries to get rid of her, but she insists on coming in when she sees his damaged face. Egged on by Skyler, Walt gives a typical Walt-speak of the incident, downplaying everything. Skyler accepts it as usual, and there’s no sign that she suspects that he is not telling the truth.

Speaking of lies, Marie is off looking at a house with a separate small studio that would suit grumpy Hank. She has fabricated her own divorce and created a child for herself too. I’m not sure why she is going to such extremes of fable-creation, but she’s very good at it.

Jesse and Walt get through another day at work. Walt prods Jesse about his health and well-being, since it’s obvious that Jesse is a little out of it. Jesse prods back about Walt’s eye bruise. Neither gets anything in return.

Saul tries to get Skyler to drop the idea of buying the car wash and purchase a nail salon, but she’s not willing to give up just yet. For some reason, Skyler will not budge. She wants to buy out Bogdon because she does not like him or his attitude.

Marie is at another open house, with a new name and a new story. When she leaves, the realtor notices one of the collectible spoons is missing from a display. Why she decided to take one from the middle and not from the end, I don’t know.

After mindlessly racing a go-cart around an indoor track, Jesse returns to his home. There, the people he has left to continue partying are trashing the place. Some are having violent and sweaty sex in full view; others are fighting and drawing blood; while others are busy graffiti-ing the walls. In a terrifying scene, Jesse walks in, sits down, and lights a cigarette – he seems totally numb to the violence and destruction.

So now we see what Marie has been doing at each house – stealing meaningless items – and now she has been caught and arrested. It’s obviously the only way she can get Hank to pay any attention to her. Lucky for her, Hank, although upset, consoles her and makes a call. None of the homeowners press charges and she is free to go, but this does not cheer her up – rather, it sends her into a crying jag.

Skyler’s solution to the car wash standoff is to hire a very convincing actor to pose as an EPA agent accusing the owner of dumping noxious waste into the groundwater. This will require hundreds of thousands of dollars in new filtering equipment, he says. Skyler sits nearby in her car, feeding specific law texts to him via Bluetooth.

Hank is visited by the detective that helped free Marie. The detective is on the Gayle murder case and has brought over Gale’s detailed meth notebook. He wants Hank to have a look and tell him what he’s found. Hank resists but lets him leave the notebook, then goes back to watching ten pin bowling.

Skyler has successfully talked Bogdon down to 800 thousand for the car wash, demonstrating her business acumen. While Jesse’s party keeps going, fueled by Jesse tossing cash to the masses, Skyler and Walt toast with champagne while two suspicious guys wait outside in a car. Skyler gets upset that Walt has purchased $320. Champagne, but she still thinks they should finish the bottle.

Hank has finally exhausted his appetite for Court TV and has picked up Gale’s notes. It seems to immediately grab his full attention.

Breaking Bad Quotes

Saul: Alright, how about an ICE raid? You know he's got illegals working over there. I mean, he just has to.
Skyler: We're not getting a bunch of poor innocent people in trouble, no.
Saul: Yeah, and also you're gonna need them after you take over.

 

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