After the good news he received last episode, Walt (Bryan Cranston) indicates to Jesse (Aaron Paul) that because he now has a chance to live, he’ll soon get out of the meth business. That’s at the very start of the episode, however. As it goes on, he’ll find that’s easier said than done.Heisenberg won’t lay dormant, and Walt’s evil side makes an appearance during a house party celebrating his prognosis. His behavior—all but forcing the teenage Walter, Jr. (RJ Mitte) to pound down tequila until he pukes in the pool—almost leads him to blows with Hank (Dean Norris), ironically foreshadowing the cat-and-mouse storyline between the two coming after this season. In the closing scene, after seeing people buy supplies to make meth at the hardware story (he makes several trips here and spends most of the episode making long overdue home repairs now that he’s got the money and incentive to do so), Walt issues them a stern warning to stay out of his territory. Dropping that line, he looks every bit like a real, badass crime lord, not the meek high school teacher he used to be. Walt’s tasted criminal success, and he likes it.
While Walt plays handyman, Jesse’s landlady Jane (Krysten Ritter), with whom he’s been starting a relationship, shuns him when her father (John de Lancie) pays her a visit. Jesse is hurt and confronts her about it later, but she suggests their time together is little more than a fling, not a true relationship.
Poor Jesse. Seems like every time he gets some of the human contact he craves, it turns out to be fleeting. Jane has a change of heart at the end of the episode, but this is of little solace watching the show a second time, knowing what they have together is doomed. It’s not even very hopeful the first time you see it, because the pre-credits scene—panning away from the scorched teddy bear to show body bags on Walt’s front lawn—makes it clear something very bad’s not too far away.
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