Hank’s (Dean Norris) shooting and the aftermath has made for a revealing look at several characters the last two episodes. In this one, it’s Skyler (Anna Gunn) who shows her true colors.
With Hank’s hospital and physical therapy bills piling up, Skyler concocts a cover story about Walt (Bryan Cranston) winning money from gambling, and offers to pay the medical expenses. Such is a clear indication that she’s willing to go along with Walt’s criminal dealings, at long last. It seems like a major turnaround for her, but there have been certain developments in her arc this season make it less of a surprise.
I suggested previously that Skyler won’t turn Walt in because she still has some feelings for him, but I’m starting to rethink that analysis. In this season, she’s still pretty cold to him. When she tells Marie (Betsy Brandt) that they’ll flip the bill for Hank, there’s a twinge of satisfaction in her voice, like she’s finally getting the chance to punish Walt in some way.
But Skyler was clearly tempted this season, both by the cash Walt brought home, and the luxuries she experienced at Ted Beneke’s (Christopher Cousins) place during their affair. So paying for Hank’s medical bills wasn’t just out of love toward family, like Walt’s reason for entering the drug world in the first place. It was her way of rationalizing taking Walt’s dirty money. This whole new turn also adds a brilliant element to the storyline of Hank unknowingly chasing Walt that as of yet hasn’t been utilized, but hasn’t lost a bit of its potential for great story conflict in the years since this episode first aired.
Also in this one, Walt seemingly establishes a long-term lucrative arrangement with Gus (Giancarlo Esposito), though I’m not quite sure how serious Gus is about it (more on that later). In any case, Jesse (Aaron Paul) takes the first step on the road to ruining the good thing he and Walter have by stealing trace amounts of meth from the superlab to sell to his therapy group.
“You can never trust a drug addict,” Gus said last season. The way things unfold with Jesse this season will prove him right.
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