In the littIe viIlage where I was born, Iife moved at a slower pace...
...yet feIt alI the richer for it.
There, my two uncles were known far and wide for their delicious cooking.
They seasoned their zesty chicken...
...using only the freshest herbs and spices.
PeopIe caIled them Los PoIlos Hermanos...
..."The Chicken Brothers."
Today, we carry on their tradition...
...in a manner that would make my uncles proud.
The finest ingredients are brought together with loving care...
...then slow-cooked to perfection.
Yes, the oId ways are stilI best at Los PolIos Hermanos.
But don't take my word for it. One taste and you'Il know.
Two-oh-one-point-six.
Jesus, seriousIy.
Better over than under.
Over by a pound and a haIf.
I thought you were aIl, Iike, precise.
Whatever. We'II just save it out tiIl next week.
We ship it as is.
What, are we running a charity? Come on, man. We're gonna take it out.
Leave it. One batch, one ship.
Stop complicating things.
Why are you purposeIy giving him free meth?
These bitches are bIeeding us enough aIready.
You are paid extraordinariIy welI.
-Why can't you just appreciate that? -Yeah. Hey, I been crunching numbers.
-Oh, you've been crunching numbers? -Yeah.
And I don't gotta be a mathematician to figure out...
...that this deaI you made is bulIshit.
-We both earn-- -Yeah, yeah, yeah, l know.
A milIion and a half each.
What's he getting, huh?
Say he's whoIesaIing at 40 Iarge a pound.
That's probabIy high.
High. What, for our stuff? That's what I was getting.
AIl right, look, say he's getting 40 a pound.
AIl right, 200 pounds a week for three months.
And, Iike, what happens at the end of the three months? Look, whatever.
Two hundred pounds a week for three months. That's 2400 pounds.
Twenty-four hundred times 40,000 is--
And I swear to God, I doubIe-checked this Iike 1 0 times.
Ninety-six miIIion dolIars.
AIl right? Ninety-six miIlion.
Ninety-six to our three.
That is messed up, yo.
That is so messed up.
-Fairness-wise, l can't even-- -Jesse.
You are now a miIlionaire and you're compIaining?
What worId do you Iive in?
One where the dudes who are actualIy doing aII the work ain't getting fisted.
What is going on with you IateIy?
What's happened to you?
Hang on, can't we just--?
Hey, we gotta hash this out.
Hey, what's more important than money?
These things they Iaughingly calI pilIows...
...l wouId not give them to prison inmates.
You want me to go ask for another?
No, just remind me to bring his from home.
They're not moving his Iegs enough.
Hey, everybody.
Hi, Marie. ls it okay if l visit?
Yeah.
His color Iooks good.
Gomey, is that you?
Buddy, yeah, it's me.
That's you, Gomey?
Yeah, Hank. I'm right here.
Come here. CIoser.
-What is it? -Closer.
Asshole.
Man, he got you good.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm gIad to see you stiII have your twisted sense of humor.
God.
Hey, check this out.
I got something that'lI make you feeI better.
Been keeping an eye on that bIue meth of yours. Six, seven weeks, nothing.
Then aIl of a sudden, boom, it's popping up everywhere.
Look at the new locations. Texas, Nevada, up in Farmington.
Even right here in town.
A teener here and there, you know, strictly street-IeveI amounts.
Man, it's crazy.
How exactIy is that supposed to make me feel better?
Because you were right.
You're the onIy one that saw this coming.
WeIl, three cheers for me.
This thing doesn't do a damn thing.
Hank, it's probabIy stiIl on Iock-out.
It's been an hour, right?
I'm hurting here. I couId use some meds.
I'II go find somebody.
Hey, no more shop taIk.
Sorry.
I didn't see it coming.
What? Damn right, you did.
No, I didn't see shit.
Day Iate and doIIar short, as usuaI.
The onIy reason I'm even breathing...
...is I got a warning calI.
A warning caIl? What do you mean?
One minute before they attacked me...
...somebody caIIed my ceIl and toId me to expect it.
A voice scrambIer. Could have been anybody.
Marie's got my phone somewhere, if you want to run the incoming.
Not that you're gonna Iearn anything worth knowing.
I don't get it. CarteI hit?
-Who would have caIIed to warn you? -I don't know.
Oh, Jesus.
-Come on already. -Okay.
SkyIer, l had nothing to do--
Are we safe?
Yes.
Are you safe?
AbsoIuteIy.
Jesse?
What about you?
Face Iooks better.
How's it aIl going? Anything you wanna telI us about?
What, like my interesting life?
One day pretty much bleeds into the next.
Been working a Iot.
-Got a job. -Job is good.
It's in a Laundromat. It's totaIIy corporate.
Corporate Laundromat.
It's, Iike, rigid. AII kinds of red tape. My boss is a dick.
The owner, super dick.
I'm not worthy to meet him, but everybody's scared of the dude.
The pIace is fuII of dead-eyed douche bags...
...the hours suck and nobody knows what's going on, so....
Sounds kind of kafkaesque.
Yeah.
TotaIIy kafkaesque.
MajorIy.
From the U.S. attorney in Santa Fe.
Very nice.
You've got aIl these nice tuIips and baby's breath.
Oh, and this is chrysanthemum. That looks like chrysanthemum.
-Yeah. -Look at these, Hank.
-Aren't they beautiful? -BeautifuI.
Wow, look at the size of this basket. It's got so many goodies in it.
Look, chocoIate-covered pretzels and cheese sticks...
...and some fancy designer olives.
You had me at cheese sticks. You're gonna have to fight me for those, Hank.
"Get welI and best wishes from Ted Beneke...
...and aII the foIks at Beneke Fabricators."
Wow, he gives you alI this time off and now this.
-Get me a job there. -I know. He's great.
Boss haIl of fame. l don't see anything here from Kleinman.
They're gonna have to get on the stick.
-How's everybody doing today? -Good. We're good.
-How are you? -I'm very good.
Hi, Hank. Just gonna do a quick peripheraI response, aIl right?
-See where we're at. -Moment of truth?
Yeah, l wouIdn't caIl it that.
AIl right, let's just take a Iook here.
AIl right.
AIl right, now I want you to telI me if you can feeI this.
AIl right.
How about this?
Okay.
How about now?
Do that one again, wouId you?
Right there?
-Yeah, yeah, l feel a tingIe. -Okay, on a scaIe of one to ten...
...ten being your normaI IeveI of feeIing and one being no feeIing at aII.
Oh, I don't know.
-Four? -Okay, four. Okay.
And how about there?
Yeah. A six.
Okay, good. And here.
Yeah, stiIl there. A Iittle less.
-A three. -Okay.
AIl right, good.
Thank you very much, Hank. Did good.
So this is good news, right?
Oh, yeah, definiteIy.
Gosh.
It looks like some nerve function is returning.
Oh, thank God.
AIl right, so when do we get him waIking again?
Marie, it's important that we manage our expectations.
We're taIking about months of very hard work.
And even then, the odds, they're not great.
But you can't know for sure.
-No. -When does he start physicaI therapy?
We've sent the paperwork to your insurance.
It's high-priority. We should have pre-authorization in the next few days.
Certainly by earIy next week.
Next week?
No, that's not gonna do it.
I've Iooked into this.
And the sooner physical therapy begins, the better his chances are.
He needs daiIy sessions. Isn't that right?
-WeII-- -ActualIy...
...your plan's treatment program covers four sessions a week.
ActuaIIy, she asked the doctor.
PIan-wise, four treatments a week is fairly typicaI.
And the therapists in your network are mostIy fine.
Mostly fine. Okay, welI, there's a ringing endorsement.
Look, if Hank had more physicaI therapy with better therapists...
...wouIdn't it be more IikeIy he would walk?
It's very hard to say, Marie.
Is the health pIan's way medicalIy justifiabIe? Sure.
Is it absoIutely optimal?
You know, screw it.
I'II make sure he gets what he needs. They can reimburse me.
Mrs. Schrader, I get your frustration. RealIy, l do.
But my best advice is stay in the network. Don't go out of pocket.
PhysicaI therapy is just the beginning.
We're taIking nursing care, modifications to your home...
...occupational therapy, medical equipment.
It couId run into the hundreds of thousands of dolIars.
So what?
We're just supposed to compromise on his care?
WeIl, if you don't foIIow the insurance company's procedures...
...they may never pay you back.
I've seen patients and their famiIies go bankrupt waiting to be reimbursed.
Who is the best physicaI therapist that you know?
I can give you some names.
But they're not IikeIy to be on your pIan.
To heII with the pIan.
There he is. FinaIIy. I went ahead and started without you.
Ladies, this is Jesse-san. He's in for the fuII treatment.
Hey, kick off your shoes. Lay back.
-ExfoIiate. -Maybe Iater.
Where's the maestro, out parking the minivan?
Do I look Iike his shadow?
Who cares where he's at? What am I doing here?
WeIl, I was gonna have you two flip a coin.
But since the genius can't be bothered, today's your Iucky day.
Look around, kiddo. It's aIl yours.
What?
-This? -Yeah.
You are now the owner of this fine establishment.
-For free? -Free?
Oh, Iadies, cover your ears. No, not free.
Look, hey, this is a squeaky-cIean, highIy profitable--
At Ieast potentiaIIy.
--IocaI institution Iooked upon with favor by the Chamber of Commerce...
...better Business Bureau. At $31 2,000, it's a steal.
Three-hundred-and-tweIve thousand?
Don't you get it? On the outside, it's a naiI saIon, right?
On the inside, it's the best money Iaundry a growing boy could ask for.
Wait, wait, wait. Hey.
Ladies, thank you. Thank you. Good job. Come back here.
Sit. Come on, come on.
Humor me here for a second.
Now, you know you need to Iaunder your money, right?
Do you understand the basics of it, pIacement, Iayering, integration?
I ain't buying no damn nail salon, so just forget it.
Don't you want to stay out ofjaiI?
I mean, you wanna keep your money and your freedom.
Because I got three IittIe Ietters for you: lRS.
If they can get Capone, they can get you.
Hey, Iook. Here's you, right? Pink, Pinkman. Get it?
Okay, here's your cash.
You're out on the town. Yeah, you're partying hearty.
You're knocking boots with the chicky babes. Oh, who's this?
It's the tax man. And he's Iooking at you.
Now, what does he see?
He sees a young feIIow with a big fancy house...
...unlimited cash suppIy and no job.
Now, what is the concIusion the tax man makes?
-I'm a drug deaIer. -Wrong.
MilIion times worse. You're a tax cheat.
What do they do? They take every penny...
...and you go in the can for feIony tax evasion.
What was your mistake?
You didn't Iaunder your money.
Now, you give me your money, okay? That's caIIed pIacement.
Hand me that littIe thing-- Bin.
This is the naiI saIon, right?
I take your dirty money and l sIip it into the saIon's nice clean cash fIow.
That's caIIed layering.
FinaI step, integration.
The revenues from the saIon go to the owner. That's you.
Your filthy drug money has been transformed...
...into nice, cIean, taxabIe income...
...brought to you by a savvy investment in a thriving business.
So you want me to buy this pIace so l can pay taxes.
I'm a criminaI, yo.
Yeah, and if you wanna stay a criminaI and not become, say, a convict...
...maybe you shouId grow up and listen to your lawyer.
Right, so you can get your 5 percent.
No, that's 1 7 percent.
I heard you say 5. You said it right in front of me.
Yeah, that was for your partner. It's priviIeges of seniority and alI.
But for you, it's the usuaI, 1 7 percent and that's a bargain.
Hey, what? You-- Hey, Iisten--
Come on, l'm taIking to you about your future here. Listen to reason.
How is your brother-in-law?
He'lI live.
Good. I'm glad.
WaIter, you seem troubIed.
How can l help you?
I asked to see you in order to cIear the air.
There are some issues that couId cause a misunderstanding between us...
...and I think it's in our best interests to just Iay the cards on the tabIe.
That's the best way to do business.
My brother-in-Iaw, moments before he was attacked...
...someone calIed to warn him.
I beIieve that same person was protecting me.
Those two men, the assassins...
...l believe I was their prime target.
But that somehow, they were steered away from me to my brother-in-Iaw.
Because of this intervention...
...l am alive.
And yet I think that this person...
...was pIaying a much deeper game.
He made that phone caII because he wanted a shootout...
...not a silent assassination.
In one stroke, he bloodied both sides...
...set the American and Mexican governments against the carteI...
...and cut off the suppIy of methamphetamine to the Southwest.
If this man had his own source of product on this side of the border...
...he wouId have the market to himseIf.
The rewards wouId be enormous.
We're both aduIts.
I can't pretend l don't know that person is you.
I want there to be no confusion.
I know l owe you my Iife.
And more than that...
...l respect the strategy.
In your position...
...l wouId have done the same.
One issue which troubIes me...
...l don't know what happens when our three-month contract ends.
What wouId you like to happen?
You know why I do this.
I want security for my family.
Then you have it.
Three miIIion for three months. That was our agreement.
Extended annuaIly, 1 2 miIIion a year.
CaII it 1 5.
Open-ended.
WouId that be agreeable?
Part of the reason we taIk about what gets us riIed up in our daiIy lives...
...is to help each other put a finger on what our relapse triggers might be...
...head off our disease before it comes back.
So, anyone?
Free Iicense to bitch and moan. How often do you get that?
Jesse, Iast time, you seemed down about your job at the Laundromat.
Let me ask something. If you had the chance to do anything you wanted...
...what would you do?
Make more green, man. A lot more.
Forget about money. Assume you have alI you want.
I don't know.
I guess I wouId make something.
Like what?
I don't know if it even matters...
...but work with my hands, I guess.
BuiIding things, Iike carpentry or brickIaying or something?
I took this vo-tech cIass in high schooI, woodworking.
I took a Iot of vo-tech cIasses, because it was just a big jerk-off.
But this one time, I had this teacher by the name of...
...Mr. Pike.
I guess he was Iike a Marine or something before he got oId.
He was hard of hearing.
My project for his class...
...was to make this wooden box.
You know, Iike a smaIl--
Just like a-- Like a box, you know, to put stuff in.
So l wanted to get the thing done as fast as possibIe.
I figured l could cut classes for the rest of the semester...
...and he couldn't fIunk me as Iong as I, you know, made the thing.
So l finished it in a couple days.
And it Iooked pretty lame, but it worked...
...you know, for putting stuff in or whatnot.
So when I showed it to Mr. Pike...
...for my grade...
...he looked at it and said:
"Is that the best you can do?"
At first l thought to myself, "HeII yeah, bitch.
Now give me a D and shut up so l can go bIaze one with my boys."
I don't know. Maybe it was the way he said it, but....
It was like he wasn't exactIy saying it sucked.
He was just asking me honestIy, "Is that aII you got?"
And for some reason, I thought to myseIf:
"yeah, man, I can do better," so l started from scratch.
I made another, then another.
And by the end of the semester, by like box number five...
...l had built this thing.
You shouId have seen it. It was insane.
I mean, l buiIt it out of Peruvian waInut with inIaid zebrawood.
It was fitted with pegs, no screws.
I sanded it for days untiI it was smooth as glass.
Then l rubbed aII the wood with tung oiI so it was rich and dark.
It even smeIIed good.
You know, you put nose in it and breathed in, it was--
It was perfect.
What happened to the box?
I gave it to my mom.
Nice.
You know what l'm gonna say, don't you?
It's never too late.
They have art co-ops that offer cIasses...
...aduIt extension program at the university.
You know, I didn't give the box to my mom.
I traded it for an ounce of weed.
He's a hero. You don't deny coverage to a hero.
They'II say they're not denying coverage.
No, no, I'm agreeing with you.
But l went through aII this with WaIt.
You'II burn through your savings, and then what?
WeIl, you two managed, right?
You said yourseIf...
...that ElIiot and Gretchen's money didn't cover everything.
-Jesus, l gotta get back. -What? No.
No, no, no, you shouId rest.
Look, why don't you go in and take a Iong bath?
-I put some fresh sheets on the bed. -I wanna be there in case he wakes up.
With aIl they're giving him, he'lI sIeep tiII morning.
-Hey, Sky. -Hey.
-What are you doing here? -Thought I'd stop by...
...to see how you're hoIding up. Is this a bad time?
-Hi. -Hi.
Marie, this is Ted, my boss.
Oh, you're Ted.
I've heard so much about you.
Thank you for your gift basket.
-That was realIy thoughtfuI. -It was nice. Thank you.
-Cheese sticks. -Cheese sticks.
You're welcome. We care about SkyIer so much...
...that naturaIIy that extends to the whoIe famiIy.
Are you coming in?
Oh, yeah, you shouId.
-I'm sorry. Come on in, Ted. -Thanks. Okay.
We were having some wine. WouId you Iike a gIass?
No, no, thanks. I'm just on my way home.
I just thought l'd--
You know, I am realIy beat. I think I'm gonna take that bath.
It was nice to meet you, Ted, and thank you again.
Nice to meet you, too, Marie. Give my best wishes to your husband.
I wilI.
Thanks for stopping by...
...but it's actualIy not the best time for a visit, so....
Can we just taIk for a minute?
I know you need to be with your famiIy...
...but l haven't heard from you in days...
-...and l Ieft messages-- -I'm so sorry.
You gave me aII that time off and l realIy shouId've--
That's not my point. I care about you. That's aII.
Ted, I-- It's just this whoIe thing with Hank...
...has been one nonstop horror show, you know, so....
WeIl, I just want you to know that I'm here for you.
Thank you.
But l realIy do need you to....
-Okay. -Okay?
SkyIer, l gotta say, your sister seeing me here...
...l mean, so what? I'm divorced. You're divorced. So what?
Okay, let's taIk about it Iater, Ted, okay?
-Is there some reason for secrecy? -Later. Not now.
-Skyler, just teII me-- -You realIy wanna do this now?
Are you gonna make me do this right now?
Yeah, you're right.
Bad idea to come here.
Ted, I'm--
I'II see you in a day or two.
Back at the office.
Take as much time as you want.
I can't believe you had to crush the RV.
Must've been, Iike, depressing.
For reaI. That's a stone Ioss.
No one misses it more than me.
Free to cook anytime, anywhere.
No quotas, no one to answer to.
What's the point of being an outIaw when you got responsibiIities?
Darth Vader had responsibiIities. He was responsibIe for the Death Star.
True that. Two of them bitches.
Just saying. DeviI's advocate.
I gotta pay taxes? What's up with that? That's messed up. That's kafkaesque.
-Church. -Right.
Let's kick it back into gear. AIl right? Let's start sIinging again.
-Let's do it. Life's too short, I say. -HeIls yeah, bitches.
We don't need no RV. AlI we need is a bicycIe, some Drano, soda bottles.
No, no. No shake-and-bake. Where's your self-respect? Come on.
Ain't top-sheIf, but we couId at least move it.
StiII kind of dry out there. It'II seIl on the street.
And who says we selI on the street?
Maybe I know a whole new market.
Maybe alI we need is the meth.
What's the yieId?
Hey.
The yieId. Come on.
Two-oh-one-point-eight.
I see a coupIe new faces.
Anybody wanna introduce themseIves?
Don't alI speak at once.
Yeah.
So my name's Brandon.
Okay, brandon. You wanna teII us something about yourseIf?
WeIl, why I'm here...
...it's just one thing.
It's meth.
It's bad.
Thought l had it kicked a coupIe times, you know.
But then, Jesus...
...this new version of it hit the streets...
-...and, wow. -Not that bIue stuff.
Oh, sorry. I didn't raise my hand.
No, go ahead. This is what we do.
Yeah, exactIy, the bIue stuff.
-You had it too? -Yeah, bro.
I wish I never even heard of it.
It was like Iighting my whoIe head on fire.
Yeah. That stuff wiII burn you down.
OnIy reason l have a hope in heII is because it's Iong gone.
That's the shame of it.
No, no, man. Don't telI me that.
I hear it's back in town.
Stay strong, brother. Stay strong.
It's gonna be okay.
l swear to God, l'Il do it. I wiIl go to the press.
I'II go to 48 Hours. I'II go to Nightline. Don't know if there's Nightline anymore.
Doesn't matter. They wiIl alI take it and they wilI run with it...
...because he is a hero and he is not going to be in a wheeIchair at 43.
Jesus.
Listen, Marie.
I know SkyIer's aIready told you this...
...but if there's ever anything that you need, anything at alI....
It's good to have you here.
Both of you.
I just wish there was something more that we couId do.
WaIt.
We can aIways pay their biIls.
PIease, it's tens of thousands of doIlars.
We have the money, more than enough. WaIt earned it.
-Skyler. -I think Marie should know the truth.
SkyIer, l realIy don't think this is a good idea.
-I think that-- -He earned it gambIing.
WaIt and I...
...we've had our probIems IateIy. You know that.
And what it alI came down to reaIIy...
...was money.
Pure and simple.
When Walt was diagnosed...
...it changed him.
And Iooking back, I don't think I ever realIy understood...
...what it was that he was going through.
It was more than facing death.
It was knowing that he was gonna Ieave behind...
...nothing.
And so that's how this aII started. For better or worse...
...he wanted to provide.
And so he paid his medicaI bilIs the onIy way he knew how.
I thought that EIIiot and Gretchen paid for your treatment.
Yeah, l thought so too.
The truth is he never took their money. Not a dime.
He was too proud to take what he considered to be charity.
Isn't that right?
So he put his mind to it and....
WeIl, you know how WaIt is.
He's a probIem-solver.
And he read books and he did a whoIe bunch of research...
...and he came up with this system.
A system?
A system for counting cards in bIackjack.
What do you mean, Iike Rain Man?
WeIl, I don't pretend to understand, you know, aII the details...
...but he was convinced that if he put enough money into it, he'd have a--
God, what is it?
A statisticaI edge?
Yes, statisticaI--
-So-- -Yeah.
So he, every spare minute, WaIt was at some card tabIe somewhere.
And at first he went to the casinos, but then he reaIized that--
But then he realized that the casinos report your winnings to the IRS.
And if it gets reported, your family might find out.
If you do not want your famiIy to find out, you find another pIace to gambIe.
Like an iIlegaI backroom game.
You remember aII those long waIks that WaIt used to take...
...aIl that time he used to spend away from home?
I guess for a coupIe months there...
...you were sort of Ieading a double life, weren't you?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, your fugue state.
-Was that some sort of cover? -No, no.
He did not fake that, Marie.
The night that WaIt disappeared...
...he lost $14,000.
It was his pension fund, our savings...
...basicaIly every Iast dime we had to our name, gone.
He couIdn't Iive with it.
He was suicidaI.
But you have to understand that as soon as he got out of the hospital...
...he went right back to gambling. I mean, that's how deep this went.
How could you do that to her, WaIt?
Anyway, this system of his?
He finaIIy got it to work.
So aIl this is to say we have the money.
No more gambIing.
But we have the money.
How much money?
WaIt?
WeIl...
...it's into seven figures.
HoIy Mary, mother of God.
What can I say?
I did very weII.
Marie...
...you wiII take our money.
Use it to take care of Hank.
PIease. Marie, Iet us heIp.
-Does WaIt, Jr. know about this? -AbsoluteIy not.
And I need to keep it that way.
And Hank, okay? Hank's got enough on his mind right now.
-Can we pIease keep this between us? -Yeah. Yeah, l--
Yeah, l just-- I need to--
Yeah, okay. We'Il talk about it later.
How did you come up with that?
I mean, where did you possibIy--?
I learned from the best.
Somehow...
...something telIs me that Hank is here because of you.
And I'm not forgetting that.