
Skyler continues to be silent and noticeably sullen, but Walt doesn't seem to notice. Hank and Marie arrive for dinner and chocolate cake.

On the way to the White residence in Marie's car, Hank pesters Marie Schrader until she reveals that Walt told her Skyler had an affair. Walt arrives at home, expecting a party but finds Skyler preparing a store-bought meal. Walt asks if he can leave early for his birthday party and Jesse agrees. Hank accepts the job.Īt a house being treated by Vamonos, Jesse Pinkman and Walt break down the mobile lab. SAC Ramey, visiting from El Paso, enters, discusses the case, then talks privately to Hank, offering him the position of ASAC (Assistant Special Agent in Charge) for Albuquerque. They believe Mike is their best lead and agree to follow him. They figure someone is keeping them in line. They're concerned that no one in prison is talking and that Blue Sky has reappeared on the streets. She reluctantly obliges.Īt the DEA office, Hank Schrader and Steven Gomez go over their diagram of Gus' Drug Empire. Walt shoots down her idea and tells a silent Skyler that he would like a party and chocolate cake for his fifty-first birthday the following day.ĭuring breakfast the next day, Skyler forgets to break Walt's bacon into a "51" and Jr. She then feebly suggests that she wants the kids to leave the house for a period of time. She is stunned, silently stating that Walt is back into the drug game. In the bedroom, Walt gives Skyler $20,000 to launder. debate about who would win in a drag race in their new cars while Skyler White silently eats. Mike informs her he'll send someone else.Īt the White residence, Walt and Jr. Lydia calls Mike to tell him that the methylamine transport will be cut off due to Ron's arrest. She leads them to Ron Forenall who is promptly arrested. She receives a tip-off call from Mike Ehrmantraut and seconds later the DEA arrive to question her. She realizes she is wearing mismatched shoes. They both beam at each other as they grip their respective steering wheels, elated with their new "toys".Īt the Houston office of Madrigal Electromotive, Lydia Rodarte-Quayle nervously sits at her desk on a conference call with Germany. Walt Jr., in front of his Chrysler PT Cruiser gives him an uncertain look, politely smiling but clearly not feeling too excited, so Walt trades the PT Cruiser in for another red and black striped Dodge Challenger. Back at the White Residence, Walt drives home in a brand new shiny pitch black Chrysler 300. too asks his dad to slow down but Walt shrugs it off and trades in the car. The mechanic thinks he's joking, as he's just replaced upwards of $1,900 worth of insurance paid parts. Just then he has a thought, he offers to trade his Aztek to the mechanic for $100 and immediately lowers it to $50. Walt looks inside and finds his pork pie hat in the back seat, which he greets with a smile.

(" Half Measures") He jokes that at least the windshield didn't need to be replaced again. At an auto shop, a mechanic goes over some recent fixes to Walter White's Pontiac Aztek, including cleaning some residue blood off the grill from that "deer" he had hit (which was not a deer, but the rival dealers).
