Breaking Bad Season One, Episode Five
Original Air Date: February 24, 2008
Director: Tricia Brock Writer: Patty Lin
Breaking Bad Episode Five “Gray Matter” Spoilers
Life tries to return to a sense of normality for Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul). Jesse decides to try and get a job but feels that wearing a costume spinning signs is not cut out for him. He runs into an old friend, Badger (Matt L. Jones), and they smoke a joint and discuss the future of the drug trade.
Meanwhile, Walt and Skyler (Anna Gunn) attend a birthday party for Elliot (Adam Godley), one of Walt’s former business partners and his wife, Gretchen (Jessica Hecht), who was also a former lab partner of Walt. at the party, Elliot offers Walt a job with excellent health insurance, but Walt declines.
Jesse introduces Badger to the mobile lab and the two take the Winnebago out to the desert to cook a new batch of meth. he tries to make a batch similar to Walt’s but fails after several attempts. Badger argues over the ruined batches and Jesse throws him out of the lab and drives off.
At Walt’s house, things come to a head as Walt Jr. (RJ Mitte) is busted for buying beer from an off-duty cop. This leads him going to his Uncle Hank (Dean Norris), which leads to Marie (Betsy Brandt), back to Skyler and in the confusion, Skyler tells Marie that she was talking about Walt being the drug addict, not her son. They try an intervention to get treatment for Walt’s cancer and they all discuss their feelings about his illness. Walt refuses to go to treatment, but after sleeping on it, changes his mind in the morning.
Everyone, including his friends are pressing him with offers to pay for the therapy, but in the end, Walt shows up at Jesse’s house and asks, “Want to cook?”
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