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* ChekhovsGun: The broken dish. Krazy-8 takes a shard while Walt is unconscious to attack him.

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* ChekhovsGun: The broken dish. Krazy-8 takes a shard while Walt is unconscious to [[ImprovisedWeapon attack him.him]].



* GainingTheWillToKill: Killing a helpless (if terrible) man in cold blood is a new line for Walt, and he spends much of the episode trying to either rationalize the deed or convince himself that it won't be necessary. He ultimately arrives at the former.



* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Walt is faced with this choice when he has Krazy 8 chained up in a basement. Hilariously he makes a pros and cons list, balancing "Judeo-Christian values" versus "He will kill you and your family".

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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Walt is faced with this choice when he has Krazy 8 Krazy-8 chained up in a basement. Hilariously he makes a pros and cons list, balancing "Judeo-Christian values" versus "He will kill you and your family".



* SympatheticMurderer: Walter kills a man but Krazy-8 definitely had it coming and Walt only resorted to killing after exhausting every other option.

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* SympatheticMurderer: Walter kills a man man, but Krazy-8 definitely had it coming and Walt only resorted to killing after exhausting every other option.
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* AssholeVictim: Walt keeps Krazy-8 trapped for days with a bike lock around his neck, and eventually strangles him. It's still difficult to feel sorry for Krazy-8.
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As he and Jesse clean up the liquefied remains of Emilio, Walt's thoughts go back to his time being a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology. He and a female lab partner count the percentages of elements in the human body, but after taking into account every known element, still come up less than one percent short of an entire body, with Walt musing that there must be more to a human than their chemical makeup...

As Skyler tries (and fails) to subtly get Marie's insight on Walt's apparent marijuana use and accidentally implies that Junior smokes weed, Walt goes to check on Krazy-8. To his horror, Krazy-8 not only knows his name, but knows of his family, apparently from Jesse. Walt storms in on Jesse as he tries to take the edge off in the restroom with some meth, and the two get into a scuffle over Jesse's baggy of meth before Jesse leaves, calling Walt out on not honoring his end of the bargain they struck by flipping a coin and offing Krazy-8.

Marie tells Hank about Junior's apparent weed use as she indulges her kleptomania by stealing expensive shoes, and Hank tries to scare Junior straight by taking him to the Crystal Palace, a shady motel, and introducing him to Wendy, a meth-abusing prostitute. The lessons Hank try to impart on Junior don't really reach through to him (since he doesn't light up) as Wendy returns to her motel room, where Jesse is waiting to solicit her services...

Back at Jesse's house, Walt struggles with whether to kill Krazy-8, jotting down a list of reasons to either spare him or kill him. He comes up with several reasons to let him go, though these are exclusively arguments based in morality. In turn, he can only name one for killing him, though it is a much more pragmatic one: "He'll kill your entire family if you let him go." With the day growing late, Walt calls Skyler and tells her that he'll be working overtime at the car wash. Skyler, however, has found out that he quit working at the car wash, and dismissively tells him to do as he please.

Walt prepares a sandwich for Krazy-8, but when he goes to deliver it to him, suffers a coughing fit and loses consciousness. When he comes to, he reveals to Krazy-8 that he has lung cancer. Walt then returns with a second sandwich and a six pack of beers, which he offers Krazy-8 to share with him. Krazy-8 inquires as to why, and Walt says that he wants to get to know him a bit better. Krazy-8 points out that getting to know him will only make it harder for Walt to kill him, and advises him that he should just get it over with if that is what he wants to do. Walt, still undecided as to what to do with him, implores him; "Sell me."

Walt and Krazy-8 bond over the latter's musical aspirations, as well as his father being the owner of a furniture store with a catchy commercial jingle, the same furniture store where Walt bought the crib for his son. Krazy-8 learns that Walt hasn't told his family about his illness, and realizes Walt's reason for getting into the meth trade: to make money for his family, so that they could get by after he was gone. Krazy-8 jokingly offers to write Walt a check, then suggests he isn't cut out for murder. Walt considers, and tells Krazy-8 that he agrees and that he has decided to that he is going to free him.

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As he and Jesse clean up the liquefied remains of Emilio, Walt's thoughts go back to his time being as a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology. He and a female lab partner count the percentages of elements in the human body, but after taking into account every known element, they still come up less than one percent short of an entire body, with Walt musing that there must be more to a human than their chemical makeup...

As Skyler tries (and fails) to subtly get Marie's insight on Walt's apparent marijuana use and accidentally implies that Junior smokes weed, Walt goes to check on Krazy-8. To his horror, Krazy-8 not only knows his name, name but knows of his family, apparently from Jesse. Walt storms in on Jesse as he tries to take the edge off in the restroom with some meth, and the two get into a scuffle over Jesse's baggy of meth before Jesse leaves, calling Walt out on not honoring his end of the bargain they struck by flipping a coin and offing Krazy-8.

Marie tells Hank about Junior's apparent weed use as she indulges her kleptomania by stealing expensive shoes, and Hank tries to scare Junior straight by taking him to the Crystal Palace, a shady motel, and introducing him to Wendy, a meth-abusing prostitute. The lessons Hank try tries to impart on to Junior don't really reach through to him (since he doesn't light up) as Wendy returns to her motel room, where Jesse is waiting to solicit her services...

Back at Jesse's house, Walt struggles with whether to kill Krazy-8, jotting down a list of reasons to either spare him or kill him. He comes up with several reasons to let him go, though these are exclusively arguments based in on morality. In turn, he can only name one for killing him, though it is a much more pragmatic one: "He'll kill your entire family if you let him go." With the day growing late, Walt calls Skyler and tells her that he'll be working overtime at the car wash. Skyler, however, has found out that he quit working at the car wash, and dismissively tells him to do as he please.

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Walt prepares a sandwich for Krazy-8, but when he goes to deliver it to him, suffers a coughing fit and loses consciousness. When he comes to, he reveals to Krazy-8 that he has lung cancer. Walt then returns with a second sandwich and a six pack six-pack of beers, which he offers Krazy-8 to share with him. Krazy-8 inquires as to why, and Walt says that he wants to get to know him a bit better. Krazy-8 points out that getting to know him will only make it harder for Walt to kill him, and advises him that he should just get it over with if that is what he wants to do. Walt, still undecided as to what to do with him, implores him; "Sell me."

Walt and Krazy-8 bond over the latter's musical aspirations, as well as his father being the owner of a furniture store with a catchy commercial jingle, the same furniture store where Walt bought the crib for his son. Krazy-8 learns that Walt hasn't told his family about his illness, and realizes Walt's reason for getting into the meth trade: to make money for his family, family so that they could get by after he was he's gone. Krazy-8 jokingly offers to write Walt a check, then suggests he isn't cut out for murder. Walt considers, and tells Krazy-8 that he agrees and that he has decided to that he is going to free him.



Hank and Gomez goes to investigate Walt's original cook site, and quickly put together a theory that a mobile meth lab caught fire and that the occupants sped off after putting it out. They also search Krazy-8's car, was which was abandoned at the site, and wonder why he would just leave it behind in the desert like this. They are also handed an important clue, as a family of Native Americans gives them the lab mask the young girl found in the previous episode.

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Hank and Gomez goes go to investigate Walt's original cook site, site and quickly put together a theory that a mobile meth lab caught fire and that the occupants sped off after putting it out. They also search Krazy-8's car, was which was abandoned at the site, and wonder why he would just leave it behind in the desert like this. They are also handed an important clue, as a family of Native Americans gives them the lab mask the young girl found in the previous episode.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Marie stealing a pair of shoes from a store is the first we see of her kleptomania, something that becomes a reoccurring theme in the series.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Marie stealing a pair of shoes from a store is the first we see of her kleptomania, something that becomes a reoccurring recurring theme in the series.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hank takes Walter Jr to a SRO to try and scare him straight about marijuana, and it sounds like something out of the worst after-school special ever, with all his bullshit about gateway drugs. Only look at what's happened to Walter over the next five seasons and ask yourself, "What did Hank say about gateway crimes again? How they ruin your lives?"

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hank takes Walter Jr to a an SRO to try and scare him straight about marijuana, and it sounds like something out of the worst after-school special ever, with all his bullshit about gateway drugs. Only look at what's happened to Walter over the next five seasons and ask yourself, "What did Hank say about gateway crimes again? How they ruin your lives?"



* SequelHook: Walt's line to Skyler: "There's something I have to tell you." We find out later that he's gonna tell her about his cancer.
* SpottingTheThread: Walt notices the broken shards of the plate he previously threw out, which gives him a hunch. He pulls them out of the trash and tries to assemble them together, leading to the unmistakable conclusion that one of them is missing and has been pocketed by Krazy-8. If Walt had any doubts about the necessity of killing Krazy-8, they're completely gone at that point.

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* SequelHook: Walt's line to Skyler: "There's something I have to tell you." We find out later that he's gonna going to tell her about his cancer.
* SpottingTheThread: Walt notices the broken shards of the plate he previously threw out, which gives him a hunch. He pulls them out of the trash and tries to assemble them together, leading to the unmistakable conclusion that one of them is missing and has been pocketed by Krazy-8. If Walt had any lingering doubts about the necessity of killing Krazy-8, they're completely gone at by that point.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hank takes Walter Jr to a SRO to try and scare him straight about marijuana, and it sounds like something out of the worst after-school special ever, with all his bullshit about gateway drugs. Only look at what's happened to Walter over the last five seasons and ask yourself, "What did Hank say about gateway crimes again? How they ruin your lives?"

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Hank takes Walter Jr to a SRO to try and scare him straight about marijuana, and it sounds like something out of the worst after-school special ever, with all his bullshit about gateway drugs. Only look at what's happened to Walter over the last next five seasons and ask yourself, "What did Hank say about gateway crimes again? How they ruin your lives?"

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* ApologeticAttacker: Walt spends the entire time he's strangling Krazy-8 apologizing for what he's doing.

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* ApologeticAttacker: Walt spends the entire time he's strangling Krazy-8 apologizing for what he's doing. He's even crying as he's about to kill Krazy-8.



* GutFeeling: As Walt is preparing to let Krazy-8 go, he suddenly has a bad hunch that the situation might not be as it seems. He retrieves the pieces of broken plate from the trash bin and attempts to reassemble the dish, [[WhamShot only to find one large triangular shard is missing....]]



* PoliceAreUseless: Averted with Hank and Gomez quickly determining what took place at the cook site.



* SeriousBusiness: Jesse gets upset at Walter, not just because he has failed to uphold his end of their bargin (i.e. killing Krazy-8), but also because they flipped a coin on said bargin, with his wording heavily implying that he considers a coin flip to be some sort of unbreakable oath.

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* SeriousBusiness: Jesse gets upset at Walter, not just because he has failed to uphold his end of their bargin bargain (i.e. killing Krazy-8), but also because they flipped a coin on said bargin, bargain, with his wording heavily implying that he considers a coin flip to be some sort of unbreakable oath.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: Wendy leaves her unopened can of root beer on the roof of Hank's car after talking with him and Jr.

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