History Recap / BreakingBadS2E5Breakage

->''"I know some guys, alright? I can create a network. Look, we control production and distribution. That way we stay off the front lines while moving some serious glass. I mean, the point here is to make money, right? Sky high stacks!"''
-->-- '''Jesse Pinkman'''

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At the DEA, Hank is informed that the power vacuum in the drug trade left by Tuco remains, although the name "Heisenberg" has become commonplace. He is also given a promotion to the Tristate Border Interdiction Task Force: accepting means splitting his duties between Albuquerque and El Paso, Texas. Hank accepts the promotion, but when he boards an elevator afterwards, begins to suffer from a panic attack.

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* IGaveMyWord: Jesse gives his word that he will pay a fair price to the junkyard owner who has towed and stored his RV. When the [[{{Jerkass}} junkyard owner]] threatens to sell it off and pocket the money instead, Jesse steals the RV. [[spoiler:When Jesse finally gets some cash, he returns with the fair payment, plus interest, plus the cost of the portable toilet and fence that he broke during his escape.]]

->''"Look, I know some guys, alright? I can create a network. Look, we control production and distribution. That way we stay off the front lines while moving some serious glass. I mean, the point here is to make money, right? Sky high stacks!"''

* InnocentlyInsensetive: The secretary at the hospital who gives Walt the “hope” pin. While it’s a nice gesture, it’s also an empty one, since she gives it to Walt after he has been given an extremely expensive medical bill, and also because Walt’s cancer is terminal. Predictably, Walt throws it in the trash after he leaves, driving the point home that he has nothing to be hopeful about.

Back at home, Walt, still miffed with Skyler over her acting aloof towards him, confronts her about the carton of cigarettes he found in the toiler. Skyler dismisses Walt's concerns, stating that she must've suffered a "fugue state" when she smoked. An argument breaks out where Skyler admits she smoked three and a half cigarettes before disposing of the rest, and that she did feel ashamed for smoking while pregnant. Walt says Skyler isn't acting like herself, to which Skyler snaps back "How would you know?" before storming off.

* {{How We Got Here}}: The {{Cold Open}} shows some river workers fishing Tuco's encased grill out of the river.
* {{I Gave My Word}}: Jesse, having stolen the RV from Clovis' yard and wrecked the gate all while owing him money from before, returns to pay him back, pay for damages and makes a deal to keep the RV in the lot. As Jesse said, his word is his bond.
* {{Montage}}: Another meth-slinging montage, this time with Skinny Pete, Badger and Combo doing the slinging. Also {{Soundtrack Dissonance}} --the track used is the Charlie Steinmann Orchestra's light and jazzy "It Is Such a Good Night (Scoobidoo Love)"

* {{Montage}}: Another meth-slinging montage, this time with Skinny Pete, Badger and Combo doing the slinging. Also {{Soundtrack Dissonance}} --the track used is the Charlie Steinmann Orchestra's light and jazzy "It Is Such a Good Night (Scoobidoo Love)"
* TheDreaded: Walter is angry that one of Jesse's runners got robbed, costing the operation $2,000 in product. He tells Jesse that the only way to prevent it from becoming a recurring problem [[InvokedTrope is for Jesse to become this]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Following Hank's promotion, Marie mentions that she's heard the Mexican Cartel sends severed heads as a calling card. This will prove to be more than a rumor.
** Jesse singles out Badger when making sure his friends know exactly how to distribute; he also lingers on Badger a moment longer than the other guys when the group disperses. While Badger isn't the ''first'' member of the crew to screw up (Skinny Pete is hoodwinked by a pair of addicts), Badger's own misstep down the line is much more serious.

That night, Walt gives Jesse a revolver and tells him to do what he must in order to get back the money that had been stolen from him.

Badger, Skinny Pete, and Combo proceed to sell meth throughout the city. Things go smoothly until Skinny Pete finds himself held at knife-point by a pair of junkies who steal his meth and his money. Walt confronts Jesse about the matter: while Jesse tries to write off the loss as "breakage", Walt demands he take action. That night, he gives Jesse a revolver and tells him to do what he must.

Meanwhile, Hank continues to struggle with panic attacks and PTSD from his encounter with Tuco. After an incident where he mistook bottles of his homemade beer with gunshots, he takes Tuco's preserved grill and chucks it into a river.

Meanwhile, Jesse returns to Clovis's repair yard. Clovis is quite angry to see him at first, but Jesse gives him the money that he owed him for services rendered, plus interest for the damages to his fence when he made off with the RV earlier. With the two of them now squared, Jesse pays Clovis to keep the RV in the yard, and even buys 1983 Toyota Tercel.

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Walt and Jesse get their business going again. Hank gets news at work about a possible promotion

Walt and Jesse get their business going again. Hank gets news at work.

* TheDreaded: Walter is angry that one of Jesse's runners got robbed, costing the operation $2,000 in product. He tells Jesse that the only way to prevent it from becoming a recurring problem [[InvokedTrope is for Jesse to become this]].

* {{Genre Savvy}}: Jesse and Walt learn from their very recent past and decide to become their own distributors instead going to another Tuco-like person.

* {{Montage}}: Another meth-slinging montage, this time with Skinny Pete, Badger and Combo doing the slinging. Also {{Soundtrack Dissonance}} --the track used is the Charlie Steinmann Orchestra's light and jazzy "It Is Such a Good Night (Scoobidoo Love)",

* {{Montage}}: Another meth-slinging montage, this time with Skinny Pete, Badger and Combo doing the slinging. Also {{Soundtrack Dissonance}}

* {{Genre Savvy}}: Jesse and Walt learn from their very recent past and decide to become their own distributors instead going to another Tuco-like peron.