History Recap / BreakingBadS2E9FourDaysOut

The two try to use gas from the RV's tank to refuel the generator the powered their cook so they could jump-start the engine, but Jesse accidentally spills gasoline over the generator and causes it to burst into flames when he tries to power it up. Walt runs back into the RV to get the fire extinguisher, but Jesse dumps their remaining drinking water on the generator before he can put out the flames.

Skyler drops Walt off at the airport that afternoon. After she leaves, Jesse picks him up in his RV, and the two drive out into the desert. Over the next two days, the two cook nonstop from dawn to dusk. They manage to cook up forty-seven pounds of meth, which would earn them well over half a million dollars ''each''. Walt is determined to continue cooking, but Jesse, exhausted from working without rest, proposes taking the night off, checking into a motel, and having a meal at Denny's. Walt agrees to the break, but before they can depart, the battery in the RV dies: Jesse had left his key in the ignition for the last two days, draining the battery's charge, leaving Walt extremely cross.

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Walt is convinced that his medical condition is deteriorating. He continues to have coughing fits and is now coughing up blood. After his attorney and new business partner crunches the numbers, he realizes that there isn't much money left for his family. He and Jesse set off for the desert for a marathon cooking session over an extended weekend. Jesse just continues to put his foot in it, this time by leaving the keys in the ignition and inadvertently draining the battery. They find themselves in the middle of the desert, cold and without much water. Walt's knowledge of chemistry again saves the day.

* Shout-Out: When Walt and his family get the news that he's in remission, Hank joyfully quotes [[Film/TheGodfatherPartIII ''The Godfather, Part III'':]]

* WhamLine: For Walt's family ([[OhCrap and Walt especially]]), "You're in remission."

Note that the correct title is "4 Days Out". The "4" is spelled out because of this site's issues with having numbers in the trope name. Such is life.

* RageAgainstTheReflection: After finding out he's in remission, Walter punches the hell out of a reflective towel dispenser. He later says that he would have rather died after making the money for his family and after Holly's birth, with the implication of avoiding the consequences of his actions. [[spoiler:The towel dispenser reappears, still dented, in "Gliding Over All" after he finds out the cancer's back.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The white spot and Walt coughing up blood? [[spoiler:Lung inflammation and a tear in the esophagus (respectively), not because of the cancer.]]
* BloodFromTheMouth: Walt starts coughing up blood in "4 Days Out". [[spoiler:That is, until the end of the episode confirms that he's in remission.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The white spot and Walt coughing up blood? Lung inflammation and a tear in the esophagus (respectively), not because of the cancer.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Walt starts coughing up blood in "4 Days Out". That is, until the end of the episode confirms that he's in remission.

* DisasterDominoes: Walter tells Jesse to not put the keys to the RV on the counter where they're cooking to avoid losing them so he puts them in the ignition which results in the battery dying. Then they try to use the generator to jump it but the generator catches fire and Jesse uses the last of their drinking water to extinguish it right before Walter gets a fire extinguisher.

* FromBadToWorse: They're in the middle of the desert and drain the RV's battery as their generator runs out of gas. Then the generator catches fire and they lose the last of their water and destroy the generator putting it out. Then their phones die. Then they trickle-charge the battery by hand-cranking the generator and the RV starts! And immediately dies. They finally get it to work after going to great lengths to build a makeshift battery out of various chemicals, bits of nickel, and several kitchen sponges.
* LockedInAFreezer: Walt and Jesse are lost in the desert with no water and a flat battery.

* RageAgainstTheReflection: After finding out he's in remission, Walter punches the hell out of a reflective towel dispenser. He later says that he would have rather died after making the money for his family and after Holly's birth, with the implication of avoiding the consequences of his actions. The towel dispenser reappears, still dented, in "Gliding Over All" after he finds out the cancer's back.

* BaitAndSwitch: The white spot and Walt coughing up blood? A tear in the esophagus, not because of the cancer.

* RageAgainstTheReflection: After finding out he's in remission, Walter punches the hell out of a reflective towel dispenser. He later says that he would have rather died after making the money for his family and after Holly's birth, with the implication of avoiding the consequences of his actions. The towel dispenser reappears, still dented, in "Gliding Over All" after he finds out the cancer's back.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In regards to Jesse trying to start up the (gasoline-covered) generator? "It just needs to warm up a little." [[TemptingFate Then Jesse makes one last pull.]] [[KillItWithFire Cue a spark.]]

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In regards to Jesse trying to start up the (gasoline-covered) generator? "It just needs to warm up a little." Then Jesse makes one last pull. [[KillItWithFire Cue a spark.]]

Note that the correct title is "4 Days Out".

* RageAgainstTheReflection: After finding out he's in remission, Walter punches the hell out of a reflective towel dispenser. He later says that he would have rather died after making the money for his family and after Holly's birth, with the implication of avoiding the consequences of his actions. [[spoiler:The towel dispenser reappears, still dented, in "Gliding Over All" after he finds out the cancer's back.]]

* BottleEpisode

* FromBadToWorse: They're in the middle of the desert and drain the RV's battery as their generator runs out of gas. Then the generator catches fire and they lose the last of their water and destroy the generator putting it out. Then their phones die. Then they trickle-charge the battery by hand-cranking the generator and the RV starts! And immediately dies. Then they collect bits and pieces of this and that and Walt puts together a makeshift battery to jump the RV... and the RV doesn't start.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Either Jesse gives bad directions or Skinny Pete is bad at following them, as he manages to cross a river when Walt and Jesse never came close to one.

* MacGyvering: Want to learn how to make your own battery? This is the episode for you.

* DisasterDominoes: In "4 Days Out" Walter tells Jesse to not put the keys to the RV on the counter where they're cooking to avoid losing them so he puts them in the ignition which results in the battery dying. Then they try to use the generator to jump it but the generator catches fire and Jesse uses the last of their drinking water to extinguish it right before Walter gets a fire extinguisher.

* LockedInAFreezer: Walt and Jesse are lost in the desert with no water and a flat battery.

* Cutting the Knot / Stating the Simple Solution: Stranded in the wilderness due to the RV's battery running flat, Jesse frustratedly tries to coax Walt into figuring out a means of escape by {{Main/MacGyvering}} something together. Among several laughable suggestions - including building a robot or an alternate vehicle from the RV's chassis - comes the sensible (and actually doable) notion of building a new battery out of the assorted contents of their rolling lab.