History Recap / BreakingBadS3E10Fly

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the list of reasons why he should still live, Walt tellingly adds the birth of his daughter as an after-thought, seeming to place more importance on the first million he made as a reason to have not dropped dead.

Jesse sees the fly on the ceiling and precariously sets up a ladder so that he can try to swat it. Walt tells him he'll break his neck, so Jesse tells him to hold the ladder steady. As Jesse spots the fly and prepares to swat it, Walt, half-asleep, begs Jesse to come down and apologizes for Jane. Jesse, not realizing Walt was confessing to letting Jane die, tells him it's not his fault: no one could've stopped Jane from overdosing.

* SeriousBusiness: You can't have a fly in your meth lab; [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it taints the product.]]

Directed by Creator/RianJohnson

[[caption-width-right:350:"He's got some skills, yo..."]]

-->'''Jesse''': We make poison for people who don't care, alright? We probably have the most un-picky customers in the world.

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* BreatherEpisode: It's also a self-contained episode that doesn't advance many story arcs beyond Walt's suspicion that Jesse is pocketing some of the pocket, and acts as a soft cushion before [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E11Abiquiu all of the]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E12HalfMeasures subsequent]] [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure drama]] that is about to ensue.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Arguably taken too far with Walt, who refuses to cook a batch of ''methamphetamine'' -- one of the most harmful and addictive drugs that there is -- because a ''fly'' may contaminate it. Jesse [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the absurdity of this:

* AbsenteeActor: The entire cast save for Walt and Jesse.

The two return home the following morning. In the parking lot, Walt pulls Jesse aside and talks to him: he suspects Jesse may be stealing some of their product, but didn't want to say anything in the lab in case it was rigged with microphones. While he never outright accused Jesse, he warns him that if he is and Gus finds out, Walt wouldn't be able to protect him.

Walt's morning alarm goes off, but he's already awake and clearly has been all night. He and Jesse arrive at work to clean Gus' superlab. Walt's calculations on their meth yields seem to be off, though: they're coming up consistently short. Jesse, trying to keep Walt from realizing that [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E9Kafkaesque he's skimming meth from their batches to sell on his own,]] suggests spillage, evaporation, and other causes for their product's yield being low, but none of them make sense.

Walt's morning alarm goes off, but he's already awake and clearly has been all night. He and Jesse arrive at work to clean Gus' superlab. Walt's calculations on their meth yields seem to be off, though: they're coming up consistently short. Jesse, trying to keep Walt from suspecting that [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E9Kafkaesque he's skimming meth from their batches to sell on his own,]] suggests spillage, evaporation, and other causes for their product's yield being low, but none of them make sense.

Walt's morning alarm goes off, but he's already awake and clearly has been all night. He and Jesse arrive at work to clean Gus' superlab. Walt's calculations on their meth yields seem to be off, though: they're coming up consistently short. Jesse suggests spillage, evaporation, and other causes for their product's yield being low, but none of them make sense.

Jesse sees the fly on the ceiling and precariously sets up a ladder so that he can try to swat it. Walt tells him he'll break his neck, so Jesse tells him to hold the ladder steady. As Jesse spots the fly and prepares to swat it, Walt, half-sleeping, begs Jesse to come down and apologizes for Jane. Jesse, not realizing Walt was confessing to letting Jane die, tells him it's not his fault: no one could've stopped Jane from overdosing.

Conceding that "it's all contaminated," Walt tells Jesse to forget about the fly and finally falls asleep. Jesse sees the fly one last time as he's climbing down from the ladder and manages to swat it, killing the pest once and for all. He turns in excitement to Walt, only to realize he'd fallen asleep.

The two return home the following morning. In the parking lot, Walt pulls Jesse aside and talks to him: he suspects Jesse may be taking some of their product, but didn't want to say anything in the lab in case it was rigged with microphones. While he never outright states that Jesse is stealing their meth for himself, he warns him that if he is and Gus finds out, he wouldn't be able to protect him.

Jesse feigns ignorance before he leaves. Later that night, Walt lies in bed, seemingly unable to sleep, when all of a sudden, a familiar irritating buzzing reaches his ears...