History Recap / BreakingBadS3E4GreenLight

* SympatheticAdulterer: Subverted. Walter tries to put the moves on Principal Carmen after Skyler sleeps with her own boss, Ted, out of spite at Walter. However, while Ted and Skyler already had UnresolvedSexualTension between them, there wasn't even a hint that either Walter or Carmen were attracted to one another, so his out of the blue attempt to seduce her just comes across as [[CasanovaWannabe weird and pathetic]]. Rather than turning the cheating into a mutual affair to get back at Skyler, he is fired from his job as a teacher.

* DirtyCoward: Ted hides away from Walt knowing Walt would probably plant him one for sleeping with his wife. [[JustifiedTrope justified]], however, as Walt was already acting violently; while Ted is a criminal, he is no fighter, so refusing to engage was the smarter move.

* DirtyCoward: Ted hides away from Walt knowing Walt would probably plant him one for sleeping with his wife.

Directed by Scott Winant

* BerserkButton: Walt is pretty upset with Saul for hiring Mike to bug his house, and attacks him in response to the rather tasteless cracks he made about Skyler's infidelity.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We find out Don Margolis tried to commit [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]]. Whether or not he succeeded was not resolved...

[[caption-width-right:350:Walt is gently escorted from the premises after communications with Ted break down.]]

-->-- '''Mike'''

->''"You know, Walter, sometimes it doesn’t hurt to have someone watching your back."''

!!This episode contains examples of:

-->'''Jesse''': Yo, did you just get fired?
-->'''Walt''': No. No, no, no, it's, uh, more like a sabbatical. Indefinite.

-->Just let me see if I'm following you here, Russell. You got this stuff from some guy at Gasparza's who was wearing tan pants and who you're 80% sure had a moustache. That's it, right? That's your brain working at maximum capacity?

* WomanScorned: [[GenderFlip Gender-flipped]]. Walt tries to flirt with Carmen as revenge for Skyler's cheating, but gets suspended indefinitely in the process.

* EpicFail: Walt's hilarious attempt to shatter a glass office door with a ''potted palm tree''; the only thing that broke was the tree. Well, and Walt's composure. Oh, and then he got dragged outside by staff. And then taken away by Mike.

* DumbassHasAPoint: When Walt sarcastically asks Jesse if methheads were the ones to praise his formula Jesse points out that they are the ones who would kniw best.

* Dumbass Has A Point: When Walt sarcastically asks Jesse if methheads were the ones to praise his formula Jesse points out that they are the ones who would kniw best.

* PutOnABus: Carmen, after being forced to terminate Walt.

Walt, still incensed over Skyler's affair, tries to seduce his own boss Carmen, but to no avail: this, combined with his slipping performance at work, results in him being fired. As Walt is leaving the school with his belongings, Jesse arrives: he wants to get back into cooking because, according to him, it's the only thing he's good at. Walt tries to encourage him and tells Jesse that he's out for good. Jesse is fine with this, though, because he's been cooking on his own and has proudly brought a sample to show Walt. He asks Walt to help him get in contact with Gus so he can sell his batch. Walt is suddenly furious and tells Jesse that he has no right to cook Walt's formula--plus, Jesse's meth is complete garbage. An angry and hurt Jesse leaves Walt with his cardboard box of belongings.

[[caption-width-right:350:Pictured above: Walter H. White, after attempting to "talk" with Ted.]]

Hank is on his way back to El Paso after a [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT promotion,]] but Marie is worried that he'll be in danger like [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E7NegroyAzul his last trip to the border.]] Hank tries to pretend to be unconcerned, but when Gomez calls to tell him that blue meth has been found on the street again, he quickly abandons his trip to follow the lead.