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** Walt realises how poorly he had treated Skyker and Willingly signs the divorce papers

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** Walt realises how poorly he had treated Skyker Skyler and Willingly willingly signs the divorce papers
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Skyler examines the duffel bad of Walt's drug money that [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT he'd shown her.]] She consults with her divorce lawyer once more, confessing her affair and bringing up the money (though she denies that she was asking permission to spend it). The lawyer warns her once more to leave, and that she was now an accessory to Walt's crimes after the fact. When she returns home, however, she finds Walt gone, along with his belongings and money. He'd left their now-signed [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E1NoMas divorce papers]] behind for her. Skyler, however, is unsure what to make of this development...

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Skyler examines the duffel bad bag of Walt's drug money that [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT he'd shown her.]] She consults with her divorce lawyer once more, confessing her affair and bringing up the money (though she denies that she was asking permission to spend it). The lawyer warns her once more to leave, and that she was now an accessory to Walt's crimes after the fact. When she returns home, however, she finds Walt gone, along with his belongings and money. He'd left their now-signed [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E1NoMas divorce papers]] behind for her. Skyler, however, is unsure what to make of this development...
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Walt and Jesse meet at Saul's office. There, Walt gives Jesse his half of the money made from Jesse's cook, telling him to "spend it in good health", because Jesse was "out" of the professional meth cooking industry: as far as Walt's concerned, Jesse can cook whatever he wants, as long as it's not his formula. Jesse dares Walt to try and stop him, then storms out, cracking Walt's windshield with a large rock before leaving.

Meanwhile, Hank's investigation into the RV hits a dead end. When he asks his secretary to check with the DMV once more, she finds one more registration of an RV that had not been renewed, but never marked as non-working, stolen, or destroyed. This leads Hank to the home of Mrs. Ortega, the RV's owner, who explains that she never reported it stolen because she didn't want her son to be arrested.

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Walt and Jesse meet at Saul's office. There, Walt gives Jesse his half of the money made from Jesse's cook, telling him to "spend it in good health", because Jesse was is "out" of the professional meth cooking industry: as Gus was only using Jesse to get to Walt, and now Walt is back in business. As far as Walt's concerned, Jesse can cook whatever garbage he wants, as long as it's not his Walt's formula. Jesse dares Walt to try and stop him, then storms out, cracking Walt's windshield with a large rock before leaving.

Meanwhile, Hank's investigation into the RV hits a dead end. When he asks his secretary to check with the DMV once more, more during Gomez's farewell party, she finds one more registration of an RV that had not been renewed, but never marked as non-working, stolen, or destroyed. This leads Hank to the home of Mrs. Ortega, the RV's owner, who explains that she never reported it stolen because she didn't want her son to be arrested.



When Hank looks in Combo's room for clues, he finds a photo of a night that Combo had spent partying. The photo was of his friends, one of whom he recognizes: ''Jesse Pinkman''...

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When Hank looks in Combo's room for clues, he finds a photo of a night that Combo had spent partying. The photo was of his friends, one of whom [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E3BitByaDeadBee he recognizes: recognizes:]] ''Jesse Pinkman''...
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Some months ago, when Walt and Jesse were just beginning their partnership, Walt gives Jesse his life's savings to purchase an RV to use as a mobile meth lab. Jesse immediately uses the money to invite his friends Badger, Combo, and Skinny Pete to party at a cabaret. When the bar closes in the morning, Jesse realizes he only has about $1400 left: with Walt blackmailing him into helping, Jesse realizes he's screwed up ''bad''. Combo, however, offers to help out: he has an RV at his home that he's willing to give to Jesse in exchange for the money.

In the present day, as Skyler's affair with Ted continues, Walt contacts Jesse on the phone over the money they had both been given. Jesse is pissed that he only got half of his money from the meth ''he'' cooked, while Walt is just as pissed with Jesse over using ''his'' formula without his say-so.

Meanwhile, Hank and Gomez search for Heisenberg's RV meth lab. As their search proves fruitless, Gomez confides in Hank that he has been given the offer Hank once had: he was leaving for El Paso. This leaves Hank depressed and angry: while Marie believes his staying in New Mexico was due to his traumatic experiences during his last excursion, Hank angrily retorts that he's staying because he's doing "important work".

Walt visits Gus at Los Pollos Hermanos, and questions the wisdom in appearing to collaborate with Jesse to bring him back to cooking. When Gus explains that Jesse's cook was "more or less" just as good as his own, Walt disagrees, stating that "the chemistry must be respected". After apologizing for being transparent, Gus asks Walt to accompany him. He takes him to an industrial laundromat his company owns.

Concealed under the laundromat is a massive, state-of-the-art superlab built to make industrial quantities of meth, with the chemicals already shipped to the laundromat and a highly advanced filtration system making it practically hidden in plain sight. Gus makes a new offer to Walt: in exchange for cooking two hundred pounds of meth per week, he would pay Walt three million dollars for three months work, with Walt allowed to work his own hours so long as he met each week's quota. Walt is impressed with the offer and the facilities in which he would work, but declines once more, explaining that he had made one too many bad decisions. Gus clarifies that Walt's decisions weren't truly wrong if he did it for the sake of his family, explaining that a "man" does anything to provide for his family, even if the work he does is ultimately thankless.

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Some months ago, when Walt and Jesse were just beginning their partnership, [[Recap/BreakingBadS1E1Pilot Walt gives Jesse his life's savings to purchase an RV to use as a mobile meth lab. lab.]] Jesse immediately uses the money to invite his friends Badger, Combo, Combo and Skinny Pete to party at a cabaret. When the bar closes in the morning, Jesse realizes he only has about $1400 left: with Walt blackmailing him into helping, helping him cook, Jesse realizes he's screwed up ''bad''. Combo, however, offers to help out: he has an RV at his home that he's willing to give to Jesse in exchange for the money.

In the present day, as Skyler's [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT affair with Ted continues, continues,]] Walt contacts argues with Jesse on the phone over [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E4GreenLight Gus unexpectedly giving Walt half of his payment for the money they meth Jesse had both been given. sold him.]] Jesse is pissed that he only got half of his money from the meth ''he'' cooked, while Walt is just as pissed with Jesse over using ''his'' formula without his say-so.

Meanwhile, Hank and Gomez search for Heisenberg's RV meth lab. lab after [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E4GreenLight catching its model on a gas station ATM camera.]] As their search proves fruitless, Gomez confides in Hank that he has been given the offer [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E4GreenLight Hank once had: had turned down:]] he was leaving for being promoted to the El Paso. Paso DEA office. This leaves Hank depressed and angry: while Marie believes his staying in New Mexico was due to his traumatic experiences during [[Recap/BreakingBadS2E7NegroyAzul his last excursion, excursion to El Paso,]] Hank angrily retorts that he's staying because he's doing "important work".

Walt visits Gus at Los Pollos Hermanos, and questions the wisdom in appearing pretending to collaborate with Jesse to bring him manipulate Walt back to into cooking. Walt thinks Gus sees him as overly proud and is just trying to provoke him by buying his product from Jesse. When Gus explains that Jesse's cook was "more or less" just as good as his own, Walt is visibly insulted and disagrees, stating that "the chemistry must be respected". After apologizing for being transparent, Gus asks Walt to accompany him. He takes him to an industrial laundromat his company owns.

Concealed under the laundromat is a massive, state-of-the-art superlab built to make industrial quantities of meth, with the chemicals already shipped to the laundromat and a highly advanced filtration system making it practically hidden in plain sight. Gus [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E1NoMas again makes a new offer his offer]] to Walt: in exchange for cooking two hundred pounds of meth per week, he would pay Walt three million dollars for three months work, with Walt allowed to work his own hours so long as he met each week's quota. Walt is impressed with the offer and the facilities in which he would work, but declines once more, explaining that he had made one too many bad decisions. decisions and lost his family. Gus clarifies argues that Walt's decisions weren't truly wrong if he did it everything for the sake of his family, explaining that a true "man" does anything to provide for his family, even if the work he does is ultimately thankless.
his family doesn't appreciate it.



Skyler finds a duffel bag of cash that Walt earned from his illegal enterprise. She consults with her divorce lawyer once more, confessing her affair and discussing the money. The lawyer warns her once more to leave, and that she was now an accessory to his crimes after the fact. When she returns home, however, she finds Walt gone, along with his belongings and money. He left the divorce papers behind, and had signed them as well. Skyler, however, is unsure what to make of this development...

Walt and Jesse meet at Saul's office. There, Walt gives Jesse his half of the money made from Jesse's cook, telling him to "spend it in good health", because he was "out" of the professional meth cooking industry: as far as Walt's concerned, Jesse can cook whatever he wants, as long as it's not his formula. Jesse dares Walt to try and stop him, then storms out, cracking Walt's windshield with a large rock before leaving.

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Skyler finds a examines the duffel bag bad of cash Walt's drug money that Walt earned from his illegal enterprise. [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E3IFT he'd shown her.]] She consults with her divorce lawyer once more, confessing her affair and discussing bringing up the money. money (though she denies that she was asking permission to spend it). The lawyer warns her once more to leave, and that she was now an accessory to his Walt's crimes after the fact. When she returns home, however, she finds Walt gone, along with his belongings and money. He He'd left the their now-signed [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E1NoMas divorce papers behind, and had signed them as well.papers]] behind for her. Skyler, however, is unsure what to make of this development...

Walt and Jesse meet at Saul's office. There, Walt gives Jesse his half of the money made from Jesse's cook, telling him to "spend it in good health", because he Jesse was "out" of the professional meth cooking industry: as far as Walt's concerned, Jesse can cook whatever he wants, as long as it's not his formula. Jesse dares Walt to try and stop him, then storms out, cracking Walt's windshield with a large rock before leaving.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Walt has shades of this when he first sees the lab that Gus is giving him.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Walt has shades of this when he first sees the lab that Gus is giving him.
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*JerkAss: Walt takes great joy in mocking Jesse and cutting him out of the busines.

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* PetTheDog: Skyler letting Walt hold onto Holly and comfort her.

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** Walt realises how poorly he had treated Skyker and Willingly signs the divorce papers
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* KickTheDog: While Wlat had to do something to avoid going to prison, making Hank think his wife was in hospital still comes of as very cruel.
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*KickTheDog: While Wlat had to do something to avoid going to prison, making Hank think his wife was in hospital still comes of as very cruel.
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--> '''Marie:''' Death changes a person. It just has to. You've noticed a change with Walt, haven't you?

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--> '''Marie:''' Death changes a person. It just Facing death... it has to.to change someone. You've noticed a change with Walt, haven't you?

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* NotSoDifferent: While discussing Hank's aloof attitude with Skyler, Marie unknowingly draws parallels between what he faced in El Paso and Walt's situation.
--> '''Marie:''' Death changes a person. It just has to. You've noticed a change with Walt, haven't you?



--> '''Saul''': Sorry kid, that's the way of the world. Go with the winner.

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--> '''Saul''': '''Saul:''' Sorry kid, that's the way of the world. Go with the winner.
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* OpportunisticBastard: Saul switches sides and leaves Jesse in the dust to vie for Walt's legal interest instead when it becomes clear that Walt is now the one with greater opportunities to make bank.
--> '''Saul: Sorry kid, that's the way of the world. Go with the winner.

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* OpportunisticBastard: Saul switches sides and leaves Jesse in the dust to vie for Walt's legal interest instead when it becomes clear that Walt is now the one with greater opportunities to make bank.
--> '''Saul: '''Saul''': Sorry kid, that's the way of the world. Go with the winner.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Skyler comes home to Walter gone, the duffel bag of money gone with him, and the divorce papers filled out and signed. Just as Skyler was starting to reconsider whether she still wanted him around.


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* OpportunisticBastard: Saul switches sides and leaves Jesse in the dust to vie for Walt's legal interest instead when it becomes clear that Walt is now the one with greater opportunities to make bank.
--> '''Saul: Sorry kid, that's the way of the world. Go with the winner.
* PetTheDog: Skyler letting Walt hold onto Holly and comfort her.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: After finding the bag of money, Skyler confesses to her lawyer that she could do with a glass of wine.
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Eventually, Skyler begins to feel uncomfortable about her affair with Ted. When she returns home after declining an invitation to dinner, she sees Walt gazing lovingly at the daughter she did not allow him to touch. Feeling a small pang of guilt, she offers to let Walt hold their fussy daughter.

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Eventually, When Marie calls Skyler to voice her concerns about Hank, she tells her that Hank had changed since his last trip to El Paso. "Facing death...it has to change someone", she states. Skyler takes this to heart, thinking about Walt facing death during his battle with cancer, and begins to feel uncomfortable about second-guess her affair with Ted. When she returns home after declining an invitation to dinner, she sees Walt gazing lovingly at the daughter she did not allow him to touch. Feeling a small pang of guilt, she offers to let Walt hold their fussy daughter.

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Gus increases his efforts to lure Walt back into business, forcing a rift between Walt and Jesse. Skyler doubts her new relationship. Marie confides in Skyler about her concerns over Hank's well-being after Hank's actions tangibly affect his career prospects.

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Gus increases his efforts to lure Walt back into business, forcing a rift between Some months ago, when Walt and Jesse. Skyler doubts her new relationship. Marie Jesse were just beginning their partnership, Walt gives Jesse his life's savings to purchase an RV to use as a mobile meth lab. Jesse immediately uses the money to invite his friends Badger, Combo, and Skinny Pete to party at a cabaret. When the bar closes in the morning, Jesse realizes he only has about $1400 left: with Walt blackmailing him into helping, Jesse realizes he's screwed up ''bad''. Combo, however, offers to help out: he has an RV at his home that he's willing to give to Jesse in exchange for the money.

In the present day, as Skyler's affair with Ted continues, Walt contacts Jesse on the phone over the money they had both been given. Jesse is pissed that he only got half of his money from the meth ''he'' cooked, while Walt is just as pissed with Jesse over using ''his'' formula without his say-so.

Meanwhile, Hank and Gomez search for Heisenberg's RV meth lab. As their search proves fruitless, Gomez
confides in Hank that he has been given the offer Hank once had: he was leaving for El Paso. This leaves Hank depressed and angry: while Marie believes his staying in New Mexico was due to his traumatic experiences during his last excursion, Hank angrily retorts that he's staying because he's doing "important work".

Walt visits Gus at Los Pollos Hermanos, and questions the wisdom in appearing to collaborate with Jesse to bring him back to cooking. When Gus explains that Jesse's cook was "more or less" just as good as his own, Walt disagrees, stating that "the chemistry must be respected". After apologizing for being transparent, Gus asks Walt to accompany him. He takes him to an industrial laundromat his company owns.

Concealed under the laundromat is a massive, state-of-the-art superlab built to make industrial quantities of meth, with the chemicals already shipped to the laundromat and a highly advanced filtration system making it practically hidden in plain sight. Gus makes a new offer to Walt: in exchange for cooking two hundred pounds of meth per week, he would pay Walt three million dollars for three months work, with Walt allowed to work his own hours so long as he met each week's quota. Walt is impressed with the offer and the facilities in which he would work, but declines once more, explaining that he had made one too many bad decisions. Gus clarifies that Walt's decisions weren't truly wrong if he did it for the sake of his family, explaining that a "man" does anything to provide for his family, even if the work he does is ultimately thankless.

Eventually,
Skyler begins to feel uncomfortable about her concerns over affair with Ted. When she returns home after declining an invitation to dinner, she sees Walt gazing lovingly at the daughter she did not allow him to touch. Feeling a small pang of guilt, she offers to let Walt hold their fussy daughter.

Skyler finds a duffel bag of cash that Walt earned from his illegal enterprise. She consults with her divorce lawyer once more, confessing her affair and discussing the money. The lawyer warns her once more to leave, and that she was now an accessory to his crimes after the fact. When she returns home, however, she finds Walt gone, along with his belongings and money. He left the divorce papers behind, and had signed them as well. Skyler, however, is unsure what to make of this development...

Walt and Jesse meet at Saul's office. There, Walt gives Jesse his half of the money made from Jesse's cook, telling him to "spend it in good health", because he was "out" of the professional meth cooking industry: as far as Walt's concerned, Jesse can cook whatever he wants, as long as it's not his formula. Jesse dares Walt to try and stop him, then storms out, cracking Walt's windshield with a large rock before leaving.

Meanwhile,
Hank's well-being after investigation into the RV hits a dead end. When he asks his secretary to check with the DMV once more, she finds one more registration of an RV that had not been renewed, but never marked as non-working, stolen, or destroyed. This leads Hank to the home of Mrs. Ortega, the RV's owner, who explains that she never reported it stolen because she didn't want her son to be arrested.

To
Hank's actions tangibly affect surprise, the RV had been stolen by none other than Christian "Combo" Ortega.

When Hank looks in Combo's room for clues, he finds a photo of a night that Combo had spent partying. The photo was of
his career prospects.
friends, one of whom he recognizes: ''Jesse Pinkman''...
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* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode.
* HookersAndBlow: The episode shows that Jesse spent most of Walt's savings on this.

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* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode.
* HookersAndBlow: The episode shows that Jesse spent most of Walt's savings on this.this.
*TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode.
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* {{Fanservice}}: The strippers. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Complete with lesbian kissing and nipple shots.]] Definitely directed at males.
* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode.

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* {{Fanservice}}: The strippers. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Complete with lesbian kissing and nipple shots.]] Definitely directed at males.
males. This is found only in the dvd version. The tv aired version of the scene is tamer.
* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode.episode.
* HookersAndBlow: The episode shows that Jesse spent most of Walt's savings on this.
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* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode. Fitting, considering the following episode...

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* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode. Fitting, considering the following episode...
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* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode. Fitting, considering the following episode...
* TheMillstone: Jesse leads Hank straight to the RV.

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* {{Flashback}}/TheReveal: We ''finally'' learn how Jesse got the RV in this episode. Fitting, considering the following episode...
* TheMillstone: Jesse leads Hank straight to the RV.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Walt decides to cook more meth again, and Hank tries to find more information on Heisenberg[[spoiler:, especially after coming across a photo of Combo and Jesse]].

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Walt decides to cook more meth again, and Hank tries to find more information on Heisenberg[[spoiler:, Heisenberg, especially after coming across a photo of Combo and Jesse]].Jesse.


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* CrossReferencedTitles: With "No Más"

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* BingeMontage: A flashback showing how Jesse lost the money he was meant to buy the RV with.
* CrossReferencedTitles: With "No Más"Más."
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* {{Adorkable}}: Walt has shades of this when he first sees the lab that gus is giving him.
* BilingualBonus: "Más" is "More" in Spanish

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* {{Adorkable}}: Walt has shades of this when he first sees the lab that gus Gus is giving him.
* BilingualBonus: "Más" is "More" "more" in SpanishSpanish.
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* {{Fanservice}}: The strippers. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Complete with lesbian kissing and nipple shots.]]

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* {{Fanservice}}: The strippers. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Complete with lesbian kissing and nipple shots.]]]] Definitely directed at males.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Walt has shades of this when he first sees the lab that gus is giving him.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Walt decides to cook more meth again, and Hank tries to find more information on Heisenberg[[spoiler:, especially after coming across a photo of Combo Jesse]].

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: Walt decides to cook more meth again, and Hank tries to find more information on Heisenberg[[spoiler:, especially after coming across a photo of Combo and Jesse]].
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Gus increases his efforts to lure Walt back into business, forcing a rift between Walt and Jesse. Skyler doubts her new relationship. Marie confides in Skyler about her concerns over Hank's well-being after Hank's actions tangibly affect his career prospects.

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* BilingualBonus: "Más" is "More" in Spanish
* CrossReferencedTitles: With "No Más"
* DoubleMeaningTitle: Walt decides to cook more meth again, and Hank tries to find more information on Heisenberg[[spoiler:, especially after coming across a photo of Combo Jesse]].
* {{Fanservice}}: The strippers. [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Complete with lesbian kissing and nipple shots.]]
* TheMillstone: Jesse leads Hank straight to the RV.

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