History Recap / BreakingBadS4E4BulletPoints

* DoWrongRight: Walter and Skyler initially try to sell lie by a demonstration of Walt's supposed prowess at blackjack and counting cards. But it becomes obvious that it will be a certain EpicFail should they try that. So they both come to an understanding that can longer play cards while in recovery is a better sell.

As Mike deals with cartel goons trying to hijack a Los Pollos Hermanos truck (losing a piece of his right ear in the process), Walt and Skyler concoct a story to explain Walt's newfound wealth and their [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse purchase of Bogdan's car wash:]] he [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E9Kafkaesque earned money through gambling]], but had become addicted and had to stop. After deciding that Walt will avoid demonstrating his supposed card-counting method by claiming to be in recovery, Skyler goes over a carefully prepared script for when they break the news to the rest of the family. Walt is less than enthused with the script Skyler concocted, thinking that it makes him appear weak and "out of control", but agrees to go along with it when Skyler reminds him that he would still come out of this ordeal ahead of her, being successful at gambling while she was being vilified as the "bitch mother" who gave Walt a hard time.

That night, Walt and his family visit the Schraders. There, Hank shows Walt and Junior a video that he [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse received]] while investigating a meth superlab: it was a video of Gale Boetticher, singing "Major Tom". Hank pokes fun at the nerd on the video, finding it hard to believe that such an unassuming man could possibly be Heisenberg. Walt, however, is afraid that Hank might be able to tie Jesse to [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E13FullMeasure Gale's murder,]] and is hit with a pang of guilt as he's confronted with Gale's humanity and feels regret at having had him killed...

* EarAche: At first, it seems Mike walks away from the shootout with barely a scratch on him. Then he takes his hat off and feels the cartilage on his right has been hear torn. He keeps it bandaged for a few episodes.

** The special effects used to create the illusion of cold temperature when Mike is in the truck (to elaborate, Creator/JonathanBanks inserted a little box of dry ice into his mouth to simulate cold breath) is a technique that was used in several Creator/BrianDePalma films.

Directed by Creator/ColinBucksey

* TraumaButton: Walt visits Jesse and reminds him of Gale's death and the circumstances surrounding it, as Hank is investigating the matter. Jesse becomes more vibisbly agitated as Walt pesters him about the specifics, until Jesse decides he's had enough and gives Walt the boot.

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* AnswerCut:

** Hank really wanted to catch Heisenberg, overtly styling himself as a modern-day [[Film/TheFrenchConnection Popeye Doyle]]. Walt notes that Popeye never actually caught his suspect.

* NooneCouldSurviveThat: The cartel ambushes one of Gus' trucks and sprays bullets across the entire back. Thinking they've killed everyone inside, the two open the back and climb in, only to be blown away by Mike.

* TitleDrop: Skyler, while rehearsing the gambling story with Walt.

-->'''Walt:''' ''(into a lab security camera)'' Where is [Jesse]?

->'''Hank:''' ''Right here, here at the top, it says, "To W.W. My star, my perfect silence." W.W. I mean, who do you figure that is, y'know? Woodrow Wilson? Willy Wonka? Walter White?''\\
'''Walt:''' ''Heh. You got me.''

--> '''Walt, into a lab security camera:''' Where is he? (Jesse)
--> ''*cut to Jesse getting hauled into the desert by Mike*''

--> '''Walt, to Skyler:''' "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I put you through all of this." [{{Beat}}] How's that sound?

--> '''Hank:''' "W. W." Who do you think that is, huh? [[UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson Woodrow Wilson]]? [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]? ... Walter White?
--> '''Walt (raising his hands in surrender):''' You got me!

As Walt grows more worried still when noticing Gus's surveillance cameras watching Jesse, Jesse returns home after work to find that his money had been stolen: one of the tweakers camping out in his house saw him go into his room, come back with a wad of cash, and connected the dots. Jesse, however, has fallen into such a state of self-loathing and despair that he can hardly muster the energy to care. Instead, he continues to prevent himself from having to confront his demons by bringing a girl up to his room to play ''VideoGame/SonicAndSegaAllStarsRacing''.

The following day, Walt vents to Saul about Jesse's self-destruction, Gus wanting to kill him, and Skyler buying a car wash as though he could simply walk away from Gus once his contract with Gus ends. Saul proposes having Walt get into contact with someone he knows of: a "disappearer" who can help Walt vanish off the face of the earth and give him a new identity. Walt dismisses the idea, leaving him at an impasse.

As Mike deals with cartel goons trying to hijack a Los Pollos Hermanos truck (losing a piece of his right ear in the process), Walt and Skyler concoct a story to explain Walt's newfound wealth and their [[Recap//BreakingBadS4E3OpenHouse purchase of Bogdan's car wash:]] he [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E9Kafkaesque earned money through gambling]], but had become addicted and had to stop. After deciding that Walt will avoid demonstrating his supposed card-counting method by claiming to be in recovery, Skyler goes over a carefully prepared script for when they break the news to the rest of the family. Walt is less than enthused with the script Skyler concocted, thinking that it makes him appear weak and "out of control", but agrees to go along with it when Skyler reminds him that he would still come out of this ordeal ahead of her, being successful at gambling while she was being vilified as the "bitch mother" who gave Walt a hard time.

As Mike deals with cartel goons trying to hijack a Los Pollos Hermanos truck (losing a piece of his right ear in the process), Walt and Skyler concoct a story to explain Walt's newfound wealth: he [[Recap/BreakingBadS3E9Kafkaesque earned money through gambling]], but had become addicted and had to stop. After deciding that Walt will avoid demonstrating his supposed card-counting method by claiming to be in recovery, Skyler goes over a carefully prepared script for when they break the news to the rest of the family. Walt is less than enthused with the script Skyler concocted, thinking that it makes him appear weak and "out of control", but agrees to go along with it when Skyler reminds him that he would still come out of this ordeal ahead of her, being successful at gambling while she was being vilified as the "bitch mother" who gave Walt a hard time.

Walt makes his way to Jesse's house and is taken aback by the state of disrepair it has fallen into as a result of Jesse's [[Recap/BreakingBadS4E2ThirtyEightSnub ongoing drug parties]]. He finds Jesse, who had his head shaved. Walt tries to ask Jesse details about Gale's murder, but Jesse is upset by the memory and struggles to talk about it. When Walt presses him, Jesse pays a couple of junkies at his party a hundred dollars to kick him out of his house.

Walt makes his way to Jesse's house, is taken aback by the state of disrepair it has fallen into as a result of Jesse's ongoing drug parties, and finds Jesse, who had his head shaved. Walt tries to ask Jesse details about Gale's murder, but Jesse refuses to think back on that horrible night. When Walt presses him, Jesse pays a couple of junkies at his party a hundred dollars to kick him out of his house.

"You got me." Walt sarcastically answers, hands raised in mock resignation. He then suggests that "W.W." simply referred to Walt Whitman, an author that Gale was fond of.

As Mike deals with cartel goons trying to hijack a Los Pollos Hermanos truck (losing a piece of his right ear in the process), Walt and Skyler concoct a story to explain Walt's newfound wealth: he earned money through gambling, but had become addicted and had to stop. After proving that Walt has no acumen when it comes to card-counting, Skyler goes over a carefully prepared script for when they break the news to the rest of the family. Walt is less than enthused with the script Skyler concocted, thinking that it made him appear weak and "out of control", but agrees to go with it when Skyler reminds him that he would still come out of this ordeal ahead of her, being successful at gambling while she was being vilified as the "bitch mother" who gave Walt a hard time.

That night, Walt and his family visit the Schraders. There, Hank shows Walt and Junior a video that he received while investigating a meth superlab: it was a video of Gale Boetticher, singing "Major Tom". Hank pokes fun at the nerd on the video, finding it hard to believe that such an unassuming man could possibly be Heisenberg. Walt, however, is hit with a pang of guilt as he comes to realize Gale's humanity, and feels regret at having had him killed...