Hazard Pay

This episode modtly deals with Walt, Jesse and Mike, setting up their business and continueing to Cook! Its exciting too see how they are gonna make it work! Finding a place to Cook, labor division, etc! The episode also dels with Skylers deterioating mental health!

This episode shows us where Walts and Jesse's characters are now! We see Walt trying to step into the leading role, but faces frictions with Mike! All we wants is for Walt to succeed so obviously we are rooting for him!

There were also a great scene between Walt and Jesse! Nice to see them bond and just have a honest heart to heart conversation!

I would also like to say that Anna Gun is doing great as Skyler this season! Her breakdown was great and she deserves some praise!

Walt and Jesse with the addition of Mike now are back in business. Meanwhile Skyler had a breakdown possibly because of Walt, she now maybe perceived him as a danger to the family. I don't blame her tho Walt is a trouble maker now haha I mean he have the opportunity to leave meth business behind him and start over but he chose to continue to cook. the idea of the new lab is brilliant. I foresee a possible conflict between Walt and Mike in the near future.

Walt, Jesse, and Mike move along with their plans for the new Business but find that moving from an employee to an employer involves more than just changing the name on the door.

After wondering were the writers were going to take this series i am drooling in anticipation of what will come next. After hitting the dizzy heights they are back, not exactly at the bottom but definitely with a lot still left to learn and plenty of room for mistakes.

On the personal side, all the main relationships continue to be in turmoil; although Walt always seems to be in turmoil in one sense or another.

It hurts to say it but it is what that is, Walter is a monster, he is greedy, over ambitious, manipulator, cold and unchaste.

First time watching the scene between Walt and Jesse after cooking, I thought that Walter told Jesse all that stuff about Andrea to make him feel better and help him to reach happiness with that girl, I still thinking that some part of that conversation is genuinely Walt trying to tell Jesse that he appreciate doing business with him, that's all that matters to Walt at his point, Business.

Meanwhile Skyler is having a identity crisis about her own husband. Walt is shown as this dark shape moving around the house, terrifying.

It's apt that Scarface is sampled in this episode as Walt seems most of the way down the path from where he started as Mr Chips. The writers have brought the central character here plausibly, considering the outrageousness of the concept.

I particularly like how they portrayed him as incompetent in certain situations previously, but also learning whilst overcoming certain obstacles. This makes the scenes where he now appears to be a ruthless, effective manipulator quite believable. It also helps how the cinematography and art direction captures Bryan Cranston in darker and more sinister aesthetics.

This episode lays strong foundations for what is to come later on in the season by developing good tension between Walt other characters like Jesse, Mike, Skyler and Marie. Mike described Walt as time-bomb ticking away, and this is exactly what the storyline feels like currently.

I also appreciate the creativeness the writers show again with meth cooking. They did an RV and a super-lab, so how could they keep it fresh? Well they did and you have to admire it. You do though have to wonder how many ideas they are giving the illicit drug industry and how much they glamourise certain moments. Especially as cook scenes are filmed, edited and presented so slickly they make it look like a cool thing to be doing.

All actors are on top form, especially Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Jonathan Banks and Betsy Brandt.