"Came out of nowhere." "You gotta help us." "Look at all this damn water." "Don't drink that." "Ain't no telling what's gonna be poison." "How's Junior?" "exactly what I expected." "He hasn't said a word to me since we told him it was going back." "I spoke to the dealership." "They didn't want to take it." "What?" "It's in perfect condition." " It's got 17 miles on the odometer." " I know." "I spent the better part of an hour sweet-talking the manager down to a restocking fee-  $800." " $800... for two days?" "the law says they don't have to take it back at all." "the receipt." "and make sure you talk to the general manager." "His name is Glen." "Glen." "Call me if there's a problem." "just don't-- don't tangle with anyone." "Fine." "Martine." "Muy bueno." "Walt." "Shit." "God." "Yes." "Hello." "I need a cab." "thank you." "The name is White." "I'm at the Pavilion parking lot on University." "that's right." "Just south of the airport." "that'd be great." "Thank you." "how long do you think that would take." "I'm sure he'll see me." "Thank you." "there's-- There's total contrition here!" "There's mountains of contrition!" "Fan-tan-tastic!" "I will messenger 'em over right away." "and-- about that other thing unrelated" "I can get you in." "the eighth hole is murder." "yeah?" "You want to make it interesting?" "Great!" "Tee time 7 a.m. sharp." "Prepare to have your ass handed to you." "Okay." "Bye." "I sweated him down to misdemeanor trash burning." "it's not gonna be free. another 3 grand to steam clean the blacktop." "so... was it worth it?" "I don't need to hear the blow-by-blow." "Just tell me it's done." "did I wake you?" "I caught this thing before it got into the system." "That means your record stays clean." "The wife never finds out." "I've been working magic here." "I can at least get an "attaboy." "give." "Fring?" "He will see me dead... and there's nothing I can do about it." "All that's left is to wait." "And we're sure about this." "'Cause Pinkman ss he needs you too much." "Pinkman says." "Pinkman says." "Unless... you could help me find a third party." "What third party?" "Someone who can ameliorate the situation." "all right?" "You talking about a hit man?" "Assuming that's still what they're called." "Zzzzt!" "Wrong answer!" "That's what the kids call "epic fail." "All I would need is a phone number." "I would do the rest." "there'd be a finder's fee." "A big one." "I could come up with a couple names" "One or two guys west of the Rockies who do this kind of work" "But guess what." "These guys?" "They know Mike." " And Mike knows them." " What are you telling me?" "Mike knows everyone who does this?" "Who do you think gave me their names?" "Plan B." "we go outside my network" "Soldier of Fortune. and find a guy who's not an undercover cop or some kind of survivalist nut-job wannabe." "You gotta ask yourself-- How good is good enough?" "Because whatever goomba we buy at some point is gonna come head-to-head with our friend Mike." "And Gus Fring?" "not by a damn sight." "but I can't get anywhere near him." "You can't get near him?" "Why don't you ask your partner?" "I saw him." " And you tell Saul before you tell me?" "same as yours." "Saul hassles me about Mike." "He's still scared the dude's gonna come break his legs." "So I give him the latest." "But what happened exactly?" "and he just shows up." "They send me outside and the two of them talk." "That's it." "a regular thing?" "How close were you to him?" "Close." "Closer than you and me right now." "Did he speak to you?" "It was over in 10 seconds." "Would you just answer?" "He said he sees things in people." "What things?" "What people?" "Me." "He said he sees something in me. and now he pulls you out of the lab an assistant gunman?" "A tough guy?" "Does that make any sense to you?" "He says he sees something in you." "What kind of game is he playing?" "Does he think you're that naive?" "He can't truly think that you'd forget-- and all the horror that goes along with all of that." "What about this girlfriend of yours and her little brother? that little boy... he winds up..." "Gus can't possibly think that you'd forget that." "all I'm saying is that is it possible he would think that you're that weak-willed?" "Drop the sales pitch." "I'll do it." "You'll do what?" "I'll kill him... first chance I get." "Piña colada?" "More like stale bubblegum." "Does anyone actually want their car to smell like the bottom of a sixth-grader's desk?" "Okay." "Hemp?" "Really?" "I know." "But you know what they say" " The customer's always right." "it's not too late to have a grand opening. get on TV." "Let people know they're not gonna have to face the eyebrows of doom when they come in." "how's Hank doing?" "You know what?" "He's doing better." " Really?" " Yeah." "Uh... and he's like a maniac with his P.T." "don't get me wrong." "but he" "Yeah." "I mean-- hey." " Hey!" "Walt." " Marie." "too." "your cashier here is quite the salesperson." "She just talked me into something called the Orbital Paste Wax Buff." "it's very important to maintain your clear coat." "yeah." "hi." "Hi. and we are already up to 22-- 22 actual cars." "800." "Jesus." "How much is that?" "000." "Give or take." " Give or take?" " Yeah." "I haven't counted it." "Wait... 000-- And this is how often?" "Every two weeks." "Thursday's good for a drop-off?" "Walt." "000 a year?" "before expenses." "But I can't" "This is too much." "and this is somehow bad news?" "that's not the point." "there is no car wash in the world that could do this kind of business." "this is 9 month's work here minimum." "7 million?" "That could take years." "So set some aside." "Save it for a rainy day." "Save it." "What" "Save it where?" "I can't go to the bank with it." "I sure can't leave it here." "Wait a minute." "Is this all 50s?" "Who pays for a car wash with a 50?" "I didn't ask you to do this." "I was under the impression that you had this under control." "I just didn't expect this amount of money." "The 50s are gonna be a problem." "that's what this is-- Problem solving." "this is a simple division of labor." "you launder the money." "This is what you wanted." "I never wanted any of this." "I've got to go." "just say that you want out." "then." "You're telling me you made this in the lab?" "Why not?" "Making it in his own lab... seemed appropriate." "There's not much of it." "We had more for Tuco." "It's enough." "This is still the best way." "you'll never get out of it alive. poof." "no one will be surprised." "What about Mike?" "but that's all they'll be." "one homicidal maniac at a time." "I don't know when I'm gonna see Gus again... if ever." "Keep it with you." "be ready." "What if they search me?" "Will they do that?" "It's the wrong way around." "It's my lucky cigarette." "don't smoke it." "right?" "this is good." "Could use the exercise." "Get he blood pumping." "you're not gonna have to pick me up." "but I'll get there." "ain't we a pair?" "You must really like chicken. 0 to 60 in 4.7 seconds." "on a lark?" "your dad just ups and buys you a brand-new Challenger?" "I barely got around the block so they took it back." "Do you know how long I had it?" "Fifteen hours." "let me tell you something." "I'd have given my left nut to drive a car like that for 15 minutes." "how does that happen?" "and I kind of--Ahh." "You guilted him into it." "yeah." "I know." "I hear you." "You pulled the old "Poor little me and my little troubles." " Am I right?" " Maybe." "my friend." "You'd have let him buy you a clunker instead of borrowing Mom's hooptie." "Agent Schrader." "thank you." "Good to see you." "do you remember Mr. Fring?" " How are you?" " Well." "Nice to see you again." "It's a pleasure to see you here." "You're looking very well." "chalk it up to clean living and vitamin pills." "I must apologize. ... there would have been no question of accepting your money." "please feel free to ask for me." "A DEA hero should never have to pay for a meal at Pollos Hermanos." "No kidding?" "I'll take you up on that for sure." "And how are your mother and father?" "They're good." "The chicken is great." "Thank you." "perhaps something after school?" " My door is always open." " Sounds good." "I don't know about this one." "He might eat up all your profits." "I'll let you finish your meal." "Can I get you anything else?" "perhaps?" "thank you." "I'm good." "Sure." "Take a Diet Coke." "Thank you very much." "Of course." "So where are we going?" "big doings today." "mouth shut." "S'up?" "test." "You got me?" "Count off." "Let's go." "please." "You know how to make coffee?" " Sure." " There you go." " You want a rundown?" " Please." "Three guys up at the gate-- one in the blind." "We got five guys down here with a backup out of sight." "I got Tyrus down in the treeline with a Barret .50." "Planted him there last night in case we had any early arrivals." "I don't have an extra holster." "You stick this in your pocket." "Keep it out of sight." "you're gonna have a gun." "It's loaded?" "I don't want to see that in your hand unless you see me with mine." "Understood?" "Emergency only." "First car is coming." "what's the order of the day?" "mouth shut." "A lot of guns." "Nobody's asking you to give up yours." "You want to sweep the place before you bring in your guys?" "I am the guy." "then." "You got something of mine?" "Glove box." "Figure I better teach you how to shoot." "Could be things are gonna get hairy." "What is this?" "You're giving me a gun?" "part of the team or whatever?" "He said he sees something in me." "Like what?" "If I had to put it in a word..." "I'd guess... loyalty." "Loyalty." "Only maybe you got it for the wrong guy." "Jesse?" "Hey." "Hey." "no see." "How you doing?" "uh... good." "Good." "we're going to get started." "You coming in?" "So the truth is we can't change the past." "What's done is done. it's not the answer because a lot of the time all that judging does is just ensure that we're going to repeat the cycle." "Right." "I'm such an asshhole." "It's totally hopeless." "What's the point?" "I think I'll have a hit." "Jesse." "What's going on with you these days?" " I went back to the crystal." " You sober now?" "Yeah." "right?" "Four days is four days." "You're here." "You still..." "working at the laundry?" " How are things there." " Sucks ass." "Anything you want to talk about?" "a couple of weeks back... uh... killed a dog." "You hit it with your car?" "um..." "I put him down." "I watched him go." "I was looking him straight in the eye and... he didn't know what was happening." "He didn't know why." "He-- and then... he was gone." "He was suffering." "It was a kindness." "he wasn't sick." "like a... like a... problem dog." "What did he do?" "Bite someone?" "this dog never-- never bit anybody." "uh... you go right to the dark side." "Anything can happen." "It ain't no rock that made me do it." "what was the problem?" "Why did you have to kill him?" "please." "Maybe it's not the details that matter." "Right?" "Jesse?" "I don't know." "Who cares how you feel?" "What kind of a person kills a dog for no reason?" "Colleen." "You put an ad in the paper." "You drop him off at a shelter." " Colleen" " You just don't sit there and talk about killing a helpless" " Colleen." " ...innocent animal." "We're not here to sit in judgment." "Why not?" "Why not?" "Maybe-- Maybe she's right." "maybe I should have put it in the paper." "Maybe I should have done something different." "if you just do stuff and nothing happens... what's it all mean?" "What's the point?" "this whole thing is about self-acceptance." "Kicking the hell out of yourself doesn't give meaning to anything." "So I should stop judging..." " and accept" " It's a start." "hooray for me because I'm a great guy?" "It's all good?" "do an inventory and accept?" "accept?" "What a load of crap!" "y-you know what?" "Why I'm here in the first place?" "Is to sell you meth." "You're nothing to me but customers!" "I made you my bitch." "You okay with that?" "Huh?" "You accept?" "No." "About time." "Jesse." "Jesse." "will you?" "You see any residue there?" "Where?" "right-- right there." "It's been a week." "What's going on?" "I haven't seen him." "but I'll just give it another shot anyway." "buddy!" " Hey." "Look at that." "Graduated to doorman." "Finally found your calling." "Marie." "show your barber a picture of a dog's ass and said "I'll take that"?" "Charming as usual." "Welcome back." "Marie." "Steve." "Good to see you." " How you doing?" " He's doing fine." "we can take it from here." "Gomie?" " Yeah." "If you want to hold his elbow." "no." "You keep your mitts off me." "I'm good." "Hey." "Good luck." "Let's go." "Running late." "Come on." "seeing you walk in" "I can't tell you what that means to all of us." "it's incredible." "chalk it up to can living and vitamin pills." "Steve tell you his news?" "What?" "Finally got your period?" "I made GS 14." "man. you can't see over them." "buddy." "buddy." "Thanks." "Steve said you might have something for us." "maybe." "You guys are going to have to tell me." "Remember my pal Tim Roberts?" "APD detective? and the victim's a 34-year-old male Caucasian by the name of Gale Boetticher." "Boetticher opens the door-- take a bullet to the face from a person or persons unknown." "this Gale Boetticher is a bona fide chemistry genius." "right?" "he's a nerd's nerd." "sandals and socks kind of guy." "he's also an A-number 1 meth cook." "his specialty product's blue." "So what are you thinking?" "This is your Heisenberg?" "Heisenberg's former cook and maybe a line on Heisenberg himself." "I find this." "and I" " I realize it's a parts number specifically for this baby." "that there is a high-volume HEPA industrial air filtration system." "000 gadget." "Perfect for a pharmaceutical plant or microchip factory or maybe the biggest meth lab north of the border." "Okay." "So this little dingus here is manufactured by a big international concern" "Madrigal Electromotive." "and eventually I get through to the nicest little 20-year-old temp." "I use some of the Schrader sweet talk on her." "she's pulling files for me." "one of these systems was shipped to a depot right here in ABQ." "Who signed for it?" "Gale Boetticher." "and she says "Nobody." "They have no record that anybody actually paid for this thing. and I'm talking to some snot-nose corporate lawyer who's asking me for my badge number." "Brick wall." "So I take a peek into Madrigal Electromotive. but they're what they call highly diversified-- specifically a local chain" "Pollos Hermanos." "right?" "Boetticher's dead." "I got no line on who's been bankrolling him or where his lab was." "right?" "and I can't shake it." "I" " I stay up nights staring at the ceiling and trying to make sense of it." "It's that napkin." "right?" "we're talking this guy makes his own fermented lentil bread or whatever the hell that is." "What's a vegan doing in a fried chicken joint?" "Maybe he's meeting somebody." "Like who?" "like maybe... this guy." "what do we know about Gustavo Fring? could be a case of keep your friends close but your enemies closer." "He's got the money to finance this operation." "too." "just maybe... he's our guy." "but I think you're really reaching." "you wouldn't immediately assume that he's sitting down with Colonel Sanders." "I-- ahem-- guys." "you know..." "The whole thing is off-the-map nuts." "you know?" "Except... and that is... what are Gustavo Fring's fingerprints... doing in Gale Boetticher's apartment?"