Having received the first bill for Hank's treatment Skyler starts to worry about how clean the money is; she is adamant that Hank and her sister will never find out that their medical bills are being paid by drug money. To ensure this she insists on meeting Walt's 'man who knows what he is doing'; needless to say she isn't impressed at his suggestion that Walt invests on a Laser Tag business; she feels nobody would believe he'd choose to invest his 'winnings' is such an enterprise; she suggests something he knows; such as a car wash... the problem is any money laundering enterprise needs an inside man who can be trusted. Meanwhile Jesse is unimpressed with Badger and Skinny Pete's poor sales; he decides to show them how easy it is by telling a new member of the group that he can get her some of the amazing new 'blue meth'... then her young son comes home and he just can't bring himself to do it. He then gets talking to the girl and learns the shocking truth about Combo's death.
I rather enjoyed this episode; it was interesting to see Skyler starting to take a role in Walt's business; the way she dealt with the books at work meant it wasn't a total surprise... it is clear that for her the idea of the family learning what Walt does is worse than him continuing in the business. Anna Gunn does a fine job in the role showing that her character knows accountancy like Walt knows chemistry. Jesse's scenes were interesting too as they showed that there are depths that he won't sink to. Perhaps this will encourage him not to take the risk of selling directly... somehow I doubt it though. There was a nice domestic scene between Walt and Gus; I loved how Gus handed Walt a ridiculously large knife to cut the garlic; presumably as a sign of trust when he turned his back to attend to other items.
I rather enjoyed this episode; it was interesting to see Skyler starting to take a role in Walt's business; the way she dealt with the books at work meant it wasn't a total surprise... it is clear that for her the idea of the family learning what Walt does is worse than him continuing in the business. Anna Gunn does a fine job in the role showing that her character knows accountancy like Walt knows chemistry. Jesse's scenes were interesting too as they showed that there are depths that he won't sink to. Perhaps this will encourage him not to take the risk of selling directly... somehow I doubt it though. There was a nice domestic scene between Walt and Gus; I loved how Gus handed Walt a ridiculously large knife to cut the garlic; presumably as a sign of trust when he turned his back to attend to other items.
