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- 1. Pilot Jan 20, 2008
- High-school chemistry teacher Walter White learns he is dying of lung cancer.
- 2. Cat's in the Bag... Jan 27, 2008
- Walter and Jesse dispose of the mess in the RV; Skyler suspects Walter is involved with Jesse.
- 3. ...and the Bag's in the River Feb 10, 2008
- Walter is left to deal with Krazy-8 alone following an argument with Jesse.
Synopsis. Season 1. A struggling high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), is diagnosed with inoperable, advanced lung cancer. On a ride along with his DEA agent brother-in-law Hank Schrader (Dean Norris), Walter sees a former student of his, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), fleeing the scene of a meth lab.
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"Kafkaesque" is the ninth episode of the third season of Breaking Bad and the twenty-ninth episode altogether.
Teaser
A television commercial for Los Pollos Hermanos extols the chain's apocryphal history and the secret to its signature chicken. The sequence transitions to Walt and Jesse in the superlab, handing off a shipment of blue meth. It is sent to Gus's chicken farm, where Victor oversees workers as they put plastic bags of meth into tubs of fry batter for distribution across the Southwest, specially marked with a UV-visible ink stamp. As the trucks are loaded up and leave the facility, Gus's silhouette can be seen watching them depart.
Act I
Walt and Jesse cook a batch that yields slightly more than required. Jesse wants to save the extra product for the next batch, but Walt insists they send it to Gus. Having crunched the numbers, Jesse grumbles that over the 3 month term, Gus will gross $96 million to their measly $3 million. Walt replies that Jesse should be happy to be a millionaire. At the hospital, Gomez visits Hank and shows him a map detailing where blue meth has been found, crediting him with correctly predicting the product's reappearance. Hank does not take much comfort from the news; he's in too much pain. Skyler watches Walt absorb the news and Hank's revelation that he received a call warning him of the Cousins' impending attack, which is the only reason he survived. In the parking lot, Walt tells Skyler he had nothing to do with the shooting and assures her the family is safe. She then asks if he is safe.
Act II
Jesse attends a meeting of his support group, where he describes his new workplace as a boring corporate laundromat. "My boss is a dick," Jesse complains, adding that the owner is "a super dick" whom everyone fears. When the group leader refers to Jesse's situation as "Kafkaesque," Jesse, not really understanding what the word means, agrees with him. Back at the hospital, a doctor tests for feeling in Hank's legs, noting that nerve function appears to be returning. However, the doctor informs Skyler and Marie that the odds are against Hank making a full recovery. Another hospital staffer refers to insurance delays and alludes to policy limitations, but advises Marie not to go out of plan or she could wind up bankrupt. Upon being told that insurance covered physical therapy would be medically justifiable but not optimal, Marie decides that she will arrange Hank's care herself. Saul and Jesse visit a nail spa that, Saul proposes, would be an ideal front for a money laundering scheme. Jesse, unimpressed with Saul's plan and already reluctant to pay taxes, ends the conversation after Saul offers him the standard 17% laundering fee, declining to extend Walt's bargained 5% fee to him. Meanwhile, Walt visits the chicken farm to meet with Gus, wanting to discuss "issues that could cause a misunderstanding between us." Walt speculates that he was the Cousins' primary target, and that Gus steered them to Hank in order to protect him, and that he did so to put heat on the cartel, affect their supply, and could corner the entire Southwest meth market with domestic production. Walt says that he owes Gus his life and respects his strategy. He leaves with a $15 million-a-year open-ended deal and Gus' guarantee of the White family remains safe. On the ride home, feeling empowered and reckless, Walt floors his gas pedal and zoning-out, nearly drives his Aztek into an oncoming semi truck.
•Kafkaesque may refer to the nature of each worker's role in the opening teaser. Every employee does their specific task with no knowledge of its purpose or how it all connects in the bigger picture besides for Gus.
•During the opening montage sequence featuring Walt and Jesse's meth being smuggled through Pollos Hermanos, the song used is a variation of the "Bolivia Theme" from the Scarface soundtrack. It is featured in the scene when Tony Montana travels to South America to meet the drug kingpin, Sosa.
•Mark Harelik, who plays a Doctor in this episode, is another Seinfeld alumnus (like Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, and Bob Odenkirk). In the episode "The Comeback," Harelik plays Milosh, a tennis pro-shop worker.
•In the 11th episode of third season, "Abiquiú", while preparing the Chilean dish together for Gus and Walt's dinner, a sliced orange pepper is seen on the cutting board, just like the orange pepper that is sliced in the opening of the Los Pollos Hermanos commercial that is the teaser at the beginning of this same episode.
•Whilst Jesse and Walt are arguing with each other, Jesse says the line "what is more important than money?" and then cuts to a scene with Hank lying in a hospital bed. This could be the creators of the show symbolizing a reoccuring motif, which is that 'family is important' to most of the characters in Breaking Bad.
•As Walt cleans in the lab, the spot he notices on a large tank appears reflected in the lower center of his forehead. This is the traditional location of the "Mark of Cain," denoting God's curse on Cain for murdering his brother, Abel, and for lying to God about the murder. Walt is struggling with guilt after realizing he is largely responsible for what has happened to Hank.
CreditsStarringGuest Starring•Christopher Cousins as Ted Beneke •Steven Michael Quezada as Steven Gomez •Matt Jones as Badger •Jere Burns as Group Leader •Mark Harelik as DoctorCo-StarringCharles Baker as Skinny Pete Jeremiah Bitsui as Victor Cynthia Ruffin as Hospital Administrator Fernando Escandon as Commercial NarratorIn Theaters At Home TV Shows. Mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White thinks his life can't get much worse. His salary barely makes ends meet, a situation not likely to improve ...
6 days ago · Last updated: Sun, 19 May 2024 -1:00. The odyssey of a brilliant high school chemistry teacher with terminal cancer, who decides to secure his family's financial future by manufacturing high-quality illegal drugs. Show Details: Start date: Jan 2008 End date: Sep 2013 Status: cancelled/ended Network (s): AMC ( US) Run time: 60 min Episodes: 62 ...
