Cat's in the Bag...

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"Cat's in the Bag..."
Breaking Bad episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 2
Directed byBless Bernstein
Written byVince Gilligan
Featured music
Cinematography byRey Villalobos
Editing byLynne Willingham
Original air dateJanuary 27, 2008 (2008-01-27)
Running time48 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Krazy-8
  • John Koyama as
    Emilio Koyama
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"Cat's in the Bag..." is the second episode of the first season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad. Written by Vince Gilligan and directed by Adam Bernstein, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on January 27, 2008.

Plot

toss a coin
to see who will do which task. Jesse wins and chooses to dispose of the corpse, leaving Walt to kill Krazy-8.

Walt instructs Jesse to buy a bin made from

marijuana. Skyler finds his address and confronts Jesse while he is trying to dispose of Emilio's body, warning him that her brother-in-law is a DEA
agent. Skyler doesn't notice the corpse.

Jesse does not find the specific plastic bin Walt instructed him to use, so he decides to dissolve the corpse in his upstairs bathtub. However, the hydrofluoric acid dissolves the ceramic and metal bathtub along with the body. This causes the ceiling beneath it to collapse, spilling Emilio's liquified remains onto the hallway below. Walt tells Jesse that hydrofluoric acid will dissolve anything except polyethylene. Meanwhile, two Native American children playing in the desert find Walt's gas mask from the previous meth cook.

Production

The episode was written by Vince Gilligan, and directed by Adam Bernstein; it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on January 27, 2008.

Title meaning

The episode title is a part of a line from the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success, in which a character reports that he resolved an issue:

J.J. Hunsecker: That means you've got a plan. Can you deliver?
Sidney Falco: Tonight, before you go to bed. The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river.

Critical reception

Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode a rating of 9.6 out of 10, commenting: "It's strange, but there's a great chemistry between these three characters, like they're puzzle pieces and their jagged edges aren't even close to matching, but they fit somehow."[1] Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an "A−", saying: "At the end of the powerhouse premiere last week, I thought: Well, it's all downhill from here... I found it hard to imagine that such an episode could maintain the premiere's edge-of-psychosis tone."[2]

In 2019, The Ringer ranked "Cat's in the Bag..." 31st out of all 62 Breaking Bad episodes.[3] Vulture.com ranked it 33rd overall.[4]

See also

MythBusters (2013 season) § Episode 206 – "Breaking Bad Special"

References

  1. ^ Amitin, Seth (January 28, 2008). "Breaking Bad: "Cat's in the Bag ..." Review". IGN. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. ^ Bowman, Donna (January 27, 2008). "Breaking Bad: "Cat's In The Bag"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Claire McNear (September 30, 2019). "The Ringer's Definitive 'Breaking Bad' Episodes Ranking". The Ringer.
  4. Vulture.com
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External links

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