Más (Breaking Bad)

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"Más"
Johan Renck
Written byMoira Walley-Beckett
Cinematography byMichael Slovis
Editing bySkip Macdonald
Original air dateApril 18, 2010 (2010-04-18)
Running time47 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Ted Beneke
  • Steven Gomez
  • Skinny Pete
  • Rodney Rush as
    Combo Ortega
  • Pamela
  • Carole Gutierrez as Mrs. Ortega
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"Más" (Spanish for "More") is the fifth episode of the

Johan Renck, it aired on AMC
in the United States and Canada on April 18, 2010.

Plot

In a

Skinny Pete
. The following morning, Jesse panics when he realizes that he only has $1,400 left to buy an RV, but Combo bails him out by selling him his mother's RV for the remainder of the money.

Back in the present, Jesse is furious that Walt received the other half of his payment for the meth and calls him to demand it. Walt denies making any sort of deal for half of the profits, but nevertheless tells Jesse that he does not have his permission to cook his formula. Meanwhile,

El Paso in his stead. Hank is left dismayed by this news but nevertheless remains committed to his work. He returns home and has an argument with Marie Schrader
after she shows concern for his well-being, feeling that he is being accused by those around him for simply doing his job.

Walt goes to see Gus Fring at Los Pollos Hermanos, admonishing him for giving him Jesse's half of the money in an attempt to lure Walt into Gus' employ. Gus apologizes for the transparency of the ploy, then asks Walt to take a drive with him. In a final attempt to get Walt to accept the offer, Gus drives him to his meth lab which is discreetly housed within an industrial laundry facility. Walt is impressed by the lab and the equipment within but nevertheless declines the offer again, saying that his time in the meth business has cost him his family and he cannot afford to make another bad decision. Gus firmly tells him that a man provides for his family, regardless of whether or not his family appreciates him for it.

Ted Beneke and is later told by Marie of Hank's change in behavior. Her sister claims that "death changes people", prompting Skyler to reconsider her affair and her opinion about Walt. After finding the large bag of Walt's meth earnings in the house and examining the money therein, Skyler speaks with her divorce attorney
and confides in her about the fact that she is currently sleeping with her boss, as well as her doubts on whether Walt did "what he did" for the family. Her attorney encourages Skyler to leave him immediately, for the longer she stays with Walt, the more culpable she becomes towards his crimes. Skyler remains hesitant. However, when she gets home, she is surprised to find that Walt has packed his things, including the bag of money, and left the house. He also signed the divorce contract, having finally accepted Gus' offer to continue his work in the meth business.

Walt meets with Jesse in Saul Goodman's office and hands over Jesse's other half of the payment. However, he coldly tells Jesse that it will be the last money he will ever make in the meth business, as Gus was only using Jesse to get Walt working for him. Jesse is further enraged when Saul goes over to Walt's side, re-negotiating a money-laundering deal to secure himself a cut of Walt's profits. Jesse tells them that this won't stop him from cooking, then leaves the office in a fury. He picks up a broken piece of a curb and tosses it into Walt's newly-replaced front windshield.

Hank's search for the RV leads him to the doorstep of Combo's mother, who never reported her RV stolen after Combo sold it to Jesse. Hank searches Combo's room and finds a picture of Combo and Jesse during their night at the strip club, thereby leading Hank to now set his sights on Jesse.

Production

The episode was written by

Johan Renck;[1] it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on April 18, 2010.[2]

Reception

Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave, "Más" an "A" rating, commending its "clever, touching, and often jaw-dropping turning point for Season 3.[3] Seth Amitin similarly gave it a 9.9/10 score, writing "Everything about "Mas" was great, from start to finish."[4]

Stephen Glass writes in the essay "Better Than Human," that Jesse's act of shattering the windshield on Walt's Pontiac Aztek symbolized the shattering of Walt's pride in the fact that people admire him.[5]

Susan Johnston refers to the episode in her essay "Family Man: Walter White and the Failure of Fatherhood."[6]

In 2019 The Ringer ranked "Más" 57th out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes.[7]

Viewership

The episode's original broadcast was viewed by 1.61 million people,[8] which was an increase from the 1.46 million of the previous episode, "Green Light".

Notes

  1. ^ As seen in "Pilot".

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-68335-077-4
    .
  2. ISBN 978-1-4422-7827-1
    .
  3. ^ Bowman, Donna (April 18, 2010). "Breaking Bad: "Mas"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  4. ^ Amitin, Seth (May 8, 2012). "Breaking Bad: "Mas" Review". IGN. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  5. ^ David R. Koepsell; Robert Arp (eds.). Breaking Bad and Philosophy: Badder Living through Chemistry. Open Court Publishing Company. pp. 91–100.
  6. ^ Bridget Roussell Cowlishaw (ed.). Masculinity in Breaking Bad: Critical Perspectives. p. 14.
  7. ^ Shaker Samman (September 30, 2019). "The Ringer's Definitive 'Breaking Bad' Episodes Ranking". The Ringer.
  8. ^ Julia (April 7, 2010). "Breaking Bad Season 3 Ratings". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved November 10, 2010.

External links

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