Salud (Breaking Bad)

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"Salud"
Breaking Bad episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 10
Directed byMichelle MacLaren
Written byPeter Gould
Gennifer Hutchison
Cinematography byMichael Slovis
Editing byKelley Dixon
Original air dateSeptember 18, 2011 (2011-09-18)
Running time47 minutes
Guest appearances
  • Ted Beneke
  • Gaff
  • Carlo Rota as Benicio Fuentes
  • Ray Campbell as
    Tyrus Kitt
  • Francesca Liddy
  • Don Eladio Vuente
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"Salud" (Spanish for "Health", used in the context of "cheers") is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad and the 43rd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on September 18, 2011.

Plot

Jesse Pinkman, Mike Ehrmantraut, and Gus Fring travel to Mexico to teach the Cartel how to cook high-quality meth. Although the cartel's chief chemist is initially skeptical because Jesse is a novice, the cartel is impressed when Jesse cooks a successful batch. Jesse is then horrified to hear that he belongs to the cartel, although Mike assures him that he will be returning home.

As a result of his fight with Jesse the previous night,[a] Walt misses his son's birthday. Concerned, Walter Jr. pays him a visit, only to find him bloodied and on painkillers and alcohol. Walt blames it on gambling; he tearfully apologizes. Walter Jr. helps his father into bed. Walt asks his son about his birthday and his new car. Before Walter Jr. leaves the bedroom, Walt says "That's good, Jesse", then Walter Jr. closes the door. The next morning, Walt finds Walter Jr. on his couch and apologizes for his drugged state, saying he does not want to be remembered that way after he has gone. However, Walter Jr. seems to be more satisfied with Walt's apparent truthfulness than his double life for the past year.

Ted Beneke under the false story of an inheritance from a distant aunt. Instead of paying off the IRS, Ted uses the money to lease a new Mercedes Benz SL550
and restart his business, forcing Skyler to tell him that the money actually came from her.

Jesse, Mike, and Gus are brought to Don Eladio's residence where Hector killed Gus's partner Max decades earlier.

Joaquin Salamanca
shoots and wounds Mike before being shot by Jesse. The trio escapes the residence.

Production

The Tequila's bottle offered from Gus Fring to Don Eladio is from the fictional brand Zafiro Añejo. This particular brand and bottle design will be then used in several episodes of the spin-off show Better Call Saul.

Reception

Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode a 10/10 ("Masterpiece") rating.[1] Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave it an A− grade.[2]

In 2019 The Ringer ranked "Salud" as the 20th best out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ As depicted in "Bug".
  2. ^ As depicted in "Hermanos".

References

  1. Ziff Davis, LLC
    . Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Bowman, Donna (September 18, 2011). "Breaking Bad; "Salud"". Onion Inc. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  3. ^ Haley O’Shaughnessy (September 30, 2019). "The Ringer's Definitive 'Breaking Bad' Episodes Ranking". The Ringer.

External links

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