Breaking Bad: Mas   Rewatch 
October 27, 2014 7:25 PM - Season 3, Episode 5 - Subscribe

Gus increases his efforts to lure Walt back into business, forcing a rift between Walt and Jesse. Skyler doubts her new relationship. Marie confides in Skyler about her concern for Hank's well-being.

Introducing... the superlab. The Science of Breaking Bad rubs its palms: "I anticipate an unpacking montage next week."

AV Club review: "a clever, touching, and often jaw-dropping turning point for Season 3. "
posted by We had a deal, Kyle (4 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Walt siezes the power yet again here, and treats Jesse terribly with it. Their relationship is key to the show really, and Walt will flop from one extreme to the other more than once. Poor Flynn never stood a chance when Walt had a real project to deal with.
posted by Cannon Fodder at 1:38 AM on October 28, 2014 [1 favorite]


The Superlab kind of reminds me of the Initiative on Buffy: Here's the greatest facility possible for the project of your absolute dreams - now let's see how long the writers can sustain any sort of plot usefulness for it.
posted by psoas at 2:42 PM on October 28, 2014


I laughed at this second windshield-smashing on Walt's car.

The Superlab makes sense to me as something for Walt to move into, as it's better hidden. The RV's usefulness was limited by both its conspicuousness and its trackability (though the writers do get a great episode out of the end of its tenure).

I have to admit this show has made me curious how long the average R.V. meth lab would go undetected. Much of Walt's limited success so far has depended on luck much more than skill or canniness.

The Superlab strikes me as less like the Initiative than Walt's marriage is. For a while now Skyler has had no good reason to stay with Walt; and now that he's finally signed the divorce papers she's even more a fool for sticking with him. It's a particularly grim hope that he'll die without getting caught--as she tells her lawyer--and shows just how low she's set the bar. But she's gambling both her house and her kids' future on that.
posted by johnofjack at 5:18 PM on October 29, 2014


The Superlab kind of reminds me of the Initiative on Buffy: Here's the greatest facility possible for the project of your absolute dreams - now let's see how long the writers can sustain any sort of plot usefulness for it.


Also: Wolfram and Hart in Angel.
posted by Sebmojo at 11:07 PM on October 29, 2014


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