Breaking Bad

Following last season's cliffhanger ending, Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) anxiously wait to see what their drug lord boss, Gus (Giancarlo Esposito), will do next. Meanwhile, Skyler (Anna Gunn) desperately searches for clues to Walt's activities, while Hank (Dean Norris) continues his slow, painful rehab.

Walt (Bryan Cranston) prepares his defense against Gus as Jesse copes by reviving his friendship with Badger and Skinny Pete. Meanwhile, as Skyler (Anna Gunn) hatches a scheme of her own, her sister Marie (Betsy Brandt) struggles to deal with Hank's (Dean Norris) deep depression.

While Walt (Bryan Cranston) worries about Gus's interference and Jesse’s (Aaron Paul) increasingly fragile state of mind, Skyler (Anna Gunn) steps up the pressure to get what she wants. Hank’s (Dean Norris) moodiness drives Marie (Betsy Brandt) to lapse into some bad habits, which unwittingly uncovers a link that threatens to expose Walt and Jesse.

As Skyler (Anna Gunn) concocts an elaborate story to explain their finances, Walt (Bryan Cranston) worries when he discovers that Hank (Dean Norris) has begun a new investigation. Meanwhile, Jesse's (Aaron Paul) lack of interest in doing anything but partying catches Gus' attention.

Fearing the worst when he can't find Jesse, and worried that he may be next, Walt leaves a heartfelt phone message for Skyler as he heads to the fast food restaurant Gus uses as a front for his drug empire. When Mike calls to say that Jesse is with him and that everything's fine, Walt remains suspicious and won't leave until he looks inside Gus' office for himself. Though suspicious that Mike may be taking him to a desolate spot to kill him, Jesse is surprised to discover that he is accompanying the private eye as he collects money for Gus from a series of dead drops scattered throughout the New Mexico countryside. Detective Tim Roberts comes back to him for help in the Boetticher murder case, Hank dismisses the possibility that Jesse might be the killer, especially after a composite sketch of the possible suspect doesn't look anything like him, but does resemble Gus's dead henchman, Victor. Meanwhile, as Jesse continues to accompany Mike, Walt and Skyler are busy signing the loan papers for the car wash. To celebrate, they fall into bed for some midday sex after Skyler hears Walt's tender phone message. When Walt, Jr. comes home from school and finds them together, he's led to believe that his dad is moving back in. Back at the lab, Walt has a hard time taking care of everything himself. When he demands that Jesse be sent back to help him, he's disappointed when Gus sends Tyrus instead. Meanwhile, at the end of his rounds with Mike, Jesse fends off an attack by a pair of thugs bent on ripping them off. While Jesse thinks he's a hero, what he doesn't know is that it was all a ruse meant to lull him into feeling like he'd gained Gus' confidence. Finally, during a celebratory dinner at the Schraders', Walt hints that the late Gale Boetticher may not be the drug chemist Hank's been chasing, but after the Whites leave, Hank uncovers evidence that could lead him to Gus.

When Skyler suspects that Walt (Bryan Cranston) isn’t telling her the truth, Skyler (Anna Gunn) adopts a cold and businesslike approach toward him. Meanwhile, as Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) draws him closer, Jesse (Aaron Paul) proves his worth to Mike and Gus' enterprise.

Walt (Bryan Cranston) places Skyler (Anna Gunn) in a difficult spot with their new operation. And as Walt looks to protect himself against Gus (Giancarlo Esposito), Jesse (Aaron Paul) agrees to a dangerous proposition.

Hank (Dean Norris) amps up his investigation into the identity of Albuquerque’s meth kingpin, while Saul (Bob Odenkirk) helps Jesse (Aaron Paul) with a project. Meanwhile, Walt (Bryan Cranston) gets an update on his health.

After retrieving the tracking device they placed on Gus' car, Walt and Hank are puzzled to find that he apparently drove only between his home and his office. So, as Skyler suggests they devise a plan to get out of the drug trade now that their car wash is close to making a profit, Walt's concerns lead him to put a GPS tracker on Jesse's car, too. But when Hank suspects that Gus is using his farm to run his drug empire, Walt warns Mike that trouble may on its way. In the wake of Walt's warning, Mike oversees Jesse and a team of workers as they clean the farm of any hints of the drugs that have been hidden inside. However, as Jesse is pressing Mike for information about what Gus has in mind for Walt's brother-in-law, a sniper opens fire. And as Mike risks his own life to save Jesse, Gus walks directly into the gunman's sights, confident that the cartel won't kill him. Meanwhile, Skyler's plans for turning the car wash into a legitimate business are threatened when her former boss Ted Beneke is investigated for tax evasion. Though reluctant at first, Skyler shows up at the audit to convince the investigator that her ignorance of accounting led to Ted's problem. But after Skyler says that this is all she can do to help him avoid jail, Ted makes it clear that he still doesn't have the money to settle the case. Although he balks at disposing of a worker killed during the sniper attack, Walt thinks twice when Mike warns that he could be next. While meeting to inquire about what Gus has in store for Hank and to plead for Walt's life, Jesse again fails to use the opportunity to kill Gus with the poisoned cigarette that Walt prepared. And when asked if he's capable of cooking meth without his partner, Jesse learns that Gus is sending him to Mexico to share their recipe with the cartel. Finally, when Jesse tries to warn him of the plan, Walt angrily accuses him of backing out of their deal to kill Gus. And after the two partners end up in a brutal fistfight, Jesse order

As Walt (Bryan Cranston) recovers, Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) takes Jesse (Aaron Paul) on an excursion to further his own agenda. Meanwhile Skyler (Anna Gunn) worries when her own plans don't go the way she hoped.

As Skyler (Anna Gunn) pressures Ted to accept her money to pay his taxes, Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) insists that Jesse resume working in the lab alone. But when Jesse (Aaron Paul) insists that his partner's life be spared, Walt (Bryan Cranston) is forced to take drastic measures to save his family from Gus's deadly threats.

Walt (Bryan Cranston) prepares for a confrontation. But when someone close to Jesse is put in danger, Jesse (Aaron Paul) must decide who is responsible.

After their plan to kill Gus fails, Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) must act fast if they are to avoid being killed in revenge. So as Jesse struggles to keep from being implicated in the poisoning of his girlfriend's son, Walt hatches a desperate scheme that depends on the one person who hates Gus more than anyone else alive.