Breaking Bad

-What's up? -How's it going?

All right.

What you need?

You buying or you just stopping to envy?

Yeah. Punk bitches.

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Bounce, little man.

Skinny, I'm up on 2nd and Hazeltine, getting eyeballed hard.

I got a bad feeling, man. I need some backup.

Get your ass up here now.

-What's that thing in your ear? -What did I say? Get out of here!

What are you waiting for? Go!

Well, Walt, we've made such headway with your treatments...

...that now it's time we talked about sealing the deal.

Absolutely.

As you know...

...my initial diagnosis was that your cancer was inoperable.

That may no longer be the case.

We think now that a lobectomy may be a viable option.

Maybe a pretty good option.

Dr. Bravenec is one of the few surgeons in the country...

...performing lobectomies after full-dosage radiation.

He's got a good track record.

Pretty good.

It sounds...

...aggressive.

Yes. Very much so.

Understand that if you don't have this surgery...

...you're just waiting for the cancer to spread.

And it will.

Through the treatment you've had, we've bought you some time.

Maybe a lot, probably a little...

...but that's all.

In my opinion...

...if you're willing to take some risk...

...then this offers the best chance.

How much would it cost? I mean, I'm not on your insurance.

I'd say between 170-...

...and 200,000, all in.

For my part, I'd be willing to write off what I can...

...but mine isn't even the biggest expense.

This is obviously a big decision...

...and you folks are gonna wanna take some time to discuss it.

No.

I'll do it.

Walt, don't you think we should at least talk this through first?

I just think it's the way to go.

I have to say, I think it's the right choice.

I recommend that we let the pneumonitis heal...

...for another couple of weeks...

...and then we'll have at it.

That's tricky.

-When's the due date? -It's the 21 st.

So two weeks and change?

I'll book the surgery for four weeks from now.

That way Walter can be on his feet for the birth of your daughter.

But I wouldn't wait any longer.

Yeah.

Fourteen messages....

God.

-Yeah. -It's me.

Where the hell were you? I called, like, 20 times.

Working.

What is it?

Combo's dead.

Shot.

Which one is he?

You did not just say that to me.

-Jesse, listen-- -That figures.

What's the word on the street?

No one's dropping no names.

Combo rang me before it went down, said dudes were mad-dogging him...

...trying to run him up off the corner. That's all I know.

Why'd we have to go pushing into new turf, yo? I mean...

...what'd you expect?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Is that all you got?

I'll do right by Combo's people.

But make sure you bust up your cell and toss it, all right? We'll figure it out.

I appreciate what you're saying and all...

...but with Combo gone and Badger laying low out in Cali....

I'm on probation, man.

Fast track to Los Lunas.

We're on the verge...

...of making some serious coin, Skinny.

What, you're gonna jump ship now?

This game we playing? We don't got the street cred to survive it.

Back when everyone thought you killed Spooge...

...maybe we were doing okay, but that whole...

-...thing to the head thing, the ATM? -Yeah?

His junkie bitch copped to it.

Whole town knows it wasn't you.

Everyone knows?

-Why didn't you say something? -I don't know, man.

Because we like you and all.

I'm telling you, just sit tight.

We'll get by.

-All right? We'll make it. -Sorry, Jesse.

I'm out.

We have had a bit of a setback.

That's an accurate description. What else do you want me to call it?

-How about "your fault"? -No, no, don't lay that on me.

-You are in charge of distribution. -You said expand the territory.

-Doesn't mean you become careless. -Guys, guys! Hey!

Do I look like Maury Povich? I'm not your marriage counsellor.

Now, you're professionals. Act like it.

Now, setback. Go.

One of our dealers was murdered.

It was some kind of turf dispute...

...and apparently we lost.

And then everyone quit on us.

I mean, we have absolutely no distribution.

Is there any way any of this can be traced back to you?

Now, the police, I'm talking about.

Well, there's your silver lining.

How about you? How's the health situation?

It's better. Do you mind?

Better?

Yeah, it's...

...looking a little more positive.

I may have more time than I thought.

Outstanding.

Now, as to your dead guy:

occupational hazard.

Drug dealer getting shot?

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's been known to happen.

Now, what about product on hand? How's your inventory?

Thirty-eight and change.

Thirty-eight ounces? Grams?

Pounds.

You did say make hay while the sun is shining.

Guys!

Why the long faces here?

You're sitting on a gold mine.

A gold mine we can't sell.

We need a proper infrastructure.

We need foot soldiers and we need dealers...

...on a street level that are rock solid.

We need muscle and we need enforcers.

Payback. That's what we need.

God.

I mean, this entire process has just been so....

It's always been one step forward and two steps back.

We need your help.

Look, let's start with some tough love, all right?

Ready for this? Here goes.

You two suck at peddling meth. Period.

So give up on trying to do it all yourselves.

Hell, I'm amazed you got this far.

Look, we are not going to deal with another high-level distributor.

No, thank you. We have been down that road.

What, some tattooed speed freak?

No. What you two need is an honest-to-God businessman.

Somebody who treats your product...

...like the simple high-margin commodity that it is.

Somebody who ships out of town, deals only in bulk.

Someone who's been doing this for 20 years and never been caught.

You know someone like that?

Let's just say I know a guy who knows a guy.

Who knows another guy.

Let me make some calls, see if I can get you a meeting.

Well, what's his name?

I have no idea.

He's very low profile. He's careful like that.

You know, from what I do hear about him...

...he sounds a little like you.

And McDonald tabletops it, lands it.

He's coming to the end and he's got the big fist pump.

Now Mueller's coming. Oh, a double! Here he comes.

And he's coming to the end and he takes second.

I need you to leave.

Look, there's...

...some stuff about me you don't know and....

Like you're a drug dealer?

I kind of got that.

You pay in cash and you use an alias, so....

One of my guys...

...a friend who worked for me...

...got murdered.

It was my fault. I put him on that corner.

I'm gonna smoke some crystal and I just think you should go...

...being that you're in a programme and all and....

You could come with me to a meeting.

No.

No meetings.

We could just get out of here.

-It won't help. -Yeah, it will.

And I don't need you telling me that it won't.

I just....

All right, I really just need you to go.

Sir? Enjoy your meal.

Thank you.

You're late.

Yeah.

We're in the big time now.

So where's the kingpin?

Your guess is as good as mine.

So you get the dude's name?