Breaking Bad

We interrupt scheduled programming to bring you this breaking news.

Good afternoon. In the last several minutes...

KOB has received dozens of reports...

of what appears to be a crashed aircraft, possibly two aircraft...

on Albuquerque's east side.

As of yet details are scarce...

but callers describe witnessing an explosion overhead...

followed by falling debris. Visible now...

crash investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board...

are expected on site as early as this evening.

But officials warn...

that with a debris field of this magnitude, the investigation...

Officials are now saying that the Boeing 737...

was being re-routed, or vectored, through the airspace...

which is standard procedure according to a spokesman for the FAA.

The eight-seat King Air 350 was a charter flight...

operating out of St. George, Utah, bound for Amarillo, Texas.

It sounded like hail, like heavy hailstones.

It was just bump-bump-bump, all over the neighborhood...

indicating that the final death toll now stands at 167.

One hundred and sixty-seven.

This mid-air collision has left many wondering...

how such an accident could take place...

in a system with so many safeguards.

That the collision which brought down Flight 515...

was caused by improper air traffic control.

We have the bombshell confirmation out of Oklahoma City...

as the FAA confirmed...

it was indeed a lone air traffic controller's fateful mistake...

which brought about the crash.

Is Donald Margolis, a 19-year veteran...

of the FAA's Air Route Traffic Control Center in Albuquerque...

Margolis recently returned to work after a five-week absence...

which was due to, quote, "a personal loss".

While it's now known that Margolis had recently lost a daughter to a...

drug overdose a month before.

His troubled daughter Jane Margolis, aged 26...

apparently had a long history of substance abuse.

Friends of the family say...

the death of his only child hit Margolis particularly hard.

Coming as it did little more than a month before...

many are questioning the timing of his return to work...

and are wondering how much blame truly lies...

with those who let this grieving father...

I usually open with "So sorry you're here."

Where would you like to begin?

I really just need this quick and easy, you know?

As quick as something like this can be. So...

Okay. Is that mutual? Does your husband go along with that?

Does he know?

Well, I mean, he certainly knows we're separated, so...

Has he moved out?

We're in the process of moving him out.

Yeah. Today, hopefully.

And in the meantime, my son and my daughter...

and I are staying with my sister.

- So you've moved out? - Well, yes, just temporarily.

Only so he could get his things and...

That was supposed to happen last week, but then came the crash and...

Oh, God, you weren't one of the...?

Right, yeah. Right beneath the flight path.

And we had debris land in our yard, and all over our neighborhood, so...

- Terrible. - Yeah. Apparently, even...

you know, parts of bodies.

So I certainly couldn't bring myself to...

- So awful. - I know.

Anyway, I was certainly not ready to move back. But it's time.

And I'm sure we're driving my sister and her husband up a wall.

Well, you definitely wanna maintain residency in your actual home.

It just puts you in a better position in regards to custody.

Two children, you said?

Yes. Holly here, and then I have a son in high school, Walter Jr.

- They need to stay with me. - Okay.

- How long have you been married? - Sixteen years.

And it's not an apartment, it's a house that you live in?

Do you own outright, do you have a mortgage?

Yes, there's definitely a mortgage. We have maybe 15 years on it.

What about other debts or assets?

Do you feel you have a good understanding...

of you and your husband's financial situation?

- Is your husband employed? - Here's the thing.

I'm really not looking for any sort of loopholes...

- or I don't know, just... - No, no loopholes.

I just intend that every one of my clients get a full and honest accounting...

of what it is they owe and what it is they own.

To that end, I say let's leave no stone unturned.

You'd be amazed what I've seen partners hide from one another.

Walt?

Hey, buddy?

Hey, Walt?

- Hey. - There you are.

Listen, I... You know, well...

It's...

It's time.

The shittiest week since 9/11, okay? Bar none.

This is it. Hands down, we're living it.

I speak with authority...

because we had some shitty weeks the past few months.

But this here? I mean...

call freaking Guinness Book of World Records, call freaking...

Am I talking too much? I am, right? I am, I know.

But this situation between you and... You know, I don't know.

I'm not asking, by the way. It's none of my business.

I do not wanna get in the middle of you two.

I'm just saying, listen, okay?

You beat a little tactical retreat...

you regroup, and then:

You know, absence makes the... Yeah.

I'm pulling for you, man. I'm pulling for you.

- No heavy lifting. I got it. - No, it's okay.

I got it.

Jesus. What do you got in there, cinder blocks?

Half a million in cash.

That's the spirit.

I got it, I got it.

Who's here for self-improvement?

Come on, give me a show of hands.

Who among you is here hoping they can actively improve who they are?

All right. See, that's your first mistake.

You should be here to learn self-acceptance.

Hey, honey, you want another waffle?

I still got the iron out. I could cut up some bananas.

Hi, you've reached Walt, Skyler, Flynn and Holly. Please leave us a message.

Hey. Hello, everybody. Good morning.

I was just checking in...

and thought I'd pass along the current contact information.

You certainly can always reach me on my cell...

I've always got that on me, but in terms of a mailing address...

I'm here at the Beachcomber...

and you know what, it's actually very nice, very pleasant.

Not as high-end as the Oakwood, but not as corporate...

- Oh, hey, would you please just...? - Hey, Dad, it's me.

No, I'm not okay.

I don't know what's going on.

Nobody's telling me jackshit around here.

- Hey, Flynn. - Whatever.

I don't even care anymore.

Can you just give me a ride to school?

- I'll take you to school. - Yeah. No, I'm ready now.

Flynn, I'm taking you to school.

All right, I'm here. See you soon.

Okay.

May I have your attention, please?

As all of you know, last week our city suffered a terrible tragedy.

One that none of us will ever forget.

Which is why today we're going to take a little time out of our schedule...

to gather in the gym and talk.

I just find it, you know, really, really hard to concentrate.

Because of all the horrors, you know, we perceived.

It just really gets inside your brain and...

In college, they have this thing where if your roommate kills himself...

like, if you come home and find him hanging in the closet or whatever...

it's basically an automatic A for you.

And I just think that that kind of compassion is...

- Is something to... - Okay. Thank you, Barry.

Who wants to go next?

No judgments, guys. Just feelings.

You can say anything and everything that's on your mind. Anyone?

There you go, honey.

I just keep asking myself...

Honey, could you please stand up?

Thank you.

I just keep asking myself, "Why did this happen?"

I mean, if there's a God and all...

why does he allow all those innocent people to die for no reason?

Okay, can we just keep it secular, honey?

Anyhow, I haven't really been sleeping much.

Does anyone else have that?

I just keep hearing that sound.

That boom.

It just plays over and over in my head like it won't ever stop.

Thank you, sweetheart.

- Is there anyone else? - Over here.

My neighbor, he heard the crash...

and he ran outside, and he found, like, this seat.

Like an airline seat.

Like what you have on an airliner?

Well, anyway, the seat was standing perfectly upright in his front yard...

right next to his Sea-Doos, because, like, he has Sea-Doos.

But there was still a pair of legs buckled into them.

Human legs.

Jesus H. Christ.

- You okay? - Yeah, sorry. I'm...

I was just moved.

Maybe we should hear from the faculty.

Certainly this tragedy didn't only affect our students.

Mr. White, would you like to say something?

And by the way, welcome back.

It's so good to have you back.

I guess what I would... Sorry, sorry.

I guess what I would wanna say is...

to look on the bright side.

First of all, nobody on the ground was killed.

And that...

I mean, an incident like this, over a populated urban center?

That right there, that's just gotta be some minor miracle. So...

Plus, neither plane was full.

You know, the 737 was, what, maybe two-thirds full, I believe? Right, yes?

Or maybe even three-quarters full?

Well, at any rate, what you're left with casualty-wise...