Blood Punch

Sure.

I know what you're thinking.

You're thinking... damn, how wasted was I last night?

I don't even remember recording this...

or you're thinking this must be some kind of joke.

But here's the thing...

We don't have time for any of that.

You... do not have time.

Now relax. Ok?

Calm down. Everything is gonna be fine.

I just need to show you...

...something.

Now that I have your attention...

You need to listen very carefully to what I'm about to tell you.

Think back on it now...

It's easy to see where all this was heading.

It's easy to see all the warning signs.

But uh...

You have to understand that at the time...

...you couldn't see any of it.

Cause at the time all we could see...

...what we wanted to see...

...was her.

Milton?

Milton, was it?

So they tell me you're really smart, Milton.

Some sort of college boy.

Chemical engineering degree? Something like that?

Something like that.

Word around the campfire is

your meth lab on campus got busted right before you graduated.

What do you want?

Just the answer to a simple question.

You see on the one hand you're bright enough to

almost have a college degree in chemistry...

But on the other hand you're dumb enough to have landed yourself in here.

So I guess the real question is this:

Exactly how smart are you Milton?

Smart enough to do this.

I first started using meth...

...when I was 14.

It was...

It was my uncle.

This uncle...

He was physically abusing me...

Raping me since I was 10 years old.

The crank.

Just made it easier to face what I had waiting for me

in the mirror everyday, you know?

I just... didn't feel like I deserved any... real happiness.

And then the meth...

Messed me up.

The more I used the more messed up I got.

Well I'm sure there are many deep psychological reasons

as to why I started using crystal...

But at the end of the day it really all came down to this...

I noticed that while I was on the drug I was more alert,

more productive, felt better,

stayed thinner and could fuck like my ass was on fire for 36 hours straight.

I mean...

I don't know what this shit is the rest of you guys were on

but it sounds like it really sucked.

Um... excuse me... hello.

I don't know if you noticed

but this is a drug rehabilitation center.

Yeah, the entire reason we're here is because we want to stop using.

No, the entire reason you're here is because what you want...

what you all really want...

is some crystal meth.

And the reason I'm here...

Is because I need to find someone who can cook it.

Seriously!

What the fuck is this?

This is pseudoephedrine. Common cold medication.

But in the right hands...

In the hand of someone who knows what they're doing...

Skyler, honey...

to be part of this circle you need just to agree to be completely open and honest.

How much more honest could I possibly be?

I'm telling you all... I'm announcing it to the circle...

I need to find someone who can cook high grade crank

and I need to find them fast.

Bitch, what is your problem anyway?!

I just told you my problem, Claire.

You want someone to cook meth for you...

That's your problem?

No, Claire, that's my solution.

Yeah... well... you can take you...

and your problem... and your solution...

and you can go fuck yourself.

I mean why would any of us wanna help you?

Well there's an ass load of money in it.

And besides, it would have to be a hell of a lot more interesting

than listening to you whine about how much you miss

getting butt fucked by your uncle every night.

You fucking little...

How can you people just fucking sit here and fucking listen to her?!

Fuck!

Fuck you!

Listen Skyler... um...

I used to do a little bit of cooking, you know... back in the day.

You know, my uncle's got a job lined up for me when I get out...

Oh yeah?

Yeah...

On the loading docks at his warehouse.

Stacking furniture, shit like that.

Sounds good.

Well you know, it's a straight job, steady paycheck.

So yeah...

That should be pretty good.

Hey there, Milton, we could use your help.

We?

Hey, Milt, you got a sec?

So uh...

Let me get this straight. You actually tried to snort this?

I used the basic ammonia reduction, I've done it a million times...

Yeah, well not in the last 5 years you haven't,

they added time release compound now.

You could try running it through cold filtering and then pass...

Uh, you can get the fuck out now.

So what about you, college boy, can you do something with this?

With this? In here?

Well, it would take some kind of genius.

Show me.

And so we showed her, didn't we?

You just had to.

Had to show her we weren't just another loser in rehab.

Had to prove to her that we were something special.

The answer to all her prayers.

For what it's worth, she uh...

must have believed it.

Or at least part of it.

Or you'd be dead already.

Glass quality crystal from over the counter cold meds.

Wow, Milton I'm impressed.

Well don't be too impressed with me yet... this is the real test.

No, this is the real test.

So you get out of here in what... 4 months?

4 months, 6 days.

Then what?

Go back to college?

Finish that degree?

No school will touch me now. Not with my record.

But you already know that, right?

It was the start of your pitch.

My pitch...

Yeah, your sales pitch.

Well, it goes something like this.

First you remind me that I've got nothing waiting for me when I get out.

Just, you know... a future of flipping burgers, pumping gas.

Well, that's probably true.

Right, and then you point out that I'm too smart for that...

That is would be a shame to let my talents go to waste.

I sound pretty convincing so far... what do I say after that?

Well next you insist that I come and cook crank for you instead.

That's right, you should.

Sure, but here's what you're not gonna tell me.

When this lab of yours gets raided, I go to jail... real jail.

And your lab will get raided it's only a matter of time.

Exactly... a matter of time.

That's why the amount of time we're talking about here is one day.

One day?

One day and one day only.

That's it.

You're set for life.

Set for life... well uh how much could I cook in one day?

You tell me... Say you're starting with a base of 50 kilograms of pure

pharmaceutical grade pseudoephedrine powder.

That's 100 pounds.

That's 110 pounds.

No one, and I mean no one, can get their hands on that much pseudoephedrine.

Russell can.

Russell... well who's Russell?

Before we go any further I need to make sure you understand this.

Russell is dangerous.

A pure 100% psychopath.

Well your psychopath must have made a deal with the devil...

to get his hands on that much pseudo.

Russell didn't make a deal with the devil, he is the devil.

He's also my boyfriend.

I see.

So uh... that's the catch.

Nope.

Catch is... this day we're talking about...

It's tomorrow.

Wait.

Like tomorrow tomorrow? As in the day after today...

It has to be tomorrow Milton... The buyer's already lined up.

Skyler I've got 4 more month in here and you think you can come in and...

Russell is breaking us out of here! Tonight.

Us?

Me and the cook, the best cook I can find.

If that's you I need to know now.

It's ok, it's just the storm.

No...

It's not, it's Russell.

He's already here.

Well, where are you going?

I have to make sure he doesn't kill anybody.

911, What is your emergency?