Anyone want to explain what was 'said' during the meeting? Far as I could tell, the cartel guy said "fuck you" in a very polite way, Gus didn't back down, and now they go to war? The look from the cartel guy as he was leaving  . . . was that . . ."Last chance, Chicken Man. Last chance to strike a deal."?

Yes. Ms. Burnett loves the show and wanted to play a character. When she got the part of LADY METH ADDICT she went all 'method' and smoked meth (blue meth!) for a few months to get the look and the voice just right. I think her efforts really paid off!

Jesse's fiddling with the poison too much. He needs to be patient. And mentioning the guy ran over his kid … that's fucking COLD.

Edumakashun
TIL how to properly carry a barrel of chemicals using a forklift. Place the top against the lift, with the barrel cradled between the forks. Got it.

042266 is Australia? (Googled it.)

It's a return to a theme that goes all the way back to early Season One episodes: Walt's competition with Hank for the affection and admiration of Walt Junior. Like the scene at the swimming pool . . .
Walt gets really aggressive when he's drinking, not just less careful. He becomes the middle-aged suburban equivalent…

More examples:
Sponge, Rotting Pinata. After the 'last' song, a two-second track of silence, then the hidden track —- which counted the time in reverse and would would never play on Random. That one was really good.
Deftones, Around the Fur. A loooong silence after the 'last' song, the sound of someone hitting a bong,…

Maybe he needs Jesse to see if the coast is clear before he cleans up the perforated Pollo Hermanos van. If someone is watching the van (and abandonded hit-man truck), they'll blow their cover taking a shot at Jesse.

About those minerals
Hank's new hobby is conspicuous; he wants everyone to know. "Wanna see?" But no one has said "He's *always* wanted to study minerals." It's comes out of nowhere, and everyone thinks it's just a curious but irrelevant interest.

. . . and drives away in the hitmen's truck?

He was the villain's right-hand man. Killed Eddie Murphy's buddy in Detroit at the start of the movie.

And Saul stepped out of a character, offering Walt a deal that would likely get Saul killed. He's not the selfish "operator" he used to be. I think he's tired and wants out; he's reached the point where he likes Walt and Jesse and doesn't want to be part of Gus' organization any more. Odenkirk has a nice little bit of…

My guess: Mike is taking Jesse somewhere to teach him a thing or two about Real Life, to toughen him up —- but then Mike (uncharacteristically) fucks up and Jesse saves him.

Hank is a good detective. Once he gets a clue pointing toward Walter, he'll know what's up. He'll put pieces together all the way back to S1, he'll say "No fucking way," and then he'll accept it.

Read it when I was a wee lad….
Just wanna say: The novelization of EfNY blew my mind when I read it. I was a little kid, so it was just the right thing for a 12-year-old: trashy, fast, violent, and I could go to the theater and see what I'd just read up there on the screen. The book has the bank-heist scene that got…

Walt isn't annoying as fuck. Walt wins.

Notice the subliminal messages? She's jerking off two invisible midgets, there's a pipeline filled with gushing oil behind her, her neck is concealed by a pair big red foam balls, and . . . the big dipper is floating next to her like some kind of astrologists' puke-bowl? Or is that supposed to be a celestial spittoon?…

The word "undefeated" is pronounced "retarded cunt". That's the FYI 411 data-point.

Cronenberg's remake of "3 Men and a Baby"

"Two movies make more money than one. . ."?