I'm with @olivececile:disqus . What was up with Daniel Frye in the opening scene?  That was an awfully weird scene if the sole purpose was to set up Frye as knowing Santi.  Where was he going to?

Very interesting review.  Thank you. I had never heard of this writer. Though, I am familiar with the translator due to her work with José Saramago.

I know.  I really don't want Jesse to die.  And going back to Saul/Walt and confronting them about the stolen ricin definitely increases his chances of being killed.

Yeah. I felt so excited for about 10 seconds thinking we'd get to see Jesse torch it.  Then I remembered the flash forward.  That was cruel.

I hope that isn't weird, because I am plenty weird enough already.

Oh, the chances of Jesse dying just skyrocketed with this episode.  Ugh.  I was feeling so good about Jesse finally learning some truth.  But, now I am back to feeling queasy over his fate.

Todd doesn't strike me as the brightest bulb. I kept waiting for the end of his speech, "And then this kid saw us, and we couldn't let ANYONE know this happened, so…..oh, wait! Oops!"

Sounded fine to me, based on my history with the current health care system.

Oh my God. When Walt went on and on to Jesse about how he should leave, I was just staring at the screen in disbelief. When he got to, "All this will seem like a dream!" I actually said, "Fuck you!"

Holy shit! This episode was awesome.  Oh my God.  All the scenes with Jesse were amazing. The scene between Walt and Jesse was just brilliant. When Walt just hugged Jesse after all that?….. Wow.

Walt Jr is home?

I know. I so want to see Jesse burn the house down.  Come on, how can they tease us that way??

I buy it since Jesse originally thought Walt had stolen the cigarette anyway.

Oh man, so tempting…. Who wouldn't love to have Aaron Paul talk to them about Breaking Bad? After all, he just chats with tourists who come by his house!

I will take this opportunity to express my gratitude for having Tivo, someone to show me how to program my remote for the 30-second skip, and a mother who called to babble about swapping cooking ingredients with her neighbor for the first 20 minutes of this episode.

I want to see that house burn! Come on, Vince Gilligan! Don't hold out on us.  We need the catharsis, too.  Not just Jesse!  (But, yeah, mostly Jesse.)

Grades are stupid.

I didn't think he would. But I was so hoping he would.  Actually, I was hoping Hank would manage to not be a big jerk to him for once and treat him like a person.  But, that didn't happen.  After Hanks opening two lines I knew Jesse would tell him to go to hell.

Oh, Jesse screaming at him to stop the bullshit was definitely cathartic. That earned a hearty "Fuck yeah, Jesse!" from my household.

Exactly! But, the feeling has settled into sickening.