After an awkward silence, and then they both do the "I gotta get going" thing. At the door, Walt turns back. "I left something for you." And he's gone. Jesse tiptoes out to the door and peers out to the bag on the front step. The music gets intense as he slowly opens it. It's the money, of course. The $5 million that Walt owed him. Jesse obviously was expecting much worse. Cut to back inside, where Jesse is floored -- literally, he's sitting on the floor, trying to compose himself. From his back waistband, he pulls out his gun (nice parallel to Walt and the ricin earlier) -- the thing he went into the other room to retrieve. The thing he thought he might need when he saw Walter White darkening his doorway. The thing he's maybe ashamed of thinking he needed, in hindsight.
Back at home, Skyler is washing the dishes when Walt comes in. He speaks to her in a soft voice, he turns off the water, and he says simply: "I'm out." They both look like they're about to cry, but there's no embrace. He leaves the kitchen and she looks out the window with hope for the first time in months. It's surely a sweet moment, but let's hold up a second. Walt's just... out? Sue me for being dubious, but how does THAT just happen? Sure, he's got the money, but he's in bed with Madrigal on a wildly lucrative scheme, exporting to the Czech Republic. As we saw when he maybe wanted to get out from the Fring operation, a gravy train like that doesn't just stop. Has he trained Landry well enough to replace him? I can't imagine he's picked it up this quickly. Not a dim bulb like that. I'm sure this will all be dealt with in the final eight episodes, but... I'm not fully buying such a tidy "I'm out." Not yet.
Time-lapse footage -- this show's second-favorite trope, just behind the montage with the faux-cheery music, just ahead of the POV shots from weird objects. Speaking of which, can I interest you in a POV shot from baby Holly's little plastic roll-around car? Flynn's pushing her in it around the backyard, as we see a reunited and happy Walt and Skyler celebrating with Hank and Marie. The family's back together! Of course, the air is positively thick with ominous doom, but they can't feel it. I keep expecting someone to take a sniper shot at Walt and hit Flynn instead, but that never happens. Just chitchat. Innocuous chitchat. One snippet of conversation involves Marie musing to Skyler that she was told to take prenatal vitamins to help with her hair, which I have to wonder is maybe foreshadowing a development for Marie in the final episodes? I need one more powerhouse Marie episode in the final eight, guys. That's all. After a bit on conversation that involves Hank considering brewing up a new batch of Schraderbrau, Hank takes a powder to go to the bathroom...













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