After the break, we’re in the kitchen with Andrea and Brock. Hey, Andrea and Brock -- it’s been a while. How’s that aftermath of being poisoned working out? Obviously, this is Walter’s plan for flushing Jesse out, as we see when he shows up at the door. He re-introduces himself, reminds her that he’s "Jesse’s friend," and then says he’s here to talk about Jesse, in fact. She invites him in. Well, great, now you’ve invited him inside, which means he can enter her house whenever he wants to. Walt receives one hell of a cold reception from Brock, which is hilarious, but also probably a bit of TV showmanship. The old "kids and dogs can sense evil" bit. Walt gets down to business with Andrea. It’s pretty much the story you’d expect him to tell: Jesse’s doing drugs again and he’s nowhere to be found. Walt shrugs off the suggestion that he call the police (Andrea’s like, "Oh, right"), and when she tells him to call Saul, he says all Saul told him was that Jesse wasn’t in jail. Walt says he and Jesse got into an argument – "I won’t bore you with the details," he says, and then looks back at Brock, like, okay, calm down, we get it -- so Jesse won’t take his calls. Having led Andrea down the path, she knocks on the door he wants her to, as she offers to call Jesse herself. He even gives her the number for Jesse’s new Hello Kitty phone. The strategy here is simple: once Jesse gets the message from Andrea saying she’s here with Walter (which she delivers on cue), Jesse will recognize the implicit threat and come running. His work done, Walt excuses himself. Andrea’s like, “You could stick around to see if he calls back?” But Walter the Coward is in no way interested in sticking around this future murder scene. He even gives Andrea the "Call me -- better yet, I’ll call you" line of extreme blow-off. Andrea doesn’t seem to suspect much from this unassuming oldster, though why would you unless you had reason? He waves goodbye to Brock, who barely looks up from his Froot Loops.

Outside, Walt signals Herc and his extravagantly mustachioed associate that they’re all set. Walt reiterates that it should be quick, and he tells them to take Jesse away from here first, so Andrea and Brock have no idea. Gosh, Walter White sure has a lot of rules for making contract killing more humane.

Elsewhere, there’s a Hello Kitty phone playing Andrea’s voice-mail message. Only it’s not Jesse retrieving it but Hank. Good thing, too. I was not relishing the test of Intellect vs. Emotion that would have accompanied Jesse getting that call. Hank promptly hangs up: "Nice try, asshole." Hank heads inside where he has to deliver the bad news. He went to the van rental place and inquired whether the cars were equipped with GPS (the better to find out where Walt hid his money). They’re not. They used to be until "the ACLU or somebody" sued to have them removed. ARGH! Stupid ACLU or Somebody! Can’t we just have the security state we all so desperately need?? So Gomez is like, "Well, that’s it, then. Game over." Jesse protests that they can’t just give up, and Hank calmly says they’re not. He mentions Huell’s account of the dirty van and the shovels -- he’s willing to bet Walt buried that money. Gomez is like, "Awesome -- what good does that do us without GPS." But Hank says Walt doesn’t know they don’t have the GPS. Ahhhh, the deadly art of deception!

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