Walt attempts to form a new alliance as he plans his next move. Meanwhile Skyler pushes Walt towards a business opportunity, in hopes of protecting the family.Walt attempts to form a new alliance as he plans his next move. Meanwhile Skyler pushes Walt towards a business opportunity, in hopes of protecting the family.Walt attempts to form a new alliance as he plans his next move. Meanwhile Skyler pushes Walt towards a business opportunity, in hopes of protecting the family.
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- TriviaThe biker who leaves the party telling Jesse that he can party is the same biker that revealed Jesse's identity to Jane in Negro y Azul (2009).
- GoofsAt the car wash, Skyler gives her baby a bottle. From the front angle, Skyler holds the bottle with her hand above, while in the next second, with a different camera angle, her hand is under the bottle.
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Walter White: So how does it look?
Lawson: You mean as in, do I see it?
Walter White: Yes. Do you see it?
Lawson: Basically, any lawman worth his salt's going to spot that, yeah. Assuming that's a deal breaker?
Walter White: Yes. It's a deal breaker.
Lawson: Well, if stealth is what you're aspiring to, you best go with something more compact - .38 Special, snub nose. Got a concealed hammer so it doesn't catch on your belt when you draw. Tried and true, no nonsense about it.
Walter White: Five shots?
Lawson: Yep.
Walter White: Automatic has how many?
Lawson: Ten in the mag, one in the chamber. If you can't get it done with five, then you're into spray and pray, in which case I wouldn't count on another six closing the deal. You load that with 158 grain hollow points instead of your standard wadcutters, it's got plenty of stopping power. Can't get more dependable than a wheel gun. Here. Try it on with this. That snubbie will conceal real nice if you carry it I-W-B. Little harder to draw from, but there's really no substitute if you're intent on fooling a vigilant eye. Comes in polymer, too. I prefer the feel of leather. Old school, I guess.
Walter White: You sure it's on the correct side?
Lawson: If you're right-handed, it is.
Walter White: I don't know, ma - Are you sure, because maybe it'll feel better on the left side.
Lawson: General rule, you don't want to cross draw, not unless you're going to be sitting. You know, store clerks, card gamers and such. Either way you're going to want to practice your draw... a lot... because if you're all fingers, well, it might could be him keeping the peace instead of you. Catch my drift?
Walter White: What's this?
Lawson: That there is why you're going to pay me five times what you'd pay your neighborhood gun store. Serial number has been filed off.
Walter White: So... to state the obvious, I don't want to be caught with this on me.
Lawson: No, sir, to state the obvious, you don't. You know, Mister, I've been providing my services for the past 30-odd years. You'd think in that time I'd learn better than to ask a man his business, especially about one referred by the lawyer, but I do feel the urge to ask you, we strictly talking defense here?
Walter White: Yes, absolutely defense. Why?
Lawson: Because if it's just personal protection, aside from a bucket of money, you'd save yourself a potential felony two-spot for carrying a weapon with a defaced serial number if you'd just buy it legally.
Walter White: Yeah, but... if you did have to use it, wouldn't it still be better to use one that couldn't be traced?
Lawson: This is the west, boss. New Mexico's not a retreat jurisdiction. Man steps to you bent on doing bodily harm, you got every right to plant your feet and shoot to kill. Some call it a moral right, and I do include myself within that class. All this to say I'm happy to take your money, but if you're not a convicted felon, you might best be advised to bear your arms within the confines of the law.
Walter White: It's for defense... Defense.
[sighs]
Walter White: I'll take it.
- Crazy creditsBryan Cranston is credited both as an actor and a producer. For his actor credits (Br) is highlighted and for his producer credits (Y) is highlighted for chemical elements Bromine and Yttrium from periodic table.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Howard Stern/Aaron Paul (2019)
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Very few shows in recent memory had me so hooked from the very start that before the week was over the whole show had been watched, especially when for a lot of shows now airing watching one episode all the way through can be an endeavour. 'Breaking Bad' had that effect on me, and its reputation as one of the best, consistently brilliant and most addictive shows in many years (maybe even ever) is more than deserved in my eyes. Its weakest season is perhaps the first season, understandable as any show's first season is the one where things are still settling.
Actually everything is established remarkably from the very start, but once the writing and characterisation becomes even meatier the show reaches even higher levels.
"Thirty-Eight Snub" is a lesser 'Breaking Bad' episode for me and one of the weaker Season 4 episodes. Still consider it very good with a good deal of what makes the show so good present. It is something of a filler episode and doesn't add an awful lot to the overall concept of the show. It is not as taut, fun or emotional as other episodes before and since either and Jesse's subplot could have done with some trimming.
Lots of great things however.
Visually, "Thirty-Eight Snub" is both stylish and beautiful, with photography and editing that are cinematic quality and put a lot of films today to shame, where there are a lot of visually beautiful ones but also some painfully amateurish looking ones. The music always has the appropriate mood, never too intrusive, never too muted.
The writing in "Thirty-Eight Snub" is a fine example of how to have a lot of style but also to have a lot of substance. The dialogue throughout is thought-provoking and entertaining. The story is generally interesting and absorbing, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but not dull.
Can't say anything bad about the acting. Bryan Cranston is phenomenal as one of the most fascinating anti-heroes, or even of any kind of character, in either film or television. Aaron Paul has never been better and his and Cranston's chemistry is a delight. Anna Gunn is affecting and Dean Norris continues to be great value as Hank. The characters are compelling in their realism and the episode is strongly directed.
Overall, very good but could have been better for a show of such a high calibre. 8/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 10, 2018
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