The episode opens with Walter cleaning up the mess left by the dissolving body. He knows, though, that the guy in the basement is his responsibility. Jesse takes off leaving him behind to do the deed. The problem is conscience. He makes a list of why's and why not's to decide what to do. He spends much of the episode talking to Crazy-8. The man is intelligent and articulate. He begins to parry with Walter as to why he should be let go. Meanwhile, Walter's narc brother-in-law is flexing his muscles. Walter's disabled son is suspected of using marijuana and this guy tries to teach him a lesson (he doesn't so the whole thing is nonsense to him). The tension in this episode is immense and the decision arrived at is gut wrenching. Walter must also admit to the source of his great angst and see Skyler.
Review of ...And the Bag's in the River
