Jesse, Gus, and Mike fly down to Mexico, and Jesse cooks the blue meth for the cartel. Walt misses his son's 16th birthday after his fight with Jesse.Jesse, Gus, and Mike fly down to Mexico, and Jesse cooks the blue meth for the cartel. Walt misses his son's 16th birthday after his fight with Jesse.Jesse, Gus, and Mike fly down to Mexico, and Jesse cooks the blue meth for the cartel. Walt misses his son's 16th birthday after his fight with Jesse.
Dean Norris
- Hank Schrader
- (credit only)
Betsy Brandt
- Marie Schrader
- (credit only)
Tina Parker
- Francesca
- (voice)
Rick A. Ortega Jr.
- Waiter
- (as Rick Ortega)
Flora Amanda
- Sexy Cartel Girl
- (as Amanda Fresquez)
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- TriviaThe pills Gustavo Fring takes are "activated charcoal" tablets that apparently can soak up poison and help delay the actions of it.
- GoofsWalter talks to his son Walter Jr. about his father who had Huntington's disease. This is a genetically transmitted serious neurological disorder that manifests itself in half of the offspring. He tells his son that as a kid (his father dies when he was 6 years old) he had "all sorts of tests" and was declared OK. This must have been in the sixties when there was no test available. Even in the earliest stage well into adulthood even meticulous neurological examination was often inconclusive. In a kid it would be impossible to state whether it would get the disease later on in life. The first genetic test came available in 1993 when a "Huntington-gene" was discovered.
- Quotes
Jesse Pinkman: So I don't get to vote in this matter?
Mike Ehrmantraut: I'll give you this: either all of us or none of us are going home.
- 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 Breaking Bad: Live Free or Die (2012)
- SoundtracksBang Data
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'Breaking Bad' is one of the most popular rated shows on IMDb, is one of those rarities where every season has either been very positively received or near-universally acclaimed critically and where all of my friends have said nothing but great things about.
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.
"Salud" (my review summary referring to the episode title's English meaning) is to me was an incredible episode. One of Season 4's best and a high-point of the show, being very powerful and tense.
Visually, "Salud" 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 "Salud" 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 tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour, nail-biting tension and heart-tugging pathos. The story is texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut.
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 Anna Gunn is affecting. The episode here belongs to Giancarlo Esposito bringing nuances to some of his most sink-teeth-into-with-relish writing for Gus. Likewise with Jonathan Banks. The characters are compelling in their realism, likewise with their chemistry, and the episode is strongly directed.
Overall, incredible. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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.
"Salud" (my review summary referring to the episode title's English meaning) is to me was an incredible episode. One of Season 4's best and a high-point of the show, being very powerful and tense.
Visually, "Salud" 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 "Salud" 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 tense, while also have a darkly wicked sense of humour, nail-biting tension and heart-tugging pathos. The story is texturally rich, intimate, tense and layered, with the pace of it consistently deliberate but taut.
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 Anna Gunn is affecting. The episode here belongs to Giancarlo Esposito bringing nuances to some of his most sink-teeth-into-with-relish writing for Gus. Likewise with Jonathan Banks. The characters are compelling in their realism, likewise with their chemistry, and the episode is strongly directed.
Overall, incredible. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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- Jun 14, 2018
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- Hacienda de Placitas - 491 State Hwy 165, Placitas, New Mexico, USA(Don Eladio's Mexican Hacienda)
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- Runtime47 minutes
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