I liked the episode. Jesse is breaking my heart. It's sad to see this juxtaposition between Walt and Jesse. Walt is slowly buying into the criminality of what they are doing, whereas Jesse is getting killed by it. I really feel for Marie as well. Tough situation to be in. You want to support your husband, but he's pushing you away. Wasn't terribly interested in the car wash plot line, but hopefully something interesting will happen with it in the future.
Also, Jesse didn't relapse only after killing Gale. He relapsed at the end of last season. In the episode Half Measures, before he goes to the shootout with the two gangbangers, he does drugs. And he was about to do drugs when Walt called him and told him to kill Gale. As some have said, killing is not in his nature, so he had to find a way to get himself to carry it out. It was his way of dealing with the idea of having to kill someone. He wanted to kill those gangbangers so he tried to get high before doing it. Now, he's getting high to deal with actually having killed Gale.
The other thing is that I hesitate to call Gale completely innocent. He was, after all, involved in the mass production of meth. He was as innocent as one can be in those circumstances, but certainly not lily white.
I actually like Skinny Pete. "I'm Skinny Pete!!" When he said that when he and Jesse went to see Tuco, I was cracking up.
I like Badger too. They are both pretty funny.
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