After having it repaired,
Walter White impulsively sells his
Pontiac Aztek to the mechanic for $50 and leases himself a new
Chrysler 300 and a
Dodge Challenger for
Walter White Jr. At Madrigal's
Houston branch,
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle's inside man for
methylamine is arrested by the
DEA.
Mike reassures Lydia that Ron will not talk, adding that she will have a new guy in the warehouse soon. The next day,
SAC Ramey offers
Hank Schrader the position of ASAC (Assistant Special Agent in Charge) vacated by Merkert. Hank accepts, even though his pursuit of Heisenberg will be given to a field agent. That evening, the Whites and the Schraders finish a meager 51st birthday dinner for Walt. After Walt Jr. leaves, Walt notes that it has been a year since his cancer diagnosis. As he reflects, a fully clothed
Skyler White steps into the pool and slowly submerges herself.
Marie Schrader panics while Walt jumps in to pull her out. Walt then learns that Skyler has asked Marie and Hank to look after the kids until her issues with Walt are resolved. Skyler insists that she will not have her children living in a house where dangerous events that occur are just shrugged off. She threatens to further harm herself if Walt brings the kids back home, but he belittles her plans as unworkable, even threatening to have her
institutionalized. Breaking down and realizing there is no way out of her situation without hurting her family, she relents to his arguments but not without admitting to him that her only option is to hope that Walt's cancer will come back and kill him. At the warehouse in Houston, Lydia leads
Jesse Pinkman to a barrel of methylamine. They find a GPS tracker on the bottom of the barrel, compromising it. Mike is skeptical that the tracker was planted by the
DEA because of its crude placement on the bottom of the barrel. When informed by Jesse that it was Lydia who spotted it first, Mike concludes that Lydia planted it herself in order to get out of their deal and vows to kill her. Jesse pleads for Mike to show mercy and asks for Walt's opinion. Walt votes to keep her alive so no time is lost finding a new precursor supplier. Jesse later gives Walt a
TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 12 wristwatch as a birthday present, which pleases Walt. Later that night, he shows Skyler the watch, assuring her that if Jesse could change his mind about wanting Walt dead, so will she. ==Production==