S3E2
Caballo sin Nombre
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
Despite ever increasing tension between Walt and Skyler, he pulls out all the stops in an effort to reconcile with the family. Elsewhere, Saul is instrumental in getting Jesse involved in a most unusual investment opportunity.
Our Take
Walt moves back into the house and refuses to leave, the marriage becomes a hostage negotiation conducted over family dinners. Meanwhile, Gus reveals the superlab to Walt: an industrial scale operation under the laundry, built for a chemist of his caliber. Gale Boetticher, the lab assistant, is introduced as Walt’s mirror: a purist, a gentleman, a man who loves chemistry the way Walt claims to. The cousins’ hunt tightens. The chess pieces reposition with quiet menace.