Review of Problem Dog

Breaking Bad: Problem Dog (2011)
Season 4, Episode 7
8/10
Incredible performance by Aaron Paul
16 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Right from the start we know that this episode will focus on Jesse. Still haunted from the killing of Gale, we see as he struggles to keep his feelings inside until he finally unleashes them.

Walt has been acting reckless these last episodes, without any care of the consequences. He doesn't care because he knows that he will die soon unless he kills Gus. The problem is that he can't get near him, the solution however, is to have someone else kill him.

Last season we heard Jesse say that he accepted who he really was, he was the bad guy. He didn't know the real meaning of those words until the finale when he shoot Gale. Now he has to kill again, for the same man as before.

At the same time, he has to follow orders from the man who works for the one who he has to kill. Jesse asks Mike what Gus sees in him, the response he gets is "Loyalty". Yes, Jesse has been a very loyal companion, but because of it, he has gone through many terrible things.

Jesse returns to the Narcotics Anonymous group, where he finally tells everyone how he feels. He was told to accept who he is, but he can't, no one can. This is an incredible scene, and Aaron Paul proves to us yet again that he rightfully deserved his emmy win last year and maybe even again.

The last scene is with Hank, with strength and confidence he meets with his former partner and boss and tells them about his theory on Gus. A fantastic, chilling scene as we see the old Hank return, and with hard evidence that Gus had been in Gale's apartment, before the episode ends.
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