Mike is still keen to eliminate Lydia following what he sees as her scheme to get out of the operation. She continues to protest her innocence and it is ultimately confirmed that the tracker was placed there by a local law enforcement agency although this still doesn't help her case as far as Mike is concerned; if the warehouse is under surveillance she can't supply the methylamine so she is on no use
she claims otherwise. Lydia informs the group that there is a way to get their hands on a huge quantity of methylamine; all they have to do is rob a train! It will require a lot of planning but if they do it right nobody will even know the train was robbed. Meanwhile things aren't getting any better between Walt and Skyler and Walt Jnr refuses to stay at Hank and Marie's any longer.
The opening scene where we see a child catching a tarantula in the desert while a train's whistle blows in the distance should be taken as a sign that something bad is going to happen but by the time that bad thing does happen we are so wrapped up in the excitement of the train robbery it still comes as a shock. The differing reactions of Jesse and Walt to this event strongly suggests that it will have a huge impact of their working relationship. It also shows us just how far Walt has come since those early days when an event like this would have devastated him we may have suspected it before but now we know he is little different to Gus. The robbery itself may have been a little far-fetched but we believe it thanks to the cast's fine performance. Overall one of the best episodes to date; it shows the writers know how to twist the knife by turning a moment of triumph into one of shock and disgust.
The opening scene where we see a child catching a tarantula in the desert while a train's whistle blows in the distance should be taken as a sign that something bad is going to happen but by the time that bad thing does happen we are so wrapped up in the excitement of the train robbery it still comes as a shock. The differing reactions of Jesse and Walt to this event strongly suggests that it will have a huge impact of their working relationship. It also shows us just how far Walt has come since those early days when an event like this would have devastated him we may have suspected it before but now we know he is little different to Gus. The robbery itself may have been a little far-fetched but we believe it thanks to the cast's fine performance. Overall one of the best episodes to date; it shows the writers know how to twist the knife by turning a moment of triumph into one of shock and disgust.