Oh, yeah, it's an idiotic move by Walt. I'm a little unclear as to why Gus still needs Walt - after his first day with the now fired lab assistant I figured once that guy had the process, they didn't really need Walt. But I guess they want to keep him until the product is entirely produced, and if he wants Jesse, humor him.
You may be right about Hank wanting back in with the DEA to figure this particular case out It's under his skin, I think. I think you're right about the official response, I hadn't thought about it in those terms, but Hank being suspended is not going to keep his coworkers from seeing this as a line of duty thing. The Mexican side of the business that explicitly said hands off the DEA will not be happy, either. And now that I've typed that I wonder if that was part of Gus's strategy - if he's got local meth via Walt, does he need Mexico?
Poor Jesse. Although I think Walt is a fool to bring him in to his nice new cooking facility. And Gus is a fool for allowing that, although maybe Gus doesn't know that Jesse was just beat up by Hank.
I agree, but I'm surprised by how Tony Soprano-ish Walt's call was. By co-opting Jesse, he puts Jesse's threat to expose him in check without jeopardizing his operation, replaces Gale with a lab assistant who will never usurp him, avoids the increasingly distasteful (to him) business of killing people off, and gets the lawsuit against Hank dropped. I'm sure this will backfire on him somehow because, unlike Tony Soprano, Walt is only able to dig himself a deeper hole, but on the surface it appears that buying Jesse off was exactly the right move.
I was actually really stoked when Jesse initially refused him because it was such a nice "you think you have the perfect tactical move? Fuck you, people aren't game pieces". Should've known that Jesse would cave.
Woot! Justified has been picked up for a second season! (13 episodes ordered)
This season runs through June 8th.
That is really fantastic news. I have to admit that I was worried that I was liking it too much for it to be picked up.
