History Recap / BreakingBadS2E4Down

As Walt tries to cook dinner and explain away the second phone by claiming he had mistaken an alarm on his phone to remind him to take his meds for an incoming call, Jesse attends a meeting with his parents. A lawyer is present, and states that Jesse is being evicted from his house and had seventy-two hours to vacate the premises. His parents tell him about Hank's visit and how it has burned their last bit of patience with him, but Jesse tries to explain it away with spinning a tale that he is actually working for the DEA. Jesse's mother calls him on this, saying that she found the meth lab he kept in the basement, and under federal law, authorities could've seized the house.

* ForcedFromTheirHome: Jesse gets kicked out of his (now deceased) aunt's house when his parents buy the building and forcibly evict him.

** Mrs. Pinkman (Jesse's mother) kicks her son out of his Aunt Ginny's house. Jesse points out that he cared for his aunt while his mother stood idly by and literally just waited for her own sister to die just so she can collect the house and [[{{greed}} put it on the market]].

* TraumaCongaLine: Jesse undergoes one throughout the episode, starting with his parents taking back his house and ending with him sleeping in the RV in the impound lot, [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in fecal matter and blue gunk, and wearing a gas mask]]. Whatever your feelings may be towards Jesse at this point in the series, [[JerkassWoobie you WILL pity him after that]].

* ItsAllAboutMe: Most of what Walt says to Jesse in this episode centers around his own life and problems.

** Walt refuses to give Jesse any of his meth money despite the fact that Jesse's money was seized by the DEA but then rationalizes that Jesse is a drug addict and Walt claims whatever money he gives Jesse the latter will just use to buy more drugs. He later gives Jesse half of his own money after seeing what he's been going through (though only after Jesse knocked him to the RV's floor and strangled him).

** Walt refuses to give Jesse any of his meth money despite the fact that Jesse's money was seized by the DEA. He later gives Jesse half of his own money after seeing what he's been going through (though only after Jesse knocked him to the RV's floor and strangled him).

Directed by John Dahl

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Why are you '''blue'''"''?]]

[[caption-width-right:350:"''Why are you '''blue'''''?"]]

->''"Okay, so while you’re fixing fences, what about me, huh? Your A-hole brother-in-law took all my money."''

!!This episode contains examples of:

-->'''Jesse''': (''calling Walter'') Yo, I get I shouldn't call but I'm in a situation over here, and I need my money!\\
'''Walt''': I JUST gave you six hundred dollars.\\
'''Jesse''': Yeah, and thanks Daddy Warbucks, but that was before my housing situation went '''completely testicular''' on me!! OKAY?!!\\
'''Walt''': You smoked the entire $600, didn't you?\\
'''Jesse''': [[BigWhat WHAT?!]] [[BigNo NO!]] (''Walt and Jesse exchange Yes and No respectively'')\\
'''Walt''': Look, Jesse, your problems are ''just'' that. YOUR problems. NO CONTACT! Do not call here, EVER! When the moment is right, I will call you abou...\\
'''Jesse''': [[SuddenlyShouting MR. WHITE! YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!]]\\
'''Walt''': NO! NO! (''hangs up'')\\
'''Jesse''': THEY'RE KICKING ME OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!

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* {{Hypocrite}}: In his confrontation with Skyler, Walt brazenly tries to play the victim with Skyler and act wounded by the fact that she believes he is keeping stuff from her despite the fact that he actually is keeping stuff from her.

* NoSympathy: None of Jesse's friends show him any compassion for his predicament, Walt most of all. Paul, the ''one'' guy who took Jesse in had to let him go immediately because his wife's in-laws were visiting and so there wouldn't be enough room in Paul's already meager apartment.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In his confrontation with Skyler, Walt brazenly tries to play the victim with Skyler and act wounded by the fact that she believes he is keeping stuff from her despite the fact that he is actually is keeping stuff from her.

** Also, it was quite cruel of Mr. and Mrs. Pinkman to kick Jesse out of his own house, it is not quite unwarranted. As they point out to him, cooking meth under property that is under their name could make them a liability, even though they are completely innocent.

As Walt tries to cook dinner and explain away the second phone by claiming he had mistaken an alarm on his phone to remind him to take his meds for an incoming call, Jesse attends a meeting with his parents. A lawyer is present, and states that Jesse is being evicted from his house and had seventy-two hours to vacate the premises: his parents had found the meth lab he kept in the basement, and under federal law, authorities could've seized the house. The following day, Jesse is awakened by his distraught mother to find movers taking away his furniture. Jesse is outraged, insisting that Aunt Ginny bequeathed him the house fair and square, because he was the only one who was willing to take care of her while she was sick and dying, even when everyone else in the family had abandoned her, including his mother. Provoked, Jesse's mother slaps him, then says that she just wants him to turn his life around.

Jesse arrives shortly thereafter, and Walt goes off on him, calling him a miserable junkie. Jesse begs for his half of the meth sales, but Walt, his nerves raw from his inability to reason with Skyler, absolutely refuses to give Jesse his share, berating him and calling him stupid. The two get into a fist fight, but eventually relent. Walt reluctantly gives Jesse his half of the money before offering to make him breakfast.

All the while, Skyler drives to a gas station and starts to smoke...

* TraumaCongaLine: Jesse undergoes one throughout the episode, starting with his parents taking back his house and ending with him sleeping in the RV in the impound lot, [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in fecal matter and blue gunk, and wearing a gas mask]]. Whatever your feelings may be towards Jesse at this point in the series, [[KickTheDog you WILL pity him after that]].

* NoSympathy: None of Jesse's friends show him any compassion for his predicament, Walt most of all. Pete, the ''one'' guy who took Jesse in had to let him go immediately because his wife's in-laws were visiting and so there wouldn't be enough room in Pete's already meager apartment.

->''"Okay, so while you’re fixing fences, what about me, huh? Your A-hole brother-in-law took all my money"''

* NoSympathy: None of Jesse's friends show him any compassion for his predicament, Walt most of all.

As Walt tries to cook dinner and explain away the second phone by claiming he had mistaken an alarm on his phone to remind him to take his meds for an incoming call, Jesse attends a meeting with his parents. A lawyer is present, and states that Jesse is being evicted from his house and had seventy-two hours to vacate the premises: his parents had found the meth lab he kept in the basement, and under federal law, authorities could've seized the house. The following day, Jesse awakens to movers taking away his furniture, and his distraught mother begging him to turn his life around.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: As Walt splits up his stashed bills to pay Jesse his half share, he realizes that there is an odd amount of rolls - there's one left over. It would be easy enough to split this final roll in half, but after glancing furtively over his shoulder, [[{{Greed}} he saves the entire roll for himself.]]

* TraumaCongaLine: Jesse undergoes one throughout the episode, starting with his parents taking back his house and ending with him sleeping in the RV in the impound lot, [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in fecal matter and blue gunk, and wearing a gas mask]]. Whatever your feelings may be towards Jesse at this point in the series, [[KickTheDog you WILL pity him after that]].

* ForcedFromTheirHome: Jesse gets kicked out of his (now deceased) aunt's house when his parents buy the building and forcibly evict him. When he later learns that they're trying to flip it, he has [[AmoralAttorney Saul]] scam them out of it by blackmailing them over the undeclared meth lab in the basement, buying it back while ensuring that they barely break even.

* TraumaCongaLine: Jesse undergoes one throughout the episode, starting with his parents taking back his house and ending with him sleeping in the RV in the impound lot, [[ItMakesSenseInContext covered in fecal matter and blue gunk, and wearing a gas mask]]. Whatever your feelings may be towards Jesse at this point in the series, [[KickTheDog you WILL pity him after that]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Walt thinks this is the reason for Skyler's anger. It's not.