A dirty, destroyed RV, chemistry supplies, and two men assessing the mess. Those two men are Walt and Jesse! Walter has returned to cook with Jesse and now puts some boundaries on what their relationship is going to look like from here on out. Walt is to be the silent partner who cooks and Jesse the salesman who pushes the dope. "No more bloodshed" says Walt as he makes his final condition. Sirens, explosions, destruction, men who would normally be staring harshly look timid, and a bald man talking strong steps away from the mess. This is how "Crazy Handful of Nothing" begins. This intro reeks of foreshadowing and a shift in who the characters are.
Right after the intro it goes to Walter teaching his class about rapid chemical changes and explosions (this also is nothing sort of foreshadowing). As Walter is teaching he begins to feel ill and have to run to the restroom to throw up. After he is sick the janitor Hugo is kind to him and cleans up the mess. As Walter continues the Chemotherapy he continues to lie to Skyler about almost everything.
As Waler is cooking Meth he begins to get ill and has to have Jesse finish cooking the batch and Jesse finds out that he has cancer. The attention is then given to Jesse selling the Meth to a cornucopia of different people to upbeat music. The music is pretty ironic considering the given circumstances.
However, things are not all upbeat and happy, Walter's Brother-n-law begins looking into the mask found in the desert, this leads him to Walter's school and later on in the episode the janitor Hugo is arrested for stealing the mask.
When Walter finds out the the meth is being so scarcely sold he tells Jesse to be creative and find someone to buy the meth wholesale. This leads Jesse to a man named Tuco, this man ends up stealing the meth Jesse brings to him and puts Jesse in the Hospital.
Walter finds out that Jesse is in the Hospital and something snaps when he sees how badly Jesse was beaten up. He goes tho Tuco and makes demands on Tuco. When Tuco does not respond well he sets an explosion in his office, this causes Tuco to fear Walt and cave into his demands. Walter is the man from the beginning who is walking away from the scene. With a new look his attitude has changed, his character is about to explode and so is the show!
This episode begs the question what does it take for someone to snap and for Walter, it is more blood shed. The significance of this episode is massive, we see Walter undergo a huge transformation and he is beginning to change into a man to be feared instead of a timid school teacher. He is a full blown meth cooker. He knows what he wants, how much he should get for his product and how business should be ran. This is huge for the show he is evolving.
This carries a huge impact on ministry. What does it take for people to explode? How does the church handle those situations, how do we bring restoration. I think we have to get down and dirty. When I say this, I mean that we need to allow ourselves to be like Jesus, to go to the people who are hurting and in dirty places, we need to (by the Holy Spirit) see past the facade and go deeper with people. We need to meet people where they are at and not wait for them to come to us!
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