Breaking Bad Season 2 Episode 2

Barren desert, a jumping car, bullet holes and broken glass all introduce this episode of breaking bad. Tuco has taken Jesse and Walt captive and he has them held hostage at a house in the middle of the desert.  Both Jesse and Walt are in pure freak out mode not quite sure what to do about their predicament. While Jesse and Walt are missing Hank is pulling his resources at the police department trying to locate Walt, because Skyler is worried sick about her now missing husband.  Meanwhile in the desert Tuco is going on about how Gonzo has betrayed him and ratted him out to the police. However, what he does not realize is that Gonzo is dead and the police found his and the other man’s body in the junk yard.  Tuco is at his peak of psychosis and is taking it out on Walter and Jesse. Tuco wants to take Walter to Mexico and have him cook meth for him, however he wants to leave Jesse dead and not a part of the operation at all. Walter stands up for Jesse convincing Tuco that he will not go unless Jesse goes with him. While Tuco is busy in the kitchen; Walt and Jesse try to devise a plan to kill Tuco and escape. As they are about to put their plan into action Tuco’s infirm and mute Uncle gives them away saving Tuco’s life and landing Walter and Jesse in a sticky situation. This leads them to a fight with Tuco where Jesse shoots Tuco in the stomach. However, as they start to escape A car is coming down the road, thinking that it is Tuco’s cousins Jesse and Walter make a run for it. Tuco gains his strength and makes his way to the car only to find that Hank has shown up because he tracked Jesse’s car. Hank and Tuco get into a shoot out where Hank kills Tuco and Walter and Jesse make a run for it, Hank does not see them.

                This episode shows how deep Walter and Jesse are in this drug ring. There is no easy way out anymore and the money (for a viewer’s perspective) is no longer worth it. Their lives are at risk and so is Walter’s family. In this episode, it is Hank’s dedication to his family is shown. This is a side of Hank that has not been seen yet.  Walter is getting further away from whom he was and delving deeper into his “dark side”.

                The implications that I saw from this episode is how do we minister to people who do not know what right and wrong is. This is so alive in our culture; people believe that truth is relative and not absolute. I think one of the challenges that our generation faces is that that truth is not absolute but relative.