'Breaking Bad' Final Episodes Recap - Rabid Dog

As we were left wondering last week what would happen with Jessie after breaking into Walt's home ready to burn the place down, we got our answer pretty quickly (sort of).

We learn soon after the opening sequence that Jessie never burned the place down or even stuck around.  Walt finds a gasoline soaked carpet along with a broken front door, but besides that, nothing.

He obviously takes this as a sign that Jessie came to his senses and decided not to burn the home to crisp, though we come to find later on that it was Hank who stopped Jessie from committing the act.

Hank had followed Jessie from Saul's and convinced him that the best way to take down Mr. White is to cooperate with him.  Hank ends up bringing Jessie back to his place (much to the OK from Marie as she realizes it's bad for Walt) and gets Jessie to tell his whole story on camera to both himself and Steven Gomez (who obviously now knows the situation now).

Meanwhile, Walt (after failing miserably to convince his family that the reason the house reeked of gasoline was because of a 'pump malfunction') is suddenly faced with the decision to 'put down' Jessie off the suggestion from first Saul, then Skyler.  Walt is of course conflicted about all of this because, let's face it, Jessie is like a son to him, period.

This all leads to a potential meet-and-greet between Walt and Jessie (aided by Hank and Agent Gomez) to smooth things over.  This obviously goes nowhere as Jessie realizes another way to bring Walt down and leaves Walt faced with the reality that he's going to have to take out Jessie, whether he likes it or not.

Notes:

• That opening sequence was probably one of the most intense things I have ever seen.

• Got to love the brilliant idea to break up Walt's point-of-view of coming about the house and then flashback to what really happened with Jessie.

• Poor Walt Jr.  That kid has NO idea what's going on.

• Marie had probably some of the best scenes in this episode.

• I'm actually kind of happy Saul got his ass kicked.  I never liked that guy.

Grade: A