Cat's in the Bag...
| "Cat's in the Bag..." | |
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| Breaking Bad episode | |
| Episode no. |
Season 1 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Adam Bernstein |
| Written by | Vince Gilligan |
| Original air date | January 27, 2008 |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Guest actors | |
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"Cat's in the Bag..." is the second episode of the American television drama series Breaking Bad. Written by Vince Gilligan and directed by Adam Bernstein, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on January 27, 2008.
Plot
Walt (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse (Aaron Paul) return the RV to Jesse's house. The house, which was previously owned by Jesse's late aunt, is the perfect hideaway for them. When they open the RV to remove the two bodies, they notice that one of the bodies is still moving. Emilio (John Koyama) is dead but Krazy-8 (Maximino Arciniega) is still breathing.
They imprison the unconscious Krazy-8 in the basement of the house and secure him to a pole with a bicycle lock around his neck. Walt suggests that they should use hydrofluoric acid to dissolve Emilio's corpse, so it leaves no evidence behind. Walt and Jesse must dispose of the corpse and kill Krazy-8. They toss a coin to see who will do what. Jesse wins and chooses to dispose of the corpse, so Walt is left to kill Krazy-8.
Walt instructs Jesse to buy a bin made from polyethylene, in which the corpse can be properly dissolved, but Jesse cannot find a polyethylene bin big enough to accommodate the corpse. Walt is thinking about suffocating Krazy-8, but ends up giving him water, a sandwich and bathroom supplies instead. Jesse returns home and asks Walt how the murder went and Walt promises to take care of Krazy-8 the next day.
Meanwhile, the pregnant Skyler (Anna Gunn) begins to suspect that Walt is doing something secretly. She does some research and finds Jesse's address online and questions Walt as to who Jesse is. Walt does not know what to say, so he makes up a lie saying that he smokes pot sometimes and that Jesse is his dealer. Skyler then visits Jesse while he is trying to dispose of Emilio's corpse. Skyler tells Jesse that her brother-in-law is a DEA agent and that this is his one and only warning to stop selling Walt marijuana, but doesn't notice Emilio's corpse.
Jesse does not find the specific plastic bin Walt instructed him to use, so he decides to dissolve the corpse in his bathtub. But the ceramic and metal bathtub also gets dissolved and soon the ceiling collapses followed by a flood of clumpy red fluid, presumably a mixture of the hydrofluoric acid and Emilio's blood and remains. Walt tells Jesse that hydrofluoric acid will dissolve anything except plastic.
Two Native American children play out in the desert and one notices Walt's gas mask behind a rock, and puts it on her head.
Production
The episode was written by Vince Gilligan, and directed by Adam Bernstein; it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on January 27, 2008.
Critical reception
The episode was critically acclaimed. Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode a rating of 9.6 out of 10 commenting: "It's strange, but there's a great chemistry between these three characters, like they're puzzle pieces and their jagged edges aren't even close to matching, but they fit somehow."[1] Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode a "A-", saying: "At the end of the powerhouse premiere last week, I thought: Well, it's all downhill from here... I found it hard to imagine that such an episode could maintain the premiere's edge-of-psychosis tone."[2]
Title meaning
The episode title is a part of a line from the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success, in which a character reports that he resolved an issue. It means that Walt and Jesse capture Krazy-8 and lock him in the basement.
J.J. Hunsecker: That means you've got a plan. Can you deliver?
Sidney Falco: Tonight, before you go to bed. The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river.
References
- ↑ Amitin, Seth (January 28, 2008). "Breaking Bad: "Cat's in the Bag ..." Review". IGN. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ↑ Bowman, Donna (January 27, 2008). "Breaking Bad: "Cat's In The Bag"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
External links
- "Cat's in the Bag..." at the official Breaking Bad site
- "Cat's in the Bag..." at the Internet Movie Database
- "Cat's in the Bag..." at TV.com
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