
Walt doesn't let on that the rumor isn't exactly true. Walt goes in his place, meets the three at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, introducing himself as "Heisenberg." Handing over the latest haul, Skinny Pete tells Walt that because rumor has it that Jesse murdered Spooge, everyone is now afraid of him. Jesse is due to make an exchange with Skinny Pete, Badger, and Combo, but is still distraught and refuses to leave his apartment.

When he asks his colleague Vanco why the saint's statue sits on his desk, the agent quotes Sun Tzu's The Art of War in saying that it's to help him know his enemy. Jesse can't stomach witnessing the gruesome murder, and is relying on pot to cope.Īt his new office in El Paso, Hank mocks the idea of drug dealers praying to their patron saint, Jesús Malverde, and is the only one laughing at his own joke. Jesse tells Walt that he couldn't stop Spooge's girlfriend from crushing his head with the ATM machine because she'd stolen his gun. After learning that one of the junkies who ripped off Skinny Pete is dead, Walt says that he didn't want anybody to get killed. Inside, Walt scolds Jesse for holing up in his apartment and getting high. Jesse finally appears at the door, and tells Walt to come in. Pounding on the front door, Walt attracts the attention of Jesse's landlord, Jane, who refuses to grant him access even after he claims to be Jesse's father.

Walt heads to Jesse's apartment after repeatedly trying to reach him by phone. A narcocorrido band called Los Cuates de Sinaloa performs "Negro y Azul" (Black and Blue), in which "a gringo boss" named Heisenberg disrespects Mexican drug cartel by cornering the Albuquerque market with high-quality blue meth.
