"Abiquiu" | |
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Breaking Bad episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 11 |
Directed by | Michelle MacLaren |
Written by |
John Shiban Thomas Schnauz |
Original air date | May 30, 2010 |
Running time | 47 minutes |
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"Abiquiu" is the eleventh episode of the third season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 31st overall episode of the series. It was written by John Shiban and Thomas Schnauz and directed by Michelle MacLaren.
The episode opens in a flashback, where Jesse and Jane are visiting the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum where they view Georgia O'Keeffe's painting My Last Door which depicts O'Keeffe's door in her home in the northern New Mexico town of Abiquiú. The two debate the meaning of the painting, before Jane concludes that O'Keeffe was simply trying to make a good feeling last.
In the present, Hank is becoming frustrated with his physical therapy. Marie privately gives Skyler the therapy bill to pay as they previously discussed. Walt attempts to pay the bill with the money he had made cooking meth for Gus, but Skyler insists the money source must be "unimpeachable." Walt takes Skyler to meet his lawyer Saul Goodman who laundered his money in the past. Skyler is put off by his flippant personality and a scheme to buy a laser tag facility. Instead, Skyler suggests a more believable business investment: the car wash where Walt previously worked. Saul objects, as the owner of the laser tag facility would ask no questions about the deal, while the car wash owner Bogdan is an unknown factor. Skyler insists it is the right investment and offers to help launder the money by managing the car wash. Walt worries that this would make Skyler liable for his actions, but she reveals she never signed the divorce papers, and if married, cannot be made to testify against him.