End Times (Breaking Bad)
| "End Times" | |
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| Breaking Bad episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Vince Gilligan |
| Written by |
Moira Walley-Beckett Thomas Schnauz |
| Produced by | Bryan Cranston, Diane Mercer, Moira Walley-Beckett |
| Featured music | Dave Porter |
| Cinematography by | Michael Slovis |
| Editing by | Kelley Dixon |
| Original air date | October 2, 2011 |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
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"End Times" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 45th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on AMC in the United States on October 2, 2011. GQ, and Salon.com named "End Times" as one of the best episodes in all of television in 2011.
After receiving an anonymous warning from Saul (Bob Odenkirk) about Hank (Dean Norris)'s having been targeted by a drug cartel, the DEA dispatches a squad of agents to guard Hank and Marie (Betsy Brandt)'s house. The White family is also brought to the Schrader household for protection, but Walter (Bryan Cranston) convinces Skyler (Anna Gunn) to let him stay behind at their own house, ready to face the consequences of his actions. Walt sits nervously in the backyard, spinning a gun on the table that keeps pointing at him, but takes note when it points at a potted plant. Hank deduces that his investigation of Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) is the reason for the threat on his life, so he asks Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada) to search the industrial laundromat for him.
Gomez and an officer with a drug-sniffing dog later check out the laundromat but don't find anything, although Jesse (Aaron Paul) and Tyrus (Ray Campbell) were below them in the hidden meth lab. Gus, in a phone call to Jesse, implies the police attention is Walter's fault, and Walter must be killed to protect themselves, but Jesse again refuses to cook if Walter is killed. Saul later hands Jesse's entire share of the meth profits to Jesse, since Saul is planning to temporarily flee Albuquerque until the feud between Walter and Gus is over. Saul reveals that Gus took Walter to the desert and threatened his family, a revelation by which Jesse is taken aback. Jesse later receives a call from Andrea (Emily Rios) that her son, Brock, has become seriously ill and is in the hospital. Jesse discovers the ricin cigarette, that he kept handy to poison Gus, is missing and concludes that Brock somehow ingested the ricin.
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