Gray Matter (Breaking Bad)
| "Gray Matter" | |
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| Breaking Bad episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Tricia Brock |
| Written by | Patty Lin |
| Original air date | February 24, 2008 |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
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"Gray Matter" is the fifth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad. Written by Patty Lin and directed by Tricia Brock, it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on February 24, 2008.
Walt and Skyler attend a birthday party for their wealthy acquaintance, Elliott Schwartz. Walter and Gretchen had formed the company Gray Matter Technologies with Elliott years before, but Walter opted to sell off his portion. Subsequently, the company had flourished off Walter's innovations, and Elliott married Gretchen, Walter's lab assistant and girlfriend at the time. Elliott offers Walt a job, but he declines. Walter is tense at the birthday party due to this troubled past. When Elliott tells him the company has excellent health insurance, Walter realizes that Skyler told him about his cancer and gets upset with her.
After a failed job interview, Jesse shows his friend Badger the RV they use as meth lab. In the desert, Jesse is frustrated he can't cook the meth as well as Walt and throws it away, much to Badger's disgust. Jesse cooks a few more batches, which he also eventually throws away. Badger and Jesse brawl over the meth, and Jesse pushes him out of the RV and drives away.
Over the weekend, Walter Jr. and two friends are waiting outside a convenience store, waiting for somebody to buy them beer. The friends run away when Walter Jr. approaches an off-duty cop. The cop tells him he got his "first and last warning." This prompts Skyler to hold an intervention for Walt, where she says she doesn't understand why Walt refuses the treatment. Hank, Walter Jr. and Marie argue over what to do: while Skyler and Walter Jr. want him to take the treatment, Marie, and later Hank, feel Walt should be given the choice to decline the treatment if he wants. Walt ends the intervention saying he will not do the treatment.
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