Hazard Pay

"Hazard Pay"
Breaking Bad episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 3
Directed by	Adam Bernstein
Written by	Peter Gould
Featured music	"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" by The Peddlers
Original air date	July 29, 2012 (2012-07-29)
Running time	47 minutes
Guest appearance(s)
Matt L. Jones as Badger Mayhew Emily Rios as Andrea Cantillo Jesse Plemons as Todd Mike Batayeh as Dennis Markowsky Franc Ross as Ira Charles Baker as Skinny Pete Lavell Crawford as Huell Ian Posada as Brock Cantillo Miguel Martinez as Fernando Chris Freihofer as Dan Wachsberger
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"Hazard Pay" is the third episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 49th overall episode of the series. Written by Peter Gould and directed by Adam Bernstein, it originally aired on AMC in the United States on July 29, 2012.

Mike (Jonathan Banks) and his attorney Dan (Chris Freihofer) spend an entire day visiting his former subordinates in jail. Although the RICO Act has taken all of their money, Mike instructs them not to divulge anything to the DEA, explaining that they will still get their "hazard pay" due to his new partnership with Walt (Bryan Cranston). Meanwhile, Walt has moved himself back into the house, to Skyler's (Anna Gunn) silent horror.

Mike meets with Walt, Jesse (Aaron Paul), and Saul (Bob Odenkirk), where he declares that he will handle the business end of their operation while Walt and Jesse remain cooks. Walt agrees, but still asserts himself as the leader. Saul shows them numerous potential locations for a meth lab, but none are good enough for the trio. While visiting a pest control company, Walt notices a folded fumigation tent. He decides they will establish a mobile lab, never cooking in the same place twice. He explains that no one looks twice at a tented house, and even if the strange smell of a meth cook is emitted, no one would investigate or enter the tent. Saul contacts the pest control team of Vamonos Pest that moonlight as burglars, who allow Walt and Jesse entrance into the houses they are working on. Junkyard owner Old Joe (Larry Hankin) supplies much of the equipment while Badger (Matt L. Jones) and Skinny Pete (Charles Baker) purchase large music equipment cases to smuggle the lab from one site to another.

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