Breaking Bad - Sunset, 3.6

• The axe hit coinciding with the apple crunch - SO. GOOD. Ugh. I have expressed my love for this pair of villains before, and they just keep getting better.
• The return of Jesse's gang. We saw a little of them last episode (along with the now deceased Combo) and it made me realize how much I missed the good ol' drug moving/meth-making-in-the-RV days. "If that bitch was any bigger, it'd be a Jolly RANCHER!"
• Speaking of last episode, which I didn't write about, I thought Hank and Marie did fantastic jobs. Especially that bathroom scene, and Hank's partner's send-off party. Good showcase for fine actors that largely take the backseat.
• "I am the man that I am, son." I wonder how much of that is Walt truly being introspective about his villianry (can that please be a word?) and how much of it is just surface-level bullshit.
• Okay. "Why the hell are we making meth?" reaction to Gale's coffee, and the all too pleasant learning-to-make-meth montage complete with sophisticated jazzy piano music (and drinking wine at the end!) contrasted with Jesse's first time in the RV. First: I think Walt, in some strange way, doesn't want out. Didn't he even refuse last episode? He is a certified genius, and even though good-guy Gale shows him perfect coffee, he continues cooking meth. It is extremely evident what he is becoming/has become. Second: LOVE the editing of this sequence (Walt and Gale, BFFs).
• Lawn chairs and Funyuns make me miss old school BB. :(
• Walt feeding Jesse lines and Jesse adding "Bitch!" made me lol. Good scene.
  
• When Hank took off the tape, the sun shone through (and landed on Walt's chest, good effect) but now he is in shadow. Continuity
• THIS SCENE! This! Perfection! Quick, harried cuts, muted background sounds, no voice, then out of nowhere Hank's annoying ringtone heard earlier in the episode. Amazing.
• TWIST! Okay, best episode of the season so far, I'm calling it. Poor Hank!
• Oh, and beautiful work as usual, but even more so in this episode with sunlight effects
• Hey, just found out this was both written and directed by John Shiban! Crazy! Good for him. I didn't care for any of his X Files episodes, written or directed. Hah.