Breaking Bad Season 5 Episode 12: "Rabid Dog"

Not as impressive as the last three episodes, but still a good one.  Definitely an episode that moves the chess pieces into place and sets up the motivations of the characters.  My only issue is that I'm not sure where I like things are going, but that's more of a preference issue than a critique of the show.

It seemed like every character this episode was unlikable.  I found myself being annoyed or irritated at all the main players. Skyler seems to have gone completely evil and tries to convince Walt to kill Jesse.  Hank tries to use Jesse to get to Walt, calling him a "junkie murderer" and setting him up for potential death.  Jesse cooperates with the DEA and without hesitation confesses everything on tape.  For the first time in a long time, Walt was the most sympathetic character on the show again.  Even though both Saul and Skyler suggested Jesse be killed, he refuses the easy solution and genuinely tries to reach out to him and talk to him.  If only it wasnt that threatening looking guy wasn't waiting there awkwardly for his daughter.  

Now it looks like it will be Jesse and Hank versus Walt and Todd. Although it makes sense, it feels kind of wrong to me to see Jesse working with Hank.  It's like seeing Robin working with the Joker.  This will be interesting...

Observations:

- Walt's gas malfunction story was pretty bad.  Even Walt Jr. could smell the lies.

- "We've come this far.  What's one more?"- Evil Skyler.

- Saul's metaphor this episode was "Old Yeller".  Means the same thing as "Belize".

- Funniest part of the episode was when Walt thought Badger's name was "Beaver".  

- Speaking of Badger, "For all three hours all he talked about was something called Babylon 5".  

- Jesse takes his coffee black.

- I wonder what Jesse's plan is.