Fahrenheit 451 Week 3

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When Skyler demands to know what Walt has been hiding, he admits that he has been cooking meth. Horrified, Skyler asks for a divorce in return for her silence, and demands that Walt move out. She ultimately comes to uneasily accept the situation and helps Walt launder his drug money, but refuses to have anything to do with him outside of business. The rift in their marriage worsens when Skyler sleeps with her boss, Ted Beneke (Christopher Cousins). Walt tries to get back at her by making a pass at the school superintendent, who puts him on indefinite suspension.

Needing money, Walt takes Gus up on an offer to produce meth in a state-of-the-art laboratory under an industrial laundry. Walt initially works with Gale Boetticher (David Costabile), …show more content…

When the dealers murder Tomas, Jesse plots revenge, but Walt intervenes by killing the dealers himself. Gus' cleaner Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks) drags Walt to the laboratory and threatens to kill him unless he tells them where Jesse is hiding. Walt frantically calls Jesse and tells him to kill Gale to ensure that they don't outlive their usefulness to Gus. Jesse goes to Gale's house and shoots him …show more content…

The tension of working under tighter security creates a rift between Walt and Jesse, and Gus uses the opportunity to bring Jesse to his side by having Mike train him in hopes of eventually replacing Walt. Walt figures out what Gus is up to and gives Jesse homemade ricin with which to poison Gus, but Jesse never goes through with it. Meanwhile, Walt buys the car wash where he used to work and uses it to launder his drug money.

After ridding himself of the Cartel's influence in the area, Gus fires Walt and warns him that if Hank gets any closer, he will have Walt's family killed. Walt tries to use one of Saul's connections to get him and his family relocated, but finds most of his drug money has been used by Skyler to pay off Ted's IRS fines to avoid having their own lives investigated. After arranging for his family's safety under the DEA, Walt resolves to kill Gus, but finds that the kingpin is far too protected. Walt begs for Jesse's help, but Jesse

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