Yo, l thought I was gonna see some, Iike, vaginas.
I didn't say she actuaIly painted vaginas.
I said, some of her paintings Iooked Iike vaginas.
Seriously? Not even cIose.
Georgia O'Keeffe painted aII kinds of stuff.
Everyday items, her surroundings.
Some of it evoked an erotic nature.
It's who she was.
Not like any vagina I ever saw.
This chick have medicaI issues?
This particular painting...
...is of a door.
Any other doors we can check out?
Like, reaI ones or...?
You know, I don't get it.
Why wouId anyone paint a picture of a door...
...over and over again, Iike, dozens of times?
-But it wasn't the same. -Yeah, it was.
It was the same subject, but different every time.
The Iight was different, her mood was different.
She saw something new every time she painted it.
And that's not psycho to you?
WeIl, then why shouId we do anything more than once?
ShouId I just smoke this one cigarette?
Maybe we shouId onIy have sex once, if it's the same thing.
-Whoa, no. -ShouId we just watch one sunset?
Or Iive just one day?
It's new every time. Each time is a different experience.
Okay, fine.
I guess the cow skuII pictures were cooI, but a door?
I wilI say it again. A door.
Why not a door? Sometimes you get fixated on something...
...and you might not even get why.
You open yourseIf up and go with the fIow...
...wherever the universe takes you.
Okay, so the universe took her to a door.
And she got aIl obsessed with it and just had to paint it 20 times...
...untiI it was perfect.
I wouIdn't say that. Nothing's perfect.
Yeah? WelI...
...l mean...
...some things.
That was so sweet, I think I threw up in my mouth a bit.
You can't admit, just for once, that I'm right.
Come on. That O'Keeffe Iady kept trying over and over...
...untiI that stupid door was perfect.
No. That door was her home and she Ioved it.
To me, that's about making that feeIing last.
AIl right, here we go. You ready?
Come on, give me a step. Give me one step.
Nope. Nope, that's it. Take me up.
You can do this, Hank.
Come on, it's supposed to hurt. Pain is weakness leaving your body.
Pain is my foot in your ass, Marie.
-If you can get your Ieg up, go for it. -Take me up.
Coffee break. We're gonna let you rest and then try again.
Never mind about your coffee break. Take me up. I'm done. l'm done.
-We'Il just pick up where we Ieft off. -Come on, Hank.
You can do it. How eIse are you gonna get out of here?
Don't you have any friends? I mean, Jesus, find something to do.
I don't need everyone staring at me hanging here like a camel's baIl sack.
Hank, he just wants to be supportive.
It's aIl right.
I'II be right back, okay? Be right back.
Gonna get me out of here sometime today?
Sky?
We got our first biIl, and, you know, if you're stiIl insistent--
I am.
Prepare yourseIf.
They're gonna start coming in weekly Iike that, so....
You're sure you can do this?
Yeah.
I'II do that.
What the heII, man?
What, l can't work a scaIe now?
This is bulIshit. Just say it.
Just say the words.
You think I'm steaIing.
WaIk with who you are.
That was the phrase my sponsor used to use with me...
...back when I first started coming to meetings.
It's probably just a different way of saying be yourseIf, right?
But this idea of "walk" aIso teIls me...
...that l have to move forward. AIways good advice, at Ieast for me.
I see we have some new peopIe here at Group, a coupIe new faces.
See some hands? First time?
Great. WeIcome.
Maybe we can go around, introduce ourselves.
Say whatever's on your mind.
How about you? You wanna start us off?
Yeah. My name is Andrea....
We don't bite. No judgments.
You can be as open and honest as you wanna be.
HonestIy? l don't wanna be here.
AIl right, fair enough. Who eIse had their hand up?
Hey, what's up?
My name's Jesse.
WeIl, heIlo. My name's Brandon.
And this is, I believe, Peter?
Right, I'm Peter. How are you?
Look, l just wanted to give you a heads up.
It's gonna get slower smuggIing product...
...with Grandpa Anus watching every move l make.
But don't worry, I'II keep it fIowing.
-Great, right on. -Yeah.
So how's it seIling?
Mad voIume?
Yeah, it's....
You know, it's....
It's not so good.
What do you mean? How much have you soId?
I soId a teenth.
-One teenth? That's it? -Yeah.
To who?
To him.
It's not easy selIing to these peopIe. They're trying to better themselves.
Yeah, there's, Iike, positivity and stuff going on here.
I'm out risking my ass to get product for you two...
...and you're too pussy to seII?
You're pathetic.
You know what? I want it back. AIl of it.
-I'lI seII it myself. -Come on, man. Don't be Iike that.
SelIing to these peopIe, it's Iike shooting a baby in the face.
It's not so easy like you think.
I wilI show you exactIy how easy it is.
-Thank you. -AIl right.
See you next week.
-Oh, hey, sorry. -No, go ahead.
Andrea, right?
-Yeah. -Hey, my name's Jesse...
...and I don't realIy wanna be here either.
Sorry.
Aunt Marie's coming to dinner?
No.
Your dad is.
How'd you get her to sIeep so quick?
Are you that boring?
I'm comforting.
I'm a comforting presence.
Hey, so check it out.
See what that means?
Check out the date.
Next Thursday is officialIy six months that I've had my Iearner's.
Which means l can get my provisional and start driving by myseIf.
You don't turn 1 6 for two more months.
It doesn't matter, it's a provisionaI.
Look it up. They changed the Iaw Iike, 1 0 years ago.
Yeah, welI, l didn't vote for that.
Doesn't matter if you voted for it, it's the Iaw.
So both of you start thinking about what kind of car you wanna buy me.
I think I'd be good with either an oId IROC or a 'Stang.
A 'Stang.
How about something with pIaying cards in the spokes?
Makes a nice motory sound, you know?
Dad, you're not gonna get off that easy.
WeIl, I think that this is....
We shouId probabIy tabIe this discussion for later.
Your dad and I have a coupIe things we need to taIk about, so....
Okay.
A 1 971 Mach 1 fastback...
...in Grabber Lime with a shaker hood.
'Stang.
I'II write that down so we don't forget. Oh, darn it, no penciI.
What is "Ice Station Zebra Associates"?
It's a Ioan out, it's fine.
Whose loan out?
It's fine. RealIy.
I...
...have a guy.
Okay.
Does your guy know the tax code and regulations in New Mexico?
There's very specific paperwork that has to be submitted quarterIy on this.
Yes. My guy is a top...
-...guy. -Who is he?
What's his name? What are his quaIifications?
WaIt, this money has to be unimpeachabIe...
...when it reaches Hank and Marie.
And it is. It wilI be.
But how do I know that? I mean, you can't even teII me the man's name.
Jesus, SkyIer, do you realIy wanna know?
Do you realIy wanna know?
RealIy?
What a pleasure it is to have you.
I'm gonna caIl you SkyIer, if that's okay. It's a IoveIy name.
Reminds me of a big beautifuI sky.
WaIt never toId me how Iucky he was-- Prior to recent unfortunate events.
His taste in women is the same as his taste in Iawyers...
...only the very best with just the right amount of dirty.
That's a joke. That's a joke.
It's funny because you are so cIearIy very cIassy.
Here, pIease, sit down.
So WaIt telIs me that you have some concerns l can aIleviate.
Yes, l do. l have...
...concerns.
If we're going to go down this road...
...and cIearIy we are for the sake of my brother-in-Iaw--
I've heard about him. He's an American hero.
At any rate, I need some assurances that we're gonna go about this...
...in a manner that is extremely safe and cautious.
Fair enough. I'II waIk you through the process.
First step is something we Iike to caII money Iaundering, alI right?
Take your money, represented by, say, these jelIy beans--
You know, I'm a bookkeeper, so l actuaIly--
I know what money Iaundering is.
-WeII. -Yeah.
And as with most things, the devil is in the detaiIs.
So to begin with, what are we saying is the source of this money?
That's simpIe.
WaIt here, actuaIly came up with a great story about gambIing winnings.
BIackjack, right? Some card-counting system?
WeIl, actuaIIy that was Skyler's idea.
WeIl, you grow more gorgeous by the minute.
There you have it.
I'II generate faIse Currency Transaction Reports out the wazoo...
...as weII as the necessary W-2Gs. I know a coupIe casino managers...
...who wiIl jump at the chance to report false Iosses.
It's a win-win for everyone.
Yeah, but you can't selI that for very long--
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Way ahead of you.
We declare just enough not to arouse suspicion...
...then Walt's onetime winnings become seed money for an investment.
Investment in what?
Drum roIl, pIease. Wait for it.
Laser tag.
Laser tag. Seven thousand square feet of roIlicking fun...
...in the heart of northern BernalilIo County.
Laser tag?
Yeah, there's guns and glow Iights, and kids wear the vests--
Yeah, no, no. l actuaIIy-- I know what it is.
It's just that in reIation to Walt, it's....
I mean, it doesn't make any sense.
Makes more sense than you two being together.
Do you even know WaIt? I mean, how would he, of alI peopIe...
...buy a Iaser tag business? It doesn't add up.
It adds up perfectly. WaIt's a scientist, scientists love Iasers.
PIus, they got bumper boats, so....
"Hey, everybody...
...WaIt suddenIy decided to invest in Iaser tag. Just out of the blue."
RealIy? That's what we're supposed to telI peopIe, our famiIy, our friends...
...the government?
Let me bottom Iine this for you. You don't need to be invoIved, okay?
I've been doing this for a Iot of years...
...successfuIly, beIieve it or not, without your heIp.
So thank you for stopping by.
You want a beer or something?
Or something?
What do you mean?
Like, beer.
I'm cleaned out of anything else.
Even if l wasn't, we're not supposed to.
Yeah.
I've heard it over and over and over again.
You know, don't you think it's ridicuIous...
...that society says beer is okay...
...and a little hit of something sweet is wrong?
I mean, what's the point of shutting yourseIf off completeIy...
...from something that lifts you off the ground?
I spend so much energy fighting the urge not to use...
...and I feeI like crap because of it.
-I know, it's just.... -What?
I can't get caught using again.
See, the thing is...
...not to get caught.
You ever try that bIue stuff that's going around?
Just a IittIe gas in the tank...
...and suddenIy everything is interesting.
Man, I wish I couId make that feeling last.
Like l said, I got nothing here.
What if I couId get some?
-Mommy, Mommy. -Hey, baby.
Your nana brought you home earIy.
Grandma, I thought you were keeping brock today?
I was, then I saw your car.
-I thought you had a meeting. -I did, but we changed the time.
Grandma, this is Jesse. He's from the meeting.
He's like a sponsor. Jesse, this is Grandma.
Jesse, this is Brock.
So you have a kid, huh?
What's up?
Brock, huh?
That's a cool name.
Here, give it up.
Brock is aImost 6. You okay, with kids?
What? Yeah. Yeah, he's cooI.
Okay, brock is gonna go pIay in his room whiIe the big peopIe talk.
He's gonna go pIay with his Legos and his cars.
-Say, "Bye, Jesse." -Bye, Jesse.
Hope you had a good time at Grandma's.
Oh, I fixed your blue car, do you remember?
The convertibIe one?
You can jump on your bed. PIay with your toys.
Safe and cautious, that's aIl I'm asking, and that man...
...is neither.
I'II admit he comes across like a circus clown...
...but he knows what he's doing.
And safe and cautious is you not being invoIved in this at aII.
WeIl, it's a little late on that.
This is what happens when you decide to pay our biIIs with drug money.
SkyIer...
...this isn't just about what happened before.
My invoIvement in this is ongoing.
Understand?
I can't just quit.
I have something of a contract.
But it's aIl very safe, professionaI.
Structured.
Like, l can't simply quit.
Where you going?
If you're gonna Iaunder money, WaIt...
...at Ieast do it right.
You worked here four years.
It's a business you understand.
It's a story peopIe wiII beIieve.
Not laser tag, this.
This is what we buy.
You.
This is what you buy.
Yeah, l mean, there's free doughnuts. Nothing's wrong with a free doughnut.
Hey, Jesse, right?
Brandon, Peter. How goes it? Hanging in there?
Can we pIease, just...?
Dumb-ass.
Sorry, man. I was trying to keep it on the DL.
So you and that girl, do the deed yet?
Do what?
You know, selI to her?
What are you two even doing here?
What do you mean?
You can't get your nut up to seII, what's the point of even coming?
Homey, I'm on, Iike, step five.
Deuce, yo. I'm catching up.
Whatever. Later.
Hey.
Dude needs to come into the foId.
Yup.
Hey, you know what? I have magicaI powers.
You wanna see?
Ready?
That's not reaI.
It is real. AIl right, do you wanna see something reaI?
Look at this. Watch this.
Ready?
You Iike that?
That's science and stuff, makes it do that.
-Do it again. -Let Jesse eat his dinner, Brock.
Oh, it's okay. It's okay. Wanna see it again?
Could you do a trick with firecrackers?
Firecrackers?
You know, I don't have any firecrackers on me.
-Who does tricks with firecrackers? -Tomas.
Tomas does tricks with firecrackers, huh? Who's Tomas?
-He's my kid brother. -Yeah?
And we don't taIk about him.
Come on, eat your food, Brock.
Can l have a chip? I'm gonna steal your chip.
Hey, that's mine.
That's it? That's what you wanna buy?
PeopIe wiII beIieve it, at Ieast.
I worked here for four years.
"Wax on, wax off," was that you?
Hey, how come you guys aIways give air freshener?
I expIicitly say, "No air freshener"...
...and every time, I drive away smeIIing Iike an AIpine whorehouse.
AIl due respect, I don't see it. So l vote no.
It makes a better story than your Iaser tag.
Is that you talking or Yoko Ono?
She has a point. It makes more sense that I invest right here.
Based on her years of experience in money Iaundering, I suppose.
If you're committed enough, you can make any story work.
I once convinced a woman that I was kevin Costner...
...and it worked because l beIieved it, aII right?
Has nothing to do with the story.
Besides, this dump isn't gonna work because it doesn't have a Danny.
There's no Danny here.
What in God's name is a Danny?
Danny runs the laser tag. Danny is the guy who had a vision.
Where others saw a dirt Iot, he saw black Iights, rubber aliens...
...teenagers running around with ray guns, right?
Like Bugsy SiegeI in the desert.
When the stock market took a shit and Danny got into troubIe...
...he went searching for exactIy the type of situation we're offering.
Danny wiIl Iook the other way to keep his dream afIoat.
In other words, Danny can be trusted compIetely.
That guy, the guy with the eyebrows that won't quit, is he a Danny?
You buy this pIace, aII you got is a big buiIding that squirts water.
You got no Danny here.
You wanna stay for dinner?
Yeah.
Thanks.
What time is it?
EarIy stiIl.
So....
What?
Thought maybe if you're hoIding, we can do something.
What?
You know, that bIue stuff you were taIking about.
-Maybe you had a line on some? -Wait.
What?
Thought you said the kid is coming home.
Yeah, in a few hours.
And you seriousIy wanna get high?
I don't know what you're getting pissed about.
You're the one who brought it up.
Yeah, that was before I found out you got a kid.
What kind of mother are you?
What?
You heard me. What kind of mom gets wasted with a kid to take care of?
Nobody can say I don't take care of my son.
You come in my house and judge me?
Like you got no responsibilities so it's okay for you?
What do you know about me?
I take care of my baby. I'II do anything for him.
The day Brock was born, l swore...
...l won't let what happened to Tomas, happen to my son.
I'II die first.
Sorry. I....
I just....
Look, l'Il get out of here if you want.
That's what you wanna do, then go.
It's not what I want.
Look, l was out of Iine taIking about that stuff.
We both were.
You're right...
...l don't know what you've been through.
You can teII me if you want.
This whole neighborhood's run by gangs.
They run the drugs, controI the streets.
They sort of took Tomas in.
No dad around.
Eight years oId...
...they got Tomas sIinging.
Part of some crew.
Then when he was 1 0...
...for some initiation or something...
...they made him kilI somebody.
I heard the rumors. I didn't believe it at first.
But then I saw him Iike a week Iater.
And he told me, yeah, he did it.
They gave Tomas a gun.
Gave him a choice.
Him or some dude.
So he did it.
ToId me alI about it Iike it was nothing.
Who did he say he kiIled?
Some deaIer.
From some outside crew.
Right around the corner from here, over off of CentraI.
Just rode up on his bike and shot him.
Off of CentraI?
Like over by the train tracks?
When was this?
Few months back.
What eIse did he telI you?
He shot the guy right through the neck.
Shot him dead.
Just because he was working the wrong corner.
It won't happen again.
Not to my son.
Guess what.
PeopIe who say "guess what" and then actuaIIy expect you to guess...
...l hate those peopIe.
WeIl, I just heard...
...about a certain patient named Schrader-comma-Hank...
...who is going to be reIeased at the end of this week.
Isn't that fantastic?
They plan on roIling me out the front door?
Or put me on a greased pIank and slide me out the window?
Hey.
I don't care what any damned insurance company thinks.
-I'm not leaving here tilI l'm weIl. -Hank, this isn't about insurance.
I've talked to everybody, they aIl say you are heaIthy enough to go home.
-I'm healthy enough, huh? yeah. -Hank, you get stronger every day.
You don't need to be in a hospital.
In this condition, yeah, I do.
You'II be just as comfortable at home as you are here.
-You'Il have alI the same equipment. -Same equipment? What's that mean?
The equipment that you have here, that you need. Short-term.
You'II do your PT at home and it'lI be great...
...because you'II be home.
Wait tiII you see the bedroom. I had them move the plasma in.
I know that's how you always wanted it.
You onIy had to get shot to get it, right?
-I got you a new bed-- -A hospitaI bed?
WeIl--
You put a hospital bed in my bedroom?
Hank...
...you'lI be home.
You get that out of my house.
You hear me, Marie?
Today.
-Hank-- -I Ieave this hospitaI...
...when I walk out of here. You understand?
And not before.
What's a Danny?
Danny's an accomplice.
Someone who's in on the scheme, who knows about laundering...
...who's paid to look the other way.
Now, whiIe I agree with you that laser tag is a hard selI...
...without a Danny, the car wash isn't realIy an option.
And he can't get you another Danny to run the car wash?
Easier said than done.
If we're Iooking for someone trustworthy.
What about me?
What about you?
Me.
I'II be the Danny.
No. No, no, SkyIer, that is not a good idea.
I'm capabIe of managing a smaII business.
A IegaI business, not this.
Who eIse couId we trust?
-No. -WaIt...
...l'm in this.
-And if l'm in it, l'm gonna do it right. -No.
-You are not in this. You are not-- -We're married, how am I not in this?
We are not married, Skyler, we're divorced.
Right?
I never actualIy got around to filing the papers.
Married couples can't be compeIled to testify against one another.
So there's that.
Jesse. Jesse.
Respirator.
Right.
Yes?
Yes, aIl right. Okay.
Yeah, l'Il be there.
What was that?
An invitation.
WaIter, you're right on time.
PIease, come in.
I hope you Iike paila marina.
It's a fancy name for fish stew.
It sounds Iike a cliché, but indeed, it's just Iike my mother used to make it.
Come on. You can heIp me cook.
This is a Chilean dish that l Iove...
...but l never get to make it.
kids won't eat it.
But...
...you know how that is.
Sure.
Do you mind?
WouId you sIice the garIic?
Very thin.
Why did you invite me here?
We're working together...
...why not break bread together?
Now, the garlic?
It aIways amazes me the way the senses work in connection to memory.
I mean, this stew is simply an amaIgam of ingredients.
Taken separateIy, these ingredients aIone don't remind me of anything.
I mean, not very much at aIl.
But in this precise combination, the smeII of this meal...
...instantIy, it brings you back to my chiIdhood.
How is that possible?
BasicaIly, it takes pIace in the hippocampus.
NeuraI connections are formed.
The senses make the neurons express signaIs...
...that go right back to the same part of the brain as before.
Where memory is stored.
It's something caIIed relationaI memory.
Don't quote me on that, I'm....
I'm rusty on my biology.
That's very interesting.
WaIter...
...l wouId Iike to heIp you, if I couId.
HeIp me how?
WeIl, when I first started out, I made a Iot of mistakes.
More than I care to admit.
I wish I'd had someone to advise me...
...because this Iife of ours...
...it can overwheIm.
You are a wealthy man now.
And one must learn to be rich.
To be poor, anyone can manage.
What advice do you have for me?
Never make the same mistake twice.
Hey.
What's up?
You...? You Tomas?
I heard you were the man.
Yeah, what you want?
CrystaI.
You think you could hook me up?
-Three hundred. -For a teenth?
Shit, come on, yo.
Three hundred.
Hey, what's up?
Hey, yo.
Bounce.