SkylerWho's this Jesse Pinkman to you?
Skyler
He sells you pot?
Marijuana, yeah. Not a lot. I mean, I don't know. I kind of like it.
Skyler
Are you out of your mind? What are you, like sixteen years old? Your brother-in-law is a DEA agent! What is wrong with you?
Skyler, I just... haven't quite been myself lately.
Skyler
Yeah, no shit. Thanks for noticing.
I haven't been myself lately, but I love you. Nothing about that has changed, nothing ever will. So right now, what I need is for you to climb down out of my ass. Can you do that? Will you do that for me, honey? Will you please, just once, get off my ass, you know? I'd appreciate it, I really would.
[As Jesse is moving Emilio's body, Skyler drives up to his house and approaches his gate]
Skyler
Excuse me? 'Scuse me? Excuse me, you. [Jesse nervously looks up and around] Yes, you. May I talk to you?
[Skyler enters the driveway and Jesse quickly runs over to her]
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, this is private property!
Skyler
Just a minute. I–I want to talk to you.
Nope. Nope, not interested. Come on!
[Jesse grabs Skyler's arm and she pulls away, backing off]
Skyler
Hey, don't touch me! Do not... touch me!
Alright! Alright, look! Not touching, 'kay? Not touching here! Look, lady. Whatever you're selling, I ain't buyin', yo.
Skyler
Well, my name is Skyler White, yo. My husband is Walter White, yo. Uh-huh. He told me everything.
Skyler
That's right. And just so you know, my brother-in-law is a DEA agent. And I will not hesitate to call him. Not if I have to. Understood? [brief pause; Jesse is silent] This is your one and only warning. Do not... sell marijuana to my husband.
Skyler
I mean it. Don't call our house again. You stay away from him, or you will be one sorry individual. You get me?
Uh, I... think so. Yeah. Uh, no more marijuana. I can–I can dig it.
Skyler
[softly, while nodding] You can dig it. Wonderful.
[Skyler and Jesse awkwardly stare each other down as Skyler starts walking away. She turns back around when she reaches Jesse’s gate.]
Skyler
Not that it's any of my business, but... you might want to consider a different line of work.
Skyler
Can I call them and tell them you'll start next week?
WWalter
I just think that we need to... discuss it a little more, that's all.
Skyler
What is there to discuss? You're going to get the best treatment and he's the best.
WWalter
Well, there's the money discussion. $90,000 out of pocket. Maybe more.
Skyler
There's a way, Walt. There's financing, there's installment plans. I could always go back to work. Walt, there's always a way.
WWalter
Alright. Skyler, say that there is a way, and we spend all that money, and... am I supposed to leave you with all that debt? I just don't want emotions ruling us. Maybe treatment isn't the way to go.
Then why don't you just fucking die already? Just give up and die.
Alright, I've got the talking pillow now. Okay? We all, in this room, love each other. We want what's best for each other and I know that. I am very thankful for that. But...what I want... what I want, what I need, is a choice.
Skyler
What does that... mean?
Sometimes I feel like I never actually make any of my own. Choices, I mean. My entire life, it just seems I never... you know, had a real say about any of it. Now this last one, cancer... all I have left is how I choose to approach this.
Skyler
Then make the right choice, Walt. You're not the only one it affects. What about your son? Don't you wanna see your daughter grow up? I just...
Of course I do. Skyler, you've read the statistics. These doctors... talking about surviving. One year, two years, like it's the only thing that matters. But what good is it, to just survive if I am too sick to work, to enjoy a meal, to make love? For what time I have left, I want to live in my own house. I want to sleep in my own bed. I don't wanna choke down 30 or 40 pills every single day, lose my hair, and lie around too tired to get up... and so nauseated that I can't even move my head. And you cleaning up after me? Me...some dead man, some artificially alive... just marking time? No. No. [pause] And that's how you would remember me. That's the worst part. So...that is my thought process, Skyler. I'm sorry. I just... I choose not to do it.
Skyler
No, not really. Heh, actually not at all. You know that, uh, tiara that Marie gave us?
Skyler
Well, she stole it. Yep, I practically got arrested trying to return it at the store.
Skyler
I mean, she refuses to admit it. She refuses to apologize. I–I don't know what to do.
Hm... people sometimes do things for their families.
Skyler
"People sometimes do things for their families"? And, what, that justifies stealing?
Skyler
Wow, that must have been some sweat lodge. Are you even listening to the words coming out of your mouth?
What would you do if it were me?
Skyler
What do you mean, "if it were you"?
If it were me, what would you do? Would you divorce me, would you turn me in to the police?
Skyler
You don't want to find out.
[After Walt fakes being in a fugue state by stripping naked in a supermarket as an explanation for his and Jesse's whereabouts]
Well, which supermarket? Is it like a big one? Like a chain?
Skyler
Marie...
Don't get me wrong. I think it's just great that he's, y'know, back and he's feeling better. I just, I mean, he...naked. He was naked naked in a supermarket. It wasn't Whole Foods, was it?
[Hank takes a bottle of tequila away after Walter keeps pouring shots for Walter Jr.]
Hey! Bring. The bottle. Back.
My son! My bottle! My house!
[to other party guests] It's all right.
What are you waiting for? Bring it back!
Why don't we just call it a day? All right, pal? We good?
[Hank puts his hand on Walter's shoulder. Walter smacks it away]
Skyler
What's going on?
[Walter Jr. vomits into the pool. Skyler and Hank rush over to him. Walter sits back down and smiles to himself]
Skyler
I'm going to Hank and Marie's for the weekend.
Skyler
I'm taking the baby with me. Marie will pick up Walter Jr. from school. You will have the house to yourself for two days. I want you to pack your things and leave.
Skyler
Hank has offered to help since you shouldn't be doing any heavy lifting.
Skyler
I want you gone by Monday morning. I want... I want you gone.
Okay, can you at least tell me why?
Skyler
Because you're a liar, Walt. Two cell phones after all.
Skyler
Right before your surgery, I asked if you had packed your cell phone and you said, "Which one?"
When? Skyler, I was medicated. I mean, I could have said the world was flat.
Skyler
You know what I think? I think you accidentally told the truth.
Honey, we have been over this. Asked and answered, right? There—
Skyler
But then it got me thinking again about all the strange behavior. Not the least of which was the disappearance. Out of my mind with worry, calling hospitals, checking the morgue. Your fugue state? I had to believe that, didn't I? I had to find a way. I mean, who would lie about such a thing?
You tell me, Skyler. You tell me exactly what it is you think I'm lying about. What, an affair? I'm having an affair? Is that what you think?
Skyler
That's what I was thinking, yeah. For the last few weeks.
With whom? Who am I having an affair with?
Skyler
Well, my guess was Gretchen Schwartz. Something was going on between you. I just knew.
Jesus, Skyler. Get me a Bible to swear on, if that's what it takes. I am not having an affair with Gretchen!
Skyler
Oh, I know. I know you're not. 'Cause I asked her. It really took me forever to get in touch with her. She was ducking my calls for weeks. So I finally left a message, "What exactly is going on between you and my husband?" I thought that'd get her attention and it did. So she called me back and she finally told me. The money? For your treatment? Gretchen and Elliott didn't give you a dime. They paid for nothing. You refused every offer they made you, but that didn't make sense because I checked with Delcavoli in the hospital and, not including your surgery, we're nearly paid up. Over $100,000. Out of where? Out of thin air? But then, I called your mother. Yeah... Thanks for that, too. But I thought, y'know, maybe she has some money that I don't know about? Maybe she contributed? It's possible. It turns out that not only is the money not from your mother, she didn't even know that you have cancer. You never went to see her. I–I–I dropped you at the airport, I picked you up, you were gone for four days, and yet she swears that you were never there. Lies on top of lies on top of lies.
Skyler Could you, just once, do me the courtesy of not denying it?
[Walter is silent. Skyler heads to the car]
Skyler... Skyler, don't do this, please. I–I... Skyler, please don't go.
[Skyler tries to close the car door, but Walter stops her]
If I tell you the truth, will you stay? Stay and I will tell you everything.
Skyler
Whatever it is, I'm afraid to know.
[Skyler closes the car door and drives off]
I love you, Skyler. And I would do anything for you. Would you even consider, I mean... Jesus! You come in here and you wave these papers in my face, when there's a whole other entire side to this thing. There's your side and there's my side, and you haven't heard my side yet. You haven't heard any of it all.
Skyler
You're a drug dealer.
Skyler
Yeah. How else could you possibly make that kind of money? Marijuana. That Pinkman kid. [Walter is silent] No? Oh, my God, Walt. Cocaine?
...It's methamphetamine. But I'm a manufacturer, I'm not a dealer.
Skyler
[shocked] Oh...
Per se. I... it doesn't mean... [Skyler gets up and heads to the door] No, Skyler! Listen to me, Skyler! [Walter grabs her arm] Listen.
Skyler
No!
There are a lot of angles to this, okay? It's complicated, alright? So please listen. Please, let's just sit back down and we'll talk it through.
Skyler
I'm going to make you a deal, Walt. I won't tell Hank and I won't tell your children or anybody else. Nobody will hear it from me, but only if you grant me this divorce and stay out of our lives.
Skyler
I mean it. Now let me the hell out of here before I throw up.
I've done a terrible thing. But I've done it for a good reason. I did it for us. That [points to the duffel bag of money] is college tuition for Walter Jr. And Holly, eighteen years down the road. And it's health insurance for you and the kids. For Jr.'s physical therapy. His SAT tutor. It's money for groceries, gas, for birthdays and graduation parties. Skyler, that money is for this roof over your head. The mortgage that you are not going to be able to afford on a part-time bookkeeper's salary when I'm gone.
Skyler
Walt, I—
Please. Please. This money, I didn't steal it. It doesn't belong to anyone else. I earned it. The things I've... done to earn it... They... the things I've had to do... I've got to live with them. Skyler, all that I've done, all the sacrifices that I've made for this family, all of it, will be for nothing if you don't accept what I've earned. Please. I'll be here when you get home from work. You can give me your answer then.
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