You're not some hardened criminal, Walt. You're in over your head. That's what we tell them. That's the truth.
Of course it is. A schoolteacher, cancer, desperate for money...
...roped into working for–Unable to even quit? You told me that yourself, Walt. Jesus, what was I thinking? Walt, please, let's both of us stop trying to justify this whole thing and admit you're in danger!
[pause] Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how much I make a year? I mean, even if I told you, you wouldn't believe it. Do you know what would happen if I suddenly decided to stop going into work? A business big enough that it could be listed on the NASDAQ goes belly up! Disappears! It ceases to exist without me! No, you clearly don't know who you're talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger! A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!
[Walter smacks open the car wash cash register]
BBogdan
No problem. As is. Who'd have thought that someday I would be handing these keys to you? [Bogdan hands Walter the keys to the car wash] Many years... Almost forgot.
[Bogdan takes down his framed first dollar]
[Bogdan hands over the framed dollar and leaves. Walter smashes the frame open and uses the dollar to buy a soda]
Alright, I need an update.
An update on these little field trips that you've been taking with Mike.
I told you already we pick up money, check on things, stuff like that.
And you're his bodyguard, right? [Jesse turns away] What? What? That's what you said!
I said I guarded him, like backup, like a second set of eyes. Everybody needs backup, right?
And this has to be you? It can't be–I don't know–Tyrus or any of the couple dozen muscleheads that Gus has working for him? It has to be Jesse Pinkman. Why? What, is there something about you I don't know? Are you a former Navy SEAL? Do you have to have your hands registered as lethal weapons?
[flips Walter off] Register this.
All I'm saying is that do you not even question this? Do you really believe that you mean anything to these people? And I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm just trying to make you see things clearly.
I see they can't outright kill me but they don't want me getting high. I see this thing probably started as Gus getting Mike to babysit me. But you know what? I saved Mike from getting robbed, even killed maybe. So maybe I'm not such a loser after all!
I mean, what if it... Oh, God... [beat] I mean, what if it...What if it's all just a set-up?
What if this robbery that you stopped wasn't even real? I mean, think about it. Your first day out guarding Mike, he steps out for one second and what happens? You immediately get robbed.
Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer. Like you said, Gus can't kill you because of me. He knows that I won't stand for it. He needs me and he hates the fact that he needs me! So what does he do? He goes to work driving a wedge between you and me!
You're an asshole. If you'd been there, you'd know it wasn't a set-up.
Wait a minute, how long did those guys chase you, huh? 'Cause the way you describe it, they gave up pretty damn easy. No, no, this whole thing–all of this–it's all about me!
Skyler, I may have overstated things earlier and I'm sorry to be so forward. But I just–I want you to know something. I want you to–I need you to understand that you are safe. You, Junior, Holly... You are completely safe. Everything that I do–everything–I do it to protect this family.
So buying that car, that was protecting your family?
Okay, I... Alright, maybe it's a little flashy, but he needed a car, and I'm his father, and I should be able to get what he wants.
Skyler, it will crush him.
That car directly contradicts our story. And if you're so invested in protecting this family, it means protecting the story. What do you think the neighbors are gonna say, Walt? What about Hank and Marie? How about the IRS? What were you thinking, Walt?
I was thinking that I wanted to do something nice for my son. [beat] Look... I just worry that he'll blame you for this.
Oh, he will. Once again, he'll blame his bitch mother for taking away what his loving father has given him... So, thanks for that. [pause] But you know what, Walt? Someone has to protect this family from the man who protects this family.
