[Hank meets with Skyler and tries to convince her to turn against Walt]
Skyler, my–my head is spinning. And yours... I–I can't even imagine. So much makes sense to me now. You jumping in the pool. You sending us your kids, I get it. I just wished I'd seen it sooner. He's a monster. He's—Look, I don't know what he did to you to force you to keep his secrets. If he threatened you, or whatever mind games he played. I don't know if there was abuse. But I want you to know that you can be open with me. Don't hold anything back, okay? I mean, I don't even understand if you know the full extent of this, what he's done. Not just the meth cooking, but the lives he's destroyed. But look, that's all behind you. Starting now, you're done being his victim. Because here's what we're gonna do. Sky, here's what we're gonna do: You and the kids are gonna move back to our house where you'll be safe, where he can't get to you.
No, no, we'll get to that soon enough. It's just you and me right now, okay?
Before we, um, before we get you back to the house, I...
[Hank takes out a recording device and turns it on]
I'm gonna ask you to tell me everything you can. Um, take as long as you like. Just, um, start from the beginning when you first became aware of Walt's activities, and just– just try to be as detailed as you can.
Um, what? Right–Right here? Right now?
Sure, why not? While it's still fresh, you know? And just, um, just, um, remember to, um, just state your name and the date before you start.
Hank, do... do we have to–have to do this right now?
No, we—we don't have to do this right now. No. [turns off the recording device] But just here's the thing. You see, I need something solid that I can bring to my people. A statement on the record. So you testifying to Walt's criminal activities–whatever you know–can go a long, long way here. Okay, I mean, you see, building a case this big, gathering all this evidence, enough to get a conviction–we're talking a long-haul proposition here. And I don't want that bastard running out the clock. But with your testimony—
Wait, what do you mean "running out the clock?"
His cancer. His cancer's back. So he said. He didn't tell you? Who's to say it's even true? Lying piece of shit. Look, regardless, I mean, we'll just assume. Fine. Okay? You know what? That son of a bitch looks me in the eye and he says if what I know is true, if... he'll be dead before I can prove it. The balls on that son of a–I got all these little pieces. They're all part of the story, right? But they don't mean much on their own. But when you start telling me what you know, when you start filling the gaps, I'll have him in lockup before the sun goes down.
Hank, I... I... I think maybe... maybe I need a lawyer.
What? No, no, no, no, you don't.
Skyler, understand, I am here to help you. But to do that, I need your help. We start bringing in lawyers and they start putting up roadblocks where they don't need to be, and my ability to control the situation diminishes.
Just for my own protection. It just, you know, it seems to make sense that I should have someone to talk to.
Skyler, I am your–your biggest advocate here, and I'm telling you, for your own good, you need to get out ahead of this thing. I mean, you start–you know–getting defensive, I–I'm not saying it's right, but I'll tell you it's a fact. The D.A. will look at you differently.
Skyler, yes, I–I do. I've been around long enough to know. It's in your best interest to get out there and show the world you have nothing to hide. Look, no one in the world is more important to me than your sister. So believe me when I tell you that your best interest and mine are the same.
But Hank, you telling me not to talk to a lawyer doesn't sound like that at all. It sounds like what you want... What you want is to get Walter at all costs.
Okay. Okay. Let's just slow down. Slow down. You can. You can talk to a lawyer later. But right now, what we need to do, we need to go get the kids, we need to bring them to my house where they are safe. And then we need to help each other put this animal away, okay? [gets up from the table] Come on.
No, come on. Let's go to the house and we'll deal with it there. Come on.
[Hank sits back down.]
Skyler. I–I—You're not thinking straight about this. You have to listen to me. I–Skyler...
[Skyler gets up from the table. Hank also gets up and grabs her arm.]
Am I under arrest?! HANK, ARE YOU ARRESTING ME?
[Skyler violently shakes off Hank's grab and leaves the restaurant.]
[Walter is at Saul Goodman's office when his cell phone rings]
You don't have to do–You answer that phone and Schrader's on the other end of the line with a legal wire tap recording everything you say, you're not doing anybody any favors, except for him. In fact, why do you still have a battery in that thing? Take it out. They might be trying to triangulate your movements. I'm not being paranoid. Do it.
[takes battery out of phone] Can't believe she went to him.
She went right to him without even talking to me. Without a moment's hesitation.
I'm not saying it's not bad. It's bad. But it could be worse.
Really, how much worse could it be? Exactly, in your estimation?
What does she actually know? What has she seen, hmm? Nothing. It's hearsay. It's all he said, she said. I mean, the only real evidence that she can lead them to is the money, and once we take care of that, well... then they got nothing.
Nothing? Hank knows, that's not nothing.
Yeah. I can't exactly see him turning the other cheek. [pause] Of course, there's always, um...
Have you given any thought to, um, sending him to a trip to Belize?
Yeah, Belize. You know, where, um, where Mike went to. Off on a trip to, uh, Belize.
Saul, you better not be saying what I think you're saying.
It's just conjecture on my part.
Okay, it's an option that my—
It's an option that has worked very well for you in the recent past.
Jesus, what is wrong with you?!
My mistake! Family. Off limits. Of course. I'm just throwing thoughts out there. This is a safe room, right?
Jesus, "send him to Belize." I'll send you to Belize.
It's true. The cancer's back. Is this it?
Does that make you happy?
I can't remember the last time I was happy.
Just tell me. I know you talked with Hank. I know you made a deal. Skyler, I'll make this easy. I'll give myself up if you promise me one thing: You keep the money. Never speak of it, never give it up. You pass it on to our children, give them everything. Will you do that? Please? Please, don't let me have done all this for nothing.
The way Hank talks, he's got his suspicions. Not much else. You can't give yourself up without giving up the money. That's the way this works, Walt. So maybe our best move here is to stay quiet.
[Hank talks to Marie about his mixed feelings regarding going after Walt]
Look, the day I go in with this, it's the last day of my career, Marie. I'm going to have to walk in there, look those people in the eye and admit that the person I've been chasing the past year is my own brother-in-law. It's over for me. Ten seconds after I tell this story, I'm a civilian. Then how can we help Skyler when she comes to her senses? When I go in there, I'm bringing proof. Not suspicion. I can be the man who caught him, at least.
