Breaking Bad mid-season premiere draws 5.9 million viewers + Blood Money recap

The mid-season premiere of Breaking Bad drew 5.9 million viewers which is by far the most in the show's history. Viewers for the episode called "Bloody Money" was double the number of viewers from last summer. According to AMC the number went high by up to 102% 3.6 million of these viewers were aged between 18-49. Breaking Bad is the second most watched show in that crowd after AMC's The Walking Dead.

Speaking of the episode Bloody Money, I can't help but talk about a thing or two (might contain spoilers so if you haven't watched the episode yet, keep on reading at your own risk). 

The episode starts off with future Walter visiting his house from the past. The most notable detail here is what is written on the wall near the entrance: Heisenberg. This possibly means that Walter's cover is blown especially considering how shocked Walter's neighbour was. So there are many questions in my head regarding this scene but I am going to hold onto them till I watch a couple of more episodes. 

After this episode we go back to where we left off Hank in the restroom where he finally figured out whom W.W. was referring to. In this episode he of course becomes obsessed by this that it actually affects him physically. As soon as he goes home he takes a couple of days off and he asks from his department to bring him all the cases that are related to Heisenberg.

As for Heisenberg himself, we find out in the episode that Walter's cancer is indeed back and it's been one month since he stopped cooking. Things are much better between him and Skyler but it is still obvious that Skyler still can't trust him. Things are looking up with the car-wash so Walter offers Skyler that they should buy a second one to prove that they are becoming successful and thus expanding their business. Skyler might not seem very happy with the idea but she says she will think about it and I think they will expand.

As for Jesse, he is a complete and utter mess. Ever since the show started I never thought Jesse as the emotional type. I thought it was Walter but the roles have been reversed since last season. Walter became the cold-hearted bastard whereas Jesse is practically trying to survive in a hell that he himself helped Walter create for him. The episode is called "Blood Money" because mainly it focuses on Jesse who is trying to find ways to get rid of this money which is 5 million dollars that has the blood of innocents on it. He wants to give half of the money to Mike's grand-daughter and half to the family of the innocent boy they killed. Walter is strongly against it and doesn't let Jesse do that. Jesse believes that Mike is dead and it was Walter who killed him. But Walter in his way makes him believe that Mike is actually alive. But it is clear that Jesse doesn't believe that. Anyway near the end of the episode Jesse drives in a neighbourhood and starts randomly throwing away the money. He also helps a homeless man by giving him big chunks of cash, even the poor man is bewildered. I am starting to believe that it will be Jesse that will bring an end to Heisenberg instead of Hank but we'll see. I think it'd be a more fitting end.

Speaking of Hank bringing an end to Heisenberg, Walter finds the gps tracker that Hank put in his car and goes to his house to confront him. This is when Hank tells Walter that he knows who he is and that he will put him in jail. Despite his efforts to act innocent, Walter can't get Hank to back down. This moment the poor innocent cancer victim Walter White disappears and the notorious criminal Heisenberg emerges (This is starting to sound like Dexter's Dark Passenger) clearly threatening Hank with the following line that marks the end of this thrilling episode: “If you don’t know who I am, then maybe your best course would be to tread lightly.”

This line will surely be in the Hall of Fame of Walter White quotes alongside "I am the danger" and "Say my name" and it's such a fantastic way to end the episode.

On a side note I think the Star Trek fan-fiction that Jesse's friend Badger writes deserves a spin-off. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Scotty beaming Chekov's guts into space in a pie-eating contest.