Flack wrote:

S01E05 - "Gray Matter"

After watching episode 4 I was unclear as to why Walt was uninterested in treatment. That was cleared up in episode 5 (while Walt had "the speaking pillow"). Here's a guy who doesn't get to make any decisions in his life, and now he's choosing how he wants to go out. I can't imagine with a kid on the way I would make the same choice; then again, until you're in that position, who can say what any of us would do.

We learned a little more about Walt's character; that is, he has some. When he sniffs a handout for his cancer treatment, he walks away. This 50 year old guy has been beat down by the system. He's watched his old colleagues go on to make fortunes while he pursued teaching at a high school (we're not sure why, yet) and has to have significant financial issues (his son as cerebral palsy, his wife doesn't work, and he teaches high school), and yet he's still unwilling to take a 90k handout. So ... good for him (?)

In this episode Jesse makes a weak attempt to go straight by applying for a job, but it's a small town and within 5 minutes he has already run into someone willing to cook with him.

And as these two characters are once again drawn to one another, they see what we see -- they need each other. Jesse needs Walt's cooking skills. Walt needs Jesse's ability to make cash.

I thought episode 5 was going to be about the two of them cooking. Looks like that's where 6 will pick up.

Oh, and we met the Badger.