- This article is about Breaking Bad episode. For the Navajo reservation, see Tohajiilee Indian Reservation. For the track by Dave Porter, see Breaking Bad: Original Score From The Television Series, Vol. 2.
"To'hajiilee" is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of Breaking Bad and the fifty-ninth episode altogether.
Summary[]
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Jack, Kenny and Lydia observe the final stage of Todd's cook at Jack's compound. Todd measures the meth at 76% purity, but Lydia is not happy since the meth is not blue, which is what her customers in the Czech Republic desire. Jack begins a long discussion of a strained perception of blue, with which everyone except Lydia eventually agrees. Later, Todd brings her tea and says he can get better at cooking with practice. Uncomfortable with how close Todd is standing to her, Lydia says that she needs to catch a flight. However, she looks him the eyes and tells him she appreciates his desire to improve the product and to find a way to retain the blue color. As she walks away, Todd longingly contemplates a lipstick mark she left on the mug. Just then, he receives the phone call from Walt, requesting Jack's services for "another job." Todd initially believes that this is another prison murder with multiple targets, but Walt clarifies that it's just one target who's not in prison: Jesse Pinkman.
Act I[]
Gomez listens to Jesse's plan
Hank and Gomez discuss their options after the failed sting. Jesse tells them that since they need solid evidence of Walt's criminal activities, there is one thing that accounts for it: his money. Jesse admits that while he doesn't know where the money is, he knows of someone who does. At the Schrader residence, Gomez brings a package of meat and notifies Hank that they picked up the person Jesse was speaking about: Huell Babineaux, whom they have stashed at a DEA safe house. Gomez tells Hank that they have no probable cause to detain Huell, and that if he decides to seek a lawyer, they'll be forced to let him go. Hank is not worried and drops the meat package on the floor, revealing a shredded animal brain. After spreading it around on the floor, he indicates to Jesse that he is up next.
At the safehouse, Hank and Gomez tell Huell that he is not under arrest but rather that they are keeping him here for his own protection. They tell him that they wiretapped Saul's phone and overheard that Walt is getting rid of anyone connected to his crimes, including the poisoning of Brock and that Huell himself is next on the hit list. When Huell calls Hank's bluff, Hank shows him the picture of Jesse with the animal brains next to his head, making it seem like it is a crime scene photo of Jesse after he had been killed by Walt. Huell then cries that he didn't know Walt would kill Jesse. When asked about the money, Huell explains that he and Kuby collected Walt's money, which was put into seven plastic 55-gallon barrels inside a van they rented from Lariat Rent-A-Car. Huell adds that when Walt returned, the van was dirty, leaving him and Kuby to give it a wash before they returned it. Hank and Gomez seem to be content with the information; Hank tells Huell that while he is free to leave as he is not under arrest, it would be in his best safety to stay at the safe house, adding that he should not attempt to contact Saul or Kuby since their phones are being monitored.
Walt and Todd meet up with Jack and Kenny to kill Jesse; Jack initially believes that Walt wants Jesse killed because Jesse is a snitch, but Walt claims that Jesse has not ratted them out. He cites that he wants Jesse killed because Jesse poses a danger to them, but states that Jesse is family to him and therefore he wants Jesse's death to be quick and painless. When trying to discuss payment, Jack states that they will only do it if Walt returns to cooking meth. Walt adamantly refuses and offers to pay triple of what he paid for the prison job, but Jack insists that the only payment he will accept is Walt's return to cooking, as Todd needs more tutelage to refine purity percentage and get the blue coloring right. Walt then reluctantly agrees to one more cook, but only after Jesse is killed. With the terms set, Jack asks Walt where they can find Jesse; Walt replies that while he doesn't know where Jesse is, he knows how to get Jesse out of hiding.
Act II[]
Walt visits Andrea
Walt pays a visit to Andrea's house, where he tells her that Jesse has been missing for a few days, and that he can not be found at home nor is he answering Walt's calls; he also adds that Jesse has gone back to using drugs again. Walt tells her that he hashad a recent argument with Jesse and therefore is unable to tell whether Jesse is not returning his calls out of anger or if he is truly missing. Andrea suggests calling Saul, but Walt tells her that he did that already and all Saul could confirm that Jesse had no been picked up by the authorities. Andrea then calls Jesse, with Walt providing his new number, and leaves a voicemail message that Walt is at her house and that they are worried about him. Walt then leaves the house and returns to his car. He then looks at another car, containing Kenny and another member of Jack's gang, who are parked outside Andrea's house. He calls Kenny and reminds him that Jesse's death is to be painless and to ensure that neither Andrea nor Brock are involved.
Hank pulls up into his driveway and listens to Walt's voice message, as he is still in possession of Jesse's burner phone. He scoffs at the message, able to tell that it was a clear attempt to lure Jesse there, and disregards the message. He then enters the house, where Gomez and Jesse are waiting for him. Gomez tells Hank that the rental agency does not have GPS trackers on their vans, leaving them unable to discover where Walt went. However, Hank remembers that Huell said that the van was dirty, indicating that Walt buried the money. As they also know what kind of barrels had been used, Hank has a plan to trick Walt, since Walt would not know that the rental vans lack GPS tracking.
Act III[]
Skyler and Walt Jr. talking to Saul
At the car wash, Skyler is teaching Walt Jr. how to ring customers up when Saul arrives to have his car detailed. Skyler is quietly furious at Saul's presence, while Junior is starstruck. Outside, Saul is directing an employee to make sure the interior is thoroughly cleaned. Walt then approaches him and demands to know what he's doing there, and Saul grumbles that he hopes there are no longer any traces of meth in his car. Walt inquires as to why Saul has not picked up any of his burner phones, and Saul indicates that he threw them all away and tells Walt that Huell has disappeared, believing that Jesse killed him. Walt denies that Jesse could resort to a killing spree, although Saul is skeptical, while Skyler watches them from the window. When Walt returns inside, Skyler inquires about his progress on taking out Jesse, although Walt does not respond.
Sometime later, while at the car wash, Walt receives a photo message of an unearthed barrel containing millions in cash. Walt panicks just as his phone rings. Answering the call, Jesse asks him if he recognizes the barrel and gloats that he has found six more barrels just like it. Walt runs out of the car wash and gets into his car before speeding through the streets. On the call, Jesse tells him that he kidnapped Huell and forced him to tell him about the rental van used, and that the rental agency had GPS tracking on the van, allowing him to find out where Walt buried the money. He tells Walt to hurry up and get there, and that he will burn $10,000 for every minute that Walt is not there, beginning now; he adds that Walt is to stay on the call the entire time, and if for any reason the call is disconnected, he would burn all of Walt's cash.
As he drives recklessly, Walt yells that his cancer has returned and that the money isn't for him, but for his family, and that Jesse would only be hurting them. Jesse scoffs that Walt should not be talking about family after what he did for Brock. Walt apologizes for what he did for Brock, but Jesse dismisses him, promoting Walt to retort that even though he did poison Brock, at least Brock lived, and clarifies that he never would have killed Brock and gave him the exact amount of poison to get Jesse back on his side. Jesse calls him out for his manipulative tactics, but Walt justifies that he did it so that the pair could kill Gus; in the heat of the moment, Walt incriminates himself as he yells that he ran over the gangbangers and killed Emilio and killed Krazy-8 to save Jesse's life as much as he needed to save his. However, Jesse no longer responds.
Walt spots a vehicle approaching
Walt arrives at the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation, and frantically tells Jesse on the phone that he is there. However, upon looking around, Walt sees no one there, and realizes Jesse has lured him into a trap. Pulling out his gun, Walt realizes that Jesse telling him not to hang up was so that his location could be traced. Walt disconnects the call and pulls the battery out of his phone, but then quickly puts the battery back in to place a call to Jack, lying that he can see Jesse but that Jesse has backup. He gives Jack the coordinates of his location as he notices a SUV approaching through the desert. He spots three people inside the vehicle and tells Jack that Jesse has two people with him. As the SUV comes to a stop, Hank and Gomez exit the vehicle along with Jesse, causing Walt to realize with horror that Jesse is working with the DEA and indeed has snitched on him. Not wanting Hank to be killed, he tells Jack to "forget it" and to not come before disconnecting the call.
Act IV[]
Walt calls Jesse a coward
Walt remains hidden behind a rock as Hank yells at him to come out and reveal himself. Accepting defeat, Walt emerges from his hiding spot and throws down his gun. He then follows Hank's instructions to put his hands up and walk towards them slowly until Hank handcuffs him. Hank then shows him the photo of the barrel and tells him that he staged it outside of his backyard where Walt and him have done cookouts before. He states out loud that Gomez wondered whether Walt would notice that the dirt wasn't the same as the one in the desert, but that he correctly surmised that Walt would be too fixated on his money being burned that he would not have paid attention. Hank then reads him his Miranda rights, but Walt just glares at Jesse and calls him a coward, to which Jesse responds by spitting in his face. Jesse then tries attacking Walt, forcing Hank and Gomez to split them up; Hank puts Walt in the SUV while Gomez urges Jesse to go sit in Walt's car.
Hank tells Gomez that he needs to call the tribal police to inform them of the arrest they made on Native land. However, he decides to first call Marie to share the news of Walt's arrest. Marie is overjoyed that Hank was caught Walt, and Hank gleefully tells her that he did it. He then tells her that the proceedings might take a while so he might not return home for a while, and tells her that he loves her. She replies that she loves him too, and the pair hang up. Inside the SUV, Walt sees Jack's gang arriving in their vehicles having ignored his attempt to call them off, much to his horror. He tries yelling to alert Hank, but Hank cannot hear him as the windows are closed. Before Hank can make another call, Gomez alerts him to the two vehicles approaching them.
Jack, Kenny, Todd and three other neo-Nazis get out of the vehicles and draw their weapons; Hank and Gomez draw theirs in response. Hank yells at them to lower their guns and tells them that they are police, to which Jack responds that if they are, they'll need to see badges. Knowing that they'll need to lower their guns to show their badges, neither Hank nor Gomez proceed to do so. Walt screams in the vehicle at Jack to not shoot as he had called it off, but no one can hear him. Kenny then opens fire, resulting in a massive shootout. Jesse gets down in Walt's car as Walt tries to get down himself as the SUV is riddled with bullets.
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Trivia[]
- Tohajiilee is the name of a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. It was the site of Walter and Jesse's first cooking session ("Pilot"), as well as the burial place of Walt's money. ("Buried")
- Jesse calls Walter "Walt" instead of Mr. White, which is the name he usually calls him. This is the second and last time in the series that Jesse calls Walter "Walt," the first being in the season 2 episode "Breakage".
- This is the first and only time that Walt Jr. and Saul have met.
- The mug that Todd gives to Lydia for her tea has a picture of an American flag, and says "These colors do not run." The phrase "These colors do not run" is also seen on a shirt worn by Saul in the Better Call Saul episode "Bad Choice Road".
- Jack suggests they use blue food coloring to color the meth Todd cooked the proper blue color and better pass off the meth as authentic Blue Sky. In "Say My Name", Walt revealed that Declan did the same thing. Many meth dealers in real life also used this technique as the show grew in popularity.
- This is the last time Gustavo Fring, Krazy-8, Emilio Koyama and the Rival Dealers are mentioned in the series.
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Featured Music[]
- "Oh Sherrie" by Steve Perry (playing in the warehouse as Todd delivers Lydia's tea)
- "Thunder Island" by Jay Ferguson (playing from the warehouse as Todd traces Lydia's lipstick on the mug)
- "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby (Todd's ringtone)
- "Hello Kitty Wonderland" by M3m (Once again, from Andrea's message Jesse's ringtone is heard)
- "Smiles" by James Tayor (at the carwash)
- "Movin' On" by Frank Josephs (at the carwash)
- "To'hajiilee" by Dave Porter (as Walt races to Tohajiilee)
- "Hank's Last Stand" by Dave Porter (during the stand-off between Hank, Gomez & the White Supremacist Gang)
Memorable Quotes[]
- "Open your eyes! Can't you see that I needed you on my side to kill Gus. I ran over those gang bangers, I killed Emilio and Krazy-8, why? I did all of things to try and save your life as much as mine! But only you're too stupid to know it!"
- ―Walt to Jesse about how much he cares for him.
- "Walter White, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney and have an attorney present during questioning. If you can’t afford an attorney, one will be provided for you at the government’s expense. Do you understand these rights as I have just recited them to you?"
- ―Hank reading Walt his Miranda right’s as Walt stares at Jesse.