Skyler becomes suspicious of Hank’s behaviour.

Our season 2 cheat sheet – moments to remember

The season concludes with Saul drafting in ‘cleaner’ Mike to help deal with the fallout from Jane’s death, while her grief-stricken father – an air traffic controller – accidentally causes a plane crash over Albuquerque: a moment that was foreshadowed in the opening of every season 2 episode. Things take a dark turn as Jane later overdoses, with Walt standing over and refusing to help. When Walt holds back Jesse's share of the money, Jane threatens the former teacher by saying she will reveal the truth to his family if the money's not handed over. The demands of the cook mean Walt misses the birth of his daughter – and also drives a wedge between him and drug-addled Jesse. He puts the pair in touch with Gus Fring, a distributor who orders a large batch of meth. Walt and Jesse are introduced to Saul Goodman, a shady lawyer who helps legitimise the business of producing their now trademark crystal blue meth. Jesse eventually rents a place owned by Jane, a landlady who eventually begins a relationship with Jesse and gets him hooked on heroin. Jesse, meanwhile, draws the ire of his parents due to his erratic behaviour and drug use and is kicked out.

Post-Tuco, Walt explains his absence (having not been seen by Hank out in the desert) as being in a fugue-like state thanks to his chemotherapy. However, he is stopped from killing the pair after Hank arrives at the scene – killing Tuco during a shootout. Walt and Jesse concoct a plan to escape but, as they do so, Hector alerts Tuco. Salamance, though, can only communicate via a bell on his wheelchair after suffering a stroke. Season 2 begins with a manic Tuco killing his associates, kidnapping Walt and Jesse, and taking them to a shack in the desert where his uncle, Hector Salamanca, resides.

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