WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.879 Welcome back to another deep dive. I have to 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.500 tell you right up front, I actually have my water 00:00:05.500 --> 00:00:07.980 bottle right here next to me. Oh, that is a very 00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:10.859 smart move today. Full to the absolute brim, 00:00:10.900 --> 00:00:12.919 and I have honestly never been more grateful 00:00:12.919 --> 00:00:15.720 for it. I mean, considering where we are going 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.100 today, I don't blame you at all. Right, because 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:21.140 today we are heading to a place where water is 00:00:21.140 --> 00:00:24.399 literally more valuable than gold. Or diamonds. 00:00:24.960 --> 00:00:28.260 Exactly. And certainly more valuable than the 00:00:28.260 --> 00:00:30.059 millions of dollars of methamphetamine just sitting 00:00:30.059 --> 00:00:32.219 in the back of an old RV. It sounds like we are 00:00:32.219 --> 00:00:34.200 heading straight into some incredibly hostile 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:36.740 territory. We are heading into an absolute furnace. 00:00:37.020 --> 00:00:39.439 I want you to really picture this scene. The 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:42.740 vast, unforgiving New Mexico desert. Just miles 00:00:42.740 --> 00:00:44.899 of nothing. Right. It is the kind of landscape 00:00:44.899 --> 00:00:47.500 that looks, you know, gorgeous on a postcard. 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.740 But it feels like it is actively trying to kill 00:00:50.740 --> 00:00:52.979 you if you stand in it for more than 10 minutes. 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.460 Oh, absolutely. The sun is just this physical 00:00:55.460 --> 00:00:58.200 weight on your shoulders. And the air is so dry, 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:00.340 it just sucks the moisture right out of your 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:03.500 skin. And right in the middle of this absolute 00:01:03.500 --> 00:01:07.500 nothingness, there is a 1986 Fleetwood Bounder 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:10.879 RV. Ah, yes, the Crystal Ship. The Crystal Ship. 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:14.700 And inside that ship are two men who are essentially 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:17.819 melting. They're trapped in this literal and 00:01:17.819 --> 00:01:19.980 metaphorical pressure cooker of their own making. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:21.959 We are, of course, talking about Breaking Bad 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:25.099 season two, episode nine. Titled Four Days Out. 00:01:25.219 --> 00:01:27.239 Which is just a legendary hour of television. 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:29.319 I mean, when you talk to fans of the show or 00:01:29.319 --> 00:01:31.719 even television critics who analyze that whole 00:01:31.719 --> 00:01:34.420 golden age of TV era, this one frequently comes 00:01:34.420 --> 00:01:37.640 up as a masterclass. For sure. It is tight, it 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:40.359 is terrifying, and it is so deeply character 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:42.459 driven. And it has that classic bottle episode 00:01:42.459 --> 00:01:44.200 feel to it, right? It does, but, you know, with 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:47.349 a massive twist. because usually a bottle episode 00:01:47.349 --> 00:01:49.569 is designed to save money. Right, you just lock 00:01:49.569 --> 00:01:51.709 the cast in a single room. Like the fly episode 00:01:51.709 --> 00:01:53.469 they do later in the series, you just let the 00:01:53.469 --> 00:01:55.489 characters talk. It saves on location costs, 00:01:55.650 --> 00:01:58.430 it saves on guest stars. But Four Days Out is 00:01:58.430 --> 00:02:01.680 so interesting because... While it isolates the 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.140 characters exactly like a bottle episode would, 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.879 it was absolutely not a cheap shoot. No, no. 00:02:06.939 --> 00:02:09.919 They hauled that massive RV out into the actual 00:02:09.919 --> 00:02:13.060 desert. They were dealing with real location, 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:15.939 shooting the natural lighting, all the harsh 00:02:15.939 --> 00:02:18.759 elements. So it gives you that intense psychological 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:21.620 claustrophobia of a bottle episode, but it has 00:02:21.620 --> 00:02:24.990 the cinematic scope. of a grand western. It really 00:02:24.990 --> 00:02:27.590 does feel like a western. Two desperate outlaws 00:02:27.590 --> 00:02:29.870 stranded out on the frontier. But before we get 00:02:29.870 --> 00:02:33.180 into the whole survival horror aspect of it. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:35.199 Because it definitely turns into a horror movie. 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:37.740 Oh, very quickly. But first, we need to set the 00:02:37.740 --> 00:02:40.000 stage based on our source material today. We 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.780 are pulling directly from the Wikipedia entry 00:02:41.780 --> 00:02:43.960 for four days out to really unpack this. And 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:45.780 we have a lot of ground to cover. We are looking 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:47.719 at the plot mechanics, the production notes, 00:02:47.939 --> 00:02:49.860 the critical reception. We are going to break 00:02:49.860 --> 00:02:53.340 down exactly how a seemingly perfect plan turns 00:02:53.340 --> 00:02:55.479 into a near death experience. For context, this 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:59.319 episode aired on May 3rd. 2009. Directed by the 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:01.379 brilliant Michelle McLaren and written by Sam 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:03.759 Catlin. And the mission of our deep dive today 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:06.879 is to really look at the anatomy of a disaster. 00:03:07.050 --> 00:03:09.909 because this isn't a situation where a meteor 00:03:09.909 --> 00:03:12.610 just randomly hits the RV. Right. It is not some 00:03:12.610 --> 00:03:15.490 unpredictable act of God. Exactly. It is a very 00:03:15.490 --> 00:03:18.509 predictable cascade of human error, just a series 00:03:18.509 --> 00:03:21.310 of small, seemingly insignificant mistakes that 00:03:21.310 --> 00:03:24.110 just pile up until they become fatal. It is the 00:03:24.110 --> 00:03:27.050 butterfly effect, but with meth and dead batteries. 00:03:27.349 --> 00:03:29.469 I love that. And beyond the mechanics, we really 00:03:29.469 --> 00:03:31.590 need to look at the psychology here. We have 00:03:31.590 --> 00:03:34.289 Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. The teacher and 00:03:34.289 --> 00:03:36.530 the student. The master. and the apprentice. 00:03:37.030 --> 00:03:38.770 Yeah. Usually, Walt holds all the cards right. 00:03:38.810 --> 00:03:41.530 He is the intellect. He's the authority figure. 00:03:41.750 --> 00:03:44.189 But when you strip away civilization completely, 00:03:44.270 --> 00:03:46.289 when you take away the classroom and the controlled 00:03:46.289 --> 00:03:48.629 lab environment and just drop them into a brutal 00:03:48.629 --> 00:03:51.349 survival situation, that power dynamic shifts 00:03:51.349 --> 00:03:53.990 violently. It really does. And I am especially 00:03:53.990 --> 00:03:56.069 focused on the psychological implications of 00:03:56.069 --> 00:03:58.270 how this whole ordeal wraps up. Oh, the ending. 00:03:58.449 --> 00:04:00.189 I mean, I don't want to spoil it right this second 00:04:00.189 --> 00:04:02.030 for anyone listening who somehow hasn't seen 00:04:02.030 --> 00:04:04.810 it. But the ending of this episode completely 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:08.379 defines the concept of good news. It is one of 00:04:08.379 --> 00:04:11.900 the most twisted psychological reveals in the 00:04:11.900 --> 00:04:15.699 entire run of the show. It creates this fascinating 00:04:15.699 --> 00:04:18.420 paradox that we absolutely have to unpack later. 00:04:18.680 --> 00:04:21.319 So to everyone listening, definitely buckle up, 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:23.740 check your fuel gauge, make sure you haven't 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:25.680 left your keys in the ignition. Good advice. 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:28.800 Let's dive into four days out. We really have 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:30.540 to start with the catalyst for this whole thing. 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.399 Part one. Why are they out there in the first 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:35.180 place? Right, because they didn't just wake up 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:37.759 and decide to go on a fun camping trip. No, the 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:40.759 motivation here is incredibly grim. It is entirely 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:43.180 rooted in mortality. We have to remember where 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:45.839 we are in the timeline. It is the middle of season 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:48.860 two. Walter White has been cooking meth specifically 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:51.300 to leave a financial nest egg for his family 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:53.540 because he has terminal lung cancer. Exactly. 00:04:53.899 --> 00:04:56.339 He has been undergoing grueling chemotherapy. 00:04:56.699 --> 00:04:59.019 He is losing his hair. He is losing weight and 00:04:59.019 --> 00:05:01.740 he is just constantly nauseous. And early in 00:05:01.740 --> 00:05:03.560 this episode, we start with a medical appointment, 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:06.139 a routine checkup. He goes to the hospital for 00:05:06.139 --> 00:05:09.779 a CT scan and a PT scan. The medical goal here 00:05:09.779 --> 00:05:12.720 is just to see if the chemotherapy has had any 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.360 actual effect on the size of his tumor. And anyone 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:18.019 who has dealt with cancer either personally or 00:05:18.019 --> 00:05:20.480 with a loved one knows that what they call sk 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:23.579 -anxiety is a very real thing. Oh, the waiting 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:26.319 is absolute torture. And the source material 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.879 specifically notes that the doctor tells Walt 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.379 the official results won't be ready for a week. 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:34.439 Can you imagine that? It is horrifying. You are 00:05:34.439 --> 00:05:36.939 staring down the barrel of a gun, and the doctor 00:05:36.939 --> 00:05:38.980 essentially says, come back next Tuesday, and 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:40.500 I will tell you if the bullet is in the chamber. 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:43.540 It is an agonizing position to be in. But Walt 00:05:43.540 --> 00:05:45.800 is a man of action, and perhaps more importantly, 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.060 he's a man of profound arrogance. Yes he is. 00:05:49.319 --> 00:05:51.980 He believes in his own intellect above absolutely 00:05:51.980 --> 00:05:53.860 everything else. So while the doctor happens 00:05:53.860 --> 00:05:56.040 to be out of the room or while the scan is just 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:58.579 coming up on the monitor, Walt decides to look 00:05:58.579 --> 00:06:00.899 at the screen himself. He peeks at his own scan. 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:04.240 He does a lot more than peek. He analyzes it. 00:06:04.329 --> 00:06:07.269 He looks at the image of his lungs and he spots 00:06:07.269 --> 00:06:09.790 what the source describes as a prominent growth 00:06:09.790 --> 00:06:13.069 in the left lung. It's this big white blob. A 00:06:13.069 --> 00:06:16.329 blob, exactly. Now, a trained radiologist spends 00:06:16.329 --> 00:06:19.149 years learning how to properly interpret these 00:06:19.149 --> 00:06:21.329 grayscale images. Right, because a shadow could 00:06:21.329 --> 00:06:23.470 be anything. Exactly. It can be fluid. It can 00:06:23.470 --> 00:06:26.129 be scar tissue. It can just be localized inflammation. 00:06:26.430 --> 00:06:29.689 But Walt... Walt sees a white spot on a screen 00:06:29.689 --> 00:06:33.470 and his brain just immediately locks on to the 00:06:33.470 --> 00:06:35.779 absolute worst -case scenario. He plays doctor. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.199 He decides right there in that cold little hospital 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:40.819 room that his cancer has spread. He diagnoses 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:43.180 himself. He thinks the tumor has grown and that 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:46.180 the chemo has completely failed. He interprets 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:48.939 that fuzzy image as an immediate, unappealable 00:06:48.939 --> 00:06:51.160 death sentence. In his mind, the clock hasn't 00:06:51.160 --> 00:06:53.279 just kept ticking at his completely jumped forward. 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.220 He doesn't think he has a year anymore. He thinks 00:06:55.220 --> 00:06:58.209 he maybe has weeks, maybe even just days. And 00:06:58.209 --> 00:07:01.230 this detail is so crucial to his character. He 00:07:01.230 --> 00:07:03.709 doesn't ask the doctor. He doesn't wait for the 00:07:03.709 --> 00:07:06.089 official medical report. He just takes his own 00:07:06.089 --> 00:07:09.149 amateur interpretation as absolute scientific 00:07:09.149 --> 00:07:12.069 fact. This is that classic hubris we always talk 00:07:12.069 --> 00:07:14.589 about with Walt. He assumes that because he's 00:07:14.589 --> 00:07:17.189 a genius chemist, he's automatically a genius 00:07:17.189 --> 00:07:20.089 doctor too. And a genius lawyer and a genius 00:07:20.089 --> 00:07:22.810 criminal. Right. It is the ego taking the wheel. 00:07:23.129 --> 00:07:25.870 And that hasty self -diagnosis triggers a full 00:07:25.870 --> 00:07:28.689 -blown internal panic. But interestingly, it 00:07:28.689 --> 00:07:30.910 is not really a panic about the act of dying 00:07:30.910 --> 00:07:33.670 itself. No, it is a panic about money. The financial 00:07:33.670 --> 00:07:36.009 panic. He goes home and he immediately starts 00:07:36.009 --> 00:07:38.269 crunching the numbers. We literally see him writing 00:07:38.269 --> 00:07:40.449 it all down. He is looking at the cost of the 00:07:40.449 --> 00:07:42.610 medical treatments, the potential cost of surgery, 00:07:42.829 --> 00:07:44.870 the basic cost of living for his family. And 00:07:44.870 --> 00:07:47.389 then he has to factor in a massive new expense, 00:07:47.509 --> 00:07:51.250 which is Saul Goodman. Ah, Saul. The criminal 00:07:51.250 --> 00:07:53.649 lawyer. Saul is a necessary evil for them at 00:07:53.649 --> 00:07:56.310 this point, but he is a very expensive one. Saul 00:07:56.310 --> 00:07:59.470 takes a significant cut just to launder Walt's 00:07:59.470 --> 00:08:02.029 drug money. So Walt realizes that despite all 00:08:02.029 --> 00:08:04.850 the crazy risks he has taken, despite the people 00:08:04.850 --> 00:08:07.310 he has literally killed or hurt, he is running 00:08:07.310 --> 00:08:10.910 a deficit. Yes. If he dies next week, he leaves 00:08:10.910 --> 00:08:13.480 his family with almost nothing. That realization 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:16.579 has to be absolutely crushing for him. The entire 00:08:16.579 --> 00:08:18.819 moral justification for breaking bad in the first 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:21.720 place was to provide for them. Right. If he fails 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:25.339 at the providing part, he is just a dying criminal 00:08:25.339 --> 00:08:28.879 who ruined his family's reputation for zero actual 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:31.800 gain. So he enters the state of frantic manic 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.009 urgency. He decides he needs to cook. and he 00:08:35.009 --> 00:08:37.149 needs to cook every single drop of chemical they 00:08:37.149 --> 00:08:39.610 have. He calculates they have enough metholamine 00:08:39.610 --> 00:08:42.389 to produce a massive amount of product, but the 00:08:42.389 --> 00:08:44.820 catch is... They need to do it right now. But 00:08:44.820 --> 00:08:47.019 there is a major problem with that plan. The 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:49.100 other half of the team, Jesse Pinkman, is not 00:08:49.100 --> 00:08:51.639 exactly in a heavy work mode right now. No, Jesse's 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:54.299 actually in a relatively good place emotionally 00:08:54.299 --> 00:08:56.980 for once. He is dating his landlord, Jane Margolis. 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.179 He is really trying to put some of his recent 00:08:59.179 --> 00:09:02.080 trauma behind him. He is absolutely not interested 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:04.299 in driving out into the blazing desert for a 00:09:04.299 --> 00:09:06.980 four -day weekend of intense manual labor. So 00:09:06.980 --> 00:09:10.830 Walt does what Walt always does best. He lies. 00:09:11.129 --> 00:09:13.750 He manipulates the kid. He tells Jesse that their 00:09:13.750 --> 00:09:17.110 supply of Methylamine is going to spoil. Spoil? 00:09:17.509 --> 00:09:19.730 I always love that specific detail. It sounds 00:09:19.730 --> 00:09:21.750 so plausible if you don't know anything about 00:09:21.750 --> 00:09:23.970 chemistry. Right, like it is just a carton of 00:09:23.970 --> 00:09:25.629 milk that somebody left out on the kitchen counter. 00:09:25.850 --> 00:09:29.230 But it is chemically absurd. Methylamine is a 00:09:29.230 --> 00:09:31.769 highly stable industrial chemical. It does not 00:09:31.769 --> 00:09:33.889 go bad in a few days. But Walt knows perfectly 00:09:33.889 --> 00:09:36.750 well that Jesse doesn't know that. Exactly. Walt 00:09:36.750 --> 00:09:39.250 weaponizes his authority as the scientist to 00:09:39.250 --> 00:09:42.049 trick Jesse into compliance. He invents this 00:09:42.049 --> 00:09:44.830 fake emergency just to solve his own internal 00:09:44.830 --> 00:09:47.450 crisis. It is just classic high pressure sales 00:09:47.450 --> 00:09:50.710 tactics. We have to go right now or we lose absolutely 00:09:50.710 --> 00:09:52.909 everything. And then Walt has to cover his tracks 00:09:52.909 --> 00:09:56.129 on the home front, too. He tells Skyler the most 00:09:56.129 --> 00:09:58.389 classic lie in the book. He says, I am going 00:09:58.389 --> 00:10:00.450 to visit my mother. The mother who is living 00:10:00.450 --> 00:10:02.490 in a nursing home several states away, right? 00:10:02.649 --> 00:10:06.629 Right. It is a highly strategic lie. Skyler isn't 00:10:06.629 --> 00:10:08.549 exactly on great terms with her, so she isn't 00:10:08.549 --> 00:10:10.129 going to call his mother to check up on him. 00:10:10.429 --> 00:10:12.830 So it is the perfect cover story for a few days 00:10:12.830 --> 00:10:15.970 of total radio silence. But I want you to really 00:10:15.970 --> 00:10:18.409 think about what this means on an emotional level 00:10:18.409 --> 00:10:22.169 for Walt. He genuinely believes he is actively 00:10:22.169 --> 00:10:24.750 dying. He believes these might actually be his 00:10:24.750 --> 00:10:27.409 final days on Earth. And instead of spending 00:10:27.409 --> 00:10:29.669 those precious final days with his wife, with 00:10:29.669 --> 00:10:32.769 his teenage son, with his unborn baby. He isolates 00:10:32.769 --> 00:10:35.190 himself completely. He builds this massive wall 00:10:35.190 --> 00:10:38.429 of lies just so he can go perform this twisted 00:10:38.429 --> 00:10:41.850 act of love out in the dirt. It is deeply tragic, 00:10:41.870 --> 00:10:44.549 really. He is actively destroying his connection 00:10:44.549 --> 00:10:47.429 to his family in order to supposedly save his 00:10:47.429 --> 00:10:50.110 family. That is the central paradox of Walter 00:10:50.110 --> 00:10:52.450 White's entire existence. So the plan is set. 00:10:52.769 --> 00:10:55.009 They load up the RV. They pack all the equipment, 00:10:55.149 --> 00:10:57.429 the glass, the chemicals, the funions. Can't 00:10:57.429 --> 00:10:59.929 forget the funions. And they head out. This brings 00:10:59.929 --> 00:11:02.889 us to part two, into the desert. And the source 00:11:02.889 --> 00:11:05.090 material emphasizes that they go deep into the 00:11:05.090 --> 00:11:07.070 desert. They don't just park at the local junkyard 00:11:07.070 --> 00:11:09.860 this time. They drive miles and miles completely 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:13.259 off the paved roads, deep into this remote scrubland, 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:15.519 just to ensure they won't be found by anybody. 00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:18.379 They want absolutely zero chance of interruption. 00:11:18.899 --> 00:11:21.399 They find a spot that is just perfectly isolated. 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:25.399 It is nothing but sky dirt and brutal heat. And 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:29.080 they get straight to work. Now, the show itself 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:31.000 often makes the cooking process look kind of 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.539 cool. Oh, yeah. We usually get those slick montages 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:36.850 with the upbeat music. But this specific episode 00:11:36.850 --> 00:11:39.429 makes it very clear that this is a punishing 00:11:39.429 --> 00:11:43.029 grind. This is hard, toxic, industrial labor. 00:11:43.210 --> 00:11:45.370 It is a marathon session. They are working around 00:11:45.370 --> 00:11:47.789 the clock. And remember the physical environment 00:11:47.789 --> 00:11:50.409 they are in. They are inside a giant metal box 00:11:50.409 --> 00:11:52.769 sitting directly in the desert sun. They're wearing 00:11:52.769 --> 00:11:55.690 full hazmat suits, heavy breathing respirators, 00:11:55.870 --> 00:11:58.129 thick rubber gloves. It has to be easily 120 00:11:58.129 --> 00:12:00.789 degrees inside that RV. And Walt is a sick man. 00:12:01.110 --> 00:12:03.990 He's coughing. He's physically weak. but he just 00:12:03.990 --> 00:12:06.110 pushes through the pain. He is entirely fueled 00:12:06.110 --> 00:12:08.750 by adrenaline and sheer terror. Every single 00:12:08.750 --> 00:12:10.970 ounce of crisple he sees as a dollar sign for 00:12:10.970 --> 00:12:13.590 Skyler and Walter Jr. He drives Jesse relentlessly. 00:12:13.909 --> 00:12:15.750 It is just keep cooking, keep cleaning, and start 00:12:15.750 --> 00:12:19.409 the next batch over and over. And the final yield 00:12:19.409 --> 00:12:22.330 from all that labor, it is absolutely staggering. 00:12:22.690 --> 00:12:25.529 It is the biggest cook they have ever done by 00:12:25.529 --> 00:12:28.889 far. Walt estimates they have produced 42 pounds 00:12:28.889 --> 00:12:31.669 of methamphetamine. 42 pounds. I mean, that is 00:12:31.669 --> 00:12:34.399 just a... comical amount of illegal drugs to 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:36.539 be sitting next to. And Walt, being the human 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:38.840 calculator he is, immediately breaks down the 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:40.940 street value. He estimates that even if they 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:43.179 sell it at a lower wholesale price, just to get 00:12:43.179 --> 00:12:45.639 rid of it quickly, it is worth approximately 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:53.659 $672 ,000 each. $672 ,000 in cold cash from one 00:12:53.659 --> 00:12:56.899 single weekend of work. For a high school chemistry 00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:59.639 teacher who has been terrified about paying his 00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:02.090 mortgage. This is it. This is his magic number. 00:13:02.269 --> 00:13:04.789 This is the absolute finish line for him. He 00:13:04.789 --> 00:13:07.129 has done it. He has secured the nest egg for 00:13:07.129 --> 00:13:09.529 his family. And that specific feeling right there, 00:13:09.649 --> 00:13:12.090 that rare moment of pure triumph, that is the 00:13:12.090 --> 00:13:14.649 exact pivot point of the entire episode. Because 00:13:14.649 --> 00:13:17.190 up until that exact moment, it is playing out 00:13:17.190 --> 00:13:19.470 like a heist movie. It is a caper. They pull 00:13:19.470 --> 00:13:22.070 off the big job. But then the mood shifts entirely. 00:13:22.250 --> 00:13:24.669 The frantic working energy dissipates. They are 00:13:24.669 --> 00:13:27.049 filthy. They are exhausted. But they are ecstatic. 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:30.000 They finally strip off those awful suits. They 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.059 pull out the lawn chairs. They just sit and look 00:13:33.059 --> 00:13:36.100 at the beautiful desert sunset. And Jesse, being 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:38.700 a normal human being with normal human needs, 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:40.600 just says, hey, let's get out of here. Let's 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.019 go find a hotel, get a hot shower, and eat a 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:45.620 steak. It is a completely reasonable request. 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:47.440 They have the money. They have the product. It 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:49.620 is time to go home and celebrate. Walt completely 00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:52.639 agrees. They pack everything up. Walt gets into 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:54.919 the driver's seat, he puts the key in the ignition, 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:58.399 he turns it. And then click. Just click, click, 00:13:58.519 --> 00:14:00.740 click. That sound? That sound is the sound of 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:03.100 your stomach instantly dropping right through 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:05.440 the floorboards. It really is the sound of the 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.059 entire genre of the show changing on a dime. 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:11.100 We are no longer watching a crime drama. We have 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:13.899 just violently crossed over into a survival horror 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:16.019 film. Let's really break down part three here, 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.620 which is the crisis itself. Because this isn't 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:21.480 just a streak of bad luck. This is a complete 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.379 comedy of errors. Or a tragedy of errors, depending 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:26.860 on how you look at it. It is a perfect storm 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:30.139 of tiny mistakes. The root cause is identified 00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:33.240 almost immediately. It is the RV battery. It 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:36.159 is completely dead. And why exactly is it dead? 00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.419 Because of Jesse Pinkman. The source material 00:14:38.419 --> 00:14:41.179 explicitly notes that Jesse left the keys in 00:14:41.179 --> 00:14:43.980 the ignition switch during the entire multi -day 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:45.879 cook. He didn't have the engine running, obviously, 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:47.620 but he had turned the electronics on. Maybe he 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:49.419 just wanted to listen to the radio while he worked. 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.559 Or maybe he just absentmindedly forgot to pull 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.519 them out of the slot. But the RV has all those 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.730 running lights on the outside, right? Yeah. and 00:14:55.730 --> 00:14:58.629 the dashboard indicators. Exactly. So over the 00:14:58.629 --> 00:15:02.470 course of two or three full days, that slow, 00:15:02.629 --> 00:15:06.169 silent, parasitic drain just killed the massive 00:15:06.169 --> 00:15:08.570 battery completely dead. So the battery's dead. 00:15:08.929 --> 00:15:10.690 Now if this happens to you in a grocery store 00:15:10.690 --> 00:15:12.830 parking lot, it is a minor annoyance. You just 00:15:12.830 --> 00:15:15.549 ask a stranger for a jumpstart. But out here, 00:15:16.049 --> 00:15:18.830 they are miles and miles from any semblance of 00:15:18.830 --> 00:15:21.350 civilization. But wait, they're supposedly resourceful 00:15:21.350 --> 00:15:23.940 guys. And they actually have a generator with 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:26.620 them. They brought a portable gas generator to 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:29.159 power all the heavy lab equipment. Right. So 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:31.720 basic logic dictates you just use the generator 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.960 to jump start the RV battery. Boom. Problem solved. 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:37.320 And that absolutely would work except for error 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.879 number two. They used up all the gasoline in 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.899 the generator during their marathon cooking session. 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:44.970 The generator tank is bone dry. Okay, well they 00:15:44.970 --> 00:15:47.389 are sitting inside a giant motorized vehicle 00:15:47.389 --> 00:15:49.809 that runs on gas. They have a massive fuel tank 00:15:49.809 --> 00:15:54.000 bolted to the RV itself. Right. So the obvious 00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.460 solution is to just siphon some gas out of the 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:58.440 RV tank and put it into the generator. Now, have 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:01.559 you personally ever tried to siphon gas out of 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:03.980 a car? I can safely say I have never tried it. 00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:06.759 It is really not an easy process. You have to 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:09.620 get the negative pressure going, usually by physically 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:12.299 sucking on the end of a plastic tube. And you 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:14.700 inevitably end up with a mouthful of raw gasoline. 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:17.519 It's messy and it is dangerous. And in their 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.019 specific case, it is totally disastrous. They 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:22.480 do manage to get some gas flowing, but in the 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:25.379 chaotic process, fuel spills everywhere. It spills 00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:28.679 directly onto the extremely hot metal casing 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:30.620 of the generator they were just using. And we 00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:32.899 all know exactly what happens when you combine 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:35.940 raw gasoline fumes, intense heat and oxygen. 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.759 Fire. The generator instantly catches fire. Now, 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:41.700 this is a critical, catastrophic moment. They 00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:45.500 are standing right next to an old RV. that is 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:48.159 packed full of highly volatile explosive chemicals 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:51.820 and a giant gas tank. If that fire spreads and 00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:54.399 the RV goes up, they are nothing but pink mist 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:57.519 in the desert. So pure panic sets in. This is 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:00.019 the primal lizard brain taking over completely. 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:04.680 Jesse sees the fire. He spats a large plastic 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:07.130 jug of clear liquid sitting nearby. He doesn't 00:17:07.130 --> 00:17:09.670 think he just reacts. He grabs the jug and he 00:17:09.670 --> 00:17:11.670 dumps the entire thing directly onto the flames. 00:17:11.890 --> 00:17:14.650 The fire goes out. The immediate crisis is technically 00:17:14.650 --> 00:17:17.630 averted. The RV doesn't explode into a fireball. 00:17:17.730 --> 00:17:19.890 But then the horrible realization hits them both. 00:17:20.009 --> 00:17:22.650 What exactly was inside that jug? It wasn't just 00:17:22.650 --> 00:17:24.930 some non -potable cleaning water. It was their 00:17:24.930 --> 00:17:27.569 drinking water. It was their entire supply of 00:17:27.569 --> 00:17:29.289 fresh drinking water. Oh man, it literally makes 00:17:29.289 --> 00:17:31.509 me thirsty just saying it out loud. He put out 00:17:31.509 --> 00:17:33.230 a grease fire with the only thing keeping them 00:17:33.230 --> 00:17:35.349 alive out there. So let's look at the actual 00:17:35.349 --> 00:17:37.569 situation map now after this chain reaction of 00:17:37.569 --> 00:17:40.089 failures. Number one, the RV battery is completely 00:17:40.089 --> 00:17:42.630 dead. Yep. Number two, the portable generator 00:17:42.630 --> 00:17:44.609 is now damaged from the fire and it still has 00:17:44.609 --> 00:17:47.569 no gasoline in it. Right. Number three, they 00:17:47.569 --> 00:17:50.710 have no safe way to extract any more gas from 00:17:50.710 --> 00:17:53.309 the RV tank without starting another fire. And 00:17:53.309 --> 00:17:55.210 number four, which is the most critical factor, 00:17:55.369 --> 00:17:58.710 they have zero water left. in the middle of the 00:17:58.710 --> 00:18:00.809 New Mexico desert. And this is exactly where 00:18:00.809 --> 00:18:03.190 the title of the episode, Four Days Out, becomes 00:18:03.190 --> 00:18:05.450 a literal ticking countdown. Because the human 00:18:05.450 --> 00:18:08.109 body is amazing, and it can go weeks without 00:18:08.109 --> 00:18:12.490 food, but water, out in that extreme heat. You 00:18:12.490 --> 00:18:14.690 are talking about severe dehydration setting 00:18:14.690 --> 00:18:18.069 within hours, complete organ failure within days. 00:18:18.230 --> 00:18:21.049 The biological clock has accelerated incredibly 00:18:21.049 --> 00:18:23.849 rapidly. It is no longer a question of Walt's 00:18:23.849 --> 00:18:26.390 cancer killing him in a month. It is a stark 00:18:26.390 --> 00:18:29.069 reality of the sun killing both of them in 48 00:18:29.069 --> 00:18:31.269 hours. And this leads us right into part four, 00:18:31.390 --> 00:18:33.690 which is the desperation phase. This is where 00:18:33.690 --> 00:18:35.970 the psychological deterioration really begins. 00:18:36.269 --> 00:18:39.490 As the physical heat rises, the tempers absolutely 00:18:39.490 --> 00:18:42.170 flare. Which is completely natural under the 00:18:42.170 --> 00:18:45.589 circumstances. The blame game starts immediately. 00:18:46.190 --> 00:18:48.309 Walt starts screaming at Jesse. He calls him 00:18:48.309 --> 00:18:51.460 an idiot. He just endlessly belitters him. Why 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:53.980 did you leave the keys in the ignition? Why on 00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:57.339 earth did you use our only water? And Jesse fights 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:59.819 right back. He yells, you are supposed to be 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:02.019 the genius. You are the one who aggressively 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:04.099 dragged us out here in the first place. But all 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:06.980 that intense screaming and fighting is just wasting 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:09.559 precious moisture from their bodies. They realize 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:11.980 they need an outside lifeline. They're completely 00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:14.740 cut off from the world. But wait, Walt actually 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:17.279 has his cell phone in his pocket. Now, Walt is 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:20.000 incredibly paranoid about his phone. He knows 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:22.259 that using a cell phone creates a digital record. 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:24.799 Right. If he makes a call out there, the cell 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.700 towers will ping his exact location. Or his monthly 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:29.599 bill will eventually show a long -distance call 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:32.359 made from the absolute middle of nowhere. Styler's 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:34.019 an accountant, she would definitely notice that. 00:19:34.279 --> 00:19:36.599 And it completely ruins his visiting my mother 00:19:36.599 --> 00:19:40.400 lie. But he does the mental calculus. Dying in 00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.579 the dirt is objectively worse than getting caught 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:45.259 by his wife. So he reluctantly hands the phone 00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:48.079 over to Jesse. And who do they decide to call? 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:50.079 They obviously can't call the police for rescue. 00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:52.740 They can't call AAA for a tow. Because they're 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:55.740 sitting inside a rolling methamphetamine laboratory. 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:58.920 So they call the only person they know who might 00:19:58.920 --> 00:20:01.359 actually help them without asking too many questions. 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:05.160 Skinny Pete. Good old reliable Skinny Pete. The 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:07.519 plan itself is quite simple. Just tell Skinny 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.819 Pete roughly where they are located, have him 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.619 drive out and bring plenty of water and some 00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:14.079 heavy -duty jumper cables. But this entire survival 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:16.519 plan relies heavily on Skinny Pete's personal 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:19.220 navigation skills. Which, as the Wikipedia source 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:22.019 politely points out, are severely lacking. Skinny 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:24.819 Pete gets terribly lost. He tells Jesse he is 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:26.900 far off the directions they gave him. You can 00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:29.460 just vividly picture him driving around aimlessly 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:32.299 in his beat -up car, looking at a random cactus 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:34.339 and thinking it is the turnoff they mentioned. 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:36.700 And while Walt and Jesse are sitting there waiting 00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:39.380 and hoping for him to arrive, the cell phone 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:43.779 battery simply dies. And that right there is 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:46.140 the final severing of their tie to the outside 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:50.079 world. No working phone, no water, no engine 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:53.039 power. They are truly profoundly alone now. The 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:55.599 isolation is absolute at this point. And now 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:57.880 we really start to see the severe physical toll 00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:59.779 it takes on them. The makeup department on the 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.680 show did an absolutely incredible job in these 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.640 scenes. Oh, the cracked bleeding lips, the dark 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:07.180 sunken eyes. the way their skin starts to look 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:10.619 like dry parchment paper. And for Walt, the physical 00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:13.720 toll is massively compounded. Because he is an 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:17.160 active cancer patient, he is already immunocompromised. 00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:19.980 He is incredibly weak before they even get stranded. 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:22.019 There is a scene that is just tough to watch 00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:25.359 where he desperately tries to manually hand crank 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:27.539 the broken generator. Oh man, that part is rough. 00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:29.460 He is basically trying to trickle charge the 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:31.759 RV battery. He is hoping that just generating 00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:34.819 a tiny localized spark by turning the heavy metal 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:37.319 crank by hand will be enough. He is out there 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:40.890 in the blistering unshaded sun. completely dehydrated 00:21:40.890 --> 00:21:43.549 and he is just turning and turning that crank 00:21:43.549 --> 00:21:46.069 with everything he has left. But it is completely 00:21:46.069 --> 00:21:48.650 futile. The basic physics of it just don't work 00:21:48.650 --> 00:21:51.349 out. You physically cannot generate enough sustained 00:21:51.349 --> 00:21:54.849 amperage by hand to charge a massive dead RV 00:21:54.849 --> 00:21:57.509 battery. And his broken body finally just gives 00:21:57.509 --> 00:22:00.289 out. He starts coughing violently. He actually 00:22:00.289 --> 00:22:03.410 coughs up blood and he collapses into the dirt. 00:22:03.869 --> 00:22:06.490 This specific moment is the true emotional turning 00:22:06.490 --> 00:22:09.690 point of the episode. because up until this exact 00:22:09.690 --> 00:22:12.069 second, Walt has always been the general. Right. 00:22:12.089 --> 00:22:14.230 He has always been the one dictating the plan. 00:22:14.349 --> 00:22:16.970 But here, he finally breaks. He completely gives 00:22:16.970 --> 00:22:19.450 up. He drags himself inside, and he lies down 00:22:19.450 --> 00:22:22.450 on the bed in the back of the RV. He just accepts 00:22:22.450 --> 00:22:25.089 the grim fate he thought he saw on that x -ray 00:22:25.089 --> 00:22:27.369 screen days ago. He essentially thinks, well, 00:22:27.369 --> 00:22:29.289 I am dying anyway. The universe just decided 00:22:29.289 --> 00:22:31.190 to move up the timeline a bit. Maybe this is 00:22:31.190 --> 00:22:33.390 exactly how it ends. I die right here in this 00:22:33.390 --> 00:22:36.259 oven. The drug money is hidden in the RV and 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:38.519 maybe someday someone finds it and gives it to 00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:41.180 my family. It is a moment of total bleak defeat 00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:43.819 for him. But this is exactly where their dynamic 00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:47.039 completely flips on its head. Because Jesse Pinkman, 00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:50.619 the supposed high school dropout, the constant 00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:53.859 screw up, he absolutely refuses to accept this 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:56.500 fate. This is such a crucial defining moment 00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:58.980 for Jesse's character arc. He essentially becomes 00:22:58.980 --> 00:23:01.299 the sole source of hope in the room. He goes 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:04.119 over to Walt and he physically shakes him. He 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:06.259 loudly challenges him. He basically yells at 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:08.640 him, you don't get to just lay down and die. 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:11.220 You don't get to quit on me. You are the great 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:14.119 Heisenberg. You are a genius scientist. Think 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:16.960 of something, anything. It is a total role reversal. 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:19.700 The flunking student is screaming at the arrogant 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:21.880 teacher to finally teach a lesson that matters. 00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:25.170 And that desperate pleading. That aggressive 00:23:25.170 --> 00:23:28.109 demand for action from Jessie, it actually triggers 00:23:28.109 --> 00:23:30.549 something deep in Walt's exhausted brain. It 00:23:30.549 --> 00:23:33.250 is the ultimate MacGyver moment. Jessie is just 00:23:33.250 --> 00:23:35.529 throwing out these wild, childish ideas, right? 00:23:35.849 --> 00:23:37.549 Like, can we build a robot to walk out of here? 00:23:37.690 --> 00:23:40.730 Can we build a dune buggy out of RV parts? It 00:23:40.730 --> 00:23:43.849 is scientific nonsense. The core concept gets 00:23:43.849 --> 00:23:46.009 Walt thinking about the actual physical resources 00:23:46.009 --> 00:23:47.789 they have around them. And this brings us to 00:23:47.789 --> 00:23:51.190 part five of our deep dive, science as actual 00:23:51.190 --> 00:23:54.079 salvation. This is Breaking Bad doing what Breaking 00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:57.579 Bad does absolutely best, using real grounded 00:23:57.579 --> 00:24:01.339 chemistry to solve a seemingly impossible physical 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:04.299 problem. Walt suddenly realizes they don't need 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:06.799 a functioning gas generator. They just need to 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:09.059 move electrons from one place to another. They 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:11.500 need to build a battery. A completely new battery 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.980 from scratch. Now, for any listeners who might 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.839 have comfortably slept through their high school 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:18.500 chemistry classes, let's really unpack what they 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.900 actually do here, because the science of it is 00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:23.460 brilliant. A battery at its most fundamental 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:26.259 structural level is just a simple galvanic cell. 00:24:26.700 --> 00:24:29.079 You basically only need three specific things 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:32.420 to make one. An anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte. 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:35.380 Exactly. But obviously they don't have a radio 00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:37.200 shack sitting out there in the scrubland. So 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:39.660 they have to scavenge. They absolutely tear the 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:42.359 RV apart looking for parts. For the anode, which 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:44.599 is the negative side of the battery, they decide 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:47.000 to use galvanized metal. And galvanized just 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:49.900 means the metal is coated in zinc, right? Correct. 00:24:50.589 --> 00:24:53.490 Zinc is a specific metal that chemically loves 00:24:53.490 --> 00:24:56.250 to give away its electrons. So they scramble 00:24:56.250 --> 00:24:58.809 around and find loose coins. They find metal 00:24:58.809 --> 00:25:01.670 washers. They find random nuts and bolts. Anything 00:25:01.670 --> 00:25:04.230 that has that specific zinc coating on it. And 00:25:04.230 --> 00:25:06.990 for the cathode, the positive side that receives 00:25:06.990 --> 00:25:09.049 the electrons. They pull the brake pads right 00:25:09.049 --> 00:25:11.750 off the RV wheels because the RV's brake pads 00:25:11.750 --> 00:25:14.150 naturally contain mercuric oxide and graphite. 00:25:14.230 --> 00:25:16.539 And then they need the electrolyte. the conductive 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:18.720 liquid that actually allows the ions to physically 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.220 flow between the two sides. And luckily they 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:23.740 have plenty of that sitting around. Potassium 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:26.960 hydroxide. It is one of the harsh precursor chemicals 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:29.119 they brought along to make the meth. So they 00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:31.220 take these basic cleaning sponges, they soak 00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:33.819 them in the caustic potassium hydroxide, and 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:36.220 they sandwich those wet sponges tightly between 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:38.460 the zinc coins in the brake pads. What they're 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:41.359 building is essentially a voltaic pile. Which 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:44.079 is actually incredibly ancient technology. It 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:46.799 really is. Alessandro Volta literally invented 00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:49.960 this exact concept way back in the year 1800. 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.880 But applying that exact principle out here in 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:55.359 the dirt with just desperately scavenged junk 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:59.039 parts, it is pure unadulterated genius. They 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:01.400 wire these makeshift chemical cells together 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:04.539 in a series to create enough cumulative voltage 00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:08.640 to ideally jolt the RV starter motor. The cinematic 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:11.019 tension in this specific scene is just off the 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:14.619 charts. They hook this ugly dripping Frankensteined 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:17.240 contraption up to the RV engine using their jumper 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:19.559 cables. It literally looks like a middle school 00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:22.180 science fair project gone horribly wrong. And 00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:24.279 absolutely everything rides on this one single 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:27.039 moment. The chemical reaction they built isn't 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:29.660 infinite. It is degrading quickly. They literally 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:32.140 only get one shot at this. Walt sits down in 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:34.359 the driver's seat. Jesse is standing outside, 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:36.859 gripping the wires, practically praying to any 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.799 god that will listen. Walt turns the key in the 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:41.980 ignition. And the engine slowly cranks. It goes 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:44.900 air, air. It heavily struggles. You are holding 00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:48.259 your breath watching it. And then Vroom. It completely 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:51.180 rolls to life. That sound. It is legitimately 00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.940 the most beautiful sound in the world at that 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:56.259 exact moment. The relief washes over you instantaneously. 00:26:56.490 --> 00:26:59.250 They start screaming. They're high fiving each 00:26:59.250 --> 00:27:02.349 other. They've successfully cheated certain death. 00:27:02.650 --> 00:27:06.289 They have used their pure intellect to violently 00:27:06.289 --> 00:27:08.630 defeat the natural elements. They managed to 00:27:08.630 --> 00:27:10.869 drive the RV all the way back to Albuquerque. 00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:13.240 They pull over at the very first gas station 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:15.400 they see and they just forcefully drink water 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:18.140 straight out of the outdoor rubber hose like 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:21.119 wild animals. It is a moment of pure unadulterated 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:23.579 victory. And if this were just a standard Hollywood 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:26.140 blockbuster movie, the end credits would proudly 00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:29.519 roll right there. cue the heroic music, and they 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:31.720 lived happily ever after. But this is not a standard 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:34.759 movie. This is Breaking Bad. And Breaking Bad 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:37.420 simply does not do clean happy endings. Yeah, 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:39.900 it does incredibly complicated messy ones. Which 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:42.599 moves us into part six of the outline, the immediate 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:45.119 aftermath. And this is exactly where the episode 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:47.579 violently shifts from being a tense survival 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:50.440 thriller right back into a profound psychological 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:52.779 tragedy. The show's timeline jumps forward a 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:55.220 bit. It is now the following week. Walt and his 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:57.400 entire family returned to that same hospital 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:59.660 to finally get the official medical results of 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:02.779 that initial PET scan. Right. And we have to 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.440 remember the entire chaotic reason for this desert 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:08.559 trip, the blind panic, the awful lies to his 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:10.640 family, the terrifying near -death experience. 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:14.799 All of it happened because Walt confidently looked 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:18.000 at that white blob on the screen and unilaterally 00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:20.660 decided he was dying that month. So the doctor 00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:23.329 walks into the examination room. And he doesn't 00:28:23.329 --> 00:28:26.490 look somber or sad. He actually looks pleased. 00:28:26.809 --> 00:28:30.109 He delivers the absolute bombshell news. Walt's 00:28:30.109 --> 00:28:33.109 lung cancer is officially in remission. Remission. 00:28:33.309 --> 00:28:35.450 The dreaded tumor hasn't grown at all. It has 00:28:35.450 --> 00:28:38.630 actually shrunk significantly by a massive 80%. 00:28:38.630 --> 00:28:42.130 80%. That is practically a medical miracle for 00:28:42.130 --> 00:28:44.670 his specific prognosis. And that scary white 00:28:44.670 --> 00:28:47.269 blob that Walt saw. The visual anomaly he was 00:28:47.269 --> 00:28:49.349 so arrogantly sure was an absolute death sentence. 00:28:49.410 --> 00:28:51.609 Tell us what it was. It was just basic inflammation. 00:28:51.869 --> 00:28:54.069 localized tissue inflammation in his lung from 00:28:54.069 --> 00:28:56.109 the radiation. Yeah. And the scary part where 00:28:56.109 --> 00:28:57.990 he was coughing up bright red blood in the desert. 00:28:58.130 --> 00:29:00.190 That was simply caused by a minor tear in his 00:29:00.190 --> 00:29:02.769 esophagus from the sheer physical strain of the 00:29:02.769 --> 00:29:05.130 coughing fits themselves. It is entirely treatable. 00:29:05.230 --> 00:29:07.630 It is absolutely not fatal. So let's be crystal 00:29:07.630 --> 00:29:10.829 clear about the irony here. Walt was completely 00:29:10.829 --> 00:29:14.630 wrong. His supposedly flawless genius self -diagnosis 00:29:14.630 --> 00:29:18.730 was 100 % incorrect. He is not dying immediately. 00:29:19.309 --> 00:29:22.069 He is going to live. The family goes absolutely 00:29:22.069 --> 00:29:25.210 wild with relief. Skyler is weeping tears of 00:29:25.210 --> 00:29:28.670 intense joy. Walter Jr. is smiling ear to ear. 00:29:29.029 --> 00:29:31.890 It is objectively the best possible news any 00:29:31.890 --> 00:29:33.910 of them could ever receive. But then the camera 00:29:33.910 --> 00:29:36.210 deliberately looks at Walt. It just lingers closely 00:29:36.210 --> 00:29:38.869 on his face. He is technically smiling for them, 00:29:38.890 --> 00:29:40.670 but the smile doesn't reach his eyes at all. 00:29:40.730 --> 00:29:43.250 He looks completely stunned, almost horrified 00:29:43.250 --> 00:29:45.329 by the news. And this leads us directly into 00:29:45.329 --> 00:29:47.690 the final scene, the specific scene that completely 00:29:47.690 --> 00:29:50.210 defines the thematic weight of the episode. Walt 00:29:50.210 --> 00:29:53.210 quietly excuses himself from the joyful celebration. 00:29:53.710 --> 00:29:55.710 He walks down the hall into the hospital bathroom 00:29:55.710 --> 00:29:58.269 alone. He slowly watches his face in the sink. 00:29:58.589 --> 00:30:01.109 He looks up and just intensely stares at his 00:30:01.109 --> 00:30:03.029 own reflection in the mirror. And then what does 00:30:03.029 --> 00:30:05.650 he do? He just explodes. He violently punches 00:30:05.650 --> 00:30:07.789 the heavy metal towel dispenser on the wall. 00:30:08.130 --> 00:30:10.650 He doesn't just tap in frustration either. He 00:30:10.650 --> 00:30:13.029 absolutely smashes it. He puts his entire body 00:30:13.029 --> 00:30:15.720 weight into the strike. He permanently dents 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:19.220 the thick metal casing. He severely bruises his 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:22.640 own knuckles. It is a sudden, incredibly violent, 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:25.720 and ugly physical act. And as the audience, we 00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:29.160 have to stop and ask ourselves why. Why the intense 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:31.880 rage? This is the core psychological question 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:34.140 of the character. Most normal people, if they 00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:36.099 are suddenly told they aren't dying of cancer, 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:38.460 they fall to their knees in profound gratitude. 00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:40.400 They go out for a fancy dinner to celebrate. 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:42.700 They hug their kids a little tighter. But Walt? 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:46.259 Walt forcefully punches a wall. To really understand 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:48.559 this reaction, we have to closely examine the 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:50.539 internal narrative Walt had been telling himself 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:53.920 this whole time. Exactly. He had carefully constructed 00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:56.920 an elaborate exit strategy. He had built this 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:59.319 comforting mental model where he was the ultimate 00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:01.819 tragic martyr. He basically told himself, I will 00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:04.240 do these terrible criminal things. I will cook 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:07.319 poison. I will lie. I will even kill people if 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:10.440 I absolutely have to. But it is completely morally 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:12.740 acceptable because I am dying anyway. Right. 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:16.599 I am nobly sacrificing my own pure soul to provide 00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:18.819 for my innocent family, and then the cancer will 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:20.819 conveniently take me away before I have to face 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:23.640 the music. Impending death was his ultimate escape 00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:26.720 hat. It was his personal absolution. If he dies 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:29.539 quickly, he never has to explain the mountain 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:32.339 of lies to Skyler. He never has to worry about 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:35.140 getting caught by his DEA brother -in -law, Hank. 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:37.900 He never has to sit and face the heavy moral 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:40.099 weight of the monstrous actions he has taken. 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:43.700 He just drops a giant bag of cash on the table 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:46.519 and gracefully fades into family legend. But 00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:49.319 now, now he actually has to live. He has to live 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:51.630 in the exact house he just set on fire. That 00:31:51.630 --> 00:31:54.410 is just such a beautifully twisted irony. To 00:31:54.410 --> 00:31:57.009 him, good news literally feels exactly like a 00:31:57.009 --> 00:31:59.269 prison sentence. He is completely trapped by 00:31:59.269 --> 00:32:03.150 his own survival. He has $672 ,000 in illegal 00:32:03.150 --> 00:32:06.069 drug cash that he cannot legally explain to his 00:32:06.069 --> 00:32:08.630 accountant wife. He has a volatile criminal partner 00:32:08.630 --> 00:32:11.029 in Jesse who now fully expects to keep cooking 00:32:11.029 --> 00:32:13.390 and making millions. He has a shady criminal 00:32:13.390 --> 00:32:16.069 lawyer who has his financial hooks dug deep into 00:32:16.069 --> 00:32:19.789 him. And he has a deeply suspicious wife who 00:32:19.789 --> 00:32:22.509 is already starting to ask very difficult questions 00:32:22.509 --> 00:32:25.410 about his constant absences. He never actually 00:32:25.410 --> 00:32:28.490 planned for the long game of life. He only ever 00:32:28.490 --> 00:32:31.049 planned for the sudden end game. And that brutal 00:32:31.049 --> 00:32:34.109 punch, that deep dent in the metal talvus of 00:32:34.109 --> 00:32:37.829 pincer, that is the purely physical manifestation 00:32:37.829 --> 00:32:40.779 of his immense frustration. He is furious at 00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:43.980 the universe because he survived. It really dramatically 00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:46.119 reframes absolutely everything we just watched 00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:48.759 for the last 40 minutes. The agonizing struggle 00:32:48.759 --> 00:32:51.640 in the desert, the absolute desperation to simply 00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:54.420 survive the heat. Only for him to be fiercely 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:56.619 angry that he actually succeeded in surviving. 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:59.160 It perfectly highlights the supreme, arrogant 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:01.480 hubris of Walter White. He honestly thought he 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:03.779 could intelligently control absolutely everything 00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:06.000 in his world, including the exact timing of his 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:07.950 own death. And the universe just looked down 00:33:07.950 --> 00:33:09.970 at him, laughed and said, no, yeah, you were 00:33:09.970 --> 00:33:11.650 staying right here to clean up your mess. It 00:33:11.650 --> 00:33:14.109 is brilliant writing. Now, before we wrap up 00:33:14.109 --> 00:33:16.289 our analysis, we really have to talk about how 00:33:16.289 --> 00:33:18.490 this episode was physically crafted, because 00:33:18.490 --> 00:33:20.490 visually speaking, it is absolutely stunning. 00:33:20.769 --> 00:33:23.190 Which brings us to part seven, the production 00:33:23.190 --> 00:33:26.029 details and critical reception. As we mentioned, 00:33:26.130 --> 00:33:28.150 this episode was directed by Michelle McClure, 00:33:28.609 --> 00:33:30.829 who is widely considered one of the absolute 00:33:30.829 --> 00:33:33.269 best directors to ever work on the entire series. 00:33:33.430 --> 00:33:36.039 The source material. quotes the critic Emily 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:39.140 St. James writing for Slant magazine, who openly 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:41.940 called the episode staggeringly beautiful. She 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:44.359 specifically notes how the camera just lovingly 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.440 drinks in the harsh desert landscape. The deliberate 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:50.460 use of color grading is key here. Breaking Bad 00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:52.779 is famously obsessed with color theory. Well, 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:55.680 absolutely. You have that glowing visually oppressive 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:59.500 orange of the hot desert sun. Which thematically 00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:01.539 represents the imminent danger, the physical 00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:04.059 heat, and the mounting psychological pressure. 00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:07.160 And that warm orange is sharply contrasted with 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:09.519 the cool sterile blues of the chemical equipment, 00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:12.280 the raw meth itself, and eventually the freezing 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:15.599 night sky. It highlights the stark visual conflict 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:18.219 between the unforgiving natural world and Walt's 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:20.980 highly controlled synthetic world. Another legendary 00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:24.139 television critic, Alan Sepinwall, heavily praised 00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:26.639 the distinct Western imagery used throughout. 00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:29.920 He pointed out the wide tableau shots of the 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:33.099 beaten up RV just resting silently in the tall 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:35.940 dry grass. He noted that it looks exactly like 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:38.519 an old pioneer covered wagon, stranded out on 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.219 the vast frontier. It really does evoke that 00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:44.559 classic mythic American individualism, right? 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:47.199 The rugged cowboy trying to tame the wild. But 00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:49.840 the show brilliantly subverts that trope entirely 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:52.239 because Walt and Jesse aren't capable heroes 00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:54.920 taming the land. They're completely incompetent 00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:57.239 criminals being crushed by it. And we definitely 00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:59.000 have to talk about the music, too. The musical 00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.400 soundtrack on this show is always incredibly 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:04.500 on point. The Wikipedia source lists two prominently 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:07.059 featured tracks for this episode. First is Good 00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:09.019 Morning Freedom by Bloom, Inc. Oh, that plays 00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:10.699 during the big cooking montage, right? Yeah. 00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:13.619 It is so upbeat. It has this great groovy 70s 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:15.940 soul vibe to it. It is almost ironically happy 00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:18.699 in context. Good Morning Freedom. They genuinely 00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:20.719 feel free out there. They are making endless 00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:23.159 money with no bosses. It perfectly sets them 00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:26.289 up for the disastrous fall. And then. There is 00:35:26.289 --> 00:35:29.469 one by one by The Black Seeds, which plays later 00:35:29.469 --> 00:35:32.610 and really heavily adds to that thick atmospheric 00:35:32.610 --> 00:35:35.389 tension as things start going wrong. So how does 00:35:35.389 --> 00:35:38.510 this specific episode actually rank for the hardcore 00:35:38.510 --> 00:35:40.949 fans and critics overall? Well, the source notes, 00:35:41.030 --> 00:35:43.630 it consistently ranks very high on retrospective 00:35:43.630 --> 00:35:47.030 lists. The Ringer ranked it 27th out of the 62 00:35:47.030 --> 00:35:49.409 total episodes. And Vulture put it even higher, 00:35:49.510 --> 00:35:52.530 placing it at 19th overall. Hitting the top 20 00:35:52.530 --> 00:35:55.050 of a show this critically acclaimed is incredibly 00:35:55.050 --> 00:35:57.789 impressive. Especially considering it is an episode 00:35:57.789 --> 00:36:00.429 that is basically just two sweaty guys arguing 00:36:00.429 --> 00:36:02.989 inside a broken truck for an hour. It perfectly 00:36:02.989 --> 00:36:05.610 proves that you absolutely do not need massive 00:36:05.610 --> 00:36:09.309 explosions or crazy cartel gunfights to make 00:36:09.309 --> 00:36:11.909 truly compelling television. You just need incredibly 00:36:11.909 --> 00:36:14.809 high emotional stakes in characters that the 00:36:14.809 --> 00:36:17.519 audience is deeply fascinated by. Oh, and we 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:19.380 definitely should briefly mention the guest stars 00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:22.179 who help anchor this episode firmly in the broader 00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:24.699 Season 2 timeline. Right. We get a quick appearance 00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:27.820 by Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman early on. He 00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:30.019 is the one whose high fees are secretly driving 00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:33.260 Walt's intense financial pressure. And Kristen 00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:36.940 Ritter briefly appears as Jane Margolis. Her 00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:39.260 quiet presence at the beginning is a stark reminder 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:42.380 of Jesse's vulnerable human side, the normal 00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:45.800 life he desperately wants to get back to. It 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:48.159 really is just a perfect storm of an episode. 00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:51.280 The incredibly tight writing by Sam Catlin, the 00:36:51.280 --> 00:36:53.440 gorgeous direction, the phenomenal acting from 00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:56.460 Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. everything just 00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:59.360 clicked perfectly. It genuinely serves as a flawless 00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.519 microcosm of the entire Breaking Bad series. 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:03.920 I often say if you wanted to show someone just 00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:06.800 one single episode to perfectly explain what 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:08.820 the show is fundamentally about without spoiling 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:12.119 the actual series finale, this is a very strong 00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.820 contender. Why do you think that is? Because 00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:16.480 it seamlessly blends all the core elements of 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:18.860 the show, the hard factual science, the massive 00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:22.280 unchecked hubris, the terrifying disasters caused 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:25.570 by tiny human errors, the desperate engine required 00:37:25.570 --> 00:37:28.710 to survive them, and most importantly, the deep, 00:37:28.969 --> 00:37:31.489 dark, twisting complexity of Walter White's psyche. 00:37:31.769 --> 00:37:33.989 And the lie. The lie is always sitting right 00:37:33.989 --> 00:37:35.769 there at the absolute center of it all. Always. 00:37:36.050 --> 00:37:38.409 Every action stems from a lie. So as we finally 00:37:38.409 --> 00:37:40.369 wrap up this Deep Daz, let's go right back to 00:37:40.369 --> 00:37:43.750 that incredibly powerful final image, the dented 00:37:43.750 --> 00:37:46.369 metal towel dispenser in the bathroom. It leaves 00:37:46.369 --> 00:37:49.090 the audience with a really fascinating, provocative 00:37:49.090 --> 00:37:52.150 thought to chew on. We spend so much of our waking 00:37:52.150 --> 00:37:56.239 lives desperately afraid of dying. We endlessly 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:59.480 plan for it. We deeply fear it. But this specific 00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:02.880 episode forces us to ask the exact inverse question. 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:05.860 What if you spent your time preparing your entire 00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:08.920 life for an imminent ending? You finally made 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:11.360 your peace with the dark void. You deliberately 00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:14.039 burned all your bridges because you arrogantly 00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:16.000 thought you would never need to walk back across 00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:18.519 them. You said all your silent cowardly goodbyes. 00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:21.219 And then suddenly, completely without warning, 00:38:21.469 --> 00:38:23.909 The ending gets officially canceled. The house 00:38:23.909 --> 00:38:26.349 lights abruptly come back on. The dramatic show 00:38:26.349 --> 00:38:28.809 isn't over yet. Would you feel profound relief? 00:38:29.630 --> 00:38:32.489 Or would you feel sheer blinding panic? Would 00:38:32.489 --> 00:38:34.650 you feel completely trapped by the awful mess 00:38:34.650 --> 00:38:36.289 you selfishly made while you thought you were 00:38:36.289 --> 00:38:38.269 saying goodbye? If you suddenly realized you 00:38:38.269 --> 00:38:39.929 actually had to stick around and live in the 00:38:39.929 --> 00:38:42.230 smoking wreckage you created, would you punch 00:38:42.230 --> 00:38:44.550 the towel dispenser too? I think. Honestly, I 00:38:44.550 --> 00:38:46.809 think a whole lot of us probably might. It is 00:38:46.809 --> 00:38:49.289 the absolute terror of facing the consequences 00:38:49.289 --> 00:38:52.699 of your own actions. That is going to do it for 00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:55.539 our deep dive into four days out. We really hope 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:57.920 you enjoyed this intense trip out into the desert 00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:00.679 with us. Be sure to stay hydrated out there. 00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:04.019 Always check your car batteries and maybe just 00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:06.039 don't leave your keys in the ignition. And carry 00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:08.420 extra water. Always carry extra drinking water. 00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:11.920 Very sound advice. We will catch you on the next 00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:14.559 deep dive. Thanks for listening. Take care everyone.