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"Buyout" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 52nd overall episode of the series. Written by Gennifer Hutchison and directed by Colin Bucksey, it originally aired on AMC in the United States on August 19, 2012.

Plot

Returning from the train heist, Walt (Bryan Cranston), Mike (Jonathan Banks), and Todd (Jesse Plemons) dismantle the dirt bike ridden by the boy Todd killed, dissolving the pieces in barrels filled with hydrofluoric acid. They prepare another barrel for the boy. While Todd and Jesse (Aaron Paul) are smoking outside, Todd glibly dismisses the tragedy, leading an incensed Jesse to punch him. After a heated debate, Walt, Jesse, and Mike agree to keep Todd alive and on the payroll with Vamonos Pest, in order to monitor him.

While visiting a park with his granddaughter Kaylee (Kaija Roze Bales), Mike detects a DEA stakeout and taunts them by faking a dead drop and leaving a vulgar message placed under a garbage can. Mike, under pressure from the increased DEA surveillance, and Jesse, still shook up over the recent death, decide to leave the operation and sell their shares of the methylamine to Declan (Louis Ferreira), a Phoenix-based competitor, for $5 million apiece. However, Declan insists on buying the entire lot — including Walt's share — in an effort to remove the blue meth from the drug market.

Elsewhere, while visiting Holly, a tearful Skyler (Anna Gunn) is tempted to confess to her sister Marie (Betsy Brandt), who discloses her knowledge of Skyler's affair with Ted Beneke and believes that to be the reason for her mental anguish.

Jesse comes to Walt's house to discreetly discuss the deal offered by Declan. Walt rejects the sale, reasoning that the methylamine is worth $300 million when cooked, and correlating his buyout from Gray Matter Technologies for only $5,000 when the company is now worth $2 billion. He feels that they could make much more money by staying in the meth business and empire building. Skyler arrives home and Walt insists that Jesse stay for dinner, which leads to an awkward meal between the three. When a contemptuous Skyler leaves the table, Walt tells him about his broken family life and says that the drug trade is all he has left, guilt-tripping Jesse into remaining in business with him.

Walt tries to hide the methylamine, but Mike anticipates the move, tying Walt up in the Vamonos Pest offices. Mike and Saul (Bob Odenkirk) meet with Hank (Dean Norris) and Gomez (Steven Michael Quezada) at the DEA to advise them he has obtained a restraining order preventing their continued surveillance of Mike. Meanwhile, Walt breaks from the plastic restraint and hides the methylamine before Mike comes back. When Mike arrives, he instantly notices the methylamine is missing and is about to shoot Walt, placing the gun to his head, but Jesse interrupts and says Walt has a plan to get all three of them their money, while still letting Walt keep the methylamine. Mike asks Walt if what Jesse says is true. Walt replies, "Everybody wins".

Reception

Ratings

"Buyout" was watched by 2.81 million viewers and received a 1.3 rating among viewers aged 18-49.^[1]

Critical reception

"Buyout" received generally positive reviews. Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave it an A rating and called it a "standout episode" for how it "shows Walter offering up two sides of the truth of his life."^[2] IGN's Seth Amitin rated the episode 8.5 out of 10, adding that he "love[s] that this show still deals with the emotional impact of [the characters'] own messes."^[3] However, Sean T. Collins of Rolling Stone felt the episode "stumbled" when it came to "compelling drama in which everyone involved acts in character and within the bounds of recognizable, reasonable human behavior."^[4] HitFix's Alan Sepinwall thought "Buyout" was "a bit more muddled" when compared to the previous episodes, adding, "There are incredible individual components — the pre-credits sequence, Walt's improvised blowtorch, even another awkward meal at the White house — but they didn't entirely work together."^[5]

References

^ Bibel, Sara (August 21, 2012). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Fallling Skies', 'Breaking Bad', 'Army Wives', 'The Newsroom','Leverage' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
^ Bowman, Donna (August 19, 2012). "Buyout". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 20, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Amitin, Seth (August 19, 2012). "Breaking Bad: "Buyout" Review". IGN. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
^ Collins, Sean, T. (August 19, 2012). "'Breaking Bad' Recap: The Aftermath Doesn't Add Up". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 20, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Sepinwall, Alan (August 19, 2012). "Review: 'Breaking Bad' - 'Buyout': Quitting time?". HitFix. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

External links

"Buyout" at the official Breaking Bad site
"Buyout" at IMDb
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[1] Bibel, Sara (August 21, 2012). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Fallling Skies', 'Breaking Bad', 'Army Wives', 'The Newsroom','Leverage' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 21, 2012.

[2] Bowman, Donna (August 19, 2012). "Buyout". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 20, 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] Amitin, Seth (August 19, 2012). "Breaking Bad: "Buyout" Review". IGN. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

[4] Collins, Sean, T. (August 19, 2012). "'Breaking Bad' Recap: The Aftermath Doesn't Add Up". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 20, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[5] Sepinwall, Alan (August 19, 2012). "Review: 'Breaking Bad' - 'Buyout': Quitting time?". HitFix. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

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 Returning from the train heist, [[Walter White (Breaking Bad)|Walt]] ([[Bryan Cranston]]), [[List of Breaking Bad characters#Mike Ehrmantraut|Mike]] ([[Jonathan Banks]]), and Todd ([[Jesse Plemons]]) dismantle the dirt bike ridden by the boy Todd killed, dissolving the pieces in barrels filled with [[hydrofluoric acid]]. They prepare another barrel for the boy. While Todd and [[Jesse Pinkman|Jesse]] ([[Aaron Paul]]) are smoking outside, Todd glibly dismisses the tragedy, leading an incensed Jesse to punch him. After a heated debate, Walt, Jesse, and Mike agree to keep Todd alive and on the payroll with Vamonos Pest, in order to monitor him.
-While visiting a park with his granddaughter Kaylee (Kaija Roze Bales), Mike detects a [[DEA]] [[stakeout]] and taunts them by faking a [[dead drop]] and leaving a vulgar message placed under a garbage can. Mike, under pressure from the increased DEA surveillance, and Jesse, still shook up over the recent death, decide to leave the operation and sell their shares of the [[methylamine]] to Declan ([[Louis Ferreira]]), a [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]-based competitor for $5 million apiece. However, Declan insists on buying the entire lot &mdash; including Walt's share &mdash; in an effort to remove the blue meth from the drug market.
+While visiting a park with his granddaughter Kaylee (Kaija Roze Bales), Mike detects a [[DEA]] [[stakeout]] and taunts them by faking a [[dead drop]] and leaving a vulgar message placed under a garbage can. Mike, under pressure from the increased DEA surveillance, and Jesse, still shook up over the recent death, decide to leave the operation and sell their shares of the [[methylamine]] to Declan ([[Louis Ferreira]]), a [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]-based competitor, for $5 million apiece. However, Declan insists on buying the entire lot &mdash; including Walt's share &mdash; in an effort to remove the blue meth from the drug market.
 Elsewhere, while visiting Holly, a tearful [[Skyler White|Skyler]] ([[Anna Gunn]]) is tempted to confess to her sister [[List of Breaking Bad characters#Marie Schrader|Marie]] ([[Betsy Brandt]]), who discloses her knowledge of Skyler's affair with [[List of Breaking Bad characters#Ted Beneke|Ted Beneke]] and believes that to be the reason for her mental anguish.