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Jonathan Banks | ... | ||
Rhea Seehorn | ... |
Kim Wexler
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Patrick Fabian | ... |
Howard Hamlin
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Michael Mando | ... |
Nacho Varga
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Michael McKean | ... |
Chuck McGill
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Kerry Condon | ... | ||
Barry Shabaka Henley | ... | ||
Omid Abtahi | ... | ||
Joe DeRosa | ... | ||
Billy Malone | ... |
Sergeant Jack Fenske
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Lane Garrison | ... |
Officer Troy Hoffman
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Steve Mokate | ... |
Bartender
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Eric Martinez | ... |
Francisco
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Faith Healey | ... |
Mike Ehrmantraut came to Albuquerque to see his daughter-in-law Stacey and his granddaughter Kaylee. He also had good reason to leave Philadelphia. He was a policeman there as was his son Matt who died in the line of duty. Matt, his partner and his sergeant raided a drug den and Matt didn't come out alive. Now, some of Mike's former colleagues are in town to ask him questions. Mike insists on having a lawyer, even though is only supposed to be a friendly chat. Jimmy shows up, though Mike has a special request of him. In addition to Matt's death, his partner and sergeant were killed in a parking lot 3 months later, the night before Mike left Philadelphia. It's obvious they think Mike had something to do with that. Flashbacks show what happened that night. Written by garykmcd
I have covered in previous reviews the contribution Joss Whedon is considered to have made to the modern TV drama (the "long arc") but watching this incredible episode I could help but think that Gilligan and Gould need acknowledgement too.
We already know (Breaking Bad) that their key theme is human foibles. This episode, which seems at first glance to break almost every rule of episodic TV (the star is barely doing a cameo?) is a tour de force not only for Banks' acting but also for way the viewer is hooked off the top and just cannot walk away.
Incredible TV.
And notice how all the episodes for the season end in "O" -- showing off maybe, but they earned the right.