"We tried to poison you. We tried to poison you because you're an insane, degenerate piece of filth and you deserve to die"
ORIGINAL AIRDATE: 15th March 2008
EPISODE NUMBER: Season 2, Episode 2
WRITTEN BY: George Mastras
One of the major problems of Breaking Bad's first season getting cut short is that it ends before it really goes anywhere. One of the benefits is that it allowed for the second season to get started right out of the gate. Grilled, which would have been a fitting season finale, is exciting and eventful all the way through.
There's lot of tension in the air as Walt and Jesse attempt to kill Tuco without him suspecting - unsuccessfully, of course. The show's trademark dark humour is out in full force as the pair have several near-misses in trying to get Tuco to take the poisonous ricin, one thwarted by Jesse's big mouth and the other by a comical food switch. There's also a lot of fun in the scramble to try and stop wheelchair-bound Tio managing to communicate what he knows via his bell.
The climax explodes into action, with Tuco almost killing Jesse, Walt saving him, and then Hank and Tuco having an intense shootout. Tuco was a fine mini-villain and this is his best episode, but his early death allows to make room for more credible bad guys, and close the door on Walt and Jesse's first major brush with danger.
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