No Más

Lore & Background

This episode follows the fallout of a mid-air plane collision that traumatizes Albuquerque. Walter White lives alone after his wife Skyler moves out with their children. He discovers Donald Margolis caused the crash while grieving his daughter Jane's death. Meanwhile, assassins Marco and Leonel Salamanca enter the US seeking revenge on Heisenberg.

In Their Own Story

Leonel and Marco Salamanca visit a Mexican shrine to Santa Muerte, leaving a drawing of Heisenberg. In Albuquerque, Walt burns money on a barbecue but throws it into his pool before Hank Schrader arrives. While moving Walt's belongings, Hank finds a bag of $500,000, which Walt claims is real until Hank laughs it off. At school, Walt gives an awkward speech comparing the plane crash to the Tenerife airport disaster. Skyler speaks to a divorce lawyer and later confronts Walt with papers; when she accuses him of being a drug dealer, he admits to cooking meth. Jesse Pinkman is in rehab struggling with guilt over Jane's death and the plane crash. After hearing his therapist admit to killing his own daughter while high on cocaine, Walt takes Jesse to his apartment and reassures him. Walt visits Gus Fring at Los Pollos Hermanos to quit but refuses a $3 million offer for three months' work. The Salamanca twins cross into the US hidden in a truck, kill their fellow passengers and the driver after being discovered by a migrant, and blow up the vehicle.

Reader's Guide

The episode opens with the Salamanca twins making an offering at a shrine to Santa Muerte. It then shifts to Walt's isolated home life following Skyler's departure and the city's reaction to the plane crash. Key scenes include Walt's awkward school speech, his confrontation with Skyler where he admits to cooking meth, and Jesse's struggle in rehab. The climax involves Walt visiting Gus to quit the business and the Salamanca twins' violent entry into the US.

Did You Know?

• The episode title "No Más" means "no more" in Spanish and refers to Walt's decision to quit the meth business.
• This is the first credited appearance of director Bryan Cranston's daughter, Taylor Dearden, playing a high school student.
• Leonel and Marco Salamanca make their first appearance in this episode as they enter the US from Mexico hidden in a truck.
• Walt admits to Skyler that he cooks methamphetamine after she accuses him of being a drug dealer while presenting divorce papers.
• The original broadcast was viewed by 1.95 million people.