Mandala
Combo is killed, and Saul points Walt and Jesse toward a very cautious distributor.
"Mandala" is the eleventh episode of the second season of Breaking Bad. Written by George Mastras and directed by Adam Bernstein, it aired on AMC on May 17, 2009 and introduces Gus Fring and Victor, played by Giancarlo Esposito and Jeremiah Bitsui.
Quick Facts
- Series
- Breaking Bad
- Season
- 2
- Episode
- 11
- Director
- Adam Bernstein
- Writer
- George Mastras
- Photographer
- Michael Slovis
- Editor
- Skip Macdonald
- Air date
- 17 May 2009
Lore & Background
Combo is shot by a young boy working for two rival dealers while selling outside Heisenberg's territory. Skinny Pete, spooked by the killing and Badger's arrest, quits, leaving Walt and Jesse without a distribution network. Saul tells them they are incompetent distributors and need a businessman who buys in bulk, and offers to approach the one such buyer he knows of, an extremely cautious man. Jesse blames himself for Combo's death and tells Jane to leave so his meth use will not harm her recovery, but she stays. The next day Walt waits at a chicken restaurant called Los Pollos Hermanos.
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