Breaking Bad / Season 4

Season 4 of Breaking Bad

Episodes

13

Country of production

United States

First broadcast

July 17, 2011 - October 9, 2011 on AMC

German-language
first broadcast

November 10, 2011 - December 22, 2011 on AXN

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The Season 4 of the television series Breaking Bad aired between July 2011 and October 2011th

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Jesse kills Gale in his apartment with a headshot . Immediately after the crime, Victor picks up Jesse and takes him to the laboratory, where Walter is already being held. Gus then kills in front of the two Victor who was seen at the crime scene. Jesse is traumatized by the events and tries to distract himself with drugs and parties in his house. Afraid of becoming Gus' next victim, Walter considers getting ahead of him and killing him, for which he buys a revolver with a filmed serial number, but is initially not given the opportunity.

When Hank, who is inactive due to his injury and is doing physiotherapy , receives more information about Gale's murder, he continues his own investigation outside the DEA and finds clues that lead him to Gus. Walter then helps Hank with his investigation to dispel suspicions that Gus is the wanted drug lord. Walter and Skyler buy the car wash with Saul's help in order to be able to do money laundering there. In order to explain to their relatives the purchase of the car wash, they pretend that Walter fell victim to gambling addiction , in which he developed a system for blackjack and won a lot of money with it. Meanwhile, Mike (on Gus's instructions) increasingly uses Jesse to get him back on his feet. As a result, Jesse is gradually returning to a regular life, but is also becoming increasingly estranged from Walter. Walter asks Jesse to kill Gus, as he has more contact with Gus. However, Jesse has no suitable options for this.

When the Mexican cartel threatens Gus, Jesse is supposed to manufacture methamphetamine in a cartel laboratory in Mexico and teach Walter's procedure to the chemists. However, Gus can poison Don Eladio and most of the cartel members in one fell swoop and flee with Mike and Jesse. The break-up of the cartel is late retaliation for the assassination of his partner Max in the 1990s. Since Gus has seen that Jesse is able to cook methamphetamine on her own, he suggests that Jesse could actually take over the lab without Walter. Jesse doesn't want that, however, because it would surely result in Walter's death. Meanwhile, Hank has suspected that the main supply center of the Los Pollos Hermanos fast food chain is acting as a drug transshipment point . In his investigation, the laundry, in which the laboratory is located, comes into his focus. Walter, who is supposed to drive Hank to the laundry, then panic provokes a car accident.

Meanwhile, Skyler learns that her former boss, Ted, is undergoing a tax audit. Since Ted has forged the books with her knowledge for the purpose of tax evasion for the benefit of his employees, she fears that this could establish a connection to her and the car wash. She tries to convince Ted to pay his debt. However, since he is de facto insolvent, she takes large chunks of Walter's money and arranges a fake inheritance through Saul, with which Ted should pay his debts to the tax office. Instead, Ted plans to use the money to restart his insolvent company. Forced by Saul's henchmen Huell and Kuby, he finally signs a check for the tax office, but seriously injures his cervical spine while trying to escape from the two.

Because Jesse is now able to cook methamphetamine on his own and Walter has not been able to stop Hank from his investigation, Walter is fired by Gus. Gus also threatens to kill his family if he interferes in his business. Walter then plans to go into hiding, but due to Skyler's withdrawal of funds for Ted, he no longer has the necessary cash to pay Saul's specialists for such cases. Instead, he brings his family to safety with Hank, who is being guarded by the DEA due to a threat. Hank suggests checking the laundry more closely. However, the DEA finds nothing.

When Brock, the son of Jesse's friend Andrea, is suddenly admitted to the hospital with symptoms of poisoning and Jesse discovers that the ricin with which he was supposed to kill Gus has disappeared, he suspects a poison attack by Walter, looks for him and threatens him with a gun . Walter can direct the suspicion on Gus. Now Jesse is finally ready to participate in the killing of Gus. Jesse lures Gus to the hospital on an excuse so that Walter can plant a remote-controlled bomb on Gus's parked car. Jesse tells Gus at the meeting that Brock has been poisoned. On the way back, however, Gus does not get into the car that Walter has prepared.

Finally, Walter persuades the paralyzed Hector Salamanca to take revenge for Gus's extermination of the Salamanca family with a suicide attack. After apparently making a statement to the DEA, Hector is visited as intended by Gus and Tire at the nursing home who want to get him out of the way. But Hector triggers Walter's bomb, which is attached to the wheelchair, causing him to die with Gus and Tire. After the successful attack, Walter and Jesse set fire to the meth lab. On the roof of the hospital, Jesse tells that Brock is on the mend and was not poisoned by ricin, but by lilies of the valley . Jesse suspects that the boy ate them out of ignorance. The last picture of the fourth season shows a pot of lilies of the valley, which is on the house terrace of the White family.

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Main cast

role	actor	German voice actors
Walter "Walt" White / Heisenberg	Bryan Cranston	Joachim Tennstedt
Jesse Pinkman	Aaron Paul	Marcel Collé
Skyler White	Anna Gunn	Susanne von Medvey
Walter White, Jr.	RJ middle	Nico Mamone
Hank Schrader	Dean Norris	Lutz Schnell
Marie Schrader	Betsy Brandt	Gundi Eberhard
Saul Goodman	Bob Odenkirk	Michael Pan
Gustavo "Gus" Fring	Giancarlo Esposito	Frank-Otto Schenk
Michael "Mike" Ehrmantraut	Jonathan Banks	Eberhard Haar

Supporting and guest actors

role	actor	German voice actors
Tire putty	Ray Campbell	Christoph Banks
Shell babineaux	Lavell Crawford	Christoph Banks
gaff	Maurice Compte	Johannes Berenz
Steven Gomez	Steven Michael Quezada	Sebastian Christoph Jacob
Andrea Cantillo	Emily Rios	Marie-Luise Schramm
Gale Boetticher	David Costabile	Uwe Büschken
Ted Beneke	Christopher Cousins	Erich Rauker
Tim Roberts	Nigel Gibbs	Gerald Paradise
Héctor "Tio" Salamanca	Mark Margolis	Eberhard Haar
Bogdan Wolynetz	Marius Stan	Valentin Plătăreanu
Eladio Vuente	Steven Bauer	Jörg Hengstler
Brandon "Badger" Mayhew	Matt L. Jones	Tim Sander
Skinny Pete	Charles Baker	Tobias Kluckert

Episodes

The first broadcast of the fourth season was from July 17 to October 9, 2011 on the US TV channel AMC . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German pay-TV transmitter AXN from 10 November to 22 December 2011. The German free TV premiere of the fourth season started on November 2, 2012 in ARTE . The title on ARTE differs in part from the titles that were used when it was first broadcast on AXN and can be found on the DVD. These divergent titles from ARTE are listed here with the note alternative title.

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script	US odds
34	1	The carpet knife scratched (alternative title)	Box cutter	July 17, 2011	Nov 10, 2011	Adam Bernstein	Vince Gilligan	2.576 million
Jesse is picked up by Victor after he has shot Gale and taken to Walter. Gus then kills Victor with a craft knife in front of the two Victorians . The two are told to continue cooking, but Walter believes, unlike Jesse, that their lives are still in danger.
35	2	38 caliber thirty-eight snub-nose (alternative title)	Thirty-Eight Snub	July 24, 2011	Nov 10, 2011	Michelle MacLaren	George Mastras	1.968 million
When Walter tries to visit Gus with a previously purchased revolver, he is stopped by a phone call. So he asks Mike to arrange a meeting. However, this knocks him to the ground. Jesse struggles with guilt and throws one party after another. Meanwhile, Skyler tries to buy the car wash.
36	3	Open house	Open house	July 31, 2011	Nov 17, 2011	David Slade	Sam Catlin	1.714 million
Marie lives out her kleptomaniac inclinations again. Hank sees the lab notes found on Gale's body. In the meantime, Skyler is arranging the purchase of the car wash in a shady way.
37	4th	Indents Abgehakt (Alternative title)	Bullet Points	Aug 7, 2011	Nov 17, 2011	Colin Bucksey	Moira Walley-Beckett	1.834 million
Mike is under attack by the cartel. Skyler and Walter tell their family about the purchase of the car wash, which they explain with Walter's alleged success at card counting. Meanwhile, Walter discovers Gale's files with Hank and fears that a lead could lead to Jesse. Mike has Jesse's squat evacuated. He thinks his careless behavior is a security risk, so he takes him away.
38	5	Shotgun	Shotgun	Aug 14, 2011	Nov 24, 2011	Michelle MacLaren	Tom Schnauz	1.754 million
Walter is upset by the disappearance of his partner and tries in vain to confront Gus. Meanwhile, Jesse is out with Mike to find money from hidden hiding places. At the last station, Jesse seems to be able to prevent an attack. As it later turns out, however, the action was planned by Gus to restore Jesse's loyalty. After signing the purchase agreement for the car wash, Skyler and Walter get closer again. At a family reunion, Walter Hanks' investigation revived when he announced that he did not think Gale was Heisenberg.
39	6th	Cornered	Cornered	Aug 21, 2011	Nov 24, 2011	Michael Slovis	Gennifer Hutchison	1.674 million
Skyler is scared for Walter and wants him to face the police. Walter assures her, however, that he is not in danger, but that he is the danger. Walter suspects that Gus was behind a robbery that made Jesse a hero and staged it to drive a wedge between Jesse and Walter. Mike keeps calling Jesse from shift so that Walter has to work alone in the lab.
40	7th	Problem child problem dog (alternative title)	Problem Dog	28 Aug 2011	Dec 1, 2011	Peter Gould	Peter Gould	1.913 million
Jesse apparently accepts his role of villain and agrees for Walter to kill Gus. When the decisive opportunity presents itself, however, he does not take advantage of it. Meanwhile, Skyler and Walter take over the car wash, but cannot agree on how to deal with Walt's income. Hank follows a lead that leads to Gustavo Fring.
41	8th	Brothers Hermanos (alternative title)	Hermanos	4th Sep 2011	Dec 1, 2011	Johan Renck	Sam Catlin & George Mastras	1.975 million
Gus is invited to the DEA for an interview , but he can dispel the suspicion. Only Hank is not satisfied with his explanations and gets Walter to support him in his investigation. A flashback shows Gustavo's relationship with the cartel. Hector shot his then partner and cook Max, Gus was spared because of his origins.
42	9	Bugged	Bug	Sep 11 2011	Dec 8, 2011	Terry McDonough	Moira Walley-Beckett & Thomas Schnauz	1.891 million
While Hank is investigating Gus, the cartel shoots one of his men. He then agrees to send Jesse to Mexico as a cook. Skyler saves Ted from tax investigations. Walter attaches a GPS tracker to Jesse's car and after Gus has not poisoned Gus at a meal together, Walter and Jesse have a discussion that ends in a fight.
43	10	Bottom up! Salud (alternative title)	Salud	Sep 18 2011	Dec 8, 2011	Michelle MacLaren	Gennifer Hutchison & Peter Gould	1.798 million
Jesse manages to produce very pure meth for the cartel. Walter jr. takes care of his injured father, who now regrets the argument with his partner. Skyler gives Ted money anonymously to help him pay off his debt, but he doesn't use it as she expected. Gus poisons Don Eladio and his men, but he and Mike also take damage as they escape.
44	11	Secret Hideout Escape (alternative title)	Crawl space	25 Sep 2011	Dec 15, 2011	Scott Winant	Sam Catlin & George Mastras	1.550 million
Gus and Mike are cared for in Mexico. When Jesse goes to Texas with Gus, he makes it clear that he is still behind Walter. When Hank asks Walter during his investigation to drive to the laundry, Walter causes an accident. Gus then fires him and threatens to kill his family. When he tries to flee, he finds no money because Skyler has used it to pay off Ted's debts.
45	12	End time	End Times	Oct 2, 2011	Dec 15, 2011	Vince Gilligan	Thomas Schnauz & Moira Walley-Beckett	1.730 million
Skyler and the children are brought to Hank's. There the DEA is supposed to protect him and his relatives, as Saul warned him on his cell phone. Jesse's friend Andrea's son, Brock, was poisoned. Jesse suspects Walter of giving Brock the ricin originally intended for Gus. He looks for Walter with a pistol. He has holed up in his apartment because he is waiting for an attack. However, Walter is able to convince Jesse that Gus poisoned Brock to incite Jesse against Walter. So they try together to kill Gus with an explosive charge on his car, but the situation seems suspicious to him and he does not go to his car.
46	13	Face to Face Who Loses Face (Alternate Title)	Face off	Oct 9, 2011	Dec 22, 2011	Vince Gilligan	Vince Gilligan	1.897 million
Hector Salamanca is tricked by Walter into killing Gus and Tire in a suicide bombing . Walter and Jesse then burn the laboratory down. Brock is on the mend. As it turns out, he was poisoned not with ricin, but with lilies of the valley . The final shot shows a pot with these plants on the terrace of the Whites.