Walt and Jesse resume cooking meth in the RV, producing a large quantity of their signature blue product. The immediate problem is distribution: Tuco is dead, and they have no connection to a distributor who can move large volumes. Jesse proposes using his street-level friends — Skinny Pete, Badger Mayhew, and Combo Ortega — as individual dealers, each taking a portion of the product and selling it directly to users. Walt is skeptical of the plan's scalability and the reliability of Jesse's associates, but he agrees because they have no other option. Jesse distributes the meth to his three friends and sets a price and a deadline for payment. Skinny Pete makes several sales but is quickly robbed at knifepoint by addicts who take his product and cash. He returns to Jesse empty-handed and humiliated. Jesse is furious and realizes that his dealers need protection or they will be victimized repeatedly. Walt tells Jesse that the distribution problem is Jesse's responsibility and that he should handle it. Hank, still processing the trauma of killing Tuco, returns to work at the DEA but experiences a panic attack in the elevator of the federal building. He hides the attack from his colleagues and pushes through, but his hands tremble and he is visibly on edge. Hank's wife Marie Schrader notices his changed behavior at home — he is short-tempered and avoids discussing the shooting. Marie urges him to see a counselor, but Hank refuses, insisting he is fine. Skyler arranges a dinner with Elliott and Gretchen Schwartz to discuss them helping pay for Walt's cancer treatment. Walt attends the dinner and is civil but seething with resentment at accepting charity from people he believes profited from his intellectual work. Elliott offers to cover all of Walt's medical expenses, and Walt accepts in the moment but later tells Skyler he will not take their money. Jesse, confronting the reality that his crew cannot protect themselves, decides he must become the enforcer. He buys a gun and practices an intimidating persona in front of his bathroom mirror, rehearsing threats. Walt sees Jesse's frustration and tells him that in the drug business, there are two types of people: the ones who get robbed and the ones who do the robbing. This conversation hardens Jesse's resolve to control his territory through fear rather than trust.