Walt meets Gus Fring at Los Pollos Hermanos for a formal business conversation. Gus is calm and precise, explaining that he has verified Walt's product and considers it exceptional, but he has reservations about Jesse, whom he views as an unreliable addict and a liability. Gus offers to buy Walt's entire stockpile — thirty-eight pounds of meth — for $1.2 million in a single transaction, but he insists this is a one-time deal and that Walt must deliver the product within one hour at a designated location. Walt agrees to the terms and rushes to collect the meth. He calls Jesse repeatedly but cannot reach him. Walt drives to Jesse's house and finds him in a drugged stupor with Jane, who has relapsed into heroin use alongside Jesse. Walt is furious: his largest deal depends on delivering the product immediately, and Jesse is incapacitated. Walt retrieves the meth himself from its hiding place and races to the drop point, barely making the deadline. Gus's men complete the exchange, and Walt receives the $1.2 million in cash. Walt brings Jesse's half of the money — $480,000 — to Jesse's house but refuses to hand it over, telling Jesse he will hold the money until Jesse is sober enough to manage it responsibly. Jesse, enraged, accuses Walt of treating him like a child. Jane, now aware of the scale of Jesse's drug earnings, encourages Jesse to demand his money and suggests they use it to start a new life together, clean, far from Albuquerque. Jesse calls Walt and insists on receiving his share immediately. Walt refuses. Jane calls Walt herself, threatening to expose his drug operation to the authorities if he does not hand over Jesse's money. Walt, cornered, agrees to deliver the cash. He brings the money to Jesse's house that night and finds both Jesse and Jane passed out from heroin use. Walt tries to rouse Jesse and accidentally rolls Jane onto her back. Jane begins to vomit and choke in her unconscious state. Walt reaches toward her instinctively but then stops, watching as Jane asphyxiates on her own vomit. He could save her by turning her on her side but instead lets her die, removing the threat she poses to his operation and eliminating Jesse's reason to take his money and disappear. Walt leaves the house as Jane's breathing stops.