Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
In Germany, Madrigal executive Peter Schuler kills himself as police arrive to question his ties to Gus. In Albuquerque, Jesse panics over his missing ricin cigarette. Walt hides the real vial behind an outlet cover, plants a fake in Jesse’s Roomba, and watches Jesse apologize for suspecting him of poisoning Brock. Walt and Jesse offer Mike equal shares in a new operation, but Mike calls Walt a time bomb and refuses. Meanwhile, at the DEA, Hank hears Merkert say he is being forced out for ignoring Hank’s warnings about Gus. Merkert wonders who else might lead a double life, and Hank turns pensive.
Lydia asks Mike to kill eleven former members of Gus’s crew, but he refuses; they were paid to keep quiet. When the DEA freezes Gus’s offshore accounts, Mike learns his own account, held in his granddaughter’s name, contained two million dollars. He responds to supplier Chow’s invitation but finds Chris has already killed him. Chris admits Lydia hired him to kill Mike’s men after Mike refused. Mike kills Chris, then confronts Lydia at her Houston home. He is about to shoot her when she pleads that her daughter needs her. Mike spares her and makes her the new methylamine supplier, then calls Walt and accepts a partnership. At home, a silent Skyler lies motionless as Walt insists life will soon return to normal and makes an unwanted advance.