Deffo a top five all time episode.
When I think back to my expectations of the final eight episodes, what has happened so far is where I expected to be by episode six or seven. The story really has progressed quickly.
I know, I love the fast pace.
One thing that felt a little out of place for me, and I think its the first time something hasn't made sense, was how Jesse put 2 and 2 together to realise it was Saul who lifted the ricin cigarette. Its not very Jesse-esque.
Jesse is smart in a street way, he takes what people tell him, applies street knowledge and "gets it" in his own way. The he reapplies what he has leant. That's his character. Deducing things from scratch not really his style. As soon as the episode ended I rewound straight back to that scene thinking I had missed something. But no, he worked it out. I thought that was a little bit non Jesse.
I also think this episode shows the demise of Hank, and in actual fact, its not just the video, he now realises that Walts drug money has paid for his rehab, he is basically drawing dead. I actually think that he might just "break bad" himself by the end, now knowing that he has no future.