open house breaking bad open house episode fourth season american television drama series breaking bad 36th overall episode series originally aired united_states july episode walter advance plans buy car wash organization holds increasingly darker parties distract guilt having killed gale marie starts stealing cope difficult recovery husband hank asked offer advice gale murder investigation episode written directed filmmaker marking time directing television featured guest appearances stand comedian specifically sought appear footage shown person perspective camera actual footage real camera marie return demonstrated season conceived early sessions season breaking bad music supervisor sought select music party sequences appropriate dark tone scenes including song heart swedish musician open house viewed estimated million viewers received nielsen rating adults ages episode received generally positive reviews plot episode begins notices motion detecting surveillance camera installed lab later day convinces meeting buy car wash mentioning owner insulted plan trick owner selling having con artist supplied pretend water shutting business concerns owner promptly sells agreeing lower price original offer feeling recent events attempting clear head nostalgic trips continues open house night drug fueled deliberately throwing piles money midst chaos angry frustrated hank continuous cold shoulder marie resumes starts stealing objects real estate open houses makes elaborate stories eventually caught real estate agent hank pulls strings senior police officer charged officer drops residence seek hank help giving gale lab notes look hank initially away begins read later night production open house written directed marking time directing television fan breaking bad sought direct episode filmed february episode edited handful editors regularly worked series reprised role detective portrayed second season episode stand comedian guest appearance man poses environmental inspector cast expressed interest appearing casting directors series creator said waste time writer room getting youtube watching routines stand comedian reprised recurring role bodyguard guest appearance marie credited appear concept installing surveillance camera lab stemmed idea walter employing called falling end season commented way story mess head little bit footage shown person perspective camera actual footage real camera including numbers shown screen shot shown lower quality rest episode shot film episode features subplot marie engaging acts major character season said conceived early marie act way ideas marie hank difficult recovery described marie acts stealing respite looking life actively ready leave husband like liked said open house favorite episode season shoot idea riding relax inspired crew members went racing filming breaking bad episodes new_mexico party scenes house keeps throwing dollar bills mouth sleeping man wearing dress shirt tie pants finally gets inside mouth thought idea property master actually throwing bills screen got actor mouth second try scenes house shot set sound stage built production designer construction coordinator scenes house occasionally filmed actual house particular scenes shot party party scenes sought illustrate internal guilt self hatred having murdered season finale measure praised scenes saying thought great way person going private hell everybody suffers deals personal loss different ways previous episode thirty featured similar party scenes party darker open house music supervisor tried select music appropriate darker tone originally tried variations punk rock hip hop felt inappropriate wanted deeper chose song heart swedish musician sequence scenes party said liked muted loud sort feel song felt matched frame mind heavy darkness party chosen vote writers possible songs reception ratings open house aired sunday july episode viewed estimated million viewers received nielsen rating adults ages means seen year olds watching television time broadcast episode 22nd highest rated program day aired reviews episode received positive reviews alan_sepinwall hitfix said particularly interested marie characters episode called credit evolution supporting cast interesting praised direction particularly scenes ign called great episode improvement previous box cutter thirty praised way character proved walter praised performance claiming subplot provided needed comic relief reminded works entertainment_weekly writer praised development character said episode touched common theme asserting walter work hank taking disabled marie said script raises question mean strong man los_angeles_times writer todd_vanderwerff called best episodes despite attention walter support cast members vanderwerff said episode demonstrated walter actions affected said marie character interesting past fanatic complimented performances said seriously actor convey saying compared increasingly calculated approach walter drug dealing personality new_york magazine writer praised performance said interesting episode focused marie usually dominated male characters said transformation concerned wife competent criminal partner felt sudden reviews positive slate writers enjoyed marie open house felt scenes house concerns walter safety character
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