Mike Ehrmantraut and his attorney spend an entire day visiting his former subordinates in jail who are under heavy scrutiny from the police due to their association with Gus Fring.
While discussing Walt's upcoming 51st birthday with Marie Schrader at the car wash, Skyler White begins to light a cigarette.
Mike allocates the money earned from the first cook, but Walt becomes upset when so much of it is given to dealers, mules, Saul Goodman, and Vamonos Pest.
"[4] Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker called "Hazard Pay" "a marvelous episode, full of problem-solving and execution, along with a few wild-card emotional moments."
Tucker particularly liked Mike's money-division scene at the end of the episode, calling it "a beautifully simple lesson in economics, laid out clearly for both Walter and Jesse, and for us.