Gliding Over All

"Gliding Over All" is the eighth episode and mid-season finale of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 54th overall episode of the series. Written by Moira Walley-Beckett and directed by Michelle MacLaren, it aired on AMC in the United States on September 2, 2012. The episode is named after poem 271 in Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, a book that is featured prominently in the series. The episode marks the final series appearance of Jonathan Banks as Mike Ehrmantraut, though he subsequently reprised the role in Better Call Saul and El Camino. Plot At Vamonos Pest, Walter White and Todd prepare a barrel of hydrofluoric acid to dispose of Mike Ehrmantraut's dead body. When Jesse Pinkman arrives, Walt informs him that Mike is "gone." When asked by Jesse how they will deal with Mike's nine henchmen now that they will not be receiving their hazard payments, Walt bluntly tells Jesse that, having quit, he is no longer involved in the business, and matters will be handled without him.