moves back into the house and tells Skyler he has no intention of leaving. She won't hear of it, but Walter Jr. is thrilled that his father is back. It doesn't stop her from calling the police, however, in an attempt to have Walt thrown out. The police tell her that they can't have him moved out without a court order; when one policeman asks Skyler about any possible illegal activity Walt has been involved in, in an attempt to get a legal basis for throwing Walt out, Skyler declines to mention his drug dealing. Later, Skyler meets with her attorney. After she is assured that everything she says is confidential under attorney-client privilege, she admits to her attorney that Walt is a meth distributor; her attorney advises her to sue him for divorce, and let the police know about Walt, but Skyler tearfully declines, saying that she doesn't want Walter Jr. to find out that his father is a criminal. Jesse is still having trouble coming to terms with his girlfriend's death but has moved back into his house. Saul comes by, asking Jesse to try to convince Walt to get back into drug dealing; Jesse, clearly still in angst from Jane's death, dismissively says he'll handle it. Leonel and Marco Salamanca steal an SUV, bringing Hector Salamanca with them to a meeting with Gus and Juan Bolsa. Gus says that they cannot kill Walter now, as he is doing business with him; once Gus's business with him is done, however, he will let them kill Walter. Hank is still stressed and lashes out at a group of men in a bar, getting in a fight. He uses his status as a DEA agent to prevent the others at the bar from attacking him. Walt shows the money he's earned to Skyler, in an attempt to get her to accept it, as he says it will help with the mortgage and Walter Jr.'s college tuition. He asks Skyler to at least think about it; however, when Skyler gets home from work later, in an attempt to get Walt to distance himself, she says "I fucked Ted".
Production
The episode was written by George Mastras, and directed by Michelle MacLaren; it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on April 4, 2010. The episode's title stands for "I fucked Ted", told by Skyler to Walt at the end.
Reception
Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A, writing that: "Its genius lies in its penetrating gaze inside each character, some at their most vulnerable, others staring out from behind a carefully-constructed protective shell." Seth Amitin of IGN wrote that although it was weaker compared to other episodes of the series, one of its strengths was that "Elements that don't deserve an entire episode were amalgamated into this one. It was succinct and still very interesting" In The Bible in Crime Fiction and Drama: Murderous Texts, Caroline Blyth and Alison Jack compare Skyler's cuckolding of Walt to Delilah's emasculation of Samson in the Book of Judges. The Methods of Breaking Bad: Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics, edited by Jacob Blevins and Dafydd Wood, the authors argue that this episode is the most important in Skyler's character arc. In 2019, The Ringer ranked "I.F.T." 41st out of 62 episodes.
Viewership
The episode's original broadcast was viewed by 1.33 million people, which was a decrease from the 1.55 million of the previous episode, "Caballo sin Nombre".
