the lab mask the young girl found in the previous episode. Production The episode was written by Vince Gilligan, and directed by Adam Bernstein; it aired on AMC in the United States and Canada on February 10, 2008. The episode title is a part of a line from the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success, in which a character reports that he resolved an issue. It means that Walt kills Krazy-8. J.J. Hunsecker: "That means you've got a plan. Can you deliver?"Sidney Falco: "Tonight, before you go to bed. The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river." Critical reception The episode received critical acclaim. Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode a rating of 8.9 out of 10 commenting: "If you put every episode of every TV show in existence and rolled it up into one giant ball, we doubt you'd come out with anything as intense as that one minute of television where Walt killed Crazy-8." Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an "A−", saying: "All the heavy stuff I loved so much and described above -- yet this was also an episode full of hilarious lines." In 2019, The Ringer ranked "...And the Bag's in the River" as the 10th best out of the 62 total Breaking Bad episodes. Vulture.com ranked it 22nd overall. References External links "...And the Bag's in the River" at the official Breaking Bad site 2008 American television episodes Breaking Bad (season 1) episodes Television episodes written by Vince Gilligan