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The first time I tried watching Breaking Bad was when the series had ended but was relatively fresh. At that time I guess my comprehension was not good. Because I stopped at the episode when there is a single fly in the lab. My interpretation at that time was that the episode was a comedy filler but upon rewatching that arc I couldn’t be further off the mark. So it’s fair to say I did not understand what was going on.
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I don’t really know what to say. The whole point of this season seems to be watching W.W. be a monumental piece of shit. In the previous seasons you had at least a modicum of a reason to root for him because apart from his origin story he was in a tussle against powers greater than himself. Now he is just being a garbage human being for no reason.
I think it is just a logical culmination of how badly W.W. is characterised in the series. He goes from someone who is “cut off” from a multi-billion dollar endeavour for $5000 bucks of rent money to someone who wants to be the king of meth slingers at any cost. The transition is not subtle because it turns out he was a sleeper hardcore badass all along and he just needed the consciousness of mortality that a cancer diagnosis brings about to be doing his thing.
So far I have been viewing the series as somewhat of a fantasy setting which has made the whole thing acceptable premise-wise and very enjoyable. But towards the end as they are wrapping it up I don’t feel compelled to see it through for a reason other than the sunk cost.
I feel like Jesse has been much more sympathise-able throughout. It is not a surprise he did not “apply himself” with a teacher like W.W.
Can’t believe I’m engaging in an actual serious discussion after years on r/okbuddychicanery so here we go.
I wouldn’t go as far as that, but it’s definitely ridiculous at some points, everything Walter did up to season 5, made perfect sense, starts off as living shit life working multiple jobs, gets cancer, starts cooking with Jesse etc, then he wanted to exit in season 3 because shit happened before he actually strikes a good deal with Gus, was actually more than happy at the time with money they had, before that goes to shit because of Jesse and both of them spend entire season and half trying to stay alive.
And now in season 5 they’re broke along with Mike and have to continue, which they do, but then Walter goes off the rails and continues piling up the sum while being an ass before he eventually stops and then everything ends when Hank finds out.
The point is, so much stuff is out of character not only for Walter, but for Jesse also, he was cooking way before the series started, not to mention using and with all the problems that created, didn’t have any issue working with Gus, going to cartel etc, but now he kind of just wants to stop? Keep in mind that this all happens in a span of few years.
So yeah, I never really thought about it that way, but now looking back, a lot of stuff seem off. And fly episode is important because it shows and deepens Walt and Jesse’s characters, Walter is dozed and they’re both sincere with each other for once and shows that Walter has regrets.
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/rc Fly was Lalo reincarnated as a shapeshifting vampire, Howard was also reincarnated as one and escaped.
I don’t find Jesse stopping to be out of character. The murders they rack up in the course of their misadventures seem to visibly take a toll on him. When they murder a child in cold blood with Walter rationalising it and talking about it as if it’s a non-event, I think it is logical that Jesse wants to dissociate from the party.
Did I miss the scene? They never killed any children, Todd did, and it was Mike’s idea to keep him around since he had connections to gang and if they wasted him on spot, there would be consequences and the’d be in danger. All the killing up to that point was in self defense but at least that’s understandable , the weird part is Jesse not being ok with cooking suddenly.
I don’t know if you are trying to be cute/funny but I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
Yes, they did not directly kill any children technically or literally. But if your associate, however temporary the relationship might be, shoots a child in front of your eyes, you are gonna feel bad about it. That is what I was talking about in regard to the guilt weighing on Jesse’s shoulders.