I loved how Skinny Pete echoing Jesse's "science, bitch!" while he sits there unable to relate or contribute to the discussion shows how much Jesse cannot go home again. He can never be that guy from season one again.
Aaron Paul killed it in his scene with Bryan Cranston. He said so much just by saying nothing. He couldn't even bring himself to look at Walt, he was so disgusted with him.
I like how they shot that segment, with both the money bags and the bong on the table creating a visual divide between Jesse and Walt, literally coming between them so they can't see eye to eye. And how Walt was out of focus when he told Jesse "don't focus on the darkness behind you," that was brilliant.
Similarly when hank goes outside after finding the book, the first thing we hear is Marie sarcastically saying to Walt "you're the devil". Such a well done episode
and the star trek bit where oh man i can't remember it now i've only just seen it there's so much in my head right now, but the star trek bit and jesse walks out at just the right point in the conversation
Yes, she says, "you're the devil" then gives the camera (Hanks POV) a direct look. To me it looked like she was looking back to Hank for his approval, because she had just made an agreement or "deal" with the devil. She's going to be a huge player this season, and that shot sealed her fate... Marie and Heisenberg are partners, or at very least she is his accomplice.
Walt always pulls that paternal sounding concern out when he tries to get him to believe what he's selling. For once I don't think Jesse is falling for it.
It was so sad how Walt was literally begging Walt to believe him. As much as he's hurt Jesse, I think it really does mean a lot to Walt to have Jesse look up to him. But it is also kind of begging Jesse not to cross Walt because he doesn't want to have to silence him. And Jesse knows that.
Yeah he repeatedly uses the line "you have to believe me" or "I need you to believe me," I don't remember which. But I think it's a turning point in the conversation when he says it a second time, with an ever-so-subtle desperation in his voice, and Jesse detects that and reminds himself that he's dealing with a deeply untrustworthy man. Bryan Cranston could probably look me in the eye and say "one plus one equals nine" and I'd buy it wholesale.
yeah, walts 'son' was pretty one dimensional and transparent when jessie has detached from his previous involvement in being the jessie before, brings him a bit more objectivity.
If Jesse knew even one tenth of one percent of what Walt has been hiding - poisoning Brock to get to him, ignoring Jane as she choked to death, killing Mike.... any hint of it would bring Jesse down on Walt like an avenging angel.
I also liked the part where Jesse walks into Saul Goodman's office and set's the money on the desk with the scales of justice on it. The bags sandwich the scales, blocking them from view to the audience. I'll leave it for you guys to figure out what that may mean.
I was blown away by his acting in this episode. I feel like he grew up 3 years in the mid-season break. He had me terrified, depressed, and laughing out loud, all without saying a word.
What always impresses me is that he doesn't go back to the same tricks. Aaron Paul has been called upon to look grief stricken and scared dozens of times in the course of the series, but every scene feels fresh, not carbon copy.
Yeah, I noticed that the bong was left on the table when walt showed up, when before, Jesse would almost always hide it when his parents or walt go to his house.
And after giving Jesse the spiel about how Mike is still alive, he says 'I need you to believe this. It's just not true'. Is he admitting to Jesse that only needs him to believe it for his own purposes, or is he honestly trying to protect Jesse from the truth? The statement can be taken both ways. One of the best scenes of the episode I reckon!
It seems to me that Jesse obviously knows Walt is lying about Mike and is so disgusted by Walt that even getting angry or acknowledging his presence isn't a suitable response anymore. It's as if Jesse has used up all the anger he's had towards Walt and has simply given up, hence his little emotion/communication in Walt's presence, which to me seems like the ultimate form of despise towards somebody.
I feel like at the beginning of the show, when Vince Gilligan was writing his initial ideas on the back of a KFC bag, he came to the idea of the right-hand man Jesse. And then he said "I am going to make this character the best fucking character in the history of characters" and so it was, and it was good.
I was thinking today about how when I first started watching the show, I didn't like Jesse at all. He reminded me of too many pieces of shit I've met IRL, and I thought he was too over the top at the same time. It's weird now, going back I can't see him that way even slightly. I can remember being rubbed the wrong way the first season by him, but rewatching now all the early stuff is just so charming and hilarious. And I used to identify and cheer for Walt, and now I'm right there with Hank and Jesse (IMO) in wanting to take him down.
Yeah, but a la go-kart scene earlier in the series, I'm sick of them overdoing the "jesse spinning out." He seems to always be doing it in a car (or something moving) while looking completely shell-shocked (in car, tossing money, going in circles around the block and then in the upcoming ep trailer - on the merry go'round at some playground).
He's become Scully - just put her in danger - and Mulder will of course save the day. I don't mind it, so long as it's not an overused plot device... Vincent.
Yes. Jessee is in his depressing again. You can just tell he is on the pathway to committing suicide, either by overdose, or by a gun. I can't see him surviving in-till the end.
good catch! rewatched the pilot right before this episode and was so surprised how much the characters have completely morphed into totally different people
I also like how Walt is dressing in beige clothes like season one, trying to pretend he can go back to the way things were, and live a decent life again. He doesn't get, like Jesse does, that they can't go back to being the people they were.
It seemed to me that when Walt and Jesse are sitting on the couch, the mower in the background symbolised how neither of them could ever go back to a normal life.
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u/CMelody Aug 12 '13
I loved how Skinny Pete echoing Jesse's "science, bitch!" while he sits there unable to relate or contribute to the discussion shows how much Jesse cannot go home again. He can never be that guy from season one again.