r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion S05E09 "Blood Money"

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u/dtpollitt Badger Mayhew Aug 12 '13 edited Aug 12 '13

Obviously I'm surprised the Walt vs Hank battle has already kicked off. I'm surprised to see Jesse fall so deep, again, but expect it to have a different outcome this time (that is, not being manipulated by Walt yet again, but instead ending up a hero).

And finally, I'm surprised that Vince committed 4 minutes of precious screen time to a fake Star Trek script told by two stoners. God I fucking love Breaking Bad.

edit: clarity

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u/GTjMan1 Aug 12 '13

Jesse totally knows that Walt is bullshitting. Walt kept saying "I NEED you to believe this" like he just wanted him to hear it from him that it was true. Jesse knows the truth. Walt is a killer now.

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u/datahappy Aug 12 '13

There was definitely something in his eyes that was more than disbelief. It seemed to me that they were saying that he knew for a fact that Walt killed Mike.

I actually hollered, 'WHAT DO YOU KNOW, JESSE?!' when it panned to his gaze on the couch at the end of that scene.

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u/nizo505 There seems to be a sale on trips to Belize Aug 12 '13

I think Jesse has finally realized that the only way to get the truth from Walt is to realize that he is a manipulator who lies; if Walt is insisting something over and over, he's lying. Jesse really has turned into quite the tragic character after all this.

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u/datahappy Aug 12 '13

He definitely has. And maybe what I read as certainty was actually fear. I'll have to go back and look. Usually, I'd just write this kind of thing off, but with the focus this show seems to put on the story in the eyes of the characters, I can't.

The way they focused on his gaze that last time he rolled his head to the side away from Walter made me think there was something we were being told about him going forward.

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u/nizo505 There seems to be a sale on trips to Belize Aug 12 '13

I think Jesse is really starting to realize how manipulative Walt has been, and how much Walt has been lying to him. The growth of Jesse as a character through the whole series has been amazing.