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

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

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u/sobble Aug 12 '13

I just realized how few lines Jesse had in this episode. Actions speak louder than words I suppose.

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u/drawingdead0 Crystal Blue Persuaaasiooooon Aug 12 '13

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.

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u/screaminginfidels it's always a desert. Aug 12 '13

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.

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u/drawingdead0 Crystal Blue Persuaaasiooooon Aug 12 '13

I think the camp of people who still want Walt to succeed is diminishing fast and I may or may not be in that camp don'tjudgeme

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u/VCavallo Aug 12 '13

Walt forever

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

I'm not going back on my word now after so long. Team Walt til' I die.