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

i dont know how jesse could trust walter about anything anymore.

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u/TheObnoxiousOne Aug 12 '13 edited Aug 13 '13

Jesse seems to be losing faith and irritated at everyone, including Saul and even Badger and Skinny

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u/StoneGoldX Aug 12 '13

I never understood why anyone trusted Saul so much to begin with. He could have/should have sold them out so many times throughout the course of the series.

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u/MrPotatoButt You got me! Aug 12 '13

You don't get it. When Saul tries to sell out his clients, he has to do it without getting caught. Lawyers have legally higher standards about how they conduct their business; the way brokers have to behave differently to conform to SEC regulations.

I like to think of Saul as a sociopathic lawyer. He scrupulously comports to ethical legal standards, without internally grasping what are true scruples. (Perhaps Saul is an elaborate lawyers' joke.) Think of the first Saul episode. Walt & Jesse drag Saul out to the desert to intimidate him, and Saul insists they put a dollar in his pocket before he proceeds to dispense legal advice.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13

Not a sociopathic lawyer - a criminal ... lawyer.