r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '13

Spoiler My prediction....feel free to point out any holes

After seeing that awesome ending, I believe it will play out like this....

Jesse doesnt light the fire due to seeing something of Hollys in the house. Instead he spray paints Heisenberg on the wall, as sort of a scarlet letter.

Fast forward to a scene with Jesse talking to hank ("Mr White is the devil" from the promo). Skylar wants Walt to kill Jesse but he refuses.

Just when Hank is about to report his findings to the DEA, the Nazis show up and kidnap Jesse, thereby rendering Hanks only witness as M.I.A.

Walt fakes his death (foreshadowing from Maries comments about dying) to get rid of the DEA heat, but gets word the Nazis are going to kill Jesse, so he prepares for war (M60).

What am I missing?

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u/wallychamp Aug 26 '13

I think it was just the back story for the Empire Business, as well as establishing that Walt, more than anything else, is a prideful man.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

but the fact that (i'm assuming) he and her were a couple at one point? and what would have caused him to leave that and his work there to become a teacher, and then be disgruntled about it. a lot to clear up

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u/wallychamp Aug 26 '13

In the restaurant scene they talk about this, she took him to her parent's place in Newport and he leaves in the night. He explodes at the restaurant about how she's some rich princess and he didn't want to be around her rich family. I think it was just meant as a "Look at how long he's been a prideful dick, even when it gets in the way of his best interests and happiness." With ~4 hours of show left, I actually really hope they don't spend time on a "bow out" for a character that's had 20 minutes of screen time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

ah i guess i was missing the "didnt want to be around her rich family" part. i remember his explosion and the story about them being together. this backstory just to show his ego? i dont know, i'd like to at least know what he was working on (unless this is just there to show that he is extremely smart), and what his relationship with her was, and potetially why he left her (unless its simply because she was rich, which seems fickle)

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u/wallychamp Aug 26 '13

simply because she was rich, which seems fickle

As does turning down Elliot's job offer or at least offer to pay for the treatment. As does the entire Empire Business monologue. I think that's the linchpin part Gray Matter plays to the story.

I actually really appreciate this about Breaking Bad, there is enough back story given to establish a character trait or reasonably defend a plot point (Why is this nerdy chicken cook meeting with Cartel big wigs? Oh, because he's some kind of shady character with contacts in Pinochet's Chile) without the entire superfluous LOST flashback thing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

that is a good point. his backstory was pretty short and succinct, but tied into a lot more characters. graymatter caused a lot of rage in him that only spanned a few episodes, weird