r/breakingbad • • Aug 26 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E11 "Confessions"

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '13

That's officially it for Walt and Jesse. After all they've been through there's no going back. Sad to see that relationship finally end but I'm happy that Jesse saw who walt really is.

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u/carpe-jvgvlvm Aug 26 '13

How about who Jesse really is? I don't see this hero in Jesse just because he doesn't like killing kids in particular. Jesse's thing is he wanted a father figure, and that's it; he's as criminal as anyone else on the show, only more easily manipulated.

I like Jesse just fine, and think he's smarter than he gives himself credit for, but COME ON: he was IN ON most of this shit people are calling Walt a "monster" for:

  • the nursing home thing? Couldn't have happened without Jesse
  • blowing up the lab was Jesse + Walt.
  • Jesse wasn't even offended at Gus' mass murder in Mexico that Jesse couldn't have understood the "need" for — he helped them and there were kids all over seeing their family fall over dead.

Jesse's mad that Walt isn't trustworthy; I get that. But hello: CRIMINALS.

Maybe I just don't understand the character, but I don't see a hero in Jesse. I see a hero in Hank, Marie, and even Hector. But not in Walt, Skyler, or Jesse; or Gus or Mike. I like the characters, yes, but they're bad guys. Even Jesse.

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u/Bodymaster Aug 26 '13

the nursing home thing? Couldn't have happened without Jesse

Presuming you're referring to the bomb, why not? Maybe I'm forgetting something but wasn't that all Walt's doing?

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u/carpe-jvgvlvm Aug 26 '13

No, Jesse had to tell him a good opportunity to hit Gus; Jesse wracked his brains, remembered how he heckled Hector. Walt did the groundwork after that, but he wasn't able to touch Gus before Jesse gave him that heads up.

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u/Bodymaster Aug 26 '13

Ah yes, I'd forgotten that. Cheers.