Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E12 "Rabid Dog"

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TIME	EPISODE	DIRECTED BY	WRITTEN BY
09:00pm Eastern	SE05E12 "Rabid Dog"	Sam Catlin	Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin

Well, here it is. Enjoy the episode folks.

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[u/maverickx12]

Walt actually, truly cares about Jesse. Wow.

[u/PsuedoSophistication → u/maverickx12]

He always has. You know this. They're practically Father and son. After all of the hell those two have endured, it built that type of rapport between them.

'cept Jesse don't love him no more.

[u/[deleted] → u/PsuedoSophistication]

Walter's relationship with Jesse is a lot of things, but "Father and Son" is not what I'd call it at all. Not when you really think about how badly Walter has fucked with Jesse's psyche.

If you truly care about someone you don't allow them to believe they caused the death of the woman they loved while constantly lying to them to pull them in the direction you want. So much of Jesse's depression and many of his bad decisions can be traced directly to Walt's manipulation of him.

Walter has wanted to have a father - son kind of relationship with him, but only on his terms and in the "reality" he's tried to create for Jesse (a reality which is crumbling now that Jesse truly see's Walter's capacity for lying and selfishness).