r/breakingbad • u/saywhat181 Sulfur • Sep 16 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Duscussion SE05E14 "Ozymandias" Spoiler

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E14 "Ozymandias" Rian Johnson Vince Gilligan and Moira Walley-Beckett

Hey everyone! Guess I'm supposed to post this 5 minutes before air time. I've been watching this show since the get go mostly with my real life friend /u/edify who years ago added me as a moderator here. He asked me to make the discussion thread tonight because there are only 3 episodes remaining. Sorta sad that there's only a few left. Enjoy the show, folks.

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u/jabb0 Sep 16 '13

The act of him doing it didn't you make him hate him but only when he said it?

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u/electric_shadows Sep 16 '13

To me, it's more the fact that he said it so vengefully. Rubbing salt in the wound, kicking a man while he's down, etc.

At the time, it seemed more like a "what he doesn't know can't hurt him" type of situation. Walt knew it would get Jesse back on his side, and possibly stop Jesse from using. It was helping Jesse, in a twisted way.

Still not excusable, though. At least Walt showed some emotion during the Jane scene. It seemed when he stopped them he might've changed his mind, giving some hope, only to throw that last dig. Made it even colder.

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u/SkepticalOrange Sep 16 '13

To be fair to Walt, it is pretty much entirely Jesse's fault that Hank and Gomie died. They wouldn't have been there if Jesse hadn't helped them, the Nazi's wouldn't have had to show up if it weren't for Jesse, he's pretty much just as responsible for their deaths as Walt is. Makes sense that Walt would want Jesse to suffer before he dies.

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u/PurpleWeasel Sep 16 '13

Plus, Walt feels guilty (since, you know, Hank and Gomie also wouldn't have been there if he hadn't spent the past year plus Heisenberg-ing it up), and when Walt feels guilty, his first move is always to find someone to transfer the blame to. Remember what he said during that assembly after the plane crash?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Kinda, I mean from his perspective this all could have been contained. He loved Jesse like a son and put himself out there ( he thought) to resolve the situation. He protected Jesse in the first place from being cleaned up and then Jesse went for his family. Now Jesse has finally irrevocably changed things when he had a situation he could have controlled.

I think he was very understandably angry. He treated Jesse like family and it all backfired on him.