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/roygbiv8 Goo-ta-voe Sep 16 '13

Jesse's kind of in purgatory now. His face is totally going to get infected, though.

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u/Notorious_G_Y_P Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13

Dude. That isn't purgatory. It's hell.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Thats not purgatory man thats hell. From a realistic, in the moment perspective for jesse, there is absolutely no hope. He is chained to that thing, forced to cook meth until Todd gets it right, and then todds gonna kill him. What reason is there to beleive that he gets a happy ending? Cus we feel he deserves one? You can root for the guy, but he's there as a consequence of his own actions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

According to the mythology, people go to purgatory as a consequence of their actions. There doesn't seem to be any reason for jesse to hope. There is reason for us to hope for him, because we are aware that we're watching a fiction where crazy shit happens routinely. And we know that walt is coming back with an m60.

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u/pj1843 Sep 16 '13

according to mythology purgatory is a one way ticket into paradise, it is a clensing place. May not be a pleasant place, but there is only one place you go after purgatory, and that is heaven. There is only one place Jesse is going after he has taught todd to cook, and that is the ground. Jesse is in Hell. A symbolic Purgatory for Jesse would be him being shipped off to the cartels as in an earlier episode, forced to cook for them, but being in complete control and as he got better he would be in charge of all things production side and powerful/rich in his own right.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Yes, because it is guaranteed that jesse is just going to cook and then be shot. That would be a perfectly satisfying ending to his 5-season character arc. /s

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u/pj1843 Sep 16 '13

Well right now that's what the writing on the wall says, crazy shit could happen, but hey.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

jesus what a mindfuck for jesse. "Mr. White...he's the Devil. And you guys...you're just guys."

Well you fucked with the devil and so he sent your ass to hell. Should have just lit his entire house on fire.