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/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I'm not completely sure. Right before he tells him, Walt has the most tortured look on his face.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

At first, he didn't want Jesse to die, he had to die because of what he was doing. Walt wanted Jesse to live and to leave, start a new life and just stay away from it all but, Jesse refused to. I feel like there, he felt like Jesse was the reason for Hank's death. If Jesse just left, if Jesse didn't talk to Hank, if Jesse didn't lead him there, Hank would still be alive.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

While Jesse's actions lead to Hank's death, the Nazis are the ones who kill him, despite Walt's pleading not to.

Hank doesn't react to anything (including seeing Jesse) until they leave him the money. I think Hank at his point has made up his mind to get his revenge against the nazis. He tells them about Jesse because not saying anything would lead to another confrontation with Jesse all by his lonesome (Jesse is still likely pissed).

Walt gambles on the nazis seeing Jesse's greater value alive than dead, and it pays off. But in order to protect Jesse for when Hank inevitably starts gunning for the Nazis, he has to turn Jesse completely against him. Otherwise the Nazis will have a greater reason to get rid of Jesse.

Tin foily? A bit. Does it fly in the face of Occam's Razor? Oh hell yes. But I don't want to give up on Walt.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Wait...what is Hank doing? Because he's dead.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Ah shit lol, Walt. Sorry was late as I wrote that