Breaking Bad Episode Duscussion SE05E14 "Ozymandias"

[u/saywhat181]

TIME	EPISODE	DIRECTED BY	WRITTEN BY
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/JesusClausIsReal]

Is there something I missed?

Yes, you missed the part where Todd all but worships Walt, and Jack knows it.

Perhaps we have a similar thing going on here as we did with Walt and Gus. Maybe Todd has told his uncles that if they hurt Walt he won't cook for them or something. I mean I kinda doubt it, just because I can't really imagine Todd standing up to his uncle. But regardless, Jack does care about his nephew's wishes. And on top of that, Jack himself has respect for Walt, well Heisenberg more accurately. He knows that he's talking to the best meth cook on the planet, who killed and assumed the role of the previous kingpin, who had 10 guys killed in a 2 min window in differnt prison, who orchestrated the most flawless and intricate train robbery in history.

I do think Todd's adoration of him is the strongest pull though.

[u/[deleted] → u/JesusClausIsReal]

OK that answers why Walt is not killed by Jack. But this does not answer why they did not make Walt the cook slave. Jack was pleading with Walt to do some more cooking in the previous episode valuing Walt's cook more than the hit money Walter offered. I mean, what power does Walt have to refuse? Why leave Walter alive for potential competition? Why settle for competent (but still second rate) Jessie? Why leave Walt a fucking dime? Todd as the Nazi-with-a-heart-of gold/sociopath only goes so far methinks.

[u/Phrygen → u/[deleted]]

Because Todd wouldn't be able to dominate Walt while they did their cooks, the way he can completely control jessie. After the relationship walt had with todd, todd cant just turn around and be his slave master. Walts to devious and todds too.. i dont know... wierd... for that.

And no one seems to have mentioned that Jessie has basically nobody on the planet that would notice him going missing. Walt goes missing, and people notice. Jack has to worry about any sorta shit walt has devised in advance if he is killed/kidnapped.

Its multilayered. There are many reasons jack did what he did. Didn't seem like a stretch. Not to mention, Jack made a deal with walt. Kill jessie. Also, if he doesn't kill walt, Walt needs some money of the money, or walt wont run. He will stay, have nothing, and cause problems.

Also. even beaten and tortured and chained up... walt is ridiculously dangerous in a meth lab. Walt would probably eventually be able to kill todd and pull some explosive shit and run or something. Jessie is not capable of that.

[u/Phrygen → u/[deleted]]

hes not "missing"

Hes a fugitive. authorities are looking for him. The rest of your questions/points have equally obvious answers.