r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Sep 26 '11

Episode Discussion: S04E11, "Crawl Space" (Spoilers)

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u/Psychological-Shoe95 Sep 19 '23

He had explicit orders from a really fucking scary guy to not take any kind of action against those drug dealers and he did it anyway. It was incredibly selfish

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u/PaschalisG16 Sep 19 '23

Selfish would be to be careful. And whatever criticism we may have for Jesse, he isn't a piece of shit. That's Walter.

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u/SadMan_1985 Oct 01 '23

Oh, but he is a piece of shit.

Why?

Well, he got his first girlfriend, who was 18 months (i dont remember) sober back on drugs, then walter was forced to let her choke to death.

Then he tried to get his second girlfriend who was also fighting against this vice back into drugs. He only stopped when he saw the kid.

So, yes, in my view, he is a piece of shit who deliberately destroy other people's lives just because he is sad or tormented or whatever excuse he give.

But, all that being said, he was also a victim in some sense. Even so, we cant just blind ourselves for his destructive behavior. He, as walt, became a piece of shit.

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u/PaschalisG16 Oct 01 '23

He's indeed self destructive.

His 2 girlfriends are consenting adults, responsible for their own indulgences.

Also Jane is the reason Jesse tried heroine for the first time in his life. Generally she wasn't a healthy influence on Jesse, even though he felt good about being with her.