It's here!!!! Second part of season 3!!! I couldn't wait to read your analysis of this one, especially for the episode 'Fly'.
"This makes nooo sense". Well yes, Gale, it's Walt and Jesse's relationship. It takes several long winded fan essays to make sense of it.Speaking of making sense of this relationship, one scene that caught my attention in the second half of season two is Walt speeding and almost driving into an incoming truck. He needs and enjoys the thrill and being in danger is part of the fun. I don't think he felt in danger working for Gus (he was worried about Jesse but I don't think he was worried for his own safety. He's well aware that Gus needs him alive). The fly contamination, like the rot in the house... he's showing these types of obsessive behaviors when he's bored (and I believe he was bored being Gus's employee. He needs to be the one in control). Jesse's action at the end of Half Measures allowed him to unleash Heisenberg and gain back the thrill (being 'awake'). Walt's brain might have associated 'being
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S3 part 2 has some of the very best W/J moments. Fly and Half Measures were my favourite episodes to meta to far.
one scene that caught my attention in the second half of season two is Walt speeding and almost driving into an incoming truck. He needs and enjoys the thrill and being in danger is part of the fun. I don't think he felt in danger working for Gus (he was worried about Jesse but I don't think he was worried for his own safety. He's well aware that Gus needs him alive) Yes, I didn't mention that scene in my recap but maybe I should have. It's almost a foreshadowing for Walt later using his car as a weapon to kill the two dealers. I think Walt was fearful of Gus and the superior control that Gus wielded but you're right that Walt was more fearful for Jesse's safety than his own. Being on the verge of death does make Walt stronger and more daring but by mid-S3 his cancer is in remission and he's under Gus's protection and he feels like he's lived too long. So yes, maybe Walt does rely on Jesse to bring a bit of chaos and
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That Wire scene was horrible!! I bought the entire series and boyfriend wants to watch with me. I should brace myself because this show looks so freaking dark
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Yeah...I think The Wire easily beats BSG and BB as the most depressing show ever on TV for me. You know that I eat up angst with a spoon, but I nearly stopped watching The Wire after that scene. It was so brutal. The show is incredible and very much worth watching, but it's merciless on your emotions
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I'm only half way through this so far but. OH MY GOD. You've completely reminded me of about a thousand things I've managed to forget since first watching season three [it and the first half of season five are the only seasons I'm yet to fully re-watch]. MUST DO IT NAOW! Oh, mannnn. OH, MANNNNN!!!
Fly. ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID!!! ALLLLLL OF THEM. That people have the sheer audacity to label it a 'filler episode' MAKES ME RAAAAAGE! And then write them off as only faux-fans of the show because, HONESTLY??? FILLER??? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Only the actual opposite of filler.
Also, in I See You, your unpacking of the Jesse/Gale/Walt dynamic with regard to Walt's speech and the way that Gale sees right through it makes my HEART HURT!
"This makes nooo sense". Well yes, Gale, it's Walt and Jesse's relationship. It takes several long winded fan essays to make sense of it. Also, this! I legit. snorted when I read these lines because SO TRUE!!! SOOOOO TRUE!!
Jesse sees how the young are most susceptible to manipulation and conditioning by their older bosses, yet he doesn't seem to realize that this is one of the main reasons why Walt chose Jesse to be his partner. THIS! Exactly! I mean, I don't even really have anything to add because you've already said it all.
But words are open to interpretation and the real meaning to the Half Measures story is that Jesse is the abused wife who needs to be saved, not the drunk husband who needs to be shot. ARGH! AGAIN! YES!
I'm going to blame the cold medication I've just taken on my inability to be more articulate than this!!
Jesse started all this because he was angry about what happened to Tomas and Jesse's fate is to become Tomas; a kid who's given a gun and ordered to kill. Jesse can't kill Gale but he can't let Walt die either and at some point while Jesse's standing there having a nervous breakdown over those things he can't do...somehow, he fires that gun. The the hearts of Jesse!fangirls/boys the world over shattered as one... [but in the
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Thank you so much for reading and commenting and complimenting and pimping! This was my favourite recap to write so far, especially for the Fly and Half Measures which may be the two best Walt & Jesse episodes for me. I'm really looking forward to recapping S4 with Walt & Jesse's 'the student becomes the master' arc and then S5 for Walt & Jesse being more friendly and fucked up than ever before.
That people have the sheer audacity to label it a 'filler episode' MAKES ME RAAAAAGE! And then write them off as only faux-fans of the show because, HONESTLY??? FILLER??? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Yeah bitch!! I'm so glad you feel the same way. I feel very passionately about this. Like if someone was to call Fly boring or pointless on my flist my finger would be on the de-friending button. I just don't feel I can get along with fans who don't love Fly.
your unpacking of the Jesse/Gale/Walt dynamic with regard to Walt's speech and the way that Gale sees right through it makes my HEART HURT! Poor Gale. He did everything he could to make Walter
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I am so much in awe of your writeup all I can do is squee! :D
Walt grips the ladder from below, drowsily aware that Jesse is risking his safety just to kill some little insect for him.
That really is the heart of the Walt/Jesse relationship! Jesse worships Mr. White; he really does. It shows in the way he reverts to being like a kid around the older man, and how he'll end up killing for Mr. White in the end, because he becomes Mr. White's robot.
(I think I said that originally, didn't I? *little dance*)
The ironic thing is that just as kids eventually grow up, so does Jesse and by S5, he's metaphorically become an adult, and Walter, like so many fathers before him, doesn't even notice that his "son" has become a man until probably the moment that Jesse walks away, knowing that $5 million is probably gone forever.
(I think I said that originally, didn't I? *little dance*)
Yes! I thought it was you! It was such a brilliant observation. *sigh* Jesse, our poor robot. I should give you a credit. I also think you may be right that Jesse killing the fly for Walt was a foreshadowing that Jesse really would KILL for Walt if it was needed and certainly Jesse would risk his life for him.
Walter, like so many fathers before him, doesn't even notice that his "son" has become a man
Another great observation! I may end up stealing that one for my recaps too (I owe you a credit for sure). It's like in that scene where Walt is being all fatherly and seeming to give Jesse is blessing to marry Andrea. But really, Walt is trying to stop Jesse growing up and having a family of his own because Walt wants Jesse to stay with him.
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"This makes nooo sense". Well yes, Gale, it's Walt and Jesse's relationship. It takes several long winded fan essays to make sense of it.Speaking of making sense of this relationship, one scene that caught my attention in the second half of season two is Walt speeding and almost driving into an incoming truck. He needs and enjoys the thrill and being in danger is part of the fun. I don't think he felt in danger working for Gus (he was worried about Jesse but I don't think he was worried for his own safety. He's well aware that Gus needs him alive). The fly contamination, like the rot in the house... he's showing these types of obsessive behaviors when he's bored (and I believe he was bored being Gus's employee. He needs to be the one in control). Jesse's action at the end of Half Measures allowed him to unleash Heisenberg and gain back the thrill (being 'awake'). Walt's brain might have associated 'being ( ... )
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one scene that caught my attention in the second half of season two is Walt speeding and almost driving into an incoming truck. He needs and enjoys the thrill and being in danger is part of the fun. I don't think he felt in danger working for Gus (he was worried about Jesse but I don't think he was worried for his own safety. He's well aware that Gus needs him alive) Yes, I didn't mention that scene in my recap but maybe I should have. It's almost a foreshadowing for Walt later using his car as a weapon to kill the two dealers. I think Walt was fearful of Gus and the superior control that Gus wielded but you're right that Walt was more fearful for Jesse's safety than his own. Being on the verge of death does make Walt stronger and more daring but by mid-S3 his cancer is in remission and he's under Gus's protection and he feels like he's lived too long. So yes, maybe Walt does rely on Jesse to bring a bit of chaos and ( ... )
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Fly. ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID!!! ALLLLLL OF THEM. That people have the sheer audacity to label it a 'filler episode' MAKES ME RAAAAAGE! And then write them off as only faux-fans of the show because, HONESTLY??? FILLER??? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Only the actual opposite of filler.
Also, in I See You, your unpacking of the Jesse/Gale/Walt dynamic with regard to Walt's speech and the way that Gale sees right through it makes my HEART HURT!
Now I'm going to go and read the rest of this!
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But words are open to interpretation and the real meaning to the Half Measures story is that Jesse is the abused wife who needs to be saved, not the drunk husband who needs to be shot. ARGH! AGAIN! YES!
I'm going to blame the cold medication I've just taken on my inability to be more articulate than this!!
Jesse started all this because he was angry about what happened to Tomas and Jesse's fate is to become Tomas; a kid who's given a gun and ordered to kill. Jesse can't kill Gale but he can't let Walt die either and at some point while Jesse's standing there having a nervous breakdown over those things he can't do...somehow, he fires that gun. The the hearts of Jesse!fangirls/boys the world over shattered as one... [but in the ( ... )
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That people have the sheer audacity to label it a 'filler episode' MAKES ME RAAAAAGE! And then write them off as only faux-fans of the show because, HONESTLY??? FILLER??? ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
Yeah bitch!! I'm so glad you feel the same way. I feel very passionately about this. Like if someone was to call Fly boring or pointless on my flist my finger would be on the de-friending button. I just don't feel I can get along with fans who don't love Fly.
your unpacking of the Jesse/Gale/Walt dynamic with regard to Walt's speech and the way that Gale sees right through it makes my HEART HURT! Poor Gale. He did everything he could to make Walter ( ... )
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Walt grips the ladder from below, drowsily aware that Jesse is risking his safety just to kill some little insect for him.
That really is the heart of the Walt/Jesse relationship! Jesse worships Mr. White; he really does. It shows in the way he reverts to being like a kid around the older man, and how he'll end up killing for Mr. White in the end, because he becomes Mr. White's robot.
(I think I said that originally, didn't I? *little dance*)
The ironic thing is that just as kids eventually grow up, so does Jesse and by S5, he's metaphorically become an adult, and Walter, like so many fathers before him, doesn't even notice that his "son" has become a man until probably the moment that Jesse walks away, knowing that $5 million is probably gone forever.
Great writeup. Juuuuuuuuust awesome. :D
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Yes! I thought it was you! It was such a brilliant observation. *sigh* Jesse, our poor robot. I should give you a credit. I also think you may be right that Jesse killing the fly for Walt was a foreshadowing that Jesse really would KILL for Walt if it was needed and certainly Jesse would risk his life for him.
Walter, like so many fathers before him, doesn't even notice that his "son" has become a man
Another great observation! I may end up stealing that one for my recaps too (I owe you a credit for sure). It's like in that scene where Walt is being all fatherly and seeming to give Jesse is blessing to marry Andrea. But really, Walt is trying to stop Jesse growing up and having a family of his own because Walt wants Jesse to stay with him.
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