Yeah, I wanted to ask the question about Walt's motivations because most fans do seem to just say that he did it to get rid of Jane's blackmail threat. But that doesn't really fit with Walt's motivations in 'Phoenix'. If Walt had sat at the bar with Donald and hinted that he was afraid someone was going to reveal a terrible secret about him and ruin his life then I'd say letting Jane die was all about the blackmail. But in the scenes preceding Jane's death all Walt's worries are focused on Jesse and his fear that Jesse is heading for an overdose.
I can you hate and love a character for the exact same action???
Yeah. I kind of feel this way about Jesse shooting Gale too. I hated that Gale died that way. Neither Jane nor Gale were innocents but they weren't bad people either and they didn't deserve their cruel fates. But Jesse shot Gale as a desperate act of love to save Walt and I think Walt did something similar - he didn't want Jane dead, he just realized her death could save Jesse. Of course the difference is Jesse killed Gale at Walt's behest while Walt killed Jane without Jesse's knowledge and (obviously) without his consent.
I can you hate and love a character for the exact same action???
Yeah. I kind of feel this way about Jesse shooting Gale too. I hated that Gale died that way. Neither Jane nor Gale were innocents but they weren't bad people either and they didn't deserve their cruel fates. But Jesse shot Gale as a desperate act of love to save Walt and I think Walt did something similar - he didn't want Jane dead, he just realized her death could save Jesse. Of course the difference is Jesse killed Gale at Walt's behest while Walt killed Jane without Jesse's knowledge and (obviously) without his consent.
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