Sorry about the earlier comment. Some people are grammar police. I'm another kind of those type of people.
So I tend to think of Dennys as a Walt & Jesse place
Yep, me too. That's why this particular restaurant is on my 'I absolutely have to eat there' list.
Mike lowers his gun with a very world-weary "Oh Jesse..."
Oh Mike. I love you.
When the three guys drive away we get a shot of Mike and Walt sitting in the front of the car and Jesse in between them on the backseat. In S5 we get an awful lot of shots with Walt and Mike at either sides of the frame and Jesse in the middle in the background.
Great observation. Jesse was the only thing making this partnership work.
If there's one passion that Walt and Jesse share it's their love of committing elaborate felonies with science.
lol!!! So true.
I don't think there was anything sadistic about this manipulation. Walt's purpose was to get Jesse to stop worrying over the ricin, lest Jesse begin to suspect Walt of lifting it again.
Oh, wow. wow. I never thought of it that way but you're absolutely right. Walt's intention weren't sadistic... but it's the result and seeing Jesse so emotional and devastated and how Walt, in a very calculated way, used Jesse's vulnerable state to get what he wanted. But before that scene... Walt was... Oh God help me... actually trying to be helpful. That totally got lost on me.
Jesse gives Walt the emotional response he'd desired but didn't get from Skyler
Another great observation. Your take on the Skyler/Walt and Jesse/Walt relationships is fascinating. Walt needs to be worshiped and appreciated. And like you said, he's not getting that appreciation from Skyler (or Junior) but Jesse fulfill that need. And in the process, Walt is becoming more emotionally dependent on his relationship with Jesse. Walt's attachment to Jesse has grown over the seasons, from simple partners to father/son but in season 5 it turned to something else entirely and it's not healthy. The contrast between season 3 (I'm in, you're out) and season 5 (If you leave you get nothing) is quite striking.
Walt's claim that Jesse "changed his mind" about him is chilling, because it implies that Jesse misjudged Walt rather than Jesse being cruelly manipulated to trust Walt again. It's also heartbreaking to see Jesse so earnest in the gift giving scene, only for Walt to treat the present as proof that he conquered this person.
Yes, absolutely heartbreaking. I don't remember ever seeing a gift giving scene to be so freaking heartbreaking. YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THAT WATCH, WALT!!! And he's treating that watch like a freaking trophy. Fuck you Walt!
I'm pretty sure Jesse was only meaning to warn Todd that he shouldn't go around bragging to his friends
Yeah, no kidding Todd!!!
The best thing Jesse can do is to simply stop involving himself in criminal organisations that kill people.
Yep. It's been a long time coming but good for you kid.
Here we get an evening meal as the setting for this darker fucked up formation of the White family.
So I tend to think of Dennys as a Walt & Jesse place
Yep, me too. That's why this particular restaurant is on my 'I absolutely have to eat there' list.
Mike lowers his gun with a very world-weary "Oh Jesse..."
Oh Mike. I love you.
When the three guys drive away we get a shot of Mike and Walt sitting in the front of the car and Jesse in between them on the backseat. In S5 we get an awful lot of shots with Walt and Mike at either sides of the frame and Jesse in the middle in the background.
Great observation. Jesse was the only thing making this partnership work.
If there's one passion that Walt and Jesse share it's their love of committing elaborate felonies with science.
lol!!! So true.
I don't think there was anything sadistic about this manipulation. Walt's purpose was to get Jesse to stop worrying over the ricin, lest Jesse begin to suspect Walt of lifting it again.
Oh, wow. wow. I never thought of it that way but you're absolutely right. Walt's intention weren't sadistic... but it's the result and seeing Jesse so emotional and devastated and how Walt, in a very calculated way, used Jesse's vulnerable state to get what he wanted. But before that scene... Walt was... Oh God help me... actually trying to be helpful. That totally got lost on me.
Jesse gives Walt the emotional response he'd desired but didn't get from Skyler
Another great observation. Your take on the Skyler/Walt and Jesse/Walt relationships is fascinating. Walt needs to be worshiped and appreciated. And like you said, he's not getting that appreciation from Skyler (or Junior) but Jesse fulfill that need. And in the process, Walt is becoming more emotionally dependent on his relationship with Jesse. Walt's attachment to Jesse has grown over the seasons, from simple partners to father/son but in season 5 it turned to something else entirely and it's not healthy. The contrast between season 3 (I'm in, you're out) and season 5 (If you leave you get nothing) is quite striking.
Walt's claim that Jesse "changed his mind" about him is chilling, because it implies that Jesse misjudged Walt rather than Jesse being cruelly manipulated to trust Walt again. It's also heartbreaking to see Jesse so earnest in the gift giving scene, only for Walt to treat the present as proof that he conquered this person.
Yes, absolutely heartbreaking. I don't remember ever seeing a gift giving scene to be so freaking heartbreaking. YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THAT WATCH, WALT!!! And he's treating that watch like a freaking trophy. Fuck you Walt!
I'm pretty sure Jesse was only meaning to warn Todd that he shouldn't go around bragging to his friends
Yeah, no kidding Todd!!!
The best thing Jesse can do is to simply stop involving himself in criminal organisations that kill people.
Yep. It's been a long time coming but good for you kid.
Here we get an evening meal as the setting for this darker fucked up formation of the White family.
Great observation, again!
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