75478, YOU CAN'T BLAME JESSE Posted by Big Chief Rumbletummy, Mon Sep-16-13 12:28 PM
Quick thoughts:
Walt Jr. pulled a daddy move on the phone with the cops. Didn’t realize it till later, my original impression was that he was flustered and only willing to say half-truths, but he knew what he was doing when he lied about “my dad pulled a knife on my mom”. He learned from the best – get on record first. Though I still think he didn’t want to say the words “he killed my uncle Hank”
Great television in setting up Holly, the knife, and the differences in who these people are – all from that opening scene before the title. A scene ostensibly about nothing conveyed so much for the rest of the episode.
Walt’s pants! Ozymandias “two trunkless legs…” HA!
I really thought that old man was going to make a “I don’t want your money, white man, stand”. HA! Again.
“I watched Jane die” –– that right there removes any blame or anger I might have for Jesse. He’s been manipulated, used, and mistreated by Walter from the beginning. You can blame Jesse for this no more than you can blame Holly. He’s a casualty of Walt’s myopic destruction of anyone and anything in the name of providing for his family.
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