Four episodes left. So far I'd say that season five part two has lived up to its hype. Walt looks primed for destruction and yet, I still have no idea how in the world he gets to the point where his house is abandoned and seemingly everyone knows he is Heisenberg.
The tension was high throughout the entire episode for me. Inexplicably, I thought something would happen when Walt Jr. and Walt were having a conversation by the pool. This season has accomplished the dichotomy between nothing happening and anything possibly happening.
In the open, Walt walks into his gasoline-infested house looking for Jessie. I was on the edge of my seat that entire time expecting Jesse to jump out at Walt - even though that wouldn't really be a Breaking Bad thing to do. They spent a good four minutes or so on the scene and it was a false alarm. But it worked because we spent the entire time wondering where the hell Jesse could be. His car was exactly how he left it when he planned to burn Walt's house down.
Walt tries to cover his tracks - and actually in my opinion comes up with a very feasible story. If Walt wasn't always full of shit, his family would have bought it. But not even his clueless son thought he was telling the truth. If I were Walt, once Walt Jr. presented the story that Walt passed out, he should have jumped on that. But his pride got in the way like it usually does and he doesn't want to come across weak.
Walt Jr. is really easy to buy off - not that I blame him though. I mean that car would buy me off from wondering too much about where my dad has been. This time it's a sweet hotel. I still await the day when Walt Jr. finds out. Please let this happen sometime. Please. I think RJ Mitte is a good enough actor to pull this off - not that it would be a very easy scene to play. Mitte nails any material he's given in my opinion.
So Saul Goodman really thinks killing Jesse is the way to go. He compared killing Jesse to Old Yeller. Interesting comparison. (I found it funny - any scene where Saul tries to make a euphemism for killing somebody, it's usually hilarious). And in a surprising scene, so does Skylar. Skylar has become a very interesting character. It's really easy for her to say to kill him though since she's not involved and will never see it. (Which is why it's surprising, but ultimately makes sense)
But that scene definitely nailed down that Skylar has long since been compromised. I don't think there's a greater anti-drug message out there than this show. Sure, you might make money (although you probably can't cook meth like Walt can - in fact, I'm going to go out on a limb and say you can't), but you only compromise your morals and just about everyone you care about as well and put yourself and everyone you love in danger. So yeah go ahead and try it if you want.
The Jessie reveal was satisfying. When we left him, I'm not sure I could buy that he would just "change his mind" as Walt puts it. Well, he didn't. You see Hank has shown a penchant for following his targets on his own accord many many times so it was not a dues ex machina thankfully. So he saves Jesse from burning Walt's house down - not unselfishly because he realizes burning his house down in the long run really won't hurt Walt like Hank wants to hurt Walt.
So he takes Jesse under his wing and gives him a place to sleep. Bringing him into the office wouldn't have made a lot of sense because there is no evidence. I assume either Hank realized this or he wanted to make Jesse comfortable. Either way works. Jesse presumably tells a story that we have watched unfold over five seasons - from his point-of-view. I'm sure this won't be the last time we see his testimonial before the season is over.
So Jesse becomes a "snitch," which I don't have a problem with. The stigma over "snitches" is unfortunate and odd. It's mostly due to television shows involving characters who have that stigma - but in their case, usually being found out resulted in death. Here? Oh Jesse might be able to sleep at night and look at himself in the mirror. Those aren't that important I guess.
Walt agrees to meet Jesse in person and despite everyone giving him advice that he needs to get rid of Jesse, he does not plan to do it. He wants to explain to Jesse why he did it. He wants Jesse to think highly of him because he looks at him as a son. It's some kind of abusive father-son relationship, but usually fathers still care in some creepy and weird way for that son.
In a bit of extreme coincidence, Jesse sees a rather large man who looks like he's protecting Walt. If he really had a plan to kill Jesse, I think it would have been more subtle. Nonetheless, it's a rather large coincidence, though I think the show has had worse ones so it didn't bother me a whole lot. I'm still a Jesse fan and I've stated I wanted Jesse to kill Walt, but this might be just as good. Jesse's call to Walt was pretty awesome and properly scared the shit out of Walt.
Walt calls Todd as result to kill Jesse and I don't think that was a very good decision by Walt. It's probably part of Jesse's plan in fact which we probably won't find out until we see it play out - just a guess. Walt started the season with four things against him and now two of them are teaming up. Cancer doesn't appear to be a huge threat in the immediate future and Lydia is nowhere to be found in this episode. Hank and Jesse though have the most motivation and want to see him utterly destroyed. Walt's imminent destruction is coming.
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