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Re: you're missing the point. no one on this show is dumb. by Mischief Maker 09/22/2011, 10:05am PDT
up with pod people wrote:

also, I love that [Gus] thinks Jessie was the chink in his armour but it was actually Walt. Jessie really does have the true loyalty to his people; Walt's actions, even when they benefited Jessie, were fundamentally about himself.


You're being too charitable to Jesse and too hard on Walt. Jesse may be less of a bullshitter than Walt, but he's just as much a force of self-destruction. Badger, Skinny Pete, and Combo are just as poorly served being friends with Jesse as Walt's friends and family. (Badger abandoned in the desert after Jesse used up all his Sudofed, Combo sent to deal in hostile territory, Skinny Pete and Badger pushed off the wagon to entertain Jesse, etc.) Jesse was the direct cause of Jane's relapse. When Walt had the perfect working relationship with Gus, Jesse started skimming meth, even though at that point Jesse was already a millionaire and whatever money he would have made off the 12-step group would have been chump change in comparison. AND he was that way long before he hooked up with Walter (the story about creating the perfect lacquer box for shop class, only to trade it for an ounce of weed).

One could say the "chemical reaction" of the show is these two volatile personalities coming together and feeding off each other. Alone, Walt would have died penniless and miserable and Jesse would have ended up in jail or dead from an OD in a crackhouse. Together, they create absolute mayhem.
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I think I figured out Walter White *SPOILERZ* by Mischief Maker 09/19/2011, 7:38pm PDT NEW
    Re: I think I figured out Walter White *SPOILERZ* by This is Chris's Blood 09/19/2011, 9:52pm PDT NEW
        Good thing Jesse got all that practice playing "RAGE" NT by Mischief Maker 09/22/2011, 12:20am PDT NEW
    Discussion salon! by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/19/2011, 9:58pm PDT NEW
        THIS. by up with pod people 09/21/2011, 2:26pm PDT NEW
            Re: THIS. by Roop 09/21/2011, 3:54pm PDT NEW
                if you think skylar is dumb, you haven't been paying attention. NT by up with pod people 09/21/2011, 4:45pm PDT NEW
                    They have doctorates, she's good at puzzles NT by Roop 09/21/2011, 6:06pm PDT NEW
                Re: THIS. by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 09/21/2011, 6:11pm PDT NEW
                    Re: THIS. by Roop 09/21/2011, 11:39pm PDT NEW
                        I'm on the hunt for women who look like her. by col.schickn 09/21/2011, 11:52pm PDT NEW
                        Re: THIS. by Mischief Maker 09/22/2011, 12:19am PDT NEW
                            you're missing the point. no one on this show is dumb. by up with pod people 09/22/2011, 7:59am PDT NEW
                                Re: you're missing the point. no one on this show is dumb. by Mischief Maker 09/22/2011, 10:05am PDT NEW
                        Re: THIS. by Vested Id 07/12/2012, 4:17am PDT NEW
                            Re: THIS. by E. L. Koba 07/12/2012, 7:09pm PDT NEW
                                fuck you, you TENACISTIC asshole, by Roop 07/13/2012, 9:38pm PDT NEW
                                    I can't help myself. by Mischief Maker 07/13/2012, 10:15pm PDT NEW
                            Bookmark this thread for future OED reference NT by Siskel and Ebert 07/13/2012, 12:26am PDT NEW
    Re: I think I figured out Walter White *SPOILERZ* by fabio 09/22/2011, 3:10am PDT NEW
    Re: I think I figured out Walter White *SPOILERZ* by Mysterio 08/09/2012, 12:29am PDT NEW
 
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