Fellow Brit here and I also struggle with the concept of poverty stricken Americans with swimming pools. My own backyard consists of a brick wall and a wheelie bin yet I haven't resorted to selling meth yet.
this will probably sound hopelessly naive, but I believe that Walt leaving Jane to die was nearly all motivated by concern for Jesse.
You are not alone! I spoke about this a lot in my Walt/Jesse meta posts. Like you say, Walt returned to Jesse's house at his own risk to try and save his partner. Jane was threatening to ruin Walt's life and Walt still couldn't abandon Jesse to heroin addiction. When Walt is sitting on Jesse's bed he seems to have forgotten Jane's blackmail threat and is simply consumed with fears for Jesse. Walt was desperate to get Jesse off drugs and I think Walt saw Jane's death as a chance to scare Jesse straight. I don't think Walt realized Jane's death would break Jesse's heart like it did. He seemed genuinely shocked and guilt-ridden when Jesse sobbed "I loved her more than anything". Your gif is killing me by the way.
As for Heisenberg emerging in the scene where Walt pushes Junior to drink till he pukes, it is a very dark moment. But Hank probably puts it down to Walt's cancer trauma as well as Walt being drunk. Hank seems to have a lot of pity for Walt in general just because Walt seems to him like a meek science nerd with no life.
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Date: 2013-04-17 06:07 pm (UTC)this will probably sound hopelessly naive, but I believe that Walt leaving Jane to die was nearly all motivated by concern for Jesse.
You are not alone! I spoke about this a lot in my Walt/Jesse meta posts. Like you say, Walt returned to Jesse's house at his own risk to try and save his partner. Jane was threatening to ruin Walt's life and Walt still couldn't abandon Jesse to heroin addiction. When Walt is sitting on Jesse's bed he seems to have forgotten Jane's blackmail threat and is simply consumed with fears for Jesse. Walt was desperate to get Jesse off drugs and I think Walt saw Jane's death as a chance to scare Jesse straight. I don't think Walt realized Jane's death would break Jesse's heart like it did. He seemed genuinely shocked and guilt-ridden when Jesse sobbed "I loved her more than anything". Your gif is killing me by the way.
As for Heisenberg emerging in the scene where Walt pushes Junior to drink till he pukes, it is a very dark moment. But Hank probably puts it down to Walt's cancer trauma as well as Walt being drunk. Hank seems to have a lot of pity for Walt in general just because Walt seems to him like a meek science nerd with no life.