it was really losing Jane that made him so much quieter and sadder during this period.
Well, people who are grieving are often not at all rational or very pleasant to be around. They can wallow in depression and they can take their frustrations out on others. Jesse is not a stranger to grief. I imagine Jesse took his aunt's death very hard since she seemed to be the one adult person in his family who accepted Jesse. I think Jesse already had some abandonment issues. The deaths of both Jane and Combo were likely more devastating to Jesse because he felt guilt over them as well as loss. It used to be Jesse's habit to numb his pain with drugs but since he's clean, the only other way he can get over his guilt is accepting he's a bad person. It's not a healthy mindset and it only brings out the worst in Jesse. But Jesse didn't have any other guidance in how to deal with his pain.
As for Mike, well...I like the Jesse & Mike relationship but I do feel like people forget how (for a long time) Mike was the one saying "Why haven't we killed that junkie yet?" Walt's whole reason for messing up the 'good thing' they had with Gus was that Walt wouldn't let Gus and Mike kill Jesse. Mike may have become fond of Jesse in later seasons but he had no interest in adopting Jesse and Jesse isn't capable of being the hardened loner that Mike advised him to be. I was also wondering what Mike would have done if Gus had succeeded in killing Walt in 'Face Off'. If Mike came back from Mexico and found that Gus had Jesse locked in the superlab cooking meth at gunpoint - would Mike have done anything to save Jesse? I don't think so. In his twisted fucked up way Walt still cares about Jesse a lot more than Mike ever did.
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Well, people who are grieving are often not at all rational or very pleasant to be around. They can wallow in depression and they can take their frustrations out on others. Jesse is not a stranger to grief. I imagine Jesse took his aunt's death very hard since she seemed to be the one adult person in his family who accepted Jesse. I think Jesse already had some abandonment issues. The deaths of both Jane and Combo were likely more devastating to Jesse because he felt guilt over them as well as loss. It used to be Jesse's habit to numb his pain with drugs but since he's clean, the only other way he can get over his guilt is accepting he's a bad person. It's not a healthy mindset and it only brings out the worst in Jesse. But Jesse didn't have any other guidance in how to deal with his pain.
As for Mike, well...I like the Jesse & Mike relationship but I do feel like people forget how (for a long time) Mike was the one saying "Why haven't we killed that junkie yet?" Walt's whole reason for messing up the 'good thing' they had with Gus was that Walt wouldn't let Gus and Mike kill Jesse. Mike may have become fond of Jesse in later seasons but he had no interest in adopting Jesse and Jesse isn't capable of being the hardened loner that Mike advised him to be. I was also wondering what Mike would have done if Gus had succeeded in killing Walt in 'Face Off'. If Mike came back from Mexico and found that Gus had Jesse locked in the superlab cooking meth at gunpoint - would Mike have done anything to save Jesse? I don't think so. In his twisted fucked up way Walt still cares about Jesse a lot more than Mike ever did.