*sigh* Fly is the greatest. The part that chokes me up the most is not the "Sorry about Jane" part but Walt's line "Never give up on family. And I didn't." Because we know this is closest Walt will come to telling Jesse that he thinks of him as family now. And it so sad that Jesse - who needs a father figure so badly - doesn't understand what Walt is saying to him.
I always thought Jesse's story about Mr Pike and the perfect box was supposed to draw a parallel between Mr White and the perfect meth. I hadn't considered that Jesse himself might have invented the school story as a way of talking about his meth apprenticeship to his NA group. However, it might be the case. Jesse does regularly talk in metaphors to his NA group - talking about his Kafkaesque job at the laundry and then his story about killing the dog. The box story just seemed a lot more detailed and the way Aaron Paul performed it was very natural and authentic. It didn't feel like Jesse was deliberately making substitutions for his teaching experience with Mr White. But who knows? Jesse is a pretty slick liar. Especially in S3.
Yes, I think Gus orchastrated the shootout between Jesse and the two dealers. Considering that Gus orchastrated another shootout in S3 (Hank and the Cousins) to serve his own agenda, I think we are meant to suspect him. Gus may not have known that the two dealers were using kids as dealers/hitmen. Gus did seem surprised when Jesse told him that. But I think Gus would find the use of kids in his organisation alarmingly unprofessional more so than alarmingly immoral. Gus couldn't have the dealers just cut Tomas loose. So I think Gus gave two dealers orders to kill Tomas then kill Jesse when he comes seeking revenge. Gus probably wouldn't have minded if Jesse had killed the dealers too. Just like the Hank Vs the Cousins shootout, Gus would consider any deaths in this gun fight benefial for him. It's a way for Gus to get rid of liabilities without getting blood on his hands.
I agree that once Mike and Victor got him to the laundry Walt calling Jesse and ordering him to kill Gale was the only way Walt could have survived. But Jesse did suggest another choice earlier on in that episode (Walt turning police witness against Gus) so there were options for Walt besides killing anyone, being killed himself or forcing Jesse to become a killer.
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Date: 2013-05-14 04:18 pm (UTC)I always thought Jesse's story about Mr Pike and the perfect box was supposed to draw a parallel between Mr White and the perfect meth. I hadn't considered that Jesse himself might have invented the school story as a way of talking about his meth apprenticeship to his NA group. However, it might be the case. Jesse does regularly talk in metaphors to his NA group - talking about his Kafkaesque job at the laundry and then his story about killing the dog. The box story just seemed a lot more detailed and the way Aaron Paul performed it was very natural and authentic. It didn't feel like Jesse was deliberately making substitutions for his teaching experience with Mr White. But who knows? Jesse is a pretty slick liar. Especially in S3.
Yes, I think Gus orchastrated the shootout between Jesse and the two dealers. Considering that Gus orchastrated another shootout in S3 (Hank and the Cousins) to serve his own agenda, I think we are meant to suspect him. Gus may not have known that the two dealers were using kids as dealers/hitmen. Gus did seem surprised when Jesse told him that. But I think Gus would find the use of kids in his organisation alarmingly unprofessional more so than alarmingly immoral. Gus couldn't have the dealers just cut Tomas loose. So I think Gus gave two dealers orders to kill Tomas then kill Jesse when he comes seeking revenge. Gus probably wouldn't have minded if Jesse had killed the dealers too. Just like the Hank Vs the Cousins shootout, Gus would consider any deaths in this gun fight benefial for him. It's a way for Gus to get rid of liabilities without getting blood on his hands.
I agree that once Mike and Victor got him to the laundry Walt calling Jesse and ordering him to kill Gale was the only way Walt could have survived. But Jesse did suggest another choice earlier on in that episode (Walt turning police witness against Gus) so there were options for Walt besides killing anyone, being killed himself or forcing Jesse to become a killer.