Walt and Jesse are in the same place as they were when they were starting up. They could've actually directly gone to cooking in tented houses in season one. The major difference, and what prevented something so secure (not having to go to Tuco) at the beginning there is the connections they've made since then, Saul and Mike, and the people Saul and Mike could hook them up with. But that brings it's own problems, the mutual resentment Mike and Walt have for each other , the guys in prison who need to be paid, and the fact that Mike doesn't respect Walt. Season 5 interests me because there are many scenes where it's just two people talking in a dark room, which feels like the world doesn't matter at all for the moment and a very intimate focus is put on the two people talking, usually Walt and Jesse. If you look at season 1 it has similar encounters, but they're usually in a well-lit place, during the daytime, so it seems more like it's two amateurish people in the world, not precisely sure what to do. The arrow is drawn back, but who Walt and Jesse are is worn on their sleeves and you can't control that.
But as we see - it all crumbles, despite Walt thinking he finally has control and everything figured out. The factors he can't account for or control are Jesse's feelings, especially after the kid's death in Dead Freight, and the fact that the drug trade and controlling what people do isn't a neat checklist. The left-hand inverse of Jesse, Todd, even shows up. Those scenes where Walt has ditched Jesse and he's cooking with Todd are a little surreal. Jesse and Todd aren't so dissimilar in appearance and upbringing, but completely different people on the inside.
Something I've been thinking about recently.
Submitted August 21, 2019 at 07:46PM by burgundytatlinstower https://ift.tt/2HiAqmv
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