I rewatched the series and there was so much I didn't pick up...

Spoilers, obviously.

The first time I watched it, I was a die hard team Walt fanboy. Everything he did felt somewhat justified and I hated, and i mean HATED Jessie. Now I understand why there are people who hate Walt, and love Jessie. Also, there was so many obvious things that I can't believe I didn't catch on to.

I didn't understand why Jessie ratted out Walt, because Walt sacrificed so much for him and it infuriated me that Jessie couldn't see that Walt truly cared about him. I didn't understand why Jesse was constantly crying and creating an episode to his extent, every time someone died.

I now sympathize for Jessie for when he felt completely broken when Walt dropped off the 5 million. He felt guilty that he got everyone on that list killed, Mike and his men. It was his fault because he convinced Mike to do things Walt's way. If things were the reverse, they would had all walked out with 5 million each and no one would have to die or get caught. I just thought he was just torn up on the fact that people were dead due to their business, but now I realize he feels guilty, because when I first watched it I couldn't sympathize for his tantrums.

I also understand why Skyler took the meeting with Hank, and then all of a sudden had a change of heart. The moment he mentioned his cancer was back, she realized that was her best option for the least collateral damage, which was why she all of a sudden sided with Walt. I couldn't rap my mind around it the first time, to why she would all of a sudden back up Walt and acted as if she cared for him, and that she didn't want him to get caught.

I still stand true to the fact that I don't believe Walt truly was manipulating Jesse the entire series. He was basically looking after his best interest, which also interlines with his interests. Having Jane dead was good for Walt, but for Jesse too because they were both irresponsible dope heads who will very likely be dead of an overdose sooner or later. The whole talk about changing their lives around, just like that, is a load of shit. The only part where I see that he is manipulating him is the persistent attempts to keep Jesse in the business. He had no one else to share his world with, he was living a secret life and no one truly understand the deep shit that went down better than Jesse. So I can see why he he was so persistent, with everything going on with his family, and no real friends, at least none portrayed on the show. I can see why he acted so selfishly in that sense. He felt as if they were two people in the world with nothing to lose, Walt lost his family, and Jesse family distant themselves from him and they both have nothing going on in their lives, and in some twisted way, Walt felt like they needed one another, but Jesse clearly had other plans.

Submitted August 26, 2017 at 02:26AM by LimpWibblers http://ift.tt/2iwW2S1