[BigBeauford]

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Tough to watch as this was basically torture porn, all told from the perspective of Jesse. I hate that character....a complete ****up and coward. It was ultimate-cringe-inducing watching him broken and quivering. He had multiple opportunities to escape/take out his captors but was too cowardly to take them. As previously stated, I hate that character.

Spoiler!

It was nice to Jesse actually grow a pair at the end, but IMO was not very believable. The whole western shoot out being the prime example.

All of that said, the writing, pacing, direction, acting, all excellent. It was definitely a solid entry by Vince Gilligan, which is not unexpected. You know you are super talented when you can make a program about a despicable useless character and still not only hold your audience, but truly entertain and do so in a smart, impressive fashion.

I am curious then who you would root for in the BB universe. I think many people misinterpret the message and cheer on Walt, who really is a sack of shit.