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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.
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. |
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Originally Posted by candyman
That's the genius of Gilligan...he can take piece of shit and make probably more than half of fans root for him as their favorite character. Besides, rooting for bad guys is fun.
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I think you guys missed some of the nuance laid in on Jesses character. He got manipulated by well everyone. And generally he was a soft soul. There are a bunch of examples. He had a soft spot for kids and even that big scene was a callback to an earlier scene.
I think the objective Gillian wrote with was he was a generally good person that went down a bad road. Whereas Walt was a generally bad person that went down a good road until he broke bad. There is an interesting dichotomy there.
Moreover it is a reflection of real life. Virtually no one is always good and chooses the right thing.