I think this fails because her criminal culpability would likely have been unaffected, and the proceeds from his activities would not be shielded were they discovered anyway.

More fundamentally-- I think he didn't tell her because he feared her opposition. Simple as that.

I'd rather read a naive opinion about the show than bull**** posts like this ^

Agree 100%. The last 20 seconds were awesome.

Also, Aaron Paul as Jesse is amazing.

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Yeah, I dunno why so many people here are certain that Walt deserves any sort of sympathy or should even get to explain himself to her.

I'd say probably not quite as good -- but he has cooked with Walter repeatedly and for a couple days straight, I'd imagine he picked up some technique.

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All of S2 was her giving Walt a chance to come clean.

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ugh, thank you.

i've been on tilt here reading most of the reactions to what skylar did.

she evened the playing field. now they both see each other as 'tainted', and now that her moral high horse is broken down, she's on walt's level now.

let the cooking (re)begin.

Someone's gotta make the meth.

Skylar is still a raging b****

I would say 100% Jesse can make the same quality meth as Walt, if he has all the same ingredients.

Unless he wants to steal another barrel of methlamine however, he's gonna need to use some other recipe which is where Walt's actual knowledge of the chemistry instead of just that ingredients list/recipe would be quite necessary. Right?

Are you sure about that? Do you think Walt shared this opinion?

I'm not a lawyer. I don't know what they could get her for or more to the point how they could get her for whatever it was. Maybe a lawyer can chime in.

I think Walt lied because he didn't want to deal with her expected opposition. In any case, I don't feel a need to attribute a mistaken view (assuming I'm correct on the preceding) to him.

Skylar maybe a bitch, but Walt is certainly an *******. While it is badass to see Walt finally take what is his, he has regularly explicitly done terrible things (killing jane, blowing up that douche bag with the bluethooths car, etc.) He has done all of this in spite of being given an out by Elliot and Gretchen, he doesn't need to pay for his cancer treatment and spite isn't a reasonable excuse for his actions.

Agree wtih this and basically all youve posted regarding this argument.

Jesse is a complete idiot. No way does he produce better quality than the standard dealer even with all the things Walt taught him.


One more thing regarding Walt's intentions. IIRC Walt learned about cooking meth before he received the bad news, right? Wasnt it like this:
Hank tells him on his bday --> Walt sees Jessy and asks him about it --> Walt finds out he has cancer --> He decides to cook?

Why couldn't he just do what he was doing in episode 9 of season 2, and produce that same great blue ****?

Let's stipulate that Skylar is an emasculating bitch, and this last episode complete with her making love to a cigarette before getting her ashes hauled by her boss drove that on home. (I may like her, but okay, let's put that out there.)

There's a great scene in season one (I think) where he tells her to climb down out of his bung-hole. ("Could you do that honey? I'd really appreciate it. I really would.") She has a look of shock, but maybe some admiration.

If he wanted to change some of the dynamics of their relationship, I think that was more in line with how to do it. I mean, if you are scoring these things at home...

As others have pointed out, Jessie's major failures have been as a result of his addiction to meth. Barring a relapse, there is no reason he couldn't produce high quality meth. Don't forget, even before he met Walt he was cooking, so what he observed in his time with Walt could lead to a higher quality product. It won't be the same quality as Walt's but it will be infinitely better than what seems to be available from other cooks.

Everybody loves the Hapless Jess Pinkman. We all want him to escape the coming Armageddon with enough cash to open a comic book store in Portland. They are going to disappoint us. He's going to die.

In the meantime, it doesn't make sense according to the imperatives of the show for him to make Walt obsolete. If he can do it, Walt dies-- (so if he can do it, he must be killed because they aren't going to kill Walt off because Jesse has made him expendable).

More likely, he can't do it. His constant is that he is a sweetheart who needs some shepherding-- and never gets it. Also, his inability to do it reasserts that there is something special about Walt. A moron can cook meth (good news for Jesse)-- but in Breaking Bad it takes Walt to cook the super meth.

My memory is that after he finds out he has cancer he asks to go on a ride along with Hank in order to learn more about cooking meth-- and that is where he first sees his ex-student, Jesse.

Whats Walt's motivation to keep cooking meth now? He already has 500k he has no use for. Only scenario I can see is Gus telling him he's going to die if he doesn't.

Pure speculation:

I dont get why jesse gets so much credit for being a great actor, seriously how hard is it to play an emo teenager that feels empty inside. He probably acts just like he does in real life

btw walts mistake was telling her from the beginning all time dumb but it makes the show more interesting obv

I take it you haven't seen The Weird Al Biopic trailer? The kid has range.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/323...yankovic-story

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is he in any other shows or series?

If it is just spite, then yeah its pretty dumb but we still dont know 100% what happened back then to cause the rift. All we have is a few lines from Walt & Gretchen, either of which could be exaggerated. I'd like to think that the writers have already thought about this.