context; personal nonsense
The first time I tried watching Breaking Bad was when the series had ended but was relatively fresh. At that time I guess my comprehension was not good. Because I stopped at the episode when there is a single fly in the lab. My interpretation at that time was that the episode was a comedy filler but upon rewatching that arc I couldn't be further off the mark. So it's fair to say I did not understand what was going on.
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I don't really know what to say. The whole point of this season seems to be watching W.W. be a monumental piece of shit. In the previous seasons you had at least a modicum of a reason to root for him because apart from his origin story he was in a tussle against powers greater than himself. Now he is just being a garbage human being for no reason.
I think it is just a logical culmination of how badly W.W. is characterised in the series. He goes from someone who is "cut off" from a multi-billion dollar endeavour for $5000 bucks of rent money to someone who wants to be the king of meth slingers at any cost. The transition is not subtle because it turns out he was a sleeper hardcore badass all along and he just needed the consciousness of mortality that a cancer diagnosis brings about to be doing his thing.
So far I have been viewing the series as somewhat of a fantasy setting which has made the whole thing acceptable premise-wise and very enjoyable. But towards the end as they are wrapping it up I don't feel compelled to see it through for a reason other than the sunk cost.
I feel like Jesse has been much more sympathise-able throughout. It is not a surprise he did not "apply himself" with a teacher like W.W.
Excellently put. I just wanted to hijack the post to highlight how easily this is seen by looking at the 'junkie' characters.
All of the 'good' drug using characters are from well-off homes where the character in question 'fell off' the path and took drugs on their own accord. See: Jesse living in a literal mansion because his family is so well off that he was expected to inherit it.
All of the 'bad' drug using characters? They're literally useless junkies, incapable of higher thought and consistent only in their deranged behaviors. See: the meth family with the ATM episode.
It paints a picture that was already sort of clear from the premise: this is a story written from a fairly privileged perspective not influenced by the reality it's referencing.