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.
series spoilers
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.
Did I miss the scene? They never killed any children, Todd did, and it was Mike's idea to keep him around since he had connections to gang and if they wasted him on spot, there would be consequences and the'd be in danger. All the killing up to that point was in self defense but at least that's understandable , the weird part is Jesse not being ok with cooking suddenly.
I don't know if you are trying to be cute/funny but I will give you the benefit of the doubt.
Yes, they did not directly kill any children technically or literally. But if your associate, however temporary the relationship might be, shoots a child in front of your eyes, you are gonna feel bad about it. That is what I was talking about in regard to the guilt weighing on Jesse's shoulders.
No, Walter and Jesse legitimately never did such thing, I was referring to Todd since you said that they did it. Then it makes sense for Jesse.