It just seems like the final act should come back to the core partnership. Walt's family has actually become secondary even though Walt's original motivations were all about his family.
I agree totally! They REALLY need to give us some closure on that aspect of the show. Because it really is about those two at this point.
However, Walt's final act might be to ensure that his partner gets to 'live free' so Walt will try to save Jesse from either prison or meth lab enslavement.
Walt definitely needs to be "all sacrificial"...
Part of me wants to protect Jesse from further trauma and part of me wants to see Aaron Paul get another epic acting opportunity if Jesse learns the terrible truth.
That would be an awesome scene. Aaron Paul is freaking incredible. It's a tough call though. I mean if Jesse did find out (and his head didn't immediately explode) what could he do? Kill Walt? And then what? That would be even worse for him cause he would lose anything that is left of his innocence. He's just not cut out for that kind of thing. Like when he confronts Walt about poisoning Brock - if he had really wanted to kill him he could've just shot him, no questions asked but I think he wanted Walt to convince him otherwise. He didn't want to believe that Walt was capable of doing that. He was just as hurt about the betrayal as he was angry. I think you and others have said he is willfully deceiving himself and I think that's true. So, I don't know...
When I'm predicting Jesse's final resolution I'm thinking a) death, b) jail, c) mental institution. And I can't decide which option is the least painful!
I keep thinking he'll end up dying in Walt's arms after throwing himself in front of a hail of bullets to save Walt's worthless life and then Walt will go batshit crazy (along with the audience). My alternate (and completely inplausible and wishful thinking) theory is that Walt and Jesse will end up with only each other left and Jesse will care for Walt until he dies of cancer and then go to art school and do something useful with himself. :)
And why can't I make your comments that I'm responding to be in italics?
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I agree totally! They REALLY need to give us some closure on that aspect of the show. Because it really is about those two at this point.
However, Walt's final act might be to ensure that his partner gets to 'live free' so Walt will try to save Jesse from either prison or meth lab enslavement.
Walt definitely needs to be "all sacrificial"...
Part of me wants to protect Jesse from further trauma and part of me wants to see Aaron Paul get another epic acting opportunity if Jesse learns the terrible truth.
That would be an awesome scene. Aaron Paul is freaking incredible. It's a tough call though. I mean if Jesse did find out (and his head didn't immediately explode) what could he do? Kill Walt? And then what? That would be even worse for him cause he would lose anything that is left of his innocence. He's just not cut out for that kind of thing. Like when he confronts Walt about poisoning Brock - if he had really wanted to kill him he could've just shot him, no questions asked but I think he wanted Walt to convince him otherwise. He didn't want to believe that Walt was capable of doing that. He was just as hurt about the betrayal as he was angry. I think you and others have said he is willfully deceiving himself and I think that's true. So, I don't know...
When I'm predicting Jesse's final resolution I'm thinking a) death, b) jail, c) mental institution. And I can't decide which option is the least painful!
I keep thinking he'll end up dying in Walt's arms after throwing himself in front of a hail of bullets to save Walt's worthless life and then Walt will go batshit crazy (along with the audience). My alternate (and completely inplausible and wishful thinking) theory is that Walt and Jesse will end up with only each other left and Jesse will care for Walt until he dies of cancer and then go to art school and do something useful with himself. :)
And why can't I make your comments that I'm responding to be in italics?