US: Breaking Bad Season 5 Part II - The finale.

What was the Jesse wood working scene about?

I had just remembered that part and was thinking about it myself.

On one hand, I think its Jessie putting his mind in another place because he is trapped, the box could also be seen as significant because it could be somewhere to lock your thoughts and mind, as boxes are for keeping things in. His skill at making the box and dedication he puts into it is also reflected in how good he is now at producing Meth.

Having looked into it a bit further, it appears it holds significance with a scene from season 3 during one of Jessie's therapy sessions:

At another group meeting, Jesse recounts being inspired by a high school woodworking teacher. At first, Jesse slacked off on the class assignment, but eventually he created an intricate box, which he says he gave to his mom. When the group leader suggests that Jesse take art classes, Jesse interrupts. "I didn't give the box to my mom," he admits. "I traded it for an ounce of weed."

That mirrors his relationship with Walt. He slacked off in Chemistry Class but has eventually gone on to be excellent at it.
 
I also couldn't imagine season 1 aaron playing season 5 jessie. Nor could i imagine Hal playing heisenburg. Pretty pointless question considering these guys have 5 years to grow into the roles.

Is it though? The creators and writers would have set about looking for actors who they thought could portray basically polar opposites of the characters?
 
My only negative about the whole show, was the laser pointers, it was just a little on the predictable side, the rest of the episode was pure class. Everything tied up into neat little bundles.

How was that predictable? :confused: :D

I'd say that was one of the most out of left field moments of the entire series!
 
I'd say that was one of the most out of left field moments of the entire series!

+1. That was a 'gasp holy ****' from everyone in the room moment.


Full wooden box dialogue:

Group Leader: Jesse, last time, you seemed down about your job at the Laundromat. Let me ask something, if you had the chance to do anything you wanted, what would you do?
Jesse Pinkman: Make more green, man. A lot more.
Group Leader: Forget about money. Assume you have all you want.
Jesse Pinkman: I don't know. I guess I would make something.
Group Leader: Like what?
Jesse Pinkman: I don't know if it even matters, but... work with my hands, I guess.
Group Leader: Building things, like carpentry or bricklaying or something?
Jesse Pinkman: I took this vo-tech class in high school, woodworking. I took a lot of vo-tech classes, because it was just big jerk-off, but this one time I had this teacher by the name of... Mr... Mr. Pike. I guess he was like a Marine or something before he got old. He was hard hearing. My project for his class was to make this wooden box. You know, like a small, just like a... like a box, you know, to put stuff in. So I wanted to get the thing done as fast as possible. I figured I could cut classes for the rest of the semester and he couldn't flunk me as long as I, you know, made the thing. So I finished it in a couple days. And it looked pretty lame, but it worked. You know, for putting in or whatnot. So when I showed it to Mr. Pike for my grade, he looked at it and said: "Is that the best you can do?" At first I thought to myself "Hell yeah, bitch. Now give me a D and shut up so I can go blaze one with my boys." I don't know. Maybe it was the way he said it, but... it was like he wasn't exactly saying it sucked. He was just asking me honestly, "Is that all you got?" And for some reason, I thought to myself: "Yeah, man, I can do better." So I started from scratch. I made another, then another. And by the end of the semester, by like box number five, I had built this thing. You should have seen it. It was insane. I mean, I built it out of Peruvian walnut with inlaid zebrawood. It was fitted with pegas, no screws. I sanded it for days, until it was smooth as glass. Then I rubbed all the wood with tung oil so it was rich and dark. It even smelled good. You know, you put nose in it and breathed in, it was... it was perfect.
Group Leader: What happened to the box?
Jesse Pinkman: I... I gave it to my mom.
Group Leader: Nice. You know what I'm gonna say, don't you? It's never too late. They have art co-ops that offer classes, adult extension program at the University.
Jesse Pinkman: You know, I didn't give the box to my mom. I traded it for an ounce of weed.
 
if he means it was predictable that it was laser pointers rather then hitmen then im with him on it. badger instantly came to mind. i just couldn't remember if his usual suspect mate was dead or not

did people really think walt had suddenly got powerful contacts from somewhere after everything he had and knew was gone ? he had been a nobody for too long
 
if he means it was predictable that it was laser pointers rather then hitmen then im with him on it. badger instantly came to mind. i just couldn't remember if his usual suspect mate was dead or not

did people really think walt had suddenly got powerful contacts from somewhere after everything he had and knew was gone ? he had been a nobody for too long

Badger and Pete was totally unexpected for me. My first reaction was Todd even though i knew that was totally ridiculous and wrong. Then i just couldn't think.

I need to sleep off these feels.
 
I think that smile of gratitude from Jesse at the end shows that he does begrudgingly feel that a lot of what Walt has done in the past, has been for a more positive outcome.

Particularly with Jane. He probably lay in that hole thinking and finally realising that staying with Jane would probably have ended up in an overdose at some point.
 
anyway it was a good episode and i couldn't see it ending any other way if done 'properly' .

at one point in the season i was worried rubbish jack and rubbish todd with their rubbish gang would come out on top and everything would be ruined for me

liked the short flashback to season 1 , so easy to forgot just how different walt was
 
Also, I know Bryan Cranston has been getting a crap-ton of plaudits for his depiciton of WW, but Aaron Paul is also an incredible actor. Could anyone imagine someone else playing Jesse to the same degree Aaron has?

EDIT: Beaten to it!

he is? he is the exact same character in real life :p

do you watching talking bad? ;) same mannerisms and everything looks like the same guy in nfs as well.... which is where the internet joke about BB being a prequel to need for speed came from
 
Loved every second and in my opinion was the perfect ending. Although... I would have loved Walt to draw killing uncle jack out, set fire to the money and told him he decided he was going to kill him 10 mins ago and pow!

"Sorry man, there's no scenario where YOU live" BANG

But I understand and liked the way they chose to do it.
 
Also, this was one of the highlights of the episode for me

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Just seeing that look to know they still had that mutual respect for each other after all that happened, perfect way to close it between those two. Better than any words, right in the feels

Kinda poetic, in that it was the same nod he gave Jack in Ozymandias as the go ahead to execute Jesse. I took the final nod as an "I'm sorry for everything".
 
Simply amazing, a TV show that has set standards for TV. Let this be the beginning of better things now. Simply the best thing to ever grace my TV. Can't wait to watch it all in one sitting now and see how things happened a bit quicker.

The rise and fall of a kingpin, sensational.
 
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