Breaking Bad
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On the other hand, betting 7-2 on every street, including the river, is a death wish.
Youve just lost all your chips on nothing.
He also wants to rub it in Hanks face, which doesnt show the greatest instinct for self-preservation.
In asserting his masculinity with the 7-2, Walt reveals himself to be a gambler.
That may be his primary advantage, as this gripping, action-packed episode suggests.
Walt has stage-three-A cancer.
If he dies attempting to break into the meth business, so what?
So Walt has decided to push in his chips against stronger opponents with all the bravado he can muster.
And if he gets them to fold, it will feel exhilarating.
There are unintended consequences, however.
Walts most dangerous quality, the one that makes him both vulnerableandlethal, is his naivete.
To Walt, whose arrogance weaponizes his naivete, Jesses words just sound like a slackers lack of initiative.
One is that he cannot control a business this inherently volatile.
(The man is innocent but will lose his job and do some time for pot possession.
Another victory in the War on Drugs.)
Desperation lights a bonfire under Walts behind here, though.
Is this a show of loyalty for his partner?
Does Walt feel guilty about pushing Jesse into meeting with an OG who could swat him like a bug?
That doesnt seem likely.
They will do so at their peril.
The faster they undergo change, the more violent the explosion.
Classroom scenes truly are the easiest vessels for spelling out themes.
Walts ability to lie can really waver from situation to situation.
Walt gets his first burner phone a special day for any self-styled modern outlaw.
Whos dumber: Badger or Skinny Pete?
Going to give Skinny Pete the edge here, though theyre both lovably dim.
(Pete after Tuco beats Jesse nearly to death: I was all like,Damn, Tuco.
Chill,ese.)
