![]() ![]() Gus also views Jesse as a crucial pawn and pairs Jesse with his fixer, Mike Ehrmantraut, in order to splinter Jesse away from Walter and give him a new mentor. He also sees Jesse as, possibly, the perfect stealth mechanism for killing Gus, via poison. Walter, convinced it's only a matter of time before Gus has him killed off, needs Jesse on his side. In Season 4, Jesse finds himself caught up in a psychological war - and then eventual war-war - between Walter and Gus. Jesse, tears in his eyes, shoots Gale dead. Jesse is then asked by Walter, who's now about to be offed by Gus, to kill chemist Gale Boetticher, the only other person who could replicate Walter's meth formula. Walter sides with Jesse, killing the dealers himself. This all leads to a mini-war between Jesse and Gus, who controls the dealers. Through her, he discovers that her younger brother was forced by older drug dealers to kill one of Jesse's friends. Jesse starts dating Andrea, who he meets at one of his Narcotics Anonymous meetings. Regardless, Walter, who's now cooking meth for Gus(tavo), gets Jesse a gig as his lab assistant (in a very impressive, hidden super-lab). "Ever since I met you, everything I ever cared about is gone." It's a powerful moment for Jesse, though if you're looking for another powerful speech from Aaron Paul then Season 4's "Problem Dog" is a winner. "I want nothing to do with you," Jesse says. When Walter visits, Jesse lets him know how much his life has gone to s**t since they started their meth misadventures. After coming very close to catching Walter and Jesse inside their meth RV, and failing, Hank finds Jesse later and beats him so badly he winds up in the hospital. On top of this, Walter's brother-in-law, DEA Hank Schrader, knows that Jesse has ties to the new blue meth that's riddled the streets of Albuquerque. He and Walter are done (yeah sure), but Jesse's still torn up over Jane's death. ![]() Season 3 opens with a Jesse living clean. CRASH AND BURN "I got into a fight with someone who said Better Call Saul was better than Breaking Bad." If you're looking to catch up on some quality Jesse episodes, then check out Season 2's "Peekaboo,” where Jesse finds himself trapped in the house of a couple of lowlifes while trying to collect on a debt, and "4 Days Out," where Jesse and Walter found themselves, and their RV, stranded in the desert after a marathon cook session. Walter then checks Jesse into a rehab clinic. Though Walter could save Jane, he chooses not to - allowing her to die in order to get rid of the blackmail problem. Walter stops by to talk to Jesse and sees Jane choking to death on her own vomit while sleeping. Jane doesn't take kindly to this and blackmails Walter for the loot. Walter decides to cut Jesse out, and withhold Jesse's share of the profits until Jesse gets cleaned up. Unfortunately, Jesse's a total f**k up due to his drugged-out state. When Walt decides to supply a powerful drug lord named Gustavo Fring, he brings Jesse back into the fold. The downside is that Jane, a drug addict herself, gets Jesse hooked on heroin. The upside here is that Jesse is in love. Jesse grabs himself an apartment and quickly finds himself in a romance with his landlord Jane (played by Krysten Ritter). Walter decides he's out of the game while Jesse's parents kick him out of his house. Season 2 sees Walter and Jesse survive the crucible of Tuco's paranoia. JANE'S ADDICTION "If you need me, I'll be in apartment 23." Creator Vince Gilligan then, when crafting Season 2, decided Jesse should stay on board as a full character. Yes, the original plan was for Jesse to die in the first run, but the season got cut from nine episodes to seven. For Jesse Pinkman though, it means the character gets to live into the second season. Season 1 ends (somewhat abruptly, due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike) with them fearful for their well-being. Walter and Jesse bumble their way through tight scrapes and close calls, and while nominally successful, they find themselves working for the unhinged Tuco Salamanca. It all quickly turns into a s**tstorm of epic proportions. Walter, diagnosed with terminal cancer, wants to sell pure meth, that he'll make himself, at a high price to earn enough money for his family to survive after he's gone. In Breaking Bad's first episode, he's blackmailed by his former chemistry teacher, Walter White, into helping Walter navigate Albuquerque's drug market. After high school, Jesse Pinkman falls into a burnout life of selling third-rate meth using the street name Cap'n Cook. ![]()
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