Breaking Bad 3x10

Walt did murder her 😊

Chad Gloria

doesn’t matter

You guys have quite a bit of common sense. Jesse is a good guy trying to be bad and Walt is bad guy trying to be good. I love this episode so much. It's a masterpiece imo. Most people seem to hate it. I get it, it's not "Exciting" buy every episode shouldn't be. This was a physical representation of all Walt's issues and Jesse's reactions to them.

Andrew Clifton

I love this episode

cheech

Ya’ll definitely have the best analytical breakdowns of Breaking Bad episodes i’ve seen from a reaction channel. By far 💯

Tyler D

In one episode they have you laughing at some perfectly executed comedy and then have you crying from the emotional performances. Why it's the best!

Justin Calhoun

The real-world reason for the tape is simply to keep the new weather-seal in place around the new windshield while the adhesive is curing. I'm sure there is some deeper meaning, like everything else. The many broken windshields in general have some deeper meaning. So every time we see new blue tape we know the windshield has been replaced.

Tim Martin

I'm so pleasantly surprised that most people see this as a filler episode yet you guys seem to enjoy it more than most, cuz of Walters self reflection. IMHO Walter is self aware but chooses not to acknowledge it to keep moving forward

TinCan Cosmanaut

forgot to mention, Jesse smacking the shit outta Walt is the most satisfying moment of this entire series!!!!!

Chris Bruneau

🎯

Justin

Ah, the two-man play.

Terri

My take on why the tape is still on the windshield is that Walter is "holding on" to the memory of the plane crash in some way. If walter removes the tape then all physical reminder of the damage to the car from the crash is gone. A big thematic focus of the show is "moving on" or forgetting bad things you did, which is incidentally the focus of this entire episode. The fly is representative of Walter's guilt and shame. Its not corrupting the lab, its corrupting him. Which is why when he goes back home the fly is there too; its his life thats tainted. So the tape is another sort of symbol of that, an emblem of a terrible event he caused and is struggling to move on from. Either that or its a constant reminder to the audience of the crash. The show is too well written and directed for it not to be meaningful. So it's definitely something.

Conner

This episode is, quite simply, an exercise in world-class acting. The fly represents Walt's guilt, obsession, and need to control everything in his life--and his frustration that he cant control the events or the people he loves (Skylar) I also think, it shows his deep, fatherly love for Jesse. God, this is such a great show!!!

Chris Bruneau

The Lady's aren't wrong, This can happen to a man with no pussy lol

ZitherManifesto

Skyler's lullaby to Holly over the fly in the cold open is from Phoenix when Walt is watching the nature show about an elephant and her calf. A reminder of the innocent lives Walt's destroyed to get to where he's at now and the fly is representation for the guilt and skeletons that are following Walt's conscience. There are references to the fly throughout the whole series in the shots & in the music. One of the writers said he wanted the fly to have a "menacing presence". I believe Vince & Rian Johnson were paying homage to the 1986 Jeff Goldblum remake: 'The Fly'. You can't help but think of this episode while watching it. The fly is the reason for Seth's (the protagonist) downfall hence why Walt treats it as if it's so deadly to them. The fly is representation for the morally wrong decisions Walt's made that he can't shake free from. It wakes him up at night in the closing scene. It's to say he was or still partially is a "good man" at least enough to feel remorse. He came from a place of morals before the criminal lifestyle to a certain degree. The metal reaction vessels in the lab resemble the Telepods from the movie, the lab itself and it's high ceilings resemble it's industrial warehouse–esque set. Walt even says the fly is not Particularly dangerous to them. And "This fly is a major problem for us it will ruin our batch- we need to destroy it and every trace of it. Failing that... We're Dead". So much emphasis on the fly- as if the fly itself is deadly to them and not Gus. Seth is careless about the telepod machine's safety precautions after awhile, I like to think that's reflected when Walt finally says: "it's all contaminated" aside from accepting his fate. Jesse on top of the ladder could be an analogy for some kind of moral high ground while Walt holds onto it from down below, propping it up while struggling with Jane guilt. Walt asks Jesse what are the odds that he runs into Jane's father at the bar, which was part of the catalyst for Jane's tragedy sorta like what are the odds of a fly flying into the telepod with Seth? The fly was out of it's element like Walter is in this business. It reminds me of 0210 when after Walt gets done installing the new water heater Jr burns his hand from the hot water as if even when Walt tries to do good, bad things happen. Literally the theme. Walt says: "You want them to miss you, you want their memories of you to be..." good, is what he was thinking. Seth wasn't proud of his work and didn't necessarily want his lover to see what he had turned into... Seth had a genius brain with such a bright future ahead of him and good intentions but by mostly circumstance he turned into an unlovable, deplorable monster that would rather be dead then carry on- a lot like Walter- "Oh, if I had just lived right up to that moment... and not one second more". Jesse's opossum rant is referencing the two-sidedness of the characters and his story about the cancer spreading to his aunt's brain and changing her could also be a nod to the movie. Not to mention BB is all about Change, Metamorphosis and Assimilation.

Justin