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Topic	Did Walt truly care for Jesse?
The Great Muta 22 05/04/17 12:06:59 AM #28:	The "absent father" thing was absolutely something the show was going for, but I don't think they really executed it as much as they could have, either by intention or design. But I get the feeling they were going for the whole redemption arc with the two of them. Jesse had a toxic relationship with his own family. He absolutely viewed Walt as a surrogate father, and was willing to do anything for him, including "destroying his innocence" via Gale. When him and Walt began to fall apart Jesse latched onto Mike in that similar role, which Mike sort of embraced. Which Walt ultimately resented and we saw how that all ended. The show examines that theme in plenty of ways though. Walt is definitely not involved in Walt Jr.'s life, to the point where we see Walt Jr. look to Hank as that figure. Jesse wants to be the father to Brock as his own is absent, yet becomes "poisoned" by Walt. Heck even Mike's the surrogate for his granddaughter in place of his son. I think that theme was absolutely prevalent for the show, and they probably were going for the redemption/freedom story with Walt/Jesse. Edit: Thought of another absent father/son with Tio and both the Cousins and Tuco. <cite>The Great Muta 22 posted [p:878436584] in Did Walt t... [t:75308954]...</cite> <quote>The "absent father" thing was absolutely something the show was going for, but I don't think they really executed it as much as they could have, either by intention or design. But I get the feeling they were going for the whole redemption arc with the two of them. Jesse had a toxic relationship with his own family. He absolutely viewed Walt as a surrogate father, and was willing to do anything for him, including "destroying his innocence" via Gale. When him and Walt began to fall apart Jesse latched onto Mike in that similar role, which Mike sort of embraced. Which Walt ultimately resented and we saw how that all ended. The show examines that theme in plenty of ways though. Walt is definitely not involved in Walt Jr.'s life, to the point where we see Walt Jr. look to Hank as that figure. Jesse wants to be the father to Brock as his own is absent, yet becomes "poisoned" by Walt. Heck even Mike's the surrogate for his granddaughter in place of his son. I think that theme was absolutely prevalent for the show, and they probably were going for the redemption/freedom story with Walt/Jesse. Edit: Thought of another absent father/son with Tio and both the Cousins and Tuco.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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