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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I don't see Walt letting Jane die as a betrayal at all. Jane was no good for Jesse and I think Walt getting her out of the picture was the best for both of them. I think Walt actually has some patental instinct towards Jesse but the whole situation lends itself to an effed up way of displaying it.
Even the whole Brock thing can be looked at as necessary tough love. Gus showed them that people, even in his inner circle, were disposable if they messed up even a little... and Jesse is bound to mess up with his addiction problems and poor decision making abilities. Gus wanted him gone from the start and was clearly going to just use him for the time being. Poisoning Brock was a terrible thing, but not a betrayal in the bigger picture.
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Wow, remind me never to get on our bad side! lol. Even Saul thought Brock ending up in the hospital was sleazy.
No, Walt's been using Jesse against Gus. And even tried to get him to kill him for him. If he had just chilled out after that guy getting his throat slit he wouldn't have had half the problems. And Gus and Mike actually helped Jesse get over his addiction and his problems at home. Walt just got paranoid they were all working against him.
The funny thing is Jesse has shown Walt more loyalty than Walt has ever shown him. Even after he gets close to Mike and Gus he mentions that Walt is not to be touched.
As well, the reason Gus was interested in Jesse was because, in a word, as Mike said: 'Loyalty. I just wonder if you've got it for the right person.'
And Mike also shows displeasure in this most reason episode when Jesse defends Walt. He can see just what kind of guy Walt is. 'Oh kid...' he almost looks sad that Walt has Jesse wrapped around his finger.
With Jane, he let her die to get Jesse back on his side, not to get bad people out of Jesse's life. You can watch his mental decision making, he even almost goes to help her at one point, then stops, gets a very dark look on his face then watches her die. Sure she's got problems with drugs, but I wouldn't let my best friends girl die just to make a point or get her out of his life. That's evil and he did it for selfish reasons. Not to mention, they did want to sober up, they were just having problems.
As for Brock what you wrote doesn't make a lot of sense. At least to me. Cause Walts drive is how he feels for his family. But he won't allow Jesse to have those same feelings?
Not to mention he nearly kills an innocent boy and blames it on Gus. In fact even blames him directly for it. And he does it to get Jesse back on his side. Not to help him. Even if it was to help him, you don't screw with a child. And that family dynamic was helping Jesse stay mentally healthy anyway.
As Tinordi said, he's shown right from the first episode the majority of his actions are based on pride. And the pride has just gotten darker as his decisions have become harder and he's seen violence around him.