I'm quite a bit late to the party, but, yeah, Jessica Hecht, who plays Gretchen Schwartz, gave a synopsis of their relationship (as told to her by Vince Gilligan) in an interview:

I have to say, @avclub-42998cf32d552343bc8e460416382dca:disqus, that while this statement definitely makes sense within context, it made me laugh nevertheless: "[Walt had] poisoned his relationship with Jesse to the point where Jesse wouldn't even shoot him."

Nothing personal, @avclub-f17005b17c5a3da43bd68b8a17fb28cd:disqus, but that's a terrible summation of the character of Walter White, let alone the show as a whole. It's both petulant in tone and, like, entirely misleading. Right down to the implication that the show had anything major to say about 'drugs being bad,'…

In fact, "Better Than Nothing" could have been an alternative title for the episode, since that was theme of pretty much everything Walt did. Or, you know, "Least I Could Do." (Not that I'd actually want such a glib/smug/self-aware title - I'm just sayin'.)

I very much enjoyed @avclub-c1bac1d55ebcc415d61552acbfbb219d:disqus's post, but ultimately, I agree with @department_of_toad:disqus and @avclub-f16faf5d680d7b88e2e157c1c137c497:disqus: Walt 'won' because he moved the goal posts. He reexamined his options based on his (humbling) circumstances at such a late hour, and…

Smoking Weird is my Breaking Bad tribute band.

FIVE DAYS LATER…

Well, while we're at it, I also think that Hannibal is overrated, at least a little, so it's entirely possible that I'm just hard on genre television in general.

One of my favourite moments from the early seasons is when Rusty is turned into a giant caterpillar. He gives the standard, melodramatic speech before he reveals himself to the boys, saying something like, 'What you're about to see is truly horrifying. Anyone with a weak constitution should leave the room.'

I haven't read all of the comments on this article (I'm sorry, dudes and ladies), but I want to add what I think is the perfect antithesis of this article: House.

@HighlyFunctioningTimTebow:disqus: Oh, sweet mother of minerals! What if the horrible irony is that Jesse ends up with cancer from the myriad toxic fumes he's been inhaling? AUGH.

@avclub-a883fabbbec60032a0c7359a7351c122:disqus: That comparison may turn out to be surprisingly apt (well, beyond the obvious) because I have a sinking feeling that the 'jar' is going to get smashed, letting loose the 'tarantula' that immediately proceeds to kill Todd. Which is too say that Jesse will manage to free…

Well, @avclub-f16faf5d680d7b88e2e157c1c137c497:disqus is correct: Smith and Shelley were having a friendly competition in which they composed a sonnet and a poem, respectively, in the wake of the news of the statue's face being discovered. I believe by that point the legs or whatever had already been found, but don't…

'Liked' for Peter O'Toole's liver saying that it's "dead inside."

@avclub-9fc9e31380b5879b1da60ff086fe9a77:disqus: "Perhaps the last 2 episodes will be so horrifying that by the end we'll all be meth dealers with lung cancer, thus breaking us all bad and giving the title a meta meaning."

You are right about Jesse:

Dunno if this'll be seen, but I'm actually coming around to @avclub-c1bac1d55ebcc415d61552acbfbb219d:disqus's wacky theory. Well, I don't think it'll actually happen, but it would be kind of wonderful if Walter decides to go on a revenge-page, only to discover that the Aryan Brotherhood is already locked in a massive…

@avclub-9cb9be7338a236adb160f2d3cf5f5f15:disqus: "So does that mean you found one example of when Walt was going to hurt
his family? Because if you can't then Walt Jr. can't. He has no basis of
past actions to react that way."

This thread is a nice reminder that people of colour (i.e., an Asian dude) can be racist against people of other colours (i.e., black folk and Latinos). Seriously, the level of 'ONE MAN YELLING WHILE ALSO TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME SERIOUS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE' is nuts.

This is way too late, but @avclub-c07018be2b0edc9c59b2eb29776027a1:disqus is correct about Saul having Walter pegged right from the beginning. Not only does he figure out Heisenberg's 'secret identity' almost immediately, but when they are discussing how to legitimize the cash (i.e., the "Save Walter White" website),…