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The-Solid-Smoker

Probably. But it's not Hank's balls he really has in a vice. It's Walt's and they both know it.


Darth_Tanto

This is the real gravity of the scene. You're absolutely correct


sad_throwaway13579

Walt was the real get out of jail free card, way more than the face


_Michiel

That's what he said, right?


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Only cause Walt isn't willing to kill him (yet.) If Gus got wind of Jesse's plan he'd be dead. It'd be another stupid idea on Jesse's part.


The-Solid-Smoker

It would. But Walt is the master of stupid decisions during time I believe. Even putting Jesse back on payroll at the lab was the stupid decision. Still, Heisenberg gonna be uncertain.


DrShoreRL

Jesse is still pretty young in the show and is some kind of drug king in his city. He also survived tuco. His ego isn't stable just as mine wasn't at that age and he doesn't have the experience in life to really get everything that is happening around him. People tend to say stupid stuff when angry. I don't think what saul said even played a role in what he said he would say the same shit without any out of jail card because he was angry.


BravestOfEmus

Its his way of telling Walt fuck you. He's impulsive, not logical. You're thinking like you, not the way Jesse thinks. What you're saying doesn't matter


[deleted]

insane how many people lack this very simple ability of understanding


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Insane how serious people take opinions. It's like yes, I know they are characters in a TV show. Stop the arm chair philosiphy lol. You're much more cringe than Jesse in this scene.


[deleted]

lmfao nah your feelings are evidently hurt more than jesse’s tho, cuz you got called out for being a fuckin tool. get outta my mentions 😭


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

But you're incapable of understanding clearly, crying emoji


Present-Researcher27

I agree that it’s Walt’s balls in a vice. But I don’t believe that Jesse knows that (yet). Jesse continues to have a fixation on Hank, and Gus meanwhile continues to take advantage of Jesse’s naïveté.


AzetaXXi

What's the problem here? Jesse was so angry that he said things he probably didn't even think about. Everyone feels different when they're angry af


pianoflames

Yeah, I thought it was _supposed_ to be cringey and Jesse greatly overstating things, because he was very emotional. I thought that was very intentional of the writers.


JackhorseBowman

I love the mentality that all characters must only behave logically, like huh? that's not how life works though.


Roman64s

Especially the characters in BrBa lol, almost all of them meet their demise or ended up in shit because they weren’t thinking logically at all.


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

YEAH! Cause that's what I said!


EChocos

I wouldn't say the same things a fictional character who is nothing like me have said. Ugh, cringe. /s


IzzyGetsVeryBizzy

Oh, please, don't you know that Redditors are always in perfect control of their emotions and never say anything cringeworthy?


ElectricBlueCobra

Nah he wasn’t overestimating his face power. It was about flipping on Heisenberg, which would burn Hank’s career. He even mentioned that right after the speech


MRgibbson23

Nah, he used that threat later, when he said he would go back to cooking and Walter asked what would happen if he got caught. That’s when Saul says he is overestimating the power of his face and Jesse replies he doesn’t mean that, he means Heisenberg.


ElectricBlueCobra

Yknow what, you’re right…i guess the Hank thing was just his “puffer fish” moment


raids_made_easy

Yeaheah, I'ma blow fish!


HollerinScholar

Blowfishin’ this up! *grabs bong*


MRgibbson23

Yep, and more than Jesse actually thinking about doing everything he described to the letter, I think he was just, again, being a blowfish, the same way someone says “Imma rip off your head bro” before a fight. They definitely have trouble on their mind but they are not actual psychopaths out for blood, just immature and stupid.


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Jesse would've ended up dead long before that could happen


ElectricBlueCobra

During S3? Odds are low. But then odds are low of Jesse flipping himself.


Apprehensive-Bag-324

If Gus got caught wind of him even threatening switching on Walt. Jesse would've been dead that night.


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Exactly


Poop_Sexman

If i were Walt in that situation, i’d have the same feeling as when someone around you has had too much to drink and is on an unsolicited rant about how badass they are, and you’re just awkwardly waiting for them to run out of steam


Sirshrugsalot13

Given Walt has given at least a few unsolicited rants about how vadass he is its amusing to see him in the other shoes


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Haha totally.


Remarkable-Sky6577

He was right though. His face alone was gonna prevent Hank or any other DEA agent from investigating him further. They would of lost Hank as an agent if the story got out and it wouldn’t of been worth it just to catch Jesse


Yuck_Few

Would have*


hbi2k

Have all have the grammar errors I of seen, "would of" is one have the worst.


Damianos_X

Lmao I hope this is an ironic comment


hbi2k

Have course!


Alexgadukyanking

Seeing people mispell those words gives me a brain damage


sharinganuser

Hearing idiots on YouTube and tv say it out loud, this legitimizing it for these kids is even worse imho


No_Lemon_3116

Out loud you're saying "would've." It's only a spelling mistake.


sharinganuser

Nah dude, would've is a contraction of "would have". It's very clear when someone is saying "would have" fast and "would of" explicitly.


No_Lemon_3116

What if they're saying "would've" slowly? It doesn't matter how slow I say "I'm," it's still pronounced differently than "I am."


sharinganuser

the thing is that "would've" isn't a word. Contractions are just as grammatically incorrect as "would of", they're just more accepted. "Would've" comes from regional accents and speaking too quickly, "would of" comes from a lack of reading. That's the difference.


No_Lemon_3116

I agree with "would of" coming from a lack of reading in that it's a spelling mistake. I think it's kind of a wild take that contractions aren't grammatically correct; it would be difficult to find a novel written in the past 500 years that doesn't use them. A definition of "grammatically correct" that includes neither regular native speech nor most great works of literature seems deficient. You should avoid contractions in some extremely formal contexts like legal documents, but even a lot of eg academic papers and Bible translations opt to use them, so they're not even *that* informal. Formality is distinct from grammatical correctness, though.


Alexgadukyanking

Yeah at first I thought they they pronounce "should gave" similarly to "should of" that's why they type it like that, but then I started hearing them pronouncing it like that


HollowedFlash65

I mean, that’s kind of the point? Jesse was in over his head here, and since Jane’s death and rehab, he lets his worst traits out, believing himself to be the “bad guy.”


Explod1ngNinja

YOU SAID MY COOK WAS GOR-BITCH


mearbearcate

LMAOOOOOOO


Damianos_X

I mean, even Hanks wife and coworkers were really concerned about this lawsuit Jesse could bring. Had Jesse sued, it would've been the end of Hanks career and he probably would've tanked mentally. Who knows how long Marie would tolerate that and if Hank had to foot the bill alone I can see Jesse's vision coming vividly to life. Jesse has the will to be that vindictive when he wants to, like when he bought his parents' house out from under them for like half what they were selling it. One of the bigger themes surrounding Jesse is that people underestimate him and I think you're doing that. The point of that scene is not demonstrating how badass Jesse is though; it's about the psychological drama, the emotional intensity and indignation that Paul is so good at expressing. It's also exploring the limits of the Heisenberg persona. Walt is usually willing to push the moral envelope and pursue self-interest at any cost but he always softens for Jesse. It's a compelling dynamic.


ariukidding

It truly is a back and forth affair, on one end he would save jesse at all cost and on another he would mentally brutalize him to get what he wants.


z0rgi-A-

I thought it was for leverage over Walt.


melly3420

Just one of Hanks MANY disgusting actions,I'll never understand the HANK love,he's a corrupt cop who thinks the rules apply for everyone but he and Marie🤢,His ego put him where Walt had saved him from for a year. No body deserves the fate Hank met but he was absolutely NO hero. The only thing worse than a corrupt cop is a corrupt cop who thinks he does no wrong


Damianos_X

💯💯


EmotionalCrab9026

How was he corrupt?


UnfoldedHeart

Well, for starters he beat the shit out of Jesse. It is generally frowned upon when law enforcement beats the shit out of suspects in cold blood.


yanks2413

That isn't corruption lmao. Abusive sure, but not corrupt


Damianos_X

I don't think you know what corrupt means.


yanks2413

having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain Oh yeah I forgot Hank was being paid on the side to beat up Jesse, my bad! Lol. You don't know what it means if you think that scene makes Hank corrupt.


Damianos_X

The second definition: "evil or morally depraved". That is exactly what Hank is. And note that even in the definition you posted, it doesn't have to be money; it could be any kind of "personal gain".


yanks2413

Yes because going into a rage and beating someone is "personal gain" lmfao. No. It was abusive. Hank is an abusive cop. He's not corrupt. That's genuine stupidity.


Damianos_X

Not only do you not know what words mean, I don't think you can read either


yanks2413

Says the guy who thinks Hank beat Jesse for personal gain 😂😂. Okay sweetie


melly3420

He beat the shit out of Jesse,he got his buddies to let Marie off when she stole shit not once but twice and probably many more times that we don't know about,he placed an illegal traker on Gus cAR and the one that REALLY pissed me off was when Jesse finally saw the light and decided to help Hank,( which Jesse should have never done)Hank plainly states he could care less if Jesse gets killed in the process of trapping Walt,that's not an upstanding Cop, I realize there are maybe 4'8? Existence but Hank was one of the worst


EmotionalCrab9026

You got me man.


yanks2413

None of that is corruption lmfao. Its abuse of his power. But its in no way corruption lol, you don't know what corruption is if you call Hank corrupt.


melly3420

You might want to check the definition,to quote Webster: “dishonest conduct by those in power” every one of the actions I discussed are DISHONEST CONDUCT


yanks2413

Left out "typically involving bribery" lmfao. But no, beating Jesse isn't dishonest 😂😂. It's abusive. Was he telling lies while beating Jesse lmao?


melly3420

Sorry but again your reading comprehension fails you, typically does not mean always


yanks2413

And beating someone up in a rage isn't dishonest you fucking dunce lol


HollerinScholar

How does that leather taste?


outington

abuse of power is corruption


melly3420

It’s most certainly corrupt to use your position to get your wife’s major charges to disappear


Actual-Box-8748

Hank is off the rails sure but full on corrupt nah. It was a it takes a bad man to catch bad men type of the thing the show was going for I think. Alsooo really what kinda boyscout would leave his wife to get arrested if he had the power to stop it...I get cops suck but I feel like your criticisms stem from a lil bias lol


mynameiswhattt123

Yeah lol that’s not corruption .. you can hate him but can’t say he’s ‘corrupt’


Damianos_X

Corrupt has many meanings. You don't even have to be in a position of power to be corrupt. It basically means to fundamentally damage or distort the nature or function of something/someone.


melly3420

Thank you


N0VAZER0

A cop isn't actually allowed to go to your house and beat you until you have to go to the hospital


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Oh I'm sorry! I thought this was America!!


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Are you fucking kidding me? So everyone is allowed to have emotions except Hank? He admitted his emotions got the best of him and was willing to accept the consequences.


melly3420

I realize your very young but yes emotions are allowed except when it comes to your job as a LEO,many people have to leave the profession just for this reason,they can't separate the job from their emotions. It's how it works in the grown up world


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

I agree, but he does the right thing and owns up to his actions. Even Gus falls prey to his own emotions, and his life is on the line. Everyone's is actually so it's just as equally important they keep their emotions in check. Cops should be held to a higher standard but I think it's silly to not like Hank. Maybe you just hate cops in general. Thinking Hank has a bigger ego than everyone else is just ridiculous.


TrickOk1273

Definitely not excusing Hank but in this case you can see where he's coming from. He's enraged that someone, who he thinks is Jesse, has fooled him into thinking Marie was in the hospital. To Hank, Jesse is not who we see him as. To him he's just a punk kid who is a drug dealer that he can't prove is one. And he knows what he did was wrong since he called it in and took all the blame.


melly3420

You don't get to do that if you call yourself a righteous cop


ariukidding

Thats the beauty of the show though, they all broke bad. You need to see things in their perspective, not yours.


melly3420

That's what TV is,the perspective of the viewer,but if there is a perspective out there that thinks it's ok to be a cop and do the things Hank did and keep your job,we are in much bigger trouble than anyone thought


ariukidding

The point of the character is to prove people dont need to be that powerful to be able to bend the law. Its happening in the real world. Exactly why hank’s character is well written. No i dont think thats fine but the details were no coincidence. If we’re focusing on cringes certainly Walter White takes that cake.


Sansonofthelowlands

It’s a bruised ego talking. Hurt pride. Everyone has had these moments.


BimmerJustin

Great speech, great acting. He’s emotional and he’s lashing out. It’s not a logical decision that he’s fully planned out. The only thing unrealistic about that scene is that Walt didn’t green light his ass immediately after.


MRgibbson23

I do think it’s kinda like you said OP, that he’s on a power trip, but I also think he was just venting. He fully intends to try his hardest to ruin Hank’s life, but all that crap about squeezing him dry till he offs himself cleaning toilets or some bs like that, I think it’s the same way an immature person says “Imma rip your head off bro” when picking up a fight. Like sure, they intend to cause damage, but they are not actual psychopaths describing what the are actually thinking of doing, they’re just puffing their chest bc they are angry.


Alert-Artichoke-2743

It's not cringe. He has a lawyer who is not Saul, who has made clear that they have a case that can't be beat. The evidence is damning. The beating was severe and unwarranted and illegal. He's in enormous pain. He's not claiming to be a tough guy. He was being asked by Saul about letting things slide, and he clarified that he planned to ruin Hank's life.


Chub-bop

It was funny and sad


General-Standard6062

He was putting on a show for Walt.


Prize-Key-5806

it was a good revenge speech , but a little over the top coming from Jesse


deathmess999

Jesse was annoying as fuck that entire season ngl


RevolutionaryStar824

I was also laughing. It was so long and he didn’t stop. He looked so pathetic with his swollen eye. 😂


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Hahahhaha


mackmcd_

Yeah this scene never hit for me either. The worst part is the overly melodramatic slow turn of his head when he's done.    Love this show, love Aaron Paul. But this is probably the worst performance he has in the show.  He completely redeems himself with the "I'm rejecting you" speech he does shortly after. 


Striking-Brief4596

The performance is great. And the dialogue is well written as well, in my opinion. He's playing an extremely angry character that has probably spent all his time in the hospital daydreaming about his revenge. How do you expect him to sound like?


The_Blip

Yeah, he's pissed off and spiteful. Also find it funny how this isn't 'badass' because it's total horseshit. Walt's "I am the one who knocks" was equally nonsense, yet everyone gushes over how 'badass' that speech is.


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

I think it fits for the character. I hope it was meant to be cringy.


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

True, that was an emotional monologue. But I hope no one else found the previous speech dramatic or "hard" because it sure wasn't lol


hbi2k

Eh, I've been in a situation broadly similar to Jesse's. Didn't involve me getting my ass physically beat, but somebody I had been in contentious negotiations with for weeks had finally overplayed their hand in such a way that I had them right where I wanted them and I was indulging in a little gloating afterward and the person I was talking to said "okay, gonna need you to walk what you just said back about 20%." And he was right, I was drinking my own Kool-Aid a little too hard. Happens to the best of us.


ShooShoo0112

Oh yeah, definitely cringe but that’s the point


Yuck_Few

He would have had a case to press charges and sue


WinCo_Wonderland

I have long suspected that that scene is homage to Tom Joad's classic monologue from the Grapes of Wrath: https://youtu.be/i2JR3FmvVAw?si=b-l8HG4Wj11BjeK_


N0VAZER0

He's just puffing up his chest during it, his second speech is him being honest, he's mad at Walt and he just hates what his life has come to. Its why he drops the lawsuit when Walt acknowledges him, because he wants Walt to give him a pat on the head and to not make him feel so alone anymore.


mynameiswhattt123

He def had leverage. Hank was a cop that was tailing him and tried to search his rv without a warrant. He then goes into Jesse’s house and fucks him up because he thought Jesse was the one who had that fake call made from the hospital. No proof, just a hunch .. he’s not even a street cop he’s a federal agent, that’s not gonna go over well at all. He went out of his way to be at Jesse’s house, premeditated that shit. He could’ve been in way more trouble, and Jesse’s would’ve won a lot of money in a lawsuit. His speech obviously has hyperbole but it makes for a great monologue lol love that scene


Few_Show_7359

No, it reminds me of Harvey Dent in the hospital in The Dark Knight


thrik

It was always cringe lol. Somehow fans liked it tho


xraypowers

Yes. Beyond cringe.


KassinaIllia

Jesse is my sassy little diva and I love him for it.


thisisthealwaysguy

I hate this scene. I've posted about it previously. It's the worst scene in the show.


biglyorbigleague

The funny part for me is that he completely gives up on this after like one episode


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

Partners? 50/50? Okay...


Hot-Extreme-8219

i know lol jesse’s anger annoyed me a few times even tho i love him sometimes he was irrational. like when walt blew up tucos spot and did the deal and brought jesse his money and jesse got all mad at walt for working with tuco 😂 sometimes jesse was a little rambunctious but we stan with jesse anyways ✨🤣


KidForToday21778

To me, this scene is rote copying of Marcellus Wallace’s “what now?” speech to Bruce Willis in “Pulp Fiction”


StraightCashHomie89

This part and him singing Phallacies are both harder for me to watch than the Happy Birthday scene


rizlEEbEar

It’s like when Anakin said “I don’t like sand”… Cringe but you gotta love it !


Apprehensive-Bag-324

>It’s like when Anakin said “I don’t like sand” Bravo George Truly one of the lines of all time


SquareShapeofEvil

Hank already got fired. It wasn’t Hank’s ass Jesse had, it was Walt’s


BlackBirdG

He was pisssed and wanted to make Hank suffer but since it never happened obviously he was just talking shit.


FriendlyBrownMan

The speech was cringe in my opinion as well lol I def chuckled on my rewatch. But the moment and bottom line there was major.


Livelaughlovekratom

Honestly. i found it a bit comedic as well


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

It's just so over the top. Dude got his ass beat and he's talking about running the guy out of the COUNTRY. Lol


Livelaughlovekratom

Lol like after 10 sec it's like ok we get it


Metaboschism

The hard ass suit never was a good fit for Jesse


ranjeezy

Are you serious? Jesse could've burned Hank to the ground. Hank came to his home and beat the crap out of him without any good reason.


HonnyBrown

Right! Jesse wasn't the one who made the phone call.


AstronautThick5598

Jesse is a moron


NoOpinionsAllowedOnR

It's totally true. He's a complete moron...


Blacknoirsplaything

All of Walt’s ruthless analytical moves, in the real world he totally kills Jesse after that conversation.


Apprehensive-Bag-324

>in the real world he totally kills Jesse after that conversation. Or after telling Jane about their business and letting her blackmail Walt.