Throughout the series, Jesse oscillates between guilt and anger. He tries to be “the good guy,” even as he sinks deeper into the meth business with Walter White. When Brock falls ill and Jesse suspects poisoning, it scratches at his conscience. But when he realizes that Walter — not their shared enemy Gus Fring — was behind the poisoning, something in Jesse snaps.
“Jesse loses the ricin cigarette … then jumps to the conclusion that Walt poisoned Brock.”
What makes that smile horrifying is that it isn’t a moment of moral clarity or disgust — it is a moment of emotional surrender.
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