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Breaking Bad - I Want This Scene: Walter (Bryan Cranston) asks Jesse (Aaron Paul) to kill him.

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US Air Date: 2008
Network: AMC
Starring: Aaron Paul, Bryan Cranston, Michael Bowen
Director: Vince Gilligan
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[sounakpatra]

Love how Jack tried to pull out 'You can't kill me I'm important' but he was too stupid to see that Walt made up his mind 6 months ago

[cornpop]

Jack died begging for his life
Hank died fantasizing about what kind of minerals he was about to become

[lele]

This is the moment when Jack have his last cigarette and finally quit smoking

[namemepeter]

This is the moment when Walt saved jacks life preventing lung cancer.

[miahmassey]

I like how walt didnt let him finish his sentence exactly how he did hank

[dannypr]

Walt freed Jesse from Jack and his crew. And by not killing him, Jesse freed himself from Walt.

[sheinon]

Jesse killing Todd was the most satisfying death in this whole series.

[Sallahaddin]

Still cannot fathom how great Aaron Paul's acting skills are. You can feel his emotions via screen

[josetomascamposrobledano]

Jack’s death mirrors Hank’s. How fitting

[hectords]

I love the last thing Jesse says. It didn't hit me the first time but when I rewatched it. That "then do it yourself" has a lot of sting. If jesse let walt do all of it alone he would've been free and he knew he was once he said that to walt at the end. If he killed walt Jesse would have been following orders and he wasn't giving that loyalty to walt in the end.

[magos]

Love the detail when before dropping the gun after saying "Then do it yourself" Jessie puts it in a safety mode

[EvangelionPower]

"I want this."
"Then do it yourself."
Sounds like me and my girlfriend.

[debikh]

1:47 now thats how you ask for consent.

[chillhouse]

How beautiful is that Jesse's first kill was shooting which was Walt's last kill too
Similarly Jesse's Last kill was Strangling/Suffocating which was Walt's kind of proper first kill.

[Steezussy]

Jack was too stupid to see, walt made up his mind a year ago

[HeisenbergTheFirst]

Jesse: "SAY THE WORDS!"
Walt: "you're meth is good Jesse, as good as mine."
Jesse: "NO! I MEANT THAT HOW YOU WANT THIS TO HAPPEN!"

[elchato]

Knowing Walt came there with the intent to kill everyone including himself and Jesse until he saw how they were keeping Jesse as a slave makes it much better . He changed his mind &tackles jesse to the ground covering him with his own body from the bullets amazing writing

[jjvictor]

This scene is a mix of emotions and everything that the series built up to that point. Jesse is in plain confusion whether he's in control or just being manipulated by Walt again. And also the respect he still have for him.

[oldmangrannyoldmangranny]

That shot, combined with Walt's face is the ultimate "shut up."

[thebrokenglasskids]

I think something people miss in this scene is the importance of Walt finally valuing something over his money when he shoots Jack mid-sentence when he is trying to plea with him that he won't know where the money is if he does indeed kill him.
It shows how Walt has come full circle in his motives throughout the series. From starting good, to breaking bad, and back to a glimmer of good here at the end. Ironically, he is back to where he started, facing impending death and flat broke. Except now, he has also lost his family, and also his soul, and frankly himself completely.
Thinking of it this way, it to some extent sums up criminal aspirations in general; No matter how smart you think your plan is, no matter how strong your ambition for wealth and glory are, it will inevitably end badly for you and you are better off never having pursued it in the first place. The people you care about and who you are at your core are more valuable.
As smart as Walt was, he was not smart enough to have the foresight to understand this.