This episode of Breaking Bad was a bit more tame then the others so far. We begin by seeing Jesse hanging with some friends when the ask to get a hold of some of his Meth. He turns them down and then ends up smoking some himself the next morning. The stuff makes him so paranoid he hallucinates that two Mormons on bikes are two hardcore Bikers on motorcycles with a machete and a grenade. He then takes off for his family's home. With Walt, his family finally knows that he has lung cancer and are upset that he didn't tell them sooner. His wife is very upset and is persistent and pushy in him getting a second opinion and treatment, no matter the cost. His son is upset that he has been acting weird and seems to have been acting apathetic to things.
At his family's house Jesse's parents are having a hard time with his coming back and are trying to acclimate to it. His younger brother is the good child and is an over achiever in the functions he does with his school and such. Jesse is seen as the troubled one. While at his house he gets a major offer from a friend to get a lot of money for a new supply of meth. He goes and makes the proposition to Walt who turns him down.
We see throughout the episode Walt dealing with some money, trying to fish it out of the vents and putting it in the bank. At the bank he sees an arrogant man who steals his parking spot and makes objectifying remarks towards the teller in the bank. Later at the end of the episode Walt sees the man at the Gas station and proceeds to short his battery and blow the man's car up.
In this episode the one thing I saw was family caring for one another. His family is visibly upset by the diagnoses and that he didn't tell them earlier that he was sick. Walt's brother in-law even approaches him and lets him know that if anything happens he will take care of Skyler and Walt Jr. We see that even though he's apathetic to it his family rallies around him.
I think as the Body of Christ we are to rally around one another and be there for them. I think now with my car stolen and the stress that comes with that I understand what it means now more than ever to have people rally around you or even how much at times you wish people would and don't. I think sometimes we really need to be able to show compassion, caring, and love for those going through the valleys. How are you lifting someone up today?
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012
Breaking Bad 3
In this episode of breaking bad we begin by watching Walter and Jesse cleaning up the gory mess that fell through the ceiling from the bath tub in the bathroom above. We can see that they are both easily disgusted at having to clean up the drug dealers dissolved remains. With Skyler and Walter Jr. we first see them in this episode painting the baby nursery while Skyler's sister just sits by and watches as they work. After Walter Jr. leaves the room to answer a phone call Skyler starts talking to her sister about a short story she's writing that involves a marijuana user and asks her sister about her experience with the drug. Her sister automatically assumes that she is inadvertently talking about Walter Jr. and even though Skyler is adamant that it isn't her sister is still convinced. We then cut back to Walter who is faced by the locked up drug dealer in the basement with the dilemma of either letting him go or killing him. We then cut back to Skyler's sister who over the phone at a shoe store (where she ends up stealing a pair) calling her husband, the DEA agent, and asking him to scare Walter Jr. Straight.
Walter senior then finds out that Jesse told the drug dealer everything about him, his family, his profession and etc... He's upset and ends up having a yelling match with Jess which ends up with the younger of the two leaving and telling him to finish the job with their captive downstairs. We then cutback to Walter Jr. and the DEA Brother in law going on a little drive which leads them to a druggy motel where Walter Jr. gets the talk about Marijuana being a gateway drug to worse things. After a long and awkward interaction we see the prostitute that they were using as an example go back to her room just to find that Jesse is holding up in that same room. At Jesse's house Walter makes the "Crazy Eight" a sandwich without the crust and brings it down to him just to pass out, smash the plate and have to make another. While down there he talks to Crazy Eight about letting him go and tells him that he's going to be there until he can give Walter a good reason to unlock him. Walter even goes so far as to write a pro's and con's list about letting him go. In the end we find that right when Walter was ready to let him go and is in the process of getting the key he finds out that one of the sharp jagged pieces of the plate is missing which he realizes Crazy Eight has for the purpose of killing Walter the moment he is free. Walter goes down to the basement where he pretends he's going to unlock him but only ends up killing him as Figure Eight struggles to fight back but ultimately dies. In the very end of the episode we see Walter go back home to talk to his wife. As she's sitting on the side of the bed we hear him say, "honey, I need to tell you something" before the screen fades to black.
What we can see here is the struggle between right and wrong. While I could easily say the major theme of this episode is the value of human life I think it's important to understand Walter's basic struggle between making the right and wrong choice. So often we are presented with situations and problems where we have two options and can go one of two ways. Sometimes one direction can be the right one and the other wrong/immoral/unethical. We may not always have the easiest time making the decision but if we are always relying on God He will not let us have to make it on our own.
Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, Seek His will in all you do and He will guide your paths." As long as we trust in God He will guide our paths. What decisions do you need to trust God with today?
Walter senior then finds out that Jesse told the drug dealer everything about him, his family, his profession and etc... He's upset and ends up having a yelling match with Jess which ends up with the younger of the two leaving and telling him to finish the job with their captive downstairs. We then cutback to Walter Jr. and the DEA Brother in law going on a little drive which leads them to a druggy motel where Walter Jr. gets the talk about Marijuana being a gateway drug to worse things. After a long and awkward interaction we see the prostitute that they were using as an example go back to her room just to find that Jesse is holding up in that same room. At Jesse's house Walter makes the "Crazy Eight" a sandwich without the crust and brings it down to him just to pass out, smash the plate and have to make another. While down there he talks to Crazy Eight about letting him go and tells him that he's going to be there until he can give Walter a good reason to unlock him. Walter even goes so far as to write a pro's and con's list about letting him go. In the end we find that right when Walter was ready to let him go and is in the process of getting the key he finds out that one of the sharp jagged pieces of the plate is missing which he realizes Crazy Eight has for the purpose of killing Walter the moment he is free. Walter goes down to the basement where he pretends he's going to unlock him but only ends up killing him as Figure Eight struggles to fight back but ultimately dies. In the very end of the episode we see Walter go back home to talk to his wife. As she's sitting on the side of the bed we hear him say, "honey, I need to tell you something" before the screen fades to black.
What we can see here is the struggle between right and wrong. While I could easily say the major theme of this episode is the value of human life I think it's important to understand Walter's basic struggle between making the right and wrong choice. So often we are presented with situations and problems where we have two options and can go one of two ways. Sometimes one direction can be the right one and the other wrong/immoral/unethical. We may not always have the easiest time making the decision but if we are always relying on God He will not let us have to make it on our own.
Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding, Seek His will in all you do and He will guide your paths." As long as we trust in God He will guide our paths. What decisions do you need to trust God with today?
Friday, October 12, 2012
Breaking Bad Episode 2
Episode 2 starts off exactly where episode 1 left off, with Walter White and his wife having marital relations. Afterwards White goes into the bathroom and passes out on the floor until morning. At breakfast he has an awkward conversation with his family when Jesse calls posing as a salesman to get White to address the issue of the body and the other injured individual. Later we see the injured guy crawl out of the motor home and limp down the street trying to get away. Walter runs into him on the street and while trying to get his attention scares the guy into running into a tree. With the man knocked out Walter takes him back to the house and locks him to a post in the basement. Walter and Jesse then go back upstairs to discuss what they should do about locked up guy and the dead guy. It becomes their plan that they will kill the man in the basement and put the body of the dead individual in a specific kind of acid and dissolve it. Being that the two are very uncomfortable with the project and neither one of them wants to take part in it the flip a coin seeing who will get what job. The Coin toss leaves Walter to finish off the man downstairs and Jesse to dispose of the body.
Later Jesse goes out to buy a particular type of plastic container that will not dissolve due to the acid while Walter is back at Jesse's house trying to figure out how to kill the guy downstairs. Here we see Walter struggle as he looks at several different means and deems them all too cruel ultimately settling on asphyxiation. When he goes down to the basement to kill him, having found the guy awake and begging for water he gives him two jugs, a sandwich, a bucket for a toilet, toilet paper and purell hand sanitizer. Finally Jesse gets home having found no container big enough and not wanting to desecrate the body too much he is frustrated. Walter leaves deciding that he will take care of the task the next day. Walter is also confronted by his pregnant wife about his weird behavior and tells her what he has "been up to" giving her the excuse that he has been buying Marijuana from Jesse. The next day while Walter is at school teaching Jesse works up the courage to dispose of the boy when he is interrupted by Skyler telling Jesse not to sell anymore Marijuana to Walter. Fortunately Skyler does not see the body and Jesse is able to continue. He finally gets the body in the upstairs tub and loads it with the acid when Walter arrives back at the house. After berating Walter for not killing the guy downstairs he mentions that at least he he did his part and started disposing of the body and didn't need a plastic bin when he had a perfectly good tub. Walter shocked by this walks into the hall followed by Jesse just to see the ceiling give way and the acid, tub material, and chunks of undissolved body spill onto the floor. He explains that the acid will eat through steel, rock, glass and fiberglass but not plastic. The seen switches over to two children playing in the desert near where the motor home had previously crashed when the girl picks up the lost gas mask and begins playing with it.
In this episode we see a value on human life, as well as kindness. We see this mainly in Walter's hesitation to kill the man downstairs. He is constantly hesitating and trying to make excuses for not wanting to kill him. We can plainly see that he is not the killer type. We also see kindness in that when the man asks for water Walter gives him two water jugs, a sandwich, bucket to use for a toilet, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. We see that in that particular case he goes above and beyond what was requested of him and shows the man kindness, even in noticing the guy doesn't like the crust on his sandwich.
In scripture we see that there is a value for human life. Genesis two talks about the creation of man and how God breathed life into him. Man is made in God's image. We see a lot of hesitation from Walter in having to deal with the man which I like to contribute to the strong conscious understanding of murder as wrong. We also see kindness in how Walter treats the man in the basement which is reminiscent of Luke 6:27-31 which basically talks about being kind to your enemies and those that would harm you. I think reflecting on this, I can't imagine that any of us would really have a problem with murdering someone, but we can learn something by that. We need to understand that "every" life is precious to God and knowing that we should treat every life as precious to Him. How are you treating the lives around you as precious?
Later Jesse goes out to buy a particular type of plastic container that will not dissolve due to the acid while Walter is back at Jesse's house trying to figure out how to kill the guy downstairs. Here we see Walter struggle as he looks at several different means and deems them all too cruel ultimately settling on asphyxiation. When he goes down to the basement to kill him, having found the guy awake and begging for water he gives him two jugs, a sandwich, a bucket for a toilet, toilet paper and purell hand sanitizer. Finally Jesse gets home having found no container big enough and not wanting to desecrate the body too much he is frustrated. Walter leaves deciding that he will take care of the task the next day. Walter is also confronted by his pregnant wife about his weird behavior and tells her what he has "been up to" giving her the excuse that he has been buying Marijuana from Jesse. The next day while Walter is at school teaching Jesse works up the courage to dispose of the boy when he is interrupted by Skyler telling Jesse not to sell anymore Marijuana to Walter. Fortunately Skyler does not see the body and Jesse is able to continue. He finally gets the body in the upstairs tub and loads it with the acid when Walter arrives back at the house. After berating Walter for not killing the guy downstairs he mentions that at least he he did his part and started disposing of the body and didn't need a plastic bin when he had a perfectly good tub. Walter shocked by this walks into the hall followed by Jesse just to see the ceiling give way and the acid, tub material, and chunks of undissolved body spill onto the floor. He explains that the acid will eat through steel, rock, glass and fiberglass but not plastic. The seen switches over to two children playing in the desert near where the motor home had previously crashed when the girl picks up the lost gas mask and begins playing with it.
In this episode we see a value on human life, as well as kindness. We see this mainly in Walter's hesitation to kill the man downstairs. He is constantly hesitating and trying to make excuses for not wanting to kill him. We can plainly see that he is not the killer type. We also see kindness in that when the man asks for water Walter gives him two water jugs, a sandwich, bucket to use for a toilet, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. We see that in that particular case he goes above and beyond what was requested of him and shows the man kindness, even in noticing the guy doesn't like the crust on his sandwich.
In scripture we see that there is a value for human life. Genesis two talks about the creation of man and how God breathed life into him. Man is made in God's image. We see a lot of hesitation from Walter in having to deal with the man which I like to contribute to the strong conscious understanding of murder as wrong. We also see kindness in how Walter treats the man in the basement which is reminiscent of Luke 6:27-31 which basically talks about being kind to your enemies and those that would harm you. I think reflecting on this, I can't imagine that any of us would really have a problem with murdering someone, but we can learn something by that. We need to understand that "every" life is precious to God and knowing that we should treat every life as precious to Him. How are you treating the lives around you as precious?
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