After last weeks episode, I've been thinking a lot about the final fate of Hank, Gomie, and especially Jesse. Come 9:05 this Sunday, one or possibly all three of these characters could be dead. While Hank's sentimental victory phone call to Marie was a possible final good-bye on their behalf, this is Breaking Bad, and Gilligan likes to throw curve balls. The neo-nazis are supposedly notorious for killing people, and by the sound of it they really want Walt to teach Todd a thing or two about his famous blue product. Jesse was the one that Walt agreed to have killed, not Hank or Gomez. If they want Walt to teach them his ways, they're going to have to hold up to their end of the bargain. I have come to love Jesse Pinkman as much as the next person, but I truly feel that as long as Walter White is alive/ not locked up, Jesse will never happy.
Almost all of Jesse's screen time in the first three episodes of 5b were spent showing how depressed he was. Suitcases of money, not a DEA agent in sight, and finally free from working with Walt, and he was still at the lowest point of his life. Think of everything this character has been through- Jane's death, killing Gale, Combo's death, Andrea's little brother's death, Brock being poisoned, and the icing on the cake- Drew Sharp. I don't even think that changing his name and moving to Alaska could provide a guilt-free life for Jesse, and I'm starting to think that death is the only way out for him.
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Scenario 1: Hank, Gomez, and Jesse all live- Hank and Gomez outshoot the neo-nazis and Walt finally gets sent to jail. Jesse would wind up spending some time in jail himself, and it wouldn't be so bad, knowing that Walt was finally punished. Unfortunately, we know from the 5a/5b teasers that Walt is on the run and not in jail, therefore- Jesse is either in jail or depressed.
Scenario 2: Gomez and/or Hank die, but so do Todd and his Gang. Jesse is left with Walt. Again, we know that Walt doesn't get sent to jail or killed at this point, therefore- Jesse is either alive and depressed, or Walt kills Jesse.
Scenario 3: Hank, Gomez, and Jesse all die- Marie tells the DEA everything and shows them what evidence she has after Hank's death. Walt's only option is to be on the run while the DEA tries to find him- but Jesse is dead.
Scenario 4 (and the scenario that I personally hope happens): Jesse opens the door of the car and walks into the Aryan's open fire. He dies, but on his own terms. Hank and Gomie wind up killing some of the Aryans, but Gomie winds up getting shot. Either Todd or one of his Uncles snatch Walt out of the car and take him with them, forcing him to teach them how to make his crystal meth, and leaving him alone and on the run afterwards. Hank lives (hey a girl can dream).
The only possible way I can see Jesse living and being happy is if he gets back together with Andrea and if Walt dies in a flash forward- but happily ever after isn't necessarily Vince Gilligan's thing, is it...
Next Week's episode is called 'Ozymandias', and Gilligan has said that it's his favorite episode in the whole series. Just like how Vince used Walt Whitman's 'Gliding O'er All' to perfectly fit last year's episode, 'Ozymandias' is no coincidence.
Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed
