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libraryseraph) wrote2019-08-16 11:13 am
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Breaking Bad Season 3 Episode 10: Fly
TODAY I WILL FIND OUT WHAT THE FLY REPRESENTS
We open with an intense closeup on different parts of the fly, making it look very alien. There's no human element in the pre-credits scene, just an insect made strange through context or lack thereof.
After the credits, Jesse is telling Walt about hyena dominance. While he doesn't get that hyenas are matriarchal, he does make the point that he and Walt are on the bottom of this metaphorical Hyena pack, despite everything.
Part of this episode is that they're experiencing material loss in the process, and can't figure out why. Even with all the precision Walt can put into things, there are still things out of his control.
And then they fly shows up, and Walt loses it. The fly is something else he can't control, so he puts an unreasonable amount of effort into trying to deal with it. This ends up making things worse, as he breaks a light, gets his shoe stuck in the ceiling when he throws it, and falls retrieving it.
Jesse sees what Walt is doing and thinks it's ridiculous. While Walt is correct about the contamination, he is vastly blowing the fly out of proportion due to the lack of control he has in other areas.
Jesse points out that they're making drugs anyways, and it doesn't matter if it's contaminated. Walt calls this "rationalizing", when "it's okay to make dangerous drugs if I do it well and safely" is also a rationalization.
"There is no more room for error" It's not about the fly, so much as about the fact that Walt can do everything right and still face issues.
This episode also serves as a microcosm of Walt and Jesse's relationship. Jesse doesn't notice the details, Walt does but obsesses over them, and Walt throws Jesse to the wayside the instant he steps out of line.
Walt finally considers that he's lost sight of what he's been doing, that it stopped being about leaving his family money a long time ago. He still thinks that no matter how well he explains it, skyler won't listen, so he still can't take responsibility for what he did. Walt also admits to meeting Jane's father and telling him to go back. Walt can't deal with a world that random, where things like that can happen.
After that discussion, Jesse makes a tower of stuff to climb up and get at the fly. Walt apologizes for Jane, but doesn;t make it clear what he's saying, and Jesse brushes it off. Walt tells Jesse not to bother with the fly, since it's all contaminated. He's speaking metaphorically here; he's done things to his relationships he can't fix or control, and focussing on something he thinks he can control won;t fix that.
In the end, it's Jesse who finally gets the fly, because he's willing to act quickly, and Walt sleeps through it.
The episode ends with Walt sleeping in bed, when he's woken by a fly on the ceiling. The contamination, and the things outside of his control, are going to keep coming back, no matter what happens.
We open with an intense closeup on different parts of the fly, making it look very alien. There's no human element in the pre-credits scene, just an insect made strange through context or lack thereof.
After the credits, Jesse is telling Walt about hyena dominance. While he doesn't get that hyenas are matriarchal, he does make the point that he and Walt are on the bottom of this metaphorical Hyena pack, despite everything.
Part of this episode is that they're experiencing material loss in the process, and can't figure out why. Even with all the precision Walt can put into things, there are still things out of his control.
And then they fly shows up, and Walt loses it. The fly is something else he can't control, so he puts an unreasonable amount of effort into trying to deal with it. This ends up making things worse, as he breaks a light, gets his shoe stuck in the ceiling when he throws it, and falls retrieving it.
Jesse sees what Walt is doing and thinks it's ridiculous. While Walt is correct about the contamination, he is vastly blowing the fly out of proportion due to the lack of control he has in other areas.
Jesse points out that they're making drugs anyways, and it doesn't matter if it's contaminated. Walt calls this "rationalizing", when "it's okay to make dangerous drugs if I do it well and safely" is also a rationalization.
"There is no more room for error" It's not about the fly, so much as about the fact that Walt can do everything right and still face issues.
This episode also serves as a microcosm of Walt and Jesse's relationship. Jesse doesn't notice the details, Walt does but obsesses over them, and Walt throws Jesse to the wayside the instant he steps out of line.
Walt finally considers that he's lost sight of what he's been doing, that it stopped being about leaving his family money a long time ago. He still thinks that no matter how well he explains it, skyler won't listen, so he still can't take responsibility for what he did. Walt also admits to meeting Jane's father and telling him to go back. Walt can't deal with a world that random, where things like that can happen.
After that discussion, Jesse makes a tower of stuff to climb up and get at the fly. Walt apologizes for Jane, but doesn;t make it clear what he's saying, and Jesse brushes it off. Walt tells Jesse not to bother with the fly, since it's all contaminated. He's speaking metaphorically here; he's done things to his relationships he can't fix or control, and focussing on something he thinks he can control won;t fix that.
In the end, it's Jesse who finally gets the fly, because he's willing to act quickly, and Walt sleeps through it.
The episode ends with Walt sleeping in bed, when he's woken by a fly on the ceiling. The contamination, and the things outside of his control, are going to keep coming back, no matter what happens.