2/15/2023 0 Comments Songs usedin privateeyes season 2The moment when Jesse plays the titular game of Peekaboo and the boy has no idea how to react - because, clearly, Skank's not the kind of mom who would ever play such a routine and simple game like that with her son - was heartbreaking, and so well-played by Aaron Paul. But in not only taking us into Spooge and Skank's home, but showing us the poor kid they neglect because they're too busy working the next scam and getting high, we see the cost of all of this. We know Skyler and Jesse's family, while the tweakers of the greater Albuquerque area are a faceless abstraction. When we talk about the terrible things Walt and Jesse are doing, it's generally in the context of how they're hurting their loved ones, as opposed to the people who actually use their product. What should have been a simple task - hold a gun on two pathetic tweakers and get back the money and drugs they stole - instead turned into an all-day mess that nearly got Jesse killed and brought him face-to-face with one of the victims of his operation: Skank's filthy, underfed, horribly neglected little boy. Let's start with Jesse's ordeal, which was right in the series' wheelhouse. Roberts and Vince Gilligan's script deliberately didn't name the female tweaker, I think we're supposed to think of her as Skank - even if we're never supposed to call her that to her face, as poor Spooge learned way too late. And while Walt and Jesse more or less get what they need by the end of the episode - Gretchen inadvertently gives Walt the means to repair his rift with Skyler, while Jesse walks away with an ATM-ful of cash - their own karmic debts are getting bigger and bigger all the time. Some are emotional, like Walt finally unloading on Gretchen for what he feels she owes him (in every sense), or Jesse having to confront the realities of his new career during his nightmarish day at Spooge and Skank's house(*). "What would you know about me, Gretchen?" -WaltA lot of bills come due in "Peekaboo," another outstanding episode in what's turning out to be a stellar season two of "Breaking Bad." Some are financial, like Jesse trying to get his money back from the two tweakers, or Gretchen finding out that Walt has been lying to his family about where the money's coming from. ![]() "What happened to you? Really, Walt - what happened? Because this isn't you." -Gretchen ![]() ![]() Spoilers for last night's "Breaking Bad" coming up just as soon as I order some knives from one of the shopping channels.
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