#dalecooperscoffee

[danhumphrey]

how did you get into lotr?

it was honestly natural for me to eventually want to read/watch lotr because it largely takes place in the forest and has a theme of goodness and love being the ultimate power and it has elijah wood in it. also my grandmother read the books, my mom read the books, and i was like wow if i also read the books i can participate in a multi-generational lotr book club 💓

[aboutoldfriends]

Honestly @dalecooperscoffee‘s mind and intelligence is too much for me. I have to open a word doc to dissect and reply like I’m studying Shakespeare all over again. Truly humbling. I love you and your mind. You are Sheryl Lee certified. 

[ingridbergman]

happy birthday icon🎉🎂👌thanks for inventing jake gyllenhaal!!!!

ASFGDHFJ. not sure how that’s possible but you know what?? i’ll take it!! thank you!

[danhumphrey]

what are your top 10 fav breaking bad episodes?

10. Bug (4x09) 

this episode has TOO many iconic moments. skyler scamming the IRS by pretending to be dumb, gus walking toward the bullets, mike telling walter to shut the fuck up and leave jesse alone, jesse having dinner with gus, and then the Ultimate moment where jesse beats walter the fuck up and pulls the “can you walk? good :) then get the fuck out of my house :)” card GOD the whole episode is like the start of jesse’s realization that he should trust mike and gus more than walter and it feels so good to watch

9. Shotgun (4x05)

after a whole season of watching jesse in a deep depression it’s such a relief to reach this episode. the COMEDY of the start where walter storms into los pollos with a GUN and the music is so intense and hes like WHERES GUS FRING WHERE IS HE WHAT HAS HE DONE WITH JESSE and then on the phone jesse is just like “im fine” like god its literally unbeatable. it’s obviously the beginning of mike and jesse’s relationship, plus on another level the beginning of gus and jesse’s Real relationship because it signals the first time gus begins to trust him. PLUS provided us with the iconic you are not the guy youre not capable of being the guy i had a guy but now i dont you. are not. the guy. 

8. Dead Freight (5x05)

i know everyone says dead freight but dude.......it’s such a fantastic episode from start to finish! it’s such a weird combination of like, drama thriller but also sitcom hilarity? because obviously the stakes are really high and you know that if they get caught they’re going to prison like, forever, and also jesse could have straight up got run over by a train but at the same time it’s hilarious? i also love the emphasis on jesse being a problem solver at this point in the show and being able to accomplish things that even walt and mike can’t necessarily do without him. the last 60 seconds..........well we dont have to talk about that

7. Rabid Dog (5x12)

okay originally i wasn’t going to put any 5b eps on here, not because they aren’t amazing but because they aren’t exactly the kind of thing i can put on in the background and rewatch yknow? but rabid dog is so amazing because its FINALLY the point where jesse is done with walter. like it’s the final severance between them and just watching walter’s panic grow throughout the episode as he realizes that it’s going to end with one of them dying but not being able to accept that is just ... fantastic. it summarizes the complexity of their dynamic so succinctly for a single episode

6. Peekaboo (2x06)

obviously a quintessential jesse episode deserves a spot on the list. everyone is always like “this is the episode where i fell in love with jesse!!!!” and like personally i was already in love with him but yeah this episode confirmed it. it’s the first episode in the Jesse Loves Kids saga obviously and it presents the conflict he feels over like, the secondhand guilt he feels over supplying the product that puts the kid in his shitty living situation but also the knowledge that he’s trapped now. when he goes back into the house for the kid and tells him to close his eyes it’s like.......a compromise that jesse holds onto for the rest of the series. he knows he’s doing bad things but he tries to find ways to make them even a little better

5. 4 Days Out (2x09)

bottle episode #1 baby! one of the earliest episodes that is entirely dedicated to walter and jesse’s dynamic and it’s just.....classic brba. cooking in the RV out in the desert baby! jesse being dumb! walter being an asshole! ah wiiiiiiiiiiire! it’s such a good like.....foundation episode. it’s one of those episodes that you rewatch after finishing the series and you’re like “god everything has changed so much” and honestly if someone wanted to watch like One episode of breaking bad to get the gist of the whole show i would probably suggest 4 days out

4. Sunset (3x06)

another literal classic and also the first episode i watched with my mom hehe so it has a special place in my heart. in some ways it’s a very tragic episode because watching the RV get destroyed literally made me cry, but it’s so thrilling and exciting and it sets up the conflict between hank and jesse which is honestly a fav. i honestly don’t even have that much to say about it i just......love this episode it’s so rewatchable. and this is my own private domicile and i will not be harassed bitch!

3. Full Measure (3x13)

remember when Bill Hader was like “you know the end of an episode of TV that makes you gasp and wait all week for the next episode, well breaking bad has those moments constantly throughout the entire 60 minutes” THIS is the kind of episode that applies to! the battle and shifting power between gus and walter is obviously center stage but ultimately it comes down to jesse. the shot in the arcade where jesse is sitting alone and there’s the single red light GOD LETS GET INTO BREAKING BAD COLOR THEORY BABY! the episode is just so ..... dramatic and intense but artful and careful and ultimately it contains arguably the biggest moment for jesse’s character arc in the whole series

2. ABQ (2x13)

okay not to be a demon but i love this episode endlessly. i wish i could just combine it with Pheonix but i cant so ultimately i choose this one (despite it not having the water on mars conversation) it’s clearly like one of the saddest in the entire series especially for jesse but it’s so good. the introduction of mike automatically makes it memorable but the scene of jesse and walter in the crack den is burned forever into my memory its just so.....haunting. and in this episode i can FEEL myself being manipulated by walter. like i JUST watched him let jane die and i still catch myself watching ABQ and going “aw he’s talking jesse down.....he’s holding him........he’s taking him to rehab........” and that’s exactly what walter DOES to people and to catch him doing it to YOU is insane 

1. Fly (3x10)

taylor u literally knew this was coming sdkfjsdfkj yeah i think this is the greatest episode in the whole show ok! ozymandias whom! yeah it’s another bottle episode but i think it’s better than 4 days out in accomplishing the ultimate goal of a bottle episode which, to me, is putting the characters together in isolation for so long that eventually their boundaries fall down. i mean obviously the concussion and drugs are part of the reason that walter starts getting so open with jesse, but the fact that they’re enclosed in the lab until walter can accomplish a meaningless goal that’s borne from paranoia just makes the conversations they have that much more meaningful. i know a lot of people don’t like this episode because its “boring” but to me, when i watch tv shows, i ACHE for even one of the single moments that this entire episode is comprised of. the fact that vince was like “okay and now let’s dedicate an entire episode to this lingering guilt that walter feels over killing jesse’s girlfriend an entire season ago and that’s the whole thing” is so bold but also so admirable because he’s truly giving something so huge (jane’s death) the attention it deserves where most shows would just sort of drop it to make room for more plot. im literally rambling but it’s just a perfect balance of what we know, what walter knows, and what jesse knows which are all conflicting and battling. “it’s not coming down, it’s staying up there forever” like ARE YOU KIDDING ME

[danhumphrey]

favourite brba montage(s) go

excellent question AS ALWAYS taylor here we go 

1. jesse annoying mike in the car in shotgun

2. thats it

[danhumphrey]

so what are all ur top brba moments/scenes?

taylor u know this is the hardest question in the world....ill do my best

1. in Half Measures when jesse has been caught trying to poison the other dealers and you think he’s going to be punished somehow by gus, the total relief you feel when gus offers him the opportunity to just apologize and move on but then the surge of anxiety and shock and PRIDE when jesse says no....oh my god. it’s just so powerful. he’s staring GUS FRING in the face and refusing to back down because he isn’t going to let anyone get away with hurting children....it’s my favorite jesse moment by far

2. taylor i literally talked to u about this scene yesterday fsjfsjksfd but in Bug when jesse is clearly shaken by seeing one of gus’ guys get shot like Right in front of him and then almost getting shot himself only to have walter take the situation and throw it in jesse’s face as a reason not to trust gus and mike is just like “shut the fuck up leave jesse alone” ....... the POWER of someone taking jesse’s emotional wellbeing into consideration rather than just angling for the next move....we love that 

3. gus’ introduction to the show. his appearance early on in the episode as what seems like a background character, his act of just being an employee at the restaurant to see how much walter knows, and then the moment he drops the facade and just calmly says “i dont think we’re alike at all, mr. white” which right away asserts him over walter as more experienced and more formiddable....its just so GOOD and chilling

4. i mean the entirety of Fly but especially when jesse is standing on the ladder and he responds to walter’s weird drugged out almost-confession by being like “it’s no one’s fault. it’s not my fault. it’s not her fault either” it’s....such a refreshing moment of clarity for jesse where he finally comes to terms with a tragedy in his life without blaming himself for it. after seeing him hate himself for what happened to jane for so many episodes, it’s so healing to see him acknowledge that it isn’t his fault. and when he adds that he misses her still, it’s like another little reminder that even if he doesnt blame himself, it’s still a huge secret that walter keeps from him. AND when walter says (about the fly) “its staying up there, its never coming down” or whatever and he’s actually talking about the truth of what happened to jane GOD i love that FUCKING EPISODE

5. ive done much thinking about like...what makes breaking bad so different from other shows to me. i think this is one of the most important things: breaking bad never forgets. SO many shows will have a plotline in an early season which they convince you is traumatic or impactful on a character, but really by a few seasons later it’s as if it never happened. things in tv usually don’t matter after however many episodes because new plotlines tend to fully replace old ones. breaking bad DOESNT DO THAT and the best example i can think of is jane’s death. she dies in Pheonix, which is season 2 episode 12. it isn’t until To’hajiilee, which is season 5 episode 13 that jesse finds out the truth about her death. and that moment? after jesse finally sees walter paying for his actions, after their relationship is finally severed, after heisenberg is finally caught, when walter looks back at jesse and the audience holds their breath to see what the One thing walter will say to jesse after everything has climaxed like this, and he says “i watched jane die” i mean...............it’s devastating. it’s his final way to hurt jesse because that’s ALL their relationship is and it’s a testament to how much this show cares about its story. a death from 3 seasons ago is brought back for such an impactful moment because things happen for a Reason on breaking bad, not just to fill space and shock the audience. i honestly dont think ill ever feel so shook ever again as i did when i heard that line 

[danhumphrey]

publish your brba essay!!!!

taylor what if i told you.....................i didnt write it :( im so fake BUT i know el camino is gonna get me fired up

[danhumphrey]

what are your fav lines from brba👀

1. when jesse tells hank and gomez “you two guys are just guys. mr. white, he’s the devil. he is smarter than you, he is luckier than you, whatever you think is supposed to happen, i’m telling you, the exact, reverse opposite of that is going to happen” GOD that’s such a good line because it perfectly sums up exactly what jesse has experienced with walter and indicates that He’s really the one person who clearly understands the scope of walter’s evil at this point

2. “this is my own private domicile and i will not be harassed. bitch.” i have this quote on my wall because my mom comissioned my sister to make it into an art piece for me and literally it’s....my favorite thing. it was also the first episode of brba that my mom watched with me <3

3. literally don’t ask me why because i know mike is literally talking about murdering jesse in this monologue, but i LOVE the full measures speech. just the line “i took a half measure when i should’ve taken a full” is so  so soso so good esp considering the role that “full measures” will play in the show going forward

4. perhaps my favorite jesse Moment which i am going to transcribe into a line is when gus is like “you are going to shake these mens’ hands and make peace” and jesse is just straight up like “no.” it is my absolute FAVORITE moment in the whole show, i love it to death

5. it’s so hard to pick a single saul goodman line to be my favorite but i have always loved “there’s no honor among theives. except for us of course” like that’s a nearly flawless summary of saul’s character as a whole plus it’s fucking funny

6. “woah heyo pool party”