Special Cut: Jesse’s House
Breaking Bad S05x02 “Madrigal”
The montage of Walt and Jesse searching his house is a beautiful gift to us all. It gives a clear picture of where Jesse is at mentally compared to the first half of Season 4, when we last saw oodles of his house. And this is a masterclass in set decoration as it gives us a clear portrait of a domesticated Jesse - instant family, right? His bedroom is orderly, even though his lamps are askew, as is the majority of the house. There are way too many cigarette butts lying around for a child wandering around (the mound still lives in the fireplace!), but there’s kids stuff all over: movies, crayons, and many packs of cards.
Best of List:
Andrea’s Hanky Pankys under the bed...and ew, Walt, really? (Redbull & women’s sandals under the bed too)
Gamer headset - dude plays multi-player, networked games? What do we think he plays? Halo? Diablo? Not WoW. Like, def not WoW.
The mound of blankets in the hallway.
Beads hanging from the stairway door frame.
Two ashtrays in the bedroom: one by the bed, the other on the TV’s dresser.
The rug in his bedroom just looks like a fleece on the floor. *lol*
The hippo on the shelf and the bowl of money below. Who puts bills in a bowl of money?!
And, the pièce de résistance, the JUNK BOWL. Batteries, rubber bands, random papers, pens, crayons, sunglasses. It’s so real.
I looked up Open Season, the child’s film laying on the coffee table. It’s a Sony movie and the description is fitting:
“...a domesticated grizzly bear with no survival skills has his perfect world turned upside down when he meets Elliot...”
Ha.
