Analyzing Pinkman : A Cross-Character Personality, Intelligence, and Character Analysis

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Yes I'm aware Jesse graduated High school 🤣I used the 'stoner drop-out' term more figuratively than literally. The scene of Jesse telling him 'I graduated, dick' was from El Camino. My analysis mostly sticks to Breaking Bad the TV show, since we're only analyzing TV characters.

[@DocM.]

Shit my bad, that makes sense 😂

[@saucefreakystyle]

"Lazy syndrome" my brother in Christ he could just have adhd

[@hellemarc4767]

He learned how to cook by doing it with Walt, he memorized each steps, even though he would probably have been unable to write the formula down or to understand all the chemical reactions, but he would have been able to show other people what to do in a lab from what he had learned from Walt. He's able to learn things he's interested in quickly. I guess he's more an artsy guy, he enjoyed drawing, and good with his hands, like the wooden chest he had made. I think he has a high EQ (emotional quotient), he's good at reading people and situations, so there are also analytic skills present. He's also a very sensitive guy, I think his parents have damaged him somehow with their behavior. Otherwise, he could have ended up going to college and get a degree.

[@cdk]

was about to come mention this. lol

[@DocM.]

8:31 Jesse: "I have my diploma. Ay I totally graduated highschool... Dick! You were standing right there on stage"

[@gingogungus8117]

jesse is in my opinion the best tv character ever butttttt you refer to him multiple times as a dropout. He graduated as told in el camino.

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Oops! Missed that haha. I meant it more as a person type, like a "stoner drop-out". I mostly focused on his character as told through BB only, since El Camino is not TV. But point taken!

[@RiC_David]

He totally graduated! Dick!

[@cobaingrohlnovo]

sorry it’s an ai generated script

[@jsauce803]

@@cobaingrohlnovo fr? what makes you tell?

[@froggyspond1133]

@@cobaingrohlnovo that would make sense actually.

[@nicolasrage666]

Jesse is indeed a tragic character, played by a damn good actor. I cheered so loud when he killed Todd and finally flees. I freakin cried for him. Of all the characters of Breaking Bad that deserved to be hated, it was Todd. Yes, Todd, not Skylar, not Gus, not Mike, not Jack, not even Walt, it was that sick bastard Todd. No character death has ever been so satisfying to see. He didn't want to fuck around and Todd found out quick. El Camino didn't need a dramatic ending. To see him live, to see him start over, moving on, maybe offering Brock some hope of future closure from his mom's death... that's the reward he recieves for being a survivor. Aaron Paul is fantastic. He and Bryan Cranston were one hell of a duo.

[@Doombot2point0]

Yeah Todd has zero redeemable qualities, unless you want to count his politeness? But that's rather overshadowed by his inhumanly psycho traits lol Him being choked to death by Jesse (much like Walt choked out Crazy 8 which is interesting) was so cathartic. As complicit as Jesse is with the crimes in the show, Jesse wasn't a cold killing criminal or something. The audience saw he was redeemable and deep down he was a good person. Him literally breaking his chains and freeing himself from the shackles of his broken, crime riddled life is very cathartic. The cherry on top is Jesse basically telling Walt to go fuck himself when Walt thinks he can casually ask Jesse to shoot him and put him out of his misery lol

[@MinecraftianTNT]

“He doesn’t have the best friends” MATE. DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO SKINNY PETE ISSSS

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Haha. Skinny Pete is the best. I was more referring to people like Walter, or crazy 8, or other bad people he gets tangled up with. Jesse deserves some friends that give as much as he does!

[@hannahnguyen9376]

Hey yo man 😂😂

[@Gigibaby88]

Seriously when he said that I was like "um EXCUSE ME BITCH?!"

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

I think Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman/Gene Takovic would be a great character to cover in one of these videos. I genuinely think he'll score higher than most, just due to his vast complexity and the surrounding characters that motivate him.

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

You'd be right, he'd score super high. Trust me - he is on my list and won't be easy to do haha but I plan on doing him in possibly the next round of characters. I MIGHT even be crazy enough to do a 3 parter on him (one for each of his alter egos😏)

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

@@somewhereinthemiddle6534 I'll absolutely enjoy watching every single video of it if you do! Can't wait, keep up the awesome work

[@dxsh8853]

He's great but there are other TV Protagonists that are better tbh

[@yzythepuffcreamcat2319]

Pinkman is my all time fav movie character from all the movies I've seen thanks for making this video about him

[@iplayeddsharpminor]

Ok I already love you even more for the perfect Bill Burr reference at 45 seconds. Please make more of these

[@julianwalker9668]

I'm not necessarily sure if he'd fall below average intelligence. The magnet heist from Season 5 was HIS idea, as was the methylamine train heist. He shows clear advantages when it comes down to being able to change and adapt, even if the gangster life wasn't suitable for him.

[@RavenLovesArt]

agree, he's naturally intellegent just had a bad environment and education

[@Remyria]

I have watched your house vids and this one. You have done quite a good job imo I was surprised to see the amount of views and subs being that low. really on par with those channels with 100's of thousands or millions of subs.

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@dylancrow7919]

If a tv show could give you ptsd, season 5 including oxy, is what would cause the most trauma.

[@EstebanGunn]

In 2023, we're still talking about BB. It's too good to ever die. It's our Star Wars.

[@glendoentertainment79]

Found your channel from a Reddit post, good work! This video is very well made. I look forward to seeing what you make in the future

[@Waxyyy]

Great video! I thought u would have more subs when I clicked on the video but keep going and u will

[@MrCoolcnwk]

Dropout? He ‘totally graduated’. -El Camino

[@Gigibaby88]

Jesse is hands down my favorite character in Breaking Bad & I really appreciated this so much. Also loved the last line "if you have a good heart you just might make it out ok"(sorry if I'm misquoting you but that was the idea anyway) ❤

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Yep that's exactly what I said!! I felt it was important to end on what I thought was the most important part of who he is and what BB tried to teach us about him. He was always shown to be a good guy who got pulled into bad situations, but we still love him. Thanks for watching ❤️❤️

[@SwordHandler222]

Jesse is not just a "sweet caring guy", he brought pretty much everything onto himself and destroyed many lives out of his own extreme negligence. A lot of what make says to Walt about him "blowing it all up out of pride and ego", and having to be the man actually applies way more to Jesse. Who was complaining about his salary while making over a million dollars working for Gus? Not Walt, Jesse! Who just had to be the man and steal the meth from Gus to sell on his own? Not Walt, Jesse! Jesse's main character flaws are being prideful, emotionally impulsive, and negligent. Walt's main character flaw is caring too much about Jesse, letting him bring them both down and having to take extreme actions to deal with the consequences.

[@SwordHandler222]

The little dig you took at Walt that he would wouldn't hesitate to turn on Jesse was just ridiculous, Walt has killed multiple people to save Jesse. Walt was only willing to turn on Jesse after an extreme betrayal on Jesse's part.

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Respectfully, gotta disagree with you. Walt consistently prioritized his own interests over Jesse's well-being in about 10 different scenarios - especially more towards the end of the show, as he fell deeper into his villain arc. Remember when Walt manipulated Jesse into killing Gale, or when he poisoned Brock to manipulate Jesse? This shows Walt's willingness to sacrifice Jesse as Walt gets greedier and greedier. While there were instances of Walt protecting Jesse yeah, they IMO were overshadowed by much worse stuff. What extreme disloyalty are you referring to on Jesse's part?

[@SwordHandler222]

​@@somewhereinthemiddle6534 I'm referring to Jesse telling Walt he's going to "get him where he really lives" and pouring gasoline all over his house followed by ratting on Walt to the DEA. And Walt was planning to kill Gale himself, I don't blame him for having Jesse do it as an alternative to getting killed by Mike. And I mean Jesse owes Walt that much after Walt killed the gangbangers to save Jesse's life. They were only in that situation to begin with due to Jesse just having to be the man and go after the two gangbangers. Brock was unharmed in the long run and so was Jesse in that poisoning plot. If Walt did not poison Brock, there was a high likelihood Hank would have been killed, same with Walt's family. Poisoning Brock seems to be the preferable moral alternative at that point. These aren't just isolated instances of Walt protecting Jesse, his irrationally strong love for Jesse is a defining character feature. Jesse is basically like a son to him in his mind.

[@SwordHandler222]

​@@somewhereinthemiddle6534 The smart and cold hearted thing to do would have been to kill Jesse right after he started threatening Walt when Jesse got beat up by Hank, not have Gus hire Jesse. OR how about allow Gus to kill Jesse when he comes up with his dumbass plan to kill Gus' employees OR how about don't go out and run over two gangbangers, ruining your entire relationship with the murderous kingping Gus, and putting everything you've been working for at risk just to save Jesse from doing something moronic OR how about when Jesse starts being an idiot again and throwing his money out his car window and risking everything for you, have him killed then OR how about set up a plan to kill Jesse after he's poured gasoline all over your house. Nope, just meet him in a public place to legitimately hash things out with him after that... Walt ONLY decides to kill Jesse after it's clear he cannot be reasoned with and it's extremely clear he's trying to ruin everything Walt has worked for

[@Peakek]

this vid got recommended to me! 30 seconds in and i see potential! only critique is that you gotta work on your audio mixing that effect at 0:13 was too loud lmao, and audio clips that aren't your voice are quieter in comparison. i like the balance of jokes and serious commentary as well, keep it up!

[@froggyspond1133]

Jesse underaporeciated & over shadowed..? Idk if I’m right but this screams “didn’t watch breaking bad until season 1 of BCS.” That’s totally okay, by the way. But you can’t just rewrite history. Before BCS I’d very much put the popularity and frequency of which he was brought up/referenced in pop culture right up there with Heisenberg bro. Seriously. Ask anyone who was part of the fandom from the beginning he would sometimes overshadow Walt if anything. BCS changed much of the “appreciation” (popularity amongst viewers) by allowing us more time with amazing actors; that plus recency bias gaslit you my man. Good video tho, subbed

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

I watched BB from day 1. Jesse is quite overshadowed in the pop culture zeitgeist then and now if compared to WW. Not majorly, but WW is and was about as popular as a TV character has ever been. So yes, a little overshadowed in my eyes lol

[@froggyspond1133]

@@somewhereinthemiddle6534 that’s cool and all, but go rewatch the vid brother: you didn’t say “a little over shadowed” lol. You’re entitled to your opinion king do u , but don’t gaslight like you didn’t just make an entire video based on the idea that he got Btfo by multiple characters (not just ww.) Did we watch the same video? I enjoy your content brother, this just threw me for a loop is all, especially if you’re saying you watched breaking bad since it originally aired. But it’s really really not that deep. Excited to see whatever u put out next 👍

[@exploreyourdreamlife]

Love your in-depth character analysis. If you're working off talking points, I have to admit you have some great improv skills. I dictate my voiceovers from outline bulletpoints so I know how difficult 'realtime' commentary can be. Thanks for the awesome vid. Liked and subbed. BTW, found you on Reddit.

[@kriswarner3340]

Bro, he graduated.

[@ChimeratAlpha]

Potential mis-ordering on your playlist as this (apparently the 3rd character) shows up right after House currently.

[@marionhills8031]

a+ comedic editing

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

< 3

[@snootcity]

your channel is AWESOME i cant wait for more character studies!!! Please do someone from the Tv Show Fargo!

[@jameshenderson9830]

Watching Better Call Saul right now. Damn, that is a masterpiece too. Not sure which series I like the best. Trading of Jessie for Lalo and get a lot of Mike's story. These two series are fantastic. I know a lot of people hated EL Camino but I loved every minute of it. Good luck to anyone doing a better series than this and stand alone to them

[@J.CH1ggins]

Kim is Jesses replacement though?

[@kerryh7463]

I love that House reference 😆

[@found2273]

you channel and content is amazing, I can bet you will grow a lot in terms of subscribers, but you need to improve your thumbnails.

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Will work on it. Thanks!

[@ELou825]

Fantastic. Don’t know if you’ve seen The Sopranos, but I’d be curious to see your take on Tony Soprano. Oh, and Saul Goodman.

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Thank you!! Definitely am interested in doing Saul Goodman. He's on my list although I have at least 2 or 3 to do before him. He might be a 3-parter analysis since hes so dense, one vid for each of his alter egos (Jimmy, Saul, and Gene). Actually, never seen Sopranos all the way through. I need to watch it start to finish!!

[@powk3444]

The only other acceptable answer aside from Jesse Pinkman being the best tv character is Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force😅😅

[@unjustaction]

you said mulitple times in this video that Jesse is a dropout. He isn't there is a scene in El Camino where Walt makes that assumption and Jesse gets upset with him because of that and clarifies to Walt the Jesse did indeed graduate

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Everyone seems to remember this! I mostly focus on the show only, as I mention early on the video. But yes, Jesse is a graduate!

[@TheCrimsonPhucker777]

How much should we pay you to test us individually??😂👏🏼💯

[@keithfloydjr4014]

Good video but did you say Jesse dropped out of school? If you did, that's incorrect, he graduated and mentions that to Walt in an "unseen" scene in El Camino..he tells Walt that he was on stage when he got his diploma

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Someone else pointed that out haha... It's mentioned in El Camino he DOES graduate, but I focus mostly on Jesse in Breaking bad only, since El Camino is not TV. Also, I used it more as a stereotype-like term, instead of an actual drop-out. Good catch though!

[@keithfloydjr4014]

@somewhereinthemiddle6534 you got it..not that I'm knit-picking, just a stickler for useless Breaking Bad trivial info! Keep up the good work!

[@cydamiic]

bro is not a b- character 💀💀

[@AdelShaheen-cr6mh]

do barry berkman

[@craftymasterproductions4218]

Here’s my top 6 favorite characters on BB #1. Hank #2. Walt #3. Jesse #4. Gus #5. Mike #6. Saul

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

"I don't know man, that ranking is seeming kinda SUS lately..."

[@craftymasterproductions4218]

@@somewhereinthemiddle6534 Nice joke, also like to point out that you forgot to bring up Jesse trying to sell meth to recovering addicts when discussing if he’s an anti-hero or not (which imo is easily the worst thing he ever did).

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Oh totally. He admits to it, which is his attempt at penance. But like I mentioned, his good heart doesn't make up for all that bad stuff and all the people's lives he ruined.

[@craftymasterproductions4218]

@@somewhereinthemiddle6534 8 months late, but here’s the updated list: #1. Hank #2. Jesse #3. Walt #4. Gus #5. Mike #6. Saul

[@FlameMage2]

Not even close, not to mention the low amount of screen time this character gets. Saul, Gustavo, Walter, or Mike would have been more compelling choices imo.

[@christucker7655]

Jesse gets more screen time than all of those characters except walt

[@mrsbenedictcumberbatch9565]

Have you seen the show?

[@RavenLovesArt]

12:34 worse, they killed a child who they forced into the drug trade

[@somewhereinthemiddle6534]

Oh yeah. The worst imaginable stuff.