10 Greatest Jesse Moments In Breaking Bad

In the world of Breaking Bad, everyone is known for playing a little fast and loose with moral behavior. From the start of the show to its final moments, the descent of Walter White from a mellow dad to a drug kingpin has come with its fair share of cold hearted moments from everyone around him.

However, if there's one person who constitutes being called the heart of the show, it's Jesse Pinkman.

You wouldn't really get that from the first impression though. While originally being considered the adolescent screwup sidekick to Walt, Jesse really comes into his own throughout the series, making for some of the most enthralling scenes on the show.

Granted, it's not like these are the most comfortable scenes for him to endure, as most of them feature this guy sinking lower and lower before almost losing his entire psyche by the end of things.

Although the person we see at the end is a lot different than the snot-nosed kid we got to know in the back of the RV, Jesse managed to turn his situation from a degenerate into the most compassionate person on the wrong side of Albuquerque.

For being Heisenberg's adopted son, Jesse might be the closest thing to a good man that we could have hoped for out of this series.

For all of the lip service that has been paid to every single episode of Breaking Bad, Fly is definitely one of the more contentious ones.

Since this show has been known for its graphic depictions of violence and escalating tension, the idea of an entire episode dealing with a fly in the lab screams 'filler' before it even gets started. It's not however, especially when you have the type of actors on hand to bring it to life like this.

While Aaron Paul doesn't have much to work with outside of chasing a fly, there's an added sense of realism to the way he portrays Jesse, almost like you're catching him on a day off as he looks back on what led him to this spot.

Aside from the typical stoner humor that comes from his small talk, the moment where everything heightens comes when discussing Jane's death, as he starts to tear himself apart again for something he had absolute no part in causing.

In fact, this is probably the biggest amount of tension in the entire show period, as Walt seems to be on the verge of fessing up about his involvement in Jane's death before reverting back to his passive ways by saying 'it's all contaminated.'

Given the amount of bad decisions that led them here, contamination doesn't even begin to describe what's going to be on horizon.