Breaking Bad Episode 4

In this episode of Breaking Bad Walter and his family begin to deal with the fact that Walter has lung cancer. Skyler, Walter's wife, is devestated by the fact that Walter has lung. She is willing to try anything to help him get better. Skyler has her sister set Walter up with the best oncology doctor that she knows of. Walter is hesitant to go through the treatment that the doctor recommends due to the cost and the side-effects that is cause by chemotherapy and radiation. Jesse on the other hand, is becoming very paanoid becuase of the meth and decides to go to his parents house. While at his parents house he reconnects with his parents and his younger brother. This is a very different side of Jesse that we see as he is with his parents and looks through his old stuff from his childhood. Toward the end of the episode Jesse shows up at Walter's house to give him the rest of the money that he made off of selling the rest of the meth. Walter kicks him out of the house and tells him never come back. Jesse procedes to go home where the maid found a blunt in his room, and his parent s kick him out. As he is standing outside of his parent's house waiting for a cab his little brother comes out and thanks Jesse for not telling his parents that it was his blunt.  At the end of the episode Walter runs into a man who was rude to him at the credit union and sticks the window washer in the hood of the car and it blows up as Walter drives off.

In this episode, the focus is primary on the families of both Walter and Jesse. The audience begins to see a new side to Jesse due to his family. Jesse didn't come from a "broken home", he comes from a home where his parents are still married and seem to make an effort to be engaged in their children's lives. They have given Jesse multiple chance to change and he has not done so but they still allow him to stay with them. Jesse as manners as you can see as he sets the table for his mom before dinner is served. This kind of family situation makes me wonder how he got to where he is. What happened in his life to make him into who he is now. What events caused him to be with way and what kind of people influenced him. Does the way that he turned out suggest that his parents were not as involved as they seem? This episode is a commentary on the family structure and indivdiuals who are probably not fitting into the family structure the way that others are.

Family is so important and it is valuable to put time and effort into them, to figure out the issues that are found within even the most seemingly healthy family systems. This also raises the question of how does the church help those woh are disenfranchised from their families. What is our role and how do we create a family system with in the church?