Review of Phoenix

Breaking Bad: Phoenix (2009)
Season 2, Episode 12
6/10
Flawed after rewatch
6 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Wow, after rewatch, I feel this episode does not deliver on its promise, having two glaring flaws:

Jane's father just gives up?! If he was just tired of trying, he should have gone ahead with the police report. But he wasn't, he hung up because he listened to his daughter and he still loved her and wanted to fight for her... So how does he then just leaver alone in that state with a junkie?! Just say: "Tomorrow you'll go to rehab, but I will stay with you the rest of the day, we will do this together, I'm here to help you, I love you." and STAY WITH HER! If she pushes you away (because she is an adult and has that legal right) just say, "baby, then I will have to call the cops, sorry."

Walt just folds too easily to Jane's threat, he should have spotted the bluff right away, there's no way she could go to the police and not ending up framing Jesse. That was such a weak threat for a protagonist who was already protecting territory, willing to kill and die to protect his new business. Walt just gives the money with no guarantees of safety other than Jesse's word, weak.
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