I don't agree that this episode 'Jumped the Shark', and instead it gave us some pretty interesting character development in Walt. On one hand you would believe that Walt would be delighted the DEA are giving up on Heisenberg, but his ego won't allow him to let it happen. It makes perfect sense, from somebody who despite being a genius, ended up as a college dealer and then when he finally does become successful at something (Producing Meth), he can't tell anybody for obvious reasons. Also, the fact that he didn't like Gale taking credit for his work (albeit posthumously. It was obvious from the start that Walt was uncomfortable with Gale, as he knew that he was intelligent enough that he could potentially become a 'Heisenberg' sort of type. That's why he never wanted to work with him, even though he was a really nice guy.
This brings me to Jesse, Walt's always had an affection from him from Day 1, despite all of his flaws, but Walt has spent so much time with Jesse now that he has become to consider him a friend. Remember back to the earlier episodes when it was revealed Walt used to really try and get him to do better in chemistry by writing apply yourself on all of his test papers. He obviously see's something in him, and wants to keep him around.
There's good reason why Jesse should never have been killed off (and it's great he wasn't), Aaron Paul is an incredible actor (he even won an Emmy last year), and Jesse and Walt's relationship is very interesting. I'm looking forward to him and Skyler meeting again, which should be pretty interesting, and i'm guessing it'll happen later this season, probably in a few episodes.
This brings me to Jesse, Walt's always had an affection from him from Day 1, despite all of his flaws, but Walt has spent so much time with Jesse now that he has become to consider him a friend. Remember back to the earlier episodes when it was revealed Walt used to really try and get him to do better in chemistry by writing apply yourself on all of his test papers. He obviously see's something in him, and wants to keep him around.
There's good reason why Jesse should never have been killed off (and it's great he wasn't), Aaron Paul is an incredible actor (he even won an Emmy last year), and Jesse and Walt's relationship is very interesting. I'm looking forward to him and Skyler meeting again, which should be pretty interesting, and i'm guessing it'll happen later this season, probably in a few episodes.