blog post 9: brock the orphan

One of the most devastating deaths throughout the series is in the second to last episode. Todd shoots Andrea, someone I like to consider Jesse’s true companion, in order to motivate Jesse to continuing cooking for him. What makes this so devastating is that she really had nothing to do with the situation. She was a clean recovered addict who loved her son and would do anything for him and she was the only one who truly cared for Jesse throughout her presence in the series. She hadn’t seen him for what we can assume to be months, and she was still concerned about him and wanted to see him. She didn’t forget about him.

While this was a more extreme situation of imprisonment, it is very similar to the real world. People who try to leave the drug lifestyle or anger the wrong person end up causing others more pain than themselves. To gangs and drug rings, their people are assets. They don’t want to dispose of them, but rather things that mean the most to them to scare them.

This is also another aspect of the drug lifestyle that is really scary to think about. Andrea not once had anything to do with Jesse’s “work”. While Jane’s death was also a tragedy and had more serious consequences, she wanted to take all of Jesse’s money and run off to Europe. She became more interested in his money and stopped caring for him the same way. Because of this, Brock now grows up without a mother.