S03E09 · SCENE 5/14 · 10:19
Kafkaesque · Rehab group meeting room

Jesse at group therapy

Jesse describes his job at a corporate laundromat as Kafkaesque.

10:19→12:46
in the episode · 2m 27s · S03E09

What happens

10:19–12:46

Jesse attends a meeting of his rehab group, where he describes his new workplace as a boring corporate laundromat. 'My boss is a dick,' Jesse complains, adding that the owner is 'a super dick' whom everyone fears. When the group leader refers to Jesse's situation as 'Kafkaesque,' Jesse, not really understanding what the word means, agrees with him.

WhereRehab group meeting room
DriverJesse Pinkman
Positionact2 · setup
ThreadJesse's discontent

Key lines

from this scene
10:31

How's it all going? Anything you wanna tell us about?

10:36

What, like my interesting life?

11:19

Totally Kafkaesque.

12:40

All right, now I want you to tell me if you can feel this.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
absurd0.7
misunderstanding0.6
social rule violation0.4
deadpan0.3
monologue

Beats

10:20Jesse enters group.
11:28Jesse agrees it's Kafkaesque.

Scene in the episode

10:19–12:46
A · Walt's power play
B · Jesse's discontent
C · Hank's recovery
D · Skyler's cover story

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