I actually think Bob was right, though. I think Walt did love Jesse in his own weird way

And with Jesse, we don’t see him get tortured.
It was never in the script. It’s so brutal, the reveal of it, that I don’t think I could have stood watching that. I think the writers are really good at finding the fine line. For myself, if a TV show or a movie feels like it’s being gratuitous in the sense of playing on these emotional investments you’ve made in the characters in a cruel way just to make you cringe, it feels unfair. This is a pretty cruel episode, but I don’t think it ever brings you to the point of “they’re just messing with me.” Seeing Jesse tortured, I probably would have stood up and walked away.
——– Rian Johnson, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on directing Ozymandias

I loved that episode. So suspenseful.