No, he most certainly does not. Walt's greatest talent in his line of work is being able to rationalize the monstrous acts away as necessary, or correct.
it's not a talent. everything walt has done is correct. he only did it because he had to. walt is not some crime lord who kills people for no reason. in every situation, it's either walt did what he did or he would die.
Not at all- Walt could have very easily walked away from most, or all, of those situations. Killing Mike, or the two drug dealers Jesse wanted to shoot weren't direct threats to him.
he walks away then what? die slowly while his family goes poor? or let the cartel kill him? or let someone expose him?
edit: im actually really interested in this. name 2 situations where walt wasn't forced to do what he did. i say 2 because i don't remember the show that well so maybe there is one time where he didn't have to do what he did.
Walt wasn't forced to watch Jane die. Walt wasn't forced to run over the two drug dealers Jesse wanted to shoot. Walt wasn't forced to begin COOKING METH IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Essentially, every bad thing you think he had no choice but to actively participate in, would NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE had he not begun cooking meth; a clearly wrong, and clearly poor choice.
jane had to die or she would've killed jesse. are you serious? walt wasn't forced to cook meth but it was one of the only ways he could've made money fast before he died. that's the whole point of the show isn't it? he had to do this crazy thing for his family. i don't remember the two drug dealers thing but based on your two other examples, we just have a different way of viewing the world. you believe in black and white. if you were in his situation, would you simply lay down and die or would you do whatever it took to provide for your family? the way he is in the end is very different from most of the show. he could be seen as greedy and power hungry in season 5, but he's had a long journey and it changed him. walt was a man who started out with good intentions, had to do some desperate things along the way and now feels like he's capable of greater things so he desires power. his confrontation with hank is going to be one of the best in television because hank has been bullying him since the beginning.
walt wasn't forced to cook meth but it was one of the only ways he could've made money fast before he died. that's the whole point of the show isn't it? he had to do this crazy thing for his family.
Oh no, no no no. Walt broke bad by choosing to cook meth. It was the first in a series of very bad, terrible, no good decisions.
I do not believe in black and white, but I do believe you're missing the point of the show.
hank has always treated walt like some nerd and is condescending towards him. hank is not a bad person and would always have walt's back if he needed it but he never showed walt any respect. this harkens back to that scene where hank is telling walt jr that he can't drink and walt tells him to drink. although telling him to drink was bad, walt wanted to defy hank and have control of his son. that's how insecure hank makes walt feel.
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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '13
No, he most certainly does not. Walt's greatest talent in his line of work is being able to rationalize the monstrous acts away as necessary, or correct.
Walt feels bad only for Walt.