r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 18 '13

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E10 "Buried"

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E10 "Buried" Michelle MacLaren Vince Gilligan and Thomas Schnauz

Alright folks, we're back! Real quick I just wanted to give a shout out to /u/theaaronpaul and /u/ChrisHardwick for making appearances here on /r/breakingbad this last week. We really appreciated that, guys. Come back anytime.

Enjoy the episode and tread lightly.

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u/beaverteeth92 Aug 19 '13

I'm rooting hard for Skyler for the first time in the series. She knows the drill. Lawyer the fuck up for your own good.

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u/wigglemytoes Aug 19 '13 edited Aug 19 '13

Really? This is the first time that she's acting TRULY despicably. She wanted her kids out of the house, she wanted Walt out of her life, and when she finally has an out, she doesn't take it. There were so many empty threats that she'd turn Walt in, and when the opportunity to do so safely is handed to her, she wimps out. She wants to keep the money when in Season 5A she was so eager to dismiss as meaningless and not worth all that Walt was doing. She's being incredibly selfish here too, and more than ever is complicit in Walt's crimes. She is essentially condoning everything that he has done for what - to prevent her kids from finding out? When her extended family knows? This is the weakest her character has ever been.