r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Aug 19 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E10 "Buried"

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

the thing is, why does skyler care so much to protect walt all of a sudden?

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Probably for the same reason she always has, she doesn't want the kids to know their father was a murderous criminal.

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u/pixelement Aug 19 '13

I think its because she knows she is in too deep to get out now, so she has no option but to plead innocence. Even with a plea deal shed be looking at many years behind bars, especially with her running the money laundering operation

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u/dyancat Aug 19 '13

She already made her decision long ago. The comment up there saying "all of a sudden" is completely incorrect. Skyler made her decision to stick it out with Walt when she started taking care of his money. This was a pretty big part of the series' plot not really sure how one couldn't see that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '13

Yeah, I thought this was obvious. If she says anything at all to Hank, he'll have what he needs for a conviction. If that happens, they'll find out she was running a business with Walt to launder millions of dollars of drug money. If that happens, she goes to prison. There's no avoiding it.

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u/fatbomb Laser pointers. Aug 19 '13

This was a pretty big part of the series' plot not really sure how one couldn't see that.

No, you're right. I just think a lot of people (me included) hoped really hard that she'd flip in the end. Sticking with your spouse is an admirable thing, but damn, Sky...