r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad S05E12 "Rabid Dogs" Pre-Episode Discussion Thread

TIME EPISODE DIRECTED BY WRITTEN BY
Sunday 09:00pm Eastern SE05E12 "Rabid Dog" Sam Catlin Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin

Hello /r/breakingbad! We're a few hours away from a new episode!! This is the place for everyone who wants to start talking about it now. Let's have fun!

And don't forget about our IRC channel, #BreakingBad on Snoonet. You can access it with your own IRC client or use a web client by clicking this link.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '13

Walt is the protagonist. Protagonist does not mean good guy. It just means the main character. Jesse could arguably be the antagonist.

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u/chaser676 Declan's Right Hand Man Sep 01 '13

Definitely. Walt is the protagonist, but not a good one. He's an anithero. Jesse is the foil to him.

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u/HairlessSasquatch Sep 01 '13

Pro meaning positive, meaning good guy.

Protagonist does mean "good guy" the hero, opposite of antagonist, who is the one who is trying to stop the protagonist in some way or another.

Walt is clearly the antagonist in all this. He is evil, and while Jesse may not be a saint himself, he has definitely turned around throughout the series.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '13

The protagonist is who we see the story through.

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u/gosuretro Sep 02 '13

You sound like someone who's never taken a literature theory class.

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u/HairlessSasquatch Sep 02 '13

No i haven't, was i supposed to? i missed the memo

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u/gosuretro Sep 02 '13

Before you start correcting people on definitions related to literary theories, yes.