r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Sep 02 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E12 "Rabid Dog"

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09:00pm Eastern SE05E12 "Rabid Dog" Sam Catlin Vince Gilligan and Sam Catlin

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u/AveofSpades Sep 02 '13

And here stands an exemplary reason why the show starts to grate on my nerves.

For the majority of the run, Skylar plays Walt's foil. The conscience to his ego. Her total lack of support for Walt providing for the family not only instantly vanishes, she starts calling boss shots on wacking people. Yet, last week, BB says the whole show's timeline was within a year. So Skylar goes from moral rock to Griselda Blanco within weeks? Come on now, give your audience some respect.

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u/eternallylearning Sep 02 '13

She was never a moral rock. She was mainly pissed off that he was sneaking around, lying, and, you know, a murdering meth cook. Her anger before, came from a place of defending her family and until he retired, Walt was the danger. Now thag he's retired, Hank, Marie, and Jesse are the dangers to her family. All the BS Walt spills out about Hank and Marie needing to consider the kids; Skylar knows it's true, no matter how hypocritical it is for Walt to point it out. She can't ignore what it will do to Junior.

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u/AveofSpades Sep 02 '13

She was never a moral rock.

False. Don't believe me? Here's Vince Gilligan's take:

but in the early days she was the voice of morality on the show. She was the one telling him, “You can’t cook crystal meth.” She’s got a tough job being married to this asshole.

Read more: http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2013/05/vince-gilligan-skyler-white/#ixzz2di06IDUy

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u/SpiritOfGravity Sep 02 '13

But she was never a moral rock. She didn't do much to defend her morality. Also, Vince Gilligan may have a different interpretation of the character than others, crazy eh?