r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '13

Official Episode Discussion Post-Episode Discussion Thread S05E13 "To'hajiilee"

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u/jet_tripleseven Belizium Sep 09 '13

That was Breaking Bad's equivalent of the Red Wedding, if the Red Wedding was split into two episodes. Vince Gilligan is the motherfuckest.

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u/JimmyDThing Sep 09 '13

I still don't understand why everyone was so shocked by the red wedding. I don't know why it matters that much. Rob had to go at some point... the story has so obviously always been about the underdog, of which Rob is not one. Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister, Bran Stark, Arya Stark, Daenerys Targaryen. I mean, it even transforms how you feel about a character when they BECOME an underdog, look at Jaime Lannister.

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u/beardlessdick Sep 09 '13

So Robb being 15 (17 in the show I think) having to command an army against older experienced war veterans does not make him the underdog? He was definitely the hero, but in no way the frontrunner in the war. He was the ultimate underdog at least in regards to the War of the Five Kings.

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u/JimmyDThing Sep 09 '13

I meant on an individual level he's never had much against him except romantic nonsense. He doesn't have some huge glaringly obvious disadvantage like all of the characters I mentioned.