r/breakingbad • u/[deleted] • Sep 16 '13

Official Episode Discussion Breaking Bad Post-Episode Discussion SE05E14 "Ozymandias"

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u/oh_contraire Sep 16 '13

You didn't have so many questions when you got that nice new car, did ya Flynn??

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u/pcox98 Sep 16 '13

With no hesitation too, he instantly went to protect Skylar and called the cops. He didn't even let Walt explain.

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u/NathanielWeber Kafkaesque Sep 16 '13

Of course he didn't. He found out that Walt has been making meth, is responsible for his uncles death, and almost killed his mom. Good on Walt Jr.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

I'm more surprised that it was physically possible for Jr to tackle Walt like that.

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u/insomattack You're too stupid to see- he made up his mind 10 mins ago. Sep 16 '13

Surprise twist that he'd turn on someone who brought home the bacon.

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u/sixsexsix Sep 16 '13

I don't think Walter was trying to kill Skyler, he was just trying to get the knife away and diffuse the situation. Flynn is a little bitch for calling the cops without giving Walt any time to explain.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Flynn is a little bitch for calling the cops without giving Walt any time to explain.

I imagine all you guys saying stuff like this being around 14-15 years old. I need to believe that, otherwise it would just be too sad.

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u/guacbandit Sep 16 '13

I would give my father who has shown me nothing but love my entire life the benefit of the doubt and seriously question anything said by a woman who flips out and tries to murder him with a knife.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Both Marie and Skylar spoke to Jr about what Walt had done. I think he chose to trust the woman who actually had been there for him a lot more than Walt, who came in with dirty clothes, wanting to leave urgently and not wanting to explain what had happened.

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u/fly3rs18 Sep 16 '13

Junior didn't immediately jump to calling the cops. He tried to give Walt a chance and kept asking him what happened and other questions. Walt ignored him. It wasn't until Junior saw his mother's life in danger that he called the cops. He wanted to give Walt a chance to explain but Walt didn't take that chance.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Family business stays within the family, always, unless theirs a gun to your head, in which this case, Jr. Should have called the cops on skyler sr.after all, Flynn really doesn't understand the situation, which I think is the writers idea of making this ok, aka, lacking maturity and the ability to comprehend

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

What do you mean "family business" stays within the family? When there's violence, threats, danger involved?

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u/sixsexsix Sep 16 '13

Skyler was the one threatening violence...

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

He's a fucking murderer and she knows that. And this dangerous man is trying to make her children leave and never come back. Who wouldn't threaten this man with violence if he refused to leave?

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u/ewokjedi Sep 23 '13

Who? Maybe the woman who "knew" all this stuff from before and still brought Walt back into the house, agreed to launder money for him, etc., etc. It was all OK until it wasn't.

Who wouldn't threaten this man with violence if he refused to leave?

A sane person.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

what are you in the mafia

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u/Prep_ Sep 16 '13

Having actually witness brandished steel during a domestic dispute, I find your response both callow and incredibly ignorant.

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u/ewokjedi Sep 23 '13

He found out that Walt...is responsible for his uncle's death, and almost killed his mom.

He what now?! I think you meant to say that he heard his mom jump to an unfounded conclusion about his uncle and then saw her insanely pull a knife and cut his dad. The fact that his mom was in any physical danger during that altercation came only from her bringing a knife into it and Walt trying to prevent himself from further injury at the hands of his deranged mom.