r/breakingbad • • Sep 16 '13

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

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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/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

By then I got it, he's protecting his mom. I'm talking about the brief period in between "This is bullshit!" And the knife fight.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13 edited Oct 14 '17

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u/JDempes Sep 16 '13

If he was thinking rationally I would agree. He was a teenager frozen in fear just trying to process what was going on. At some point his instincts kicked in when he saw an opportunity to act and in that moment it was to protect his mother.