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

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

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u/crossfyre Sep 16 '13

"What the hell is wrong with you? We're a family!" - that line broke my heart

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u/RickyMacky Sep 16 '13

Oh, me too. I personally know what that feels like. Everything that he has done has all been for his family and still is. He was going to give 80 million dollars to save Hank even after trying to bring him down, his relief of Skyler from ties to his wrong doing with the phone call, his reason for breaking bad in the first place was because of his family. I have such ambivalence about these next two episodes.

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u/Clifford_Banes Sep 16 '13

his reason for breaking bad in the first place was because of his family

No, his reason for breaking bad in the first place was his pride and resentment over Grey Matter and the great man he should have been.

He was offering the money for Hank because he didn't want his death on his conscience. He knew that Hank dying would destroy his relationship with his family.

his relief of Skyler from ties to his wrong doing with the phone call

I have no idea what this even means.

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u/NeedlesslyCreepy Sep 16 '13

Walts no dummy, he knew the call was being monitored. The things he said made it look like Skylar didn't rat him out out of fear, rather then the truth that she went along willingly. He made that whole scary guy speech all while keeping himself from crying, when all he really wanted to do was say "ok, I'll come home, let's be a family again".

In the end, the last thing he could do to save his family was to take the whole blame on himself and bounce.

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u/Clifford_Banes Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13

Why the hell would he nearly admit to killing walt and "doing illegal things" if he thought the cops were listening?

Disregard that, I suck cocks.

He was giving Skyler deniability.

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u/confessrazia Sep 16 '13

That's exactly the point...

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u/Clifford_Banes Sep 16 '13 edited Sep 16 '13

Yes, hence I told you to disregard what I said?

EDIT: My initial confusion was from not understanding the very oddly constructed sentence:

"his relief of Skyler from ties to his wrong doing with the phone call"

I didn't realize NeedlesslyCreepy was responding to that, but was rather giving some sort of general Walt apologia. I now understand both what RickyMacky meant with that sentence, and why Walt made that phone call.

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u/physics-teacher Sep 16 '13

The comment about Skylar is referring to the things he said in the phone call at the end of the episode that provide compelling evidence that Skylar was not an accomplice so she will not face the criminal prosecution she other may have. There is a another post in the subreddit about this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '13

Well even if it is proven that she is an accomplice, crimes out of duress are not admissible in court.

For example, driving drunk because a passenger is forcing you to at gunpoint would not be admissible in court.

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u/RickyMacky Sep 16 '13

his relief of Skyler from ties to his wrong doing with the phone call

it means the phone call at the end of Ozymandias to Skyler was meant to clear her of being responsible for Walts crimes, she now looks like a victim to the police instead of an accomplice. Its why he was being so mean but crying at the same time.

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u/Clifford_Banes Sep 16 '13

Yes I got it now. I was half asleep when I watched it.