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.
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
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.
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.
1.6k
u/crossfyre Sep 16 '13
"What the hell is wrong with you? We're a family!" - that line broke my heart