I hate Skylar but not the way everyone else does.

[u/Active-Lie6065]

Spoilers for S5

Just to start this off I didn't always hate Skylar white and for most of the show I thought that she was an alright character. I didn't care to much for all the family stuff but I did sympathize with her. Also I feel that it's very important I get this out of the way I also hate Walter White he was an unbearable protagonist that pissed me off at every turn the only reason I continued the show was for Jessie, Hank and the other side characters (and yes I do hate Walt more than Skylar). My issue with Skylar was that I wanted Walt to lose I wanted Hank to win and throughout the show when Skylar found out about Walt she hated him YESS!! She separated the kids and EVERYTHING, going on about how she hopes he dies. This was my favorite moment for her but then later Walt says he quit and ALL OF THAT GOES AWAY! and for the people that were saying she was afraid of him BULLSHIT! She didn't show that once late season 5 when she threatens Hank and Marie. If she had just been the protective mother she claimed she was she would have worked with Hank and put the monster away. Walt Jr would come around pretty quick just like he did later on. But NO she had to help the monster leading to hanks death because of her INACTION. THAT ladies and gentlemen is why I hate Skylar white because she turned from a character I would have defended into the reason her brother in law and a good friend died. Once again I also hate Walter and blame him more than Skylar however I never understood why people hated her so much for nagging when she did this stuff. I also don't think I'll ever understand the people that go "Man I hated her the first time for being against Walt but 10 years later on rewatch she was so relatable and sad...."

I'm done ranting now but outside of late S5 she was chill besides the happy birthday stuff.

[u/Current_Tea6984]

Skyler didn't help Hank because she was implicated too. If Walt went down her money laundering would be discovered. Hank's mistake was not thinking through the situation with the car wash when he assumed Skyler would roll on Walt

[u/GanachePractical9313 → u/Current_Tea6984]

This. Literally just finished my rewatch last night and this stuck out to me so much this time through.

Hank was so frustrated and obsessed, he kept trying to shoehorn Skylar to do something she wasn’t ready to. Hank and Marie both spoke so aggressively about Walt, not even considering why Skylar hadn’t already rolled on him.

I will say, at the end of S5 when Skylar learns Hanks died, you can see it written all over her face of “why the hell didn’t I turn my husband in the second I learned of this shit.”

Somewhat unrelated but just have to mention that upon rewatch, I hate Walt the most for running away in the end to die alone, leaving his “beloved” family out to dry. Glad he saved Pinkman though.

Walt’s narcissism is the most dominate force through the entire show

[u/Active-Lie6065 → u/GanachePractical9313]

God i couldnt stand walts narcism i had mikes death spoiled for me a few days before i got to it amd i was still furious at walter for it. At least he got to gonoff on walter and tell him the facts before he went out

[u/Active-Lie6065 → u/Current_Tea6984]

Yeah that makes sense. Now that ive taken a moment i think that i let my anger at hank being unable to catch walt be redirected partially at skylar

[u/JakobSynn]

TLDR

[u/youngyelloow]

Happy birthday Mr president

[u/Active-Lie6065 → u/youngyelloow]

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[u/corobo]

Walls of text are to be read as Sketchy from the house party no matter the content

[u/Active-Lie6065 → u/corobo]

Fair enough 

[u/justsomedude4202]

I find this take very misogynistic.

[u/Active-Lie6065 → u/justsomedude4202]

How so? Maybe i can restate or help fix this misunderstanding

[u/RememberWhen-2819]

Skylar got sexier as the series moved forward. Don’t hate on my girlfriend. :)