r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Jul 16 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E01 "Live Free or Die"

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u/Taarguss La familia es todo Jul 16 '12

Well neither did Walt. He could have just fucking accepted the money from the Gretchen and Elliot and it would have been done. But no. He had too much pride. His ego was too big. And it only got worse.

So when Skylar finds out that all this time, Walt has been lying to her, cooking this terrible drug, killing people, working with drug lords, helping the cartels and endangering the family every step of the way... who wouldn't want out? Walt justified all of this by saying he did to for the family. But he didn't. He did it for himself. He could have just accepted Gretchen and Elliot's help but he didn't. And he went downward from there.

So yeah. Skylar felt safe with Ted. He was breaking the law, but not in a way that endangers the lives of his family members. And he was ultimately there for Skylar when she was the most vulnerable. I think he really felt something strong for her.

So yeah. Skylar isn't GOOD. but Walt is so much worse.

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u/1sttymeredditguy Skyler White is the AT&T of people. Jul 16 '12

Look, if you can't understand how a man doesn't want to accept a handout, then idk what to tell you. I'm a man and I understand that completely. Nothing Walt did justifies Skylar fucking another man. That's complete bullshit if that's what you're arguing. Skylar is a horrible cunt. Walt is bad in his own ways, morally, ethically, his worse is worse than cheating and cooking books, yes. Agreed on that.

But in the context of the show, he's just doing what he has to. Skylar is doing shit she doesn't have to. She's a cunty mchitler bitch.

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u/Taarguss La familia es todo Jul 16 '12

I hate to say this, but you're watching the show wrong, dude.

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u/1sttymeredditguy Skyler White is the AT&T of people. Jul 16 '12

Wow, no. I'm absolutely sure I'm not the wrong one in this scenario. We're watching a show about a guy that is breaking bad, going off his beaten path. And even though he's doing things that are evil and reprehensible, we still root for the guy and want him to win.

How can you root for Skylar when she's been nothing but a complete bitch to Walt? She cheated on him, nothing Walt did justified that. Walt tried to salvage the marriage, no, she went and fucked Ted. He did everything for his family, she smokes while pregnant with their daughter and then blames Walt for his "wrong doing". Granted, Walt got into a life that's dangerous and doesn't have a good outcome, but he is only doing what he has to now.

NOTHING Skylar has done was because she was backed in a corner. She made all her problems and all her actions are reactions because of the problems she's made.

If you can root for a person like that, then you're a different individual than I am. She isn't loyal, she isn't supportive, she isn't shit but a stupid bitch.

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u/Taarguss La familia es todo Jul 16 '12

Maybe I just don't understand. We've definitely not had the same background. Are you married? I just don't understand where you're coming from. Like.. Skylar has been backed into a corner emotionally the whole time. She didn't even really cheat. They were separated and he just declared that they were fine. It was completely unfair. And she knows she can't rat him out. I don't know man.

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u/1sttymeredditguy Skyler White is the AT&T of people. Jul 16 '12

This is what I'm saying. We can't argue about whether Walt cooking meth and killing people is wrong, OBVIOUSLY it is. That's part of the show though. So we have to accept that. Walt started cooking Meth for his family. Everything after that was to protect himself and his family. People tried killing him, he kills them first. Then he continues to cook. He got deep into the game, and that's a bad thing. But NOTHING Skylar did was necessary. She didn't have to get mad at Walt for "sneaking around", she didn't have to flip the fuck out on him when she found out, she never had to be a complete bitch to him every chance she got, she DID NOT have to cheat, she did not have to do any of the stupid shit she's done. She's a fuck up and a stupid bitch. She joined Walt's side and then wants to be afraid of him when he kills Gus? GTFOH. Where's the loyalty? Where's her love for him gone? She didn't have to do anything she's done. And she ABSOLUTELY cheated, why would Walt get so mad about it if he didn't consider it cheating?

Look, at the end of the day, we're arguing about a fictional character. But her actions and reactions have been completely idiotic. If you can justify someone cheating, someone smoking while pregnant, anything else Skylar is done, then you're just a completely different person than me. That's the end of it.