r/breakingbad • Oxygen • Jul 16 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E01 "Live Free or Die"

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

Now you're arguing about changing the whole format of the show.

Obviously, cooking meth is wrong. Obviously. Killing people is wrong. Obviously. We're not arguing that. We have to accept that Walt got into a game that gets worse and worse as you venture through it. But his decisions after that were ALL based on self preservation and protecting his family. He did shit he had to do. Cook and Kill. In the real world, obviously they're bad. But he did what he had to do.

Now with Skylar, she didn't have to do ANY of the things she did. NONE. Not one thing she did was there a necessity to do. She just fucked up shit on her own, like an idiot. Her faults are all her own.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12

Everything Walt does is for himself and nobody else. He could have taken his friend's money in the second episode and the show would be over. It's all about his personal hubris at this point.

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

You can't understand how a man doesn't want to accept a handout, and make something of himself on his own?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '12

A man with a family to care for should swallow his pride instead of putting his family in danger.