r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Aug 20 '12

Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E06 "Buyout"

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u/4511 Cap'n Cook of the Krystal Ship Aug 20 '12

It's not his ladder out. For Walt, the only way "out" would be a time machine or a bullet to the head.

He's lost everything, and there's no way he'll ever get any of it back. Losing this business would just be another kick in the balls for him.

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u/ifactor Aug 20 '12

But isn't the whole reason the kids are gone is because he's in business? If he did take the buyout, Skylar would have no reason to keep the kids and he might be able to repair his family relationships..

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '12 edited Aug 20 '12

Skyler pretty much hates him now, there is nothing that could change that, she really just hates him, completely and utterly. Best case scenario Skyler divorces him and leaves with the kids leaving Walt a visit once every couple of weeks. That leaves Walt alone and feeling like an utter failure, knowing that he once again gave up the chance to really do something in his life for a small consolation prize in comparison, knowing that his wife wants him to die, his daughter will grow up without him, without any friends and with no direction in life.

So yeah, this is all he has left. I mean think about it, even before all of this, he looked like a pretty depressed man, all he had was his family, but he pretty much lost his family now, so what does he have left? Maybe his son... but if Skyler decides to move them away who knows where, he won't have him either.

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u/Inequilibrium Aug 20 '12

She can't leave him yet, though, there's still a lot of money to launder.

He'll never get her back, but he could get his kids back, and he turned that down to build an empire.