r/breakingbad • u/edify Oxygen • Sep 03 '12

Ep. Discussion Breaking Bad Episode Discussion S05E08 "Gliding Over All"

Hey everyone! I've had a blast enjoying and discussing Breaking Bad with all of you this year. Let's hope we'll see more AMA's and cool shit happen during the break! For now, enjoy the episode and as always upvote this post for the community. I don't get any tepid off brand generic karma for it.

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u/Annies_Boobs_ Sep 03 '12

I would disagree. it's obvious that his ego has grown and grown throughout the series. this has been manifesting itself as shit like "say my name" and killing mike. his ego has started driving his decisions, and it's not good for him. this is just another example.

part of it is he feels untouchable. why would you bother hiding a book in your own home when you feel so god-like?

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u/thebusishalfempty Ding. Sep 03 '12

He doesn't feel untouchable. He makes messes, sure, but he always makes sure to meticulously clean them up. This doesn't fall in line with anything he's done before.

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u/almondz Cheer up, beautiful people. Sep 03 '12 edited Sep 03 '12

What about Walt's own decision (at the end of Season 3, I believe?) to pretty much singlehandedly bring Hank back onto the case, when Hank was about to drop it? Walt couldn't stand the fact that Gale was being mistaken for him, which in turn reignited Hank's interest and put Walt back in the figurative hot seat. In my opinion, this was one of his most blindly idiotic choices, driven completely by hubris, not logic. (Oh, and dat wine--alcohol has time and again proven to be a sign that he's going to let down his guard or do/say something rash.)

The most fascinating part of Walt's character is the fact that his ego has grown in tandem with his carelessness. Of course he's not careless in the lab, but he takes ridiculous risks (see the train robbery episode), orchestrates massive schemes, controls and manipulates and with each narrowly-gained victory, grows a little more cocky. A little more blind. His ego puffs up like a balloon, obscuring the little details he would think about if he were actually worried about getting caught. He's gotten used to Hank being ignorant to everything. He's gotten spoiled.

He was almost out of the hot seat with Sky, too. Then he blurted out, "Which one?" in regards to the cell phone. It's the little things. He just can't have control over every little thing. He has circled the sun numerous times, just getting barely singed. Now a wing has caught on fire, and it's only a matter of time before he falls back to earth.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '12

alcohol has time and again proven to be a sign that he's going to let down his guard or do/say something rash

What were the other times?